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Job FairsLooking forHuman Energy

HIV/AIDSChevron and FAA HoldAwareness Session

Angola LNGRaises Tank A Roof

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BUSINESS

Looking for Human Energy ...........................................................................................................4

Malongo Terminal Goes Dark ........................................................................................................5

Angola LNG Raises the Tank A Roof............................................................................................6

Liberia Welcomes Chevron as New Exploration Partner .....................................................7

CABGOC New Headquarters ...........................................................................................................8

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Chevron Donates Books and Computer Lab to ENAD..........................................................10

Chevron and Partners Support Education in Cabinda .........................................................11

Chevron Promotes Angolan Private Business Sector .........................................................12

Cabinda Fishermen Net Millions With Chevron Initiative...................................................13

Chevron and FAA Hold HIV/AIDS Awareness Session ...........................................................14

Horizonte Azul: More Than a Bakery, a Gateway to the Future........................................16

CABGOC Corporate Responsibility Report for 2009 .............................................................17

OUR PEOPLE

A Meeting With the Future ............................................................................................................18

“Chevron is a World Itself With Many Exciting Opportunities” .......................................20

Chevron Employees Save the Lives of Angolan Fishermen ..............................................21

ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY

One Whale of a Tale ........................................................................................................................22

Angolan Engineers to Presented at Chevron’s Operational Excellence Forum ........23

Malongo Lab Team Grows Stronger..........................................................................................24

Q&A

Sandra Fava - “The Angolanization Process Will Benefit Chevron and Angola” .......26

EVENTS

A Campaign for Angola .................................................................................................................28

Editor:SASBU PGPACommunications Group

EDITORIAL

There is something special about The

Chevron Way, how its values allow each of

us to excel. This issue of CABGOC Magazine

shows how our employees, inspired by The

Chevron Way, handled some recent real lifesituations on land and sea -- the rescue of

fishermen on the verge of a potentially fatal

ocean wreck; saving the life of a beached

whale in Soyo; and the extraordinary

performance of our Malongo laboratory

team and its rise to become a global leader

in oil forensic investigation within Chevron.

These pages show once again there is

something special within us that

measures-up to our superior operational

performance.

You’ll also read in this issue about the

important milestones we’ve reached in our

efforts to increase oil production and

commercialize natural gas in Angola as

every day we remain focused our first

priority -- making sure everyone arrives

home safely, and each of us has done o ur

jobs the very best way we can.

As we continue to develop and implement

projects that reduce routine gas flaring, we

know we’re helping Angola in multiple ways,socially, environmentally and economically.

Biodiversity and animal protection are some

of these benefits as well as the ongoing

programs we carry out with local

communities to help provide health and

prosperity for future generations in Angola.

For those generations, we are now

opening the doors of the new Chevron in

Angola headquarters, a house that we share

with all Angolans and a new home befitting

our Chevron Way values.

Layout:José Tavares

Photography:Divaldo Gregório and José Pinto

We welcome your comments orsuggestions.

Please write to: [email protected]@chevron.com

Contents



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In an effort to recruit the best professionals and new graduate

students available in the market, CABGOC’s Human Resources

department participated in a series of job fairs and related events

in Angola and abroad. We recently sat down with

Catarina de Paula, recruiting and employment manager,

to find out what these job fairs are all about.

Job Fairs

Looking for Human EnergyWith the extension of the Block 0

concession in 2004, the company and its

partners made a commitment to Angola

to end routine gas flaring. In late May,

with the completion of the Cabinda Gas

Plant (CGP) and the elimination of the

Malongo Terminal flare, Chevron moved

significantly closer to achieving that

commitment.

CGP is a major component of the Area

A Gas Management program, the goals

of which are to eliminate routine flaring

of produced gas in Area A of Block 0, to

conserve gas for future supply to the

Angola Liquefied Natural Gas Project,

and to capture and monetize liquefied

petroleum gas (LPG) and condensate.

“This is an important step in a program

that offers many benefits to Chevron

and Angola,” said Alan Kleier, managing

director of the Southern Africa strategic

business unit. “The continuous flares that

have existed at the Malongo Terminal will

finally be a thing of the past.”

The gas plant provides an onshore

processing plant in Malongo to process

gas from within the terminal and captured

natural gas liquids from the offshore

Takula Field into LPG. The routine

flaring of gas is thereby eliminated, and

additional revenue is generated for the

company and its partners through sales

of the product. The project engineering

was based in Houston, Texas, with

fabrication in the United States and

construction in the Malongo Terminal,

including an impressive beach landing to

bring in all the new equipment.

CGP also adds infrastructure and a

new emergency flare system to the

Malongo Terminal. The gas plant contains

typical processing steps such as amine

treating, dehydration and fractionation.

The plant’s products are fuel gas for

Malongo Terminal Goes Dark

What are the main objectives ofthe job fairs?

The primary aim of our involvement

in recruitment events is to recruit the

best talent to meet short and long term

business objectives.

What would be the profile of the ideal

candidate for a position with

CABGOC?

CABGOC is looking for degree holders

and experienced professionals of all

levels who are motivated, talented and

self-oriented. They must also have good

communication capacity, skills in the areaof organization and planning, ability to

work on a team and with customers.

For what fields or areas of

expertise are you seeking to hire

professionals?

CABGOC looks for candidates to work in

different areas such as engineering, earth

sciences, operations and maintenance.

Chevron is also looking for candidates

to fill positions in the fields of finance,

human resources, supply chain

management, commercial, joint venture,

legal and contracts.

use in the terminal and LPG for local

consumption and for sale through the

Sanha LPG floating production, storage

and offloading vessel.

The project also served as a model of the

company’s commitment to utilize the local

workforce. During construction, Angolan

nationals consistently made up more

than 50 percent of contractor CB&I’s

workforce. At the peak of construction in

early 2008, the total number of Angolans

employed through CB&I was more than

420. The plant operations for CGP will

create 11 new positions that will employ 18

individuals, all of whom will be Angolan.

Early on the project team committed

to building a culture of an Incident- and

Injury-Free workplace through care and

concern for each team member. There

were many challenges to overcome in

achieving this, such as managing more

than two dozen languages and cultures

and training a peak workforce of roughly

800 personnel, a majority of whom had

never worked in West Africa or on a

Chevron project.

“Management support for the safety

processes and programs was impressive,”

said Paulo Fuca, an operations repre-

sentative who worked on the project

for more than five years. “Employees

really could believe that zero incidents is

attainable.”

Fuca added that pre-job safety meetings,

job safety analysis, standard operating

procedures and reporting of near misses

and incidents during construction and

startup helped to make the CGP project

team successful.

