Terminal
Omega Partners III, LLC
5225 Miller Road, Columbus, GA 31904
- pipelines supplying
- 1
- confirmed delivery points
- 0
- lowest ¢/bbl into this terminal
- 143.59
- terminals within 100 mi
- 27
Supplied by
Tariff delivery points this terminal sits on.
| Pipeline | Delivery point | Products | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plantation Pipeline | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | gasoline distillate | same city | FERC No. 155.49.0 |
Can be sourced from
| Origin | Pipeline or mode | Refineries at origin | ¢/bbl | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins (Covington County) MS | Plantation Pipeline | Valero Refining - Meraux LLC | 143.59 | FERC No. 155.49.0 |
| Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), incl. Dock Station and Bengal/Marathon proportional receipts LA | Plantation Pipeline |
Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO Placid Refining CO |
162.20 | FERC No. 155.49.0 |
| Pascagoula (Jackson County) MS | Plantation Pipeline | Chevron USA INC | 162.20 | FERC No. 155.49.0 |
| Garyville (St. John the Baptist Parish), via Marathon Pipe Line (joint tariff 156.29.0) LA | Plantation Pipeline joint |
Marathon Petroleum CO LP Shell Oil Products Us |
253.24 | FERC No. 156.29.0 |
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
- 6.73
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 3.86
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.55
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · published
- 0.81
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 10.6
Route used: from Pascagoula on Plantation Pipeline to Columbus, GA (FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10). 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 | 3.862 | published | Plantation Pipeline FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10: Pascagoula (Jackson County) → Columbus, GA (Muscogee County), 162.20 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.555 | calculated | $3.240000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 10.611 days (3.111 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 299 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.810 | published | Plantation Pipeline FERC No. 154.22.0 item 110.3, pipeline loss on barrels received at origin: 0.25% of volume at $3.2400/gal = 34.02 ¢/bbl |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 6.727 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins (Covington County) starts part-way along the line | Plantation Pipeline | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | 3.42 | 0.57 | 0.81* | 1.50 | 6.30 | 10.8 | — | FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10 |
| Pascagoula (Jackson County) | Plantation Pipeline | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | 3.86 | 0.55 | 0.81* | 1.50 | 6.73 | 10.6 | — | FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10 |
| Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), incl. Dock Station and Bengal/Marathon proportional receipts | Plantation Pipeline | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | 3.86 | 0.64 | 0.81* | 1.50 | 6.81 | 12.2 | 0.08 | FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10 |
| Garyville (St. John the Baptist Parish), via Marathon Pipe Line (joint tariff 156.29.0) | Plantation Pipeline joint rate | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | 6.03 | 0.63 | 0.81* | 1.50 | 8.97 | 12.0 | 2.24 | FERC No. 156.29.0 item 10 |
Diesel: product adder
- ¢/gal · product adder
- 7.42
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 3.86
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.84
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · published
- 1.22
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 10.6
Route used: from Pascagoula on Plantation Pipeline to Columbus, GA (FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10). 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 | 3.862 | published | Plantation Pipeline FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10: Pascagoula (Jackson County) → Columbus, GA (Muscogee County), 162.20 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.837 | calculated | $4.890000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 10.611 days (3.111 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 299 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate) |
| Pipeline loss | 1.223 | published | Plantation Pipeline FERC No. 154.22.0 item 110.3, pipeline loss on barrels received at origin: 0.25% of volume at $4.8900/gal = 51.35 ¢/bbl |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 7.422 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins (Covington County) starts part-way along the line | Plantation Pipeline | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | 3.42 | 0.85 | 1.22* | 1.50 | 7.00 | 10.8 | — | FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10 |
