Global Partners LP (NYSE:GLP), a publicly traded limited partnership based in Waltham, Massachusetts, owns, controls or has access to one of the largest terminal networks of refined petroleum products in the Northeast. It is one of the region’s largest wholesale distributors of distillates (such as home heating oil, diesel and kerosene), gasoline and residual oil to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers. The Partnership completed its initial public offering in October 2005.