Case Study
Logistics Solution for Nustar Energy
Case Study April 2016 D352391X012 Logistics Solution for Nustar Energy Challenge NuStar Energy operates one of the world’s largest liquid terminal and pipeline networks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Turkey. Nustar’s network consists of 8,417 miles/13,467 kilometers of pipeline and 90 terminal and storage facilities with a combined storage of over 94 million barrels/11.2 million cubic meters. Additionally, NuStar energy operates its own two asphalt refi neries with a combined output of 118,500 barrels per day/15,500 metric tons per day. Until recently, NuStar (then called Valero, L.P.) was the logistics branch of Valero Energy, a refi ner with 15 refi neries and a combined throughput of 2.9 million daily barrels/380,000 daily metric tons.