HOUSTON — Phillips 66 has been named the official fuel provider for Memorial Hermann Life Flight, gifting up to $1.5 million worth of fuel in 2025 to the critical care air medical transport service.
The donation to the Memorial Hermann Foundation will support the new Life Flight helicopter fleet, which is set to make its debut in 2025, according to company officials.
The fleet will include the first H160 helicopter in North America used for medical missions, which will expand Life Flight’s service radius from 150 miles to 250 miles.
Phillips 66’s donation is equal to the amount of fuel the new Life Flight fleet will use each year, company officials noted.
With the arrangement, Phillips 66 will donate the same amount of fuel each year for the next five years, officials added.
Memorial Hermann Life Flight crews perform more than 4,000 missions each year, making the hospital’s helipad one of the busiest in the world. Life Flight employs its own crews to ensure safety and quality with a staff of 21 pilots, 24 flight nurses, 12 paramedics, 10 dispatchers, and 10 mechanics.
The service has flown more than 166,000 critical care situations since its inaugural flight in 1976.
For more information: Phillips66.com, MemorialHermann.org
