NuStar Corpus Terminal to Load Permian Crude for Export

    

   OAKHRUST, N.J. (DTN) --- NuStar Energy L.P. announced today that it has 
received its first shipment of Permian crude at its Corpus Christi North Beach 
Terminal and that terminal will load the first cargo of the long-haul Permian 
crude onto a ship for export this weekend.

   The shipment comes on the heels of NuStar's recent completion of a project 
connecting the partnership's existing 16-inch pipeline in South Texas to the 
Plains Cactus II pipeline that transports West Texas Intermediate volumes from 
the Permian Basin to South Texas.

   NuStar is also currently nearing completion of projects that connect its 
South Texas Pipeline System to two other long-haul pipelines which will also 
move WTI volumes from the Permian to South Texas.

   "We are excited to have these connections completed and we are even more 
excited that we will soon be the first in the Port of Corpus Christi to export 
these barrels transported to South Texas via one of three large Permian 
long-haul pipeline projects," said Brad Barron, president and CEO of NuStar 
Energy L.P. "The second stage of our export project, a new 8-mile 30" pipeline 
to transport WTI volumes from a connection to Cactus II in Taft, Texas to our 
Corpus Christi terminal is also on-schedule to be in service this quarter. We 
continue to believe that the biggest impact from the growth in the Permian 
Basin on the horizon is the growth in Gulf Coast crude exports, particularly 
from the Port of Corpus Christi, and with our existing pipeline and terminal 
operations in South Texas and Corpus Christi we are uniquely positioned to play 
a major role in getting more crude to export markets," Barron said.

    

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