| BPL Description: Buckeye Partners, L.P. owns and operates liquid petroleum products pipeline systems in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Domestic Pipelines & Terminals, Global Marine Terminals, and Merchant Services. The Domestic Pipelines & Terminals segment transports liquid petroleum products, including gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, heating oil, and kerosene; and refined petroleum products, such as propane and butane, refinery feedstock, and blending components, as well as crude oil. This segment owns and operates approximately 6,000 miles of pipeline located primarily in the northeastern and upper midwestern portions of the United States, and services 110 delivery locations; and 117 active terminals that provide bulk storage and throughput services with aggregate storage capacity of 55 million barrels. In addition, this segment provides turn-key operations and maintenance, asset development, and construction services for third-party pipeline and energy assets; operates and/or maintains third-party pipelines; and operates 2 underground propane storage caverns. The Global Marine Terminals segment provides marine accessible bulk storage and blending services, rail and truck rack loading/unloading, and petroleum processing services through 7 liquid petroleum product terminals located in The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and St. Lucia in the Caribbean; and the New York Harbor and Corpus Christi, Texas in the United States. The Merchant Services segment is involved in the wholesale distribution of refined petroleum products, including gasoline, propane, natural gas liquids, ethanol, and biodiesel, as well as petroleum distillates, such as heating oil, diesel fuel, kerosene, and fuel oil. Buckeye GP LLC serves as the general partner of the company. Buckeye Partners, L.P. was founded in 1886 and is based in Houston, Texas. |
