It's all about marketing strategy, I asked the marketing guys at the refinery where I used to work and the answer that I got was "The price is set by whatever the market will bear".
The pump price has little to do with transportation or delivery costs.
MidWest, PAD 2, does have 20% of US refining capacity, OHIO has only 3% of that.
GulfCoast, PAD 3, has 51% of US refining capacity, Louisiana has 18% of that and Texas has 29%. It's not fair its whatever the market will bear.
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