The investment in safety paid off. The

project worked more than 6.3 million

hours with only one Day Away From Work

case that occurred almost two and a half

years ago.

“The CGP project team has showed a

dedication to safety and to building strong

relationships,” said Larry Wesselink,

CGP project manager. “Throughout this

project, the team also demonstrated

a commitment to our Chevron Way

values and, as a result, CGP will provide

tremendous value to Chevron and our

partners”

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Can students who are in their last year

of university study apply for these

positions?

Yes – but for work in specialized areas,

candidates must have graduated before

commencing their employment.

What is the company’s policy regarding

internships for university students?

CABGOC provides internship and

scholarship opportunities. Internships

are available for outstanding third-year

or higher university students. Generally,

assignments last two to three months.

g Interns gain hands-on experience by

participating in live projects, explore

skills under the supervision and guidance

of experienced professionals and use

our internship program as a gateway to

explore job opportunities with CABGOC

after graduation.

Can you tell us a little about the

upcoming job fairs?

The Recruiting Team will participate in

four recruiting initiatives this year. The

first event took place in Portugal back in

March and the second was held in Luanda

more recently in June. There are two

more upcoming events taking place inLondon with Global Careers from October

29th to 31st and Johannesburg from

November 26th – 28th consecutively.

We invite every talented Angolan national

wishing to join one of the biggest energy

companies in the world. CABGOC is a

stable company with solid principles and

by joining us new employees will find a

promising career with unlimited growth

opportunities and competitive salaries

and benefits.

For information about Career

opportunities, please visit



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Chevron announced in September that

it has been granted approval by the

Liberian government to acquire a 70

percent interest and operatorship in

three deepwater blocks off the coast of

Liberia in western Africa. The agreement

represents many firsts, including

Chevron’s first entry into Liberia and the

first Liberian blocks to be signed by an oil

and gas super major.

“We are very pleased to participate

in Liberia’s emerging energy sector,”

said Vice Chairman and Executive Vice

President of Global Upstream and Gas,

George Kirkland. “Entry into this large

prospective offshore area allows us to

advance our growth strategy for the

region.”

The blocks (LB-11, LB-12 and LB-14), part

of an emerging West Africa trend where

several discoveries have recently been

announced, are located between 12 miles

and 110 miles (20 km and 180 km) south of

the Liberian capital of Monrovia. Covering

3,700 square miles (9,600 sq km), the

blocks represent a Chevron-operated area

slightly larger than Angola’s Blocks 0 and

14 combined or approximately 425 blocks

in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

“These licenses are on trend with new

deepwater Cretaceous discoveries in the

region and will expand our exploration

portfolio in offshore West Africa, which

has delivered significant production from

several basins,” said Ali Moshiri, president

of Chevron Africa and Latin America

Exploration and Production Co.

Under the agreement, our Liberian

subsidiary will conduct a three-year

exploratory program that is expected to

begin in the fourth quarter of this year.

Current block owner Oranto Petroleum

Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company,

holds a 30 percent interest in the blocks.

Upon success, the National Oil Company

of Liberia will assume a 10 percent

interest and Oranto will retain 20 percent

Liberia Welcomes Chevron asNew Exploration Partner

In an official announcement on the agreement, Liberian President Ellen Johnson

Sirleaf said, “We are delighted to welcome Chevron as a partner for Liberia to

explore our oil and gas assets. Along with its investment, Chevron will bring the

latest technologies, best practices in transparency and efficiencies, and an excellent

record of community and social responsibility.

“Energy is one of my top priorities, and with Chevron’s technical skills, we will be

able to build our own capacity in the sector, making a meaningful contribution to

economic growth and job creation,” continued Sirleaf, who took office in 2006 as

Africa’s only female head of state. “This is a crucial partnership for Liberia.”

Chevron has been doing business in Africa for nearly a century, with current

exploration and production activities in Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of

the Congo, Nigeria and the Republic of the Congo that generate roughly 16 percent

of the company’s net daily production.

“We’ve invested nearly US$20 billion in Africa over the past five years,” said

Andrew Fawthrop, managing director of the Nigeria/Mid-Africa strategic business

unit, for which Liberia will be an important growth area. “This transaction further

demonstrates our company’s commitment to building partnerships and growing our

business on the continent.”

Major upstream projects in Africa include:

• the multibillion-dollar Escravos Gas-to-Liquids joint venture in Nigeria, the

second largest construction project in the world;

• the Angola Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Project, including Chevron’s first

operated LNG plant – designed with a capacity to process approximately

1.1 billion cubic feet of associated natural gas per day and produce

approximately 5.2 million tonnes of LNG and related gas liquid products per

year;

• the Tombua-Landana development offshore Angola, representing one of the

world’s tallest manmade structures, with peak production of 100,000 barrels

of crude oil per day expected in 2011;

• the Agbami deepwater project offshore Nigeria, where a series of firsts and

milestones since discovery in 1998 include reaching the designed capacity

production rate of 250,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids per

day a year ago and recently completing the world’s largest seismic survey.

Angola LNG Raises the Tank A Roof

The Angola Liquefied Natural Gas

(ALNG) project recently achieved a key

milestone by using air to lift into place

the roof of LNG Tank A – an engineering

and construction feat that took years of

preparation and hundreds of workers to

design and complete – with an excellent

safety record.

Integral to the ALNG project is the

onshore liquefaction plant, where

Angolan natural gas resources will be

transported for commercialization.

Located in the Soyo region of the Zaire

Province, the plant includes two LNG

tanks, each with a capacity of 159,000

cubic meters – enough to store one load

of LNG prior to export in carriers.

To complete the first tank, a steel dome

roof weighing 930 tonnes (2.05 million

pounds) was constructed on the inside

floor of the tank then sealed to the

concrete walls. Following one week of

final preparations, including rigorous

inspections and testing, air blowers

gently lifted the roof into position with

only 0.25 pounds per square inch of air

pressure. The process took two hours and

was carried out safely, due in large part

to taking the time to ensure readiness,

including precise corrections to balance

the roof.

“It was very encouraging to see how a

steadfast commitment to safety during

the planning and execution of the roof lift

led to an incident-free operation,” said

Craig Bloomer, ALNG project director. “On

top of that, the task was completed two

weeks ahead of target.”

For the Southern Africa strategic business

unit (SASBU), completion of the Tank A

roof project not only helps meet 2010

business plan goals for both Chevron

Africa and Latin America Exploration

and Production Co. and SASBU, but

demonstrates efficient execution of both

operational excellence and organizational

capability on a major capital project.

