PAA Plains All American Pipeline

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 9, 2015

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 713-646-4100

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02                                           Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 9, 2015, Mr. Bernard (Ben) Figlock, Vice President and Treasurer of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (“Occidental”), joined the board of directors of Plains All American GP LLC (“GP LLC”), the general partner of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (the “Registrant”), and the board of directors of PAA GP Holdings LLC (“GP Holdings”), the general partner of Plains GP Holdings, L.P.  Mr. Figlock was appointed by an affiliate of Occidental to serve as its designated representative on both boards.  Mr. Figlock replaces Vicky Sutil, who served as Occidental’s designated representative on the GP LLC board from December 2010 through December 2014 and the GP Holdings board from October 2013 through December 2014.  She also served as Occidental’s designated board observer on the GP LLC board from 2008 until December 2010.  Any board fees payable in connection with Mr. Figlock’s service as Occidental’s designated director on either board will be payable to Occidental.  Mr. Figlock has not been named to any committees of either board.  For a discussion of the relationships of the Registrant with Occidental, please refer to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Item 7.01                                           Regulation FD Disclosure.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information presented under this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended.

On January 9, 2015, the Registrant issued a press release announcing changes in its Board of Directors.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)                                        Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 — Press Release dated January 9, 2015.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings
Report Director Changes

(Houston — January 9, 2015) Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (NYSE: PAGP) today announced that Bernard (Ben) Figlock has been appointed to serve as a director of their respective general partners, Plains All American GP LLC and Plains GP Holdings LLC. Mr. Figlock has been appointed by an affiliate of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (“Occidental”) to serve as its designated representative on each board, replacing Vicky Sutil. Ms. Sutil recently accepted a position with California Resources Corporation, a former subsidiary of Occidental.

“We are pleased to welcome Ben to our boards and look forward to working with him,” said Greg L. Armstrong, Chairman of the Board and CEO of PAA and PAGP. “We would also like to thank Vicky for her more than six years of board service at PAA as well as her service as a director at PAGP.”

Mr. Figlock currently serves as Vice President and Treasurer at Occidental, where he directs and oversees management of Occidental’s treasury and risk management functions including finance, investments, insurance and operational risk, commodities trading credit and market risk, and currencies. Mr. Figlock joined Occidental in 1987, advancing to positions of increasing responsibility in Internal Audit, Corporate Finance Planning & Analysis, Corporate Development, and Treasury.

Mr. Figlock holds a B.S. in Accounting from Wake Forest University and an M.B.A. from Loyola Marymount University.

333 Clay Street, Suite 1600        Houston, Texas 77002        (713) 646-4100 / (866) 809-1291

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil, natural gas liquids (“NGL”), natural gas and refined products. PAA owns an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage and gathering assets in key crude oil and NGL producing basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the United States and Canada. On average, PAA handles over 3.9 million barrels per day of crude oil and NGL on its pipelines. PAA is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Plains GP Holdings is a publicly traded entity that owns an interest in the general partner and incentive distribution rights of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., one of the largest energy infrastructure and logistics companies in North America. PAGP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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