Phillips 66 — Call Transcript 2026

Great. Good morning. Thank you all for joining us this morning at the conference. I have the pleasure of introducing Mark Lashier, Chairman, CEO of Phillips 66. Mark has been in the role since July of 2022. Prior to that, most recently, he ran CP Chem Business, having started his career with Phillips Petroleum in the late 1980s. Mark, thanks very much for joining us today. Matt, glad to be here. With the recent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after a period of heightened Middle East tensions and closure, how are you assessing the macro outlook for crude and the refined products over the near and medium term? Specifically, how quickly Middle Eastern barrels normalize back into the trade flows and the read-through for light heavy differentials and product cracks. Matt, I think that's top of mind for everybody across the industry. We're all hopeful that the strait is open, stays open, that it gets resolved in a permanent structural way, but I think it's going to be pretty tenuous. There are ships coming out now. I think that there's somewhere between 90 and 100 million barrels trapped in the straits. That will work its way out over time. The question is, who will be brave enough to send ships back in? Will they be able to get insurance? How does that all play out? Because that's the next critical step. We believe that most of the tanks on shore are full. Before crude can appreciably ramp up, you have to get some room in those tanks to place that crude. It's going to be a long, drawn-out paced process. The world's benefited from how efficient the response to the Straits of Hormuz closure has been. That's, I think, kept crude from getting up to the $200 a barrel level. Now a lot of the lagniappe in the system has been tightened up, there are lots of calculations out there to explain why it didn't get worse, but many of those are temporary. The SPR releases. If you fly over Cushing, Oklahoma, the tanks are at the bottoms there. I think that's the most visible thing for us. People are going to need to refill those inventories over time. There's going to be, I think, some structural shift in what the crude floor is. We expected there to be an immediate reaction to the announcements. You've seen that in crude price coming off. Refined products have hung in there a little tighter because I think there's greater line of sight to those inventories than there is to what the crude inventories really are out there. There's a lot of moving parts. You hear the President say one thing. You hear the Vice President say another thing. You hear the Iranians say a third thing. This MOU really is an agreement to try to reach an agreement, and it's pretty thorny, and I think it's going to take time to work out. Right. Yeah, as you and I were talking beforehand, just in terms of time to restart and the process, these things don't necessarily start easily and efficiently as people thought. For so much of it to come back online efficiently and easily, there's no good transparency to what the damage is out there. We had this horrific incident with the gas facility at Ras Laffan in Qatar, I think that's a bit of a harbinger of what countries and companies are going to be dealing with as they go to restart things that are in uncertain condition. I hope that things can get restarted timely and safely. It's going to be a big challenge. Right. How does Phillips 66's predominantly U.S.-based footprint position you competitively versus global peers? Does the recent volatility change how you think about crude sourcing flexibility and refining margins through the back half of this year? We're well-positioned in the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast. We have assets on the East Coast, West Coast. We predominantly consume North American crudes, Canadian, WCS. We have access to Latin American crudes. Even prior to this, we processed very little Middle Eastern crude. Now, of course, the presence of Middle East crude does impact things like the WCS differentials. We were able to run at extraordinary rates. Our kit's been in good shape now for several years. We were able to leverage Jones Act waivers to move refined products to the West Coast, crude to the East Coast in a very efficient way. We were in a great position to take care of our customers and to make sure that the hydrocarbons that needed to get to our facilities and needed to get to our customers and our marketing outlets happened in a very efficient way, in spite of what was going on in the rest of the world. Right. How about the availability of Venezuelan versus Canadian? How do you guys think about that dynamic? I think it's a great dynamic for us. We have assets on the Gulf Coast that can consume Venezuelan crude, that also consume WCS. As Venezuelan crude has made its way into Gulf Coast assets, that's put more pressure on WCS. I think right now, though, those differentials have tightened up. There's been some disruptions in production in Canada, first fires, then floods. Those things will work themselves out, and we see those differentials widening back out. As Middle Eastern crude comes in, that'll put even more pressure on those differentials. We welcome the access to Venezuelan crude. That's beneficial to our flexibility. Every day, we're optimizing on what are the best crudes from wherever we can access them to maximize the margins coming out of our refineries. Great. As the bond guy, we'll jump over to some bond related questions capital allocation. Total debt rose to $27.1 billion at quarter end due to margin posting and term loan with a path toward $19 billion by year-end 2026, and then $17 billion in 2027. Can you outline the practical milestones to get there? Absolutely. The most practical milestone is the positive cash flow that we're experiencing right now. We've built up cash on our balance sheet to help deal with the volatility. That's part of the answer. We think about it as two two, and four that as inventory valuations come down and the need for that collateral to protect our positions come off, we see about $2 billion freed up there. We see an additional $2 billion in cash from operations. We have a commitment to return 50% of our net cash from operations to investors through the growing dividend secure. The balance of that 50% would come from share repurchases now as cash flows are higher than anticipated. That frees up more cash for debt repayment, and we see another $2 billion coming from that cash. As we get through this war, as the straits open up, we will feel less inclined to hold the large cash balances on our balance sheet. That's another $4 billion in cash. That $8 billion will get us down to about $19 billion. If there's even more upside to the cash flow, we could get to $17 even before the end of 2027, but that's our current thinking. Got you. In terms of that minimum cash balance, what is that comfort level? Where do you see that headed to? I don't know that we talk about that publicly, but yeah, it's a low few billion dollars. A couple billion. Yeah. Yeah. Great. Once you reach the $17 billion gross debt target, how do you expect the cash return framework to evolve, and how do you think about using the balance sheet countercyclically when opportunities arise? I think that when you step back and think about why are we targeting $17 billion, and with our integrated business, we have a refining business that can be volatile, we have a chemicals business that can be volatile. We have very steady earnings and growing earnings from our midstream business. We've been at about $4 billion, headed to $4.5 billion of EBITDA by the end of next year. We have very steady income from our marketing and specialties business. You call that about $6 billion, and at three times that EBITDA, that gives us something that says we should be comfortable with $18 billion. $17 is a nice cushion under that. That effectively says that we don't have any debt that has to be serviced by our refining and our petrochemicals business. We look at that as providing what we'd call a fortress balance sheet to free things up. We may build excess cash on the balance sheet beyond that, but we are absolutely committed to returning 50% of that net cash from operations. Then we'll reassess and see what opportunities are out there at that point in time. Got you. That's a great segue to jump into some of the segments. Maybe in midstream, you reaffirmed $4.5 billion midstream EBITDA target for year-end 2027, despite the 1Q 2026 step down tied to weather, re-contracting, and depreciation timing. How much of the step up is driven by projects under construction versus optimization, and how should we think about the sustainability of midstream growth into 2028? Yeah. The projects that we have underway really are driving that $4.5 billion. That number really isn't a target. It's an outcome of the projects that we've developed and the efficiencies that we're finding and the capacity that we're unlocking in existing assets. You go back to our Pinnacle acquisition, had an operating asset that we've enhanced the productivity of that asset, and then we added another brownfield asset right next to it. It continues to ramp up, so we're seeing more throughput than anticipated when we made that acquisition. The EPIC acquisition, we had to put a bottleneck on that pipeline underway. That contributes to it. We have our Iron Mesa project underway that will start up later this year, a 300 million cubic feet a day gas plant right between the Midland and Permian Basin. Those things are baked into that $4.5 billion. It's primarily new builds, organic growth, and then increased efficiency, increased cost reductions. Beyond that, we have more organic growth, more projects lined up to continue that mid-single digits kind of growth rate. We've announced a Zeus project complementary to Iron Mesa, another 300 million standard cubic feet a day gas plant. We've announced a 100,000 barrel a day fractionator in Corpus Christi to add to our Coastal Bend operations down there. We continue to find these great organic opportunities to continue ticking that growth up beyond 2027 into 2028, 2029. Got you. There continues to be investor concerns about overbuilding the NGL capacity out of the Permian and increased ethane rejection following the startup of multiple residue gas pipelines in the second half of this year. What is your view, and what does that imply for NGL volumes, and how do you think about the feedstock advantage for CP Chem through your ownership structure? We continue to see data from upstream producers that increase the NGL volumes that they're going to be producing, we're responding to that. That's what's opening up these great organic opportunities for us. The takeaway capacity, I think from an ethane perspective, yeah, I think ethane is going to be abundant. That's a strong benefit to CP Chem. I think the benefits we see through CP Chem through low ethane costs are more than compensated by the returns we see from CP Chem on using those molecules. We see it as a positive on both sides of the equation. Great. Maybe jumping over to refining. With consolidation of 100% of Borger and Wood River following WRB close, can you talk about the optimization opportunity across Wood River, Ponca City, and Borger as a super system including the most actionable low-hanging fruit? Yeah. We identified the Central Corridor and Gulf Coast really as our core area for refining and for midstream, and where we can lean into integration. Not just integration between midstream and refining, but between refining assets. When you look at Wood River, Ponca City, and Borger, we can treat them as a super system moving back and forth. Really, even before that integration kicks in, we saw opportunities commercially to lean in around Borger and Wood River. When we had 100% control, it opened up our ability to optimize even deeper around the crudes that we access and process, and commercially how we optimize from a Phillips 66 perspective rather than a joint venture perspective. That was an immediate impact. We can move streams freely between Ponca City, Borger. We can take a refinery-grade propylene from Ponca City and move it to Borger and use it in the alkylation facility there. We can unlock the full downstream capacity of the refineries by mixing and matching the streams that we can move back and forth. Then you stack on top of that the opportunity that Western Gateway Pipeline provides. We're going to reverse flow on a couple of pipelines to be able to move refined products from Wood River, Ponca City, Borger. Borger will be the eastern terminus of the Western Gateway Pipeline, and we'll be able to move refined products all onto El Paso and Phoenix and the West Coast. That will pull excess refined products out of the Midcontinent. Midcontinent is more seasonal. It'll really levelized and frankly reduce the volatility in margins in Midcontinent, and it will feed those refined products into Phoenix into