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Terminal

Buckeye Terminals, LLC

9601 Colonial Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031

T-54-VA-1659 Rack market · Fairfax, VA gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
pipelines supplying
1
confirmed delivery points
0
lowest ¢/bbl into this terminal
126.32
terminals within 100 mi
34

Supplied by

Tariff delivery points this terminal sits on.

PipelineDelivery pointProductsMatchSource
Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) gasoline distillate jet fuel same city FERC 99.95.0

Can be sourced from

Published routes into this terminal’s delivery points, cheapest first · ¢/bbl line-haul
OriginPipeline or modeRefineries at origin¢/bblSource
Moundville (Hale County) AL Colonial Pipeline Hunt Refining CO 126.32 FERC 99.95.0
Collins (Covington County) MS Colonial Pipeline Valero Refining - Meraux LLC 147.97 FERC 99.95.0
Baton Rouge (E. Feliciana Parish) LA Colonial Pipeline Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO
Placid Refining CO
166.19 FERC 99.95.0
Baton Rouge Dock Facility (W. Feliciana Parish) LA Colonial Pipeline junction or tank farm 166.19 FERC 99.95.0
Krotz Springs (St. Landry Parish) LA Colonial Pipeline Alon Refining Krotz Springs INC 171.00 FERC 99.95.0
Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) LA Colonial Pipeline Calcasieu Refining CO
Citgo Petroleum Corp
Phillips 66 Company
185.75 FERC 99.95.0
Hebert (Beaumont - Port Arthur) TX Colonial Pipeline Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO 193.07 FERC 99.95.0
Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) TX Colonial Pipeline Deer Park Refining LP
Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO
Marathon Petroleum CO LP
Pasadena Refining Systems INC
Valero Refining CO Texas LP
Valero Refining CO Texas LP
204.41 FERC 99.95.0

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
7.95
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
4.87
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
1.14
¢/gal · pipeline loss · published
0.44
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
21.9

Route used: from Houston on Colonial Pipeline to Fairfax (FERC 99.95.0 item 210). 7 routes in the table show a lower figure. They start part-way along a pipeline or at a secondary origin, so they leave out the cost of getting product there and do not set this figure.

How this adder is worked, line by line
Line ¢/gal Basis Source or working
Line-haul tariff 4.867 published Colonial Pipeline FERC 99.95.0 item 210: Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) → Fairfax (Fairfax County), 204.41 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 1.142 calculated $3.240000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 21.851 days (14.351 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 1,378 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (Colonial Pipeline public statements: about 4 mph on the mainlines, 5-day shipping cycles)
Pipeline loss 0.436 published Colonial Pipeline FERC 98.74.0 item 76, Product Loss Allocation charge: 18.31 ¢/bbl
Terminaling 1.500 estimate Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal
Product adder 7.945 Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price

Every published route, lowest adder first (8 of 8). 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
Moundville (Hale County) starts part-way along the line Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 3.01 0.84 0.44* 1.50 5.78 16.0 — FERC 99.95.0 item 270
Collins (Covington County) starts part-way along the line Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 3.52 0.93 0.44* 1.50 6.38 17.7 — FERC 99.95.0 item 270
Baton Rouge Dock Facility (W. Feliciana Parish) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 3.96 1.00 0.44* 1.50 6.89 19.1 — FERC 99.95.0 item 270
Baton Rouge (E. Feliciana Parish) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 3.96 1.00 0.44* 1.50 6.90 19.2 — FERC 99.95.0 item 270
Krotz Springs (St. Landry Parish) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 4.07 1.02 0.44* 1.50 7.03 19.5 — FERC 99.95.0 item 210
Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 4.42 1.08 0.44* 1.50 7.43 20.6 — FERC 99.95.0 item 210
Hebert (Beaumont - Port Arthur) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 4.60 1.10 0.44* 1.50 7.63 21.1 — FERC 99.95.0 item 210
Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 4.87 1.14 0.44* 1.50 7.95 21.9 — FERC 99.95.0 item 210

Diesel: product adder

¢/gal · product adder
8.53
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
4.87
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
1.72
¢/gal · pipeline loss · published
0.44
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
21.9

Route used: from Houston on Colonial Pipeline to Fairfax (FERC 99.95.0 item 210). 7 routes in the table show a lower figure. They start part-way along a pipeline or at a secondary origin, so they leave out the cost of getting product there and do not set this figure.

