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Phillips 66 / Machine learning in refinery turnaround planning

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What the source says

Supports disciplined turnaround work planning so more maintenance can be prepared outside the outage window, potentially reducing duration and lost throughput.

Company
Phillips 66
Department
Maintenance & reliability
Record type
company_adoption
Disclosed stage
In use; launch date not disclosed
Source date
2026-02-04
Source-date precision
day
Source provenance
A · Operator filing
Review disposition
Access or verification limitation; inspect profile and source history

Reported result

No quantified results disclosed

What this does not establish

Company-wide turnaround financial performance cannot be attributed specifically to ML. No model details, rollout date, refinery coverage or measured before/after result disclosed.

This is practical industrial decision support with human planners in the loop, but public evidence supports the use case only at a high level; no causal performance claim should be made.

Original sources

Disclosure history

Machine learning shortens refinery turnarounds

CEO Mark Lashier said Phillips 66 is taking work out of turnarounds and using tools 'like machine learning' to plan and execute them. This shortens duration and financial impact, and the company cut its turnaround spend forecast substantially mid-2025 and still beat it.

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