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Buckeye Partners, formerly known as the Buckeye Pipeline Company, is a distributor of petroleum in the East and Midwest areas of the United States. A direct descendant of Standard Oil, the company is considered one of the largest independent oil pipelines in the United States. Its global headquarters is located in Houston's River Oaks District, and it maintains an additional U.S. headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Buckeye Partners is an oil & gas company headquartered in United States, founded in 1886. Xcout tracks 15 named people at Buckeye Partners, including Todd Russo (Chief Executive Officer). Xcout recorded 1 job posting from Buckeye Partners in the last 90 days.
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Nasdaq: PAA) is a publicly traded partnership that operates liquid pipelines. The company also includes Plains Canada Liquid Pipelines ULC. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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Sunoco LP, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the energy infrastructure and distribution of motor fuels in the United States. It operates in four segments: Fuel Distribution, Pipeline Systems, Refinery, and Terminals. The Fuel Distribution segment distributes motor fuels and other petroleum products, such as propane and lubricating oil to third-party dealers and distributors, independent operators of commission agent locations, other commercial consumers of motor fuel, and retail locations; and leases real estate properties. This segment also offers non-fuel products, including in-store merchandise and company-operated retail stores food services, as well as credit card processing, car washes, lottery, and other services. The Pipeline Systems segment includes an integrated pipeline and terminal network comprising refined product, crude oil, and ammonia pipelines and terminals. The Terminals segment operates transmix processing facilities and refined product terminals; and provides blending, additive injections, handling, and filtering services. The company was formerly known as Susser Petroleum Partners LP and changed its name to Sunoco LP in 2014. Sunoco LP was founded in 1960 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
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Energy Transfer LP functions as a comprehensive provider of energy infrastructure and associated services. The company operates extensive natural gas networks, including approximately 11,600 miles of intrastate transportation pipelines and an additional 19,830 miles dedicated to interstate transport. Its natural gas storage capabilities encompass three facilities in Texas and another two spanning Texas and Oklahoma. Energy Transfer supplies natural gas to a diverse range of customers, such as electric utilities, independent power producers, local distribution companies, other marketing firms, and various industrial end-users. Beyond transportation, the firm manages substantial infrastructure for gathering, processing, treating, and conditioning natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) across a broad geographic area that includes Texas, New Mexico, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana. This infrastructure also covers natural gas gathering systems in Ohio, and integrated natural gas gathering, oil pipeline, and oil stabilization facilities situated in South Texas. Additionally, the company provides water transport and supply services to natural gas producers in Pennsylvania. In the NGL sector, Energy Transfer possesses approximately 5,215 miles of NGL pipelines, along with facilities for NGL and propane fractionation. Its NGL storage solutions include facilities with a working capacity of around 50 million barrels (MMBbls), supplemented by additional storage assets and terminals totaling about 17 MMBbls. The company is actively involved in the transportation, terminalling, acquisition, and marketing of crude oil, as well as the distribution of refined petroleum products like gasoline, middle distillates, and motor fuels. Complementing these primary operations, Energy Transfer offers specialized services such as natural gas compression, removal of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, natural gas cooling, dehydration, and British thermal unit (BTU) management. Furthermore, its operations extend to managing coal and other natural resource properties, selling standing timber, leasing coal-related infrastructure, collecting oil and gas royalties, and generating electrical power. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company officially adopted its current name, Energy Transfer LP, in October 2018, having previously been known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is a North American midstream energy company that owns and operates pipelines, storage facilities, terminals, and related infrastructure for crude oil and natural gas liquids. It serves oil and gas producers, refiners, marketers, and other energy-sector customers.
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Enterprise Products Partners L.P. delivers essential midstream energy services, connecting both producers and consumers of diverse commodities such as natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals, and refined products. Its operations are structured across four distinct business segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Crude Oil Pipelines & Services, Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services. The NGL Pipelines & Services division focuses on natural gas processing and associated NGL marketing. This segment oversees 19 natural gas processing facilities situated across Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. Furthermore, it manages an extensive network of NGL pipelines, fractionation plants, storage sites for NGLs and related products, and NGL marine export/import terminals. Within the Crude Oil Pipelines & Services segment, the company manages crude oil pipelines, along with storage and marine terminals. A notable asset in this segment is its fleet of 255 tractor-trailer tank trucks, crucial for crude oil transportation. It also actively participates in crude oil marketing. The Natural Gas Pipelines & Services segment is dedicated to the gathering, treatment, and transmission of natural gas through its pipeline systems. This includes leasing underground salt dome natural gas storage facilities in Napoleonville, Louisiana, and owning a similar underground salt dome storage cavern in Wharton County, Texas. Natural gas marketing also forms part of its activities. Finally, the Petrochemical & Refined Products Services segment handles propylene fractionation and related marketing efforts. Its capabilities extend to butane isomerization complexes and associated deisobutanizer operations, as well as facilities for octane enhancement and the production of high-purity isobutylene. This segment additionally operates refined products pipelines and terminals, and ethylene export terminals, complementing these with refined products marketing and marine transportation solutions. Established in 1968, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. maintains its corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.
