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crude oil at producer sites and transport it to both our truck unloading facilities and third-party unloading facilities for shipment
on our pipelines and third-party pipelines. Third-party trucking firms are also retained to transport crude oil to certain facilities.
Terminal Facilities
Our terminal facilities operate with an aggregate storage capacity of approximately 46 million barrels. Since December
31, 2010, we completed the following acquisitions in the terminalling business:
• Marcus Hook Facility—In the second quarter 2013, we acquired Sunoco's Marcus Hook facility and related assets (the
"Marcus Hook Facility"). The acquisition included terminalling and storage assets with a capacity of approximately 5
million barrels located in Pennsylvania and Delaware, including approximately 2 million barrels of NGL storage
capacity in underground caverns, as well as commercial agreements.
• East Boston Terminal—In September 2011, we acquired a refined products terminal, located in East Boston,
Massachusetts, from affiliates of ConocoPhillips. The terminal is the sole service provider to Logan International
Airport under a long-term contract to provide jet fuel. The terminal includes a 10-bay truck rack and total active
storage capacity for this facility is approximately 1 million barrels.
• Eagle Point Tank Farm—In July 2011, we acquired the Eagle Point tank farm and related assets from Sunoco. The
tank farm is located in Westville, New Jersey and consists of approximately 5 million barrels of active storage for
clean products and dark oils.
Refined Products Terminals
Our 39 active refined products terminals receive refined products from pipelines, barges, railcars, and trucks and
distribute them to third parties and certain of our affiliates, who in turn deliver them to end-users and retail outlets. Terminals
are facilities where products are transferred to or from storage or transportation systems, such as a pipeline, to other
transportation systems, such as trucks or other pipelines. Terminals play a key role in moving product to the end-user markets
by providing the following services: storage; distribution; blending to achieve specified grades of gasoline and middle
distillates; and other ancillary services that include the injection of additives and the filtering of jet fuel. Typically, our refined
products terminal facilities consist of multiple storage tanks and are equipped with automated truck loading equipment that is
operational 24 hours a day. This automated system provides controls over allocations, credit, and carrier certification.
Our refined products terminals derive revenues from terminalling fees paid by customers. A fee is charged for receiving
products into the terminal and delivering them to trucks, barges, or pipelines. In addition to terminalling fees, we generate
revenues by charging customers fees for blending services, including ethanol and biodiesel blending, injecting additives, and
filtering jet fuel. Our refined products pipelines supply the majority of our refined products terminals, with third-party pipelines
and barges supplying the remainder.
The table below summarizes the total average daily throughput for the refined products terminals in each of the years
presented:
Year Ended December 31,
2013 2012 2011
Refined products throughput (thousands of bpd) 431 487 492