California and reduce their reliance on waterborne refined products coming in. We have a strong marketing presence, a marketing short on the West Coast that matches up with that quite well. It's going to be a win for our Midcontinent assets. It's going to be a win for consumers in California as well as Arizona and Nevada. That's a great segue to my next question. Following the second successful open season for Western Gateway with long-term shipper commitments and expanded delivery into the L.A. market, you've discussed potential mid to late summer path to FID and a 2029 in service. Can you walk through the remaining steps to FID and the key milestones, and how the project fits with the post-L.A. refinery West Coast strategy? We've done a lot of heavy lifting with the open season to unlock who was interested to join that project as shippers, and where those refining products would come from, and what was the optimum. It really was a great outcome. Now the open seasons are closed, and we are working on finalizing the agreements with Kinder Morgan. You've got two great partners that have tremendous experience in midstream projects, in execution, and operations. Kinder has the access to California. We both have existing pipelines that we can bring to bear. The new build pipelines are minimized with this project, and we have line of sight to really a high-quality project. When you combine Kinder Morgan's assets and our refining and our marketing and our transportation experience, we are a premier shipper on those assets. It's going to be a great project. We're working towards FID, and I think in the next couple of months you should hear something. Great. Just in terms of permitting risk, execution complexity, obviously doing anything into California is complicated. Yeah. The California piece is relatively straightforward. There's no new assets, it's reversing a pipeline. The administration in California is quite supportive of this, as you might imagine. We ceased operations at our L.A. refinery, and that was well received by the California administration. Part of the discussions we had with them when we announced our intent to cease operations, we laid out plans that we had to resupply California with the refined products it needed. That's why I think that conversation was quite successful. At that point in time, we had not disclosed to them Western Gateway. That was being developed in parallel. When that came along, it was quite warmly received as well, both California and Arizona, and Nevada. Any time you can have a pipeline connection versus waterborne sources, it's a benefit. We think this will become the Colonial Pipeline of the West, where you can access Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast refined products, take them to the two coasts that are exposed to import markets, certainly you've seen what import markets can do when there's disruptions in the world. You won't see those kinds of disruptions in North America. These are very secure supplies of refined products to California, it opens up a lot of optionality there. I like that, the Colonial of the West Coast. That's great. Maybe moving over to marketing and specialty with first quarter results impacted by mark-to-market headwinds, how do you view go-forward domestic fuel margins in the U.S. for the marketing and specialty business and your level of confidence in mid-cycle margin resiliency? Yeah, I think that you see the disconnect between the paper and the physical drove that in the first quarter, you're seeing them come in better alignment now as prices have come off, whether it's crude oil or, say, refined products on the water in the West Coast drove a lot of that accounting exercise. We'll see more of that clear up as we sell down inventories later in the year. That's performing as predicted as prices come off. In the backdrop of that, you're seeing refined product margins staying healthy. Hanging in there as crude oil comes off. You can follow our margin indicators are strengthening, I think that you've seen strong jet demand. The industry responded quite quickly. Amazing. Yeah. Free markets work. When you look at what we were able to do around the Jones Act, once you had access to ships that could move to where the market was calling for material, it happened very quickly. Response was great. You are seeing markets. People believe that crude's going to line out very quickly. Okay, that's one thing. We don't control crude. We focus on what we can control. The combination of whatever the crude price is with tight refining capacity globally is a good setup for the refining complex. We'll see how other capacity comes back into the market. Certainly, Russia refining complex has taken some pretty very public significant hits and we'll see how China ramps back up. It's very constructive for refining margins in the near to medium term. Great. Maybe switching to renewable fuels. With Rodeo running over nameplate and renewable credit value significantly higher than in 2025 levels, how should we think about the free cash flow inflection from renewables this year, and how does PTC regulatory change affect operations and capital planning? Yeah. The asset is running extraordinarily well. We focus every day on getting the right feedstocks to that asset, whether they're import, domestic, whether they're low CI, high CI, whatever generates the most margin for this. That asset had an existential crisis earlier this year. We don't waste a good crisis. We drove a lot of cost out. We realigned the logistics to be able to take more domestic feedstock versus international feedstocks on the water in San Francisco. It's paying off. The team there did a tremendous job. The regulatory environment improved. Certainly, that has improved what this asset has the capability of doing. I think when we originally rolled out the project, we had a mid-cycle of about $700 million in EBITDA. That required an indicator margin of about $1.50. We're above the $1.50. Of course, there's a lot of volatility out there. It's well on its way towards what we would consider successfully at or above that mid-cycle level. We're really excited about what's happening there. California has responded positively from a regulatory environment. The federal regulations certainly are constructive as well. As far the Production Tax Credit, that's really targeted at new builds. Frankly, the environment for new builds around renewable assets is a bit challenged right now. We like Rodeo. We're not ready to go out and do another Rodeo anytime soon. Our focus is on making sure that that asset works well. We have access to profitably consume and optimize. By the way, we're producing just under 10,000 barrels a day of neat sustainable aviation fuel that when you blend it up, it's about 18,000, 19,000 barrels a day of sustainable aviation fuel. That is attractive in the marketplace without the same level of subsidies that you get with renewable diesel. We can optimize and move molecules back and forth between renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, just like we would in a traditional refinery between diesel and jet and, of course, gasoline. Gotcha. Moving to portfolio and M&A, as you continue to work through the portfolio to divest non-core and non-strategic assets, how should you think about incremental asset sales from here, and what lines of business could they come from? Yeah, we've taken a very active role in managing our portfolio. We had assets that were good assets, but not critical to our growth, not critical to our integrated strategy. We've successfully monetized a number of those assets, several billion dollars worth. We have more assets that fit that description, and we would be interested in monetizing. We're not actively out pushing anything in the marketplace, but we know the assets that we would part with. Frankly, we have no sacred cows. If someone is interested and willing to pay something beyond our hold value for any assets that we have, we'd be interested in talking to them. We don't have any active program out there to push assets out the door. Got you. We have about five minutes left. I have plenty more questions. We'll open it up to the floor. If anybody has any questions, there's mics around. While they're getting queued up, I'll ask you one more just in terms of the board and governance. Obviously, you've had additions of two new board members. Can you just talk about the refreshed board composition, how that supports the strategic direction and executive priorities you've laid out, particularly around operational excellence and disciplined capital allocation? Yeah, we've had a very deliberate refresh of our boards. The latest two additions fit into key parts of the talent matrix that we want to have at the board level. Howard Ungerleider, he's an accomplished CFO in the chemicals business. He's been through some very large transformation efforts in his history. So he brings certainly a perspective on capital discipline and financial focus to the board, and a great addition. As well as Kevin Meyers, a long history in the energy business, understands the upstream and that interface with the midstream and refining, a veteran of ConocoPhillips and in ARCO. Both bring tremendous experience. Kevin's an experienced board member at Hess. We couldn't be happier having both of them on the board. They've onboarded, and they're fully engaged. The entire board has stacked hands and reinforced our integrated perspective, the way we're operating, the primary goals of improving refining performance, driving costs out. We've got a $5.50 milestone, I'd call it a milestone, in cost reduction. We're zeroing in on that and hope to just keep moving right past that $5.50 if we can do it responsibly and with reliable operations. We're focused on disciplined capital growth in midstream business, primarily in the Permian. Disciplined capital investment in refining to improve and enhance returns from refining focused on the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast, and really leaning into the integration, creating and capturing that integrated advantage that we've developed in the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast. Absolute firm commitment to return 50% of our net cash from operations to shareholders through that sustainable, growing, competitive dividend, then share repurchases to top that up to get to that 50%. We talked earlier about our $17 billion debt target, and we have that line of sight. We have a plan to get there. We have debt maturities that will roll off at the right time, so we can hold cash until those debt maturities hit and take them out in a very responsible way. We believe that we're well-positioned to enhance things organically, to continue to grow, to continue to focus on excellence, being prepared in these businesses to capture the margins when they appear. We don't control the energy price. We don't control the global macro, we can certainly control how we operate our assets and how we position ourselves to capture them. We're focused on flexibility, so we can move very quickly to respond to whatever circumstances the world has. I think the Hormuz crisis really highlights how we can be agile. We can move quickly to take advantage of what the markets afford us to do. Great. I don't know if there's any questions. There's one here in front. Mark, thanks for your presentation. I was wondering if you could just go through your overall investment thesis. You're going to be meeting with investors today. Just give them the elevator pitch on why you think PSX is a compelling opportunity for any portfolio. Yeah, absolutely, Arun. We think we're unlike any other company in our peer group. We are an integrated downstream energy provider. We don't have upstream. We don't want to be an upstream. We want to be able to flex to whatever crude makes the most sense. We want to be out there gathering and processing hydrocarbons in a very integrated way with our midstream business, our refining business, have the marketing and specialties group that can go out and capture the most value from the marketplace wherever that value may appear, to be agile, to be flexible. We sit on top of some of the best hydrocarbon basins in the world. We can access crudes from Latin America, from Canada, whatever makes the most sense. We can also, we have a large enough footprint to be able to trade around those assets and add even more competitive advantage to the mix. We are optimizing every day. We're streamlining our assets. We've got an intense focus on continuous improvement. We've changed the culture. Everybody is out there competing to win, but to do it in a safe, reliable way. We are absolutely committed to cash returns to shareholders, fortress balance sheet, so we can be opportunistic when the opportunity arises. We believe we've got a compelling story for investors for the long term and for the near term. Great. That's time. Thank you all for joining. Thanks, Mark. Thank you.

