 NuStar Energy L.P. (NS) announced today that Steve Blank, Executive Vice President and CFO of NuStar Energy L.P. and NuStar GP Holdings, plans to retire from the company effective December 31, 2013. The company’s board of directors has selected Tom Shoaf, NuStar’s Controller, to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer upon Blank’s retirement, and Jorge Del Alamo, NuStar’s Assistant Controller, has been promoted to Vice President and Controller.<br /><br />The company also announced that Amy Perry and Karen Thompson, both of whom serve as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at NuStar, will succeed Brad Barron, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, when he becomes President and CEO on January 1, 2014. Perry is being promoted to Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel – Corporate & Commercial Law, and Thompson is being promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel – Litigation, Regulatory & Environmental. 