Tesoro Corporation - the San Antonio, Texas-based company that owns a large petroleum refinery in Nikiski — will change its name to Andeavor after acquiring the oil refiner and marketer Western Refining in a $4.1 billion deal that closed June 1.

The name change will be made August 1.

Though the acquisition will double the Tesoro's current nationwide workforce to 13,000 employees, the 225 employees of the Nikiski refinery won’t be seeing any operational changes, said Tesoro Government and Public Affairs Manager Kate Blair.

Read more at http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2017-06-05/tesoro-will-change-name-andeavor-after-western-refining-acquisition.