EXHIBIT 99.1

                                                                    NEWS RELEASE

[SUNOCO LOGO]
                                                  SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS L.P.
                                                              1735 MARKET STREET
                                                    PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19103-7583


For further information contact:          For release: 7:30 a.m., August 5, 2005
Jerry Davis (media) 215-977-6298
Colin Oerton (investors) 866-248-4344





                                     No. 18

                    SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS L.P. ANNOUNCES
                      PRICING OF 1.5 MILLION COMMON UNITS


     PHILADELPHIA, August 5, 2005 - Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL)
announced the pricing on August 4, 2005 of 1.5 million common units at a public
offering price of $39.00 per unit. The underwriters have been granted an option
to purchase up to 225,000 additional common units to cover over-allotments, if
any. The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from this offering,
including any units issued under the over-allotment option, to repay a portion
of the indebtedness incurred under the Partnership's credit facility, to
purchase the crude oil pipeline system and related crude oil facilities located
in Texas, that the Partnership acquired from Mobil Pipe Line Company on August
1, 2005.

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

     When available, the final prospectus 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 19.4 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 2,640 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 June 30, 2005 Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 2, 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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