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Expanding The Fuel Your School Program

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. today announced the launch and expansion of the 2014 Fuel Your School program, an innovative collaboration with DonorsChoose.org, an online organization that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. In 2014, the Fuel Your School Program will generate up to $8.6 million in classroom supply funding for educators in 22 U.S. communities in 14 states where Chevron operates, with the help of local Chevron and Texaco marketers in 6 markets.

Chevron Issues (STEM) Call to Action for Business

Chevron Corporation today, as part of National Science Week, issued a call to action to other businesses to join the company in supporting project-based learning methods to increase engagement in STEM and promote engineering design thinking in classrooms across the U.S.

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. Elected to Chevron BOD

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that Jon M. Huntsman Jr. has been elected to Chevron’s board of directors, effective Jan. 15, 2014, and will serve on the company’s Board Nominating and Governance Committee and Public Policy Committee.

$1.5 Million To Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts

SAN RAMON, Calif., Nov. 13, 2013 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced today that it has contributed $1.5 million to the American Red Cross to provide disaster relief assistance to Philippine communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan.

YPF Sign Accord To Develop Vaca Muerta Shale

A subsidiary of the company today signed an agreement with affiliates of the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. that furthers the development of shale oil and gas resources from the Vaca Muerta formation located in the Neuquén province.

Chevron Confirms First Cargo from Angola LNG in 2013

Chevron Corporation’s (NYSE: CVX) subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited today confirmed that initial production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has commenced at the Angola LNG project.

Chevron Contributes to Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced that it has made a $500,000 contribution to the American Red Cross for the relief efforts under way to assist victims of the tornadoes that struck Moore, Oklahoma, earlier this week. In addition, the company will match donations made to the relief effort by its employees and retirees.

Ecuadorean Environmental Claims Disavowed Under Oath by Plaintiffs’ Own Experts

SAN RAMON, Calif., April 12, 2013 – Stratus Consulting has provided sworn declarations outlining the firm’s knowledge of the plaintiffs’ lawyers’ misconduct in the ongoing environmental litigation in Lago Agrio, Ecuador as well as testifying that there is no scientific merit to the plaintiffs’ damages claims against Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) and Texaco Petroleum (TexPet)

Chevron Announces Oil Discovery in Deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico

The Walker Ridge Block 98 Well No. 1 encountered more than 400 feet (122 m) of net pay. The well is located approximately 190 miles (308 km) off the Louisiana coast in 6,127 feet (1,868 m) of water and was drilled to a depth of 31,866 feet (9,713 m).

Final Investment On Moho Nord Joint Development

March 22, 2013 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that its subsidiary Chevron Overseas (Congo) Limited will proceed with the joint development of the Moho Bilondo “Phase 1 bis” and Moho Nord projects as the company's latest deepwater developments offshore the Republic of the Congo.

Chevron Appoints New Chief Procurement Officer

Chevron Corporation today announced that Maria Lindenberg was appointed chief procurement officer, effective Jan. 1, 2013.

Further Natural Gas Discovery Offshore Australia

Chevron Corporation today announced further drilling success by its Australian subsidiary in the Greater Gorgon Area, located in the Carnarvon Basin, a premier hydrocarbon basin.

$2 Million To Hurricane Isaac Relief Efforts

Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has contributed $2 million to provide assistance to communities affected by Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Dr. Alice P. Gast Elected to Chevron Board of Directors

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that Dr. Alice P. Gast has been elected to Chevron’s board of directors and will serve on the company’s Audit Committee.

Chevron Awarded Deepwater Interest Offshore Sierra Leone

Chevron Corporation announced its subsidiary Chevron (SL) Ltd. has been awarded participation in two deepwater blocks located offshore Sierra Leone.

Chevron Enters Into Agreement With Kosmos Energy

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Chevron Global Energy Inc. will be assigned a 50 percent working interest in Blocks 42 and 45 offshore Suriname through an agreement with Kosmos Energy.

Equity & Additional LNG Sales Agreements

Chevron Corporation announced that its Australian subsidiaries have signed additional binding agreements with Tokyo Electric Power Company for liquefied natural gas.

Illegitimate Decision By Ecuador Appellate Court

SAN RAMON, Calif., January 3, 2012 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced there has been an adverse ruling by the panel of three temporary judges presiding over appellate proceedings in the Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbíos in Lago Agrio, Ecuador in an environmental lawsuit involving Texaco Petroleum Company, upholding a lower court’s ruling from February 2011.

$96 Million In Claim Against Gov. Of Ecuador

SAN RAMON, Calif. - Aug. 31, 2011 - An international arbitration tribunal has awarded Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company $96 million in a claim against Ecuador related to past oil operations by Texaco Petroleum, which is now a Chevron subsidiary.

Chevron to Acquire Deepwater Interest Offshore Liberia

Chevron today announced that it has been granted approval to acquire a 70 percent interest in three deepwater concessions in Liberia.

Natural Gas Discovery In Western Australia

SAN RAMON, Calif., August 12, 2010 – Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) today announced a natural gas discovery in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia.

Chevron Announces Further Drilling Success in Australia

Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) today announced a new deepwater natural gas discovery in a Chevron-operated block in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia's premier hydrocarbon basin.

US Court Affirms Ecuador Litigation Dismissal

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19, 2002 -- ChevronTexaco today issued the following statement regarding the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision on Aug. 16 affirming the District Court's decision to dismiss the

Texaco Responds To Allegations By Attorneys

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., SEPTEMBER 23 - Attorneys representing Ecuadorian plaintiffs in the Aguinda v. Texaco case used an outrageous publicity stunt today