Terminal
Western El Paso
6501 Trowbridge, El Paso, TX 79905
T-74-TX-2724
Rack market · El Paso, TX
- pipelines supplying
- 0
- confirmed delivery points
- 0
- lowest ¢/bbl into this terminal
- —
- terminals within 100 mi
- 5
Supplied by
No tariff delivery point is linked to this terminal yet. It may be supplied by barge, truck, or a pipeline whose tariffs we haven’t researched.
Can be sourced from
No published rates into this terminal’s delivery points yet — its pipeline’s rate tariffs haven’t been transcribed.
Terminals within 100 miles
| Terminal | City | Miles | Products (inferred from supply) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Energy Partners - Operating L.P. T-74-TX-2726 | El Paso, TX | 0.6 | unknown |
| NuStar Logistics, L.P. - El Paso, TX T-74-TX-2750 | El Paso, TX | 9.1 | unknown |
| Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. T-74-TX-2751 | El Paso, TX | 11.6 | gasoline distillate jet fuel natural gasoline butane propane transmix |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company T-85-NM-4262 | Santa Teresa, NM | 17.6 | distillate |
| IMTT Epic LLC T-85-NM-4259 | Alamogordo, NM | 76.6 | jet fuel |
Delivered ethanol cost
Estimate over Chicago ethanol (CHI)
+18.30¢/gal
From Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) by UP single tank car, Optima, OK → El Paso, TX: about 668 rail miles and 6.3 days in transit, then transload and truck to the rack.
Assumptions: TOE (Round 2 adders, realistic transit)
| Cost line | ¢/gal | How |
|---|---|---|
| Basis | -12.50 | table · Origin-state discount to Chicago |
| Rail tariff | +22.68 | published · UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.75 |
| Rail car lease | +3.55 | calculated · 1,300/month, 10 + 2 + 2 × 6.3 days |
| Fuel surcharge | +0.50 | flat |
| 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 | +0.41 | calculated · $2.262 × 5% ÷ 365 × (6.3 + 7 days) |
| Delivered over CHI | +18.30 |
- Built on an expired rate: UP 2028-A expired 2023-09-30; current rates must be re-acquired.
- 8 plant(s) in CO, WI not costed: no basis to Chicago on record for those states.
Options compared
| Origin | Move | Days | Basis ¢ | Delivered ¢/gal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkalon Ethanol LLC Liberal, KS | UP · Optima, OK → El Paso, TX | 6.3 | -12.50 | +18.30 |
| East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC Garnett, KS | UP · Kansas City, MO → El Paso, TX | 10.1 | -12.50 | +20.50 |
| Pratt Energy LLC Pratt, KS | UP · Pratt, KS → El Paso, TX | 8.1 | -12.50 | +20.54 |
| Kansas Ethanol LLC Lyons, KS | UP · KO group, KS → El Paso, TX | 8.2 | -12.50 | +20.58 |
| Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Albert City, IA | UP · Interior Iowa Light, IA → El Paso, TX | 10.6 | -12.50 | +20.77 |
| Western Plains Energy LLC Oakley, KS | UP · Sharon Springs, KS → El Paso, TX | 8.1 | -12.50 | +20.87 |
| Purefield Ingredients LLC Russell, KS | UP · Wakeeney, KS → El Paso, TX | 8.3 | -12.50 | +20.93 |
| Green Plains Wood River LLC Wood River, NE | UP · Grand Island, NE → El Paso, TX | 8.5 | -12.50 | +21.23 |
| Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc Hastings, NE | UP · Hastings, NE → El Paso, TX | 8.5 | -12.50 | +21.49 |
| VCP Corn Processing Columbus, NE | UP · Group 3, NE → El Paso, TX | 10.2 | -12.50 | +21.51 |
Published rail rates into this terminal
Destination rate group: El Paso, TX (UP) (El Paso 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.
