Terminal
Marathon Lima
2990 South Dixie Highway, Lima, OH 45804-3721
T-34-OH-3152
Rack market · Lima, OH
- pipelines supplying
- 1
- confirmed delivery points
- 0
- lowest ¢/bbl into this terminal
- 162.45
- terminals within 100 mi
- 33
Supplied by
Tariff delivery points this terminal sits on.
| Pipeline | Delivery point | Products | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | Lima, OH | same city |
Can be sourced from
| Origin | Pipeline or mode | Refineries at origin | ¢/bbl | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinsville, IL IL | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | junction or tank farm | 162.45 | F.E.R.C. No. 310.22.0 |
| Robinson, IL IL | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | Marathon Petroleum CO LP | 205.10 | F.E.R.C. No. 313.25.0 |
| Wood River, IL IL | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | junction or tank farm | 221.39 | F.E.R.C. No. 313.25.0 |
| Harpster (Wyandot County), OH OH | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | junction or tank farm | 335.80 | F.E.R.C. No. 332.16.0 |
Cost to serve this terminal by pipeline
What it costs to move a gallon here from a supply origin at filed tariff rates: line-haul, the cost of financing the product on the way and in the tank, pipeline loss, and terminaling. It is a cost at filed rates, not a market price: add it to the origin spot price for a delivered cost. The figure shown is the lowest route that starts where product enters the pipeline system; where a second pipeline is needed to reach here, both are costed. Lines marked "estimate" are placeholders until the pipeline or terminal figure is on file; in the routes table, * marks a figure taken from the tariff.
Gasoline: product adder
- ¢/gal · product adder
- 7.22
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 4.88
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.52
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
- 0.32
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 10.2
Route used: from Robinson, IL on Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) to Lima, OH (F.E.R.C. No. 313.25.0 item Table of Rates). 1 route in the table shows a lower figure. It starts part-way along a pipeline or at a secondary origin, so it leaves out the cost of getting product there and does not set this figure.
How this adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 4.883 | published | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) F.E.R.C. No. 313.25.0 item Table of Rates: Robinson, IL → Lima, OH, 205.10 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.522 | calculated | $3.180000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 10.179 days (2.679 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 257 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.318 | estimate | flat estimate $0.0032/gal, applied 1 time |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 7.224 | Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price |
Every published route, lowest adder first (4 of 4). Origins are priced at the same index here. "Origin must be cheaper by" is how far below the price at the origin of the route used above a route's own origin price has to be before that route wins.
| Origin | Pipeline | Delivery point | Line-haul | Carrying | Loss | Terminaling | Adder ¢/gal | Days | Origin must be cheaper by | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinsville, IL starts part-way along the line | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | Lima, OH | 3.87 | 0.52 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 6.21 | 10.1 | — | F.E.R.C. No. 310.22.0 item Table of Rates, Footnote (a) |
| Robinson, IL | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | Lima, OH | 4.88 | 0.52 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 7.22 | 10.2 | — | F.E.R.C. No. 313.25.0 item Table of Rates |
| Wood River, IL | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | Lima, OH | 5.27 | 0.59 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 7.68 | 11.6 | 0.46 | F.E.R.C. No. 313.25.0 item Table of Rates |
| Harpster (Wyandot County), OH | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | Lima, OH | 8.00 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 10.23 | 8.0 | 3.00 | F.E.R.C. No. 332.16.0 item Table of Rates |
Diesel: product adder
- ¢/gal · product adder
- 10.60
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 8.00
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.62
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
- 0.48
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 8.0
Route used: from Harpster on Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) to Lima, OH (F.E.R.C. No. 332.16.0 item Table of Rates).
How this adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 7.995 | published | Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) F.E.R.C. No. 332.16.0 item Table of Rates: Harpster (Wyandot County), OH → Lima, OH, 335.80 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.622 | calculated | $4.790000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 8.048 days (0.548 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 53 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.479 | estimate | flat estimate $0.0048/gal, applied 1 time |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 10.596 | Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price |
Inputs and assumptions behind these figures
- Product value (for carrying cost and loss only): the prior day's spot price. Gasoline: OilPriceAPI GASOLINE_RBOB_USD, 2026-10-18. Diesel: OilPriceAPI HEATING_OIL_USD, 2026-10-18. These are the New York Harbor futures benchmarks, not a Gulf Coast price.
- Interest rate: SOFR 3.89% (2026-10-15) + 2.0 points.
- Transit (estimate): straight-line miles between the tariff origin and delivery point × 1.15, at 4.0 mph unless the pipeline has its own figure.
- Days financed (estimate): transit, plus half a 5-day shipping cycle waiting to lift (once for each pipeline on a two-pipeline route), plus 5 days of stock at the terminal.
- Pipeline loss: the charge or volume deduction the tariff states, where it states one (marked *; a deduction is costed at the product value above). Otherwise an estimate of 0.10% of product value per pipeline, two for a joint rate; that includes pipelines that share out actual losses without publishing a figure, and tariffs that state no loss term.
- Terminaling: the carrier's terminal charge where its tariff states one (marked *), otherwise a flat 1.5¢/gal estimate.
