about this report

This report was produced in accordance with the reporting guidelines and indicators of the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on Voluntary Sustainability Reporting (April 2005). The majority of these indicators are also consistent with the indicators used by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines Version 3.0 (G3).

Our 2007 Corporate Citizenship Report describes our efforts in a range of areas relating to the financial, environmental, and social performance of the Corporation. The report is intended for anyone interested in learning more about our corporate citizenship.

We address our corporate citizenship accomplishments, the challenges we face, and our future plans to meet these challenges. In addition to describing our approach to corporate citizenship, including our engagement activities and performance in the most material issues to our business operations, the report also provides an overview of our energy outlook to 2030, which shapes our corporate citizenship challenges. In this year’s report, we are interpreting trends in our citizenship performance data in terms of our company operations.

We value your feedback on this report and our performance in addressing financial, environmental, and social issues. Comments for improvement received for the 2006 Corporate Citizenship Report were incorporated into this report. We solicited feedback through a variety of mechanisms, including our corporate reporting Web site, online surveys, business-reply cards, and interviews with opinion leaders from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), academia, and financial institutions. Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), an advisory organization on corporate social responsibility of which we are a member, also provided a detailed review of our 2006 report.

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