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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): August 6, 2010
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   1-9356   23-2432497
(State or Other   (Commission File   (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of   Number)   Identification No.)
Incorporation)        
     
One Greenway Plaza    
Suite 600    
Houston, TX   77046
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 615-8600
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On August 6, 2010, Buckeye Partners, L.P. issued a press release announcing its 2010 second quarter financial results. The press release is being furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
The information provided in this Item 2.02 (including 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, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other than to the extent that such filing incorporates by reference any or all of such information by express reference thereto.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
(d)   Exhibits.
 
    
99.1
  Press release of Buckeye Partners, L.P. issued August 6, 2010.

 

 

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/ William H. Schmidt, Jr.    
    William H. Schmidt, Jr.   
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   
 
Dated: August 10, 2010

 

 

Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit    
99.1
  Press release of Buckeye Partners, L.P. issued August 6, 2010.