Global Partners Signs Long-Term Crude Terminaling and Services Agreement

December 1, 2014

- 55 Million Barrels Over Five-Year Period -

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2014-- Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP) today announced that it has signed a five-year contract with a third party under which Global will provide rail, terminaling, storage and marine logistics services for crude oil to be transloaded from facilities in the United States and Canada and delivered to a Global terminal. The terms of the contract include a minimum monthly take or pay commitment beginning January 1, 2015, ramping up to 30,000 barrels per day effective April 1, 2015, which equates to approximately 55 million barrels of crude oil product over the contract’s five-year term. Railcars utilized to provide transportation services will comply with CPC-1232 standards.

About Global Partners LP

A publicly traded master limited partnership, Global Partners LP is a midstream logistics and marketing company. Global owns, controls or has access to one of the largest terminal networks of refined petroleum products and renewable fuels in the Northeast, and is one of the largest distributors of gasoline, distillates, residual oil and renewable fuels to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers in New England and New York. Global is a leader in the purchasing, selling and logistics of transporting domestic and Canadian crude oil and other products by rail across its “virtual pipeline” from the mid-continent region of the U.S. and Canada to the East and West Coasts for distribution to refiners and other customers. With a portfolio of approximately 900 locations primarily in the Northeast, Global also is one of the largest independent owners, suppliers and operators of gasoline stations and convenience stores. In addition, Global is a distributor of natural gas and propane. Global is No. 146 in the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations. For additional information, visit www.globalp.com.

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Source: Global Partners LP

Global Partners LP
Daphne H. Foster, 781-894-8800
Chief Financial Officer
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Edward J. Faneuil, 781-894-8800
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary