INVENTORIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of inventory

Our inventory amounts were as follows at the dates indicated (in thousands):

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Liquid petroleum products (1)	$	275,853	$	174,232
Materials and supplies	19,454		18,760
Total inventories	$	295,307	$	192,992

(1) Ending inventory was 178.8 million and 153.3 million gallons of liquid petroleum products as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.