Speaker 3: Great. Good morning. Thank you all for joining us this morning at the conference. I have the pleasure of introducing Mark Lashier, Chairman, CEO of Phillips 66. Mark has been in the role since July of 2022. Prior to that, most recently, he ran CP Chem Business, having started his career with Phillips Petroleum in the late 1980s. Mark, thanks very much for joining us today. Great. great Good morning. good morning Thank you all for joining us this morning at the conference. thank you all for joining us this morning at the conference I have the pleasure of introducing Mark Lashier, Chairman, CEO of Phillips 66. i have the pleasure of introducing mark lashier chairman ceo of phillips 66 Mark has been in the role since July of 2022. mark has been in the role since july of 2022 Prior to that, most recently, he ran CP Chem Business, having started his career with Phillips Petroleum in the late 1980s. prior to that most recently he ran cp chem business having started his career with phillips petroleum in the late 1980s Mark, thanks very much for joining us today. mark thanks very much for joining us today

Speaker 1: Matt, glad to be here. Matt, glad to be here. matt glad to be here

Speaker 3: With the recent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after a period of heightened Middle East tensions and closure, how are you assessing the macro outlook for crude and the refined products over the near and medium term? Specifically, how quickly Middle Eastern barrels normalize back into the trade flows and the read-through for light heavy differentials and product cracks. With the recent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after a period of heightened Middle East tensions and closure, how are you assessing the macro outlook for crude and the refined products over the near and medium term? with the recent reopening of the strait of hormuz after a period of heightened middle east tensions and closure how are you assessing the macro outlook for crude and the refined products over the near and medium term Specifically, how quickly Middle Eastern barrels normalize back into the trade flows and the read-through for light heavy differentials and product cracks. specifically how quickly middle eastern barrels normalize back into the trade flows and the read-through for light heavy differentials and product cracks

Speaker 1: Matt, I think that's top of mind for everybody across the industry. We're all hopeful that the strait is open, stays open, that it gets resolved in a permanent structural way, but I think it's going to be pretty tenuous. There are ships coming out now. I think that there's somewhere between 90 and 100 million barrels trapped in the straits. That will work its way out over time. The question is, who will be brave enough to send ships back in? Will they be able to get insurance? How does that all play out? Because that's the next critical step. We believe that most of the tanks on shore are full. Before crude can appreciably ramp up, you have to get some room in those tanks to place that crude. Matt, I think that's top of mind for everybody across the industry. matt i think that's top of mind for everybody across the industry We're all hopeful that the strait is open, stays open, that it gets resolved in a permanent structural way, but I think it's going to be pretty tenuous. we're all hopeful that the strait is open stays open that it gets resolved in a permanent structural way but i think it's going to be pretty tenuous There are ships coming out now. there are ships coming out now I think that there's somewhere between 90 and 100 million barrels trapped in the straits. i think that there's somewhere between 90 and 100 million barrels trapped in the straits That will work its way out over time. that will work its way out over time The question is, who will be brave enough to send ships back in? the question is who will be brave enough to send ships back in Will they be able to get insurance? will they be able to get insurance How does that all play out? how does that all play out Because that's the next critical step. because that's the next critical step We believe that most of the tanks on shore are full. we believe that most of the tanks on shore are full Before crude can appreciably ramp up, you have to get some room in those tanks to place that crude. before crude can appreciably ramp up you have to get some room in those tanks to place that crude It's going to be a long, drawn-out paced process. The world's benefited from how efficient the response to the Straits of Hormuz closure has been. That's, I think, kept crude from getting up to the $200 a barrel level. Now a lot of the lagniappe in the system has been tightened up, there are lots of calculations out there to explain why it didn't get worse, but many of those are temporary. The SPR releases. If you fly over Cushing, Oklahoma, the tanks are at the bottoms there. I think that's the most visible thing for us. People are going to need to refill those inventories over time. There's going to be, I think, some structural shift in what the crude floor is. We expected there to be an immediate reaction to the announcements. It's going to be a long, drawn-out paced process. it's going to be a long drawn-out paced process The world's benefited from how efficient the response to the Straits of Hormuz closure has been. the world's benefited from how efficient the response to the straits of hormuz closure has been That's, I think, kept crude from getting up to the $200 a barrel level. that's i think kept crude from getting up to the $200 a barrel level Now a lot of the lagniappe in the system has been tightened up, there are lots of calculations out there to explain why it didn't get worse, but many of those are temporary. now a lot of the lagniappe in the system has been tightened up there are lots of calculations out there to explain why it didn't get worse but many of those are temporary The SPR releases. the spr releases If you fly over Cushing, Oklahoma, the tanks are at the bottoms there. if you fly over cushing oklahoma the tanks are at the bottoms there I think that's the most visible thing for us. i think that's the most visible thing for us People are going to need to refill those inventories over time. people are going to need to refill those inventories over time There's going to be, I think, some structural shift in what the crude floor is. there's going to be i think some structural shift in what the crude floor is We expected there to be an immediate reaction to the announcements. we expected there to be an immediate reaction to the announcements You've seen that in crude price coming off. Refined products have hung in there a little tighter because I think there's greater line of sight to those inventories than there is to what the crude inventories really are out there. There's a lot of moving parts. You hear the President say one thing. You hear the Vice President say another thing. You hear the Iranians say a third thing. This MOU really is an agreement to try to reach an agreement, and it's pretty thorny, and I think it's going to take time to work out. You've seen that in crude price coming off. you've seen that in crude price coming off Refined products have hung in there a little tighter because I think there's greater line of sight to those inventories than there is to what the crude inventories really are out there. refined products have hung in there a little tighter because i think there's greater line of sight to those inventories than there is to what the crude inventories really are out there There's a lot of moving parts. there's a lot of moving parts You hear the President say one thing. you hear the president say one thing You hear the Vice President say another thing. you hear the vice president say another thing You hear the Iranians say a third thing. you hear the iranians say a third thing This MOU really is an agreement to try to reach an agreement, and it's pretty thorny, and I think it's going to take time to work out. this mou really is an agreement to try to reach an agreement and it's pretty thorny and i think it's going to take time to work out

Speaker 3: Right. Yeah, as you and I were talking beforehand, just in terms of time to restart and the process, these things don't necessarily start easily and efficiently as people thought. Right. right Yeah, as you and I were talking beforehand, just in terms of time to restart and the process, these things don't necessarily start easily and efficiently as people thought. yeah as you and i were talking beforehand just in terms of time to restart and the process these things don't necessarily start easily and efficiently as people thought

Speaker 1: For so much of it to come back online efficiently and easily, there's no good transparency to what the damage is out there. We had this horrific incident with the gas facility at Ras Laffan in Qatar, I think that's a bit of a harbinger of what countries and companies are going to be dealing with as they go to restart things that are in uncertain condition. I hope that things can get restarted timely and safely. It's going to be a big challenge. For so much of it to come back online efficiently and easily, there's no good transparency to what the damage is out there. for so much of it to come back online efficiently and easily there's no good transparency to what the damage is out there We had this horrific incident with the gas facility at Ras Laffan in Qatar, I think that's a bit of a harbinger of what countries and companies are going to be dealing with as they go to restart things that are in uncertain condition. we had this horrific incident with the gas facility at ras laffan in qatar i think that's a bit of a harbinger of what countries and companies are going to be dealing with as they go to restart things that are in uncertain condition I hope that things can get restarted timely and safely. i hope that things can get restarted timely and safely It's going to be a big challenge. it's going to be a big challenge

Speaker 3: Right. How does Phillips 66's predominantly U.S.-based footprint position you competitively versus global peers? Does the recent volatility change how you think about crude sourcing flexibility and refining margins through the back half of this year? Right. right How does Phillips 66's predominantly U.S.-based footprint position you competitively versus global peers? how does phillips 66's predominantly u.s.-based footprint position you competitively versus global peers Does the recent volatility change how you think about crude sourcing flexibility and refining margins through the back half of this year? does the recent volatility change how you think about crude sourcing flexibility and refining margins through the back half of this year

Speaker 1: We're well-positioned in the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast. We have assets on the East Coast, West Coast. We predominantly consume North American crudes, Canadian, WCS. We have access to Latin American crudes. Even prior to this, we processed very little Middle Eastern crude. Now, of course, the presence of Middle East crude does impact things like the WCS differentials. We were able to run at extraordinary rates. Our kit's been in good shape now for several years. We were able to leverage Jones Act waivers to move refined products to the West Coast, crude to the East Coast in a very efficient way. We're well-positioned in the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast. we're well-positioned in the mid-continent and the gulf coast We have assets on the East Coast, West Coast. we have assets on the east coast west coast We predominantly consume North American crudes, Canadian, WCS. we predominantly consume north american crudes canadian wcs We have access to Latin American crudes. we have access to latin american crudes Even prior to this, we processed very little Middle Eastern crude. even prior to this we processed very little middle eastern crude Now, of course, the presence of Middle East crude does impact things like the WCS differentials. now of course the presence of middle east crude does impact things like the wcs differentials We were able to run at extraordinary rates. we were able to run at extraordinary rates Our kit's been in good shape now for several years. our kit's been in good shape now for several years We were able to leverage Jones Act waivers to move refined products to the West Coast, crude to the East Coast in a very efficient way. we were able to leverage jones act waivers to move refined products to the west coast crude to the east coast in a very efficient way We were in a great position to take care of our customers and to make sure that the hydrocarbons that needed to get to our facilities and needed to get to our customers and our marketing outlets happened in a very efficient way, in spite of what was going on in the rest of the world. We were in a great position to take care of our customers and to make sure that the hydrocarbons that needed to get to our facilities and needed to get to our customers and our marketing outlets happened in a very efficient way, in spite of what was going on in the rest of the world. we were in a great position to take care of our customers and to make sure that the hydrocarbons that needed to get to our facilities and needed to get to our customers and our marketing outlets happened in a very efficient way in spite of what was going on in the rest of the world

