Terminal
US Venture - Melissa
160 CO Road 160, Melissa, TX 75454
T-75-TX-2697
Loads truck
gasoline distillate
- pipelines supplying
- 1
- confirmed delivery points
- 1
- lowest ¢/bbl into this terminal
- 236.10
- terminals within 100 mi
- 18
Supplied by
Tariff delivery points this terminal sits on.
| Pipeline | Delivery point | Products | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | gasoline distillate | confirmed | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
Can be sourced from
| Origin | Pipeline or mode | Refineries at origin | ¢/bbl | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena, Houston TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier | Valero Refining CO Texas LP | 236.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Mont Belvieu (Chambers County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier | Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO | 236.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Port Arthur (Jefferson County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier |
Motiva Enterprises LLC Premcor Refining Group INC |
236.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier |
Citgo Petroleum Corp Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO Totalenergies Petrochem & Refg USA |
240.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Pasadena, Houston TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier | Valero Refining CO Texas LP | 246.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Mont Belvieu (Chambers County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier | Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO | 246.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Port Arthur (Jefferson County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier |
Motiva Enterprises LLC Premcor Refining Group INC |
246.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier |
Citgo Petroleum Corp Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO Totalenergies Petrochem & Refg USA |
250.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Pasadena, Houston TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier | Valero Refining CO Texas LP | 261.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Mont Belvieu (Chambers County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier | Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO | 261.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Port Arthur (Jefferson County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier |
Motiva Enterprises LLC Premcor Refining Group INC |
261.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline volume_tier |
Citgo Petroleum Corp Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO Totalenergies Petrochem & Refg USA |
265.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Pasadena, Houston TX | Explorer Pipeline | Valero Refining CO Texas LP | 281.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Mont Belvieu (Chambers County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline | Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO | 281.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Port Arthur (Jefferson County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline |
Motiva Enterprises LLC Premcor Refining Group INC |
281.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
| Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) TX | Explorer Pipeline |
Citgo Petroleum Corp Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO Totalenergies Petrochem & Refg USA |
285.10 | FERC No. 100.134.0 |
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
- 8.91
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 6.69
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.55
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · published
- 0.16
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 10.5
Route used: from Pasadena, Houston on Explorer Pipeline to Melissa (FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III).
How this adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 6.693 | published | Explorer Pipeline FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III: Pasadena, Houston → Melissa (Collin County), 281.10 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.551 | calculated | $3.240000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 10.542 days (3.042 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 292 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.162 | published | Explorer Pipeline FERC No. 100.134.0 item 45(b), tender deduction: 0.05% of volume at $3.2400/gal = 6.80 ¢/bbl |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 8.906 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena, Houston | Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | 6.69 | 0.55 | 0.16* | 1.50 | 8.91 | 10.5 | — | FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III |
| Mont Belvieu (Chambers County, TX) | Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | 6.69 | 0.55 | 0.16* | 1.50 | 8.91 | 10.6 | 0.00 | FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III |
| Port Arthur (Jefferson County, TX) | Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | 6.69 | 0.57 | 0.16* | 1.50 | 8.92 | 10.8 | 0.02 | FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III |
| Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) | Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | 6.79 | 0.56 | 0.16* | 1.50 | 9.01 | 10.8 | 0.11 | FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III |
Diesel: product adder
- ¢/gal · product adder
- 9.27
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 6.69
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.83
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · published
- 0.24
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 10.5
Route used: from Pasadena, Houston on Explorer Pipeline to Melissa (FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III).
