Terminal
Marathon Oil Niles
2216 South Third Street, Niles, MI 49120-4010
T-38-MI-3019
Rack market · Niles, MI
- pipelines supplying
- 1
- confirmed delivery points
- 1
- lowest ¢/bbl into this terminal
- 100.37
- terminals within 100 mi
- 44
Supplied by
Tariff delivery points this terminal sits on.
| Pipeline | Delivery point | Products | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | gasoline distillate | confirmed | FERC No. 170.15.0 |
Can be sourced from
| Origin | Pipeline or mode | Refineries at origin | ¢/bbl | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond, Lake County, IN (Marathon and Valero Hammond terminals, Buckeye Chicago Complex, Citgo E. Chicago, Explorer Pipeline Hammond) IN | Wolverine Pipeline | junction or tank farm | 100.37 | FERC No. 170.15.0 |
| Hammond (Whiting Refinery), Lake County, IN IN | Wolverine Pipeline | BP Products North America INC | 101.37 | FERC No. 170.15.0 |
| Joliet, Will County, IL IL | Wolverine Pipeline | Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO | 105.45 | FERC No. 170.15.0 |
| Lemont-Lockport, Will County, IL IL | Wolverine Pipeline | Pdv Midwest Refining LLC | 105.45 | FERC No. 170.15.0 |
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
- 4.63
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 2.39
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.42
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
- 0.32
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 8.3
Route used: from Hammond, Lake County, IN on Wolverine Pipeline to Niles Twp. (FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1).
How this adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 2.390 | published | Wolverine Pipeline FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1: Hammond, Lake County, IN (Marathon and Valero Hammond terminals, Buckeye Chicago Complex, Citgo E. Chicago, Explorer Pipeline Hammond) → Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County, 100.37 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.425 | calculated | $3.180000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 8.274 days (0.774 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 74 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 | 4.632 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond, Lake County, IN (Marathon and Valero Hammond terminals, Buckeye Chicago Complex, Citgo E. Chicago, Explorer Pipeline Hammond) | Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | 2.39 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 4.63 | 8.3 | — | FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1 |
| Hammond (Whiting Refinery), Lake County, IN | Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | 2.41 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 4.66 | 8.3 | 0.02 | FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1 |
| Lemont-Lockport, Will County, IL | Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | 2.51 | 0.44 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 4.77 | 8.6 | 0.14 | FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1 |
| Joliet, Will County, IL | Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | 2.51 | 0.45 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 4.78 | 8.7 | 0.14 | FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1 |
Diesel: product adder
- ¢/gal · product adder
- 5.01
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 2.39
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.64
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
- 0.48
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 8.3
Route used: from Hammond, Lake County, IN on Wolverine Pipeline to Niles Twp. (FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1).
How this adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 2.390 | published | Wolverine Pipeline FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1: Hammond, Lake County, IN (Marathon and Valero Hammond terminals, Buckeye Chicago Complex, Citgo E. Chicago, Explorer Pipeline Hammond) → Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County, 100.37 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.640 | calculated | $4.790000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 8.274 days (0.774 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 74 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 | 5.008 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond, Lake County, IN (Marathon and Valero Hammond terminals, Buckeye Chicago Complex, Citgo E. Chicago, Explorer Pipeline Hammond) | Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | 2.39 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 1.50 | 5.01 | 8.3 | — | FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1 |
| Hammond (Whiting Refinery), Lake County, IN | Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | 2.41 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 1.50 | 5.03 | 8.3 | 0.02 | FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1 |
| Lemont-Lockport, Will County, IL | Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | 2.51 | 0.66 | 0.48 | 1.50 | 5.15 | 8.6 | 0.15 | FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1 |
| Joliet, Will County, IL | Wolverine Pipeline | Niles Twp. (Niles Meter Station), Berrien County | 2.51 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 1.50 | 5.16 | 8.7 | 0.16 | FERC No. 170.15.0 item Table 1 |
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 | Hammond, Lake County, IN · Wolverine Pipeline | 5.04 | carrying cost +0.03¢; pipeline loss +0.03¢ |
