Chevron (CVX) 10-Q 2003 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of ChevronTexaco Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David J. O’Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

     (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

/s/ DAVID J. O’REILLY

David J. O’Reilly

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

Dated: November 12, 2003

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