Buckeye Partners (BPL) Inactive 15-12BSecurities registration termination

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number1-9356

Buckeye Partners, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

One Greenway Plaza

Suite 600

Telephone: (832)615-8600

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

4.875% Notes due February 1, 2021

4.150% Notes due July 1, 2023

4.350% Notes due October 15, 2024

3.950% Notes due December 1, 2026

4.125% Notes due December 1, 2027

6.750% Notes due August 15, 2033

5.850% Notes due November 15, 2043

5.600% Notes due October 15, 2044

6.375% Junior Notes due January 22, 2078

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.