SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

 

x  CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b) (2)

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

Wells Fargo & Company
Law Department, Trust Section

MAC N9305-175

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

(612) 667-4608

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

NuStar Logistics, L.P.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

2330 N. Loop 1604 West

San Antonio, Texas 78248

(210) 918-2000

 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

 

 

 

TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Each of the following is a co-registrant that may issue some or all of the securities:

 

Name		Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization		I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
NUSTAR ENERGY L.P.		Delaware		74-2956831
NUSTAR PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.		Delaware		75-2287673

 

The address for each of these co-registrants is 2330 N. Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, Texas 78248.

 

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Item 1.   General Information.  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

(a)                                 Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Comptroller of the Currency

Treasury Department

Washington, D.C.

 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Washington, D.C.

 

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California 94120

 

(b)                                 Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

 

The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

 

Item 2.         Affiliations with Obligor.  If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

 

None with respect to the trustee.

 

No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.

 

Item 15.  Foreign Trustee.                                                      Not applicable.

 

Item 16.  List of Exhibits.                                                       List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.

 

Exhibit 1.                                            A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.*

 

Exhibit 2.                                            A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence and Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated February 4, 2004.**

 

Exhibit 3.                                            See Exhibit 2

 

Exhibit 4.                                            Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.***

 

Exhibit 5.                                            Not applicable.

 

Exhibit 6.                                            The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

 

Exhibit 7.                                            A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

Exhibit 8.                                            Not applicable.

 

Exhibit 9.                                            Not applicable.

 

*      Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated December 30, 2005 of Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC file number 333-130784-06.

 

**   Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form T-3 dated March 3, 2004 of Trans-Lux Corporation file number 022-28721.

 

*** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated May 26, 2005 of Penn National Gaming Inc. file number 333-125274.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Dallas and State of Texas on the 28th day of November, 2012.

 

 

	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	Patrick T. Giordano
	Vice President

 

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