| 2026-10-14 | Gasoline | Hammond, Lake County, IN · Wolverine Pipeline | 4.65 | carrying cost −0.00¢; pipeline loss −0.00¢ |
| 2026-10-11 | Diesel | Hammond, Lake County, IN · Wolverine Pipeline | 4.98 | carrying cost −0.02¢; pipeline loss −0.01¢ |
| 2026-10-11 | Gasoline | Hammond, Lake County, IN · Wolverine Pipeline | 4.65 | carrying cost −0.00¢; pipeline loss −0.00¢ |
| 2026-10-09 | Diesel | Hammond, Lake County, IN · Wolverine Pipeline | 5.01 | first snapshot |
| 2026-10-09 | Gasoline | Hammond, Lake County, IN · Wolverine Pipeline | 4.66 | first snapshot |
Terminals within 100 miles
| Terminal | City | Miles | Products (inferred from supply) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Niles West T-38-MI-3023 | Niles, MI | 0.1 | unknown |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Niles T-38-MI-3028 | Niles, MI | 0.2 | gasoline distillate |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC T-35-IN-3203 | Granger, IN | 7.7 | gasoline distillate |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Co End Terminal T-35-IN-3245 | Elkhart, IN | 14.8 | unknown |
| Buckeye Development and Logistics II LLC T-35-IN-3251 | Huntington, IN | 59.6 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| CITGO - East Chicago T-35-IN-3209 | East Chicago, IN | 62.0 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| East Chicago Terminal T-35-IN-3225 | East Chicago, IN | 63.3 | gasoline distillate jet fuel residual fuel |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - East Hammond T-35-IN-3228 | Hammond, IN | 63.7 | unknown |
| BP Products North America Inc T-35-IN-3205 | Whiting, IN | 64.0 | unknown |
| Petrogas T-35-IN-3250 | Griffith, IN | 64.3 | gasoline distillate propane |
| West Shore Pipeline T-35-IN-3248 | Hammond, IN | 64.5 | gasoline distillate jet fuel biodiesel renewable diesel natural gasoline transmix other |
| ExxonMobil Pipeline T-35-IN-3224 | Hammond, IN | 64.6 | unknown |
| Marathon Hammond T-35-IN-3218 | Hammond, IN | 65.1 | unknown |
| Valero Terminaling and Distribution T-35-IN-3202 | Hammond, IN | 65.2 | unknown |
| Holland Terminal Incorporated T-38-MI-3041 | Holland, MI | 68.3 | gasoline distillate |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Marshall T-38-MI-3043 | Marshall, MI | 70.8 | gasoline distillate |
| Aircraft Service International Inc. T-36-IL-3325 | Chicago, IL | 70.8 | unknown |
| Countrymark Cooperative LLP - Peru T-35-IN-3236 | Peru, IN | 72.4 | gasoline distillate |
| Marathon Huntington T-35-IN-3208 | Huntington, IN | 74.3 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Sunoco LLC T-35-IN-3211 | Huntington, IN | 74.4 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-35-IN-3231 | Huntington, IN | 74.4 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Lassus Bros. Oil, Inc. - Huntington T-35-IN-3234 | Huntington, IN | 74.5 | gasoline distillate |
| CITGO - Huntington T-35-IN-3210 | Huntington, IN | 74.6 | gasoline distillate |
| Sunoco LLC T-36-IL-3310 | Blue Island, IL | 75.1 | gasoline distillate |
| Valero Terminaling and Distribution T-36-IL-3300 | Alsip, IL | 75.6 | gasoline distillate |
| Aircraft Service International T-36-IL-3376 | Chicago, IL | 76.9 | crude diluent |
| Petroleum Fuel & Terminal - Forest View T-36-IL-3312 | Forest View, IL | 79.2 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC T-36-IL-3302 | Forest View, IL | 79.5 | asphalt residual fuel |
| West Shore Pipeline Company - Forest View T-72-IL-0002 | Forest View, IL | 79.6 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Argo T-36-IL-3315 | Argo, IL | 81.4 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC T-36-IL-3305 | Argo, IL | 81.5 | gasoline distillate ethanol |
| Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC T-36-IL-3301 | Elk Grove Village, IL | 87.8 | jet fuel gasoline distillate |
| CITGO - Des Plaines T-36-IL-3318 | Des Plaines, IL | 88.5 | gasoline distillate |
| Shell Oil Products US T-36-IL-3316 | Arlington Heights, IL | 88.6 | gasoline distillate |
| West Shore Pipeline Company - Arlington Heights T-72-IL-0001 | Arlington Heights, IL | 88.6 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| ExxonMobil Pipeline T-36-IL-3311 | Arlington Heights, IL | 88.8 | gasoline distillate |
| CITGO - Mt. Prospect T-36-IL-3304 | Arlington Heights, IL | 88.9 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Mt. Prospect T-36-IL-3307 | Arlington Heights, IL | 88.9 | gasoline distillate |
| West Shore Pipeline Company - Arlington Heights T-72-IL-0003 | Arlington Heights, IL | 89.2 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| CITGO - Ferrysburg T-38-MI-3008 | Ferrysburg, MI | 89.4 | gasoline distillate |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Ferrysburg T-38-MI-3013 | Ferrysburg, MI | 89.5 | gasoline distillate |
| CITGO - Lemont T-36-IL-3317 | Lemont, IL | 92.0 | unknown |
| ExxonMobil Pipeline T-36-IL-3375 | Lockport, IL | 92.7 | unknown |
| Kankakee Terminal T-36-IL-3313 | Kankakee, IL | 97.9 | gasoline distillate |
Delivered ethanol cost
Estimate over Chicago ethanol (CHI)
+0.89¢/gal
By truck direct from ADM Clinton IA (Clinton, IA), about 245 road miles.
Assumptions: TOE (Round 2 adders, realistic transit)
| Cost line | ¢/gal | How |
|---|---|---|
| Basis | -12.50 | table · Origin-state discount to Chicago |
| Truck freight | +12.24 | estimated · 245 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 | +0.89 |
- 6 plant(s) in WI not costed: no basis to Chicago on record for those states.