BUCKEYE GP LLC
POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

	Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of William H. Schmidt, Jr. and Todd J. Russo, individually, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, file such Form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority, and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such
persons as the attorney-in-fact deems appropriate;

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing that, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in
the best interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the
attorney-in-fact's discretion; and

(4)	resign as attorney-in-fact and appoint, as a replacement attorney-in-fact,
any employee of Buckeye Pipe Line Services Company at the time of such
resignation; provided that such resigning and replacement attorneys-in-fact
shall send notice to the undersigned of any such replacement.

    	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact, or any
replacement attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and any
replacement attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Buckeye Partners, L.P., Buckeye GP LLC, or
any of their affiliates assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Buckeye
Partners, L.P., unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the date written below.

      /s/Mary F. Morgan
						(signature)

Print Name:  	Mary F. Morgan

						Date:  	January 23, 2012