Port of Vancouver commission District 1 candidate Kris Greene told The Columbian’s Editorial Board Friday that a recent $75,000 contribution from Vancouver Energy was “problematic” for his campaign.

But later that day, the company gave Greene’s campaign $150,000, according to documents filed to the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission on Monday.

“I don’t know that it is a problem,” Greene said Monday of the company’s contributions. “I’ve had a couple people ask me, ‘What do you think people are going to think of that much money coming in?,’ I tell people this is local money from a local company that’s been spending tens of million over the last 30 plus years in our community.”

Vancouver Energy wants build the nation’s largest rail-to-marine oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver. One half of Vancouver Energy is Tesoro Corp., which is now called Andeavor Corp., has been a port tenant since the 1980s.

So far, Vancouver Energy has given Greene $225,000. Tesoro gave him $5,000 in late July. All told, the two companies’ $230,000 in contributions make up just under 84 percent of Greene’s $279,000 campaign fund.