Chevron Condemns Illegitimate Decision by Ecuador Appellate Court

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced there has been an adverseruling by the panel of three temporary judges presiding over appellate proceedings in the Provincial Court of Justice of SucumbĂ­os in Lago Agrio, Ecuador in an environmental lawsuit involving Texaco Petroleum Company, upholding a lower court s ruling from February 2011.