Speaker 3: Right. How about the availability of Venezuelan versus Canadian? How do you guys think about that dynamic? Right. right How about the availability of Venezuelan versus Canadian? how about the availability of venezuelan versus canadian How do you guys think about that dynamic? how do you guys think about that dynamic

Speaker 1: I think it's a great dynamic for us. We have assets on the Gulf Coast that can consume Venezuelan crude, that also consume WCS. As Venezuelan crude has made its way into Gulf Coast assets, that's put more pressure on WCS. I think right now, though, those differentials have tightened up. There's been some disruptions in production in Canada, first fires, then floods. Those things will work themselves out, and we see those differentials widening back out. As Middle Eastern crude comes in, that'll put even more pressure on those differentials. We welcome the access to Venezuelan crude. That's beneficial to our flexibility. Every day, we're optimizing on what are the best crudes from wherever we can access them to maximize the margins coming out of our refineries. I think it's a great dynamic for us. i think it's a great dynamic for us We have assets on the Gulf Coast that can consume Venezuelan crude, that also consume WCS. we have assets on the gulf coast that can consume venezuelan crude that also consume wcs As Venezuelan crude has made its way into Gulf Coast assets, that's put more pressure on WCS. as venezuelan crude has made its way into gulf coast assets that's put more pressure on wcs I think right now, though, those differentials have tightened up. i think right now though those differentials have tightened up There's been some disruptions in production in Canada, first fires, then floods. there's been some disruptions in production in canada first fires then floods Those things will work themselves out, and we see those differentials widening back out. those things will work themselves out and we see those differentials widening back out As Middle Eastern crude comes in, that'll put even more pressure on those differentials. as middle eastern crude comes in that'll put even more pressure on those differentials We welcome the access to Venezuelan crude. we welcome the access to venezuelan crude That's beneficial to our flexibility. that's beneficial to our flexibility Every day, we're optimizing on what are the best crudes from wherever we can access them to maximize the margins coming out of our refineries. every day we're optimizing on what are the best crudes from wherever we can access them to maximize the margins coming out of our refineries

Speaker 3: Great. As the bond guy, we'll jump over to some bond related questions capital allocation. Total debt rose to $27.1 billion at quarter end due to margin posting and term loan with a path toward $19 billion by year-end 2026, and then $17 billion in 2027. Can you outline the practical milestones to get there? Great. great As the bond guy, we'll jump over to some bond related questions capital allocation. as the bond guy we'll jump over to some bond related questions capital allocation Total debt rose to $27.1 billion at quarter end due to margin posting and term loan with a path toward $19 billion by year-end 2026, and then $17 billion in 2027. total debt rose to $27.1 billion at quarter end due to margin posting and term loan with a path toward $19 billion by year-end 2026 and then $17 billion in 2027 Can you outline the practical milestones to get there? can you outline the practical milestones to get there

Speaker 1: Absolutely. The most practical milestone is the positive cash flow that we're experiencing right now. We've built up cash on our balance sheet to help deal with the volatility. That's part of the answer. We think about it as two two, and four that as inventory valuations come down and the need for that collateral to protect our positions come off, we see about $2 billion freed up there. We see an additional $2 billion in cash from operations. We have a commitment to return 50% of our net cash from operations to investors through the growing dividend secure. The balance of that 50% would come from share repurchases now as cash flows are higher than anticipated. That frees up more cash for debt repayment, and we see another $2 billion coming from that cash. Absolutely. absolutely The most practical milestone is the positive cash flow that we're experiencing right now. the most practical milestone is the positive cash flow that we're experiencing right now We've built up cash on our balance sheet to help deal with the volatility. we've built up cash on our balance sheet to help deal with the volatility That's part of the answer. that's part of the answer We think about it as two two, and four that as inventory valuations come down and the need for that collateral to protect our positions come off, we see about $2 billion freed up there. we think about it as two two and four that as inventory valuations come down and the need for that collateral to protect our positions come off we see about $2 billion freed up there We see an additional $2 billion in cash from operations. we see an additional $2 billion in cash from operations We have a commitment to return 50% of our net cash from operations to investors through the growing dividend secure. we have a commitment to return 50% of our net cash from operations to investors through the growing dividend secure The balance of that 50% would come from share repurchases now as cash flows are higher than anticipated. the balance of that 50% would come from share repurchases now as cash flows are higher than anticipated That frees up more cash for debt repayment, and we see another $2 billion coming from that cash. that frees up more cash for debt repayment and we see another $2 billion coming from that cash As we get through this war, as the straits open up, we will feel less inclined to hold the large cash balances on our balance sheet. That's another $4 billion in cash. That $8 billion will get us down to about $19 billion. If there's even more upside to the cash flow, we could get to $17 even before the end of 2027, but that's our current thinking. As we get through this war, as the straits open up, we will feel less inclined to hold the large cash balances on our balance sheet. as we get through this war as the straits open up we will feel less inclined to hold the large cash balances on our balance sheet That's another $4 billion in cash. that's another $4 billion in cash That $8 billion will get us down to about $19 billion. that $8 billion will get us down to about $19 billion If there's even more upside to the cash flow, we could get to $17 even before the end of 2027, but that's our current thinking. if there's even more upside to the cash flow we could get to $17 even before the end of 2027 but that's our current thinking

Speaker 3: Got you. In terms of that minimum cash balance, what is that comfort level? Where do you see that headed to? Got you. got you In terms of that minimum cash balance, what is that comfort level? in terms of that minimum cash balance what is that comfort level Where do you see that headed to? where do you see that headed to

Speaker 1: I don't know that we talk about that publicly, but yeah, it's a low few billion dollars. I don't know that we talk about that publicly, but yeah, it's a low few billion dollars. i don't know that we talk about that publicly but yeah it's a low few billion dollars

Speaker 3: A couple billion. A couple billion. a couple billion

Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. yeah

Speaker 3: Yeah. Great. Once you reach the $17 billion gross debt target, how do you expect the cash return framework to evolve, and how do you think about using the balance sheet countercyclically when opportunities arise? Yeah. yeah Great. great Once you reach the $17 billion gross debt target, how do you expect the cash return framework to evolve, and how do you think about using the balance sheet countercyclically when opportunities arise? once you reach the $17 billion gross debt target how do you expect the cash return framework to evolve and how do you think about using the balance sheet countercyclically when opportunities arise

Speaker 1: I think that when you step back and think about why are we targeting $17 billion, and with our integrated business, we have a refining business that can be volatile, we have a chemicals business that can be volatile. We have very steady earnings and growing earnings from our midstream business. We've been at about $4 billion, headed to $4.5 billion of EBITDA by the end of next year. We have very steady income from our marketing and specialties business. You call that about $6 billion, and at three times that EBITDA, that gives us something that says we should be comfortable with $18 billion. $17 is a nice cushion under that. That effectively says that we don't have any debt that has to be serviced by our refining and our petrochemicals business. I think that when you step back and think about why are we targeting $17 billion, and with our integrated business, we have a refining business that can be volatile, we have a chemicals business that can be volatile. i think that when you step back and think about why are we targeting $17 billion and with our integrated business we have a refining business that can be volatile we have a chemicals business that can be volatile We have very steady earnings and growing earnings from our midstream business. we have very steady earnings and growing earnings from our midstream business We've been at about $4 billion, headed to $4.5 billion of EBITDA by the end of next year. we've been at about $4 billion headed to $4.5 billion of ebitda by the end of next year We have very steady income from our marketing and spec ialties business. we have very steady income from our marketing and spec ialties business You call that about $6 billion, and at three times that EBITDA, that gives us something that says we should be comfortable with $18 billion. $17 is a nice cushion under that. you call that about $6 billion and at three times that ebitda that gives us something that says we should be comfortable with $18 billion $17 is a nice cushion under that That effectively says that we don't have any debt that has to be serviced by our refining and our petrochemicals business. that effectively says that we don't have any debt that has to be serviced by our refining and our petrochemicals business We look at that as providing what we'd call a fortress balance sheet to free things up. We may build excess cash on the balance sheet beyond that, but we are absolutely committed to returning 50% of that net cash from operations. Then we'll reassess and see what opportunities are out there at that point in time. We look at that as providing what we'd call a fortress balance sheet to free things up. we look at that as providing what we'd call a fortress balance sheet to free things up We may build excess cash on the balance sheet beyond that, but we are absolutely committed to returning 50% of that net cash from operations. we may build excess cash on the balance sheet beyond that but we are absolutely committed to returning 50% of that net cash from operations Then we'll reassess and see what opportunities are out there at that point in time. then we'll reassess and see what opportunities are out there at that point in time