How this adder is worked, line by line
Line ¢/gal Basis Source or working
Line-haul tariff 4.867 published Colonial Pipeline FERC 99.95.0 item 210: Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) → Fairfax (Fairfax County), 204.41 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 1.724 calculated $4.890000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 21.851 days (14.351 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 1,378 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (Colonial Pipeline public statements: about 4 mph on the mainlines, 5-day shipping cycles)
Pipeline loss 0.436 published Colonial Pipeline FERC 98.74.0 item 76, Product Loss Allocation charge: 18.31 ¢/bbl
Terminaling 1.500 estimate Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal
Product adder 8.527 Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price

Every published route, lowest adder first (8 of 8). 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
Moundville (Hale County) starts part-way along the line Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 3.01 1.26 0.44* 1.50 6.21 16.0 — FERC 99.95.0 item 270
Collins (Covington County) starts part-way along the line Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 3.52 1.40 0.44* 1.50 6.86 17.7 — FERC 99.95.0 item 270
Baton Rouge Dock Facility (W. Feliciana Parish) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 3.96 1.51 0.44* 1.50 7.40 19.1 — FERC 99.95.0 item 270
Baton Rouge (E. Feliciana Parish) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 3.96 1.51 0.44* 1.50 7.41 19.2 — FERC 99.95.0 item 270
Krotz Springs (St. Landry Parish) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 4.07 1.54 0.44* 1.50 7.55 19.5 — FERC 99.95.0 item 210
Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 4.42 1.62 0.44* 1.50 7.98 20.6 — FERC 99.95.0 item 210
Hebert (Beaumont - Port Arthur) secondary origin Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 4.60 1.66 0.44* 1.50 8.20 21.1 — FERC 99.95.0 item 210
Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) Colonial Pipeline Fairfax (Fairfax County) 4.87 1.72 0.44* 1.50 8.53 21.9 — FERC 99.95.0 item 210
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, 2026-10-17. Diesel: OilPriceAPI HEATING_OIL_USD, 2026-10-17. 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 Houston · Colonial Pipeline 8.54 no change
2026-10-14 Gasoline Houston · Colonial Pipeline 7.95 no change
2026-10-11 Diesel Houston · Colonial Pipeline 8.45 no change
2026-10-11 Gasoline Houston · Colonial Pipeline 7.95 no change
2026-10-09 Diesel Houston · Colonial Pipeline 8.49 first snapshot
2026-10-09 Gasoline Houston · Colonial Pipeline 7.96 first snapshot

