TESORO PETROLEUM CORP /NEW/
10-Q, 1997-11-14
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549



                                   FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
[X]         QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997

                                       OR

[  ]           TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


    FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM . . . . . . . . .   TO . . . . . . . . .


COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-3473

                          TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

           DELAWARE                                 95-0862768
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                  Identification No.)

               8700 TESORO DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS  78217-6218
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                  210-828-8484
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                         =============================

     Indicate by check mark  whether  the  Registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange  Act  of
1934  during  the  preceding  12  months  (or  for  such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                   Yes    X            No
                       -------            ------

                         =============================

     There were 26,750,314 shares of the Registrant's Common  Stock  outstanding
     at October 31, 1997.



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                 TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                         QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

               FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS



                                                                         Page
PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  Item 1.  Financial Statements (Unaudited)

   Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - September 30, 1997 and
    December 31, 1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

   Condensed Statements of Consolidated Operations - Three Months
    and Nine Months Ended September 30, 1997 and 1996. . . . . . . . . .   4

   Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows - Nine Months Ended
    September 30, 1997 and 1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

   Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. . . . . . . . .   6

  Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
   and Results of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9


PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

  Item 1. Legal Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21

  Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21


SIGNATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22


EXHIBIT INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.                       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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                 TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                  (Unaudited)
                (Dollars in thousands except per share amounts)

                                                                 September 30,  December 31,
                                                                       1997        1996<FN1>
                                                                       ----        ----
                         ASSETS
<S>                                                                 <C>          <C>
CURRENT ASSETS
 Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $   7,379      22,796
 Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,420
  ($1,515 at December 31, 1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      83,899     128,013
 Inventories:
  Crude oil and wholesale refined products, at LIFO. . . . . . .      55,431      55,858
  Merchandise and other refined products . . . . . . . . . . . .      14,333      13,539
  Materials and supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       5,138       5,091
 Prepayments and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       9,452      12,046
                                                                     --------    --------
   Total Current Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     175,632     237,343
                                                                     --------    --------

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 Refining and marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     358,792     328,522
 Exploration and production (full-cost method of accounting) . .     257,003     198,480
 Marine services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      38,953      33,820
 Corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      13,170      12,531
                                                                     --------    --------
                                                                     667,918     573,353
  Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization. . .     291,113     256,842
                                                                     --------    --------
   Net Property, Plant and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     376,805     316,511
                                                                     --------    --------

OTHER ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      35,377      28,733
                                                                     --------    --------

      TOTAL ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $ 587,814     582,587
                                                                     ========    ========


           LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES
 Accounts payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $  57,473      80,747
 Accrued liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      30,567      33,256
 Current income taxes payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       1,951      13,822
 Current maturities of long-term debt and other obligations. . .       9,778      10,043
                                                                     --------    --------
  Total Current Liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      99,769     137,868
                                                                     --------    --------

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      24,552      19,151
                                                                     --------    --------

OTHER LIABILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      45,786      42,243
                                                                     --------    --------

LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS, LESS
 CURRENT MATURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      90,104      79,260
                                                                     --------    --------
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 4)

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 Common Stock, par value $.16-2/3; authorized 50,000,000 shares;
  26,498,745 shares issued (26,414,134 in 1996). . . . . . . . .       4,416       4,402
 Additional paid-in capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     190,093     189,368
 Retained earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     134,043     110,295
 Treasury stock, 66,998 shares at cost . . . . . . . . . . . . .        (949)       -
                                                                     --------    --------
  Total Stockholders' Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     327,603     304,065
                                                                     --------    --------

   TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY. . . . . . . . . .   $ 587,814     582,587
                                                                     ========    ========

<FN>
      The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
<FN1> The balance sheet at December 31, 1996 has been taken from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date and
      condensed.
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                 TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS
                                  (Unaudited)
                    (In thousands except per share amounts)


                                                           Three Months Ended       Nine Months Ended
                                                              September 30,           September 30,
                                                           -------------------     -------------------
                                                             1997       1996         1997       1996
                                                             ----       ----         ----       ----
<S>                                                        <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>
REVENUES
 Refining and marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $   198,815    203,661      534,986    563,767
 Exploration and production. . . . . . . . . . . . .        19,821     26,476       61,769     83,933
 Marine services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        32,433     32,660       98,266     87,467
 Other income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           403       (725)       4,609      4,378
                                                           --------   --------     --------   --------
  Total Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       251,472    262,072      699,630    739,545
                                                           --------   --------     --------   --------

OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
 Refining and marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       188,014    194,156      508,926    545,303
 Exploration and production. . . . . . . . . . . . .         3,054      2,416        8,836      8,767
 Marine services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        29,691     30,273       93,406     82,153
 Depreciation, depletion and amortization. . . . . .        11,357     10,026       34,183     29,797
                                                           --------   --------     --------   --------
  Total Operating Costs and Expenses . . . . . . . .       232,116    236,871      645,351    666,020
                                                           --------   --------     --------   --------

OPERATING PROFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        19,356     25,201       54,279     73,525

General and Administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . .        (3,416)    (3,056)      (9,599)    (8,960)
Interest Expense, Net of Capitalized Interest in 1997       (1,481)    (4,142)      (4,634)   (12,142)
Interest Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           135      7,100         1,459     7,681
Other Expense, Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        (1,233)    (1,254)      (3,465)    (8,802)
                                                           --------   --------     --------   --------

EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND
 EXTRAORDINARY ITEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        13,361     23,849       38,040     51,302
Income Tax Provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         5,382      7,686       14,292     17,159
                                                           --------   --------     --------   --------
EARNINGS BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEM . . . . . . . . .         7,979     16,163       23,748     34,143
Extraordinary Loss on Extinguishment of Debt, Net of
 Income Tax Benefit of $886 in 1996. . . . . . . . .           -       (2,290)         -       (2,290)
                                                           --------   --------     --------   --------

NET EARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $     7,979     13,873       23,748     31,853
                                                           ========   ========     ========   ========


EARNINGS PER SHARE
 Earnings Before Extraordinary Item. . . . . . . . .   $       .30        .61          .88       1.30
 Extraordinary Loss, Net of Income Tax Benefit . . .           -         (.09)         -         (.09)
                                                           --------   --------     --------   --------
 Net Earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $       .30        .52          .88       1.21
                                                           ========   ========     ========   ========

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON AND COMMON
 EQUIVALENT SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        26,938     26,816       26,857     26,370
                                                           ========   ========     ========   ========
<FN>
    The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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                 TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
                                  (Unaudited)
                                 (In thousands)

                                                                                  Nine Months Ended
                                                                                     September 30
                                                                                  -----------------
                                                                                    1997       1996
                                                                                    ----       ----
<S>                                                                               <C>        <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
  Net earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $   23,748     31,853
  Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities:
   Extraordinary loss on extinguishment of debt, net of income tax benefit . .        -        2,290
   Depreciation, depletion and amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     34,643     30,386
   Loss on sale of assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         30        678
   Amortization of deferred charges and other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        622      1,316
   Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
     Receivable from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . .        -       50,680
     Receivables, other trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     45,882     (6,228)
     Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        358     16,901
     Other assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (3,219)       793
     Accounts payable and other current liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (38,557)     8,066
     Obligation payments to State of Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (3,406)    (3,145)
     Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      5,401     12,051
     Other liabilities and obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      5,569      2,760
                                                                                  --------   --------
        Net cash from operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     71,071    148,401
                                                                                  --------   --------

CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES
  Capital expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (95,082)   (46,050)
  Acquisition of Coastwide Energy Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        -       (7,720)
  Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (3,155)    (3,259)
                                                                                  --------   --------
        Net cash used in investing activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (98,237)   (57,029)
                                                                                  --------   --------

CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES
  Borrowings, net of repayments of  $28,500 in 1997 and $112,000
   in 1996, under revolving credit facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     15,828        -
  Payments of long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (3,287)    (2,885)
  Purchase of treasury stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (1,098)       -
  Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        306      1,144
                                                                                  --------   --------
        Net cash from (used in) financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . .     11,749     (1,741)
                                                                                  --------   --------

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (15,417)    89,631

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     22,796     13,941
                                                                                  --------   --------

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    7,379    103,572
                                                                                  ========   ========

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURES
  Interest paid, net of $313 capitalized in 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    1,654      8,879
                                                                                  ========   ========
  Income taxes paid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $   20,764      3,925
                                                                                  ========   ========
<FN>
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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                 TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                  (Unaudited)


NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The interim condensed  consolidated  financial  statements  and notes thereto of
Tesoro Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively,  the  "Company"
or  "Tesoro")  have  been  prepared  by management without audit pursuant to the
rules  and  regulations  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission ("SEC").
Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements reflect all adjustments that,
in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation  of  results
for  the  periods presented.  Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.
Certain information and notes normally included in financial statements prepared
in accordance with generally accepted  accounting principles have been condensed
or omitted pursuant to the SEC's rules  and  regulations.   However,  management
believes  that  the  disclosures  presented  herein  are  adequate  to  make the
information not misleading.   The  accompanying condensed consolidated financial
statements and notes  should  be  read  in  conjunction  with  the  consolidated
financial  statements and notes thereto contained in the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996.

The preparation of  these  condensed  consolidated financial statements required
the use of management's best estimates and judgment  that  affect  the  reported
amounts  of  assets  and  liabilities  and  disclosures of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the  financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the periods.   Actual  results  could  differ  from
those  estimates.   The  results  of  operations  for any interim period are not
necessarily indicative of results for the full year.

Certain reclassifications  have  been  made  to  amounts  previously reported to
conform to the current presentation of financial information.

NOTE 2 - ACQUISITION

In July 1997, the Company purchased the interests  held  by  Zapata  Exploration
Company  ("Zapata"),  a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of Zapata Corporation, in two
jointly held contract  blocks  (Block  18  and  Block  20)  in southern Bolivia.
Zapata held a 25% interest in Block 18 and a 27.4% interest in  Block  20.   The
purchase price was approximately $20 million, which included working capital and
assumption  of  certain  liabilities.   The  assignment  of  interests  has been
approved  by  the  Bolivian  government.   The  Company's  net  proved  Bolivian
reserves, which were estimated to be  253  billion cubic feet equivalent at 1996
year-end, increased more than 30% as a result of the acquisition.

NOTE 3 - LONG-TERM DEBT

In September 1997, the Company negotiated  an  amendment  to  its  $150  million
corporate  revolving credit facility ("Credit Facility").  The amendment reduces
the rate  on  cash  borrowings  under  the  Credit  Facility  to  (i) the London
Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus 1.0% or (ii)  the  prime  rate.   Fees  on
outstanding letters of credit are reduced to 1.0%.  The amendment also increases
the  Company's borrowing base and makes certain covenants in the Credit Facility
less  restrictive.   Additionally,  the  Company  is  now  permitted  to utilize
unsecured letters of credit outside of the Credit Facility  up  to  $40  million
(none  outstanding  at  September  30,  1997).   Under  the Credit Facility, the
Company had letters of credit of  $33.9 million, primarily for royalty crude oil
purchases from the State  of  Alaska,  and  cash  borrowings  of  $11.9  million
outstanding at September 30, 1997.

In  early  October  1997, the Company completed an expansion of the hydrocracker
unit at its Alaska refinery.   The  expansion,  together  with the addition of a
new, high-yield jet fuel catalyst, has an estimated cost  of  approximately  $19
million  and is expected to improve the Company's refinery feedstock and product
slate beginning in the fourth  quarter  of  1997.  In October 1997, the National
Bank of  Alaska  ("NBA")  and  the  Alaska  Industrial  Development  and  Export
Authority  ("AIDEA"),  under a loan agreement ("Hydrocracker Loan") entered into
between the Company  and  NBA,  provided  a  $16.2  million  loan to the Company
towards the cost of the hydrocracker expansion.  One-half of the loan was funded
by NBA and the other half was funded by AIDEA.  The Hydrocracker Loan matures on
or before April 1, 2005  and requires  28  equal  quarterly  principal  payments
beginning  April  1998 together with interest at the unsecured 90-day commercial
paper rate (5.55% at October 30,  1997)  plus  (i)  2.6% per annum on 50% of the
amount borrowed and (ii) 2.35% per annum on the other 50% borrowed, each to be

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adjusted quarterly.  The Hydrocracker Loan  is  secured  by a second lien on the
refinery.  Under the terms of the Hydrocracker Loan, the Company is required  to
maintain specified levels of working capital and tangible net worth.

NOTE 4 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The  Company is subject to extensive federal, state and local environmental laws
and regulations.  These laws, which change frequently, regulate the discharge of
materials into the environment and may require the Company to remove or mitigate
the environmental effects of the  disposal  or  release of petroleum or chemical
substances  at  various  sites  or  install   additional   controls   or   other
modifications  or  changes  in use for certain emission sources.  The Company is
currently involved with  a  waste  disposal  site  near Abbeville, Louisiana, at
which it has been named  a  potentially  responsible  party  under  the  Federal
Superfund  law.  Although this law might impose joint and several liability upon
each party  at  the  site,  the  extent  of  the  Company's  allocated financial
contributions to the cleanup of the site is expected to be  limited  based  upon
the  number  of companies, volumes of waste involved and an estimated total cost
of approximately $500,000 among  all  of  the  parties  to  close the site.  The
Company is currently involved in settlement discussions with  the  Environmental
Protection  Agency  and  other potentially responsible parties at the Abbeville,
Louisiana site.  The  Company  expects,  based  on  these  discussions, that its
liability will not exceed $25,000.  The Company is  also  involved  in  remedial
responses  and  has  incurred cleanup expenditures associated with environmental
matters at a number of sites, including certain of its own properties.

At  September  30,  1997,  the  Company's  accruals  for  environmental expenses
amounted to $8.7 million, which included a noncurrent liability of approximately
$3.1 million for remediation of Kenai Pipe  Line  Company's  ("KPL")  properties
that  has  been  funded  by the former owners of KPL through a restricted escrow
deposit.  Based on currently  available information, including the participation
of other parties or former owners in remediation actions, the  Company  believes
these accruals are adequate.  In addition, to comply with environmental laws and
regulations,  the  Company  currently  anticipates  that  it  will  make capital
improvements of approximately $3 million  in  1997  and $8 million in 1998.  The
Company also expects to spend approximately $6 million  by  the  year  2002  for
secondary containment systems for existing storage tanks in Alaska.

Conditions  that  require  additional expenditures may exist for various Company
sites, including, but not  limited  to,  the Company's refinery, retail gasoline
outlets (current and closed locations) and petroleum product terminals, and  for
compliance with the Clean Air Act. The amount of such future expenditures cannot
currently be determined by the Company.

NOTE 5 - STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

On May 7, 1997, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up
to  3  million  shares  (approximately 11% of the current outstanding shares) of
Tesoro Common Stock in a  buyback  program  that  will extend through the end of
1998.  Under the  program,  subject  to  certain  conditions,  the  Company  may
repurchase  from time to time Tesoro Common Stock in the open market and through
privately negotiated  transactions.   Purchases  will  depend  on  price, market
conditions and other factors and will be made primarily from  cash  flows.   The
repurchased  Common Stock is accounted for as treasury stock and may be used for
employee benefit plan requirements  and  other  corporate purposes.  For further
information on the repurchase program and  related  restrictions,  see  "Capital
Resources  and  Liquidity"  in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations in Item 2 herein.

INCENTIVE COMPENSATION STRATEGY

In June 1996, the Company's  Board  of  Directors unanimously approved a special
incentive compensation strategy in order to encourage a  longer-term  focus  for
all  employees  to  perform  at  an  outstanding  level.   The strategy provides
eligible employees with  incentives  to  achieve  a  significant increase in the
market price of the Company's Common Stock.  Under the strategy, awards would be
earned only if the market price of the Company's Common

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Stock reaches an  average  price  per  share  of  $20  or  higher  over  any  20
consecutive  trading  days after June 30, 1997 and before December 31, 1998 (the
"Performance  Target").   In   connection   with  this  strategy,  non-executive
employees will be able to earn cash bonuses equal to  25%  of  their  individual
payroll  amounts  for the previous twelve complete months and certain executives
have been granted, from the  Company's  Amended and Restated Executive Long-Term
Incentive Plan ("Plan"), a total of 340,000 stock options at an  exercise  price
of  $11.375 per share, the fair market value (as defined in the Plan) of a share
of the Company's Common  Stock  on  the  date  of  grant,  and 350,000 shares of
restricted Common Stock, all of which vest only upon achieving  the  Performance
Target.

