Exhibit 99.1

                Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. Comments
           on Announced Shell Bakersfield Refinery Closure

   LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2003--Pacific Energy
Partners, L.P. (NYSE:PPX) released the following statement regarding
the recent announcement by Shell Oil Company that Shell will close its
Bakersfield, California refinery by October 1, 2004:

   The Partnership owns and operates crude oil pipelines that deliver
crude oil from the San Joaquin Valley in central California to certain
Bakersfield refineries, including the Shell Oil Refinery. The
Partnership's pipelines also deliver crude oil from the San Joaquin
Valley to refineries in the Los Angeles Basin. When the Shell Oil
Refinery in Bakersfield is shut down, the crude oil it currently
refines is expected to be redistributed to refineries in the Los
Angeles Basin as well as those in Northern California. Although there
is no assurance as to how the volumes will be redistributed or the
timing of the Bakersfield refinery shutdown, based on historical
refinery crude oil demand and patterns of distribution, the
Partnership believes that this closure will result in a net increase
in volumes shipped on the Partnership's pipelines.

   During the first nine months of 2003 the Partnership's pipelines
transported approximately 154,000 barrels per day of crude oil from
the San Joaquin Valley to the Los Angeles Basin and have the capacity
to transport any additional volumes of crude oil that may be
redistributed to Los Angeles refineries following the closure of the
Shell Bakersfield refinery.

   This news release may include "forward-looking" statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
All statements other than statements of historical fact included or
incorporated herein may constitute forward-looking statements.
Although the Partnership believes that the forward-looking statements
are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will
prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that affect the Partnership's operations and financial
performance. Among the factors that could cause results to differ
materially are those risks discussed in the Partnership's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 and the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 filed August 1, 2003.

   For additional information, please visit the Pacific Energy
Partners, L.P. website at http://www.PacificEnergyPartners.com.

    CONTACT: Pacific Energy Partners, L.P.
             Thomas L. Lambert, 562-728-2871
             fax: 562-728-2881
             tlambert@pacpipe.com