Terminals within 100 miles

TerminalCityMilesProducts (inferred from supply)
GLOBAL COMPANIES, LLC T-54-VA-1662 Fairfax, VA 0.1 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
CITGO - Fairfax T-54-VA-1661 Fairfax, VA 0.1 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
TransMontaigne - Fairfax T-54-VA-1660 Fairfax, VA 0.2 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
Kinder Morgan Southeast Terminals LLC T-54-VA-1671 Newington, VA 1.2 gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel
Kinder Morgan Southeast Terminals LLC T-54-VA-1692 Lorton, VA 9.1 gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel
RR Washington National Airport T-54-VA-1686 Arlington, VA 10.0 gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-54-VA-1663 Manassas, VA 12.6 gasoline distillate ethanol
Aircraft Service International, Inc T-54-VA-1676 Sterling, VA 14.0 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
Colonial Terminals Operating Company T-54-VA-1695 Fredericksburg, VA 39.9 gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel
Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC T-52-MD-1551 Baltimore, MD 44.6 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Baltimore T-52-MD-1550 Baltimore, MD 44.7 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-52-MD-1552 Baltimore, MD 46.2 unknown
CITGO - Baltimore T-52-MD-1562 Baltimore, MD 46.3 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
Sunoco LLC T-52-MD-1560 Baltimore, MD 46.4 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company- Baltimore West T-52-MD-1563 Baltimore, MD 46.5 unknown
GLOBAL COMPANIES, LLC T-52-MD-1561 Baltimore, MD 46.6 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix
Petroleum Fuel & Terminal - Baltimore S T-52-MD-1559 Baltimore, MD 48.1 unknown
Petroleum Fuel & Terminal - Baltimore N T-52-MD-1554 Baltimore, MD 49.9 unknown
Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Richmond T-54-VA-1684 Richmond, VA 91.8 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
CITGO - Richmond T-54-VA-1679 Richmond, VA 91.9 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
First Energy Corporation T-54-VA-1682 Richmond, VA 91.9 gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel
TransMontaigne - Richmond T-54-VA-1687 Richmond, VA 92.7 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
TransMontaigne - Richmond T-54-VA-1678 Richmond, VA 92.7 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
IMTT - VIRGINIA T-54-VA-1696 Richmond, VA 92.8 unknown
Buckeye Terminals, LLC T-54-VA-1677 Richmond, VA 93.2 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
Kinder Morgan Transmix T-54-VA-1657 Richmond, VA 94.9 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
Kinder Morgan Southeast Terminals LLC T-54-VA-1681 Richmond, VA 95.4 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
Kinder Morgan Southeast Terminals LLC T-54-VA-1683 Richmond, VA 95.4 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company T-52-MD-1568 Salisbury, MD 95.5 gasoline distillate
Sunoco LLC T-52-MD-1567 Salisbury, MD 95.7 gasoline distillate
Lucknow Highspire Terminal T-23-PA-1715 Mechanicsburg, PA 95.9 gasoline distillate
Sunoco Midstream LLC T-23-PA-1725 Mechanicsburg, PA 96.3 gasoline distillate
GLOBAL COMPANIES, LLC T-54-VA-1685 Richmond, VA 97.2 gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel
Lucknow Highspire Terminal T-23-PA-1716 Middletown, PA 98.3 gasoline distillate

Delivered ethanol cost

Estimate over Chicago ethanol (CHI)
+27.19¢/gal

From ADM Decatur IL (Decatur, IL) by NS single tank car, Decatur, IL → Washington, D.C.: about 855 rail miles and 8.7 days in transit, then transload and truck to the rack.

Origin plant page →

Assumptions: TOE (Round 2 adders, realistic transit)

Cost line¢/galHow
Basis -5.50 table · Origin-state discount to Chicago
Rail tariff +25.57 published · NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Rail car lease +4.24 calculated · 1,300/month, 10 + 2 + 2 × 8.66 days
Fuel surcharge +0.00 not applicable · Tariff: not subject to fuel surcharge
Transload +0.00 in the rate · Rate includes transload at the TBT
Truck freight +1.25 flat · Transload to terminal
Wholesale margin +0.00 flat
Terminal charge +1.15 flat · Terminaling estimate
Carrying cost +0.49 calculated · $2.262 × 5% ÷ 365 × (8.66 + 7 days)
Delivered over CHI+27.19
  • Built on an unescalated rate: NSRQ 70120 dates from 2018-01-02, "subject to future increases".
  • 3 plant(s) in KY, PA, TN not costed: no basis to Chicago on record for those states.

