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8-K - 8-K FOR PLYMOUTH CLOSING - PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LPpsxp8-kplymouthclosing.htm
EX-10.2 - EXHIBIT 10.2 NOTE ASSIGNMENT BRAVO - PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LPex102assignmentnotebravo.htm
EX-1.1 - EXHIBIT 1.1 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT - PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LPex1psxp-underwritingagreem.htm
EX-8.1 - EXHIBIT 8.1 TAX OPINON - PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LPex8taxopinion.htm
EX-10.1 - EXHIBIT 10.1 OPERATIONAL SERVICES AMENDMENT - PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LPex101opsvcsamendment.htm
EX-10.4 - EXHIBIT 10.4 NOTE ASSIGNMENT DELTA - PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LPex104assignmentnotedelta.htm
EX-10.3 - EXHIBIT 10.3 - NOTE ASSIGNMENT CHARLIE - PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LPex103assignmentnotecharlie.htm


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May 10, 2016




Phillips 66 Partners LP
3010 Briarpark Drive
Houston, Texas 77042
Re: Registration Statement No. 333-197797-Public Offering of 12,650,000 Common Units of Phillips 66 Partners LP
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Phillips 66 Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), in connection with the proposed issuance of up to 12,650,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Common Units”). The Common Units are included in a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 1, 2014, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on March 31, 2015 (Registration No. 333-197797) (as so filed and amended, the “Registration Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related Prospectus Supplement dated May 4, 2016 to the Prospectus dated March 31, 2015 (collectively, the “Prospectus”), other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance of the Common Units.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the general partner of the Partnership and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware Act”) and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.





May 10, 2016
Page 2

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Common Units shall have been issued by the Partnership against payment therefor in the circumstances contemplated by the Prospectus and the underwriting agreement filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2016, the issue and sale of the Common Units will have been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action of the Partnership, and the Common Units will be validly issued and, under the Delaware Act, purchasers of the Common Units will have no obligation to make further payments for their purchase of Common Units or contributions to the Partnership solely by reason of their ownership of Common Units or their status as limited partners of the Partnership, and no personal liability for the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Partnership, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of being limited partners of the Partnership.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2016 and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under the heading “Validity of the Common Units.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP