Chevron Corporate Responsibility Report 2009

Ingenuity
Area 1-7S at Duri Field in Indonesia has
700 wells, and one of our biggest challenges
as field operators is to prevent leakage from
wellhead stuffing boxes. We regularly use
tools such as V-belts or polished rod clamps
to hold the upper assembly when replacing
worn rubber. Our team saw an opportunity
to make this process safer and more
efficient, and we had the full support of our
team leader. We named our new tools after
our inventors: the MexTon Clamp (for Mexwel
and Toni) and the AfDar Anchor (for Afrizal
and Darlis). Our invention was presented at
Chevron’s Heavy Oil Operational Excellence
Forum in 2009, and it later received the
Teladan Award for exemplary achievement.
This story proves that ingenuity can have a
big impact and there are no challenges that
cannot be overcome. We are very proud of
this achievement. Go, Area 1-7S!
Gunawan, Field Operator
PT. Chevron Pacific Indonesia
Duri, Indonesia
Protecting People
and the Environment
The best part of my job is working with people who are
passionate about protecting the environment and who
know it is good for business. Some of our facilities are
home to plant and animal species that are no longer
found in surrounding areas, species such as the bee
orchid that grows within the Pembroke Refinery, United
Kingdom, and the red-legged frog in restoration ponds
at Guadalupe Dunes, United States. In Indonesia and
Australia, we operate safely in nature reserves and have
a longstanding record of protecting the environment.
Sarah Connick, Biodiversity Manager
Chevron Corporation, San Ramon, California, U.S.
Integrity
Integrity is dear to me, and I am gratified
to see that it is also valued by the company.
Coming from an engineering background,
I didn’t expect to learn much biology while
working for Chevron. But as a senior
remediation engineer, I and my team have
to consider animal behavior and needs
when working in wildlife habitats. This has
become an enjoyable part of my job, and
my appreciation for the company’s efforts
to do the right thing has grown. I’m proud
to work for an ethical company that operates
responsibly, not only because it has to but
because it wants to.
Yasser Fahmy, Ph.D., PE, Project Manager
Chevron Environmental Management Co.
Brea, California, U.S., and
Wafra Oil Field, Partitioned Zone
Diversity
As a company operating at many different locations
around the world, Chevron greatly values diversity.
My research team is a multinational group from
India, Turkey, Pakistan, China, Cambodia, Costa Rica
and the United States. We greatly benefit from that.
We all bring a different view to the table.
Oya Karazincir (right)
Enhanced Oil Recovery Consultant
Chevron Energy Technology Co.
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Partnership
I see how our company’s valuing partnership
is put into action where I work. At
our nonoperated joint-venture refinery in
Singapore, we encouraged our partners
and contractors to participate in processes
that were new to them but familiar to
Chevron employees — such as evaluations
and safety sessions — and to participate in
celebrations of successes along the way.
This inclusion helped create team spirit and
provided a level of transparency and common
knowledge that benefited the project.
Through Chevron’s shared commitment of
resources (time, money and knowledge) by
our employees and the company, our partners
and contractors saw that they weren’t
on their own for safety and environmental
performance. We demonstrated that we
wanted their employees to be as safe as
our own employees.
Karl Kimball
Project Manager, Mogas Cogen Project
Singapore Refining Co., Singapore
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