Exhibit 31.1
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 16, 2021