“I’d like to congratulate the Angola LNG

staff; the engineering, procurement and

construction general contractor Bechtel;

and all the Tank Consortia subcontractors

for their commitment to our safety

principle of ‘every person safe, everyday,’” said Daniel Rocha, Angola LNG

general manager. “Their hard work and

ingenuity got us to this point.”

This was the first of four similar roof-

raising events planned for the project,

including the other LNG storage tank

along with one propane tank and one

butane tank.

The roof will eventually be covered

in concrete, and along with the 600-

millimeter (2-ft) thick concrete walls,

forms a secondary containment system

for the internal steel tank. Each tank has

a full containment design, which means

the outer tank will contain any spillage

if there is a problem with the inner tank.

The entire tank is roughly 90 meters (295

ft) in diameter and 47 m (154 ft) tal – the

equivalent to a 15-floor building.

“This milestone is an important step

in the completion of Angola’s first

LNG plant,” added Alan Kleier, SASBU

managing director. “When completed,

this project will commercialize natural

gas that has historically been reinjected

or flared, for which the environment,

Chevron and Angola will benefit. The hard

work by this team clearly demonstrates

their focus on safety and dedication to

timely project execution.”

Once operational, the plant is designed

with a capacity to process approximately

1.1 billion cubic feet of associated natural

gas per day and produce approximately

5.2 million tonnes of LNG and related gas

liquid products per year.

The first LNG cargo is planned for early

2012. The plant will supply up to 125

million cubic feet a day of natural gas to

Angola’s state oil company Sonangol for

domestic use.

Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited, a

wholly owned subsidiary of C hevron,

has a 36.4 percent interest in Angola

LNG Limited; other shareholders include

Sonangol with a 22.8 percent interest and

BP, Eni and Total, each with a 13.6 percent

interest

‘A Crucial Partnership for Liberia’

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Chevron – CABGOC śNew Headquarters at Chicala

Chicala Building is the recently completed

office which serves as headquarters

for CABGOC, located at Praia do Bispo,

Luanda.

The Chicala office is an intelligent Class

A building which automatically adjusts

lighting and cooling systems by sensing

people and their location within the

building.

It consists of two buildings (South and

North building) which are linked by a two

storey sky bridge.

This uniquely designed structure will

provide office space for about 715 people,

and it will consolidate our employees in

Luanda from the current six offices into

two, Chicala and Lenine

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Chevron Donates Booksand Computer Lab to ENADChevron recently donated about 3,000

books in English and Portuguese and

a laboratory with 16 computers to the

National School of Administration (Escola

Nacional de Administração - ENAD) in

Luanda. The donation aims to strengthen

ENAD’s institutional capacity and training

effectiveness.

The donation was valued at US $325,000

and includes 2,000 English books for

the training of lawyers, public admin-istrators and other scientific areas. The

remaining Portuguese books are also

related to the legal field, as well as admin-

istration, finance, psychology, history,

economics and sociology. These volumes

will complete the bibliographic collection

of the institution.

The donation of technology will enhance

the computerized language lab, including

software that will assist in the theoretical

and practical interaction of students

and teachers. Chevron’s collaboration

with ENAD includes the hiring of

American teachers who will spend a

year teaching English courses and taking

part in Chevron-supported activities at

community schools for disadvantaged

youth.

The donation also includes equipment

and supplies such as a photocopier and

DVDs.

Maria Ondina Peliganga, ENAD director,

thanked Chevron for the donation and

said that the books, computers and

other supplies will improve the training

of workers, public administrators and

researchers who use the library. ENAD’s

goal is to increase the efficiency and

quality of public and private schools and

also to promote the economic growth and

sustainable development of Angola

The second edition of the Cabinda Scholarship Program for col-

lege students was recently launched by Chevron and its Block 0

partners (Sonangol E.P., Total Petroleum Angola Limited and Eni

Angola Production B.V.) . The companies also donated various

school and domestic equipment to educational institutions in the

province.

The Cabinda Scholarship Program

was implemented in 2009 as part of

Chevron’s corporate responsibility

initiatives, and encompasses students at

Universidade Privada de Angola (UPRA)

and Universidade Lusíadas de Angola

(ULA). In 2010, 41 new scholarships

will be available. Nineteen scholarships

were awarded last year for a total of 60

scholarships awarded since the program’s

inception.

“Chevron and its partners are pleased

to offer Cabinda students access

the social and economic development of

Angola.”

Chevron and partners are also helping the

Provincial Government of Cabinda with

the gradual improvement of both learning

and teaching conditions.

Recent donations include 1,080 school

desks in the localities of Fútila, Malembo,Dinge and Luali and 212 mattresses for

the boarding school of the Evangelical

Mission in the village of Caio Coast, which

houses teachers for that village as well as

Tshinsuá Labe.

This project is estimated at US $125,000

dollars and will benefit approximately

2,160 students from those locations.

Block 0 partners are also involved

in several other projects, including

construction of a primary school in

the municipality of Buco Zau, which is

expected to be inaugurated in 2011

to universities and feel that these

scholarships will reinforce the companies’

commitment to the province of Cabinda,”

said CABGOC Policy, Government and

Public Affairs general manager Eunice de

Carvalho.

“Educational programs are a key aspect

of our social investment program, and we

are delighted to help fund and provide

access to quality education. We will

continue working with our partners

to aid in the education of future

generations so they can contribute to

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ChevronPromotesAngolanPrivateBusinessSector

Recently, Chevron held workshops inLuanda and Cabinda dedicated to the

Angolan private business sector. Titled, “A

New Form of Preparation and Evaluation

of Investment Projects,” the workshops

Cabinda Fishermen Net Millions WithChevron InitiativeChevron and its Block 0 partners

(Sonangol E.P., Total Petroleum Angola

Limited and Eni Angola Production B.V.)

in Angola recently launched the Cabinda

Fishing Sector Support Project (FiSS), a

$3 million initiative designed to improve

the social and economic situation of

3,000 local fishermen and their families.

The three-year project aims to build

organizational capabilities of small-

scale commercial fishermen in Cabinda

– as well as craftspeople supporting the

industry – by providing tools, training and

equipment. FiSS is funded by Chevron,

Sonangol, Total, and Eni Angola, and it

will be implemented by the humanitarian

organization World Vision and the

Angolan Ministry of Fisheries’ Institute

for Development of Artisanal Fishing and

Aquaculture.

“The project was triggered by studies

that showed that the volume of fish

catches in Cabinda was declining,” said

Gomes Cambuta, CABGOC Community

Engagement advisor. “The studies

taught attendees how to prepare and

evaluate investment projects with the

COMFAR (Computer Model for Feasibility

Analysis and Report) Expert III software.

Chevron organized the workshops in

partnership with the Angolan Chamber

of Commerce and Industry and the

United Nations Industrial Development

Organization (UNIDO). The workshops

were targeted toward professionals in

the private business sector who wished

to improve their knowledge, techniques

and methodologies for preparing and

evaluating investment projects. In Luanda,

37 people attended the workshops, and in

Cabinda, 15 people attended.

Attendees learned how to prepare market

studies, feasibility studies and business

plans. Attendees gained a better under-

standing of business risk, profitability and

project funding.

Comfar Expert III can assist with the

management of operational complexities

and the integration of information and

processes; it also provides decision-

making tools that increase performance,

reduce costs, and facilitate the

cooperation and communication in

investment project evaluations.

Eunice Carvalho, CABGOC Policy,

Government and Public Affairs general

manager, said, “Chevron supports this

project as part of its strategic plan to help

develop Angola’s private business sector.

We also wish to contribute to the efforts

of the Government and help create an

enabling environment for investment in

cooperation with public policy and the

National Strategic Reference Framework”

also revealed that fishermen did not

have access to equipment and that

considerable quantities of fish were lost

to inefficient preservation and processing

facilities. This project is intended to

address those issues.”

The project provides equipment like

reflectors, radars, global positioning

satellites, buoys and two-way radios.

Training packages – designed by World

Vision and the Institute for Artisanal

Fishing and Aquiculture – will focus on

fish processing, entrepreneurship/how

to manage a boat as a small enterprise,

boat maintenance, Angolan legislation on

fishing activities, and formation of trade

associations.

Cambuta said FiSS is expected to

increase productivity and improve artisan

and small-scale commercial fishing

operations, strengthen the value chain

between fishing communities and the

market, and improve the capacity of

fishing communities to take advantage

of new market opportunities, as well

as increase the total catch of marine

and freshwater fish, improve household

incomes of fishing communities, and

boost the profitability of small- and

medium-scale companies along the

fishing value chain.

“This is one of Chevron’s main social

programs in Angola,” said Policy,

Government and Public Affairs General

Manager Eunice de Carvalho. “Chevron

and its partners are confident the

program will have a positive impact

on the people and communities of

Cabinda, making it possible for local

fishermen to acquire important tools and

achieve higher levels of socio-economic

development – in an environmentally

sound manner.”

Communities in Cabinda benefitting from

the program include Tenda, Landana,

Chiloango, Tchiela, Mpuela, Tchiafi,

Mandarin, Tchississi, Chinfuca in the

Cacongo district, and Malembo, Chinga,

Chiazi, Yabi, Caio, Buco-Mazi and Futila

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Chevron and Angolan Armed Forces Hold Joint HIV/AIDS Awareness Session

Chevron recently held an HIV/AIDS

awareness and counseling session at the

Grafanil military base, in a joint initiative

with the Health Department of the

Angolan Armed Forces Staff (FAA). This

was the first such partnership between

Chevron and FAA, within the scope of the

support Chevron has been providing to

Angolan government health programs.

More than 700 military personnel and

civilian attended the session, which has

consisted of workshops, conducted by

Chevron and FAA specialists, questions

and answers, distribution of awareness

and information materials. Cultural

activities were also part of the session,

with performances by FAA personnel and

singer Yola Semedo.

In April this year, Chevron partnered

with Yola Semedo to publicize its health

programs aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS,

malaria and breast cancer, as a way of

supporting the Angolan Government

efforts. Together with Yola Semedo,

the company recently held awareness

sessions in Huambo and Bié.

Yola is also the face of Chevron´s social

advertisement campaigns for Brest

Cancer and HIV/AIDS awareness, which

are running in Angola until the end of the

end year. “For me it is very rewarding to

participate in this type of events, given

their noble cause. I´m deeply involved

in the partnership with Chevron”, said

Yola Semedo, who has recently released

a new record, “Minha Alma” (“My Soul”).

Her energy during the events in Luanda,

Huambo and Bié was an example for

everyone.

“Chevron is proud of FAA’s internal

program to fight and prevent HIV andsees this event as an opportunity to share

experiences. Chevron will continue to

implement initiatives like this in order

to make society aware of the risks and

measures to prevent HIV/AIDS so that

together we can win the battle against

this disease. Chevron understands that

its internal health programs will be

more successful if they reach out to the

communities”, said Eunice de Carvalho,

Chevron’s PGPA General Manager.

Every year, Chevron organizes several

HIV/AIDS awareness activities both

internally and in the communities.

Among the activities carried out in the

communities in various parts of the

country are the support provided to the

Blood Bank of the Cabinda Provincial

Hospital since 1991, through the training

of the hospital staff both in-country

and abroad, supply of equipment, tests

and other essential consumables, which

have made it possible to perform around

10 thousand safe blood transfusions

annually and contributed to reducing the

transmission of HIV and other infectious

diseases through contaminated blood.

In June 2009, a similar project was

implemented in the Cacongo municipal

hospital.

In 2010, Chevron has established a

partnership with Safe Blood For Africa

Foundation and CDC to consolidate the

support provided to the Cabinda and

Cacongo Blood Banks; expand it to other

locations in Cabinda and to increase the

number of voluntary blood donations. The

new partners will also train blood banks

technicians from all over Angola.

Chevron health programs are also

focused on preventing HIV transmission

from mother to child. This initiative, which

began in 2003, includes supplying milk

to newborns of HIV-positive mothers

through the Maria Imaculada counseling

center located at the Cabinda Catholic

Mission. The project has already helped

around 1,400 children

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Twenty-year-old Marcelina Santos had

always wanted to study accounting. “I

loved playing with numbers,” she said. At

age 6, because of the war, she was forced

to leave her home province of Malange

and go to Luanda.

Santos’ childhood dream came true

when she was given the opportunity to

attend an intensive one-year education

course at Horizonte Azul bakery, a project

funded by Chevron and other partners.

Santos was glad to earn a degree and

especially enjoyed the bakery’s hands-on

business experience. As a result of her

performance as a student, she became

the bakery’s accountant.

Santos is one of a group of young womenwho were trained and given jobs at the

bakery. They all found shelter at the

Center for Orphans and Abandoned

Young Girls (CAMEHA), operator of

Horizonte Azul bakery. Most of the girls

living at the center came from provinces

outside of Luanda.

In 2005, when Chevron and its partners

sponsored the construction of the fully

equipped bakery, the intent was to ensure

primarily that the project helped improve

the girls’ living conditions.

Today, apart from supplying daily bread

for the center, the bakery also provides

income to pay for other needs at the

center, according to Maria Esperança

dos Santos, director of CAMEHA. This

includes support for a school within the

center that also serves more than 400

community members.