NOTE 6 - ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In  February  1997,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards  ("SFAS")  No.  128, "Earnings Per
Share."  SFAS No. 128 becomes effective for the Company in the fourth quarter of
1997.  At that time, the  Company  will  be  required  to  present  "basic"  and
"diluted" earnings per share and to restate earnings per share data presented in
prior  periods.  Early adoption is not permitted.  The Company believes that the
adoption of SFAS No.  128  will  not  materially  impact  its earnings per share
disclosures.

In June 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No.130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," and
SFAS  No.131,  "Disclosures  about  Segments  of  an  Enterprise   and   Related
Information."   Both  Statements  become  effective  for periods beginning after
December 15, 1997 with early adoption  permitted.  The Company is evaluating the
effects these Statements will have on its financial reporting  and  disclosures.
The  Statements  will  have  no  effect  on the Company's results of operations,
financial position, capital resources or liquidity.

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ITEM 2.          TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                 FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
COMPARED TO THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996

SUMMARY

Net earnings of $8.0 million,  or  $.30  per  share,  for the three months ended
September 30, 1997 ("1997 Quarter") compare with net earnings of $13.9  million,
or  $.52  per  share,  for  the  three  months  ended  September 30, 1996 ("1996
Quarter").  For the year-to-date period, net  earnings of $23.8 million, or $.88
per share, for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 ("1997 Period")  compare
with  net  earnings  of  $31.9  million, or $1.21 per share, for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996  ("1996  Period").   Results  for  the 1996 Quarter and
Period included revenues from sales of natural gas at above-market prices  under
a  contract  with  Tennessee  Gas  Pipeline  Company ("Tennessee Gas") which was
terminated effective October 1, 1996.  Results  of operations in 1997 and future
years  will  no  longer  include  above-market  revenues  from  this   contract.
Significant  items,  including  the  impact of the Tennessee Gas contract, which
affect the comparability between results  for  1997  and 1996 are highlighted in
the table below (in millions except per share amounts):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
                                                                      September 30,       September 30,
                                                                   ------------------   -----------------
                                                                      1997     1996       1997     1996
                                                                      ----     ----       ----     ----

<S>                                                                   <C>     <C>        <C>      <C>
Net Earnings As Reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $     8.0     13.9       23.8     31.9
Extraordinary Loss on Debt Extinguishment,
  Net of Income Tax Benefit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -       2.3         -       2.3
                                                                     ------   ------     ------   ------
Earnings Before Extraordinary Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         8.0     16.2       23.8     34.2
                                                                     ------   ------     ------   ------
Significant Items Affecting Comparability, Pretax:
  Operating profit from excess of Tennessee Gas contract
    prices over spot market prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -       8.5         -      24.6
  Interest and reimbursement of fees and costs from
   resolution of litigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -       7.9         -       7.9
  Income from collection of Bolivian receivable. . . . . . . .          -        -         2.2       -
  Income from retroactive severance tax refunds. . . . . . . .          -        -         1.8      5.0
  Costs of shareholder consent solicitation resolved
   in April 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -        -          -      (2.3)
  Employee terminations, restructuring costs and other . . . .          -       (.7)        -      (4.5)
                                                                     ------   ------     ------   ------
   Total Significant Items, Pretax . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -      15.7        4.0     30.7
   Income Tax Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -       4.4        1.2      8.3
                                                                     ------   ------     ------   ------
   Total Significant Items, Aftertax . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -      11.3        2.8     22.4
                                                                     ------   ------     ------   ------
  Net Earnings Excluding Significant Items and Extraordinary
   Loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $     8.0      4.9       21.0     11.8
                                                                     ======   ======     ======   ======

Earnings Per Share:
  As Reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $     .30      .52        .88     1.21
  Extraordinary Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -      (.09)        -      (.09)
  Significant Items:
    Impact of Tennessee Gas contract prices over
      spot market prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -       .23         -       .68
    Other significant items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          -       .20        .10      .17
                                                                     ------   ------     ------   ------
  Excluding Significant Items and Extraordinary Loss . . . . .   $     .30      .18        .78      .45
                                                                     ======   ======     ======   ======
</TABLE>

As shown above, net earnings of $8.0  million  ($.30  per  share)  in  the  1997
Quarter  would  compare  to  $4.9  million  ($.18  per share) when excluding the
significant items in the 1996  Quarter.   The resulting increase in net earnings
in the 1997 Quarter was mainly attributable to improved profitability from  each
of  the  Company's  business  segments  together  with  lower corporate interest
expense.   For  the  year-to-date  periods,  excluding  significant  items,  net
earnings would have been  $21.0  million  ($.78  per  share) for the 1997 Period
compared to $11.8 million ($.45 per share) for the 1996 Period.  The increase in
the 1997 Period was primarily due to higher  spot  market  natural  gas  prices,
better  refined  product  margins  and  lower  corporate  interest  expense.   A
discussion  and analysis of the factors contributing to the Company's results of
operations are presented  below.   The  Company  conducts  its operations in the
following  business  segments:   Refining   and   Marketing,   Exploration   and
Production, and Marine Services.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
REFINING AND MARKETING                                         Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
                                                                  September 30,       September 30,
                                                               ------------------   -----------------
(Dollars in millions except per unit amounts)                    1997      1996       1997      1996
                                                                 ----      ----       ----      ----

<S>                                                          <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>
Gross Operating Revenues:
 Refined products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    177.5     169.9      486.9     465.7
 Other, primarily crude oil resales and merchandise. . . .       21.3      33.8       48.1      98.1
                                                               ------    ------     ------    ------

  Gross Operating Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    198.8     203.7      535.0     563.8
                                                               ======    ======     ======    ======

Total Operating Profit:
 Gross margin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     34.2      31.7       94.8      85.5
 Operating expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       23.3      22.3       68.7      67.1
 Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        3.4       3.0        9.7       9.0
 Loss on sale of assets and other. . . . . . . . . . . . .         .1        .7         .1        .7
                                                               ------    ------     ------    ------
  Operating Profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $      7.4       5.7       16.3       8.7
                                                               ======    ======     ======    ======

Capital Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     11.8       3.1       30.6       6.9
                                                               ======    ======     ======    ======

Refinery Throughput:
 Barrels per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     43,192    41,165     48,225    45,760
 % Alaska North Slope crude oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . .        68%       69%        77%       71%

Refined Products Manufactured (average daily barrels)<FN1>:
 Gasoline  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     11,351    10,953     12,499    12,717
 Middle distillates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     17,999    17,690     20,400    19,143
 Heavy oils and residual product . . . . . . . . . . . . .     12,587    11,638     14,140    12,829
 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      1,910     2,214      2,500     2,709
                                                               ------    ------     ------    ------
  Total Refined Products Manufactured. . . . . . . . . . .     43,847    42,495     49,539    47,398
                                                               ======    ======     ======    ======


Refinery Operations - Product Spread ($/barrel)<FN1>:
 Average yield value of products manufactured. . . . . . . $    23.81     25.07      23.83     23.87
 Cost of raw materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      17.92     19.33      18.69     19.03
                                                               ------    ------     ------    ------
  Refinery Product Spread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     5.89      5.74       5.14      4.84
                                                               ======    ======     ======    ======

Non-Refinery Margin, included in operating profit
  above ($ millions)<FN1><FN2> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     10.8      10.0       27.1      24.9
                                                               ======    ======     ======    ======

Total Segment Product Sales (average daily barrels)<FN3>:
 Gasoline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     18,592    18,073     18,156    18,751
 Middle distillates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     37,844    32,123     30,138    30,159
 Heavy oils and residual product . . . . . . . . . . . . .     13,748    16,489     17,700    14,594
                                                               ------    ------     ------    ------
  Total Product Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     70,184    66,685     65,994    63,504
                                                               ======    ======     ======    ======

Total Segment Product Sales Prices ($/barrel):
 Gasoline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    35.23     34.52      33.90     32.35
 Middle distillates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    27.00     29.33      28.46     28.08
 Heavy oils and residual product . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    18.40     17.03      17.53     16.86

Total Segment Gross Margins on Product
  Sales ($/barrel)<FN4>:
 Average sales price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    27.49     27.70      27.03     26.76
 Average costs of sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      22.80     23.16      22.52     22.43
                                                               ------    ------     ------    ------
  Gross Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     4.69      4.54       4.51      4.33
                                                               ======    ======     ======    ======

<FN>
<FN1> Amounts reported in prior periods have been reclassified to conform with current presentation.
<FN2> Non-refinery margin includes margins on products  purchased and resold, margins on products sold
      in markets outside of Alaska, intrasegment pipeline revenues, retail  margins,  and  adjustments
      due to selling a volume and mix of products that is different than actual volumes manufactured.
<FN3> Sources  of  total products sales  include products manufactured at the refinery, products drawn
      from inventory balances and products purchased  from  third parties.  The Company's purchases of
      refined products for resale averaged approximately 24,700 and 13,600 barrels  per  day  for  the
      three  months  ended  September  30,  1997  and 1996, respectively, and approximately 15,500 and
      12,100 barrels per day for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
<FN4> Gross margins on total product  sales  include  margins on sales of purchased products, together
      with the effect of changes in inventories.
</TABLE>

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REFINING AND MARKETING

THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER
30,  1996.   Operating  profit  of  $7.4 million from the Company's Refining and
Marketing segment during the 1997 Quarter represented a 30% improvement from the
1996 Quarter.  The continued success of  the  Company's program to sell a larger
portion of its refinery production within the core Alaska market, together  with
generally  favorable  industry conditions, contributed to this improvement.  The
Company's sales of gasoline and asphalt  in Alaska increased in the 1997 Quarter
as compared to the 1996 Quarter.  Jet fuel sales also increased due  to  growing
trans-Pacific air cargo traffic through the international airport in Anchorage.

The  Company's  refinery  product  spread  averaged $5.89 per barrel in the 1997
Quarter, a $.15 per  barrel  improvement  from  the 1996 Quarter.  The Company's
refined product yield values decreased by 5% to $23.81 per barrel  in  the  1997
Quarter  from  $25.07  per  barrel  in  the  1996  Quarter,  while the Company's
feedstock costs decreased by 7% to  $17.92  per  barrel in the 1997 Quarter from
$19.33 per barrel in the 1996 Quarter.  The 1997 Quarter and 1996  Quarter  both
included  scheduled  turnarounds,  during  which  the  refinery  was  not  fully
operational.   Margins  from  non-refinery activities increased to $10.8 million
during the 1997 Quarter from $10.0 million  in the 1996 Quarter due primarily to
higher retail sales and  improved  margins  on  refined  products  sold  outside
Alaska.

The  increase of $7.6 million in revenues from refined products sales during the
1997 Quarter was primarily due to higher  sales volumes, which rose 5% to 70,184
barrels per day in the 1997 Quarter from 66,685 barrels  per  day  in  the  1996
Quarter.   Other revenues declined by $12.5 million due primarily to lower sales
volumes of previously purchased  crude  oil  together with lower prices.  During
the 1997 Quarter, the Company  had  less  crude  oil  available  for  resale  as
refinery  throughput  averaged  2,027  barrels  per  day  more  than in the 1996
Quarter.  Costs of sales decreased in  the  1997 Quarter due to lower prices for
crude oil and refined products.  The $1.0 million increase in operating expenses
included higher employee  costs  associated  in  part  with  expanded  marketing
efforts  and  higher professional fees.  The 1996 Quarter included a $.7 million
write-down of a West Coast terminal that was subsequently sold.

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 COMPARED WITH NINE MONTHS  ENDED  SEPTEMBER
30,  1996.   Operating  profit  of  $16.3 million in the 1997 Period compares to
operating profit of $8.7  million  in  the  1996 Period.  The Company's refinery
spread of $5.14 per barrel in the 1997 Period improved 6% from  the  prior  year
period.   The  Company's  production  of  jet fuel, a product in short supply in
Alaska, was higher in the 1997 Period  principally due to the use of an improved
catalyst in the hydrocracker unit, a change made during the refinery  turnaround
in  the  1996  Period.   Margins from non-refinery activities increased to $27.1
million during the 1997 Period as  compared  to $24.9 million in the 1996 Period
due primarily to higher retail sales and improved margins  on  refined  products
sold outside of Alaska.

Revenues  from sales of refined products in the Company's Refining and Marketing
segment increased by 5% during the  1997  Period due to higher sales volumes and
prices.  Other revenues declined by $50.0 million during  the  1997  Period  due
primarily  to  lower  sales  volumes  of  crude  oil together with lower prices.
During the 1997 Period, the Company  had  less crude oil available for resale as
refinery throughput averaged 2,465 barrels per day more than in the 1996  Period
and  fewer  spot  purchases of crude oil were made.  Costs of sales decreased in
the 1997 Period due to lower volumes of crude oil.  The $1.6 million increase in
operating expenses included higher employee costs and professional fees.

FUTURE IMPACT.  The improvement in Refining  and Marketing results have been due
in part to the Company's marketing program to  sell  a  larger  portion  of  its
refinery  production  within  the  core  Alaska  market.  In addition, favorable
summer and fall  weather  conditions  in  Alaska  increased  the  demand for the
Company's in-state sales during the 1997 Period.  In  early  October  1997,  the
Company  completed  an  expansion  of  its  refinery  hydrocracker  unit,  which
increases the unit's capacity by approximately 25% to 12,500 barrels per day and
enables  the Company to produce more jet fuel.  The expansion, together with the
addition of a new, high-yield jet  fuel  catalyst,  has an estimated cost of $19
million with a projected  payback  period  of  two  years  and  is  expected  to
favorably impact this segment's results beginning in the fourth quarter of 1997.
The   Company   is  also  expanding  its  Alaskan  retail  operations  with  the
construction of new outlets and remodeling of existing outlets.  With respect to
crude oil supply, beginning in October 1997, a subsidiary  of  the  Company  has
contracts  to  purchase  all of the approximately 34,000 barrels per day of Cook
Inlet production for various periods of more than one year.  In the 1997 Period,
the Company processed approximately 9,300  barrels  per day of Cook Inlet crude,
or 19% of the refinery's throughput.  The increase in Cook Inlet crude oil as  a
refinery feedstock will enable the Company to

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produce higher-valued products.  Although  the  aforementioned  initiatives  are
expected  to  improve the fundamental earnings potential of this segment, future
profitability  of  this  segment  will  continue  to  be  influenced  by  market
conditions, particularly  as  these  conditions  influence  costs  of  crude oil
relative to prices received for sales of refined products, and other  additional
factors that are beyond the control of the Company.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION                                    Three Months Ended    Nine Months Ended
                                                                 September 30,         September 30,
                                                              ------------------    -----------------
(Dollars in millions except per unit amounts)                   1997      1996        1997     1996
                                                                ----      ----        ----     ----
<S>                                                          <C>       <C>         <C>      <C>
U.S.<FN1><FN2>:
 Gross Operating Revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    15.9      23.0        53.3     73.4
 Other Income (primarily retroactive severance tax
   refunds). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        -         -          1.9      5.0
 Production Costs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       1.5       1.3         5.0      3.8
 Administrative Support and Other Operating Expenses . . .        .6        .2         1.7      2.2
 Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization. . . . . . . . .       7.0       6.2        22.2     18.9
                                                               -----      -----      -----    -----
  Operating Profit - U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       6.8      15.3        26.3     53.5
                                                               -----      -----      -----    -----

BOLIVIA:
 Gross Operating Revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       3.8       3.4         8.4     10.5
 Other Income (related to collection of a receivable). . .        -         -          2.2       -
 Production Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        .3        .2          .7       .6
 Administrative Support and Other Operating Expenses . . .        .5        .6         1.3      2.1
 Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization. . . . . . . . .        .5        .4         1.0      1.0
                                                               -----      -----      -----    -----
  Operating Profit - Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       2.5       2.2         7.6      6.8
                                                               -----      -----      -----    -----

TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT - EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION. . . . $     9.3      17.5        33.9     60.3
                                                               =====      =====      =====    =====

U.S.:
 Average Daily Net Production:
  Natural gas (Mcf). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    79,683    80,612      86,317   88,723
  Oil (barrels). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        93        39         119       15
 Average Prices:
  Natural gas ($/Mcf) -
   Spot market<FN3>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    2.01      1.71        2.08     1.77
   Average<FN2>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    2.01      2.92        2.08     2.85
  Oil ($/barrel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $   18.23     20.93       19.44    20.59
 Average Operating Expenses ($/Mcfe) -
  Lease operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     .21       .14         .18      .12
  Severance taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        -        .04         .03      .04
                                                               -----      -----      -----    -----
   Total Production Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       .21       .18         .21      .16
  Administrative support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       .09       .01         .07      .08
                                                               -----      -----      -----    -----
   Total Operating Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     .30       .19         .28      .24
                                                               =====      =====      =====    =====
 Depletion ($/Mcfe). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     .93       .82         .92      .77
                                                               =====      =====      =====    =====
 Capital Expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    16.3      11.7        32.5     27.1
                                                               =====      =====      =====    =====

BOLIVIA:
 Average Daily Net Production:
  Natural gas (Mcf). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    26,856    20,945      18,452   21,355
  Condensate (barrels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       760       605         529      611
 Average Prices:
  Natural gas ($/Mcf). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    1.13      1.31        1.20     1.33
  Condensate ($/barrel). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $   15.00     16.92       16.23    16.50
 Average Operating Expenses ($/Mcfe) -
  Production costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     .10       .11         .11      .10
  Value-added taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        -        .08          -       .07
  Administrative support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       .20       .24         .25      .24
                                                               -----      -----      -----    -----
   Total Operating Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     .30       .43         .36      .41
                                                               =====      =====      =====    =====
 Depletion ($/Mcfe). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     .19       .17         .18      .15
                                                               =====      =====      =====    =====
 Capital Expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $    20.0        .8        26.0      5.7
                                                               =====      =====      =====    =====

<FN>
<FN1> Represents the Company's U.S. oil and gas operations combined with gas transportation activities.
<FN2> Results for 1996 included revenues  from  above-market  pricing  provisions  of  a  contract  with
      Tennessee  Gas which was terminated effective October 1, 1996.  Operating profit for the three and
      nine months ended September 30, 1996  included  $8.5  million and $24.6 million, respectively, for
      the excess of these contract prices over spot market prices.  Net natural

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      gas production sold under the contract averaged approximately 14 Mmcf per day for both  the  three
      months and nine months ended September 30, 1996.
<FN3> Includes effects of the Company's natural gas  commodity price agreements which amounted to a loss
      of $.19 per Mcf for the three months ended September 30, 1996, and losses of $.06 per Mcf and $.15
      per Mcf for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
<FN4> Mcf is defined as one thousand cubic feet; Mcfe is defined as net equivalent  one  thousand  cubic
      feet.
</TABLE>

EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION - U. S.

THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER
30, 1996.  Operating profit of  $6.8  million from the Company's U.S. operations
in the 1997 Quarter compares to operating profit of $15.3 million  in  the  1996
Quarter.   The  1996  Quarter  included revenues from the sale of natural gas at
above-market prices under a  contract  with  Tennessee  Gas. The excess of these
contract prices over spot market prices contributed approximately  $8.5  million
to  operating  profit in the 1996 Quarter.  When excluding the incremental value
of the Tennessee Gas contract from  the  1996 Quarter, operating profit from the
Company's U.S. operations for the 1997 Quarter would be relatively unchanged  as
total  production  volumes  remained  flat during both quarters and increases in
spot market  natural  gas  prices  were  offset  by  increased  depreciation and
depletion and operating expenses.

Prices realized by the Company on spot market natural gas  production  increased
to $2.01 per Mcf in the 1997 Quarter from $1.71 per Mcf in the 1996 Quarter.  On
a  weighted-average  basis,  the Company's natural gas sales price was $2.92 per
Mcf in the 1996 Quarter  due  to  sales  under  the Tennessee Gas contract.  The
Company's production averaged 80.2 million cubic feet equivalents ("Mmcfe")  per
day  in  the  1997  Quarter  compared to 80.8 Mmcfe per day in the 1996 Quarter.
This decrease in the Company's production consisted of a 14.0 million cubic feet
("Mmcf") per day decline from  the  Bob  West  Field  partially offset by a 13.4
Mmcfe per day  production  increase  from  other  U.S.  fields.   The  Company's
production  outside of the Bob West Field rose to 23% of total production during
the  1997  Quarter,  as  compared to 6% in the 1996 Quarter.  In September 1997,
production began from the Company's interest in the Vinegarone East Field in Val
Verde Basin of Southwest Texas at an  initial flow rate of approximately 12 Mmcf
per day gross (8.6 Mmcf per day net).  Drilling is underway on  two  development
wells  in  this  field.   In  addition, the Cuellar 1 well, which was discovered
during the 1997 Quarter in the Wilcox  Trend of South Texas, began production in
October 1997 at 8.0 Mmcf per day gross (6.0 Mmcf per day  net).   The  Company's
net U.S. production reached 90 Mmcf per day in late October 1997.

Gross  operating  revenues  from  the Company's U.S. operations, after excluding
amounts related to  Tennessee  Gas,  increased  due  to  the  higher spot market
prices.  Production costs increased by $.2  million  in  the  1997  Quarter  due
primarily  to  higher per-unit lease operating expenses from the Company's newer
fields.  Depreciation and depletion increased by  $.8  million, or 13%, due to a
higher depletion rate.

From time to time, the Company enters into commodity price agreements to  reduce
the  risk caused by fluctuation in the prices of natural gas in the spot market.
During the 1996 Quarter, the Company  used  such  agreements to set the price of
38% of the natural gas production that it sold in the spot market and recognized
a loss of $1.2 million ($.19 per Mcf) related to these  price  agreements.   The
Company did not have any such transactions during the 1997 Quarter.

NINE  MONTHS  ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 COMPARED WITH NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER
30, 1996.  Operating profit of $26.3  million from the Company's U.S. operations
in the 1997 Period compares to $53.5 million in the 1996 Period.   Comparability
between  these  periods  was  impacted  by  certain significant items.  The 1996
Period included operating profit of  $24.6  million from the excess of Tennessee
Gas contract prices over spot market prices.  Results of operations in 1997  and
future  years  will  no  longer include above-market revenues from this contract
which was terminated effective October  1, 1996.  Operating profit also included
retroactive severance tax refunds of $1.8 million and $5.0 million in  the  1997
and  1996  Periods,  respectively.   Excluding  the  incremental  value  of  the
Tennessee  Gas  contract and retroactive severance tax refunds, operating profit
from the Company's U.S. operations  would  have  been  $24.5 million in the 1997
Period compared to $23.9 million in the 1996 Period.  The resulting increase  of
$.6 million was primarily attributable to higher spot market prices for sales of
natural gas partially offset by higher depreciation and depletion.

Prices  realized by the Company on its spot natural gas production increased 18%
to $2.08 per Mcf in the 1997 Period  from $1.77 per Mcf in the 1996 Period.  The
increase in average spot market prices was attributable  in  part  to  unusually
high  prices  received during January and February when there was unusually cold
weather  combined  with  below-normal   natural   gas   storage  levels.   On  a
weighted-average basis, the Company's natural

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gas sales price was $2.85 per Mcf in the 1996 Period  due  to  sales  under  the
Tennessee Gas contract.  The Company's production averaged 87.0 Mmcfe per day in
the  1997  Period,  a  decrease of 1.8 Mmcfe per day from the 1996 Period.  This
decrease in the Company's production  consisted  of  a 13.9 Mmcf per day decline
from the Bob West Field partially offset by a 12.1 Mmcfe per day  increase  from
other  U.S. fields.  Production from the Bob West Field, which accounted for 95%
of the Company's total U.S. production in the 1996 Period, was reduced to 81% in
the 1997 Period.

Gross operating revenues  from  the  Company's  U.S. operations, after excluding
amounts related to Tennessee Gas,  increased  due  to  the  higher  spot  market
prices.   Production  costs increased by $1.2 million during the 1997 Period due
to higher per-unit lease  operating  expenses  from  the Company's newer fields.
Administrative support and other operating expenses decreased  by  $.5  million.
Depreciation  and  depletion  increased by $3.3 million, or 17%, due to a higher
depletion rate.

From  time to time, the Company enters into commodity price agreements to reduce
the risk caused by fluctuations in the prices of natural gas in the spot market.
In addition, from time to  time  the  Company  has entered into price agreements
with collars, under which no payments will be made by either  party  unless  the
price  falls below a designated floor price or above a designated ceiling price,
at which time the Company receives or pays the difference, respectively.  During
the 1997 and 1996 Periods, the Company  used such agreements to set the price of
11% and 37%, respectively, of the natural gas production that  it  sold  in  the
spot  market.   During the 1997 and 1996 Periods, the Company realized losses of
$1.6 million ($.06 per Mcf) and  $2.9 million ($.15 per Mcf), respectively, from
these price agreements.  At September 30, 1997, the  Company  has  no  remaining
price agreements outstanding for the year.

EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION - BOLIVIA

HYDROCARBONS  LAW.   In  1996, a new Hydrocarbons Law was passed by the Bolivian
government that significantly impacts the  Company's operations in Bolivia.  The
new law, among other matters, granted the Company  the  option  to  convert  its
Contracts  of  Operation to new Shared Risk Contracts.  On November 6, 1997, the
Company completed the conversion of its  Contracts of Operation for Block 18 and
Block 20 into four Shared Risk Contracts.  The new contracts have  an  effective
date  of  July 29, 1996 and extend the Company's term of operation, provide more
favorable acreage relinquishment terms and  provide  for a more favorable fiscal
regime of royalties and taxes.  The new contract for Block 18 is extended to the
year 2017.  The new contracts for Block 20 are extended to  the  year  2029  for
Block  20-West and Block 20-East, which are in the exploration phase, and to the
year 2018 for Block 20-Los Suris that is in the development phase.

FARMOUT.  A farmout agreement executed  June  19,  1997, between the Company and
Total Exploration Production Bolivie, S.A.  ("Total"),  an  affiliate  of  Total
S.A.,  became  effective  on  a  portion  of  Block 20-West on November 6, 1997.
Pursuant to the farmout  agreement,  Total  established a financial guarantee to
the Bolivian government to guarantee the  performance  of  exploration  work  on
Block  20-West.   Under  the farmout agreement, Total has the right to drill, at
its sole cost, two  exploratory  wells  to  earn  a  75  percent interest in the
farmout area which consists of 315,000 acres of Block 20-West.   The  assignment
of interest by the Company to Total, which is subject to reversion if Total does
not  earn  the  interest,  has  been  approved by the Bolivian government and is
expected to become effective in the  fourth  quarter of 1997.  It is anticipated
that Total will spud the first well by mid-1998.

YPFB AND YPF CONTRACT.  The Company's Bolivian natural gas production  has  been
sold  to  Yacimientos  Petroliferos  Fiscales Bolivianos ("YPFB"), which in turn
sells the  natural  gas  to  Yacimientos  Petroliferos  Fiscales,  SA ("YPF"), a
publicly-held company based in Argentina.  Currently,  the  Company's  sales  of
natural  gas production is based on the volume and pricing terms in the contract
between YPFB and YPF.  The contract  to  sell  gas to YPF expired March 31, 1997
and a contract extension was  signed  effective  April  1,  1997  extending  the
contract  term two years to March 31, 1999 with an option to extend the contract
a maximum of one additional year  if the pipeline being constructed from Bolivia
to Brazil is not complete.  In the contract extension,  YPF  negotiated  an  11%
reduction  in the minimum contract volume it is required to import from Bolivia,
which in turn resulted  in  a  corresponding  11%  reduction of Tesoro's minimum
contract volume.

ACCESS TO NEW MARKETS.  A lack of market  access  has  constrained  natural  gas
production  in Bolivia.  Preliminary work on a new 1,900-mile pipeline that will
link Bolivia's gas reserves with markets in Brazil has begun and the pipeline is
expected to be operational in early 1999.

THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER
30,  1996.   Operating  profit  of  $2.5  million  from  the  Company's Bolivian
operations in the 1997 Quarter compares to

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operating profit of $2.2 million  in  the  1996  Quarter.   With  the  Company's
purchase  of  Zapata's  interests  in  Block  18  and Block 20 in July 1997, the
Company now holds  a  100%  interest  in  both  blocks,  subject  to the farmout
agreement with Total (see Note 2 of Notes to  Condensed  Consolidated  Financial
Statements).   Beginning  in  the  1997  Quarter,  the  Company's  net  share of
production from Block 18  increased  by  approximately  33%  as a result of this
purchase.  Block 20 is currently shut-in waiting  on  the  construction  of  the
pipeline  to Brazil, which is expected to be operational in early 1999.  Natural
gas prices for Bolivian production fell to  $1.13 per Mcf in the 1997 Quarter, a
14% drop from the 1996 Quarter.

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 COMPARED WITH NINE MONTHS  ENDED  SEPTEMBER
30,  1996.   Operating  profit  of  $7.6  million  from  the  Company's Bolivian
operations in the 1997 Period  compares  to  operating profit of $6.8 million in
the 1996 Period.  The 1997 Period included income of $2.2 million related to the
collection of a receivable for prior years production.  Excluding  this  income,
operating  profit  would have decreased by $1.4 million as production of natural
gas and condensate fell by  14%.   As  discussed above, the Company's production
rose during the 1997 Quarter due to the purchase of the Zapata interests in July
1997 which will also benefit future periods.  However, earlier in the year,  the
Company's  Bolivian  natural  gas  production  was  lower  due to a reduction in
minimum takes under the  new  contract  between  YPFB  and  YPF  and also due to
constraints arising from repairs to a non-Company-owned pipeline that transports
gas from Bolivia to Argentina.  A replacement pipeline is now operational, which
has restored full capacity.  During the 1996 Period, production was  higher  due
to  requests from YPFB for additional production from the Company to meet export
specifications.  Natural gas prices declined to $1.20 per Mcf in the 1997 Period
compared to $1.33 per Mcf in  the 1996 Period.  Administrative support and other
operating expenses decreased by $.8 million in the 1997 Period due primarily  to
the reduced production levels.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARINE SERVICES                       Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
                                         September 30,       September 30,
                                      ------------------   -----------------
 (Dollars in millions)                   1997     1996       1997      1996
                                         ----     ----       ----      ----

<S>                                     <C>      <C>        <C>       <C>
Gross Operating Revenues:
 Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $   25.2     26.0       77.6      70.4
 Lubricants and other. . . . . . . .      4.2      4.1       12.3      10.9
 Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . .      3.1      2.6        8.4       6.2
                                         ----     ----       ----      ----
  Gross Operating Revenues . . . . .     32.5     32.7       98.3      87.5
Costs of Sales . . . . . . . . . . .     22.9     24.5       72.6      66.7
                                         ----     ----       ----      ----
  Gross Profit . . . . . . . . . . .      9.6      8.2       25.7      20.8
Operating Expenses and Other . . . .      6.5      5.8       20.4      15.4
Depreciation and Amortization. . . .       .4       .4        1.2        .9
                                         ----     ----       ----      ----
  Operating Profit . . . . . . . . . $    2.7      2.0        4.1       4.5
                                         ====     ====       ====      ====

Sales Volumes (millions of gallons):
 Fuels, primarily diesel . . . . . .     39.1     37.8      116.2     107.4
 Lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . .       .7       .7        2.0       1.9

Capital Expenditures . . . . . . . . $    2.0      1.2        5.3       6.2

</TABLE>

For  the  1997  Quarter,  gross  operating  revenues declined by $.2 million due
primarily to lower fuel sales  prices  partly  offset by increased fuel volumes.
The $1.6 million decrease in cost of sales correlates to these lower fuel market
prices.  The 19% increase in service revenues was associated with the  increased
rig  activity  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  and the Company's focus to serve these
customers.  The improvement of $1.4 million in gross profit was partly offset by
higher operating  expenses  associated  with  the  increased  sales  volumes and
service revenues.

