RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Employees of NuStar GP, LLC provided services to us and NuStar GP Holdings; therefore, we reimbursed NuStar GP, LLC for all employee costs incurred prior to the Employee Transfer, other than the expenses allocated to NuStar GP Holdings, as summarized below:



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
	(Thousands of Dollars)
Operating expenses	$	—	$	34,904	$	21,681	$	100,761
General and administrative expenses	$	—	$	15,144	$	10,493	$	50,237

Schedule Of Employee Transfer [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the related party transactions and changes to amounts reported on our consolidated balance sheet as a result of the Employee Transfer on March 1, 2016 (thousands of dollars):



Decrease in related party payable:
Current	$	16,014
Long-term	32,656
Decrease in related party payable	$	48,670

Changes to our consolidated balance sheet:
Current and long-term assets	$	2,154
Current liabilities	5,609
Other long-term liabilities	34,042
Limited partner’s equity	2,664
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	4,201
Changes to our consolidated balance sheet	$	48,670