HomeMy WebLinkAbout1.01 Supplemental Application MaterialsChevron U.S.A. Inc.
5001 Executive Parkway, Suite 200
San Ramon, CA, 94583
Valerie B. Villaraza
Assistant Secretary
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
CERTIFICATE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
I, Valerie B. Villaraza, Assistant Secretary of CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., a corporation
duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the "Corporation"), DO
HEREBY CERTIFY the following is a full, true and correct copy of certain resolutions adopted
by unanimous consent of the Directors of said Corporation dated October 31, 2025, as the same
appear of record in the minute book of the Corporation:
“GENERAL AUTHORITY RESOLUTIONS
RESOLVED; That any officer of this Corporation or any division thereof is empowered in
such capacity to execute for and on behalf of this Corporation (without the necessity of affixing the
corporate seal) all papers requiring execution in the name of this Corporation, except no authority is
conferred by this resolution for execution of any of the following:
1. leases or deeds to others covering oil, gas or other hydrocarbon or non-hydrocarbon
minerals underlying fee lands of this Corporation, where either book value or sale
price exceeds $25 million or the acreage exceeds 6,400 acres;
2. deeds or conveyances to others covering fee lands of this Corporation, other than
rights of way and similar easements, where either book value or sale price exceeds
$50 million;
RESOLVED; That each party empowered by this resolution is authorized to affix the seal of
this Corporation to such papers as require a seal and to acknowledge and deliver any such papers as
fully as if special authority were granted in each particular instance; and be it further
RESOLVED; That any officer of this Corporation or of any division thereof be and each of
them is hereby empowered on behalf of this Corporation to appoint any person or persons whom they
or any one of them may deem proper as Agents or Attorneys-in-Fact of this Corporation usually for
a term of one year but in no instance to exceed a term of five years with such powers said persons or
any of them may lawfully do by virtue of the authority herein granted to them; and be it further
RESOLVED; That the resolutions of similar import adopted by this Board of Directors on
July 24, 1992, hereby are rescinded.”
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the aforesaid resolutions are still in full force and effect and
have not been amended or rescinded.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that Harpreet K. Tiwana has been duly elected, has duly
qualified, and this day is an Assistant Secretary of this Corporation.
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Certificate of Assistant Secretary
February 25, 2026
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of February, 2026.
Valerie B. Villaraza
Assistant Secretary