Buckeye GP Holdings L.P. owns and controls Buckeye GP LLC, which is the general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE symbol: BPL), a publicly traded master limited partnership. Our primary cash-generating assets are our general partner interests in Buckeye, which consist of (i) general partner units, or GP units, in Buckeye, (ii) the incentive distribution rights in Buckeye, and (iii) approximate one percent general partner interests in Buckeye's subsidiary operating partnerships. The incentive distribution rights entitle us to receive incentive distributions based upon the amount of quarterly cash distributions that Buckeye pays to its limited partners. As the amount of cash distributions paid by Buckeye to its limited partners meets certain target distribution levels, we receive payments equal to an increasing percentage of such cash distributions.

Buckeye Partners, L.P., through its operating subsidiaries, is one of the largest independent refined petroleum products pipeline systems in the United States in terms of volumes delivered, with approximately 5,400 miles of pipeline.  The Partnership also owns and operates 50 refined petroleum products terminals with an aggregate storage capacity of approximately 20 million barrels in Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and operates and maintains approximately 2,700 miles of pipeline under agreements with major oil and chemical companies.