| Pascagoula (Jackson County) | Plantation Pipeline | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | 3.86 | 0.84 | 1.22* | 1.50 | 7.42 | 10.6 | — | FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10 |
| Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), incl. Dock Station and Bengal/Marathon proportional receipts | Plantation Pipeline | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | 3.86 | 0.96 | 1.22* | 1.50 | 7.55 | 12.2 | 0.13 | FERC No. 155.49.0 item 10 |
| Garyville (St. John the Baptist Parish), via Marathon Pipe Line (joint tariff 156.29.0) | Plantation Pipeline joint rate | Columbus, GA (Muscogee County) | 6.03 | 0.95 | 1.22* | 1.50 | 9.70 | 12.0 | 2.28 | FERC No. 156.29.0 item 10 |
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 | Pascagoula · Plantation Pipeline | 7.44 | pipeline loss +0.06¢; carrying cost +0.04¢ |
| 2026-10-14 | Gasoline | Pascagoula · Plantation Pipeline | 6.73 | pipeline loss −0.00¢; carrying cost −0.00¢ |
| 2026-10-11 | Diesel | Pascagoula · Plantation Pipeline | 7.33 | pipeline loss −0.03¢; carrying cost −0.02¢ |
| 2026-10-11 | Gasoline | Pascagoula · Plantation Pipeline | 6.74 | carrying cost −0.00¢; pipeline loss −0.00¢ |
| 2026-10-09 | Diesel | Pascagoula · Plantation Pipeline | 7.38 | first snapshot |
| 2026-10-09 | Gasoline | Pascagoula · Plantation Pipeline | 6.74 | first snapshot |
Terminals within 100 miles
| Terminal | City | Miles | Products (inferred from supply) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transmontaingne Product Services T-58-GA-2520 | Columbus, GA | 0.1 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| Marathon Oil Columbus T-58-GA-2523 | Columbus, GA | 0.3 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| TransMontaigne - Griffin T-58-GA-2537 | Griffin, GA | 64.2 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Macon T-58-GA-2543 | Macon, GA | 72.2 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| South Florida Materials Corp T-58-GA-2538 | Macon, GA | 72.2 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| Marathon Oil Macon T-58-GA-2541 | Macon, GA | 72.3 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| TransMontaigne - Macon T-58-GA-2544 | Macon, GA | 72.7 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| IMTT Epic LLC T-58-GA-2542 | Macon, GA | 73.9 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company T-58-GA-2554 | Macon, GA | 77.1 | unknown |
| TransMontaigne - Albany T-58-GA-2502 | Albany, GA | 77.7 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| Delta Atlanta Terminals T-58-GA-2555 | Atlanta, GA | 77.7 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Albany T-58-GA-2501 | Albany, GA | 78.7 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| Transmontaingne Product Services T-58-GA-2500 | Albany, GA | 78.9 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| IMTT Epic LLC T-58-GA-2517 | Bremen, GA | 82.7 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| US Ventures T-63-AL-2322 | Montgomery, AL | 87.0 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| Plantation - Montgomery Transmix Tank T-63-AL-2338 | Montgomery, AL | 87.2 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| South Florida Materials Corp T-63-AL-2323 | Montgomery, AL | 87.2 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| Marathon Montgomery T-63-AL-2325 | Montgomery, AL | 87.2 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| Murphy Oil USA, Inc. - Montgomery T-63-AL-2327 | Montgomery, AL | 87.3 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| IMTT Epic LLC T-63-AL-2326 | Montgomery, AL | 87.3 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC T-63-AL-2304 | Montgomery, AL | 87.8 | gasoline jet fuel distillate biodiesel renewable diesel |
| Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC T-58-GA-2511 | Atlanta, GA | 91.7 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company T-58-GA-2553 | Atlanta, GA | 91.8 | unknown |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Atlanta T-58-GA-2519 | Atlanta, GA | 92.0 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel |
| Murphy Oil USA - Oxford T-63-AL-2333 | Anniston, AL | 93.3 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix biodiesel |
| CTOC Austell Terminal T-58-GA-2558 | Austell, GA | 93.7 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
| Marathon Oil Powder Springs T-58-GA-2545 | Powder Springs, GA | 93.9 | gasoline jet fuel distillate renewable diesel transmix |
Delivered ethanol cost
Estimate over Chicago ethanol (CHI)
+26.10¢/gal
From ADM Decatur IL (Decatur, IL) by NS single tank car, Decatur, IL → Columbus, GA: about 758 rail miles and 8.4 days in transit, then transload and truck to the rack.