For the 1997 Period, gross operating revenues increased by $10.8  million,  with
an  11%  increase in fuels and lubricants revenues and a 35% increase in service
revenues.  These increases were  mainly  due  to  added locations and associated
volumes stemming from an acquisition consummated in February 1996 together  with
internal  growth  initiatives.   Costs of sales during the 1997 Period increased
due to the higher volumes and also included a $.7 million charge associated with
inventory valuations  as  market  prices  declined  from  year-end  levels.  The
improvement of $4.9 million in gross profit during the 1997 Period was offset by
higher operating and other expenses associated with the increased  activity  and
upgrades to facilities and services.

The  Marine  Services segment's business is largely dependent upon the volume of
oil and gas drilling, workover, construction and seismic activity in the Gulf of
Mexico.

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GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

General and administrative  expense  increased  by  $.3  million and $.6 million
during  the  1997  Quarter  and  Period,  respectively.   These  increases  were
primarily due to higher employee costs partially offset by reduced  professional
fees and insurance costs.

INTEREST EXPENSE AND INTEREST INCOME

Interest  expense  decreased  by  $2.6  million and $7.5 million during the 1997
Quarter and Period, respectively.   These  decreases  were  primarily due to the
Company's redemption of $74.1 million of public debt in November 1996 which  has
resulted  in  interest  expense savings of approximately 60% in the 1997 Quarter
and Period.

Interest income decreased  by  $6.9  million  and  $6.2  million during the 1997
Quarter and Period, respectively.  The 1996 Quarter and Period included interest
of approximately $7 million received from Tennessee Gas in conjunction with  the
collection of a receivable which resulted from underpayment for natural gas sold
in prior periods.  The 1997 Period included interest income of approximately $.4
million related to the collection of a Bolivia receivable.

OTHER EXPENSE, NET

For  the  1997  Period, other expense decreased by $5.3 million primarily due to
charges incurred in the prior  year  period for shareholder consent solicitation
costs of $2.3 million, which  was  resolved  in  April  1996,  together  with  a
write-off  of  deferred  financing  costs and employee termination costs with no
material comparable costs recorded in the current period.

INCOME TAX PROVISION

Income taxes decreased by $2.2 million  and $2.8 million during the 1997 Quarter
and Period, respectively.  These decreases were primarily due to lower earnings.

IMPACT OF CHANGING PRICES

The Company's operating results and cash flows are  sensitive  to  the  volatile
changes  in  energy  prices.   Major  shifts  in  the cost of crude oil used for
refinery feedstocks and the price of refined  products can result in a change in
margin from the Refining  and  Marketing  operations,  as  prices  received  for
refined  products  may  or  may  not  keep pace with changes in crude oil costs.
These energy prices, together  with  volume  levels, also determine the carrying
value of crude oil and refined product inventory.  The Company uses the last-in,
first-out ("LIFO") method of accounting for inventories of crude  oil  and  U.S.
wholesale  refined  products.  This method results in inventory carrying amounts
that are less likely to  represent  current  values  and in costs of sales which
more closely represent current costs.

Likewise, changes in natural gas, condensate and oil prices impact revenues  and
the  present  value  of  estimated  future  net revenues and cash flows from the
Company's Exploration and Production  operations.   The  Company may increase or
decrease its production in response to market conditions.  The carrying value of
oil and natural gas assets may be subject to noncash writedowns based on changes
in natural gas prices and other determining factors.

Changes in natural gas prices also influence the level of drilling  activity  in
the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The Company's Marine Services operation, whose customers
include offshore drilling contractors and  related industries, could be impacted
by significant  fluctuations  in  natural  gas  prices.   The  Company's  Marine
Services  segment uses the first-in, first-out ("FIFO") method of accounting for
its inventories  of  fuel.   Changes  in  fuel  prices  can significantly impact
inventory valuations and costs of sales in this segment.

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CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

OVERVIEW

The Company's primary sources of liquidity are its cash  and  cash  equivalents,
internal  cash  generation and external financing.  During the first nine months
of 1997, the Company made capital expenditures exceeding $95 million, which were
funded through a  combination  of  cash  flows  from  operations of $71 million,
external financing of $16 million and available cash balances.  Subsequently, in
October 1997, the Company obtained a $16.2 million  term  loan  to  finance  the
expansion  of  the  refinery hydrocracker unit (see Note 3 of Notes to Condensed
Consolidated  Financial  Statements).   At  September  30,  1997,  the Company's
debt-to-capitalization ratio was 22% which enhances  the  Company's  ability  to
access capital markets.

The  Company  is focused on its strategic plans to make operational improvements
and continues to assess its asset base  in order to maximize returns and develop
full value through strategic diversification and  acquisitions  in  all  of  its
operating  segments.   This  ongoing assessment includes, in the Exploration and
Production segment, evaluating ways in which the Company could diversify its oil
and gas reserve  base  and  offset  the  impact  of declining production through
domestic development, exploration and acquisition outside of the Bob West Field.
In the Refining and Marketing segment, the Company has been engaged  in  studies
to  improve  profitability  and  has  also  evaluated  possible  joint ventures,
strategic alliances or business combinations; such evaluations have not resulted
in any significant transaction but operating strategies have been implemented to
optimize the product and feedstock slates, improve efficiencies and reliability,
and expand marketing to increase placement of products in Alaska.  In the Marine
Services segment, the Company continues to pursue opportunities for expansion as
well as optimizing existing operations.

The Company operates in an environment where its liquidity and capital resources
are impacted by changes in the supply  of  and demand for crude oil, natural gas
and refined petroleum products, market uncertainty and a variety  of  additional
risks  that  are  beyond the control of the Company.  These risks include, among
others, the level of consumer  product demand, weather conditions, the proximity
of the Company's natural gas reserves  to  pipelines,  the  capacities  of  such
pipelines,  fluctuations in seasonal demand, governmental regulations, the price
and  availability  of  alternative   fuels   and  overall  market  and  economic
conditions.  The Company's future capital expenditures  as  well  as  borrowings
under  its  credit arrangements and other sources of capital will be affected by
these conditions.

STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

On May 7, 1997, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up
to 3 million shares  (approximately  11%  of  the current outstanding shares) of
Tesoro Common Stock in a buyback program that will extend  through  the  end  of
1998.   Under  the  program,  subject  to  certain  conditions,  the Company may
repurchase from time to time Tesoro Common  Stock in the open market and through
privately negotiated transactions.   Purchases  will  depend  on  price,  market
conditions  and  other  factors and will be made primarily from cash flows.  The
repurchased Common Stock is accounted for as  treasury stock and may be used for
employee benefit plan requirements and other corporate purposes.  Repurchases of
Common Stock are subject to the restricted  payments  provision  of  the  Credit
Facility as described below.

CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS

The  Company  has  financing  and  credit arrangements with a consortium of nine
banks under a  corporate  revolving  credit  agreement ("Credit Facility") which
provides total commitments of $150 million.  The Credit Facility, which  extends
through April 2000, provides for cash borrowings up to $100 million and issuance
of  letters of credit, subject to a borrowing base (which was approximately $147
million at September  30,  1997).   The  Company,  at  its option, has currently
activated total commitments of $100 million.  Outstanding obligations under  the
Credit Facility are secured by liens on substantially all of the Company's trade
accounts  receivable  and  product  inventory  and by mortgages on the Company's
refinery and South Texas natural  gas  reserves.   Under the terms of the Credit
Facility, the Company is required to maintain specified levels  of  consolidated
working  capital,  tangible  net  worth, cash flow and interest coverage.  Among
other matters, the Credit Facility contains covenants which limit the incurrence
of additional indebtedness and restricted  payments.  An amendment to the Credit
Facility, which was negotiated in September 1997,  reduces  interest  rates  and
certain fees, increases the Company's borrowing base and makes certain covenants
less restrictive.  Additionally, the Company is now

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permitted  to utilize unsecured letters of credit outside of the Credit Facility
up to $40 million (none  outstanding  at  September 30, 1997).  Under the Credit
Facility, the Company had letters of credit  of  $33.9  million,  primarily  for
royalty  crude  oil  purchases  from the State of Alaska, and cash borrowings of
$11.9 million outstanding at September 30, 1997.

The terms of the Credit Facility allow for open market stock repurchases and the
payment  of  cash  dividends  subject  to  a  cumulative  amount  available  for
restricted payments (defined as the difference of (i) the sum since December 31,
1995, of (a) $5 million and (b)  50% of consolidated net earnings of the Company
in any calendar year and (ii) any restricted payments made since June 1996).  At
September 30, 1997, the cumulative amount available for restricted payments  was
approximately  $54  million.   Annually,  however,  the aggregate of open market
stock repurchases and cash dividends cannot  exceed a maximum of $5 million.  In
addition, the Credit Facility permits the Company to repurchase a limited amount
of Common Stock up to $10 million  annually,  specifically  for  oddlot  buyback
programs  and  employee  benefit  or  compensation  plans.   While  the Board of
Directors has no present plans to pay  dividends, from time to time the Board of
Directors reevaluates the feasibility of declaring future dividends.

In addition to the Credit Facility, a subsidiary of the Company has a three-year
line of credit with a bank which provides up to $10 million for the purchase  of
real  estate  and  equipment  for  the  Company's Marine Services segment at the
bank's prime rate.  The loan facility  is  not  guaranteed by the Company and is
secured only by such real estate and equipment that are financed.  Beginning  in
March  1998,  credit  availability is reduced quarterly by 6.667%.  At September
30, 1997, $ 4.8 million was outstanding under the loan facility.

In early October 1997, the  Company  completed  an expansion of the hydrocracker
unit at its Alaska refinery.  The expansion, together with  the  addition  of  a
new,  high-yield  jet  fuel catalyst, has an estimated cost of approximately $19
million and is expected to improve  the Company's refinery feedstock and product
slate beginning in the fourth quarter of 1997.  In October  1997,  the  National
Bank  of  Alaska  ("NBA")  and  the  Alaska  Industrial  Development  and Export
Authority ("AIDEA"), under a  loan  agreement ("Hydrocracker Loan") entered into
between the Company and NBA, provided  a  $16.2  million  loan  to  the  Company
towards  the  cost of the hydrocracker expansion.  The Hydrocracker Loan matures
on or before April 1, 2005  and  is  secured  by  a second lien on the refinery.
Under the terms of the Hydrocracker Loan, the Company is  required  to  maintain
specified levels of working capital and tangible net worth.  See Note 3 of Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

CAPITAL SPENDING

During the first nine months of 1997, the Company's capital expenditures totaled
$95    million    which    were   financed   with   available   cash   reserves,
internally-generated cash  flows  from  operations  and  external financing.  In
addition, the Company has obtained outside financing, as  discussed  above,  for
expansion  of the refinery hydrocracker unit.  Although capital expenditures for
the remainder of  the  year  had  been  projected  to  reach $65 million, actual
capital spending will be less due to a number of factors, including  the  extent
to  which  properties  are acquired and the timing of capital projects.  Capital
expenditures for the remainder of  the  year  are  expected to be funded by cash
flows from  operations  and  external  borrowings  under  the  Company's  credit
arrangements.

The  Exploration  and  Production  segment  accounts  for  $101  million  of the
projected capital expenditures, with $71 million planned for U.S. activities and
$30 million in  Bolivia.   Planned  U.S.  expenditures  include  $22 million for
property acquisitions; $17 million for development drilling (participation in 16
wells), field facilities and workovers; $13 million  for  leasehold,  geological
and  geophysical;  and $19 million for exploratory drilling (participation in 14
wells).  For the first nine  months  of  1997, actual U.S. expenditures were $32
million, principally for participation in the drilling of five development wells
(all completed) and nine  exploratory  wells  (seven  completed).   In  Bolivia,
projected  capital expenditures of $30 million for the year included an increase
for the purchase of additional contract  interests  in  July 1997 (see Note 2 of
Notes to  Condensed  Consolidated  Financial  Statements).   The  projection  in
Bolivia  includes  $3  million  for  one  exploratory  well  and  $2 million for
workovers and field facilities, with the remainder planned for three-dimensional
seismic.  Capital spending for the first nine months of 1997 totaled $26 million
in  Bolivia,  primarily  for  the  purchase  of  additional  contract interests,
exploratory drilling, seismic activity  and  workovers.   Although  the  Company
continues  to  pursue exploratory, development and acquisition opportunities, as
discussed above, actual capital expenditures  for  the remainder of the year may
vary from projections.

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Capital spending for the Refining and Marketing segment is projected to  be  $50
million  for  the  year, including costs for the refinery hydrocracker expansion
and a multi-year capital  program  to  improve marketing operations.  During the
first nine months  of  1997,  the  Refining  and  Marketing  segment  had  spent
approximately $31 million towards capital projects.

In the Marine Services segment, capital spending for 1997 is currently projected
at  $8  million,  a  $21  million  reduction  from  the  original  budget.  This
projection, of which $5 million was spent  during the first nine months of 1997,
is now primarily directed towards expansion and improvement of operations  along
the Gulf of Mexico rather than acquisitions.

CASH FLOWS

Components of the Company's cash flows are set forth below (in millions):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Nine Months Ended
                                                              September 30,
                                                            -----------------
                                                              1997      1996
                                                              ----      ----
<S>                                                         <C>       <C>
Cash Flows From (Used In):
  Operating Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $         71.1     148.4
  Investing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           (98.2)    (57.0)
  Financing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            11.7      (1.8)
                                                             ------    ------
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents .  $        (15.4)     89.6
                                                             ======    ======
</TABLE>

Operating  cash  flows  of  $71  million  during  the 1997 Period included a $46
million decrease in  receivables  due  in  part  to  collections related to high
product and crude  oil  sales  volumes  at  1996  year-end  and  to  a  Bolivian
receivable  representing  production  sold  in  prior years, partially offset by
income tax and other payments.   The  1996  Period  operating cash flows of $148
million included a $67.5 million receipt from Tennessee Gas and reduced  working
capital  requirements.   Net  cash  used  in investing activities of $98 million
during the 1997 Period  included  capital  expenditures  of  $58 million for the
Company's Exploration and Production activities, $31 million  for  Refining  and
Marketing  operations  and  $5  million  for  Marine  Services.   Net  cash from
financing activities during the 1997  Period  included borrowings of $16 million
under  revolving  credit  facilities  partially  offset  by  payments  of  other
long-term debt and purchases of treasury stock.   At  September  30,  1997,  the
Company's  net working capital totaled $76 million, which included cash and cash
equivalents of $7 million.

ENVIRONMENTAL

The Company is subject to extensive  federal, state and local environmental laws
and regulations.  These laws, which change frequently, regulate the discharge of
materials into the environment and may require the Company to remove or mitigate
the environmental effects of the disposal or release of  petroleum  or  chemical
substances   at   various   sites   or  install  additional  controls  or  other
modifications or changes in use  for  certain  emission sources.  The Company is
currently involved in remedial responses and has incurred  cleanup  expenditures
associated with environmental matters at a number of sites, including certain of
its  own  properties.   At  September  30,  1997,  the  Company's  accruals  for
environmental  expenses  amounted  to  $8.7 million, which included a noncurrent
liability of $3.1 million  for  remediation  of  KPL's  properties that has been
funded by the former owners of KPL through a restricted escrow  deposit.   Based
on currently available information, including the participation of other parties
or former owners in remediation actions, the Company believes these accruals are
adequate.   In  addition, to comply with environmental laws and regulations, the
Company anticipates that it will  make  capital improvements of approximately $3
million in 1997 and $8 million in 1998.   The  Company  also  expects  to  spend
approximately  $6 million by the year 2002 for secondary containment systems for
existing storage tanks in Alaska.

