Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Ryan
M. Lance, certify that:
1.
I have
reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10
-Q
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 evaluati
on; 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.