Energy, Oil & Gas Magazine Issue 222 September 2024 | Page 51

_______________________________________________________________________________ Phillips 66 Borger Refinery
complex with approximately 1300 employees and contractors on site .
“ It ’ s been an interesting few years for all companies across the globe , but we ’ re seeing the industry recover from post-Covid impact as it returns to a more historical , normal market cycle ,” Sean opens . “ As an organization , P66 has focused on improving business efficiency through streamlining operating costs , workload reduction , and organizational design . Specifically , at the Borger Refinery , we had to adapt how we operated , transitioning from a mode of minimizing throughput and associated adjustments to maximizing throughput and restoring the work practices previously in place to drive peak performance .
“ We recently stopped importing NGLs , going from 100,000 BPD to zero over a multiyear process ,” he adds , “ which correlates with P66 ’ s decision to build a world-class
NGL fractionation and export facility on the US gulf coast . Although we still have work to do to further simplify this area of the complex , we ’ re continuing to conduct multiple reconfigurations and repurposing equipment , as well as taking equipment or entire processing units out of service .”
Improved processes
In 2023 , the Borger Refinery increased capacity by adding and replacing process equipment and optimizing operations . “ In doing so , we ’ ve changed the skyline of the facility over the last couple of years ,” Sean elaborates . “ We ’ ve demolished multiple pieces of out-of-service equipment to make way for new construction , including larger crude unit fired heaters , as well as updating and expanding our gas oil hydrodesulfurizer ( GOHDS ) charge heaters . Additionally , we ’ ve constructed a new main office building ,
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