Conditions that require additional  expenditures  may  exist for various Company
sites, including, but not limited to, the Company's  refinery,  retail  gasoline
outlets  (current and closed locations) and petroleum product terminals, and for
compliance with the Clean Air Act. The amount of such future expenditures cannot
currently  be  determined   by   the   Company.    For  further  information  on
environmental contingencies, see Note  4  of  Notes  to  Condensed  Consolidated
Financial Statements.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements  in  this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including those contained in
the foregoing discussion and  other  items  herein, concerning the Company which
are  (a)  projections  of  revenues,  earnings,  earnings  per  share,   capital
expenditures  or  other  financial items, (b) statements of plans and objectives
for future operations, (c)  statements  of  future  economic performance, or (d)
statements of assumptions or estimates underlying or  supporting  the  foregoing
are  forward-looking  statements  within  the  meaning  of  Section  27A  of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section  21E  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The ultimate accuracy of forward-looking statements is subject to a  wide  range
of  business risks and changes in circumstances, and actual results and outcomes
often differ from expectations.   Any  number  of  important factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements
herein, including the following:  the timing and extent of changes in  commodity
prices  and  underlying  demand and availability of crude oil and other refinery
feedstocks,  refined  products,  and  natural  gas; actions of our customers and
competitors;  changes  in  the  cost  or  availability  of  third-party vessels,
pipelines and other means of transporting feedstocks  and  products;  state  and
federal  environmental, economic, safety and other policies and regulations, any
changes therein, and any legal or  regulatory delays or other factors beyond the
Company's control; execution of planned  capital  projects;  weather  conditions
affecting  the Company's operations or the areas in which the Company's products
are marketed;  future  well  performance;  the  extent  of  Tesoro's  success in
acquiring oil and gas properties and in discovering,  developing  and  producing
reserves;  political  developments  in  foreign countries; the conditions of the
capital  markets  and  equity  markets   during   the  periods  covered  by  the
forward-looking statements; earthquakes or  other  natural  disasters  affecting
operations;  adverse  rulings,  judgments, or settlements in litigation or other
legal matters, including unexpected environmental remediation costs in excess of
any reserves;  and  adverse  changes  in  the  credit  ratings  assigned  to the
Company's trade credit.  For more information with respect to the foregoing, see
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company undertakes  no  obligation
to  publicly  release  the  result  of any revisions to any such forward-looking
statements that may be made  to  reflect  events or circumstances after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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                          PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     As previously reported, on June 21, 1997, the  Company  received  a  letter
     from  the  Office  of the Attorney General of the State of Alaska ("State")
     alleging that Kenai Pipe Line Company ("KPL"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
     the Company, failed to follow the terms of its Oil Discharge Prevention and
     Contingency Plan ("Contingency Plan"),  which  allegation  arose out of the
     State's investigation of a December 5, 1995 spill into the Cook Inlet  from
     KPL's  facility.   The  Company  has  settled  all claims with the State by
     agreeing to (i)  pay  $70,000  to  the  State  as  a  civil  penalty and to
     reimburse the State for its costs; (ii)  contribute  $10,000  to  the  Cook
     Inlet  Regional Citizens Advisory Council to conduct additional operational
     oversight  of  KPL's  Contingency  Plan;  and  (iii)  complete  a pollution
     prevention project at KPL's facility with an estimated cost of  $50,000  by
     December 31, 1998.

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

   (a) Exhibits

       See the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits filed herewith.

   (b) Reports on Form 8-K

       No  reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the quarter for which this
        report is filed.

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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
                                        REGISTRANT




Date:   November 14, 1997       /s/               BRUCE A. SMITH
                                                  Bruce A. Smith
                                       Chairman of the Board of Directors,
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer







Date:   November 14, 1997       /s/               DON E. BEERE
                                                  Don E. Beere
                                           Vice President, Controller
                                           (Chief Accounting Officer)

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT
NUMBER

  4.1  First  Amendment  to  Amended  and  Restated  Credit  Agreement  ("Credit
       Facility")  among  the  Company  and  Banque Paribas, individually, as an
       Issuing Bank and as Administrative  Agent ("Banque Paribas"), The Bank of
       Nova Scotia, individually and  as  Documentation  Agent  ("Bank  of  Nova
       Scotia"),  and  other financial institution parties thereto, effective as
       of March 21, 1997.

  4.2  Second Amendment to Credit Facility among the  Company,  Banque  Paribas,
       Bank  of  Nova  Scotia  and  other financial institution parties thereto,
       effective as of March 31, 1997.

  4.3  Third Amendment to Credit Facility among  the  Company,  Banque  Paribas,
       Bank  of  Nova  Scotia  and other financial institution  parties thereto,
       effective as of September 15, 1997.

  27   Financial Data Schedule.

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                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                     AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                     Among


                          TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
                                 as the Company


                                      and


                                 BANQUE PARIBAS
         Individually, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent,


                            THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
                    Individually and as Documentation Agent


                                      and


                           THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
                        NOW OR HEREAFTER PARTIES HERETO



                         Effective as of March 21, 1997

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                             Page

ARTICLE I.  DEFINITIONS
    Section 1.01   Terms Defined Above . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
    Section 1.02   Terms Defined in Credit Agreement . . . . . .1
    Section 1.03   Other Definitional Provisions . . . . . . . .1

ARTICLE II.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
    Section 2.01   Amendments and Supplements to Definitions . .2
    Section 2.02   Amendments to Article VI. . . . . . . . . . .2

ARTICLE III.  CONDITIONS
    Section 3.01   Loan Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
    Section 3.02   Corporate Proceedings of Loan Parties . . . .2
    Section 3.03   Representations and Warranties. . . . . . . .3
    Section 3.04   No Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
    Section 3.05   Security Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . .3
    Section 3.06   Other Instruments or Documents. . . . . . . .3

ARTICLE IV.  MISCELLANEOUS
    Section 4.01   Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation of
                     Credit Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
    Section 4.02   Ratification and Affirmation of Guaranty. . .3
    Section 4.03   Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . .4
    Section 4.04   Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
    Section 4.05   Number and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
    Section 4.06   Entire Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
    Section 4.07   Invalidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
    Section 4.08   Titles of Articles, Sections and Subsections.4
    Section 4.09   Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

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                       FIRST AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENT TO
                                CREDIT AGREEMENT


    This  FIRST  AMENDMENT  AND  SUPPLEMENT  TO  CREDIT  AGREEMENT  (this "First
Amendment") executed effective as of March 21, 1997 (the "Effective  Date"),  is
by   and  among  TESORO  PETROLEUM  CORPORATION,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company");  BANQUE  PARIBAS,   individually,   as   an   Issuing  Bank  and  as
Administrative Agent, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, individually and as Documentation
Agent, and each of the lenders that is a signatory hereto  or  which  becomes  a
party  hereto  as  provided  in  Section  9.07  (individually,  a  "Lender" and,
collectively, the "Lenders").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

    WHEREAS, the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders  are  parties  to that certain Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 1996 (the "Credit Agreement"), pursuant  to
which  the  Lenders  agreed to make loans and issue Letters of Credit to and for
the account of the Company; and

    WHEREAS,  the  Company,  the   Guarantors,  the  Administrative  Agent,  the
Documentation Agent, and the Lenders desire to amend the Credit Agreement in the
particulars hereinafter provided;

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and  the  mutual  covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:


                            ARTICLE I.  DEFINITIONS

    Section  1.01   Terms  Defined Above.  As used in this First Amendment, each
of the terms "Company", "Credit Agreement", "Effective Date", "First Amendment",
and "Lenders" shall have the meaning assigned to such term hereinabove.

    Section 1.02   Terms Defined in Credit  Agreement.  Each term defined in the
Credit Agreement and used herein  without  definition  shall  have  the  meaning
assigned  to such term in the Credit Agreement, unless expressly provided to the
contrary.

    Section 1.03   Other Definitional Provisions.

         (a)  The words  "hereby",  "herein",  "hereinafter",  "hereof",
    "hereto"  and  "hereunder"  when  used in this First Amendment shall
    refer to this First Amendment as  a  whole and not to any particular
    Article, Section, subsection or provision of this First Amendment.

         (b)  Section, subsection and Exhibit references herein  are  to
    such  Sections,  subsections  and  Exhibits  to this First Amendment
    unless otherwise specified.

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                  ARTICLE II.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

    The  Company, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Issuing
Bank and  the  Lenders  agree  that  the  Credit  Agreement  is  hereby amended,
effective as of the Effective Date, in the following particulars.

    Section 2.01   Amendments and Supplements to Definitions.

         (a)  The definition  of  "Agreement"  in  Section  1.01  of the
    Credit Agreement is hereby amended to mean the Credit Agreement,  as
    amended  by  this  First  Amendment and as the same may from time to
    time be further amended, supplemented or modified.

         (b)  Section 1.01 of  the  Credit  Agreement  is hereby further
    amended and supplemented by  adding  the  following  new  definition
    where  alphabetically  appropriate,  which read in their entirety as
    follows:

              "First Amendment" shall mean  that certain First Amendment
         to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March  21,
         1997,  by  and among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the
         Documentation Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.

    Section 2.02   Amendments to  Article  VI.   Section  6.09(e)  of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

         "(e)  routine  loans  or  advances  to  employees  made in the ordinary
    course of business not to exceed  (A) $1,500,000 at any one time outstanding
    to any one employee and (B) $5,000,000 in the aggregate;"


                            ARTICLE III.  CONDITIONS

    The enforceability of this First Amendment against the Administrative Agent,
the Documentation Agent, the Issuing Bank and the  Lenders  is  subject  to  the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

    Section 3.01   Loan Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received
multiple  original  counterparts,  as  requested by the Administrative Agent, of
this First Amendment executed and delivered  by a duly authorized officer of the
Company, each of the Guarantors, the  Administrative  Agent,  the  Documentation
Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, as applicable;

    Section 3.02   Corporate Proceedings  of  Loan  Parties.  The Administrative
Agent shall have received multiple copies, as requested  by  the  Administrative
Agent,  of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, of the Boards of Directors of the

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Company and the Guarantors, authorizing  the execution, delivery and performance
of  this  First  Amendment,  each  such  copy  being  attached  to  an  original
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of  the  Company  or  the
Guarantors,  as  applicable, dated as of the Effective Date, certifying (i) that
the resolutions  attached  thereto  are  true,  correct  and  complete copies of
resolutions duly adopted by written consents or at meetings  of  the  Boards  of
Directors,  (ii)  that  such resolutions constitute all resolutions adopted with
respect to the  transactions  contemplated  hereby,  (iii) that such resolutions
have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded as of the Effective  Date,
(iv) that the respective articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company and
the  Guarantors  have not been amended or otherwise modified since the effective
date of  the  Credit  Agreement,  except  pursuant  to  any  amendments attached
thereto, and (v) as to the incumbency and  signature  of  the  officers  of  the
Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, executing this First Amendment.

    Section  3.03   Representations  and  Warranties.  Except as affected by the
transactions contemplated in the Credit Agreement and this First Amendment, each
of the representations and warranties made  by the Company and the Guarantors in
or pursuant to the Financing Documents, including the Credit Agreement, shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date, as  if  made
on and as of such date.

    Section  3.04   No  Default.   No  Default  or  Event  of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing as of the Effective Date.

    Section  3.05   Security  Instruments.   All  of  the  Security  Instruments
(subject to any partial releases thereof) shall  be in full force and effect and
provide to the Administrative Agent the security intended thereby to secure  the
Indebtedness.

    Section  3.06   Other Instruments or Documents.  The Administrative Agent or
any Lender or  counsel  to  the  Administrative  Agent  shall receive such other
instruments or documents as they may reasonably request.


                           ARTICLE IV.  MISCELLANEOUS

    Section 4.01   Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation of Credit  Agreement.
Each of the Company, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation
Agent,  the  Issuing  Bank and the Lenders does hereby adopt, ratify and confirm
the Credit Agreement, as amended  hereby,  and  acknowledges and agrees that the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, is and remains in full force and effect.

    Section 4.02   Ratification  and  Affirmation  of  Guaranty.   Each  of  the
Guarantors  hereby expressly (i) acknowledges the terms of this First Amendment,
(ii) ratifies and affirms its obligations  under the Second Amended and Restated
Guaranty Agreement dated as of January 28, 1997, in favor of the  Administrative
Agent,  the  Documentation  Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise  modified  ("Guaranty Agreement"), (iii) acknowledges,
renews and extends its continued liability  under  the  Guaranty  Agreement  and
agrees that such Guaranty

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Agreement  remains  in  full  force  and  effect;  and  (iv)  guarantees  to the
Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender
to promptly pay when due  all  amounts  owing  or  to  be  owing by it under the
Guaranty Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof.

    Section 4.03   Successors  and  Assigns.   This  First  Amendment  shall  be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

    Section 4.04   Counterparts.  This First Amendment may be executed by one or
more  of  the  parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of
such counterparts taken together shall be  deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument and shall be enforceable as of the Effective Date upon the  execution
of  one  or  more  counterparts  hereof  by  the  Company,  the  Guarantors, the
Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
In this regard, each of  the  parties  hereto acknowledges that a counterpart of
this First Amendment containing a set of counterpart execution pages  reflecting
the  execution of each party hereto shall be sufficient to reflect the execution
of this First Amendment by each  necessary party hereto and shall constitute one
instrument.

    Section 4.05   Number and Gender.  Whenever the context requires,  reference
herein  made to the single number shall be understood to include the plural; and
likewise, the  plural  shall  be  understood  to  include  the  singular.  Words
denoting sex shall be construed to include the masculine, feminine  and  neuter,
when  such  construction  is  appropriate;  and  specific  enumeration shall not
exclude the general but shall be  construed as cumulative.  Definitions of terms
defined in the singular or plural shall be equally applicable to the  plural  or
singular, as the case may be, unless otherwise indicated.

    Section  4.06   Entire  Agreement.   This  First  Amendment  constitutes the
entire agreement among the parties  hereto  with  respect to the subject hereof.
All prior understandings, statements and agreements, whether  written  or  oral,
relating to the subject hereof are superseded by this First Amendment.

    Section  4.07   Invalidity.   In  the  event  that  any  one  or more of the
provisions contained in  this  First  Amendment  shall  for  any  reason be held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this First Amendment.

    Section 4.08   Titles of Articles, Sections and Subsections.  All titles  or
headings  to  Articles,  Sections,  subsections or other divisions of this First
Amendment or the exhibits hereto, if  any,  are  only for the convenience of the
parties and shall not be construed to have any effect or meaning with respect to
the other content of such Articles, Sections, subsections,  other  divisions  or
exhibits,  such  other  content  being  controlling  as  the agreement among the
parties hereto.

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    Section 4.09   Governing  Law.  This  First  Amendment  and  the  rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder and under the  Credit  Agreement  shall  be
governed  by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and
the United States of America.

      THIS  FIRST  AMENDMENT,  THE  CREDIT  AGREEMENT,  AS  AMENDED  AND
      SUPPLEMENTED HEREBY, THE NOTES,  AND THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS
      CONSTITUTE A  WRITTEN  LOAN  AGREEMENT  AND  REPRESENT  THE  FINAL
      AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE  PARTIES  AND  MAY  NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY
      EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS,  OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS
      OF THE PARTIES.

      THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.



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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First  Amendment  to
be  duly  executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as
of the Effective Date.

