Entessa Announces Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. to Implement Synthesis(TM)

HOUSTON, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Entessa today announced that Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) has selected Synthesis(TM), a world-class supply chain management software for companies that transport or store oil and gas. Sunoco Logistics required an integrated and effective solution to manage its planning/scheduling to invoice cycle for its pipeline and terminal business.

"We conducted an evaluation of available solutions and chose Entessa's Synthesis(TM) solution. We have begun the first phase of the implementation and look forward to our relationship with Entessa," said Walter DeSouza, Chief Information Officer of Sunoco Logistics Partners.

"This demonstrates that Synthesis(TM), the only complete supply chain management application specifically targeted at the Oil & Gas industry, is increasingly gaining market share with operators, owners and customers of pipelines and terminals. This implementation of Synthesis(TM) will encompass both refined products and crude assets and will be rolled out at an enterprise scale," said Brian Freed, President of Entessa.

For more information on Synthesis(TM), please visit http://www.entessa.com/solutions.

About Entessa, Inc.

Entessa is a leading provider of supply chain management solutions and technology consulting services for the Oil and Gas industry. Entessa assists Oil & Gas companies in achieving improved efficiencies, enhanced customer relationships and increased operational control through its leading software application, Synthesis(TM), which it develops, implements and supports. Synthesis(TM) is a business application that manages the planning to invoicing cycle for companies who store or transport hydrocarbons and is becoming increasingly popular with pipeline and terminal operators. Entessa is headquartered in Houston, TX and has offices in San Francisco and Dallas. For more information on Entessa, please visit our Web site at http://www.entessa.com.

About Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) , headquartered in Philadelphia, is a master limited partnership formed to acquire, own and operate refined product and crude oil pipelines and terminal facilities. The Eastern Pipeline System consists of approximately 1,800 miles of primarily refined product pipelines and interests in four refined products pipelines. The Terminal Facilities consist of 9.2 million shell barrels of refined product terminal capacity and 20.4 shell million barrels of crude oil terminal capacity (including 13.5 million shell barrels of capacity at the Texas Gulf Coast Nederland Terminal). The Western Pipeline System consists of approximately 3,700 miles of crude oil pipelines. For additional information visit Sunoco Logistics' web site at http://www.sunocologistics.com.