Historical single-car rates from the September 2023 UP 2028-A book (expired September 30, 2023). UP has since announced increases, including +$400 per car on Item 1301 (unit train) and Item 1360 (manifest) from October 1, 2026 (UP announcement BU2026-24). Subject to UP fuel surcharge.
| From rate group | Railroad | $/car | ¢/gal | Ethanol plants in the group | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optima, OK | UP | 6,805 | 22.68 |
Arkalon Ethanol LLC Liberal, KS |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.75 |
| St Louis, IL | UP | 7,105 | 23.68 |
Green Plains Madison LLC Madison, IL Crysalis Biosciences Inc Sauget, IL |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.62 |
| Kansas City, MO | UP | 7,105 | 23.68 |
Lifeline Biofuels LLC Saint Joseph, MO East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC Garnett, KS Mgp Ingredients Inc Atchison, KS |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.69 |
| Interior Iowa Light, IA | UP | 7,130 | 23.77 |
Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Albert City, IA Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Lakota, IA Green Plains Superior LLC Superior, IA |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.59 |
| KO group, KS | UP | 7,305 | 24.35 |
Kansas Ethanol LLC Lyons, KS Cardinal Colwich LLC Colwich, KS |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.63 |
| Pratt, KS | UP | 7,305 | 24.35 |
Pratt Energy LLC Pratt, KS |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.64 |
| Group 3, NE | UP | 7,390 | 24.63 |
VCP Corn Processing Columbus, NE Cargill Inc Blair, NE Southwest Iowa Renewable Council Bluffs, IA + 1 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.72 |
| Sharon Springs, KS | UP | 7,405 | 24.68 |
Western Plains Energy LLC Oakley, KS |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.65 |
| Wakeeney, KS | UP | 7,405 | 24.68 |
Purefield Ingredients LLC Russell, KS |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.66 |
| Grand Island, NE | UP | 7,470 | 24.90 |
Kaapa Ethanol Ravenna LLC Ravenna, NE Green Plains Central City LLC Central City, NE Green Plains Wood River LLC Wood River, NE + 1 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.71 |
| Allen, IL | UP | 7,505 | 25.02 |
Alto Pekin LLC Pekin, IL Alto ICP LLC Pekin, IL Alto Pekin Inc Pekin, IL + 1 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.61 |
| Chicago, IL | UP | 7,505 | 25.02 | Chicago index barrels (CHI) | UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.62 |
| Ashton, IA | UP | 7,510 | 25.03 |
Plymouth Energy LLC Merrill, IA POET Biorefining - Ashton LLC Ashton, IA |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.55 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | UP | 7,510 | 25.03 |
VCP Corn Processing Cedar Rapids, IA ADM Cedar Rapids IA Wet Mill Cedar Rapids, IA ADM Clinton IA Clinton, IA + 1 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.56 |
| Nevada, IA | UP | 7,510 | 25.03 |
Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Charles City, IA Golden Grain Energy LLC Mason City, IA Louis Dreyfus Co Grand Junction, IA + 5 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.60 |
| Interior Iowa Heavy, IA | UP | 7,550 | 25.17 |
Little Sioux Corn Processors LLLP Marcus, IA Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Fort Dodge, IA Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Hartley, IA + 9 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.58 |
| Hastings, NE | UP | 7,550 | 25.17 |
Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc Hastings, NE |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.73 |
| IANR group, IA | UP | 7,570 | 25.23 |
Absolute Energy LLC St Ansgar, IA POET Biorefining - Fairbank LLC Fairbank, IA POET Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC Shell Rock, IA |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.57 |
| South Dakota, SD | UP | 7,570 | 25.23 |
POET Biorefining - Hudson LLC Hudson, SD Siouxland Energy Cooperative Sioux Center, IA |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.76 |
| Cozad, NE | UP | 7,590 | 25.30 |
Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc Lexington, NE Midwest Renewable Energy LLC Sutherland, NE |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.70 |
| Hope, MN | UP | 7,605 | 25.35 |
POET Biorefining - Glenville LLC Glenville, MN |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.68 |
| Brewster, MN | UP | 7,610 | 25.37 |
Guardian Energy LLC Janesville, MN Heron Lake Bioenergy LLC Heron Lake, MN POET Biorefining - Lake Crystal LLC Lake Crystal, MN + 1 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.67 |
| NCRC group, NE | UP | 7,630 | 25.43 |
Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Albion, NE Husker Ag LLC Plainview, NE GreenAmerica Biofuels Ord LLC Ord, NE + 2 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.74 |
| Southern Wisconsin | UP | 7,630 | 25.43 |
Aztalan Bio LLC Jefferson, WI Badger State Ethanol LLC Monroe, WI United Wisconsin Grain Producers LLC Friesland, WI + 4 more |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.77 |
| Denver, CO | UP | 7,830 | 26.10 |
Sterling Ethanol LLC Sterling, CO Front Range Energy LLC Windsor, CO |
UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.54 |