“Training is the great advantage,” said

dos Santos, “because, if a girl leaves

the bakery one day, she will be better

prepared to join the work market. This is

the best support we can give these girls.

Their performance at the bakery amazes

me. They all show willingness and deter-

mination.”

The girls each earn a wage, gain some

independence, and through the income

their works brings the bakery, they are

helping to pay tuition for those who have

left the center’s school for high schools.

“The girls are making the bakery a highly

profitable business,” said Project Manager

Alberto Moura. “Even when they are

new here, the girls have a professional

involvement.”

In 2009, the bakery concluded its first

year of successful operation without

Chevron support. Since the bakery’s

opening, according to Moura, production

has grown more than 2,000 percent. “We

no longer depend on Chevron to manage

our work,” he said. “We are even saving

up for future investments.”

Horizonte Azul has become the exclusive

bread supplier to the multi-national

corporation Odebrecht and the popular

local restaurant Panela de Barro.

CAMEHA is planning to turn Horizonte

Azul into a permanent training center

for the center´s girls and for community

members. Many young people in Viana

municipality are looking for training

opportunities, and dos Santos believes

that, if its success continues, the bakery

project can engage the community.

Like Santos, Rossana Rosa, 19, and

Elizabeth da Cruz, 18, found jobs at the

bakery after attending training classes.

Both work in the marketing section of

Horizonte Azul.

“I didn’t like it in the beginning, but then

I realized that I can start building my

professional future here,” said Elizabeth.

With the salary she now earns, Rossana

is saving money while the center pays for

most of her needs.

“I am sure that when I leave the center

and the bakery, I will not encounter many

barriers in the work market,” she said

Corporate Responsibility Report for 2009

Chevron recently released the 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report of Cabinda Gulf Oil Company

(CABGOC). It’s an important document about how the company is delivering on its social and

economic promises in partnership with many others who also strive to promote health and

prosperity for Angola.

“We are privileged to play a major role

in Angola’s economic renaissance.

As a global energy company, we are

proud of the accomplishments and the

contribution we make in the communities

where we operate. We are working

together with Angola and its people to

create value for the country. This report

tells the story of those efforts and

successes. We are glad to share them“,

concluded Mr. Kleier.

To read the report, please access the

Chevron in Angola website, at


CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Horizonte Azul

More Than aBakery, a Gateway

to the Future Chevron has a long history andcommitment to the country, operating inthe nation since the 1930s.

Today, Chevron is ranked among Angola’s

top petroleum producers, with interests in

four concessions in Angola, two of which

we operate.

We are investing in more than petroleum

in Angola. We are also building strong

community partnerships.

The theme of the report, economic

development, captures the alignment

between our corporate responsibility

programs and the nation’s goals.

“Our commitment to Angola runs deep

and each year builds in strength and

quantifiable progress as this report

shows”, said CABGOC managing director,

Alan Kleier.

With our partner Sonangol, and hundreds

of other organizations, community

leaders and government representatives,

we provide education, training, business

and economic development, and health

care for Angolans.

To help support sustainable development,

we found synergies in areas such as

capacity building, agriculture,

micro-credit and small and medium

enterprises, in order to empower

Angola to reach its goals and sustain

success.

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Southern Africa Strategic Business Unit (SASBU) recently

conducted the first SASBU Leadership Forum (SLF), an

event dedicated to talent development.

Built on a principle of holistic

development of talent, the forum involved

18 employees (on PSG 22-24) nominated

by their departments in SASBU, attended

the two day workshop in Luanda (Angola).

Of those employees, nearly 90% were

Angolans, representing departments

such as Finance; Commercial; Planning;

Human Resources; Operations; Policy,

Government and Public Affairs (PGPA);

Facilities Engineering (FE); and Health,

Environment and Safety (HES).

The main sessions were in a leader

led dialogue format focusing on pre-

determined topics. Among the speakers

invited for the sessions were the general

manager Asset Development, Kelly

Hartshorn; Human Resources general

manager, Daniel Rana; PGPA general

manager, Eunice de Carvalho; general

manager Finance, Irshad Vaziralli; FE

manager, Jeff Schmoll; and New Field

Development manager, Billy Lacobie.

Participants had the opportunity to talk

about and to learn more about leadership

topics such as “Performance and the

Chevron Way”, “Accountability”, “People

Strategy”, “Getting Results Through

Others” and “Our Role as Leaders”.

All the attendees were engaged on

increasing their leadership capability and

developing their strategic thinking. The

feedback they got from the two forum

facilitators was extremely positive.

“The first SLF was a success! We not only

had informative, insightful and dynamic

dialogue leaders, we also had truly

engaged and sharp leader attendees. The

Forum was just one step towards ensuring

our people strategy to have the right

people in the right place at the right time

with the right skills”, said Julie Flowers,

Organization Capability manager.

“The Forum has been one of the most

meaningful leadership development

experiences I’ve been involved with for a

long time. The difference for me was the

focus on dialogue and not on slide decks.

This meant that everyone in the room

was really engaged, listening and learning

from each other’s stories about being a

leader in a complex work environment”,

noted Mark Veary, Learning &

Development manager.

Beginning in 2011, SLF will be

conducted two times per year

A Meeting

With The Future

18 OUR PEOPLE OUR PEOPLE 19

“Being selected to

participate in the first

ever SASBU Leadership

Forum was a privilege

that allowed me to better

define Leadership in the

context of the Chevron

Way. It was refreshing to

meet colleagues who agree

that the only limits to our

excelling in what we do are

the limitations we accept.”

Constância MirandaCommercialadvisor

“It was time very well spent,

and particularly so as one’s

job function changes from

being primarily an individual

contributor to supervising

and leading a work team.

Just as we use portable

flash drives to carry around

small packets of information

and files that we can readily

access, so the leader

anecdotes have provided the

SASBU Leadership Forum

participants with their

brain’s own “memory stick”

for quick recall of leadership

qualities and behaviors.”

Grant HarveyPlanning advisorAngola LNG

“It was a unique opportunity

for formal leadership skills

training, to learn from our

leaders personal experiences

and to network with

other developing leaders.

We engaged in selected

leadership topics dialogues,

lead by the moderators

and members of SASBU

leadership team, which

helped to identify leadership

behaviors and understand

their relevance towards

achieving Chevron business

objectives through high

performance culture. The

tools I was exposed to will

enable me to perform at a

higher standard.”

Cesaltino PedroTakula Asset Developmentsupervisor

“As a new supervisor, this

forum allowed me a better

understanding of not only

Chevron´s expectations,

but it also provided real

life examples from the

various guest speakers

that help us to understand

how we can meet these

expectations. As we progress

as supervisor’s, topics as

Getting Results Through

Others and Our Role As

Leaders are key aspects we

need to constantly think of

as we shape our team and

give direction so that we can

support the initiatives in our

departments and SASBU as

whole.”