Speaker 3: Got you. That's a great segue to jump into some of the segments. Maybe in midstream, you reaffirmed $4.5 billion midstream EBITDA target for year-end 2027, despite the 1Q 2026 step down tied to weather, re-contracting, and depreciation timing. How much of the step up is driven by projects under construction versus optimization, and how should we think about the sustainability of midstream growth into 2028? Got you. got you That's a great segue to jump into some of the segments. that's a great segue to jump into some of the segments Maybe in midstream, you reaffirmed $4.5 billion midstream EBITDA target for year-end 2027, despite the 1Q 2026 step down tied to weather, re-contracting, and depreciation timing. maybe in midstream you reaffirmed $4.5 billion midstream ebitda target for year-end 2027 despite the 1q 2026 step down tied to weather re-contracting and depreciation timing How much of the step up is driven by projects under construction ver sus optimization, and how should we think about the sustainability of midstream growth into 2028? how much of the step up is driven by projects under construction ver sus optimization and how should we think about the sustainability of midstream growth into 2028

Speaker 1: Yeah. The projects that we have underway really are driving that $4.5 billion. That number really isn't a target. It's an outcome of the projects that we've developed and the efficiencies that we're finding and the capacity that we're unlocking in existing assets. You go back to our Pinnacle acquisition, had an operating asset that we've enhanced the productivity of that asset, and then we added another brownfield asset right next to it. It continues to ramp up, so we're seeing more throughput than anticipated when we made that acquisition. The EPIC acquisition, we had to put a bottleneck on that pipeline underway. That contributes to it. We have our Iron Mesa project underway that will start up later this year, a 300 million cubic feet a day gas plant right between the Midland and Permian Basin. Yeah. yeah The projects that we have underway really are driving that $4.5 billion. the projects that we have underway really are driving that $4.5 billion That number really isn't a target. that number really isn't a target It's an outcome of the projects that we've developed and the efficiencies that we're finding and the capacity that we're unlocking in existing assets. it's an outcome of the projects that we've developed and the efficiencies that we're finding and the capacity that we're unlocking in existing assets You go back to our Pinnacle acquisition, had an operating asset that we've enhanced the productivity of that asset, and then we added another brownfield asset right next to it. you go back to our pinnacle acquisition had an operating asset that we've enhanced the productivity of that asset and then we added another brownfield asset right next to it It continues to ramp up, so we're seeing more throughput than anticipated when we made that acquisition. it continues to ramp up so we're seeing more throughput than anticipated when we made that acquisition The EPIC acquisition, we had to put a bottleneck on that pipeline underway. the epic acquisition we had to put a bottleneck on that pipeline underway That contributes to it. that contributes to it We have our Iron Mesa project underway that will start up later this year, a 300 million cubic feet a day gas plant right between the Midland and Permian Basin. we have our iron mesa project underway that will start up later this year a 300 million cubic feet a day gas plant right between the midland and permian basin Those things are baked into that $4.5 billion. It's primarily new builds, organic growth, and then increased efficiency, increased cost reductions. Beyond that, we have more organic growth, more projects lined up to continue that mid-single digits kind of growth rate. We've announced a Zeus project complementary to Iron Mesa, another 300 million standard cubic feet a day gas plant. We've announced a 100,000 barrel a day fractionator in Corpus Christi to add to our Coastal Bend operations down there. We continue to find these great organic opportunities to continue ticking that growth up beyond 2027 into 2028, 2029. Those things are baked into that $4.5 billion. those things are baked into that $4.5 billion It's primarily new builds, organic growth, and then increased efficiency, increased cost reductions. it's primarily new builds organic growth and then increased efficiency increased cost reductions Beyond that, we have more organic growth, more projects lined up to continue that mid-single digits kind of growth rate. beyond that we have more organic growth more projects lined up to continue that mid-single digits kind of growth rate We've announced a Zeus project complementary to Iron Mesa, another 300 million standard cubic feet a day gas plant. we've announced a zeus project complementary to iron mesa another 300 million standard cubic feet a day gas plant We've announced a 100,000 barrel a day fractionator in Corpus Christi to add to our Coastal Bend operations down there. we've announced a 100,000 barrel a day fractionator in corpus christi to add to our coastal bend operations down there We continue to find these great organic opportunities to continue ticking that growth up beyond 2027 into 2028, 2029. we continue to find these great organic opportunities to continue ticking that growth up beyond 2027 into 2028 2029

Speaker 3: Got you. There continues to be investor concerns about overbuilding the NGL capacity out of the Permian and increased ethane rejection following the startup of multiple residue gas pipelines in the second half of this year. What is your view, and what does that imply for NGL volumes, and how do you think about the feedstock advantage for CP Chem through your ownership structure? Got you. got you There continues to be investor concerns about overbuilding the NGL capacity out of the Permian and increased ethane rejection following the startup of multiple residue gas pipelines in the second half of this year. there continues to be investor concerns about overbuilding the ngl capacity out of the permian and increased ethane rejection following the startup of multiple residue gas pipelines in the second half of this year What is your view, and what does that imply for NGL volumes, and how do you think about the feedstock advantage for CP Chem through your ownership structure? what is your view and what does that imply for ngl volumes and how do you think about the feedstock advantage for cp chem through your ownership structure

Speaker 1: We continue to see data from upstream producers that increase the NGL volumes that they're going to be producing, we're responding to that. That's what's opening up these great organic opportunities for us. The takeaway capacity, I think from an ethane perspective, yeah, I think ethane is going to be abundant. That's a strong benefit to CP Chem. I think the benefits we see through CP Chem through low ethane costs are more than compensated by the returns we see from CP Chem on using those molecules. We see it as a positive on both sides of the equation. We continue to see data from upstream producers that increase the NGL volumes that they're going to be producing, we're responding to that. we continue to see data from upstream producers that increase the ngl volumes that they're going to be producing we're responding to that That's what's opening up these great organic opportunities for us. that's what's opening up these great organic opportunities for us The takeaway capacity, I think from an ethane perspective, yeah, I think ethane is going to be abundant. the takeaway capacity i think from an ethane perspective yeah i think ethane is going to be abundant That's a strong benefit to CP Chem. that's a strong benefit to cp chem I think the benefits we see through CP Chem through low ethane costs are more than compensated by the returns we see from CP Chem on using those molecules. i think the benefits we see through cp chem through low ethane costs are more than compensated by the returns we see from cp chem on using those molecules We see it as a positive on both sides of the equation. we see it as a positive on both sides of the equation

Speaker 3: Great. Maybe jumping over to refining. With consolidation of 100% of Borger and Wood River following WRB close, can you talk about the optimization opportunity across Wood River, Ponca City, and Borger as a super system including the most actionable low-hanging fruit? Great. great Maybe jumping over to refining. maybe jumping over to refining With consolidation of 100% of Borger and Wood River following WRB close, can you talk about the optimization opportunity across Wood River, Ponca City, and Borger as a super system including the most actionable low-hanging fruit? with consolidation of 100% of borger and wood river following wrb close can you talk about the optimization opportunity across wood river ponca city and borger as a super system including the most actionable low-hanging fruit

Speaker 1: Yeah. We identified the Central Corridor and Gulf Coast really as our core area for refining and for midstream, and where we can lean into integration. Not just integration between midstream and refining, but between refining assets. When you look at Wood River, Ponca City, and Borger, we can treat them as a super system moving back and forth. Really, even before that integration kicks in, we saw opportunities commercially to lean in around Borger and Wood River. When we had 100% control, it opened up our ability to optimize even deeper around the crudes that we access and process, and commercially how we optimize from a Phillips 66 perspective rather than a joint venture perspective. That was an immediate impact. We can move streams freely between Ponca City, Borger. Yeah. yeah We identified the Central Corridor and Gulf Coast really as our core area for refining and for midstream, and where we can lean into integration. we identified the central corridor and gulf coast really as our core area for refining and for midstream and where we can lean into integration Not just integration between midstream and refining, but between refining assets. not just integration between midstream and refining but between refining assets When you look at Wood River, Ponca City, and Borger, we can treat them as a super system moving back and forth. when you look at wood river ponca city and borger we can treat them as a super system moving back and forth Really, even before that integration kicks in, we saw opportunities commercially to lean in around Borger and Wood River. really even before that integration kicks in we saw opportunities commercially to lean in around borger and wood river When we had 100% control, it opened up our ability to optimize even deeper around the crudes that we access and process, and commercially how we optimize from a Phillips 66 perspective rather than a joint venture perspective. when we had 100% control it opened up our ability to optimize even deeper around the crudes that we access and process and commercially how we optimize from a phillips 66 perspective rather than a joint venture perspective That was an immediate impact. that was an immediate impact We can move streams freely between Ponca City, Borger. we can move streams freely between ponca city borger We can take a refinery-grade propylene from Ponca City and move it to Borger and use it in the alkylation facility there. We can unlock the full downstream capacity of the refineries by mixing and matching the streams that we can move back and forth. Then you stack on top of that the opportunity that Western Gateway Pipeline provides. We're going to reverse flow on a couple of pipelines to be able to move refined products from Wood River, Ponca City, Borger. Borger will be the eastern terminus of the Western Gateway Pipeline, and we'll be able to move refined products all onto El Paso and Phoenix and the West Coast. That will pull excess refined products out of the Midcontinent. Midcontinent is more seasonal. We can take a refinery-grade propylene from Ponca City and move it to Borger and use it in the alkylation facility there. we can take a refinery-grade propylene from ponca city and move it to borger and use it in the alkylation facility there We can unlock the full downstream capacity of the refineries by mixing and matching the streams that we can move back and forth. we can unlock the full downstream capacity of the refineries by mixing and matching the streams that we can move back and forth Then you stack on top of that the opportunity that Western Gateway Pipeline provides. then you stack on top of that the opportunity that western gateway pipeline provides We're going to reverse flow on a couple of pipelines to be able to move refined products from Wood River, Ponca City, Borger. we're going to reverse flow on a couple of pipelines to be able to move refined products from wood river ponca city borger Borger will be the eastern terminus of the Western Gateway Pipeline, and we'll be able to move refined products all onto El Paso and Phoenix and the West Coast. borger will be the eastern terminus of the western gateway pipeline and we'll be able to move refined products all onto el paso and phoenix and the west coast That will pull excess refined products out of the Midcontinent. that will pull excess refined products out of the midcontinent Midcontinent is more seasonal. midcontinent is more seasonal It'll really levelized and frankly reduce the volatility in margins in Midcontinent, and it will feed those refined products into Phoenix into California and reduce their reliance on waterborne refined products coming in. We have a strong marketing presence, a marketing short on the West Coast that matches up with that quite well. It's going to be a win for our Midcontinent assets. It's going to be a win for consumers in California as well as Arizona and Nevada. It'll really levelized and frankly reduce the volatility in margins in Midcontinent, and it will feed those refined products into Phoenix into California and reduce their reliance on waterborne refined products coming in. it'll really levelized and frankly reduce the volatility in margins in midcontinent and it will feed those refined products into phoenix into california and reduce their reliance on waterborne refined products coming in We have a strong marketing presence, a marketing short on the West Coast that matches up with that quite well. we have a strong marketing presence a marketing short on the west coast that matches up with that quite well It's going to be a win for our Midcontinent assets. it's going to be a win for our midcontinent assets It's going to be a win for consumers in California as well as Arizona and Nevada. it's going to be a win for consumers in california as well as arizona and nevada