Assumptions: TOE (Round 2 adders, realistic transit)
| Cost line | ¢/gal | How |
|---|---|---|
| Basis | -5.50 | table · Origin-state discount to Chicago |
| Rail tariff | +23.31 | published · NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Rail car lease | +4.17 | calculated · 1,300/month, 10 + 2 + 2 × 8.42 days |
| Fuel surcharge | +0.00 | not applicable · Tariff: not subject to fuel surcharge |
| Transload | +1.25 | flat |
| Truck freight | +1.25 | flat · Transload to terminal |
| Wholesale margin | +0.00 | flat |
| Terminal charge | +1.15 | flat · Terminaling estimate |
| Carrying cost | +0.48 | calculated · $2.262 × 5% ÷ 365 × (8.42 + 7 days) |
| Delivered over CHI | +26.10 |
- 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
| Origin | Move | Days | Basis ¢ | Delivered ¢/gal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADM Decatur IL Decatur, IL | NS · Decatur, IL → Columbus, GA | 8.4 | -5.50 | +26.10 |
| Crysalis Biosciences Inc Sauget, IL | NS · St. Louis, MO → Columbus, GA | 8.3 | -5.50 | +27.00 |
| One Earth Energy LLC Gibson City, IL | NS · Bloomington, IL → Columbus, GA | 8.5 | -5.50 | +27.08 |
| Marquis Energy LLC Hennepin, IL | NS · Kankakee, IL → Columbus, GA | 8.8 | -5.50 | +27.28 |
| Show Me Ethanol Carrollton, MO | NS · Kansas City, MO → Columbus, GA | 8.8 | -5.50 | +28.13 |
| POET Biorefining - Shelbyville LLC Shelbyville, IN | NS · Marion, IN → Columbus, GA | 6.7 | +0.00 | +31.28 |
| Guardian Lima LLC Lima, OH | NS · Sandusky, OH → Columbus, GA | 8.5 | +0.00 | +31.38 |
| Cardinal Ethanol LLC Union City, IN | NS · Muncie, IN → Columbus, GA | 8.3 | +0.00 | +31.70 |
| Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Bluffton, IN | NS · Ft Wayne, IN → Columbus, GA | 8.5 | +0.00 | +31.85 |
| South Bend Ethanol LLC South Bend, IN | NS · Elkhart, IN → Columbus, GA | 8.7 | +0.00 | +32.17 |
Published rail rates into this terminal
Destination rate group: Columbus, GA (NS) (Columbus 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 group | Railroad | $/car | ¢/gal | Ethanol plants in the group | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville, TN | NS | 5,352 | 17.84 |
Primary Products Investments LLC Loudon, TN |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Driftwood, PA | NS | 6,420 | 21.40 |
Pennsylvania Grain Prcsg LLC Clearfield, PA |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Sandusky, OH | NS | 6,922 | 23.07 |
POET Biorefining - Fostoria LLC Fostoria, OH Guardian Lima LLC Lima, OH |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Decatur, IL | NS | 6,992 | 23.31 |
ADM Decatur IL Decatur, IL |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Muncie, IN | NS | 7,030 | 23.43 |
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 | 7,063 | 23.54 |
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 | 7,063 | 23.54 |
The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC Logansport, IN Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Bluffton, IN POET Biorefining - Leipsic LLC Leipsic, OH |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Elkhart, IN | NS | 7,135 | 23.78 |
South Bend Ethanol LLC South Bend, IN |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Louisville, KY | NS | 7,135 | 23.78 |
Parallel Products Inc Louisville, KY |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Chicago, IL | NS | 7,135 | 23.78 | Chicago index barrels (CHI) | NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Bloomington, IL | NS | 7,277 | 24.26 |
One Earth Energy LLC Gibson City, IL Biourja Renewables LLC Peoria, IL |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| St. Louis, MO | NS | 7,277 | 24.26 |
Green Plains Madison LLC Madison, IL Crysalis Biosciences Inc Sauget, IL |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Lansing, MI | NS | 7,277 | 24.26 |
The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC Albion, MI Carbon Green Bioenergy LLC Lake Odessa, MI |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Kankakee, IL | NS | 7,313 | 24.38 |
Marquis Energy LLC Hennepin, IL |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Kansas City, MO | NS | 7,563 | 25.21 |
Show Me Ethanol Carrollton, MO |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |
| Evansville, IN | NS | 8,205 | 27.35 |
Green Plains Mount Vernon LLC Mount Vernon, IN Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Mt Vernon, IN Grain Processing Corp Washington, IN |
NSRQ 70120 item 1000 |