NuStar Energy

{{Infobox company

| name = NuStar Energy L.P.

| logo = NuStar Logo.JPG

| foundation = April 16, 2001

| location = San Antonio, Texas
United States

| key_people = Brad Barron (President & CEO)
Tom Shoaf (CFO){{cite web|title=NuStar Officers|url=http://nustarenergy.com/en-us/Investors/Pages/Officers.aspx|website=NuStar Official Site|accessdate=26 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126114617/http://nustarenergy.com/en-us/Investors/Pages/Officers.aspx|archive-date=26 November 2015|url-status=dead}}

| industry = Oil and Gasoline, Transportation

| products = Petrochemical

| revenue = {{profit}} $1.9 billion USD (2018)

| owner = {{ubl|Sunoco LP {{smaller|(2024–present)}}}}

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.nustarenergy.com}}

}}

NuStar Energy L.P. is a subsidiary of Sunoco LP, and formerly was a publicly traded master limited partnership. The company is one of the largest independent liquids terminal and pipeline operators in the nation. NuStar owns 8,700 miles of pipeline and 79 terminal and storage facilities that store and distribute crude oil, refined products and specialty liquids.{{cite web|last1=Aldridge|first1=James|title=NuStar's earnings grew in third quarter, despite drop in shale production|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/blog/morning-edition/2015/11/nustar-s-earnings-grew-in-third-quarter-despite.html|website=San Antonio Business Journal|accessdate=26 November 2015|date=3 November 2010}}

The partnership's combined system has approximately 93 million barrels of storage capacity, and NuStar has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, including Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean, and the United Kingdom.

Operations are managed by NuStar GP, LLC. As of December 31, 2015, NuStar GP, LLC had 1,251 domestic employees and certain of their wholly owned subsidiaries had 393 employees performing services for their international operations.{{cite web|title=2015 Annual Report|url=http://investor.nustarenergy.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=123440&p=irol-reportsAnnual|website=AnnualReports|accessdate=2 February 2017}}

In 2018 Inter Pipeline acquired NuStar Energy L.P.'s European bulk liquid storage business ("NuStar Europe") for cash consideration of US$270 million.{{cite web|url=

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/inter-pipeline-announces-acquisition-of-multinational-european-bulk-liquid-storage-business-698997581.html|title= Inter Pipeline announces the acquisition of European bulk liquid storage business }} The following year, it received the first shipment of long haul Permian Crude at Corpus Christi terminal.{{cite web|url=https://www.tanknewsinternational.com/nustar-receives-first-shipment-of-long-haul-permian-crude-at-corpus-christi-terminal/|title= NuStar receives the first shipment of long-haul Permian Crude at Corpus Christi terminal}}

In January 2024, Sunoco LP, a US-based owner of gas stations, announced it was acquiring NuStar for approximately $7.3 billion.{{Cite web |title=Gas Station Owner Sunoco to Buy NuStar Energy for $7.3 Billion |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-22/gas-station-owner-sunoco-to-buy-nustar-energy-for-7-3-billion |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=www.bloomberg.com}} This transaction was completed in May.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sunoco-lp-completes-acquisition-of-nustar-energy-lp-announces-a-4-increase-in-quarterly-distribution-302135594.html|title=Sunoco LP Completes Acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.; Announces a 4% Increase in Quarterly Distribution|work=PR Newswire|date=2024-05-03|access-date=2024-05-27|language=en}}

Crockett facility fire

On 15 October 2019, the Nustar Fire, a 15-acre wildfire, was caused by an explosion of two ethanol storage tanks at NuStar's Crockett, California, fuel depot.{{cite web | url = https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2019/10/15/nustar-fire/ | website = Cal Fire | title = Nustar Fire | date = 15 October 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Borba |first1=Andria |title=Plans To Build New Petrochemical Tanks In Rodeo Face Pushback Following NuStar Fire |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/10/22/plans-to-build-new-petrochemical-tanks-in-rodeo-face-pushback-following-nustar-fire/ |access-date=4 November 2019 |publisher=KPIX5 CBS SF BayArea |date=22 October 2019}}