Speaker 3: That's a great segue to my next question. Following the second successful open season for Western Gateway with long-term shipper commitments and expanded delivery into the L.A. market, you've discussed potential mid to late summer path to FID and a 2029 in service. Can you walk through the remaining steps to FID and the key milestones, and how the project fits with the post-L.A. refinery West Coast strategy? That's a great segue to my next question. that's a great segue to my next question Following the second successful open season for Western Gateway with long-term shipper commitments and expanded delivery into the L.A. market, you've discussed potential mid to late summer path to FID and a 2029 in service. following the second successful open season for western gateway with long-term shipper commitments and expanded delivery into the l.a market you've discussed potential mid to late summer path to fid and a 2029 in service Can you walk through the remaining steps to FID and the key milestones, and how the project fits with the post-L.A. refinery West Coast strategy? can you walk through the remaining steps to fid and the key milestones and how the project fits with the post-l.a refinery west coast strategy

Speaker 1: We've done a lot of heavy lifting with the open season to unlock who was interested to join that project as shippers, and where those refining products would come from, and what was the optimum. It really was a great outcome. Now the open seasons are closed, and we are working on finalizing the agreements with Kinder Morgan. You've got two great partners that have tremendous experience in midstream projects, in execution, and operations. Kinder has the access to California. We both have existing pipelines that we can bring to bear. The new build pipelines are minimized with this project, and we have line of sight to really a high-quality project. When you combine Kinder Morgan's assets and our refining and our marketing and our transportation experience, we are a premier shipper on those assets. We've done a lot of heavy lifting with the open season to unlock who was interested to join that project as shippers, and where those refining products would come from, and what was the optimum. we've done a lot of heavy lifting with the open season to unlock who was interested to join that project as shippers and where those refining products would come from and what was the optimum It really was a great outcome. it really was a great outcome Now the open seasons are closed, and we are working on finalizing the agreements with Kinder Morgan. now the open seasons are closed and we are working on finalizing the agreements with kinder morgan You've got two great partners that have tremendous experience in midstream projects, in execution, and operations. you've got two great partners that have tremendous experience in midstream projects in execution and operations Kinder has the access to California. kinder has the access to california We both have existing pipelines that we can bring to bear. we both have existing pipelines that we can bring to bear The new build pipelines are minimized with this project, and we have line of sight to really a high-quality project. the new build pipelines are minimized with this project and we have line of sight to really a high-quality project When you combine Kinder Morgan's assets and our refining and our marketing and our transportation experience, we are a premier shipper on those assets. when you combine kinder morgan's assets and our refining and our marketing and our transportation experience we are a premier shipper on those assets It's going to be a great project. We're working towards FID, and I think in the next couple of months you should hear something. It's going to be a great project. it's going to be a great project We're working towards FID, and I think in the next couple of months you should hear something. we're working towards fid and i think in the next couple of months you should hear something

Speaker 3: Great. Just in terms of permitting risk, execution complexity, obviously doing anything into California is complicated. Great. great Just in terms of permitting risk, execution complexity, obviously doing anything into California is complicated. just in terms of permitting risk execution complexity obviously doing anything into california is complicated

Speaker 1: Yeah. The California piece is relatively straightforward. There's no new assets, it's reversing a pipeline. The administration in California is quite supportive of this, as you might imagine. We ceased operations at our L.A. refinery, and that was well received by the California administration. Part of the discussions we had with them when we announced our intent to cease operations, we laid out plans that we had to resupply California with the refined products it needed. That's why I think that conversation was quite successful. At that point in time, we had not disclosed to them Western Gateway. That was being developed in parallel. When that came along, it was quite warmly received as well, both California and Arizona, and Nevada. Any time you can have a pipeline connection versus waterborne sources, it's a benefit. Yeah. yeah The California piece is relatively straightforward. the california piece is relatively straightforward There's no new assets, it's reversing a pipeline. there's no new assets, it's reversing a pipeline The administration in California is quite supportive of this, as you might imagine. the administration in california is quite supportive of this as you might imagine We ceased oper ations at our L.A. refinery, and that was well received by the California administration. we ceased oper ations at our l.a refinery and that was well received by the california administration Part of the discussions we had with them when we announced our intent to cease operations, we laid out plans that we had to resupply California with the refined products it needed. part of the discussions we had with them when we announced our intent to cease operations we laid out plans that we had to resupply california with the refined products it needed That's why I think that conversation was quite successful. that's why i think that conversation was quite successful At that point in time, we had not disclosed to them Western Gateway. at that point in time we had not disclosed to them western gateway That was being developed in parallel. that was being developed in parallel When that came along, it was quite warmly received as well, both California and Arizona, and Nevada. when that came along it was quite warmly received as well both california and arizona and nevada Any time you can have a pipeline connection versus waterborne sources, it's a benefit. any time you can have a pipeline connection versus waterborne sources it's a benefit We think this will become the Colonial Pipeline of the West, where you can access Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast refined products, take them to the two coasts that are exposed to import markets, certainly you've seen what import markets can do when there's disruptions in the world. You won't see those kinds of disruptions in North America. These are very secure supplies of refined products to California, it opens up a lot of optionality there. We think this will become the Colonial Pipeline of the West, where you can access Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast refined products, take them to the two coasts that are exposed to import markets, certainly you've seen what import markets can do when there's disruptions in the world. we think this will become the colonial pipeline of the west where you can access mid-continent and gulf coast refined products take them to the two coasts that are exposed to import markets certainly you've seen what import markets can do when there's disruptions in the world You won't see those kinds of disruptions in North America. you won't see those kinds of disruptions in north america These are very secure supplies of refined products to California, it opens up a lot of optionality there. these are very secure supplies of refined products to california it opens up a lot of optionality there

Speaker 3: I like that, the Colonial of the West Coast. That's great. Maybe moving over to marketing and specialty with first quarter results impacted by mark-to-market headwinds, how do you view go-forward domestic fuel margins in the U.S. for the marketing and specialty business and your level of confidence in mid-cycle margin resiliency? I like that, the Colonial of the West Coast. i like that the colonial of the west coast That's great. that's great Maybe moving over to marketing and specialty with first quarter results impacted by mark-to-market headwinds, how do you view go-forward domestic fuel margins in the U.S. for the marketing and specialty business and your level of confidence in mid-cycle margin resiliency? maybe moving over to marketing and specialty with first quarter results impacted by mark-to-market headwinds how do you view go-forward domestic fuel margins in the u.s for the marketing and specialty business and your level of confidence in mid-cycle margin resiliency

Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that you see the disconnect between the paper and the physical drove that in the first quarter, you're seeing them come in better alignment now as prices have come off, whether it's crude oil or, say, refined products on the water in the West Coast drove a lot of that accounting exercise. We'll see more of that clear up as we sell down inventories later in the year. That's performing as predicted as prices come off. In the backdrop of that, you're seeing refined product margins staying healthy. Hanging in there as crude oil comes off. You can follow our margin indicators are strengthening, I think that you've seen strong jet demand. The industry responded quite quickly. Yeah, I think that you see the disconnect between the paper and the physical drove that in the first quarter, you're seeing them come in better alignment now as prices have come off, whether it's crude oil or, say, refined products on the water in the West Coast drove a lot of that accounting exercise. yeah i think that you see the disconnect between the paper and the physical drove that in the first quarter you're seeing them come in better alignment now as prices have come off whether it's crude oil or say refined products on the water in the west coast drove a lot of that accounting exercise We'll see more of that clear up as we sell down inventories later in the year. we'll see more of that clear up as we sell down inventories later in the year That's performing as predicted as prices come off. that's performing as predicted as prices come off In the backdrop of that, you're seeing refined product margins staying healthy. in the backdrop of that you're seeing refined product margins staying healthy Hanging in there as crude oil comes off. hanging in there as crude oil comes off You can follow our margin indicators are strengthening, I think that you've seen strong jet demand. you can follow our margin indicators are strengthening i think that you've seen strong jet demand The industry responded quite quickly. the industry responded quite quickly

