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NET INCOME PER COMMON UNIT (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Income Per Common Unit | The following table details the calculation of net income per common unit:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
| (Thousands of Dollars, Except Unit and Per Unit Data)
Net income attributable to NuStar Energy L.P. | $ | 126,133 |  |  | $ | 57,940 |
Less: Distributions to preferred limited partners | 15,990 |  |  | 4,813 |
Less: Distributions to general partner (including incentive distribution rights) | 1,141 |  |  | 15,255 |
Less: Distributions to common limited partners | 55,916 |  |  | 101,913 |
Less: Distribution equivalent rights to restricted units | 445 |  |  | 715 |
Distributions less than (in excess of) earnings | $ | 52,641 |  |  | $ | (64,756 | )
Net income attributable to common units: |  |  |
Distributions to common limited partners | $ | 55,916 |  |  | $ | 101,913 |
Allocation of distributions less than (in excess of) earnings | 51,148 |  |  | (63,461 | )
Total | $ | 107,064 |  |  | $ | 38,452 |
Basic weighted-average common units outstanding | 93,181,781 |  |  | 78,642,888 |
Basic net income per common unit | $ | 1.15 |  |  | $ | 0.49 |

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