SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS L.P. ANNOUNCES NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

PHILADELPHIA, May 5, 2009 – Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) (the
“Partnership”) today announced the appointment of Michael J. Hennigan as Vice President of Business
Development. Mike will join Sunoco Logistics in mid-May from Sunoco, Inc., where he most recently
served as Senior Vice President, Business Improvement.
“We are very pleased to have Mike join our team,” said Deborah M. Fretz, President and Chief
Executive Officer. “With over 25 years of experience in crude oil and refined products supply, trading
and transportation, Mike’s leadership abilities, creativity and technical knowledge make him ideally suited
to lead our Business Development and Lease Acquisition teams as we continue to grow our business.”
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL), headquartered in Philadelphia, is a master limited
partnership formed to acquire, own and operate refined product and crude oil pipelines and terminal
facilities. The Refined Products Pipeline System consists of approximately 2,200 miles of refined product
pipelines located in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, the recently acquired MagTex
Pipeline System, and interests in four refined products pipelines, consisting of a 9.4 percent interest in
Explorer Pipeline Company, a 31.5 percent interest in Wolverine Pipe Line Company, a 12.3 percent
interest in West Shore Pipe Line Company and a 14.0 percent interest in Yellowstone Pipe Line Company.
The Terminal Facilities consist of approximately 9.7 million shell barrels of refined products terminal
capacity and approximately 21.2 million shell barrels of crude oil terminal capacity (including
approximately 17.8 million shell barrels of capacity at the Texas Gulf Coast Nederland Terminal). The
Crude Oil Pipeline System consists of approximately 3,800 miles of crude oil pipelines, located
principally in Oklahoma and Texas, a 55.3 percent interest in Mid-Valley Pipeline Company, a 43.8
percent interest in the West Texas Gulf Pipe Line Company and a 37.0 percent interest in the Mesa Pipe
Line System. For additional information visit Sunoco Logistics’ web site at www.sunocologistics.com.
Portions of this document constitute forward-looking statements as defined by federal law.
Although Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. believes that the assumptions underlying these statements are
reasonable, investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and
necessarily involve risks that may affect the Partnership’s business prospects and performance causing
actual results to differ from those discussed in the foregoing release. Such risks and uncertainties include,
by way of example and not of limitation: whether or not the transactions described in the foregoing news
release will be cash flow accretive; increased competition; changes in demand for crude oil and refined
products that we store and distribute; changes in operating conditions and costs; changes in the level of
environmental remediation spending; potential equipment malfunction; potential labor issues; the
legislative or regulatory environment; plant construction/repair delays; nonperformance by major
customers or suppliers; and political and economic conditions, including the impact of potential terrorist
acts and international hostilities. These and other applicable risks and uncertainties have been described
more fully in the Partnership’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 24, 2009. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in
this release, whether as a result of new information or future events.