SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS L.P. REPORTS MINIMAL DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE IKE
PHILADELPHIA, September 16, 2008 - Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE:
SXL), announced today that a preliminary assessment indicates that its assets
experienced only minor damage during Hurricane Ike. Most of the Company’s facilities
maintained operations during the hurricane. In anticipation of the storm, the Company
shut down its Jefferson County, Texas facilities, including the Nederland Marine Crude
Oil Terminal. The Nederland Terminal experienced limited flooding. The Nederland
Terminal and the Sour Lake facilities experienced loss of commercial power. Water is
receding around the Nederland dock facilities and substantial progress is being made
toward restoration of commercial power. Upon resolution of these matters, the
reopening of the Sabine-Neches waterway and the ability of our customers to deliver or
receive, the Company expects to resume operations at both facilities.
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, including those of Sunoco, Inc. The Eastern Pipeline
System consists of approximately 1,800 miles of primarily refined product pipelines 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 9.2 million shell barrels of refined
product terminal capacity and 23.4 million shell barrels of crude oil terminal capacity
(including 16.5 million shell barrels of capacity at the Texas Gulf Coast Nederland
Terminal). The Western Pipeline System consists of approximately 3,700 miles of crude
oil pipelines, located principally in Oklahoma and Texas, a 55.3 percent interest in Mid-
Valley Pipeline Company and 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.
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