TESORO CORP: To Spend $15MM Through 2013 for Golden Eagle Plant

Tesoro Corporation expects to spend US$15 million through 2013 for its Golden Eagle refinery.

The Company has evaluated alternatives for the wharves at its Golden Eagle refinery to meet engineering and maintenance standards issued by the State of California in February…

TESORO CORP: Still Subject to Cases Alleging MTBE Contamination

Tesoro Corporation is a defendant, along with other manufacturing, supply and marketing defendants, in six lawsuits alleging MTBE contamination in groundwater.

The Company was served with the sixth lawsuit in April 2010. The defendants are being sued for having manufactured MTBE…

TESORO CORP: Subject to NOVs to Breaches at Washington Refinery

Tesoro Corporation, since 2010, has been subject to two Notices of Violation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Washington refinery.

The NOVs alleged that, prior to the Company’s acquisition of the refinery, certain modifications were made to the fluid…

TESORO CORP: Accrues $102MM at March 31 for Environmental Issues

Tesoro Corporation’s accruals for environmental expenditures totaled US$102 million at March 31, 2011 and US$108 million at Dec. 31, 2010.

The Company received US$58.5 million in a settlement with a prior owner of its Golden Eagle refinery in 2007, in exchange…

TESORO CORP: Subject to EPA’s NOV on Violations at Utah Refinery

Tesoro Corporation, since 2010, has been subject to a Notice of Violation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerning the Company’s Utah refinery alleging certain violations of the Clean Air Act at the refinery beginning in 2004.

The Company has investigated…

TESORO CORP: Still Has Claim on Transportation Fuels, Additives

Tesoro Corporation, since Feb. 5, 2010, has been facing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s lawsuit alleging violations of the Clean Air Act and corresponding regulatory requirements concerning the testing and reporting of transportation fuels and fuel additives.

In February 2009, the…

TESORO CORP: No Update on Resolution to 2006 Cook Inlet Incident

Tesoro Corporation has not provided an update in its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding a settlement offer from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation related to the grounding of two vessels in the Alaska Cook Inlet on Feb.…

TESORO CORP: Accrues $84M at Sept. 30 for Golden Eagle Refinery

Tesoro Corporation, at Sept. 30, 2008, had total accrual of US$84 million for environmental liabilities associated with its Golden Eagle refinery in Martinez, Calif.

The Company’s US$84 million accrual for the Golden Eagle refinery is included in its US$112 million accrued…

TESORO CORP: Talks on Golden Eagle Refinery Violations Ongoing

Tesoro Corporation remains in negotiations with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to settle 44 notices of violations of air quality at its Golden Eagle refinery.

In June 2008, the Company received an offer from the District to settle the…

TESORO CORP: 7 MTBE Contamination Suits Settled in Oct. 2008

Tesoro Corporation, in October 2008, settled seven of 10 pending cases alleging Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) groundwater contamination in California.

The Company is a defendant, along with other manufacturing, supply and marketing defendants, in the remaining three cases.

The defendants are…

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