Speaker 3: Amazing. Amazing. amazing

Speaker 1: Yeah. Free markets work. When you look at what we were able to do around the Jones Act, once you had access to ships that could move to where the market was calling for material, it happened very quickly. Response was great. You are seeing markets. People believe that crude's going to line out very quickly. Okay, that's one thing. We don't control crude. We focus on what we can control. The combination of whatever the crude price is with tight refining capacity globally is a good setup for the refining complex. We'll see how other capacity comes back into the market. Certainly, Russia refining complex has taken some pretty very public significant hits and we'll see how China ramps back up. It's very constructive for refining margins in the near to medium term. Yeah. yeah Free markets work. free markets work When you look at what we were able to do around the Jones Act, once you had access to ships that could move to where the market was calling for material, it happened very quickly. when you look at what we were able to do around the jones act once you had access to ships that could move to where the market was calling for material it happened very quickly Response was great. response was great You are seeing markets. you are seeing markets People believe that crude's going to line out very quickly. people believe that crude's going to line out very quickly Okay, that's one thing. okay that's one thing We don't control crude. we don't control crude We focus on what we can control. we focus on what we can control The combination of whatever the crude price is with tight refining capacity globally is a good setup for the refining complex. the combination of whatever the crude price is with tight refining capacity globally is a good setup for the refining complex We'll see how other capacity comes back into the market. we'll see how other capacity comes back into the market Certainly, Russia refining complex has taken some pretty very public significant hits and we'll see how China ramps back up. certainly russia refining complex has taken some pretty very public significant hits and we'll see how china ramps back up It's very constructive for refining margins in the near to medium term. it's very constructive for refining margins in the near to medium term

Speaker 3: Great. Maybe switching to renewable fuels. With Rodeo running over nameplate and renewable credit value significantly higher than in 2025 levels, how should we think about the free cash flow inflection from renewables this year, and how does PTC regulatory change affect operations and capital planning? Great. great Maybe switching to renewable fuels. maybe switching to renewable fuels With Rodeo running over nameplate and renewable credit value significantly higher than in 2025 levels, how should we think about the free cash flow inflection from renewables this year, and how does PTC regulatory change affect operations and capital planning? with rodeo running over nameplate and renewable credit value significantly higher than in 2025 levels how should we think about the free cash flow inflection from renewables this year and how does ptc regulatory change affect operations and capital planning

Speaker 1: Yeah. The asset is running extraordinarily well. We focus every day on getting the right feedstocks to that asset, whether they're import, domestic, whether they're low CI, high CI, whatever generates the most margin for this. That asset had an existential crisis earlier this year. We don't waste a good crisis. We drove a lot of cost out. We realigned the logistics to be able to take more domestic feedstock versus international feedstocks on the water in San Francisco. It's paying off. The team there did a tremendous job. The regulatory environment improved. Certainly, that has improved what this asset has the capability of doing. I think when we originally rolled out the project, we had a mid-cycle of about $700 million in EBITDA. Yeah. yeah The asset is running extraordinarily well. the asset is running extraordinarily well We focus every day on getting the right feedstocks to that asset, whether they're import, domestic, whether they're low CI, high CI, whatever generates the most margin for this. we focus every day on getting the right feedstocks to that asset whether they're import domestic whether they're low ci high ci whatever generates the most margin for this That asset had an existential crisis earlier this year. that asset had an existential crisis earlier this year We don't waste a good crisis. we don't waste a good crisis We drove a lot of cost out. we drove a lot of cost out We realigned the logistics to be able to take more domestic feedstock versus international feedstocks on the water in San Francisco. we realigned the logistics to be able to take more domestic feedstock versus international feedstocks on the water in san francisco It's paying off. it's paying off The team there did a tremendous job. the team there did a tremendous job The regulatory environment improved. the regulatory environment improved Certainly, that has improved what this asset has the capability of doing. certainly that has improved what this asset has the capability of doing I think when we originally rolled out the project, we had a mid-cycle of about $700 million in EBITDA. i think when we originally rolled out the project we had a mid-cycle of about $700 million in ebitda That required an indicator margin of about $1.50. We're above the $1.50. Of course, there's a lot of volatility out there. It's well on its way towards what we would consider successfully at or above that mid-cycle level. We're really excited about what's happening there. California has responded positively from a regulatory environment. The federal regulations certainly are constructive as well. As far the Production Tax Credit, that's really targeted at new builds. Frankly, the environment for new builds around renewable assets is a bit challenged right now. We like Rodeo. We're not ready to go out and do another Rodeo anytime soon. Our focus is on making sure that that asset works well. We have access to profitably consume and optimize. That required an indicator margin of about $1.50. that required an indicator margin of about $1.50 We're above the $1.50. we're above the $1.50 Of course, there's a lot of volatility out there. of course there's a lot of volatility out there It's well on its way towards what we would consider successfully at or above that mid-cycle level. it's well on its way towards what we would consider successfully at or above that mid-cycle level We're really excited about what's happening there. we're really excited about what's happening there California has responded positively from a regulatory environment. california has responded positively from a regulatory environment The federal regulations certainly are constructive as well. the federal regulations certainly are constructive as well As far the Production Tax Credit, that's really targeted at new builds. as far the production tax credit that's really targeted at new builds Frankly, the environment for new builds around renewable assets is a bit challenged right now. frankly the environment for new builds around renewable assets is a bit challenged right now We like Rodeo. we like rodeo We're not ready to go out and do another Rodeo anytime soon. we're not ready to go out and do another rodeo anytime soon Our focus is on making sure that that asset works well. our focus is on making sure that that asset works well We have access to profitably consume and optimize. we have access to profitably consume and optimize By the way, we're producing just under 10,000 barrels a day of neat sustainable aviation fuel that when you blend it up, it's about 18,000, 19,000 barrels a day of sustainable aviation fuel. That is attractive in the marketplace without the same level of subsidies that you get with renewable diesel. We can optimize and move molecules back and forth between renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, just like we would in a traditional refinery between diesel and jet and, of course, gasoline. By the way, we're producing just under 10,000 barrels a day of neat sustainable aviation fuel that when you blend it up, it's about 18,000, 19,000 barrels a day of sustainable aviation fuel. by the way we're producing just under 10,000 barrels a day of neat sustainable aviation fuel that when you blend it up it's about 18,000 19,000 barrels a day of sustainable aviation fuel That is attractive in the marketplace without the same level of subsidies that you get with renewable diesel. that is attractive in the marketplace without the same level of subsidies that you get with renewable diesel We can optimize and move molecules back and forth between renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, just like we would in a traditional refinery between diesel and jet and, of course, gasoline. we can optimize and move molecules back and forth between renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel just like we would in a traditional refinery between diesel and jet and of course gasoline

Speaker 3: Gotcha. Moving to portfolio and M&A, as you continue to work through the portfolio to divest non-core and non-strategic assets, how should you think about incremental asset sales from here, and what lines of business could they come from? Gotcha. gotcha Moving to portfolio and M&A, as you continue to work through the portfolio to divest non-core and non-strategic assets, how should you think about incremental asset sales from here, and what lines of business could they come from? moving to portfolio and m&a as you continue to work through the portfolio to divest non-core and non-strategic assets how should you think about incremental asset sales from here and what lines of business could they come from

Speaker 1: Yeah, we've taken a very active role in managing our portfolio. We had assets that were good assets, but not critical to our growth, not critical to our integrated strategy. We've successfully monetized a number of those assets, several billion dollars worth. We have more assets that fit that description, and we would be interested in monetizing. We're not actively out pushing anything in the marketplace, but we know the assets that we would part with. Frankly, we have no sacred cows. If someone is interested and willing to pay something beyond our hold value for any assets that we have, we'd be interested in talking to them. We don't have any active program out there to push assets out the door. Yeah, we've taken a very active role in managing our portfolio. yeah we've taken a very active role in managing our portfolio We had assets that were good assets, but not critical to our growth, not critical to our integrated strategy. we had assets that were good assets but not critical to our growth not critical to our integrated strategy We've successfully monetized a number of those assets, several billion dollars worth. we've successfully monetized a number of those assets several billion dollars worth We have more assets that fit that description, and we would be interested in monetizing. we have more assets that fit that description and we would be interested in monetizing We're not actively out pushing anything in the marketplace, but we know the assets that we would part with. we're not actively out pushing anything in the marketplace but we know the assets that we would part with Frankly, we have no sacred cows. frankly we have no sacred cows If someone is interested and willing to pay something beyond our hold value for any assets that we have, we'd be interested in talking to them. if someone is interested and willing to pay something beyond our hold value for any assets that we have we'd be interested in talking to them We don't have any active program out there to push assets out the door. we don't have any active program out there to push assets out the door

Speaker 3: Got you. We have about five minutes left. I have plenty more questions. We'll open it up to the floor. If anybody has any questions, there's mics around. While they're getting queued up, I'll ask you one more just in terms of the board and governance. Obviously, you've had additions of two new board members. Can you just talk about the refreshed board composition, how that supports the strategic direction and executive priorities you've laid out, particularly around operational excellence and disciplined capital allocation? Got you. got you We have about five minutes left. we have about five minutes left I have plenty more questions. i have plenty more questions We'll open it up to the floor. we'll open it up to the floor If anybody has any questions, there's mics around. if anybody has any questions there's mics around While they're getting queued up, I'll ask you one more just in terms of the board and governance. while they're getting queued up i'll ask you one more just in terms of the board and governance Obviously, you've had additions of two new board members. obviously you've had additions of two new board members Can you just talk about the refreshed board composition, how that supports the strategic direction and executive priorities you've laid out, particularly around operational excellence and disciplined capital allocation? can you just talk about the refreshed board composition how that supports the strategic direction and executive priorities you've laid out particularly around operational excellence and disciplined capital allocation

