United Completes Purchase Of Phillips 66 Riverhead Long Island 5 Million Barrel Oil And Petroleum Products Terminal; Deepwater Location Accommodates Any Ocean Going Vessel In The World. United Riverhead Terminal, Inc., announced today that it has closed on the purchase agreement with Phillips 66 to acquire the Riverhead bulk storage terminal. The facility, located on a 286 acre site in Suffolk County, New York, consists of 20 storage tanks, a truck transfer rack, and an off-shore barge/ship platform which is the only deepwater loading/unloading platform on the U.S. East Coast. With an operating draft of 64 feet, the terminal's offshore platform routinely receives Suezmax vessels and is capable of handling VLCC tankers.