COMPANY:                     TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION


                             By:   /s/ G. A. Wright
                             Name:     G. A. Wright
                             Title:    Vice President and Treasurer


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ISSUING BANK AND LENDER:     BANQUE PARIBAS, individually, as an Issuing
                             Bank and as Administrative Agent


                             By:   /s/ B. Malone
                             Name:     Brian Malone
                             Title:    Vice President


                             By:   /s/ Barton D. Schouest
                             Name:     Barton D. Schouest
                             Title:    Group Vice President


DOCUMENTATION AGENT,
ISSUING BANK AND LENDER:          THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA


                             By:   /s/ F.C.H. Ashby
                             Name:     F.C.H. Ashby
                             Title:    Senior Manager
                                       Loan Operations

LENDERS:                     BANK OF SCOTLAND


                             By:   /s/ Annie Chin Tat
                             Name:     Annie Chin Tat
                             Title:    Assistant Vice President

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                             CHRISTIANIA BANK OG KREDITKASSE


                             By:   /s/ Williams S. Phillips
                             Name:     Williams S. Phillips
                             Title:    Vice President


                             By:   /s/ Peter M. Dodge
                             Name:     Peter M. Dodge
                             Title:    First Vice President


                             THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
                             Individually and as an Issuing Bank


                             By:   /s/ George R. Schanz
                             Name:     George R. Schanz
                             Title:    Vice President


                             FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH
                             CAROLINA


                             By:   /s/ Michael J. Kolosowsky
                             Name:     Michael J. Kolosowsky
                             Title:    Vice President


                             NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA


                             By:   /s/ Larry L. Sears
                             Name:     Larry L. Sears
                             Title:    Group Vice President


                             By:   /s/ Doug G. Clark
                             Name:     Doug G. Clark
                             Title:    Vice President

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                             THE FROST NATIONAL BANK


                             By:   /s/ Jennifer A. Crabtree
                             Name:     Jennifer A. Crabtree
                             Title:    Associate Relationship Manager


                             DEN NORSKE BANK ASA


                             By:   /s/ Morten Bjornsen
                             Name:     Morten Bjornsen
                             Title:    Senior Vice President


                             By:   /s/ J. Morten Kreutz
                             Name:     J. Morten Kreutz
                             Title:    Vice President


GUARANTORS:                  TESORO ALASKA PETROLEUM COMPANY
                             TESORO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION
                             COMPANY
                             TESORO PETROLEUM COMPANIES, INC.
                             DIGICOMP, INC.
                             TESORO TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS COMPANY
                             INTERIOR FUELS COMPANY
                             TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY
                             TESORO NORTHSTORE COMPANY
                             TESORO REFINING, MARKETING & SUPPLY
                             COMPANY
                             TESORO NATURAL GAS COMPANY
                             TESORO BOLIVIA PETROLEUM COMPANY
                             TESORO VOSTOK COMPANY
                             KENAI PIPE LINE COMPANY
                             TESORO MARINE SERVICES COMPANY
                             TESORO COASTWIDE SERVICES COMPANY
                             COASTWIDE MARINE SERVICES, INC.


                             By:   /s/ G. A. Wright
                             Name:     G. A. Wright
                             Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

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                             TESORO GAS RESOURCES COMPANY, INC.
                             TESORO FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY


                             By:   /s/ J. B. Fabian
                             Name:     J. B. Fabian
                             Title:    President


                             VICTORY FINANCE COMPANY


                             By:   /s/ David W. Dupert
                             Name:     David W. Dupert
                             Title:    President

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                             TESORO E&P COMPANY, L.P.

                             By:  TESORO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION
                                  COMPANY, as its general partner


                             By:   /s/ G. A. Wright
                                       G. A. Wright
                                       Vice President and Treasurer

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                              SECOND AMENDMENT TO
                     AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                     Among


                          TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
                                 as the Company


                                      and


                                 BANQUE PARIBAS
         Individually, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent,


                            THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
                    Individually and as Documentation Agent


                                      and


                           THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
                        NOW OR HEREAFTER PARTIES HERETO



                         Effective as of March 31, 1997

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                             Page

ARTICLE I.  DEFINITIONS
    Section 1.01   Terms Defined Above . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
    Section 1.02   Terms Defined in Credit Agreement . . . . . .1
    Section 1.03   Other Definitional Provisions . . . . . . . .1

ARTICLE II.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
    Section 2.01   Amendments and Supplements to Definitions . .2
    Section 2.02   Amendments to Article V . . . . . . . . . . .2
    Section 2.03   Amendments to Article VI. . . . . . . . . . .3

ARTICLE III.  CONDITIONS
    Section 3.01   Loan Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
    Section 3.02   Corporate Proceedings of Loan Parties . . . .4
    Section 3.03   Representations and Warranties. . . . . . . .4
    Section 3.04   No Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
    Section 3.05   Security Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . .4
    Section 3.06   Other Instruments or Documents. . . . . . . .4

ARTICLE IV.  MISCELLANEOUS
    Section 4.01   Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation of
                     Credit Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
    Section 4.02   Ratification and Affirmation of Guaranty. . .4
    Section 4.03   Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . .5
    Section 4.04   Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
    Section 4.05   Number and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
    Section 4.06   Entire Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
    Section 4.07   Invalidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
    Section 4.08   Titles of Articles, Sections and Subsections.5
    Section 4.09   Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

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                       SECOND AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENT TO
                                CREDIT AGREEMENT


    This SECOND  AMENDMENT  AND  SUPPLEMENT  TO  CREDIT  AGREEMENT (this "Second
Amendment") executed effective as of March 31, 1997 (the "Effective  Date"),  is
by   and  among  TESORO  PETROLEUM  CORPORATION,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company");  BANQUE  PARIBAS,   individually,   as   an   Issuing  Bank  and  as
Administrative Agent, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, individually and as Documentation
Agent, and each of the lenders that is a signatory hereto  or  which  becomes  a
party  hereto  as  provided  in  Section  9.07  (individually,  a  "Lender" and,
collectively, the "Lenders").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

    WHEREAS, the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders  are  parties  to that certain Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 1996, as  amended  by  First  Amendment  to
Amended  and  Restated  Credit Agreement dated as of March 21, 1997 (the "Credit
Agreement"), pursuant to  which  the  Lenders  agreed  to  make  loans and issue
Letters of Credit to and for the account of the Company; and

    WHEREAS,  the  Company,  the  Guarantors,  the  Administrative  Agent,   the
Documentation Agent, and the Lenders desire to amend the Credit Agreement in the
particulars hereinafter provided;

    NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:


                            ARTICLE I.  DEFINITIONS

    Section 1.01   Terms Defined Above.  As  used in this Second Amendment, each
of  the  terms  "Company",  "Credit  Agreement",   "Effective   Date",   "Second
Amendment",  and  "Lenders"  shall  have  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term
hereinabove.

    Section  1.02   Terms Defined in Credit Agreement.  Each term defined in the
Credit Agreement and  used  herein  without  definition  shall  have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement, unless expressly provided to  the
contrary.

    Section 1.03   Other Definitional Provisions.

         (a)  The  words  "hereby",  "herein",  "hereinafter", "hereof",
    "hereto" and "hereunder" when  used  in  this Second Amendment shall
    refer to this Second Amendment as a whole and not to any  particular
    Article, Section, subsection or provision of this Second Amendment.

         (b)  Section,  subsection  and Exhibit references herein are to
    such Sections, subsections  and  Exhibits  to  this Second Amendment
    unless otherwise specified.

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                  ARTICLE II.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

    The Company, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the  Issuing
Bank  and  the  Lenders  agree  that  the  Credit  Agreement  is hereby amended,
effective as of the Effective Date, in the following particulars.

    Section 2.01   Amendments and Supplements to Definitions.

         (a)  The definition  of  "Agreement"  in  Section  1.01  of the
    Credit Agreement is hereby amended to mean the Credit Agreement,  as
    amended  by  this  Second Amendment and as the same may from time to
    time be further amended, supplemented or modified.

         (b)  Section 1.01 of  the  Credit  Agreement  is hereby further
    amended and supplemented by  adding  the  following  new  definition
    where  alphabetically  appropriate,  which  reads in its entirety as
    follows:

              "Second  Amendment"   shall   mean   that  certain  Second
         Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as  of
         March  31,  1997,  by and among the Company, the Administrative
         Agent,  the  Documentation  Agent,  the  Issuing  Bank  and the
         Lenders.

    Section 2.02   Amendments to  Article  V.  Section  5.15(e)  of  the  Credit
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

         "(e)  Engineering  Reports.  Promptly after December 31st and June 30th
    of each year, but in no event  later  than 60 days after such date, a report
    (the "Reserve Report") in form and substance satisfactory  to  the  Majority
    Lenders,  and in the case of the December 31 Reserve Report, prepared by the
    engineering staff  of  the  Company  and  audited  by  Netherland,  Sewell &
    Associates or other independent petroleum consultant(s)  acceptable  to  the
    Majority  Lenders  (the  previous  acceptability of an independent petroleum
    consultant satisfactory to the  Majority  Lenders  shall  have no bearing on
    such consultant's present or future  acceptability),  which  Reserve  Report
    shall  evaluate  the Hydrocarbon reserves included in the Mortgaged Property
    as of each such date  and  which  shall, together with any other information
    reasonably requested by any Lender, set forth the total  Proved  Hydrocarbon
    reserves  by  accepted  and  customary reserve category attributable to such
    Mortgaged Property, together with a projection of the rate of production and
    future net income with respect thereto  as  of  each such date.  The June 30
    Reserve Report  shall  be  an  unaudited  Reserve  Report  prepared  by  the
    engineering  staff  of  the Company and shall update the most recent Reserve
    Report.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  (i)  if  the  Company or any of its
    Subsidiaries acquires  additional  Oil  and  Gas  Properties  that,  in  the
    determination of the Majority Lenders, materially affects

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    the  E&P  Borrowing  Base,  then  the  Majority  Lenders may require that an
    initial  Reserve  Report  relating  to  such  newly  acquired  Oil  and  Gas
    Properties  be  prepared  by  Netherland,   Sewell  &  Associates  or  other
    independent petroleum consultants acceptable to the Majority Lenders, to  be
    delivered  to the Lenders concurrently with the next required Reserve Report
    and (ii) if there is a  material  adverse  effect  on Tesoro LP because of a
    change  in  the  value  of  the  Hydrocarbon  reserves   included   in   the
    determination  of the E&P Borrowing Base (other than solely as the result of
    a change in the price of natural gas), then the Majority Lenders may require
    that a Reserve Report relating to all of the Oil and Gas Properties included
    in the determination of the  E&P  Borrowing  Base be prepared by Netherland,
    Sewell & Associates or other independent petroleum consultants acceptable to
    the Majority Lenders, to be delivered  within  60  days  after  the  request
    therefor by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Majority Lenders."

    Section 2.03   Amendments to Article VI.

         (a)  Section  6.05(n)  of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its
    entirety to read as follows:

              "(n)  Indebtedness,  not  to  exceed  $18,000,000  in  the
         aggregate, incurred by Tesoro  Northstore  or Tesoro Alaska, to
         be  used  for  (i)  the  purchase  (in   fee   or   leasehold),
         construction,  and/or upgrading of retail outlet stores or (ii)
         modifications  to  the   hydrocracker   located  at  the  Kenai
         Refinery,  subject,   however,   to   the   execution   of   an
         intercreditor  agreement  satisfactory in form and substance to
         the Administrative Agent and Documentation Agent."

    (b)  Section 6.06(p) of the  Credit  Agreement  is  hereby  amended  in  its
    entirety to read as follows:

              "(p)  Liens securing  up  to  $18,000,000  of Indebtedness
         permitted by Section 6.05(n);"


                            ARTICLE III.  CONDITIONS

    The  enforceability  of  this  Second  Amendment  against the Administrative
Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Issuing  Bank  and the Lenders is subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

    Section 3.01   Loan Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received
multiple original counterparts, as requested by  the  Administrative  Agent,  of
this Second Amendment executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the
Company,  each  of  the  Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation
Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, as applicable;

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    Section 3.02  Corporate  Proceedings  of  Loan  Parties.  The Administrative
Agent shall have received multiple copies, as requested  by  the  Administrative
Agent,  of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent,  of  the  Boards  of  Directors  of  the  Company  and the
Guarantors, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of  this  Second
Amendment,  each  such  copy  being  attached  to an original certificate of the
Secretary or  an  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Company  or  the Guarantors, as
applicable, dated as of the Effective Date, certifying (i) that the  resolutions
attached  thereto  are  true,  correct  and  complete copies of resolutions duly
adopted by written consents or at meetings of the Boards of Directors, (ii) that
such  resolutions  constitute  all  resolutions  adopted  with  respect  to  the
transactions contemplated hereby,  (iii)  that  such  resolutions  have not been
amended, modified, revoked or rescinded as of the Effective Date, (iv) that  the
respective  articles  of  incorporation  and  bylaws  of  the  Company  and  the
Guarantors  have not been amended or otherwise modified since the effective date
of the Credit Agreement, except pursuant to any amendments attached thereto, and
(v) as to the incumbency and  signature  of  the  officers of the Company or the
Guarantors, as applicable, executing this Second Amendment.

    Section 3.03   Representations and Warranties.  Except as  affected  by  the
transactions  contemplated  in  the  Credit Agreement and this Second Amendment,
each  of  the  representations  and  warranties  made  by  the  Company  and the
Guarantors in or pursuant to  the  Financing  Documents,  including  the  Credit
Agreement,  shall  be  true  and  correct  in  all  material  respects as of the
Effective Date, as if made on and as of such date.

    Section 3.04   No  Default.   No  Default  or  Event  of  Default shall have
occurred and be continuing as of the Effective Date.

    Section  3.05   Security  Instruments.   All  of  the  Security  Instruments
(subject to any partial releases thereof) shall be in full force and effect  and
provide  to the Administrative Agent the security intended thereby to secure the
Indebtedness.

    Section 3.06   Other Instruments or  Documents.  The Administrative Agent or
any Lender or counsel to the  Administrative  Agent  shall  receive  such  other
instruments or documents as they may reasonably request.


                           ARTICLE IV.  MISCELLANEOUS

    Section  4.01   Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation of Credit Agreement.
Each of the Company, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation
Agent, the Issuing Bank and  the  Lenders  does hereby adopt, ratify and confirm
the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and acknowledges and  agrees  that  the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, is and remains in full force and effect.

    Section  4.02   Ratification  and  Affirmation  of  Guaranty.   Each  of the
Guarantors hereby expressly (i) acknowledges the terms of this Second Amendment,
(ii) ratifies and affirms its obligations under the Second Amended and  Restated
Guaranty Agreement dated as of

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January 28, 1997, in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent,
the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
("Guaranty  Agreement"),  (iii)  acknowledges,  renews and extends its continued
liability under the Guaranty Agreement  and  agrees that such Guaranty Agreement
remains in full force and effect; and  (iv)  guarantees  to  the  Administrative
Agent,  the  Documentation  Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender to promptly
pay when due all amounts owing or to be owing by it under the Guaranty Agreement
pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof.

    Section 4.03   Successors  and  Assigns.   This  Second  Amendment  shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

    Section 4.04   Counterparts.  This Second Amendment may be executed  by  one
or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of
such  counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument and shall be enforceable as  of the Effective Date upon the execution
of one  or  more  counterparts  hereof  by  the  Company,  the  Guarantors,  the
Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
In  this  regard,  each of the parties hereto acknowledges that a counterpart of
this Second Amendment containing a set of counterpart execution pages reflecting
the execution of each party hereto  shall be sufficient to reflect the execution
of this Second Amendment by each necessary party hereto and shall constitute one
instrument.

    Section 4.05   Number and Gender.  Whenever the context requires,  reference
herein  made to the single number shall be understood to include the plural; and
likewise, the  plural  shall  be  understood  to  include  the  singular.  Words
denoting sex shall be construed to include the masculine, feminine  and  neuter,
when  such  construction  is  appropriate;  and  specific  enumeration shall not
exclude the general but shall be  construed as cumulative.  Definitions of terms
defined in the singular or plural shall be equally applicable to the  plural  or
singular, as the case may be, unless otherwise indicated.

    Section  4.06   Entire  Agreement.   This  Second  Amendment constitutes the
entire agreement among the parties  hereto  with  respect to the subject hereof.
All prior understandings, statements and agreements, whether  written  or  oral,
relating to the subject hereof are superseded by this Second Amendment.

    Section  4.07   Invalidity.   In  the  event  that  any  one  or more of the
provisions contained in  this  Second  Amendment  shall  for  any reason be held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Second Amendment.

    Section 4.08   Titles of Articles, Sections and Subsections.  All titles  or
headings  to  Articles,  Sections, subsections or other divisions of this Second
Amendment or the exhibits hereto, if  any,  are  only for the convenience of the
parties and shall not be construed to have any effect or meaning with

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respect to the other content of  such  Articles,  Sections,  subsections,  other
divisions  or  exhibits,  such  other content being controlling as the agreement
among the parties hereto.