Fabiana FaustinoHRISsupervisor


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“Chevron is a World in Itself with ManyExciting Opportunities”

She joined Chevron in 2007. Within three years,

she established herself as a dedicated and talented

professional. As a result, she has been granted the

privilege of representing CABGOC at prestigious

events such as the World Petroleum Council’s 2nd

Youth Forum held in Paris last year. Our guest in

this edition of the CABGOC Magazine is Constância

Miranda, commercial advisor, based in Luanda.

Chevron Employees Save the Livesof Angolan Fishermen

There are many things employees at

Chevron do every day to support the

energy industry; however, saving the lives

of Angolan fishermen usually doesn’t

fall into the job description. But recently

in the darkness of the Atlantic Ocean, a

team of employees and contractors did

just that.

Shortly after midnight on the evening of

May 19, four fishermen were discovered

clinging to the bow leg of the Gorilla VII

drilling rig in Area B of Block 0 offshore

Angola. Heading home after an evening

of fishing, they noticed the waves getting

larger. As they tried to make it to shore,

the engine failed and the waves pushed

the boat toward the rig.

The men tried to tie the boat to the

drilling rig, but the ocean threw the vessel

against the bow leg, causing it to take on

water. They abandoned the sinking boat,

swam to the bow leg and clung there for

more than an hour.

Domingos Mavinga, a roustabout, was

walking around the drilling rig when

Could you give us a bit of background

about your experience with CABGOC?

I first joined CABGOC as a Joint Venture

Advisor for Block 14. This was a newly

created position and had to be developed

from scratch. It was a great place and

time to enter the company as I had

access to the workings of several of the

company’s major assets and exciting

projects like Tombua Landana. In 2009, I

moved to Commercial Department where

I work today as an advisor.

What are your main functions?

Think of the SASBU Commercial group

as a service or support group. In that

context, my job is to provide commercial

support to the business unit as required

to deliver our business plan eachyear. Our business operates in a very

complex technical, regulatory fiscal and

commercial environment and a myriad

of things must line-up in order for us to

achieve success. Commercial is one of

the threads that run through every area

of our business creating and enabling a

sustainable foundation from which our

internal and external stakeholders can

be assured of the best value for their

investments while at the same time

satisfying our various corporate drivers.

On any given day, my job requires me to

work with various legal and tax groups,

Chevron’s crude trading team, many of

the CABGOC project teams, Sonangol and

all of our partners.

What are the main challenges?

Due to the sheer size and diversity of the

SASBU portfolio, this is a very busy and

complex business unit. There is much to

learn and do in seemingly short periods

of time, with little room for error. The

work environment is dynamic in every

sense, with significant risk to almost

every business decision. All this, while

striving to operate within the Chevron

OE framework, can be intimidating. It

is this challenge that has led me to not

be afraid to try, as well as taught me to

be accountable for my mistakes. I have

learned from these mistakes and have

enriched my own personal development.

I have also learned that worse than making

a mistake is not ever having tried at all.

What do you enjoy the most

about this job?

Every morning I walk into the office and

do not know what to expect. No day is

ever the same. I have two guarantees-

-something has changed and there is

something I need to learn. I am privileged

to have exposure to various areas of the

business and consequently people not

only within Chevron but with a variety

of institutions and organizations as well.

Throughout a typical work day, I could

he noticed the men hanging on to it.

Realizing that they were in trouble,

he informed the radio room. Samuel

Baza raised the alarm and employees

and contractors were then placed on

watch to keep visual contact with the

fishermen while our marine operations

unit was notified that a rescue was

required immediately. Within 30 minutes,

a Chevron security vessel arrived at the

rig, but the ocean’s rip tide prevented theteam from rescuing the men.

A new approach was needed – and it

was decided to hoist the men onto the

rig. The Gorilla VII team conducted a

safety meeting with Chris Harris, a safety

technician with ropes training, and he

descended the leg to assess the situation.

“The men were clearly tired and cold

and were showing signs of exposure,”

Harris said. “We needed to get them out

of the water immediately.” Life vests,

water, gloves and boots were lowered

and the team deployed a rescue raft as

a precaution. With safety instructions

and harnesses provided by Harris, one by

one the men began to climb up to the rig

floor. By 4 a.m., all four men were on the

drilling rig.

After examination by medical personnel,

the men showered and received food

and water. Next on the agenda – getting

them back to shore. The fishermen, who

ranged in age from 19 to 23, were briefed

on helicopter safety and provided trans-

portation back to Cabinda.

“This rescue ended with a great outcome

to what could have been a very tragic

incident,” said Allan Vance, Southern

Africa Strategic business unit general

manager of Operations. “I want to

recognize the entire Gorilla VII crew and

all those involved in the rescue”

interact with people at the terminal

in Malongo, project team members in

Houston, joint venture managers in Congo

(ROC), or commercial crude traders in

London. I am fortunate to work with a

manager who not only exemplifies the

Chevron Way for me, but someone I look

to as a leader and role model in the work

place. It is a good relationship that I feel

has contributed greatly to my personal

development as a professional.

If you had to elect one major momentin your career with Chevron which

would it be?

I had the opportunity of a lifetime

representing CABGOC at the World

Petroleum Council 2nd Youth Forum held

in Paris, France in November of 2009.

This is an initiative that I would like to see

the business unit more actively support

and send more Chevron employees to

participate. The experience is priceless.

What kind of advice would you liketo leave to employees who have just

joined the company?

Chevron is a world in itself with many

exciting opportunities. Do not be afraid

to explore the wealth of possibilities the

company has to offer. Know who you are,

know where you are going and know how

to get help to get you there. Tap into the

experienced people around you and the

resources made available to you

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One Whale of a Tale

The Chevron Way doesn’t specifically

cover whale rescues, but that didn’t stop

a team of employees and wildlife advisors

from the Angola Liquefied Natural Gas

(LNG) joint-venture project from freeing

a beached humpback this summer. It

was all in a day’s work for a cross-organi-

zational team dedicated to protecting and

preserving local wildlife.

On the morning of July 17, a young

humpback whale lost its way and found

itself stranded on a sandbank near the

mouth of the Congo River. As the 25-foot-

long mammal soon learned, it could not

have picked a better spot to inadvertently

come ashore. Within minutes, word of the

beached whale reached the Angola LNG

facilities and a rescue plan was put into

action.

