"Dan's strong leadership capabilities and extensive industry experience will be a great asset to the company," said Tesoro president and CEO Greg Goff. "We are pleased that he will be a part of the Tesoro organization."
Romasko [image-nocss] joins Tesoro from Suncor Energy, where he most recently held the positions of vice president of operations integrity and vice president of technical operations and competence. In these roles he was responsible for implementation of Suncor's operational excellence strategy with particular emphasis on improving reliability, safety and environmental performance.
He worked for more than 20 years with ConocoPhillips, where he built his extensive experience in the refining industry. At ConocoPhillips, he held leadership positions in transportation, pipeline, supply and trading, global specialty products and refining. Romasko also worked for Petro-Canada as the general manager of their Fort Hills syncrude operations, which merged with Suncor in 2009.
Tesoro's COO will retire this month, said the Associated Press. Everett Lewis, 63, is leaving on March 21, according to a regulatory filing cited by the news agency.
Lewis oversees refining, marketing and other functions. He has held a series of executive jobs since joining Tesoro in 1999. He previously worked at Chevron, where he started in 1970.
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 665,000 barrels per day. As of December 31, 2010, its retail segment included a network of 880 branded retail stations under the Tesoro, Shell, USA Gasoline and Mirastar brands.
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