- Which route sets the figure: the lowest one that starts at a supply origin. On Colonial that is Houston. A rate that starts part-way along a pipeline, or at a secondary origin, stays in the table but does not set the figure. Where a rate starts at a point another carrier delivers to, the first carrier's lowest rate into that point is added, with its loss and time in the pipe; terminaling is charged once. The same is done where one pipeline files the movement as two rates. Which origins are treated this way is our own review of each system, not a statement in a tariff.
- Rates used: each pipeline's ordinary filed rate. Committed, volume-tier, discount and bid rates are left out, as are conditional fees (shown on each pipeline page), additives, taxes and the value of line space.
- Assumption set in force from 2026-10-01; review by 2027-01-01.
Stored snapshots of the product adder
Kept weekly, and whenever a tariff, terminal link, loss term or assumption changes. "What moved" compares each snapshot with the one before it.
| Snapshot | Product | Route | Adder ¢/gal | What moved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | Diesel | Harpster · Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | 10.63 | carrying cost +0.03¢; pipeline loss +0.03¢ |
| 2026-10-14 | Gasoline | Robinson, IL · Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | 7.24 | carrying cost −0.00¢; pipeline loss −0.00¢ |
| 2026-10-11 | Diesel | Harpster · Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | 10.57 | first snapshot |
| 2026-10-11 | Gasoline | Robinson, IL · Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | 7.25 | first snapshot |
Terminals within 100 miles
| Terminal | City | Miles | Products (inferred from supply) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Lima South T-34-OH-3158 | Lima, OH | 1.1 | unknown |
| Lima Refining Company T-34-OH-3176 | Lima, OH | 1.6 | unknown |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Lima North T-34-OH-3146 | Lima, OH | 2.1 | unknown |
| CITGO - Dayton T-31-OH-3121 | Dayton, OH | 62.6 | gasoline distillate |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Dayton T-31-OH-3115 | Dayton, OH | 62.7 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC T-31-OH-3106 | Dayton, OH | 62.8 | gasoline distillate |
| Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-31-OH-3117 | Dayton, OH | 62.8 | gasoline distillate |
| CITGO - Dublin T-31-OH-3120 | Dublin, OH | 64.0 | gasoline distillate |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC T-34-OH-3148 | Toledo, OH | 70.6 | gasoline distillate jet fuel propane butane other crude |
| Sunoco LLC T-35-IN-3211 | Huntington, IN | 70.8 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| CITGO - Huntington T-35-IN-3210 | Huntington, IN | 70.8 | gasoline distillate |
| Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-35-IN-3231 | Huntington, IN | 70.8 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Lassus Bros. Oil, Inc. - Huntington T-35-IN-3234 | Huntington, IN | 70.8 | gasoline distillate |
| Marathon Huntington T-35-IN-3208 | Huntington, IN | 70.9 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Marathon Muncie T-35-IN-3221 | Muncie, IN | 71.2 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Muncie T-35-IN-3229 | Muncie, IN | 71.3 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| PBF Logistics ProductsTerminals LLC T-34-OH-3161 | Toledo, OH | 72.2 | unknown |
| Marathon Columbus - West T-31-OH-3112 | Columbus, OH | 73.4 | gasoline distillate |
| BenchMark Biodiesel, Inc. T-31-OH-3129 | Columbus, OH | 73.4 | distillate |
| Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-31-OH-3111 | Columbus, OH | 73.5 | gasoline distillate |
| Marathon Columbus - East T-31-OH-3101 | Columbus, OH | 73.7 | gasoline distillate |
| Toledo Terminal Holdings LLC T-34-OH-3149 | Toledo, OH | 73.9 | unknown |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Columbus T-31-OH-3114 | Columbus, OH | 73.9 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC T-31-OH-3105 | Columbus, OH | 74.2 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-31-OH-3116 | Columbus, OH | 74.6 | gasoline distillate |
| Marathon Oregon T-34-OH-3153 | Oregon, OH | 74.9 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Sunoco Midstream LLC T-34-OH-3169 | Toledo, OH | 75.3 | unknown |
| CITGO - Oregon T-34-OH-3165 | Oregon, OH | 77.0 | unknown |
| ERPC Lebanon T-31-OH-3118 | Lebanon, OH | 83.9 | gasoline distillate |
| Marathon Bellevue T-34-OH-3166 | Bellevue, OH | 84.5 | gasoline distillate |
| ERPC Todhunter T-31-OH-3119 | Middletown, OH | 86.5 | gasoline distillate |
| Buckeye Development and Logistics II LLC T-35-IN-3251 | Huntington, IN | 88.3 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Marathon Heath T-31-OH-3102 | Heath, OH | 98.4 | gasoline distillate |
Delivered ethanol cost
Estimate over Chicago ethanol (CHI)
+2.40¢/gal
By truck direct from Guardian Lima LLC (Lima, OH), about 3 road miles.
Assumptions: TOE (Round 2 adders, realistic transit)
| Cost line | ¢/gal | How |
|---|---|---|
| Basis | +0.00 | table · Origin-state discount to Chicago |
| Truck freight | +1.25 | estimated · 3 road mi × $4/loaded mi ÷ 8,000 gal |
| Wholesale margin | +0.00 | flat |
| Terminal charge | +1.15 | flat · Terminaling estimate |
| Carrying cost | +0.00 | calculated |
| Delivered over CHI | +2.40 |