Phillips 66 is a downstream energy company with assets in five segments: Refining, Marketing & Specialties, Chemicals, Midstream, and Renewable Fuels. Its Refining and Marketing operations include 14 refineries with net crude capacity of 2.2 million barrels per day. Its Chemicals operations are conducted through a 50% interest in CP Chem, which has more than 33 billion pounds of net annual processing capacity. Midstream operations are conducted through DCP Midstream and through the company's controlling stake in Phillips 66 Partners. Phillips 66 began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2012.

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Phillips 66 is an independent refiner with 12 refineries that have a total crude throughput capacity of 1.8 million barrels per day, or mmb/d. In 2023, the Rodeo, California, facility ceased operations and be converted to produce renewable diesel. The midstream segment comprises extensive transportation and NGL processing assets and includes DCP Midstream, which holds 600 mbd of NGL fractionation and 22,000 miles of pipeline. Its CPChem chemical joint venture operates facilities in the United States and the Middle East and primarily produces olefins and polyolefins.

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