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