    Section 4.09   Governing  Law.  This  Second  Amendment  and  the rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder and under the  Credit  Agreement  shall  be
governed  by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and
the United States of America.

    THIS  SECOND  AMENDMENT,  THE   CREDIT  AGREEMENT,  AS  AMENDED  AND
    SUPPLEMENTED HEREBY, THE NOTES, AND THE  OTHER  FINANCING  DOCUMENTS
    CONSTITUTE   A  WRITTEN  LOAN  AGREEMENT  AND  REPRESENT  THE  FINAL
    AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE  PARTIES  AND  MAY  NOT  BE  CONTRADICTED BY
    EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF
    THE PARTIES.

    THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.


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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment  to
be  duly  executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as
of the Effective Date.

COMPANY:                     TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION


                             By:   /s/ G. A. Wright
                             Name:     G. A. Wright
                             Title:    Vice President and Treasurer


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ISSUING BANK AND LENDER:     BANQUE PARIBAS, individually, as an Issuing
                             Bank and as Administrative Agent


                             By:   /s/ B. Malone
                             Name:     Brian Malone
                             Title:    Vice President


                             By:   /s/ Larry Robinson
                             Name:     Larry Robinson
                             Title:    Vice President


DOCUMENTATION AGENT,
ISSUING BANK AND LENDER:          THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA


                             By:   /s/ F.C.H. Ashby
                             Name:     F.C.H. Ashby
                             Title:    Senior Manager
                                       Loan Operations

LENDERS:                     BANK OF SCOTLAND


                             By:   /s/ Annie Chin Tat
                             Name:     Annie Chin Tat
                             Title:    Assistant Vice President

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                             CHRISTIANIA BANK OG KREDITKASSE


                             By:   /s/ Williams S. Phillips
                             Name:     Williams S. Phillips
                             Title:    Vice President


                             By:   /s/ Peter M. Dodge
                             Name:     Peter M. Dodge
                             Title:    First Vice President


                             THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
                             Individually and as an Issuing Bank


                             By:   /s/ D. Andrew Bateman
                             Name:     D. Andrew Bateman
                             Title:    Authorized Agent


                             FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH
                             CAROLINA


                             By:   /s/ Michael J. Kolosowsky
                             Name:     Michael J. Kolosowsky
                             Title:    Vice President


                             NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA


                             By:   /s/ John T. Dixon
                             Name:     John T. Dixon
                             Title:    Vice President


                             By:   /s/ Doug G. Clark
                             Name:     Doug G. Clark
                             Title:    Vice President

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                             THE FROST NATIONAL BANK


                             By:   /s/ Jim Crosby
                             Name:     Jim Crosby
                             Title:    SVP


                             DEN NORSKE BANK ASA


                             By:   /s/ Byron L. Cooley
                             Name:     Byron L. Cooley
                             Title:    Senior Vice President


                             By:   /s/ Morten Bjornsen
                             Name:     Morten Bjornsen
                             Title:    Senior Vice President


GUARANTORS:                  TESORO ALASKA PETROLEUM COMPANY
                             TESORO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION
                             COMPANY
                             TESORO PETROLEUM COMPANIES, INC.
                             DIGICOMP, INC.
                             TESORO TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS COMPANY
                             INTERIOR FUELS COMPANY
                             TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY
                             TESORO NORTHSTORE COMPANY
                             TESORO REFINING, MARKETING & SUPPLY
                             COMPANY
                             TESORO NATURAL GAS COMPANY
                             TESORO BOLIVIA PETROLEUM COMPANY
                             TESORO VOSTOK COMPANY
                             KENAI PIPE LINE COMPANY
                             TESORO MARINE SERVICES COMPANY
                             TESORO COASTWIDE SERVICES COMPANY
                             COASTWIDE MARINE SERVICES, INC.


                             By:   /s/ G. A. Wright
                             Name:     G. A. Wright
                             Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

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                             TESORO GAS RESOURCES COMPANY, INC.
                             TESORO FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY


                             By:   /s/ J. B. Fabian
                             Name:     Jeffrey B. Fabian
                             Title:    President


                             VICTORY FINANCE COMPANY


                             By:   /s/ David W. Dupert
                             Name:     David W. Dupert
                             Title:    President


                             TESORO E&P COMPANY, L.P.

                             By:  TESORO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION
                                  COMPANY, as its general partner


                             By:   /s/ G. A. Wright
                             Name:     G. A. Wright
                             Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

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                               THIRD AMENDMENT TO
                     AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                     Among


                          TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
                                 as the Company


                                      and


                                 BANQUE PARIBAS
         Individually, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent,


                            THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
                    Individually and as Documentation Agent


                                      and


                           THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
                        NOW OR HEREAFTER PARTIES HERETO



                       Effective as of September 15, 1997


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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                   Page

                            ARTICLE I.  DEFINITIONS

    Section 1.01   Terms Defined Above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
    Section 1.02   Terms Defined in Credit Agreement . . . . . . . .1
    Section 1.03   Other Definitional Provisions . . . . . . . . . .1

          ARTICLE II.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

    Section 2.01   Amendments and Supplements to Definitions . . . .2
    Section 2.02   Amendments to Article II. . . . . . . . . . . . .5
    Section 2.03   Amendments to Article V . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
    Section 2.04   Amendments to Article VI. . . . . . . . . . . . .6

                    ARTICLE III.  CONDITIONS

    Section 3.01   Loan Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
    Section 3.02   Corporate Proceedings of Loan Parties . . . . . .8
    Section 3.03   Representations and Warranties. . . . . . . . . .8
    Section 3.04   No Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
    Section 3.05   Security Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
    Section 3.06   Other Instruments or Documents. . . . . . . . . .8

                   ARTICLE IV.  MISCELLANEOUS

    Section 4.01   Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation of
                    Credit Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
    Section 4.02   Ratification and Affirmation of Guaranty. . . . .9
    Section 4.03   Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
    Section 4.04   Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
    Section 4.05   Number and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
    Section 4.06   Entire Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
    Section 4.07   Invalidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
    Section 4.08   Titles of Articles, Sections and Subsections. . 10
    Section 4.09   Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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                               THIRD AMENDMENT TO
                     AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT


    This THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED  AND  RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Third
Amendment") executed effective as of September 15, 1997 (the "Effective  Date"),
is  by  and  among  TESORO  PETROLEUM  CORPORATION,  a Delaware corporation (the
"Company");  BANQUE  PARIBAS,   individually,   as   an   Issuing  Bank  and  as
Administrative Agent, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, individually and as Documentation
Agent, and each of the lenders that is a signatory hereto  or  which  becomes  a
party  hereto  as  provided  in  Section  9.07  (individually,  a  "Lender" and,
collectively, the "Lenders").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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    WHEREAS, the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders  are  parties  to that certain Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 1996, as  amended  by  First  Amendment  to
Amended  and  Restated  Credit  Agreement  dated as of March 21, 1997 and Second
Amendment to Amended and Restated  Credit  Agreement  dated as of March 31, 1997
(the "Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to make loans and
issue Letters of Credit to and for the account of the Company; and

    WHEREAS,  the  Company,  the  Guarantors,  the  Administrative  Agent,   the
Documentation Agent, and the Lenders desire to amend the Credit Agreement in the
particulars hereinafter provided;

    NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:


                            ARTICLE I.  DEFINITIONS

    Section 1.01 Terms Defined Above.  As  used in this Third Amendment, each of
the terms "Company", "Credit Agreement", "Effective  Date",  "Third  Amendment",
and "Lenders" shall have the meaning assigned to such term hereinabove.

    Section  1.02  Terms  Defined in Credit Agreement.  Each term defined in the
Credit Agreement and  used  herein  without  definition  shall  have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement, unless expressly provided to  the
contrary.

    Section 1.03 Other Definitional Provisions.

         (a)  The  words  "hereby",  "herein", "hereinafter", "hereof", "hereto"
    and "hereunder" when used in this  Third Amendment shall refer to this Third
    Amendment as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section,  subsection
    or provision of this Third Amendment.

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         (b)  Section, subsection and Exhibit  references  herein  are  to  such
    Sections,  subsections and Exhibits to this Third Amendment unless otherwise
    specified.


                  ARTICLE II.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

    The Company, the Administrative Agent,  the Documentation Agent, the Issuing
Bank and the  Lenders  agree  that  the  Credit  Agreement  is  hereby  amended,
effective as of the Effective Date, in the following particulars.

    Section 2.01   Amendments and Supplements to Definitions.

         (a)  The  definition  of  "Agreement"  in  Section  1.01  of the Credit
    Agreement is hereby amended to mean the Credit Agreement, as amended by this
    Third Amendment and as the same  may  from  time to time be further amended,
    supplemented or modified.

         (b)  The following terms, which are defined  in  Section  1.01  of  the
    Credit Agreement, are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows:

              "Applicable  Margin"  shall  mean (i) 0% per annum with respect to
         Base Rate Loans, and  (ii)  1.0%  per  annum with respect to Eurodollar
         Loans; provided,  however,  that  during  any  Deficiency  Period,  the
         "Applicable  Margin" as would otherwise be in effect shall be increased
         by 2.0% per annum for both Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans.

              "Borrowing Base" shall mean at  any  time  the amount equal to the
         sum of (i) eighty five percent (85%) of  Eligible  Accounts  plus  (ii)
         seventy  percent  (70%)  of  the Loan Value of Eligible Inventory; plus
         (iii) one hundred percent (100%) of the E&P Borrowing Base.

              "Cash Flow" shall mean,  as  to  any  Person,  the  sum of the net
         income of such Person after taxes for any period plus,  to  the  extent
         deducted  from  net  income,  all  non-cash  items,  including, but not
         limited to,  depreciation,  depletion  and  impairment, amortization of
         leasehold and intangibles, deferred taxes and write-offs of exploration
         costs and producing lease abandonments plus, but  without  duplication,
         to the extent deducted from net income, cash not to exceed $15,000,000,
         and  all  non-cash  items  related  to  that  certain special incentive
         compensation award program which will  be funded if the Company's stock
         price reaches an average price per share  of  $20  or  higher  over  20
         consecutive  trading  days after June 30, 1997, and before December 31,
         1998; in each case for such period and determined as to such Person.

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              "Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" shall mean, at any time and from
         time  to  time,  the  sum of preferred or common stock not subject to a
         mandatory redemption  obligation  (other  than  a  mandatory redemption
         obligation that can be satisfied by the tendering of  common  stock  of
         the  Company)  as  of  the  date  of determination, par value of common
         stock,  additional  paid-in  capital   of  common  stock  and  retained
         earnings, plus to the extent deducted from  net  income,  cash  not  to
         exceed  $15,000,000  and  all  non-cash  items  related to that certain
         special incentive compensation award  program  which  will be funded if
         the Company's stock price reaches an average price per share of $20  or
         higher over 20 consecutive trading days after June 30, 1997, and before
         December 31, 1998, less treasury stock (if any), less goodwill, cost in
         excess  of  net  assets  acquired  and all other assets as are properly
         classified as intangible assets,  all  as  determined as to the Company
         and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

              "EBITDA" shall mean, as to the Company and its Subsidiaries  on  a
         consolidated  basis  and,  for each Rolling Period, the amount equal to
         net income of  the  Company  and  its  Subsidiaries,  less any non-cash
         income included in net income to the extent the applicable cash was not
         received at any time during such Rolling Period, plus,  to  the  extent
         deducted from net income, interest expense, depreciation, depletion and
         impairment,  amortization  of  leasehold and intangible, other non-cash
         expenses (including, but not limited to taxes (excluding Bolivian taxes
         paid in kind), plus,  but  without  duplication, to the extent deducted
         from net income, cash not to exceed $15,000,000 and all non-cash  items
         related  to  that  certain special incentive compensation award program
         which will be funded if  the  Company's  stock price reaches an average
         price per share of $20 or higher over 20 consecutive trading days after
         June 30, 1997, and before December 31, 1998; provided, that,  gains  or
         losses on the disposition of assets shall not be included in EBITDA.

              "Eligible  Inventory"  shall  mean, at any time, all inventory (as
         such term is defined in Section  9-109(4)  of the UCC) of the Inventory
         Borrowing Base Parties,  including,  without  limitation,  but  without
         duplication,   the  In  Transit  Inventory,  inventory  in  the  Tesoro
         Terminals, inventory at  the  KPL  Facility  (as  defined in clause (x)
         below), and  Consigned  Inventory  for  which  each  of  the  following
         statements  is accurate and complete (and the Company by including such
         inventory in any computation of  the  Borrowing Base shall be deemed to
         represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent,  each  Issuing  Bank
         and each Lender the accuracy and completeness of such statements):

              (a)  Said inventory is, and at all times will be, free  and  clear
         of all Liens (except for perfected Liens in favor of the Administrative
         Agent  and,  in  the  case  of  In  Transit  Inventory described in the
         definition of In Transit Inventory below, Liens securing the payment of
         tariffs owed by Tesoro Alaska to a common carrier

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         transporting  feedstocks  or   blendstocks   through  the  Trans-Alaska
         Pipeline System or  the  KPL  Facility,  as  defined  below),  and  the
         Administrative  Agent has a first priority, perfected security interest
         in such inventory;

              (b)  Said inventory does not include capitalized goods  which  are
         part of inventory of any Inventory Borrowing Base Party;

              (c)  Said   inventory   is   located  in  the  states  of  Alaska,
         California,  Texas,  Louisiana,  Oregon  or  Washington,  or  the Yukon
         territory or British  Columbia,  Canada,  or  to  the  extent  that  it
         qualifies as In Transit Inventory, is located in the territorial waters
         of   the  states  of  Alaska,  California,  Oregon,  Texas,  Louisiana,
         Washington or the Yukon territory  or British Columbia, Canada (and not
         in international waters); and

              (d)  Said inventory, excluding Consigned Inventory, is not  stored
         at any terminal other than a Tesoro Terminal.

    For  purposes  of this definition, "In Transit Inventory" shall mean, at any
    time, feedstocks, blendstocks or refined products, including asphalt, solely
    owned by an Inventory Borrowing Base Party that are in transit:

              (x)  to the Kenai Refinery  (i)  from  Pump  Station  No. 1 on the
         Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, including feedstocks  or  blendstocks  in
         storage  at  the Valdez Terminal in Valdez, Alaska, (ii) in a tanker or
         barge  located  within  Alaska,  California,  Washington  or  the Yukon
         territory or British Columbia, Canada or their  respective  territorial
         waters  (and  not in international waters) that has been time chartered
         by any Inventory Borrowing  Base  Party,  (iii)  in or on any pipeline,
         terminal, dock or storage tank of the KPL in the area  of  Cook  Inlet,
         Alaska  (the "KPL Facility"), or (iv) in the Cook Inlet pipeline system
         in the area of Cook  Inlet, Alaska, including feedstocks or blendstocks
         in storage at the Drift River Terminal in Drift River, Alaska;

              (y)  from the Kenai Refinery (i) in  a  tanker  or  barge  located
         within Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington or the Yukon territory or
         British  Columbia,  Canada  or their respective territorial waters (and
         not in  international  waters)  that  has  been  time  chartered by any
         Inventory Borrowing Base Party, (ii) in the Anchorage Pipeline owned by
         Tesoro Alaska Pipeline Company (formerly known as  the  Nikiski  Alaska
         Pipeline),  or  (iii)  in  the  KPL  Facility (as defined in Clause (x)
         above); or

              (z)  between  Alaska,  California,  Washington,  Texas,  Louisiana
         Oregon or the Yukon territory or  British Columbia, Canada and in their
         respective territorial waters (and not in international waters) and  is
         inventory  in  which  the Administrative Agent has been granted a first
         priority perfected Lien which is in effect at such time.

