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Phillips 66's 2024 10-K reflects completion of its DCP LP acquisition, removing two risks specific to that transaction while adding a new focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) target achievement. The majority of risk factor changes (12 out of 33 total modifications) involved substantive updates rather than wholesale additions or removals, suggesting refinement of existing risk disclosures across operational, regulatory, and strategic areas. Key modified risks now emphasize contingent liabilities from the ConocoPhillips separation, joint venture management constraints, and societal/political risks to expansion plans.
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🟢 New in Current Filing
A failure to achieve our published GHG emissions intensity reduction goals and other E&S targets we may set in the future could negatively impact our business.
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One of our subsidiaries serves as the managing member of the general partner of a publicly traded master limited partnership (MLP), DCP LP, which may increase our exposure to legal liability, including with respect to our pending acquisition of the publicly held common units of DCP LP.
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The integration of DCP LP’s operations into Phillips 66 may not be as successful as anticipated, and Phillips 66 may not realize all of the anticipated benefits of the integration.
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We are subject to continuing contingent liabilities of ConocoPhillips following the separation. Further, ConocoPhillips has indemnified us for certain matters, but may not be able to satisfy its obligations to us in the future.
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Our investments in joint ventures decrease our ability to manage risk.
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Plans we or our joint ventures may have to expand or construct assets or develop new technologies, and plans for our future performance are subject to risks associated with societal and political pressures and other forms of opposition to the future development, transportation and use of petroleum-based fuels. Such risks could adversely impact our business and results of operations.
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We do not fully insure against all potential losses, including those from extreme weather events, and, therefore, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected by unexpected or underinsured liabilities and increased costs.
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There are certain environmental hazards and risks inherent in our operations that could adversely affect those operations and our financial results.
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Societal, technological, political and scientific developments around emissions and fuel efficiency may decrease demand for traditional transportation fuels.
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Large capital-intensive projects can take many years to complete, and the political and regulatory environments or market conditions could deteriorate significantly between the project approval date and the project startup date, negatively impacting expected project returns.
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Market conditions, including volatile commodity prices, margins and demand for refined petroleum, petrochemical and plastics products, impact our earnings, financial condition and cash flows.
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Continuing political and social concerns about climate change and other Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters may result in changes to our business and significant expenditures, including litigation-related expenses.
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Cybersecurity incidents and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to liability, which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.
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Negative sentiment towards fossil fuels and increased attention to environmental and social matters, including climate change, could adversely affect our business, the market price for our common stock and our access to and cost of capital.
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Political and economic developments could affect our operations and materially reduce our profitability and cash flows.
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