Pipelines, tankers, and barges convey transportation fuels from Gulf Coast to East Coast

In the United States, the East Coast and Gulf Coast are highly dependent on each other to balance supply and consumption of transportation fuels. East Coast transportation fuels consumption is met through a number of supply sources, but none is more important than supply from the Gulf Coast. Conversely, surplus supply in the Gulf Coast is distributed to a number of domestic and foreign markets, but none is larger than the East Coast. More »