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Phillips 66: J.P. Morgan Natural Resources Conference Takeaways
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Phillips 66: J.P. Morgan Natural Resources Conference Takeaways
J P M O R G A N North America Equity Research
23 June 2026
Phillips 66 Overweight
PSX, PSX US
J.P. Morgan Natural Resources Conference Takeaways Price (22 Jun 26):$168.41
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
We hosted Phillips 66’s Chairman of the Board and CEO Mark Lashier for a Arun Jayaram AC
fireside chat at our J.P. Morgan Natural Resources Conference today. (1-212) 622-8541
arun.jayaram@jpmchase.com
• Net Takeaway: Positive. Coming out of the J.P. Morgan Natural Resources Kartikey H Pandey
Conference fireside chat, the central message from Chairman and CEO Mark (1-212) 622-5006
Lashier was one of operational agility and disciplined execution against clearly kartikey.pandey@jpmorgan.com
defined targets, set against the backdrop of an unusually constructive, but J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
volatile, refining macro following the Strait of Hormuz disruption.
Management framed PSX as "unlike any other company in our peer group," an
integrated downstream energy provider with no upstream torque that focuses
on the flexibility to adapt to whatever crude slate makes the most sense, while
leaning into integration across midstream, refining, and marketing &
specialties. PSX does not control the energy price or the global macro, but CEO
Lashier emphasized the company’s focus on controlling how it operates its
assets and capturing margins as they appear. This posture was validated by the
company’s quick move to leverage Jones Act waivers during the Hormuz
crisis. The narrative continues to center on the familiar pillars: operational
improvement (anchored by the $5.50/bbl refining cost milestone), midstream
growth toward the $4.5bn EBITDA target, and balance sheet deleveraging
toward $17bn gross debt by YE27.
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