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[[Image:Phillipslogo.jpg|thumb|350px|"Phillips 66 has strong brand recognition and value and it provides a link between our rich history and our exciting future," says Greg Garland, designated chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips 66. The new company's name capitalizes on public awareness and gives tribute to history, adds Garland. Photo: ConocoPhillips]] ==Creation of Phillips 66== ===Rationale for the ConocoPhillips Split=== There are two ways to look at the decision to split off the downstream segment from ConocoPhillips with the creation of Phillips 66. According to Christopher Helman writing in Forbes magazine the ConocoPhillips’ split can be seen as the upstream guys seizing an opportunity to jettison their lower-returning downstream assets all at once rather than piecemeal, as they’ve been doing. On the other hand, the split "liberates downstream to pursue its own growth opportunities," according to incoming Philips 66 CEO Greg Garland. "As an integrated oil company we were pushing a lot of our capital to the Exploration and Production (E&P) space, which was the right thing to do as an integrated oil company."<ref name=PCOLForbesspinoff>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/04/30/as-conocophillips-spins-off-refining-assets-should-you-own-the-new-phillips-66/?ss=strategies-solutions Forbes Magazine. "As ConocoPhillips Spins Off Refining Assets, Think Twice Before Buying The New Phillips 66" by Christopher Helman. April 30, 2012.]</ref> "If Phillips 66 has been left with the wrong end of the deal, then Greg Garland is putting in a spirited effort to persuade investors otherwise. He says the creation of Phillips 66 represents an opportunity to ensure that his company is in a strong position to make the best of the uncertain conditions in the downstream sector," writes Shaun Polczer in "The Petroleum Economist on May 25, 2012. "The company hopes that ...Phillips 66 will be better able to capitalise on its options to maintain a steady income stream from mid and downstream operations. "<ref>[http://www.petroleum-economist.com/IssueArticle/3036212/Archive/ConocoPhillips-splits-and-the-experiment-begins.html Petroleum Economist. "ConocoPhillips splits and the experiment begin" by Shaun Polczer. May 25, 2012.]</ref> Simone Sebastian and Emily Pickrell writes in the Houston Chronicle that Mulva abandoned the super-major model that its retiring leader helped engineer a decade ago leaving behind "a more modest oil exploration and production company, streamlined by the aggressive asset sell-off that has defined his final years at the helm." Mulva is the last of a group of oil executives who orchestrated the model of building companies that delivered fuel from the ground to gas tanks through their own international networks of exploration, refining and distribution assets. "He appreciated the changing paradigm in the industry a decade ago when all the oil companies were combining," said Doug Terreson, head of energy research for ISI. "The oil industry is shifting toward a new competitive paradigm now and separation makes a great deal of logic."<ref name=PCOLHoustoncreation>[http://www.chron.com/business/article/ConocoPhillips-split-becomes-official-as-company-3522914.php Houston Chronicle. "ConocoPhillips split becomes official as company 'shrinks to grow'" by Simone Sebastian and Emily Pickrell. April 30, 2012.]</ref> Rod Walker writes in the Tulsa World on April 28, 2012 that "the separation of ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66 is the final achievement of CEO Jim Mulva's eight-year reign atop the integrated company" although questions abound regarding the rationale behind the split one decade after the merger that created ConocoPhillips. "Why was it better to get bigger 10 years ago and not now?" asks Bruce DeShazo, assistant vice president and investment adviser at American Heritage Bank of Sapulpa. "I would think the reason they'd do something like this is to divest those losing assets. They're just having a hard time making money in refining." Outgoing ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva wants to reduce the company's exposure to refining by spinning off Phillips 66. "We said sell non-core assets, position for growth. Essentially, 90 percent of our capital spending is directed towards exploration and production, and reduce our exposure to refining."<ref>[http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49&articleid=20120429_49_E1_CUTLIN480302&allcom=1# Tulsa World. "ConocoPhillips streamlines with Phillips 66 refining side spinoff" by Rob Walton. "April 28, 2012.]</ref> According to Mulva in his presentation to financial analysts on July 14, 2011, the question is why would you spin out the downstream versus to stay integrated. "We believe more value is created in the formation of two very clear, standalone companies versus accomplishing our objectives of rationalizing our downstream within the integrated oil structure. There is generally greater external transparency of the business performance when the marketplace looks at the pure plays versus being accomplished in the integrateds. And we also believe there is more focus and attention and greater probability of success by the management team by having pure-play separate upstream and downstream companies. Our investors, we believe, have the better ability to adjust to overweight or underweight their views of investing in these segments of integration, upstream and downstream. And as I just said, there is greater management focus to customize strategies, both upstream and downstream. And we also believe with this, it really allows us to attract, retain and compensate the talent we need to create the highest probability of success upstream and downstream."<ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/downstream_spinoff-2011-07-14.pdf ConocoPhillips Final Transcript "ConocoPhillips Conference Call to Discuss its Pursuing Plan to Separate Into Two Stand-Alone, Publicly Traded Companies" July 14, 2011.]</ref><ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/Restructuring%20Analyst%20presentation%207-14-11.pdf ConocoPhillips. "Creating Two Leading Energy Companies" July 14, 2011.]</ref> "I think that world and that marketplace has pretty well changed. So if we look out the medium- and the long-term, we face this challenge, whether we are viewed as independent or viewed as an integrated company, the issue of competitive growth is the same, whether it is a company bigger than ourselves or it is an independent smaller than ourselves. So it doesn't change with the accomplishment of doing this transaction and spinning out the downstream. We are faced with the same challenge. Some also could argue that the larger you are, the more difficult it is, given the access issues, and in many places in the world, an emphasis of trying to move IOCs or independents more towards service contracts than it is taking equity interest. So all we are saying is whether we are classified as independent or classified as an integrated, or however we are classified and what we are structured, we still have the issue of how do we take our current reserve position and our production, how do we grow it and do it with competitive finding and development cost. So we have got the same challenge. Now, if we do that well, whether we are integrated or we are viewed as independent pure plays, if we do that well, it will be recognized in the marketplace. And that is really where we are coming from. We are not doing something cleverly just to get a higher PE multiple, but we do think the pure plays are better understood in the marketplace, and it is going to put a lot more focus on our management and our leadership to accomplish the objective, which is to convert the resources that we have. We like to always get more resource, but convert those resources to reserves, and do that really well with competitive finding and development cost, we will grow our production and we will do it in a value-creating way."<ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/downstream_spinoff-2011-07-14.pdf ConocoPhillips Final Transcript "ConocoPhillips Conference Call to Discuss its Pursuing Plan to Separate Into Two Stand-Alone, Publicly Traded Companies" July 14, 2011.]</ref><ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/Restructuring%20Analyst%20presentation%207-14-11.pdf ConocoPhillips. "Creating Two Leading Energy Companies" July 14, 2011.]</ref> "The other thing is we look at our Company in the marketplace, we have a number of investors that would say you are making the investment decision for us. You are putting us in both the upstream and downstream business, where we would like to make that investment decision ourselves. So by being separated, you can take your choice. You want to invest in the downstream, you want to invest in the upstream. So if you look at the integrated company, you can say, well, I think the downstream part of the company is holding back on the value creation and recognition of your E&P business. And then on the other hand, those people who are interested in the downstream would say, you are not getting recognition for the quality or the contribution of the downstream. And then there is another issue that we have seen, unfortunately. But from an enterprise risk management point of view, having two separate companies is -- we think is something that makes a lot of sense. And so it is for these different reasons and putting more focus both upstream and downstream at attention, and clear peer plays, not so much that the market can look and make the decision where they want to invest, but the leadership of the company knows clearly what business they are in and they dedicate their attention to doing it in a value-creating way."<ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/downstream_spinoff-2011-07-14.pdf ConocoPhillips Final Transcript "ConocoPhillips Conference Call to Discuss its Pursuing Plan to Separate Into Two Stand-Alone, Publicly Traded Companies" July 14, 2011.]</ref><ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/Restructuring%20Analyst%20presentation%207-14-11.pdf ConocoPhillips. "Creating Two Leading Energy Companies" July 14, 2011.]</ref> See also * [http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/Restructuring%20Analyst%20presentation%207-14-11.pdf ConocoPhillips. "Creating Two Leading Energy Companies" July 14, 2011.]<ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/Restructuring%20Analyst%20presentation%207-14-11.pdf ConocoPhillips. "Creating Two Leading Energy Companies" July 14, 2011.]</ref> * [http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/downstream_spinoff-2011-07-14.pdf ConocoPhillips Analyst Meeting - Color Slides "ConocoPhillips Conference Call to Discuss its Pursuing Plan to Separate Into Two Stand-Alone, Publicly Traded Companies" July 14, 2011.]<ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/downstream_spinoff-2011-07-14.pdf ConocoPhillips Final Transcript "ConocoPhillips Conference Call to Discuss its Pursuing Plan to Separate Into Two Stand-Alone, Publicly Traded Companies" July 14, 2011.]