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DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Dispositions
On February 26, 2014, we sold our remaining 50% ownership interest in NuStar Asphalt LLC to Lindsay Goldberg LLC (Lindsay Goldberg), a private investment firm (the Asphalt JV Sale). Effective February 27, 2014, NuStar Asphalt LLC changed its name to Axeon Specialty Products LLC (Axeon). Lindsay Goldberg now owns 100% of Axeon. As a result of the Asphalt JV Sale, we ceased applying the equity method of accounting. Upon completion of the Asphalt JV Sale, the parties agreed to: (i) convert the $250.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility provided by us to Axeon (the NuStar JV Facility) from a revolving credit agreement into a $190.0 million term loan (the Axeon Term Loan); (ii) terminate the terminal services agreements with respect to our terminals in Rosario, NM, Catoosa, OK and Houston, TX; (iii) amend the terminal services agreements for our terminals in Baltimore, MD and Jacksonville, FL; and (iv) transfer ownership of both the Wilmington, NC and Dumfries, VA terminals to Axeon, which were categorized as assets held for sale at December 31, 2013. See Note 8 for a discussion of our agreements with Axeon.

Discontinued Operations
Terminals Held for Sale. In addition to the terminals located in Wilmington, NC and Dumfries, VA, we have identified and plan to divest several non-strategic, underperforming terminal facilities. As a result, we have classified the associated property, plant and equipment as “Assets held for sale” on the consolidated balance sheets. We presented the results of operations for those facilities, which were previously reported in the storage segment, as discontinued operations for all periods presented. In September 2014, we sold our 75% interest in our facility in Mersin, Turkey for total proceeds of $13.4 million. We recognized a gain of $3.7 million, which is included in discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. In June 2014, we sold three terminals located in Mobile, AL with an aggregate storage capacity of 1.8 million barrels for total proceeds of $13.7 million. We allocated interest expense to discontinued operations based on the ratio of net assets discontinued to consolidated net assets as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Allocated interest expense
$
115

 
$
352

 
$
811

 
$
1,056



San Antonio Refinery. On January 1, 2013, we sold our fuels refinery in San Antonio, Texas (the San Antonio Refinery) and related assets for approximately $117.0 million (the San Antonio Refinery Sale). We recognized a gain of $9.3 million on the sale, which is included in discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

The following table summarizes the results from discontinued operations:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2014

2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Revenues
$
276

 
$
1,865

 
$
3,456

 
$
5,756

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income tax expense
$
2,831

 
$
(3,114
)
 
$
(2,316
)
 
$
(1,324
)