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            "relationship": "feeds",
            "transport_mode": "refinery_direct",
            "product_type": "gasoline, distillate",
            "products": [
                "gasoline",
                "distillate"
            ],
            "edge_status": "active",
            "label": "feeds by refinery direct",
            "provenance": {
                "origin": "research",
                "verification": "inferred",
                "confidence": "low",
                "basis": "Valero refining/logistics; industry knowledge",
                "last_modified": "2026-09-27T03:40:55-05:00",
                "publisher": "Thinking On Energy"
            }
        }
    ],
    "vocabulary": "https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/vocab/",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-18T14:52:13+00:00",
    "citation": "Thinking On Energy, Supply Explorer, https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/valero-refining-co-texas-lp-corpus-christi-tx/, accessed 2026-10-18."
}