NEW YORK and ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Sept.

European Commissioner for Energy, Mirek Topolanek, Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and Former President of the European Council, Selim Kuneralp, Chairman, Energy Charter Conference and Noe van Hulst,

Chevron has announced that its affiliate Tengizchevroil has completed a major expansion at the Tengiz Field in Kazakhstan to nearly double its production capacity. The completion of the expansion brings Tengizchevroil's daily crude production capacity to 540,000 barrels.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced that its affiliate Tengizchevroil LLP has completed a major expansion at the Tengiz Field in Kazakhstan that will nearly double production capacity at one of the world's largest oil fields.

Excerpt from report by privately-owned Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Atyrau, 8 August: The TengizChevrOil (TCO) joint-stock company extracted 8.8m tonnes of oil in January-June 2008, a report circulated by the company says.