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Kinder Morgan, Inc. operates as a leading energy infrastructure company across North America. Its extensive operations are categorized into four primary business segments: Natural Gas Pipelines, Products Pipelines, Terminals, and CO2. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment manages a vast network of interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines, along with underground storage systems. This includes natural gas gathering systems, processing and treatment facilities, natural gas liquids fractionation plants, transportation systems, and infrastructure for liquefied natural gas liquefaction and storage. Within its Products Pipelines segment, the company owns and operates pipelines designed for refined petroleum products, crude oil, and condensate, supported by associated product terminals and facilities for petroleum pipeline transmix. The Terminals segment involves the ownership and operation of both liquid and bulk terminals that are utilized for storing and handling a wide array of commodities, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, various chemicals, ethanol, metals, and petroleum coke. This division also includes the ownership of tankers. Lastly, the CO2 segment is dedicated to the production, transportation, and marketing of carbon dioxide, primarily for enhanced oil recovery from mature oil fields. This segment also holds interests in or operates oil fields and gasoline processing plants, oversees a crude oil pipeline system located in West Texas, and manages renewable natural gas (RNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities. In total, Kinder Morgan owns and operates approximately 83,000 miles of pipelines and 143 terminals. The company, initially named Kinder Morgan Holdco LLC, officially changed its name to Kinder Morgan, Inc. in February 2011. Founded in 1936, its corporate headquarters are situated in Houston, Texas.
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MPLX LP, incorporated in 2012 and headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, operates as a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, with MPLX GP LLC serving as its general partner. The company is a prominent owner and operator of midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets primarily across the United States. Its business is segmented into Logistics and Storage, and Gathering and Processing. MPLX's extensive operations involve the gathering, processing, and transportation of natural gas, alongside the gathering, transportation, fractionation, exchange, storage, and marketing of natural gas liquids. It also handles the collection, storage, transportation, and distribution of crude oil, refined products, and other hydrocarbon-based goods, including the sale of residue gas and condensate. Furthermore, the company manages inland marine businesses, focusing on the transportation of light products, heavy oils, crude oil, renewable fuels, chemicals, and feedstocks within the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions, utilizing its owned and third-party chartered boats and barges, and maintaining a marine repair facility on the Ohio River. Complementing these activities, MPLX oversees fuel distribution, refining logistics, terminals, rail facilities, and storage caverns, and operates specialized terminal facilities for the receipt, storage, blending, additization, handling, and redelivery of refined petroleum products through various modes including pipeline, rail, marine, and over-the-road transport.
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NGL Energy Partners LP is a company focused on energy and environmental services, specifically engaged in the conveyance, warehousing, mixing, and merchandising of crude oil, natural gas liquids, refined petroleum products, and renewable fuels, in addition to providing water management solutions. The enterprise is structured into three primary operational divisions: 1. Water Solutions: This segment is responsible for the collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of water generated during oil and natural gas production, known as produced and flowback water. It also salvages and markets crude oil recovered from these processes, manages the elimination of solid wastes like tank bottoms and drilling muds, and offers cleaning services for trucks and frac tanks. Furthermore, it sells treated produced water for reuse and recycling, along with non-potable brackish water. 2. Crude Oil Logistics: This division acquires crude oil from producers and marketers, then transports it to refineries for resale. Its distribution points include pipeline injection stations, storage depots, facilities for barge and rail loading, and various other commercial hubs. The segment also offers crucial storage, terminal, and pipeline transportation services. 3. Liquids Logistics: This segment supplies natural gas liquids, refined products, and biodiesel to a diverse customer base—including commercial, retail, and industrial clients—across both the United States and Canada. Its extensive network comprises 24 company-owned terminals, numerous agreements for third-party storage and terminal access, nine common carrier pipelines, and its own fleet of leased railcars. A notable part of its operations includes the marine export of butane from its facility located in Chesapeake, Virginia. NGL Energy Holdings LLC functions as the general partner for NGL Energy Partners LP, which was founded in 1940 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Enbridge Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company. The company operates through four segments: Liquids Pipelines, Gas Transmission, Gas Distribution and Storage, and Renewable Power Generation. The Liquids Pipelines segment operates pipelines and related terminals to transport, store, and export various grades of crude oil and other liquid hydrocarbons in Canada and the United States. This segment also provides physical commodity marketing and logistical services, and crude oil marketing services. The Gas Transmission segment invests in natural gas pipelines and gathering and processing facilities in Canada and the United States. The Gas Distribution and Storage segment is involved in natural gas utility operations serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Ontario, as well as natural gas distribution activities in Quebec. The Renewable Power Generation segment operates wind, solar, geothermal, waste heat recovery, and transmission assets in North America. The company was formerly known as IPL Energy Inc. and changed its name to Enbridge Inc. in October 1998. Enbridge Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
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Unipec America, Inc. is an oil and gas company headquartered in Houston, Texas, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of China International United Petroleum and Chemical Co. Ltd. (SINOPEC).
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PBF Energy Inc. operates petroleum refineries and logistics facilities, producing and supplying various energy products. The company serves industrial and commercial customers by providing refining operations and related infrastructure services.
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Western Midstream Partners, LP, an energy infrastructure company operating with its subsidiaries, primarily acquires, owns, develops, and manages assets across the United States. Its core functions include the collection, compression, treatment, processing, and transportation of natural gas. The firm also handles the gathering, stabilization, and conveyance of condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and crude oil, alongside the collection and disposal of water generated during production. Additionally, it engages in the buying and selling of natural gas, NGLs, and condensate. Western Midstream maintains operations in significant regions such as Texas, New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, and north-central Pennsylvania. Western Midstream Holdings, LLC functions as its general partner. Formed in 2007, the company is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, and rebranded from Western Gas Equity Partners, LP to its current name in February 2019.
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