CHEVRON: Influence & Lobbying

About company
 Was founded in 1879
 An American multinational energy corporation
 Chevron is engaged in
 every aspect of the oil, natural gas;
 refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing
and sales; and power generation
 Chevron is one of the world's largest companies
 Ranked fifteenth in the Fortune 500 (03/2020):
 yearly revenue of $146.5 billion
 market valuation of $136 billion.
 Board of Directors Chairman and CEO - Michael Wirth
(since February 1, 2018)
Chevron: day in the life
THE HUMAN ENERGY COMPANY
ONLY HUMAN
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protect nature for a better future?

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*Chevron refinery in Richmond,
California, after an explosion
 Chevron conflicts

This map shows 30+ cases of conflict worldwide due to Chevron activities.
Chevron conflicts
 Alberta Tar Sands, Canada
 Cabinda Gulf oil&gas exploitation, Angola
 Guaraqueçaba Climate Action Project in traditional communities in Paraná, Brazil
 Chevron Activities Degrade Izombe Community, Nigeria
 Chevron and Shell Ravage Escravos, Nigeria
 Chevron's Gorgon gas extraction meet with labour unions' opposition, Australia
 Chevron port project in Tambon Klai, Thailand
 Chevron Refinery in Richmond, CA, USA
 Chevron Shale Gas, Romania
 Chevron-Texaco oil extraction and legal case, Ecuador
 Derrame de petroleo en el campo de Frade, Brasil
 Exploracion Hidrocarburos en San Andres Islas, Colombia
 Gas Wellhead Explosion in Koluama, Nigeria
 Opposition to oil&gas exploitation, New Zealand
 Chevron North Apoi explosion impacts at Ikebiri Community, Nigeria
 Chrevron's activities in Riau province, Indonesia
 Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate field, Kazakhstan
Chevron conflicts
 La huella de Chevron en el Lago de Maracaibo y otras regiones, Venezuela
 Loma de La Lata y Vaca Muerta en Neuquen, Argentina
 Massive Oil Spill at Ilaje Communities, Nigeria
 Multinational Oil Companies on the Niger Delta, Nigeria
 Oil Pipeline Doba-Kribi, Chad-Cameroon
Oil Spill at Makaraba Village, Nigeria
Zurawlow shalegas field and Chevron withdrawal, Poland
Resistance to Chevron-YPF Fracking, Argentina
Greenpeace's resistance to deepwater drilling in Shetland Islands, United Kingdom
Resistance to fracking in Chihuahua, Mexico
Pungesti's resistance to Chevron Gas Fracking, Romania
Oil giants Shell and Chevron Canalization polluted Tsekelewu Community, Nigeria
Tanintharyi Nature Reserve conservation area funded by gas pipeline developers, Myanmar
Tengiz Oilfield and Processing Plant, Kazakhstan
The People versus Arctic Oil litigation, Norway
Unistoten Camp, BC, Canada
West African Gas Pipeline, from Nigeria to Ghana
Yadana Gas field and pipeline, Myanmar
Consequences of Chevron's activities

On November 28, 2014, a mass

poisoning of children at the school of
 Scientific evidences of the health consequences of the Berezovka (Kazakhstan) occurred.
local population (e.g. Tamboi Klai, Thailand)

 In some cases cancer rates have been rising as well as

other as malnutrition, cases of depression and other
mental illness

 Agriculture, fishing, and local trade has been destroyed

by the company (e.g. Cabunda Gulf, Angola; Nigeria)
The village is located 5 km from Karachaganak
Oil and Gas Condensate field, operated
Chevron-Texaco oil extraction and legal case, Ecuador

1967 - the American oil company

Texaco began to drill when they found
vast oil reserves hidden beneath the
Amazon’s floor in northern Ecuador

Spilled in the Amazon forest:

 over 60 billion liters of toxic waste
 650,000 barrels of oil

The pits were filled with cancerous polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and they were
responsible for a 150% rise in cancer rates in
the area
 Chevron-Texaco oil extraction and legal case, Ecuador
1993 - the lawsuit started
30,000 affected local residents and native communities filed a class-action lawsuit against Texaco in the District Court in
New York for damages caused to their health and the environment

2002 - the US courts finally accepted Chevron argument and rejected the initial lawsuit claiming that it was not the proper
jurisdiction for the case

2011 - the local Sucumbios court sentenced Chevron to pay 9.5 billion USD in reparation measures (which would be
doubled if the company did not publicly apologize) for the contaminated ground and water, for the creation of a health
program to attend the affected population and for the recovery of fauna, flora and lost culture, to the Frente de Defensa de
la Amazonia.

2012 - Chevron filed suit against the ruling judge and plaintiff’s lawyers for fraud and corruption

2013 - the Ecuadorean Supreme Court confirmed the Sucumbios court decision

2014 - the UDAPT participated in a written presentation of Ecuadorian Chevron case before the UN Human Rights
Council

2015 - the UDAPT made a complaint against the Chevron CEO before the International Criminal Court in this perspective

*During the 20 years of legal battle, Chevron has tried to pull all the possible *UDAPT (Unión de Afectados por Texaco) is made up those who have
strings to avoid the affected population’s access to justice. been directly affected by Chevron Corporation
Annual Lobbying by Chevron Corp

Total Lobbying
Expenditures, 2019

$9,270,000
 2019

$9,270,000
Total Lobbying Expenditures

44
Number of Lobbyists

35 (79.55%)
Number of Revolvers
Issues
Issues Lobbied By Chevron Corp, 2019 Issues Lobbied By Chevron Corp, 2018
Contributions
Recipients 2020

This chart shows money given to congressional candidates.

This chart shows money given to congressional candidates.

Example of Chevron
Lobbying Report on a
Federal Lobbying
Website

Transparency
Chevron’s lobbying activities in the
United States are strictly regulated by
federal, state, and local lobbying laws.

*https://disclosurespreview.house.gov/ld/ldxmlrelease/2020/Q2/301193627.xml
Agencies Lobbied By Chevron Corp, 2019

Ø National Economic Council

 Dept of Commerce
Ø National Security Council
 Dept of Energy
Ø Office of Management & Budget
 Dept of State
Ø Office of US Trade Representative
 Dept of the Interior
Ø Securities & Exchange Commission
 Dept of the Treasury
Ø Vice President's Office
 Environmental Protection Agency
Ø White House
 Executive Office of the President

Trade Association Process Shaping U.S. Policy

On an annual basis, senior Chevron staff Chevron engages with the Administration and the U.S.
review trade association memberships to Congress to provide perspectives on energy issues
consider value to the business. affecting the United States and the world.
 Political lobbying of Chevron

The political lobbying of Chevron affects states' sovereignty and

permits the company to develop polluting activities in compliance
 Chevron seeks to avoid liability for
with their governments (e.g. Richmond EEUU).
environmental damages
The lack of transparency of its financial transactions and its
 The international “polluter pays”
refusal to disclose contract conditions with the States (e.g.
principle has not been applied
Argentina) does not allow population to evaluate the impact of
these activities in their country.
 Tax evasion (e.g. Australia)
The criminalization of the victims of Chevron and human
 Demonstrates the systematic impunity
rights violations are part of a strategy to attack people who defend
of transnational corporations
their territory. That is how Chevron maintains its impunity at the
expenses of the massive human rights violations (e.g. Riau,
Indonesia).

*Ecuador's precedent has brought hope those who seek environmental justice. Although, despite 22
years of litigation in different countries, the communities could not obtain justice yet. No jurisdiction
has been able to execute the historical sentence of 9.5 billions dollars issued by the Supreme Court of
Ecuador.
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