Exhibit

                                 CERTIFICATION

                              CHEVRON CORPORATION
                              EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE



      RESOLVED: That the execution by any necessary persons (either personally
or by a duly appointed attorney-in-fact) and the filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Corporation of a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 substantially in the form presented to this meeting but
with such changes therein and additions thereto as may be approved by such
executing persons, together with any exhibits, amendments or supplements
thereto as may be necessary or proper, and providing, among other things, for
the issuance by California Petroleum Transport Corporation ("California
Petroleum") of Serial First Preferred Mortgage Notes (the "Serial Notes"),
which will be payable by California Petroleum from charterhire payments to be
made by Chevron Transport Corporation ("Chevron Transport") and guaranteed by
the Corporation under bareboat charters relating to four oil tankers (the
"Charters"), are hereby approved; and be it further

      RESOLVED: That the execution by any necessary persons (either personally
or by a duly appointed attorney-in-fact) and the filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Corporation of a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 substantially in the form presented to this meeting but
with such changes therein and additions thereto as may be approved by such
executing persons, together with any exhibits, amendments or supplements
thereto as may be necessary or proper, and providing, among other things, for
the issuance of Chevron Transport's obligations under the Charters and the
Corporation's guarantee of such obligations (collectively, the "Chevron
Obligations"), which are intended to fund certain payments of principal of and
interest on California Petroleum's ____% First Preferred Mortgage Notes Due
2014 (the "Term Notes") are hereby approved; and be it further

      RESOLVED: That the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the Vice
President and Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer, Financing and Strategy
(the "Authorized Officers"), and each of them, are authorized to execute and
deliver on behalf of the Corporation a trust indenture and an underwriting
agreement in connection with the issuance of the Serial Notes and the Chevron
Obligations, in each case in such form as may be approved by the Authorized
Officer executing and delivering the same, such execution and delivery being
conclusive evidence of such approval; and be it further

      RESOLVED: That it is desirable and in the best interest of the
Corporation that the Serial Notes and the Chevron Obligations be qualified or
registered for sale in various states; that any officer of the Corporation is
authorized to determine the states in which appropriate action shall be taken
to qualify or register for sale all or such part of the Serial Notes and the
Chevron Obligations as such officer may deem advisable; that such officer is
hereby authorized to perform on behalf of the Corporation any and all such
acts as such officer may deem necessary or advisable in order to comply with
the applicable laws of any such states, and in connection therewith to execute
and file all requisite papers and documents, including, but not limited to,
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and appointments of
attorneys for service of process; and the execution by such officer of any
such paper or document or the doing by such officer of any act in connection
with the foregoing matters shall conclusively establish such officer's
authority therefor from the Corporation and the approval and ratification by
the Corporation of the papers and documents so executed and the action so
taken; and be it further

      RESOLVED: That all actions heretofore taken on behalf of the Corporation
by any Authorized Officer or other officer of the Corporation in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the foregoing resolutions are hereby
approved and ratified; and be it further

      RESOLVED: That any Authorized Officer is authorized to execute and
deliver on behalf of the Corporation all such documents and to take all such
actions as such Authorized Officer shall deem necessary or desirable in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the foregoing resolutions.



      I, M. J. McAULEY, Secretary of Chevron Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct
copy of certain resolutions of the Executive Committee of said Corporation
unanimously adopted at a meeting of said Committee held at the office of said
corporation in San Francisco, California, on October 20, 1994, and that said
resolutions are in full force and unrevoked.

      WITNESS my hand and the seal of said corporation this 1st day of
November, 1994.


                                          By:      /s/ M.J. McAuley
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                                                       M.J. McAuley
                                                       Secretary
                                         [Seal of Chevron Corporation]