How this adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 6.693 | published | Explorer Pipeline FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III: Pasadena, Houston → Melissa (Collin County), 281.10 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.832 | calculated | $4.890000/gal × 5.8900% ÷ 365 × 10.542 days (3.042 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 292 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.245 | published | Explorer Pipeline FERC No. 100.134.0 item 45(b), tender deduction: 0.05% of volume at $4.8900/gal = 10.27 ¢/bbl |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 9.269 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena, Houston | Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | 6.69 | 0.83 | 0.24* | 1.50 | 9.27 | 10.5 | — | FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III |
| Mont Belvieu (Chambers County, TX) | Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | 6.69 | 0.83 | 0.24* | 1.50 | 9.27 | 10.6 | 0.00 | FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III |
| Port Arthur (Jefferson County, TX) | Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | 6.69 | 0.86 | 0.24* | 1.50 | 9.29 | 10.8 | 0.02 | FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III |
| Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) | Explorer Pipeline | Melissa (Collin County) | 6.79 | 0.85 | 0.24* | 1.50 | 9.38 | 10.8 | 0.11 | FERC No. 100.134.0 item Part III |
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 | Pasadena, Houston · Explorer Pipeline | 9.28 | carrying cost +0.04¢; pipeline loss +0.01¢ |
| 2026-10-14 | Gasoline | Pasadena, Houston · Explorer Pipeline | 8.91 | carrying cost −0.00¢; pipeline loss −0.00¢ |
| 2026-10-11 | Diesel | Pasadena, Houston · Explorer Pipeline | 9.22 | first snapshot |
| 2026-10-11 | Gasoline | Pasadena, Houston · Explorer Pipeline | 8.91 | first snapshot |
Terminals within 100 miles
| Terminal | City | Miles | Products (inferred from supply) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunoco Midstream LLC T-75-TX-2659 | Caddo Mills, TX | 25.8 | gasoline distillate |
| Aircraft Service International T-75-TX-2663 | Dallas, TX | 35.8 | jet fuel |
| ExxonMobil Pipeline T-75-TX-2660 | Irving, TX | 38.5 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| GLOBAL COMPANIES, LLC T-75-TX-2662 | Dallas, TX | 40.5 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| Aircraft Services International T-75-TX-2673 | Dallas, TX | 40.5 | jet fuel |
| Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. T-75-TX-2661 | Dallas, TX | 40.7 | gasoline distillate jet fuel |
| NuStar Logistics, L.P. - Southlake, TX T-75-TX-2680 | Grapevine, TX | 42.5 | gasoline distillate |
| Sunoco LLC T-75-TX-2690 | Euless, TX | 45.9 | gasoline distillate |
| Flint Hills Resources Fort Worth T-75-TX-2664 | Euless, TX | 45.9 | gasoline distillate |
| GLOBAL COMPANIES, LLC T-75-TX-2669 | Fort Worth, TX | 55.9 | gasoline distillate |
| US Venture- Ft. Worth T-75-TX-2667 | Fort Worth, TX | 57.1 | gasoline distillate ethanol |
| US Venture - Fort Worth T-75-TX-2666 | Fort Worth, TX | 57.3 | gasoline distillate |
| Valero Refining Company - Oklahoma T-73-OK-2600 | Ardmore, OK | 71.6 | unknown |
| Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. T-75-TX-2665 | Aledo, TX | 73.8 | gasoline distillate |
| Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. T-76-TX-2833 | Mertens, TX | 81.8 | gasoline distillate |
| Delek Marketing Big Sandy T-75-TX-2676 | Mount Pleasant, TX | 90.0 | gasoline distillate |
| Delek Marketing - Big Sandy T-76-TX-2784 | Big Sandy, TX | 94.8 | gasoline distillate |
| Delek Logistics Operating T-75-TX-2681 | Tyler, TX | 96.7 | unknown |
Delivered ethanol cost
Estimate over Chicago ethanol (CHI)
+18.55¢/gal
From Cargill Inc (Eddyville, IA) by UP single tank car, Cedar Rapids, IA → DGNO group, TX: about 799 rail miles and 8.1 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 | +22.37 | published · UP 2028-A-1370-EX p.56 |
| Rail car lease | +4.06 | calculated · 1,300/month, 10 + 2 + 2 × 8.06 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 | +0.47 | calculated · $2.262 × 5% ÷ 365 × (8.06 + 7 days) |
| Delivered over CHI | +18.55 |
- Built on an expired rate: UP 2028-A expired 2023-09-30; current rates must be re-acquired.
Published rail rates into this terminal
Destination rate group: DGNO group, TX (UP) (Melissa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids, IA | UP | 6,710 | 22.37 |
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 |