press release
Chevron Seeks Annulment of Rulings by Ecuadorian Judge

公司表示，关于Cabrera的270亿美元损害赔偿报告的决定是污染和不可用的

SAN RAMON, Calif., Sept. 11, 2009 - Lawyers for Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) have filed a motion with the Provincial Court of Sucumbios in Ecuador to annul all rulings made by the judge who last week stepped down from presiding over an environmental lawsuit against the company in Lago Agrio.

Judge Juan Núñez of the Provincial Court of Nueva Loja appeared at meetings arranged by representatives of the government and ruling Alianza PAIS party, who as part of a multi-million bribe scheme, sought to assure prospective environmental remediation contractors that they could get remediation work arising from an adverse judgment against Chevron. In those meetings, Judge Núñez confirmed that he would find Chevron liable and order it to pay money to the government, even though the trial is still ongoing and evidence is still being received. His involvement in the meetings was revealed in video recordings made by the businessmen and released to the public and authorities in Ecuador and the United States by Chevron last week.

Following release of the videos, and purportedly at the request of Prosecutor General Washington Pesantez, Judge Núñez asked to be removed from the case.

雪佛龙认为，一些法官Núñez的裁决明确促进和审查审查案件中的270亿美元的赔偿报告，该公司在矿业工程师未经油田业务或石油场修复方面没有相关经验。Cabrera由原告支付，并在起草报告时与他们密切合作。雪佛龙律师争辩说，除其他事物之外，Núñez通过任意否定了雪佛龙对报告的挑战，防止了对支持他有争议的建议的众多基本缺陷的严格检查。该公司断言CABRERA报告不是基于有效的科学证据或法律。

Lawyers for Chevron filed motions with the court this week to have Judge Núñez's rulings annulled and to formally seek recognition from the court that Núñez should be recused.

Chevron's court filing seeking the annulment states: "Judge Núñez is biased and has engaged in improper behavior while presiding over this case … Judge Núñez's acts are expressly prohibited by the Constitution and the law, and therefore, constitute a flagrant violation of Chevron's rights."

申请得出指出，如果允许Núñez的裁决判断，“雪佛龙将被剥夺公正司法权利和宪法保障的权利。”

雪佛龙对Cabrera报告提出了许多重要的投诉，包括：

  • Unsupported findings of contamination:Cabrera没有访问所有网站，但宣布所有需要修复;他的测试不包括来自市政供水，饮用水井，河流或流的单个水样，但尚未要求所有饮用水系统所替换;
  • 对土壤修复的严重膨胀成本估计：Cabrera says pit remediation will cost $2.7 billion, or about $3million per pit, but the current, actual costs are $85,000 per pit;
  • Unsubstantiated cancer claims:Not one medical record or name is associated with the cancer claims in his report and the cancer rate he claims is more than 250 times higher than the official rate published by the Government of Ecuador; Cabrera copies passages from the plaintiffs' filing almost word-for-word and assesses $9.5 billion in damages without naming a single victim;
  • 不存在的不公正浓缩索赔：Cabrera评估了83亿美元的不公正浓缩，即使公司在25年超过25岁以上联盟的总收入的250亿美元的百分比占250亿美元的百分比;不公正的浓缩概念在厄瓜多尔法律下没有基础。

Editor's Note

Attached to this news release are Chevron's motion to disqualify Judge Núñez (filed Sept. 9, 2009) and Chevron's motion to annul Judge Núñez's rulings (filed today).

To review the comprehensive information about the case, or to view and learn more about the videos recordings of Judge Núñez released last week, please visitwww.chevonn.com/ecuador..

发布时间：2009年9月