Wholly-Independent Committees			Other Committees
	Audit and Conduct Review 1	Compensation and Human Resources 1	Corporate Governance and Nominating 1	Finance 2	Health, Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility 2	Reserves Review 2
	6 members	7 members	7 members	6 members	8 members	7 members
Management Director - Not Independent
Charlie Fischer
Outside Director - Not Independent
Dennis Flanagan 3
Outside Director - Independent
David Hentschel
Barry Jackson					Chair
Kevin Jenkins 4		Chair
The Hon. A. Anne McLellan, P.C.
Eric Newell, O.C.
Thomas O'Neill 4	Chair
Francis Saville, Q.C.
Richard Thomson, O.C. 4			Chair
John Willson						Chair
Victor Zaleschuk				Chair

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Notes:

1. All members and Chairs must be independent (by regulatory and institutional shareowner standards).
2. No requirement for all members or Chairs to be independent. Reserves Review Committee must be majority independent.
3. Mr. Flanagan is not independent since July 1, 2007, because a company on which his son is an officer, Triaxon, did business with Nexen in 2006. If there is no further business between Triaxon and Nexen, Mr. Flanagan will be independent again after July 1, 2010.
4. A designated audit committee financial expert pursuant to U.S. regulatory requirements.