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Tesoro SVP Changes

Porter to refining, Haywood to strategy development; McCoy joins in supply, optimization
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Tesoro Corp. said that Dan Porter has been named senior vice president of refining, replacing Bill Haywood, who will become senior vice president of strategy development. The changes are effective March, 1, 2008. Joe McCoy joins the company today as senior vice president of supply and optimization, replacing Porter.

Porter has 29 years of energy industry experience and was managing the Mandan, N.D., refinery when Tesoro acquired it from BP in 2001. Since joining Tesoro, Porter has been the regional president of both the Northern Great Plains and Northwest [image-nocss] regions of the company's refining operations and managed both the Mandan and Anacortes, Wash., refineries. He also has held the position of senior vice president of marketing, leading the company's growth in both commercial and retail marketing.

Haywood has 29 years of experience in the energy industry and joined Tesoro in 2002 as president of the California Region of Tesoro's refining operations where he managed the Golden Eagle refinery. Prior to joining Tesoro, Haywood served in various positions with both Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp. and Mobil Research & Development Corp. In his new position, Haywood will apply his years of industry experience to refine the company's 10-year business plan.

McCoy brings 38 years of diversified experience in various petroleum supply and trading positions. Prior to joining Tesoro, he was with Chevron and held positions as vice president of trading capability and vice president of global products supply and trading.And as previously reported, Tesoro recently named Claude P. Moreau as senior vice president of marketing, from vice president.San Antonio, Texas-based Tesoro is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Through its subsidiaries, it operates seven refineries in the western United States with a combined capacity of approximately 660,000 barrels per day. Tesoro's retail-marketing system includes more than 900 branded retail stations, of which more than 445 are company owned under the Tesoro, Shell, Mirastar and USA Gasoline brands.

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