CERTIFICATION
I, Ryan M. Lance, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on
Form
10-K
of ConocoPhillips;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit
to
state a material fact necessary to make the
statements
made, in light of the circumstances under
which
such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by
this
report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in
this
report,
fairly present in all material respects the
financial
condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing
and
maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant
and
have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
or caused such disclosure
controls
and
procedures to be designed under our
supervision,
to ensure that material information relating
to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to provide reasonable assurance
regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for
external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and
presented in
this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of
the end of the period covered by this report
based
on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control
over financial
reporting that
occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal
quarter
in
the case of an annual report) that has
materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant’s internal
control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent
evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant’s auditors and
the audit committee of the
registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
in the design or operation of internal control
over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees
who
have a
significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
February 18, 2020