Exhibit 24.13


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

     WHEREAS, Chevron Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
contemplates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission at Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the regulations promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     WHEREAS, the undersigned is an officer or director, or both, of the
Corporation.

     N O W, T H E R E F O R E, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

MALCOLM J. McAULEY, HILMAN P. WALKER, TERRY MICHAEL KEE and BENJAMIN M.
VANDEGRIFT, or any of them, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the aforementioned
Annual Report on Form  10-K (and any and all amendments thereto) and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do and cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
 29th day of March, 1995.



                                           /s/ John A. Young
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