Integrated Oil and Midstream: Crude Draws, Jazan Shutdown, XOM‘s Specialty Products, and PSX‘s Midstream

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Integrated Oil and Midstream: Crude Draws, Jazan Shutdown, XOM‘s Specialty Products, and PSX‘s Midstream

external CEO candidate at this time. On the refining market, DINO noted that more than

5 MMBbl/d of global refining capacity remains offline and expects refining markets to

remain tight through at least 2027. The company is evaluating several projects that

management believes would be accretive to earnings and create attractive shareholder

value. Excess capital will either be invested in these opportunities or returned to

shareholders.

Global Integrated - Deep Dive: XOM Specialty Products

Over the last five years, Specialty Products has contributed just ~8% of total net income

on average, making it XOM's smallest earnings segment and one that often receives

limited investor attention. To better understand the segment, we reviewed XOM

disclosures, competitor filings, patents filing and product catalogs to assess its

competitive positioning, end-market exposure, and key earnings drivers. Specialty

Products provides an important source of earnings resilience and structural growth

within XOM's Product Solutions portfolio. Management is targeting unit margins to

increase from $295/ton in 2024 to $460/ton by 2030, driven by a richer mix of higher-

value products. Proxxima™ is one of XOM's most differentiated Specialty Products

platforms, offering a high-performance composite resin system that competes with

traditional epoxy and polyurethane materials. XOM has more than tripled capacity to

~35 Kta and is targeting ~200 Kta by 2030, highlighting management's ambition to

scale the platform into a global composites business. Meanwhile, Polyalphaolefin (PAO)

are premium synthetic base oils engineered from pure chemical building blocks rather