Joel H. Kieffer

TEPPCO Partners LP is a publicly traded energy logistics partnership with operations that span much of the continental United States. TEPPCO owns and operates an extensive network of assets that facilitate the movement, marketing, gathering and storage of various commodities and energy-related products. The partnership's midstream portfolio of assets comprises pipelines that gather and transport refined petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs) and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and includes one of the largest common carrier pipelines for refined petroleum products and LPGs in the United States. TEPPCO also owns a marine business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Part of NuStar Energy LP, NuStar Asphalt Refining LLC refines asphalt. The company is based in Wilmington, NC. NuStar Asphalt Refining was acquired by NuStar Energy LP from CITGO Petroleum Corp. on March 20, 2008 for $840.40 million.