Natural Resources committee  No, in doing the work, work was stopped, reassessed, and then restarted.

Natural Resources committee  The degree of all the stop-work authorities varied. They involved everything from an individual who was unclear about the operation to an unseen hazard. One example of stop-work authority that we instituted was with our secondary well containment system, our blow-out preventer.

Natural Resources committee  Following requirements from the regulator as well as our standards, we ensure that all our systems have the highest integrity and can function at any time.

Natural Resources committee  Let me just clarify, Mr. Chairman, that Chevron has not requested the sanctions and relief policy being dropped. We have never argued that. What we have made a commitment to is applied technology and advancement to accomplish the goals of what we want to do there. In 2006 we ent

Natural Resources committee  Much of the design of the technology is very akin to many of the recommendations that came out of the Macondo incident in the Gulf of Mexico. It's really looking at the capability to handle very large pieces of pipe, very heavy pieces of pipe, and the ability to shear that pipe a

Natural Resources committee  As we shared, among many of the incremental requirements with the CNLOPB was a review of the termination program before we were to execute it, based on the information that we gained through the reservoirs, the pressure, and the conditions that we had. We worked with the regulat

Natural Resources committee  Based on my knowledge, there has been no direct suggestion that would give indication to our business interests here in Chevron or in Canada. We are looking at the vast resource potential that is here within Canada, in Atlantic Canada, in Alberta, and in the Arctic. We believe th

Natural Resources committee  Each opportunity is dependent on many factors. There's the subsurface, the sea conditions if we're talking offshore, the available technology, and the practices. Our role in the partnership there is to comply with all regulations and requirements as we see fit, to bring to bear o

Natural Resources committee  I would have to go back to the performance in the Beaufort during the sixties and seventies, when almost 90 wells were drilled and executed efficiently without blowout there. I look at the performance over the last three decades since that time with regard to advancements of tech

Natural Resources committee  I think for any business, certainty in the environment in which we operate is of value to our business, so to understand the policies of whatever area we operate in is important. It can add value for us to make current and future business decisions.

Natural Resources committee  The Lona 0-55 well was the second well in our exploration program for the Lona lease. That well was drilled, it was abandoned in August, and then the drill ship was released. The primary focus of the well was to capture data for that reservoir and to look at the data to assess th

Natural Resources committee  As you stated, the incident in the Gulf of Mexico was tragic—eleven families were affected. We as an industry have taken that very seriously. Chevron, being active in the Gulf of Mexico, has gained a lot of valuable information and applied it worldwide to our operations, as we di

Natural Resources committee  That's a very good question. As part of our management and leadership policy, we encourage the use of stop-work authority. Before any of our operations, any task we need to perform, we assess the task, we plan it, we identify the hazards, and we identify the role for each of the

Natural Resources committee  In the past, inspections by the regulator would happen anywhere from every two to three months. With the incremental oversight, that happened about every two to three weeks.

Natural Resources committee  Our commitment is to ensuring that we execute every operation that we have in our portfolio incident-free. We call upon all of the personnel on site to help us ensure that we do that. Having an extra set of eyes and expertise is a valuable contribution in that endeavour.