Cupid has been busy in Borger, Texas

Cupid must be running out of arrows in Borger, Texas.

When we found out two employees at the Phillips 66 Borger Refinery celebrated their engagement when they came to Houston Headquarters for training, we thought, “How sweet!”

When we found out there was another set of employees at Borger who are also engaged to each other, we thought, “Wow, doubly sweet!”

And when we found out there was a third set of employees at Borger engaged to each other, we thought, “There’s a story here.”

So in honor of Valentine’s Day, we’d like to introduce you to the couples: Bryce Alexander and Sydney Baysinger; Abbe Funk and Hayden Splechter; and Dodge Nily and Samantha Rodriguez Amador.

See below for how they met and when their wedding days are. While one of the weddings is in a few months, the two that are happening next year are being planned around turnaround activities.

Gotta love it.
 

Bryce Alexander, Process Engineer
Sydney Baysinger, Process Engineer
How did they meet? They met in Borger during their internships in the summer of 2019. They both eventually got job offers and now work down the hall from each other.
When is the wedding? Sept. 3, 2023. Sydney says they’re trying to work around turnaround activities.
 

Abbe Funk, Process Engineer
Hayden Splechter, Area Reliability Engineer
How did they meet? They were from neighboring towns in Kansas and met in high school.
When is the wedding? April 29, 2023. (Like Bryce and Sydney, they are also “working around T/A schedules,” Hayden says.)
 

Dodge Nily, Maintenance Engineer
Samantha Rodriguez Amador, Chemical and Rail Coordinator
How did they meet? They met in the summer of 2019 when Dodge was a mechanical engineering intern and Samantha was a process engineer for the same area. They stayed in touch after Dodge’s internship and started dating that fall.
When is the wedding? June 4, 2022

Pictured at top, from left: Hayden Splechter and Abbe Funk; Dodge Nily and Samantha Rodriguez Amador; and Bryce Alexander and Sydney Baysinger.