The Nexen Chemical division is a member of the C.C.P.A. and their various chemical facilities had received Responsible Care® reverification to the 2002-2005 Responsible Care® protocol. As a unique corporate objective in 2002 Nexen Inc., the parent company, chose to apply the Responsible Care® codes and ethic to the oil and gas division and requested an in-place verification of the Balzac, Alberta gas processing facility. This facility received verification in January 2003. As a continuing commitment to Responsible Care® the company requested an in-place verification of their petroleum facilities in the Republic of Yemen, Canadian Nexen Petroleum Yemen (C.N.P.Y.). To be included in the verification were the seismic and drilling process, crude processing facility, a 130 kilometer pipeline and a crude shipping terminal at Ash Shihr on the Gulf of Aden. As a result of the Balzac verification the team had a good understanding of the process flow from the initial seismic exploration through to final product shipment; however, process flow charts, facility pictures and descriptions and the responses to the 151 code element questions provided an excellent base for understanding the Yemen operations.

Cytec Canada Inc., Responsible Care® re-verification was conducted on February 1 &
2, 2005 by a team appointed by the Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association
(CCPA).

The re-verification was held at the company’s only Canadian site located at Niagara
Falls, Ontario. The Plant, Laboratories and Offices are located on a large land site of
some 750 acres which is secured by 4-miles of fencing.

NorFalco Sales Inc. is a relatively new company that began operations on June 30,
2001. The company was formed as a joint venture with Noranda and Falconbridge,
hence the name NorFalco. The original company under a division of Noranda met
Responsible Care compliance in 1997 and again in 2001.

At the conclusion of the two day visit the team were unanimous in the approval
that BLACHFORD has been, and continues to be in compliance with the
guidelines, general principles and codes of practice of Responsible Care.
There were no significant findings but some areas and opportunities for
improvement can be found in the body of this report. The team does not see a
need to re-visit Blachford as we are confident those matters will be dealt with
quickly.

The verification team has found that the Responsible care ethic is well understood and
largely guides the daily actions and activities of the Shell Chemical Canada Ltd.
(hereafter called SCCL) management team and its employees. Senior Management,
including the Board is actively involved in the commitment and processes of
Responsible Care and taking a lead role in making the understanding of Responsible
Care more widespread amongst the public and its employees.