</ref> ===Implementation of the ConocoPhillips Split=== On May 1, 2012 Phillips 66 issued a press release announcing that Phillips 66 had emerged as an independent downstream energy company with industry-leading businesses in refining and marketing, midstream, and chemicals. Created through a spin-off of these assets from ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66 begins regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange this morning under the ticker symbol PSX. "Our strategic approach combines one of the world's most competitive refining and marketing operations with rapidly growing midstream and chemicals businesses," said CEO Greg Garland. "Phillips 66 will be clearly differentiated from pure-play refining companies with specific plans for enhancing returns and growing shareholder distributions. We have an exciting future ahead of us."<ref>[http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49&articleid=20111111_49_E1_CncPil708906 Tulsa World "ConocoPhillips to call its downstream firm Phillips 66" by Rod Walton. November 11, 2011.]</ref> On November 11, 2011 the Tulsa World reported that Phillips 66 would be the name for the new independent oil and gasoline refining and marketing firm, created as ConocoPhillips splits into two companies. ConocoPhillips will keep the current name of the company and will concentrate on the exploration and production side while Phillips 66 will include refining and marketing portions of the company. Each company will be run independently and will have different tocker names in the stock market. The refinery in Ponca City employs about 700 people while Bartlesville will be the global center for the Phillips 66 technology organization as well as the transaction services organizations for both companies.<ref>[http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49&articleid=20111111_49_E1_CncPil708906 Tulsa World "ConocoPhillips to call its downstream firm Phillips 66" by Rod Walton. November 11, 2011.]</ref> ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva will resign once the split is complete and Greg Garland will be the new CEO of Phillips 66.<ref>[http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49&articleid=20111111_49_E1_CncPil708906 Tulsa World "ConocoPhillips to call its downstream firm Phillips 66" by Rod Walton. November 11, 2011.]</ref> The decision to name the new entity for Phillips 66 is because of name recognition and branding. "Phillips 66 has strong brand recognition and value, and it provides a link between our rich history and our exciting future," Garland said Thursday in a news release. "Our name reflects an independent spirit and drive."<ref>[http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49&articleid=20111111_49_E1_CncPil708906 Tulsa World "ConocoPhillips to call its downstream firm Phillips 66" by Rod Walton. November 11, 2011.]</ref> On April 4, 2012 ConocoPhillips' board of directors gave its final approval for the spin-off of its downstream businesses into Phillips 66.<ref name=PCOLApprovesspinoff>[http://www.investorvillage.com/mbthread.asp?mb=296&tid=11614472&showall=1 ConocoPhillips. "ConocoPhillips’ Board of Directors Approves Spin-off of Phillips 66" April 4, 2012]</ref> ConocoPhillips executive vice president and CFO Jeffrey Sheets announced on April 23, 2012 that ConocoPhillips is putting its final touches on its spinoff of Phillips 66 this week, and the transaction will take place as scheduled on May 1, 2012.<ref name=PCOLStock>[http://www.csnews.com/top-story-conocophillips_cfo__phillips_66_spinoff_will_definitely_be_on_may_1-60926.html Convenience Store News. "ConocoPhillips CFO: Phillips 66 Spinoff Will Definitely Be on May 1" by Brian Berk. April 23, 2012.]</ref> ====Garland Says the Spin-off of Phillips 66 Was Executed Flawlessly==== Greg Garland told investors and securities analysts at the 2012 Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference in New York on September 5, 2012 that spin-off of Phillips 66 was executed flawlessly. "I think it's a real tribute to the dedication and the capability of the Phillips 66 employees. They did a great job of getting our feet underneath this. The Company has stood up. We're ready to go. The systems are operating well. We've been running well and capturing good opportunities in the market.<ref>[http://www.phillips66.com/EN/investor/presentations_ccalls/Documents/Phillips66_Barclays_CEO_Energy-Power_Conference_080512_FINAL.pdf Phillips 66. "2012 Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference" presented by Phillips CEO Greg Garland. September 5, 2012.]</ref> ===Decision to Name the Downstream Company Phillips 66=== ConocoPhillips announced on November 11, 2011 that the new independent downstream company created through its previously announced strategic repositioning will be named Phillips 66. "With a history that goes all the way back to petroleum industry "birthplace," in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1917, the company will be a leading independent company with refining, marketing, midstream and chemicals businesses operating across the globe. "Phillips 66 has strong brand recognition and value and it provides a link between our rich history and our exciting future," said Greg Garland, designated chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips 66. "Our name reflects an independent spirit and drive--two attributes of our future company."<ref>[http://www.cspnet.com/news/fuels/articles/phillips-66-rises-again CSPNet. "Phillips 66 Rises Again" November 11, 2012.]</ref> According to the ConocoPhillips web site "the name Phillips 66 was chosen [for the new downstream company] because it has strong brand recognition and value, which allows us to link our rich history and our exciting future. The name represents the independent spirit and drive that will be part of the culture of Phillips 66."<ref>[http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/newsroom/repositioning/Pages/faqs.aspx ConocoPhillips "FAQs:Why was the name Phillips 66 chosen?" retrieved April 26, 2012.]</ref> The new company's name capitalizes on the public awareness and gives tribute to history, Garland added.