“This transaction bolsters Phillips 66’s position as a leading integrated downstream energy provider”, Phillips 66 chair and chief executive Mark Lashier said in an online statement Monday. “This transaction optimizes our Permian NGL value chain, allows Phillips 66 to provide producers with comprehensive flow assurance, reaching fractionation facilities near Corpus Christi, Sweeny, and Mont Belvieu, Texas, and is expected to deliver attractive returns in excess of our hurdle rates”.