“We grabbed some webbed line and

jumped in a service boat heading toward

the bay,” said Sheryl Maruca, sustainable

development manager. “We tied the line

around the whale’s tail and connected

the other end to a tug boat so it could be

gently pulled out to the ocean.”

The whale swam off into the ocean safe

and unharmed, but not before sharing a

unique goodbye with her rescue party.

“It sprayed water out of its blowhole on

its way out and we all decided it was the

whale’s way of saying thank you,” Sheryl

said. “We were elated to have been part

of helping her to safety”

Angolan Engineers Presented atChevron’s 2010 OperationalExcellence ForumTwo SASBU employees represented the

business unit at the annual Operational

Excellence (OE) Forum. Based in

Malongo, HES Environmental Supervisor

Margarida Pelianga and HES Engineer

Engrácia Sebastião work in SASBU´s

HES Department. Their abstracts were

selected by the OE Forum Planning team

for a poster presentation during the event

to be held October 12-13 in Houston, Texas.

Margarida presented the abstract titled

“Oil Spill Surveillance and Fingerprinting”

which covers Environmental Stewardship.

Engrácia’s poster presentation is called

“Construction and Operation of the

Malongo Landfill.”

“SASBU submitted four abstracts for

the event. The selection of these posters

is a clear sign of effective Operational

Excellence Management System (OEMS)

implementation of which we should be

proud,” said Artur Custódio, SASBU HES

manager. “Environmental performance is

an area where our business unit has made

great progress, although there is still a lot

to be done,” he noted.

“At the OE Forum Margarida and Engrácia

talked with event participants about the

details of our activities and answered any

questions from the audience,” explained

Custodio. “ In between, they were able to

attend some of the other presentations.

It gave them a great opportunity to build

their networks and learn about what

other people do at Chevron.”

The annual OE Forum brings together

Chevron leaders from around the world

to share best practices and lessons

learned in all area of the OEMS including

leadership accountability, management

system processes and OE expectations.

“With the theme, ‘Realizing the OE Vision,’

the 2010 OE Forum focused on how to

close OE gaps and help OpCos to chart

their path towards OE success and

world-class performance,” affirmed

Custódio

ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY

Partnering for Preservation

The whale rescue effort – led by

Warren Klein, wildlife advisor – was

a fortunate instance of being in the

right place at the right time. But the

ongoing protection of the turtles,

snakes and other wildlife in the area is

the result of the daily hard work and

dedication of Klein and his passionate

colleagues, and a commitment from

Chevron and its Angola LNG joint-

venture shareholders – Sonangal,

BP, Eni and Total – to preserve the

biodiversity of the areas in which we

operate.

“Our goal is to protect the biodiversity

of our project sites and spread wildlife

and biodiversity awareness among

employees, contractors and the local

community,” Klein said. “We want

to be the leaders in environmental

stewardship and an example to others

in the industry.”

Hatching a Plan to Protect Sea

Turtles

The success of the turtle monitoring

program is one of the highlights of

the conservation effort. The program

began in 2006 when it was discovered

during the construction phase of the

Angola LNG project that the Olive

Ridley Sea Turtle used the beaches

of Kwanda Island as a nesting site.

Angola LNG partnered with the

Wildlife Conservation Society and Dr.

Kellie Pendoley to set up a program to

protect the turtles during construction

and gather data on the turtle

population and nesting activities.

“It’s a great feeling to be able to make

a positive contribution toward the

protection of wildlife, as well as build

on our knowledge of the poorly known

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In 2007, when erratic readings

appeared in produced water samples

from our Benguela Belize-Lobito

Tomboco (BBLT) development, the

lab team ramped up the war against

barium sulfate scale, a hard mineral

deposit as solid as concrete that

chokes off the flow of oil. Preventing

scale formation at BBLT is critical to

maintaining production rates – and

our team of experts discovered that

injecting producing wells with a

chemical phosphonate inhibitor slows

down barium scale formation.

“That’s when water chemistry analysis

became really important,” said Asset

Integrity Supervisor Mark Shelby,

leader of the Tech Services Team.

“Each application costs millions of

dollars, so accurate monitoring of

BBLT’s water is extremely important to

“Malongo Lab Helps Maintain Production at BBLT”

determine precisely the right time to

add the inhibitor.”

The Southern Africa strategic business

unit installed and commissioned two

Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)

spectroscopy units, and stepped up

operator training and instrument

maintenance to provide accurate

and rapid data turnaround to defend

against barium scale.

“ICP is the only technique currently

available to measure the results of

scale inhibitor,” explained Martin

Witort, Scale Risk manager for Nalco

in Angola, supplier of the inhibitor

and a key customer of the Malongo

Lab. “It’s an extremely sophisticated

technique requiring high standards

of technical ability in both operators

and the lab. I can confirm that in

competence, reliability and teamwork,

lab performance is excellent”

Over the past four years, the team at

the Facility Engineering Laboratory in

Malongo, Angola, has emerged as a highly

skilled and valuable group for Chevron

subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company

(CABGOC) – and a testament to what can

be achieved when we focus on people,

execution and growth.

Since the 2006 startup of the Benguela

Belize-Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) platform

and first oil from the Tombua-Landana

project last year, the team of 61 Angolan

employees has expanded its skills and

built a reputation for accuracy and

customer satisfaction. Their orga-

nizational capability ramp up was

engineered in tandem with CABGOC’s

increasing deepwater production, envi-

ronmental monitoring and product

stewardship activities. Lab Supervisor

Abilio Cabral stated the lab’s goals: “Make

the Malongo Lab known as the best in

Africa and achieve world-class standards.”

At facilities onshore and satellite labs

offshore, the team works around the

clock analyzing thousands of samples

each month ¬– from crude oil, produced

water, gases, and lube oil from customers

in Malongo to water quality and refined

products such as diesel, kerosene and jet

fuel used in Cabinda.

Partnering with ETC

The lab capabilities ramp up started with

more than a year of hands-on training

and personal mentoring in Malongo and

at Chevron’s Northpark Geotechnical

Center in Covington, La., working side

by side with technicians and supervisors

from Chevron Energy Technology

Company (ETC). Members of the Malongo

team also journeyed to the United States

for specialized training in Massachusetts

at NewFields’ environmental forensics

chemistry lab near Boston and at the

Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods

Hole.

“We’ve been in a productive working rela-

tionship with ETC for many years,” noted

Brian Adams, Facility Engineering super-

intendent in Malongo. “We leverage their

expertise to ensure quality lab processes

and support as our lab deliverables have

evolved. During one of our corporate audits,

some gaps were found with procedures

and training, and ETC has helped us

tremendously to close those gaps.”

different chemistries,” explained Sheri

Simpson, water geochemist with ETC

who is among the Malongo mentors and

volunteer organizer of the Round Robin

project. “We monitor water in almost

every upstream activity and environment

to understand the chemistry of mixing

different formation waters in operational

processes. In Angola, the geological depo-

sitional environment of the reservoirs is

complex, so characterizing the reservoir

fluid geochemistry is critical in producing

from these zones.”