<ref name=PCOLLogo>[http://www.chron.com/business/article/Spun-off-refiner-gets-Phillips-66-name-2263224.php Houston Chronicle. "Spun-off refiner gets Phillips 66 name" by Simone Sebastian. November 10, 2011.]</ref> The company launched a new Phillips 66 website: [http://www.phillips66gas.com/ www.phillips66.com], that provides some history of the brand: <blockquote>Frank and L.E. Phillips were two of the original experts in gas. They started prospecting for oil in 1903 and founded Phillips Petroleum Company in 1917. Since then, the company has grown considerably and has expanded its product offerings through its commitment to innovation and meeting customer needs. That’s fancy talk for "we keep making it better." Phillips 66® also has a history with US Highway 66. In 1927, on the "Mother Road" during a test drive of a newly developed high-octane gasoline, the vehicle reached a cruising speed of 66 mph. The new fuel was named Phillips 66. Even the logo was inspired by the road signs that dot the length of the historic highway. And the rest is history. And gas. Very High quality gas.<ref>[http://www.phillips66gas.com/ourhistory.aspx Phillips 66 Web Site. "Our History" retrieved April 26, 2012.]</ref></blockquote> The Houston Chronicle reported on November 10, 2011 that according to ConocoPhillips spokesman John Roper, while Phillips 66 products will retain the traditional logo, executives haven't decided whether to make it the corporate logo as well.<ref>[http://www.chron.com/business/article/Spun-off-refiner-gets-Phillips-66-name-2263224.php Houston Chronicle. "Spun-off refiner gets Phillips 66 name" by Simone Sebastian. November 10, 2011.]</ref> The Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise editorialized on April 29, 2012 that "the downstream energy company — named Phillips 66 in a tip of the cap to its product lineage begun right here in Bartlesville — will be a leading independent refining, marketing, midstream and chemicals business."<ref>[http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/sections/opinion/editorials/conocophillips-phillips-66-embark-new-future.html Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. "ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66 embark on a new future" April 29, 2012.]</ref> ==Master Index for Phillips 66 Articles== * [http://researchandideas.com/index.php?title=An_Independent_Evaluation_of_Phillips_66,_its_Business_Strategy,_and_Execution Phillips 66 Master Article] * [[Phillips 66 Master Index]] * [[Creation of Phillips 66]] * [[Decision to Name the Downstream Company Phillips 66]] * [[Strategic Vision for Phillips 66]] * [[Phillips 66 Capital Programs]] * [[Governance at Phillips 66]] * [[Greg Garland, CEO of Phillips 66]] * [[Members of the Board of Directors of Phillips 66]] * [[Government Relations at Phillips 66]] * [[Media Relations and Public Relations at Phillips 66]] * [[New Phillips 66 Headquarters]] * [[Litigation and Legal Issues at Phillips 66]] * [[The Stock Market and Phillips 66]] * [[Dividends and Stock Repurchase at Phillips 66]] * [[Stockholder's Meetings at Phillips 66]] * [[Earnings Conferences at Phillips 66]] * [[Investor Conferences at Phillips 66]] * [[Operational Excellence at Phillips 66]] * [[Safety at Phillips 66]] * [[Employee Deaths and Injuries at Phillips 66]] * [[Environmental Issues at Phillips 66]] * [[Refinery and Marketing Business Segment at Phillips 66]] * [[Labor Relations at Phillips 66]] * [[Human Resources at Phillips 66]] * [[Increasing Profitability in the Refining Business Segment at Phillips 66]] * [[Divestiture of Non-Core Assets at Phillips 66]] * [[Marketing and Special Products at Phillips 66]] * [[Technology Development at Phillips 66]] * [[How Much Money Does the Marland Refinery in Ponca City Earn for Phillips 66?]] * [[Ponca City and the "Merger of Equals" with Phillips 66 in 2001]] * [[Ponca City and the Spinoff of Phillips 66 in 2012]] * [[Phillips 66: Ponca City Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: The Marland Refinery at Ponca City]] * [[Phillips 66: Alliance Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Bayway Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Billings Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Borger Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Ferndale Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Humber Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Lake Charles Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Los Angeles Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Wilmington Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Melaka Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: San Francisco Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Rodeo Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Santa Maria Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Sweeny Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Trainer Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Whitegate Refinery]] * [[Phillips 66: Wood River Refinery]] * [[Chemical Business Segment at Phillips 66]] * [[Midstream Business Segment at Phillips 66]] * [[What Independent Financial Analysts Say About Phillips 66]] * [[External Links to Phillips 66]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==About the Author== [[Image:Reservoir Hill.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Hugh Pickens]] [http://hughpickens.com Hugh Pickens] (Po-Hi '67) is a physicist who has explored for oil in the Amazon jungle, crossed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub'_al_Khali empty quarter of Saudi Arabia], and [http://project-tools.com/projects.htm built satellite control stations for Goddard Space Flight Center] all over the world. 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