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         (c)  Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended and
    supplemented by adding  the  following  new definitions where alphabetically
    appropriate, which reads in their entirety as follows:

              "Consigned Inventory" shall mean inventory owned by  an  Inventory
         Borrowing  Base  Party  being  held  in  storage tanks of a third party
         pursuant to a consignment  arrangement between such Inventory Borrowing
         Base Party and such third party, but  not  commingled  with  any  other
         inventory  or goods of such third party or other Persons, and for which
         such Inventory Borrowing Base Party  has complied with the requirements
         of the Uniform Commercial Code, including Section 9.114  thereof,  such
         that  such  Inventory  Borrowing  Base  Party will have priority over a
         secured party who is or becomes a creditor of such third party.

              "Third Amendment"  shall  mean  that  certain  Third  Amendment to
         Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September  15,  1997,
         by  and  among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation
         Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.

    Section 2.02   Amendments to  Article  II.   Section  2.20(a)  of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by  replacing  the  last  sentence  thereof  in  its
entirety with the following sentence:

    "During  the period from and after the effective date of the Third Amendment
    until the next Redetermination  Date  occurring  after October, 1997, unless
    redetermined pursuant to any unscheduled redeterminations, the amount of the
    E&P Borrowing Base shall be $56,000,000."

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<PAGE>
    Section 2.03   Amendments to  Article  V.  Section  5.15(h)  of  the  Credit
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

         "(h)  Quarterly  Borrowing  Base  Reports.  As soon as available and in
    any event by the 105th day after  the  end of the fourth calendar quarter of
    each year and the 60th day after the end of each of the first three calendar
    quarters of each year of the Company,  a  quarterly  Borrowing  Base  Report
    dated  and  reflecting  amounts  as of the last day of such calendar year or
    quarter, as the case may  be,  which  have  been reconciled to the financial
    statements delivered pursuant to Subsection 5.15(a) or (b), as the case  may
    be, and in the case of the fourth calendar quarter, as soon as available and
    in any event by the 60th day after the end of the fourth calendar quarter of
    each  year,  a preliminary Borrowing Base Report for the prior four calendar
    quarters  not  reconciled  to  such  financial  statements,  upon  which the
    Borrowing Base will be determined for the interim period  until  receipt  of
    the reconciled Borrowing Base Report for such period; provided, however, the
    Majority  Lenders  may, at any time, require up to four additional Borrowing
    Base Reports per calender year and  the  Company may, at any time, submit up
    to four additional Borrowing Base Reports per calender year, in addition  to
    the  four  additional  Borrowing  Base  Reports  required  by  the  Majority
    Lenders."

    Section 2.04   Amendments to Article VI.

    (a)  Section  6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:

         "Section 6.01  Consolidated  Tangible  Net  Worth.  Permit Consolidated
    Tangible Net Worth as of the end of the calendar quarter  to  be  less  than
    $189,950,000  plus  75%  of the Company's consolidated net income aggregated
    for each of the  calendar  quarters  from  and  after  July 1, 1997 in which
    consolidated net income is positive; provided if at  any  time  the  Company
    issues  equity  securities  of any kind, such minimum amount of Consolidated
    Tangible Net Worth shall be permanently  increased by an amount equal to 75%
    of the net cash proceeds from the issuance of such equity securities."

    (b)  Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its  entirety
to read as follows:

         "Section 6.02  Consolidated Current  Ratio.   Permit  the  ratio of (i)
    consolidated  current  assets  to  (ii)  consolidated  current   liabilities
    (excluding  current  maturities  of the Notes) to be less than 1.3 to 1.0 at
    any time.  As used in this  Section 6.02 "consolidated current assets" shall
    mean assets which would, in accordance with GAAP,  be  included  as  current
    assets  on  a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries
    and "consolidated current liabilities"  shall  mean liabilities which would,
    in  accordance  with  GAAP,  be  included  as  current  liabilities   on   a
    consolidated

                                      -6-
<PAGE>

    balance  sheet  of  the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, for
    the sole purpose of calculating such ratio, consolidated current liabilities
    shall not include accrued amounts  related to that certain special incentive
    compensation award program which will be funded if the Company's stock price
    reaches an average price per share of $20  or  higher  over  20  consecutive
    trading  days  after  June 30, 1997, and before December 31, 1998, except to
    the extent that the cash component of such accrual exceeds $15,000,000, such
    excess shall be included in consolidated current liabilities."

    (c)  Section 6.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the
second sentence thereof in its entirety to read as follows:

    "As used in this Section 6.03, "cash flow coverage ratio" shall mean, as  to
    the  Company,  and for the Rolling Period ending on such Quarterly Date, the
    ratio of (i) the sum of (A) Cash Flow of the Company and its Subsidiaries on
    a consolidated basis, plus (B) the  difference between (x) the lesser of the
    Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or the Borrowing Base on the last day
    of the applicable Rolling Period and (y) the outstanding principal amount of
    the Revolving Credit Loans on the first day of the last calendar quarter  of
    such  Rolling  Period,  plus  (C)  interest  expense  of the Company and its
    Subsidiaries on a  consolidated  basis  to  (ii)  the  sum  of (A) regularly
    scheduled principal payments of Funded Indebtedness paid in cash,  plus  (B)
    cash  interest expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
    basis, plus (C) capital expenditures by  the Company and its Subsidiaries on
    a consolidated basis, excluding capital expenditures  made  by  way  of  (x)
    exchanges  of  equity  and (y) loans provided by third parties to the extent
    not prohibited by Section 6.05, plus (D) cash dividends actually paid by the
    Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis."

    (d)  Section 6.05  of  the  Credit  Agreement  is  hereby  amended by adding
thereto a new Subsection (o) as follows:

         "(o)  Unsecured letters of credit (other than Letters of Credit) not to
    exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate;  provided,  however,  if  an  unsecured
    letter  of  credit  is  issued  for  the benefit of the State of Alaska, all
    unsecured letters of credit (other than  Letters of Credit) shall not exceed
    $40,000,000 in the aggregate."

    (e)  Clause (v) of Section 6.08 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:

         "(v)  in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000, repurchase  the
    common  stock  issued by the Company from (A) shareholders owning 100 shares
    or less pursuant to an oddlot  buy  back  program and (B) the open market or
    private sales for employee benefit or compensation plans, and"

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<PAGE>
                            ARTICLE III.  CONDITIONS

    The enforceability of this Third Amendment against the Administrative Agent,
the Documentation Agent, the Issuing Bank and the  Lenders  is  subject  to  the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

    Section 3.01   Loan Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received
multiple  original  counterparts,  as  requested by the Administrative Agent, of
this Third Amendment executed and delivered  by a duly authorized officer of the
Company, each of the Guarantors, the  Administrative  Agent,  the  Documentation
Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.

    Section 3.02   Corporate Proceedings  of  Loan  Parties.  The Administrative
Agent shall have received multiple copies, as requested  by  the  Administrative
Agent,  of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent,  of  the  Boards  of  Directors  of  the  Company  and the
Guarantors, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance  of  this  Third
Amendment,  each  such  copy  being  attached  to an original certificate of the
Secretary or  an  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Company  or  the Guarantors, as
applicable, dated as of the Effective Date, certifying (i) that the  resolutions
attached  thereto  are  true,  correct  and  complete copies of resolutions duly
adopted by written consents or at meetings of the Boards of Directors, (ii) that
such  resolutions  constitute  all  resolutions  adopted  with  respect  to  the
transactions contemplated hereby,  (iii)  that  such  resolutions  have not been
amended, modified, revoked or rescinded as of the Effective Date, (iv) that  the
respective  articles  of  incorporation  and  bylaws  of  the  Company  and  the
Guarantors  have not been amended or otherwise modified since the effective date
of the Credit Agreement, except pursuant to any amendments attached thereto, and
(v) as to the incumbency and  signature  of  the  officers of the Company or the
Guarantors, as applicable, executing this Third Amendment.

    Section 3.03   Representations and  Warranties.   Except  as affected by the
transactions contemplated in the Credit Agreement and this Third Amendment, each
of the representations and warranties made by the Company and the Guarantors  in
or pursuant to the Financing Documents, including the Credit Agreement, shall be
true  and  correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date, as if made
on and as of such date.

    Section 3.04   No  Default.   No  Default  or  Event  of  Default shall have
occurred and be continuing as of the Effective Date.

    Section  3.05   Security  Instruments.   All  of  the  Security  Instruments
(subject to any partial releases thereof) shall be in full force and effect  and
provide  to the Administrative Agent the security intended thereby to secure the
Indebtedness.

    Section 3.06   Other Instruments or  Documents.  The Administrative Agent or
any Lender or counsel to the  Administrative  Agent  shall  receive  such  other
instruments or documents as they may reasonably request.

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<PAGE>
                           ARTICLE IV.  MISCELLANEOUS

    Section  4.01   Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation of Credit Agreement.
Each of the Company, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation
Agent, the Issuing Bank and  the  Lenders  does hereby adopt, ratify and confirm
the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and acknowledges and  agrees  that  the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, is and remains in full force and effect.

    Section  4.02   Ratification  and  Affirmation  of  Guaranty.   Each  of the
Guarantors hereby expressly (i) acknowledges  the terms of this Third Amendment,
(ii) ratifies and affirms its obligations under the Second Amended and  Restated
Guaranty  Agreement dated as of January 28, 1997, in favor of the Administrative
Agent, the Documentation Agent, the  Issuing  Bank  and the Lenders, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified ("Guaranty Agreement"),  (iii)  acknowledges,
renews  and  extends  its  continued  liability under the Guaranty Agreement and
agrees that such Guaranty Agreement remains  in  full force and effect; and (iv)
guarantees to the Administrative Agent, the Documentation  Agent,  each  Issuing
Bank  and  each Lender to promptly pay when due all amounts owing or to be owing
by it under the Guaranty Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof.

    Section  4.03   Successors  and  Assigns.   This  Third  Amendment  shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

    Section 4.04   Counterparts.  This Third Amendment may be executed by one or
more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts,  and  all  of
such  counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument and shall be enforceable as  of the Effective Date upon the execution
of one  or  more  counterparts  hereof  by  the  Company,  the  Guarantors,  the
Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
In  this  regard,  each of the parties hereto acknowledges that a counterpart of
this Third Amendment containing a  set of counterpart execution pages reflecting
the execution of each party hereto shall be sufficient to reflect the  execution
of  this Third Amendment by each necessary party hereto and shall constitute one
instrument.

    Section 4.05   Number and Gender.   Whenever the context requires, reference
herein made to the single number shall be understood to include the plural;  and
likewise,  the  plural  shall  be  understood  to  include  the singular.  Words
denoting sex shall be construed  to  include the masculine, feminine and neuter,
when such construction  is  appropriate;  and  specific  enumeration  shall  not
exclude  the general but shall be construed as cumulative.  Definitions of terms
defined in the singular or plural  shall  be equally applicable to the plural or
singular, as the case may be, unless otherwise indicated.

    Section  4.06   Entire  Agreement.   This  Third  Amendment  constitutes the
entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to  the  subject  hereof.
All prior understandings, statements and

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<PAGE>
agreements,  whether  written  or  oral,  relating  to  the  subject  hereof are
superseded by this Third Amendment.

    Section 4.07   Invalidity.  In the  event  that  any  one  or  more  of  the
provisions  contained  in  this  Third  Amendment  shall  for any reason be held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Third Amendment.

    Section 4.08   Titles of Articles, Sections  and Subsections.  All titles or
headings to Articles, Sections, subsections or other  divisions  of  this  Third
Amendment  or  the  exhibits hereto, if any, are only for the convenience of the
parties and shall not be construed to have any effect or meaning with respect to
the other content of  such  Articles,  Sections, subsections, other divisions or
exhibits, such other content  being  controlling  as  the  agreement  among  the
parties hereto.

    Section  4.09   Governing  Law.  This  Third  Amendment  and  the rights and
obligations of the parties  hereunder  and  under  the Credit Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas  and
the United States of America.

        THIS  THIRD  AMENDMENT,  THE  CREDIT  AGREEMENT,  AS  AMENDED  AND
        SUPPLEMENTED  HEREBY, THE NOTES, AND THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS
        CONSTITUTE  A  WRITTEN  LOAN  AGREEMENT  AND  REPRESENT  THE FINAL
        AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES  AND  MAY  NOT  BE  CONTRADICTED  BY
        EVIDENCE  OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS
        OF THE PARTIES.

        THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.



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    IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  caused  this  Third
Amendment to be  duly  executed  and  delivered  by  their proper and duly
authorized officers as of the Effective Date.

COMPANY:                     TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION


                             By:  /s/ G. A. Wright
                             Name:    G.A. Wright
                             Title:   Vice President and Treasurer


GUARANTORS:                  TESORO ALASKA PETROLEUM COMPANY
                             TESORO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION
                             COMPANY
                             TESORO PETROLEUM COMPANIES, INC.
                             DIGICOMP, INC.
                             TESORO TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS COMPANY
                             INTERIOR FUELS COMPANY
                             TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY
                             TESORO NORTHSTORE COMPANY
                             TESORO REFINING, MARKETING & SUPPLY
                             COMPANY
                             TESORO NATURAL GAS COMPANY
                             TESORO BOLIVIA PETROLEUM COMPANY
                             TESORO VOSTOK COMPANY
                             KENAI PIPE LINE COMPANY
                             TESORO MARINE SERVICES COMPANY
                             TESORO COASTWIDE SERVICES COMPANY
                             COASTWIDE MARINE SERVICES, INC.


                             By:  /s/ G. A. Wright
                             Name:    G.A. Wright
                             Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

                             TESORO GAS RESOURCES COMPANY, INC.
                             TESORO FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING
                             COMPANY


                             By:  /s/ Jeffrey B. Fabian
                             Name:    Jeffrey B. Fabian
                             Title:   President

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                             VICTORY FINANCE COMPANY


                             By:  /s/ David W. Dupert
                             Name:    David W. Dupert
                             Title:   President


                             TESORO E&P COMPANY, L.P.

                             By:  TESORO EXPLORATION AND
                                  PRODUCTION COMPANY, as its general
                                  partner


                             By:  /s/ G.A. Wright
                             Name:    G.A. Wright
                             Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ISSUING BANK AND LENDER:     BANQUE PARIBAS, individually, as an Issuing
                             Bank and as Administrative Agent


                             By:  /s/ Brian Malone
                             Name:    Brian Malone
                             Title:   Vice President


                             By:  /s/ Barton D. Schouest
                             Name:    Barton D. Schouest
                             Title:   Managing Director


DOCUMENTATION AGENT,
ISSUING BANK AND LENDER:     THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA


                             By:  /s/ F.C.H. Ashby
                             Name:    F.C.H. Ashby
                             Title:   Senior Manager
                                      Loan Operations

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<PAGE>
LENDERS:                     BANK OF SCOTLAND


                             By:  /s/ Annie Chin Tat
                             Name:    Annie Chin Tat
                             Title:   Vice President


                             CHRISTIANIA BANK OG KREDITKASSE


                             By:  /s/ William S. Phillips
                             Name:    William S. Phillips
                             Title:   Vice President


                             By:  /s/ Peter M. Dodge
                             Name:    Peter M. Dodge
                             Title:   First Vice President


                             THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
                             Individually and as an Issuing Bank


                             By:  /s/ Dixon P. Schultz
                             Name:    Dixon P. Schultz
                             Title:   Vice President


                             FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH
                             CAROLINA


                             By:  /s/ Michael J. Kolosowsky
                             Name:    Michael J. Kolosowsky
                             Title:   Vice President

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<PAGE>
                             NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA


                             By:  /s/ William Handley
                             Name:    William Handley
                             Title:   Vice President


                             By:  /s/ Doug Clark
                             Name:    Doug Clark
                             Title:   Vice President


                             THE FROST NATIONAL BANK


                             By:  /s/ Jim Crosby
                             Name:    Jim Crosby
                             Title:   Senior Vice President


                             DEN NORSKE BANK ASA


                             By:  /s/ Bryon L. Cooley
                             Name:    Bryon L. Cooley
                             Title:   Senior Vice President


                             By:  /s/ William V. Moyer
                             Name:    William V. Moyer
                             Title:   First Vice President

                                      S-4

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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM TESORO
PETROLEUM CORPORATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF AND FOR THE NINE MONTH PERIOD
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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