Was ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — asbestos documented in litigation?

ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — is documented in public asbestos litigation records as a manufacturer whose products contained asbestos during the mid-twentieth century. Workers in industrial facilities, power plants, refineries, shipyards, and commercial construction who handled or worked near these products may have experienced occupational exposure.

Which trades had the most exposure?

Pipe coverers and insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, millwrights, and maintenance workers are among the trades most frequently documented in asbestos exposure claims. Workers who cut, fitted, or removed asbestos-containing products — and those working in close proximity during that work — typically had the highest fiber concentrations.

How long do workers have to file an asbestos claim?

Statutes of limitations for asbestos personal injury claims vary by state, typically ranging from one to five years from the date of an asbestos-related diagnosis. The clock generally starts at diagnosis, not exposure — mesothelioma can have a latency period of 20 to 50 years. An asbestos attorney can identify the deadlines that apply to your specific situation.

Can workers file claims related to ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — products may pursue claims through civil litigation. An experienced asbestos attorney can assess available defendants, applicable trust funds from co-defendants, and the states where claims can be filed most effectively.

Can family members file secondary exposure claims?

Spouses, children, and household members who developed asbestos-related disease through contact with contaminated work clothing brought home by an exposed worker may be eligible for secondary (household) exposure claims. Wrongful-death claims can also be filed by surviving family members of workers who died from asbestos-related disease.

Industrial-Furnaces

ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil U.S. Refineries and Petrochemical Plants

⚖ Litigation RecordPredecessors back to 1875; ConocoPhillips 2002-2012; asbestos era through 1980sAsbestos pipe covering on refinery process piping; asbestos refractory and block insulation on FCCUs, process heaters, and crude towers; asbestos gaskets and packing at process flanges, valves, pumps; asbestos electrical insulation; spray-applied asbestos fireproofing on refinery structural steel

Overview Product Facts Trades

Litigation Record: Information below reflects allegations in publicly filed asbestos litigation — plaintiff allegations, not findings of fact.

Premises Description

ConocoPhillips Company (formed 2002 by the merger of Conoco Inc. — formerly Continental Oil Company dating to 1875 — and Phillips Petroleum Company dating to 1917; split 2012 into upstream ConocoPhillips and downstream Phillips 66; today headquartered Houston TX) and its predecessors operated through the 20th century one of the principal U.S. integrated oil major networks. Asbestos-era refining and petrochemical sites included:

Phillips Petroleum / Phillips 66:

Sweeny Refinery (Sweeny TX) — Gulf Coast refinery and petrochemical
Borger Refinery (Borger TX) — Texas Panhandle refinery
Bartlesville OK — corporate research and operations
Borger Petrochemical Complex (Borger TX)

Conoco / Continental Oil:

Westlake LA / Lake Charles LA — major Gulf Coast refinery and chemical
Ponca City Refinery (Ponca City OK) — Continental Oil flagship
Billings Refinery (Billings MT) — Mountain West refinery
Westville NJ / Trainer PA — Mid-Atlantic refining
Wood River IL (Roxana IL) — Mid-Continent refinery (also covered as a Shell legacy site)
Lake Charles LA Petrochemical Complex

Each operated continuously through the asbestos era with extensive asbestos-containing infrastructure: pipe covering on miles of refinery hot-oil and process piping, refractory insulation on FCCUs, process heaters, and crude distillation towers, gaskets and packing throughout process units, electrical insulation on refinery motor and switchgear systems, and spray-applied asbestos fireproofing on refinery structural steel.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that ConocoPhillips and its predecessors — as premises owners — exposed refinery operator workforce (OCAW/USW representation) and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.

ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Conoco / Continental Oil has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

OCAW / USW refinery operators at ConocoPhillips and predecessor refineries
Refinery pipefitters (UA Local members) working refinery turnarounds
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on ConocoPhillips construction and turnaround crews
Refinery boilermakers (IBB Local members) at ConocoPhillips refineries
Construction-trade workforces on ConocoPhillips EPC projects

If You Worked at a ConocoPhillips / Phillips / Conoco Refinery

If you worked at a ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, Phillips Petroleum, Conoco Inc., or Continental Oil refinery or petrochemical plant during the asbestos era — at any of the sites listed above — as an employee or as a dispatched contractor trade worker — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.

Free, confidential case evaluation: Speak with O’Brien Law Firm — (314) 936-2956

Product Facts

Trade NameConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil U.S. Refineries and Petrochemical Plants

Years ProducedPredecessors back to 1875; ConocoPhillips 2002-2012; asbestos era through 1980s

Asbestos ContentAsbestos pipe covering on refinery process piping; asbestos refractory and block insulation on FCCUs, process heaters, and crude towers; asbestos gaskets and packing at process flanges, valves, pumps; asbestos electrical insulation; spray-applied asbestos fireproofing on refinery structural steel

CategoryIndustrial-Furnaces Gaskets

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Refinery operatorsPipefittersInsulatorsRefinery boilermakers

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