Speaker 1: Yeah, we've had a very deliberate refresh of our boards. The latest two additions fit into key parts of the talent matrix that we want to have at the board level. Howard Ungerleider, he's an accomplished CFO in the chemicals business. He's been through some very large transformation efforts in his history. So he brings certainly a perspective on capital discipline and financial focus to the board, and a great addition. As well as Kevin Meyers, a long history in the energy business, understands the upstream and that interface with the midstream and refining, a veteran of ConocoPhillips and in ARCO. Both bring tremendous experience. Kevin's an experienced board member at Hess. We couldn't be happier having both of them on the board. They've onboarded, and they're fully engaged. Yeah, we've had a very deliberate refresh of our boards. yeah we've had a very deliberate refresh of our boards The latest two additions fit into key parts of the talent matrix that we want to have at the board level. the latest two additions fit into key parts of the talent matrix that we want to have at the board level Howard Ungerleider, he's an accomplished CFO in the chemicals business. howard ungerleider he's an accomplished cfo in the chemicals business He's been through some very large transformation efforts in his history. he's been through some very large transformation efforts in his history So he brings certainly a perspective on capital discipline and financial focus to the board, and a great addition. so he brings certainly a perspective on capital discipline and financial focus to the board and a great addition As well as Kevin Meyers, a long history in the energy business, understands the upstream and that interface with the midstream and refining, a veteran of ConocoPhillips and in ARCO. as well as kevin meyers a long history in the energy business understands the upstream and that interface with the midstream and refining a veteran of conocophillips and in arco Both bring tremendous experience. both bring tremendous experience Kevin's an experienced board member at Hess. kevin's an experienced board member at hess We couldn't be happier having both of them on the board. we couldn't be happier having both of them on the board They've onboarded, and they're fully engaged. they've onboarded and they're fully engaged The entire board has stacked hands and reinforced our integrated perspective, the way we're operating, the primary goals of improving refining performance, driving costs out. We've got a $5.50 milestone, I'd call it a milestone, in cost reduction. We're zeroing in on that and hope to just keep moving right past that $5.50 if we can do it responsibly and with reliable operations. We're focused on disciplined capital growth in midstream business, primarily in the Permian. Disciplined capital investment in refining to improve and enhance returns from refining focused on the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast, and really leaning into the integration, creating and capturing that integrated advantage that we've developed in the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast. The entire board has stacked hands and reinforced our integrated perspective, the way we're operating, the primary goals of improving refining performance, driving costs out. the entire board has stacked hands and reinforced our integrated perspective the way we're operating the primary goals of improving refining performance driving costs out We've got a $5.50 milestone, I'd call it a milestone, in cost reduction. we've got a $5.50 milestone i'd call it a milestone in cost reduction We're zeroing in on that and hope to just keep moving right past that $5.50 if we can do it responsibly and with reliable operations. we're zeroing in on that and hope to just keep moving right past that $5.50 if we can do it responsibly and with reliable operations We're focused on disciplined capital growth in midstream business, primarily in the Permian. we're focused on disciplined capital growth in midstream business primarily in the permian Disciplined capital investment in refining to improve and enhance returns from refining focused on the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast, and really leaning into the integration, creating and capturing that integrated advantage that we've developed in the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast. disciplined capital investment in refining to improve and enhance returns from refining focused on the mid-continent and the gulf coast and really leaning into the integration creating and capturing that integrated advantage that we've developed in the mid-continent and the gulf coast Absolute firm commitment to return 50% of our net cash from operations to shareholders through that sustainable, growing, competitive dividend, then share repurchases to top that up to get to that 50%. We talked earlier about our $17 billion debt target, and we have that line of sight. We have a plan to get there. We have debt maturities that will roll off at the right time, so we can hold cash until those debt maturities hit and take them out in a very responsible way. We believe that we're well-positioned to enhance things organically, to continue to grow, to continue to focus on excellence, being prepared in these businesses to capture the margins when they appear. We don't control the energy price. Absolute firm commitment to return 50% of our net cash from operations to shareholders through that sustainable, growing, competitive dividend, then share repurchases to top that up to get to that 50%. absolute firm commitment to return 50% of our net cash from operations to shareholders through that sustainable growing competitive dividend then share repurchases to top that up to get to that 50% We talked earlier about our $17 billion debt target, and we have that line of sight. we talked earlier about our $17 billion debt target and we have that line of sight We have a plan to get there. we have a plan to get there We have debt maturities that will roll off at the right time, so we can hold cash until those debt maturities hit and take them out in a very responsible way. we have debt maturities that will roll off at the right time so we can hold cash until those debt maturities hit and take them out in a very responsible way We believe that we're well-positioned to enhance things organically, to continue to grow, to continue to focus on excellence, being prepared in these businesses to capture the margins when they appear. we believe that we're well-positioned to enhance things organically to continue to grow to continue to focus on excellence being prepared in these businesses to capture the margins when they appear We don't control the energy price. we don't control the energy price We don't control the global macro, we can certainly control how we operate our assets and how we position ourselves to capture them. We're focused on flexibility, so we can move very quickly to respond to whatever circumstances the world has. I think the Hormuz crisis really highlights how we can be agile. We can move quickly to take advantage of what the markets afford us to do. We don't control the global macro, we can certainly control how we operate our assets and how we position ourselves to capture them. we don't control the global macro we can certainly control how we operate our assets and how we position ourselves to capture them We're focused on flexibility, so we can move very quickly to respond to whatever circum stances the world has. we're focused on flexibility so we can move very quickly to respond to whatever circum stances the world has I think the Hormuz crisis really highlights how we can be agile. i think the hormuz crisis really highlights how we can be agile We can move quickly to take advantage of what the markets afford us to do. we can move quickly to take advantage of what the markets afford us to do

Speaker 3: Great. I don't know if there's any questions. There's one here in front. Great. great I don't know if there's any questions. i don't know if there's any questions There's one here in front. there's one here in front

Speaker 2: Mark, thanks for your presentation. I was wondering if you could just go through your overall investment thesis. You're going to be meeting with investors today. Just give them the elevator pitch on why you think PSX is a compelling opportunity for any portfolio. Mark, thanks for your presentation. mark thanks for your presentation I was wondering if you could just go through your overall investment thesis. i was wondering if you could just go through your overall investment thesis You're going to be meeting with investors today. you're going to be meeting with investors today Just give them the elevator pitch on why you think PSX is a compelling opportunity for any portfolio. just give them the elevator pitch on why you think psx is a compelling opportunity for any portfolio

Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, Arun. We think we're unlike any other company in our peer group. We are an integrated downstream energy provider. We don't have upstream. We don't want to be an upstream. We want to be able to flex to whatever crude makes the most sense. We want to be out there gathering and processing hydrocarbons in a very integrated way with our midstream business, our refining business, have the marketing and specialties group that can go out and capture the most value from the marketplace wherever that value may appear, to be agile, to be flexible. We sit on top of some of the best hydrocarbon basins in the world. We can access crudes from Latin America, from Canada, whatever makes the most sense. Yeah, absolutely, Arun. yeah absolutely arun We think we're unlike any other company in our peer group. we think we're unlike any other company in our peer group We are an integrated downstream energy provider. we are an integrated downstream energy provider We don't have upstream. we don't have upstream We don't want to be an upstream. we don't want to be an upstream We want to be able to flex to whatever crude makes the most sense. we want to be able to flex to whatever crude makes the most sense We want to be out there gathering and processing hydrocarbons in a very integrated way with our midstream business, our refining business, have the marketing and specialties group that can go out and capture the most value from the marketplace wherever that value may appear, to be agile, to be flexible. we want to be out there gathering and processing hydrocarbons in a very integrated way with our midstream business our refining business have the marketing and specialties group that can go out and capture the most value from the marketplace wherever that value may appear to be agile to be flexible We sit on top of some of the best hydrocarbon basins in the world. we sit on top of some of the best hydrocarbon basins in the world We can access crudes from Latin America, from Canada, whatever makes the most sense. we can access crudes from latin america from canada whatever makes the most sense We can also, we have a large enough footprint to be able to trade around those assets and add even more competitive advantage to the mix. We are optimizing every day. We're streamlining our assets. We've got an intense focus on continuous improvement. We've changed the culture. Everybody is out there competing to win, but to do it in a safe, reliable way. We are absolutely committed to cash returns to shareholders, fortress balance sheet, so we can be opportunistic when the opportunity arises. We believe we've got a compelling story for investors for the long term and for the near term. We can also, we have a large enough footprint to be able to trade around those assets and add even more competitive advantage to the mix. we can also we have a large enough footprint to be able to trade around those assets and add even more competitive advantage to the mix We are optimizing every day. we are optimizing every day We're streamlining our assets. we're streamlining our assets We've got an intense focus on continuous improvement. we've got an intense focus on continuous improvement We've changed the culture. we've changed the culture Everybody is out there competing to win, but to do it in a safe, reliable way. everybody is out there competing to win but to do it in a safe reliable way We are absolutely committed to cash returns to shareholders, fortress balance sheet, so we can be opportunistic when the opportunity arises. we are absolutely committed to cash returns to shareholders fortress balance sheet so we can be opportunistic when the opportunity arises We believe we've got a compelling story for investors for the long term and for the near term. we believe we've got a compelling story for investors for the long term and for the near term

Speaker 3: Great. That's time. Thank you all for joining. Thanks, Mark. Great. great That's time. that's time Thank you all for joining. thank you all for joining Thanks, Mark. thanks mark

Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you. thank you