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      "text": "Phillip's $5bn refining mid-cycle EBITDA target suggests the company agrees it should be able to achieve EBITDA per barrel parity to peers. Pre-COVID, Phillips had refining operating costs (ex turnaround expenses) in-line with Marathon. Since then, Marathon has improved to near Valero levels while Phillips increased significantly. Phillips' AdvantEdge66 targets were an acknowledgement that the company could reduce operating costs compared to 2019 levels. Since then, costs have increased. Both Phillips' Refining and Phillips Marketing & Specialties are underperforming their respective peers, Valero and Sunoco, on a margin per unit volume basis. The allocation of margin between the segments, therefore, is irrelevant for any claim about total profitability because the two segments on a combined basis are underperforming. If margin is allocated to one segment that on a peer-comparable basis would be allocated differently, it just means the other segment is underperforming to a greater degree",
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