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UNITED STATES

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Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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ACTION REQUESTED

Dear Chevron Stockholder,

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Chevron Corporation will be held in the Chevron Park Auditorium, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583-2324 on May 27, 2009. You are receiving the Notice of the 2009 Annual Meeting and the 2009 Proxy Statement, the 2008 Annual Report and the proxy voting instructions electronically because:

 

(1) you have expressly consented to receive Chevron Corporation communications and to vote by proxy through the Internet, or

 

(2) you are a Chevron employee who participates in an employee stock plan and have a company issued e-mail account.

This e-mail notification contains information specific to your holdings and voting instructions. This e-mail may represent all your Chevron Corporation shares. However, if you have shares in multiple accounts and depending on how and where they are set up, you may receive multiple e-mails representing your various accounts. Each e-mail will include a separate control number for confidential voting. You should vote each account whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting. Please carefully read the instructions below before voting.

CHEVRON CORPORATION NOTICE OF THE 2009 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

RECORD DATE: April 1, 2009

MEETING DATE: May 27, 2009

CUSIP NUMBER: 166764A99

CONTROL NUMBER: [INSERT CONTROL NUMBER HERE]

You can enter your voting instructions and view the shareholder material at the following Internet site. If your browser supports secure transactions you will be automatically directed to a secure site.

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HOW TO VOTE

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Registered stockholders may vote electronically until 11:59 p.m. (ET) May 26, 2009. If you are an employee of Chevron Corporation and hold shares under an employee stock plan, you may vote until 11:59 p.m. (ET), May 21, 2009.

To cancel or change your electronic delivery profile, please go to http://www.icsdelivery.com/cvx

While there are no charges for this voting service, you may incur costs associated with electronic access, such as charges from Internet access providers and phone companies.

VOTING RECOMMENDATIONS

Chevron’s Board of Directors recommends that you vote as follows:

FOR: Election of the Director nominees

FOR: Ratification of the independent registered public accounting firm

FOR: Management proposal to approve the material terms of performance goals for performance-based awards under the Chevron Incentive Plan

FOR: Management proposal to approve the material terms of performance goals for performance-based awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan of Chevron Corporation

AGAINST: Stockholder proposal regarding special stockholder meetings

AGAINST: Stockholder proposal regarding an advisory vote on the summary compensation table

AGAINST: Stockholder proposal regarding greenhouse gas emissions

AGAINST: Stockholder proposal regarding country selection guidelines

AGAINST: Stockholder proposal regarding a human rights policy

AGAINST: Stockholder proposal regarding host country laws

Please refer to the 2009 Proxy Statement for detailed information on each of the proposals and the Annual Meeting.

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