Agreement Latest in Company’s Multimillion Dollar Initiatives in
Angola
SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2009--
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) and the Cooperative League of the
United States of America (CLUSA) today announced the basis for a new
partnership aimed at supporting Angola’s continued focus on developing a
diversified and sustainable economy.
The Memorandum of Understanding, witnessed by U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton in Luanda, Angola, focuses on supporting financial,
educational, technical and training services to help improve the
commercial viability of small to medium scale farmers and agricultural
enterprises in Angola.
“This event underscores the innovative ways that the US government,
American corporate partners, and NGOs are working together to diversify
Angola’s economy so that the Angolan people can better benefit from the
country’s natural wealth,” said the US Ambassador to Angola, Dan Mozena.
“We are delighted to support productive partnerships that benefit the
people of Angola,” said Ali Moshiri, president of Chevron Africa and
Latin America Exploration and Production. “Today’s agreement continues
to build on our collective strengths and capabilities and emphasizes
Chevron’s commitment to helping deliver better social, environmental and
economic outcomes in the places where we operate.”
This Memorandum of Understanding will give continuity to the $56 million
Angola Partnership Initiative established in 2002 between Chevron and
other development partners including USAID to support education, food
security, capacity building of government institutions, and small
business development in Angola. The agreement also follows a 5-year,
$5.6 million Agriculture Development and Finance Program (Pro-Agro)
initiated in 2006, which has increased the yield, quality and market
share of local products such as bananas and coffee.
Chevron’s support for other existing development programs within Angola
includes:
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NovoBanco, a micro-finance institution established by Chevron and
USAID that provides credit to small entrepreneurs and low-income
households. Launched in 2004, the bank has extended over $40 million
in loans, and reached over 30,000 entrepreneurs.
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A $5 million anti-malaria partnership with the Ministry of Health in
Angola as part of Chevron’s $30 million commitment with the Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Chevron is among the largest producers of energy in Angola with Angolans
accounting for more than 85 percent of the company’s local workforce.
Among the company’s major capital projects in Angola is the $3.8 million
Tombua-Landana Project, which is projected to come online in the third
quarter of 2009 and achieve peak production of about 100,000 barrels of
crude oil per day by 2011, and the Sonangol-Chevron led Angola Liquefied
Natural Gas facility, which is expected to achieve first gas in 2012.
Chevron Corporation is one of the world’s leading integrated energy
companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The
company’s success is driven by the ingenuity and commitment of
approximately 62,000 employees who operate across the energy spectrum.
Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas;
refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and other energy
products; manufactures and sells petrochemical products; generates power
and produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions;
and develops the energy resources of the future, including biofuels and
other renewables. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information
about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
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