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        "name": "CHS McPherson Refinery",
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        "latitude": 38.341628,
        "longitude": -97.67768,
        "operator": "CHS McPherson Refinery, Inc.",
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        "parent": "CHS Inc. (farmer-owned agricultural/energy cooperative)",
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        "rcn": "R-48-KS-0048",
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            "basis": "EIA-820 capacity; TOE refinery research profile",
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            "label": "feeds by pipeline",
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                "origin": "research",
                "verification": "confirmed",
                "confidence": "high",
                "basis": "published FERC tariff",
                "last_modified": "2026-11-01T03:32:49-05:00",
                "publisher": "Thinking On Energy"
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        },
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                "entity_type": "products_pipeline",
                "name": "Magellan Midstream",
                "url": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/magellan-midstream/",
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            "product_type": "gasoline, distillate",
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                "last_modified": "2026-09-23T04:07:09-05:00",
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        },
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            "other": {
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                "entity_type": "products_pipeline",
                "name": "Heartland Pipeline",
                "url": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/heartland-pipeline/",
                "json": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/node/products_pipeline/heartland-pipeline.json"
            },
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            "to_entity_id": "heartland-pipeline",
            "relationship": "feeds",
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            "evidence": "Kinder Morgan FY2005 10-K, then 50% owner of Heartland with ConocoPhillips: 'Refined petroleum products transported by Heartland ... are supplied primarily from the National Cooperative Refinery Association crude oil refinery in McPherson, Kansas' (NCRA = today's CHS McPherson Refinery). Current Heartland local F.E.R.C. No. 33.21.0 (eff. 2026-07-01) says McPherson to Lincoln/Council Bluffs and 'The McPherson origin is a direct receipt into Heartland', in contrast to the joint tariffs 34/35, where Ponca City/Borger barrels arrive at McPherson via NuStar. The ownership/route description is 2006-vintage (then Bushton KS to Des Moines), but the refinery-to-Heartland supply relationship at McPherson is facility-named.",
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                "basis": "TOE refinery research: Kinder Morgan FY2005 10-K, then 50% owner of Heartland with ConocoPhillips: 'Refined petroleum products transported by Heartland ... are supplied primarily from the National Cooperative Refinery Association crude oil refinery in McPherson, Kansas' (NCRA = today's CHS McPherson Refinery). Current Heartland local F.E.R.C. No. 33.21.0 (eff. 2026-07-01) says McPherson to Lincoln/Council Bluffs and 'The McPherson origin is a direct receipt into Heartland', in contrast to the joint tariffs 34/35, where Ponca City/Borger barrels arrive at McPherson via NuStar. The ownership/route description is 2006-vintage (then Bushton KS to Des Moines), but the refinery-to-Heartland supply relationship at McPherson is facility-named.",
                "last_modified": "2026-10-12T00:30:23-05:00",
                "publisher": "Thinking On Energy"
            }
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            "direction": "outbound",
            "other": {
                "id": "products_pipeline:nustar-east-products",
                "entity_type": "products_pipeline",
                "name": "NuStar East Products Pipeline",
                "city": "El Dorado",
                "state": "KS",
                "url": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/nustar-east-products/",
                "json": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/node/products_pipeline/nustar-east-products.json"
            },
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            "to_entity_id": "nustar-east-products",
            "relationship": "feeds",
            "transport_mode": "pipeline",
            "pipeline_system": "NuStar Pipeline",
            "evidence": "Sunoco LP (NuStar's successor) East Products Pipeline page lists origination point 'McPherson, KS' with connection 'NCRA' (National Cooperative Refinery Association = the CHS McPherson refinery's pre-2015 name). The page uses legacy names (e.g. 'Frontier Refining', 'ConocoPhillips'), but it names the refinery as the connection at the McPherson origin. NuStar's FY2018 10-K (v2) likewise names McPherson (CHS) among the East Pipeline's supplying refineries.",
            "sources": [
                "https://www.sunocolp.com/segments/pipelines/view/east-products-pipeline"
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                "confidence": "high",
                "basis": "TOE refinery research: Sunoco LP (NuStar's successor) East Products Pipeline page lists origination point 'McPherson, KS' with connection 'NCRA' (National Cooperative Refinery Association = the CHS McPherson refinery's pre-2015 name). The page uses legacy names (e.g. 'Frontier Refining', 'ConocoPhillips'), but it names the refinery as the connection at the McPherson origin. NuStar's FY2018 10-K (v2) likewise names McPherson (CHS) among the East Pipeline's supplying refineries.",
                "last_modified": "2026-10-06T23:20:45-05:00",
                "publisher": "Thinking On Energy"
            }
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                "name": "CHS McPherson Refinery Inc",
                "city": "McPherson",
                "state": "KS",
                "tcn_code": "T-48-KS-3660",
                "url": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/terminal/T-48-KS-3660/",
                "json": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/node/rack_terminal/chs-mcpherson-refinery-incorporated-mcpherson-terminal-mcpherson.json"
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            "id": "edge:71ab296dc164a37f",
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            "to": "rack_terminal:chs-mcpherson-refinery-incorporated-mcpherson-terminal-mcpherson",
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            "to_entity_id": "chs-mcpherson-refinery-incorporated-mcpherson-terminal-mcpherson",
            "relationship": "feeds",
            "transport_mode": "refinery_direct",
            "edge_status": "active",
            "label": "feeds by refinery direct",
            "provenance": {
                "origin": "research",
                "verification": "inferred",
                "confidence": "estimated",
                "basis": "spatial proximity",
                "last_modified": "2026-09-23T04:07:10-05:00",
                "publisher": "Thinking On Energy"
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                "name": "Nustar Energy - Mcpherson",
                "city": "Mcpherson",
                "state": "KS",
                "json": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/node/rack_terminal/nustar-energy-mcpherson-mcpherson-ks.json"
            },
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    "vocabulary": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/vocab/",
    "generated_at": "2026-11-09T17:25:17+00:00",
    "citation": "Thinking On Energy, Supply Explorer, https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/chs-mcpherson-refinery-inc-mcpherson-ks/, accessed 2026-11-09."
}