Options compared

OriginMoveDaysBasis ¢Delivered ¢/gal
ADM Decatur IL Decatur, IL NS · Decatur, IL → Washington, D.C. 8.7 -5.50 +27.19
One Earth Energy LLC Gibson City, IL NS · Bloomington, IL → Washington, D.C. 8.6 -5.50 +28.20
Green Plains Madison LLC Madison, IL NS · St. Louis, MO → Washington, D.C. 8.9 -5.50 +28.31
Marquis Energy LLC Hennepin, IL NS · Kankakee, IL → Washington, D.C. 8.8 -5.50 +28.40
Show Me Ethanol Carrollton, MO NS · Kansas City, MO → Washington, D.C. 11.0 -5.50 +30.02
POET Biorefining - Fostoria LLC Fostoria, OH NS · Sandusky, OH → Washington, D.C. 6.3 +0.00 +31.66
Cardinal Ethanol LLC Union City, IN NS · Muncie, IN → Washington, D.C. 6.4 +0.00 +32.10
POET Biorefining - Leipsic LLC Leipsic, OH NS · Ft Wayne, IN → Washington, D.C. 6.3 +0.00 +32.21
POET Biorefining - Shelbyville LLC Shelbyville, IN NS · Marion, IN → Washington, D.C. 6.6 +0.00 +32.29
South Bend Ethanol LLC South Bend, IN NS · Elkhart, IN → Washington, D.C. 8.3 +0.00 +33.09

Published rail rates into this terminal

Destination rate group: Washington, D.C. (NS) (Fairfax is a listed station). Published single-car tank-car rates from the ethanol plants in each origin group, cheapest first — ¢/gal at 30,000 gal a car, line haul only. Delivery here assumes a rail or transload point in the group, then truck to the rack.

NSRQ 70120 price authority effective January 2, 2018, "subject to future increases" — current NS prices are published only through AccessNS. Not subject to fuel surcharge (note G556). Lanes to Norcross GA, Spartanburg SC, Alexandria VA and Pineville NC include transloading at the TBT (notes P949-P952).

From rate groupRailroad$/car¢/galEthanol plants in the groupTariff
Knoxville, TN NS 5,871 19.57 Primary Products Investments LLC Loudon, TN
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Driftwood, PA NS 7,043 23.48 Pennsylvania Grain Prcsg LLC Clearfield, PA
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Sandusky, OH NS 7,593 25.31 POET Biorefining - Fostoria LLC Fostoria, OH
Guardian Lima LLC Lima, OH
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Decatur, IL NS 7,672 25.57 ADM Decatur IL Decatur, IL
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Muncie, IN NS 7,709 25.70 Cardinal Ethanol LLC Union City, IN
POET Biorefining - Portland LLC Portland, IN
POET Biorefining - Alexandria LLC Alexandria, IN
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Marion, IN NS 7,749 25.83 POET Biorefining - North Manchester LLC North Manchester, IN
POET Biorefining - Shelbyville LLC Shelbyville, IN
Central Indiana Ethanol LLC Marion, IN
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Ft Wayne, IN NS 7,749 25.83 The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC Logansport, IN
Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Bluffton, IN
POET Biorefining - Leipsic LLC Leipsic, OH
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Chicago, IL NS 7,827 26.09 Chicago index barrels (CHI) NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Elkhart, IN NS 7,827 26.09 South Bend Ethanol LLC South Bend, IN
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Louisville, KY NS 7,827 26.09 Parallel Products Inc Louisville, KY
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
St. Louis, MO NS 7,983 26.61 Green Plains Madison LLC Madison, IL
Crysalis Biosciences Inc Sauget, IL
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Bloomington, IL NS 7,983 26.61 One Earth Energy LLC Gibson City, IL
Biourja Renewables LLC Peoria, IL
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Lansing, MI NS 7,983 26.61 The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC Albion, MI
Carbon Green Bioenergy LLC Lake Odessa, MI
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Kankakee, IL NS 8,023 26.74 Marquis Energy LLC Hennepin, IL
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Kansas City, MO NS 8,296 27.65 Show Me Ethanol Carrollton, MO
NSRQ 70120 item 1000
Evansville, IN NS 9,003 30.01 Green Plains Mount Vernon LLC Mount Vernon, IN
Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Mt Vernon, IN
Grain Processing Corp Washington, IN
NSRQ 70120 item 1000