NuStar Energy L.P. provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2012. For the quarter, the company expects to report a loss in the range of $0.15 to $0.25 per unit applicable to limited partners in the fourth quarter of 2012 largely due to the partnership recording approximately $40 million of expense items that were not reflected in previous fourth quarter 2012 earnings guidance.

For the full year 2012, the company expects adjusted earnings per unit applicable to limited partners would have been in the range of $0.25 to $0.35.