Exhibit 99.1


                    SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS L.P. ANNOUNCES
                       PRICING OF 2.5 MILLION COMMON UNITS

            PHILADELPHIA, May 18, 2005 - Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE:
SXL) announced the pricing today of 2.5 million common units at a public
offering price of $37.50 per unit. The underwriters have been granted an option
to purchase up to 375,000 additional common units to cover over-allotments, if
any. The Partnership intends to use all of the net proceeds from this offering
to redeem 2.5 million common units owned by Sunoco Partners LLC, our general
partner and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sunoco, Inc.

            Lehman Brothers Inc. was sole book-running manager of the offering.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., KeyBanc Capital Markets,
RBC Capital Markets Corporation and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
also served as co-managers of the offering.

            The preliminary prospectus and the final prospectus, when available,
related to this offering may be obtained from Lehman Brothers Inc. c/o ADP
Financial Services, Integrated Distribution Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue,
Edgewood, NY 11714, (631) 254-7106.

            This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there
be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The offering
may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement.

            Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL), headquartered in
Philadelphia, was formed to acquire, own and operate substantially all of
Sunoco, Inc.'s refined product and crude oil pipelines and terminal facilities.
The Eastern Pipeline System consists of approximately 1,900 miles of primarily
refined product pipelines and interests in four refined products pipelines,
consisting of a 9.4 percent interest in Explorer Pipeline Company, a 31.5
percent interest in Wolverine Pipe Line Company, a 12.3 percent interest in West
Shore Pipe Line Company and a 14.0 percent interest in Yellowstone Pipe Line
Company. The Terminal Facilities consist of 8.9 million barrels of refined
product terminal capacity and 16.0 million barrels of crude oil terminal
capacity (including 12.5 million barrels of capacity at the Texas Gulf Coast
Nederland Terminal). The Western Pipeline System consists of approximately 2,450
miles of crude oil pipelines, located principally in Oklahoma and Texas and a
43.8 percent interest in the West



Texas Gulf Pipe Line Company. For additional information visit Sunoco Logistics'
web site at www.sunocologistics.com.

            NOTE: Those statements made in this release that are not historical
facts are forward-looking statements. Although Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.
(the "Partnership") believes that the assumptions underlying these statements
are reasonable, investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are
inherently uncertain and necessarily involve risks that may affect the
Partnership's business prospects and performance causing actual results to
differ from those discussed in the foregoing release. Such risks and
uncertainties include, by way of example and not of limitation: whether or not
the transactions described in the foregoing news release will be consummated or
cash flow accretive; increased competition; changes in demand for crude oil and
refined products that we store and distribute; changes in operating conditions
and costs; changes in the level of environmental remediation spending; potential
equipment malfunction; potential labor issues; the legislative or regulatory
environment; plant construction/repair delays; nonperformance by major customers
or suppliers; and political and economic conditions, including the impact of
potential terrorist acts and international hostilities. These and other
applicable risks and uncertainties have been described more fully in the
Partnership's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
9, 2005. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements in this release, whether as a result of new information or future
events.


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