Exhibit 12.01
NUSTAR ENERGY L.P.
STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Thousands of Dollars, Except Ratio)

| Years Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 (a) |  | 2011 (a) |  | 2010 (a) |  | 2009 (a)
Earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Loss) income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and income from equity investees | $ | (132,786 | ) |  | $ | (132,173 | ) |  | $ | 225,771 |  |  | $ | 244,917 |  |  | $ | 230,276 |
Add: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed charges | 149,090 |  |  | 122,286 |  |  | 109,825 |  |  | 102,642 |  |  | 102,557 |
Amortization of capitalized interest | 1,216 |  |  | 1,012 |  |  | 793 |  |  | 642 |  |  | 553 |
Distributions from joint ventures | 7,956 |  |  | 6,364 |  |  | 14,374 |  |  | 9,625 |  |  | 9,700 |
Less: Interest capitalized | (4,501 | ) |  | (7,737 | ) |  | (5,388 | ) |  | (3,701 | ) |  | (1,650 | )
Total earnings | $ | 20,975 |  |  | $ | (10,248 | ) |  | $ | 345,375 |  |  | $ | 354,125 |  |  | $ | 341,436 |
Fixed charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense, net | $ | 127,119 |  |  | $ | 90,535 |  |  | $ | 81,539 |  |  | $ | 77,764 |  |  | $ | 79,312 |
Interest capitalized | 4,501 |  |  | 7,737 |  |  | 5,388 |  |  | 3,701 |  |  | 1,650 |
Rental expense interest factor (b) | 17,470 |  |  | 24,014 |  |  | 22,898 |  |  | 21,177 |  |  | 21,595 |
Total fixed charges | $ | 149,090 |  |  | $ | 122,286 |  |  | $ | 109,825 |  |  | $ | 102,642 |  |  | $ | 102,557 |
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | (c) |  |  | (d) |  |  | 3.1x |  |  | 3.5x |  |  | 3.3x |

(a) | Prior year amounts have been adjusted for discontinued operations.

(b) | The interest portion of rental expense represents one-third of rents, which is deemed representative of the interest portion of rental expense.

(c) | For the year ended December 31, 2013, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $128.1 million. The deficiency included a goodwill impairment loss of $304.5 million related to the Statia terminals reporting unit.

(d) | For the year ended December 31, 2012, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $132.5 million. The deficiency included the effect of $271.8 million of impairment losses mainly resulting from the write-down of the carrying value of our long-lived assets related to our asphalt operations, including fixed assets, goodwill, intangible assets and other long-term assets.