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2016 Second Extraordinary Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 7
BY SENATOR JOHNS
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery upon the celebration
of its 75th anniversary.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend and congratulate the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery on its seventy-fifth
3 anniversary of operation.
4 WHEREAS, the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery is observing its 75th Anniversary
5 on June 24, 2016, with the theme, "Operation Safety-Decades of Excellence"; and
6 WHEREAS, the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery (formerly Continental Oil
7 Company, Conoco and ConocoPhillips) was built in 1941 at a cost of $4.5 million; and
8 WHEREAS, located in Westlake, Louisiana, the refinery was originally designed to
9 process 7,500 barrels of crude oil per day to supply high-octane aviation fuel to WWII war
10 planes and included a 13-unit housing compound for managers and engineers nearby to
11 accommodate staff when the refinery came on line in 1941; and
12 WHEREAS, today the refinery processes 247,000 barrels of crude oil per day, most
13 of which is heavy sour and high acid synthetic crude; and
14 WHEREAS, the Lake Charles operation is situated on 690 acres and includes crude
15 distillation, fluid catalytic crackers, a hydrocracker, delayed coker, a reformer, and
16 hydrodesulphurization and sulfur recovery units; and
17 WHEREAS, the refinery facilities include a specialty coker and calciner, which
18 produce graphite petroleum coke for the steel industry; a 24-hour operation, the refinery
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1 produces a variety of petroleum products for distribution throughout the United States,
2 including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, propane, and petroleum coke; and
3 WHEREAS, the refinery also supplies feedstocks to Excel Paralubes, a joint venture
4 with Flint Hill Resources that produces base oils for lubricants; and
5 WHEREAS, products produced at the refinery are delivered by truck, rail, or major
6 common carrier products pipelines (partially owned by Phillips 66) which serve the Eastern
7 and Mid-Continent United States; and
8 WHEREAS, other facilities in the area include a Products Terminal, Transport
9 Terminal, Lake Charles Coke Handling, Lake Charles Pipe Line Company, Clifton Ridge
10 Marine Terminal and Pecan Grove Marine Terminal; and
11 WHEREAS, the Lake Charles refinery takes safety seriously and has processes and
12 procedures in place to direct refinery personnel and contractors to perform their job in the
13 safest manner possible with safety being engineered into the design of the equipment by
14 following Phillips 66 Required Engineering Practices (REPs); and
15 WHEREAS, routine maintenance and scheduled shutdowns (turnarounds) are a part
16 of normal operations to ensure safe and efficient equipment operation; and
17 WHEREAS, the stated values of Phillips 66 are safety, honor, and commitment with
18 an overall strategy of operating excellence, growth, returns, distribution, and high
19 performing organization; and
20 WHEREAS, the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery is a strong economic force in
21 Southwest Louisiana with 773 employees, $111 million in payroll & benefits, $9.6 million
22 in Calcasieu taxes paid, and $71 million in material and services with Louisiana companies;
23 and
24 WHEREAS, Phillips 66 and its employees are active in numerous community
25 programs including but not limited to Partners in Education (Westlake and LaGrange High
26 School), United Way of Southwest Louisiana, Community Awareness and Emergency
27 Response, Bowl For Kids' Sake, Special Olympics, American Cancer Relay for Life,
28 Calcasieu Council On Aging Thanksgiving Baskets, Chemistry Expo, Chateau du Lac
29 Christmas Luncheon, Children's Miracle Network Dragon Races, and Trash Bash, and in
30 addition, Phillips 66 has its own Community Advisory Panel whose members represent
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1 nearby neighbors, businesses, government, education and students.
2 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
3 hereby commends and congratulates the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery on the occasion
4 of its seventy-fifth anniversary of operation.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
6 Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 7 Original 2016 Second Extraordinary Session Johns
Commends the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery on the occasion of its 75th anniversary of
operation.
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