Reading Fingerprints

This complicated environment gave rise

to development of the lab team’s new

forensic abilities. Malongo is one of the

only Chevron labs with the capability

to conduct environmental “finger-

printing” analyses, a complex, multi-stage

technique for identifying the composition

and origin of oil. If a spill is discovered in

CABGOC-operated waters, fingerprinting

can help determine where it came from.

“With our ability to do fingerprinting,”

said Artur Custódio, SASBU Health,

Environment and Safety manager, “we

are better managing protection of the

environment in the blocks where we

operate, and the communication between

CABGOC and national environmental

regulators is much better today.”

At a recent training session in Covington,

Lab Foremen Miza Capita and Luis Duda,

along with ETC’s Water Technologist

Chuck Autio and Oil Fingerprinting Expert

Juan Lopez, worked on Chevron’s quality

control tool for sample data reporting.

Standardizing reporting across Chevron

labs worldwide is one of ETC’s stretch

goals.

“It’s our responsibility to learn everything

we can and to bring our knowledge back

to our team in Malongo,” said Miza. “And

we always have new things to learn”

With the support of Southern Africa

strategic business unit (SASBU)

Operations General Manager Allan Vance,

the Malongo lab team made steady

progress under the mentorship of ETC

and two lab specialists, Blane Antosz

and John Green. They worked with the

team during 2008 and 2009, building

national workforce capability. SASBU also

ramped up with additional lab supplies

and improved technical assistance and

maintenance of the lab’s highly a dvanced

analysis equipment.

Top Water Analysis

During ETC’s 2009 Produced Water

Analyses Round Robin lab performance

evaluation, 28 participating labs (both

Chevron and vendor labs) worldwide

received an identical set of produced

water samples from various offshore

platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and West

Africa. Malongo was one of the first labs

to turn in its analyses, and one of only 12

labs that measured correct values for all

requirements.

“We test samples because we need to

manage the risks of producing water with

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In this edition’s Q&A we interviewed Sandra Fava, one of the

oldest and most experienced employees of Cabinda Gulf

Oil Company (CABGOC), who believes that “Angolanization

will only produce the expected results if Chevron continues

to invest in its employees”. At the time this interview was

conducted, she had just been appointed Pay, Benefits and

Scholarship Administration supervisor, following the

restructuring of SASBU’s Human Resources (HR)

Department.

and ensuring that all payments are

processed in time with zero incident.

Another challenge was to maintain

employee’s data integrity and with the

team dedication and effort, we were able

to overcome all challenges.

How long were you in that position and

what assessment do you make of your

tenure?

I was in the HR Services Admin-

istration role for 3 years. It was a good

experience, I had opportunities to get

involved in different projects and see

them through. One of the most exciting

project was the Employee People Hub

(EPH) implemented in April 2009. Special

thanks to the administration group for

their contribution, continuous effort and

dedication which made it easier for me to

overcome all challenges.

Sandra Fava - Pay, Benefits andScholarship Administration Supervisor:

“The AngolanizationProcess Will BenefitChevron and Angola”

Could you please give us an overview of

your working experience with

CABGOC?

I have been with Chevron, in particular

HR, for 21 years. For me Chevron has

been a school. I have grown up profes-

sionally. I have learned a lot along the

past years. During my career in HR, I

have played different roles such as: HR

Assistant, HR Administration Supervisor,

HR Business Partner, HR & Payroll team

lead during the E1 implementation project.

After E1 implementation, I returned to

HR Department as HR Services Admin-

istration supervisor up until August 1st,

2010.

What were the main challenges you

faced as a HR Services Administration

supervisor? Could you give us some

insight?

There were many challenges such as

meeting deadlines in terms of payments

What would you say was the most

difficult and easiest part of that job?

The most difficult part of the HR Services

& Administration supervisor was ensuring

employees’ pay is processed error free

and on time as per Operational Excellence

Tenets. Apart from that, everything else

was manageable.

In your view, how can the Angolaniza-

tion process within CABGOC really

benefit national employees and Angola

as a whole?

The Angolanization process will benefit

Chevron and Angola as a whole if

we follow John Watson’s [Chevron´s

Chairman] September 1st message, where

he stated “First, we must invest in our

people. We need to develop all employees

to realize their full potential and build the

complete range of technical, operating

and managerial capabilities needed to

sustain top-tier performance”. I believe

Chevron does invest in its people. By

doing this, CABGOC and Angola have

benefitted from having qualified,

competent Angolans occupying

positions of strategic impact within

Chevron.

How would you define success and

what advice would you like to give to

those who want to achieve it?

Success is a dream come true or

being able to do what you like and

doing it correctly. Success depends

entirely on us, no one else. We are

responsible for what happens in our

lives, including our careers. The key to

success is believing in yourself, don’t

give up, accept challenges as oppor-

tunities, with a positive mind set.

To succeed in Chevron, you have to

constantly educate yourself to build

the knowledge that will enable you to

remain competitive within the company.

My advice to those who want to achieve

success is to never give up, express your

believes, use the team work spirit, and

the results will come through.

What kind of advice would you like

to leave to employees who have just joined the company?

Chevron offers a diverse work

environment which will enable you to

gain a global business perspective.

Be the leader of your career. Manage

your performance, always look for

improvement. Continuous education

is critical and be open to feedback.

Again, take challenges as opportunities

and with a positive attitude. There are

no careers without challenges. These

challenges will make you sense the real

rewards of your career

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Chevron has a long and strong

relationship with Angola. Over the years,

Chevron and its subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil

Company invested in community development

projects in the areas of health, education,

agriculture, fisheries, human capacity

development, and promotion of small and

medium enterprises in 16 of the 18 provinces

of Angola.

We are committed to working effectively with

local communities and providing people with

education and training. We want to build

infrastructures to help foster sustainable

economic growth and social development.

We want to make a difference in Angola,

guided by our values, our tenets of operational

excellence, our focus on safety in operations,

and by protecting the environment, and

benefiting the communities where we operate.

These goals are the basis of the latest

advertising campaign for Chevron in Angola.

You may have already seen our

advertisements in newspapers, magazines,

online, billboards, television, or radio.

Your family and friends may have alreadycommented to you about the campaign that

shows our vision of world-class social per

formance and our commitment to Angola

A Campaign for AngolaEVENTS

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