June 14, 2018
VIA EDGAR SUBMISSION
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: John Reynolds
| Re: | NuStar Energy L.P. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 |
| Initially Filed on March 14, 2018 |
| File No. 333-223671 |
| Request for Acceleration |
Dear Mr. Reynolds:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, NuStar Energy L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), hereby requests that the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-223671), as amended (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated and that the Registration Statement be declared effective at 4:30 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on June 15, 2018, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
If you have any questions regarding the foregoing request, please contact the undersigned at (210) 918-2512.
| Very truly yours,
NUSTAR ENERGY L.P. | ||
| By: | Riverwalk Logistics, L.P., its general partner | |
| By: | NuStar GP, LLC, its general partner | |
| By: | /s/ Amy L. Perry | |
| Amy L. Perry | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel – Corporate & Commercial Law and Corporate Secretary | ||
| cc: | George J. Vlahakos, Sidley Austin LLP |
| Mark V. Purpura, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. |
| Igor Kirman, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
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