UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):   May 22, 2008

 

Buckeye Partners, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

1-9356

(Commission File
Number)

 

23-2432497

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

Five TEK Park
9999 Hamilton Blvd.

 

 

Breinigsville, Pennsylvania

 

18031

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (610) 904-4000

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

        o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

        o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

        o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

        o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

Item 7.01               Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On May 22, 2008, Vance E. Powers, Vice President, Finance and Controller, and Acting Chief Financial Offer of Buckeye GP LLC, the general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), is presenting at the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships’ 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference.  Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a copy of the presentation materials to be used in connection with Mr. Powers’ presentation.  The presentation materials also have been posted on the Investor Center page of the Partnership’s website, at www.buckeye.com.

 

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 and the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Partnership.

 

Item 9.01                                             Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

 

Exhibits.

 

 

 

99.1

 

National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships’ 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference Presentation.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

Buckeye GP LLC,

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

   /s/ Stephen C. Muther

 

 

 

   Stephen C. Muther

 

 

 

   President

 

 

Dated: May 22, 2008

 

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Exhibit Index

 

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships’ 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference Presentation.

 

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