POWER OF ATTORNEY    [Exhibit 24]

I, Vincent J. Kelley, appoint each of the following:  Senior Vice President
and General Counsel, Michael S. Kuritzkes; Chief Governance Officer,
Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Ann C. Mule; and John J.
DiRocco, Jr., Esq.; and Louisa K. Cresson, Esq.; of Sunoco, Inc. (the
"Company"), signing singly, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.    Execute on my behalf and in my capacity as a reporting person of the
Company, the following items (each a "Report", and collectively, the
"Reports"):  Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other report required pursuant to
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules thereunder; and (b) Form 144 and any other similar report required
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and

2.    Perform any and all acts on my behalf which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any Reports and timely file such Reports
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

3.    Take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood that any
document executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in their discretion.

I grant to each such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any act 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 I
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation.  I ratify and confirm all that such attorney-in-fact, or any
substitute of such attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by the rights and powers granted by this Power of Attorney.

I acknowledge that each such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at my request, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, or applicable federal
or state securities laws generally.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no
longer required to file any Reports with respect to my holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless I earlier revoke
it in a signed writing delivered to the Office of the Corporate Secretary
of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this second day of February, 2006.

/s/ Vincent J. Kelley

ATTEST:

/s/ Judith A. Fritsch
Assistant Secretary, Sunoco, Inc.