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Chevron Corporation
Formerly
  • Standard Oil Company (California)
    (1906–1926)[1]
  • Standard Oil Co. of California (Socal) (1926-1984)
  • ChevronTexaco Corporation
    (2001–2005)
Company typePublic
ISINUS1667641005
Industry
Predecessors
  • California Star Oil Works (1876–1879)
  • Pacific Coast Oil Co.[2]
    (1879–1900))
  • Iowa Standard[2]
    (1885-1900)
  • Pacific Oil Co. (unknown-1926)
  • (et. al.)
FoundedSeptember 10, 1879;145 years ago(1879-09-10)as"Pacific Coast Oil Co."inLos Angeles, California[3]
Founders
HeadquartersSan Ramon, California,U.S.[4]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mike Wirth
(Chairmanand CEO)[5]
ProductsGasoline,natural gasand otherpetrochemicals
Brands
RevenueDecreaseUS$200.9 billion(2023)
DecreaseUS$29.58 billion(2023)
DecreaseUS$21.37 billion(2023)
Total assetsIncreaseUS$261.6 billion(2023)
Total equityIncreaseUS$160.9 billion(2023)
OwnerBerkshire Hathaway(8.17%)
Number of employees
45,600 (December 2023)
ParentStandard Oil Co.(1900–1911)
Subsidiaries
Websitechevron
Footnotes / references
[6]

Chevron Corporationis an American multinationalenergy corporationpredominantly specializing inoil and gas.The second-largestdirect descendant of Standard Oil,and originally known as theStandard Oil Company of California(shortened toSocalorCalSo), it is active in more than 180 countries. Within oil and gas, Chevron isvertically integratedand is involved inhydrocarbon exploration,production,refining,marketing and transport, chemicals manufacturing and sales, andpower generation.

Founded originally inSouthern Californiaduring the 1870s, the company was then based for many decades inSan Francisco, California,before moving its corporate offices toSan Ramon, California,in 2001; and on August 2, 2024, Chevron announced that it would be relocating its headquarters from California toHouston, Texas,by 2025.[7]

Chevron traces its history back to the second half of the 19th century to small California-based oil companies which were acquired by Standard and merged into Standard Oil of California. The company grew quickly on its own after thebreakup of Standard Oilby continuing to acquire companies and partnering with others both inside and outside of California, eventually becoming one of theSeven Sistersthat dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s.

In 1985, Socal merged with the Pittsburgh-basedGulf Oiland rebranded as Chevron; the newly merged company later merged withTexacoin 2001.[8]Chevron manufactures and sells fuels, lubricants, additives, and petrochemicals, primarily inWestern North America,the USGulf Coast,Southeast Asia, South Korea and Australia. In 2018, the company produced an average of 791,000 barrels (125,800 m3) of net oil-equivalent per day in United States.[9]

Chevron is one of the largest companies in the world and the second-largest oil company based in the United States by revenue, only behind fellow Standard Oil descendantExxonMobil.Chevron ranked 10th on the Fortune 500 in 2023. The company is also the last-remaining oil-and-gas component of theDow Jones Industrial Averagesince ExxonMobil's exit from the index in 2020.[10][11]

Chevron has been subject tonumerous controversies.

History

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Predecessors

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Star Oil and Pacific Coast Oil Company

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One of Chevron's early predecessors, "Star Oil", discovered oil at thePico Canyon Oilfieldin theSanta Susana Mountainsnorth of Los Angeles in 1876. The 25 barrels of oil per day well marked the discovery of the Newhall Field, and is considered bygeophysicistMarius Vassiliouas the beginning of the modern oil industry in California.[12]Energy analystAntonia Juhaszhas said that while Star Oil's founders were influential in establishing an oil industry in California, Union Mattole Company discovered oil in the state eleven years prior.[13]

In September 1879,Charles N. Felton,Lloyd Tevis,George Loomis and others created the "Pacific Coast Oil Company", which acquired the assets of Star Oil[12]with $1 million in funding.[14]Pacific Coast Oil eventually became the largest oil interest in California, and in 1900,John D. Rockefeller'sStandard Oilacquired Pacific Coast Oil for $761,000.[14][12]In 1906, the Pacific Coast acquired the business operations and assets of theStandard Oil Company (Iowa).At this time, Pacific renamed itself the Standard Oil Company (California).[15][16]

Texaco

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Further information:Texaco § History

Since the acquisition of the Pacific Coast Oil Company by Standard Oil, the Standard descendant had traditionally worked closely withTexacofor 100 years, before acquiring Texaco outright in 2001. Originally known as the Texas Fuel Company (later the Texas Company), Texaco was founded inBeaumont, Texas,as an oil-equipment vendor by "Buckskin Joe". The founder's nickname came from being harsh and aggressive.[13]Texas Fuel worked closely with Chevron. In 1936, it formed a joint venture with California Standard namedCaltex,to drill and produce oil inSaudi Arabia.[17]According to energy analyst and activist shareholderAntonia Juhasz,[18][19][20]the Texas Fuel Company and California Standard were often referred to as the "terrible twins" for their cutthroat business practices.[21][16]

Formation of the Chevron name

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A Chevron station branded under the Standard name inParadise, Nevada,pictured in 2009

In 1911, the federal government broke Standard Oil into several pieces under theSherman Antitrust Act.One of those pieces, Standard Oil Co. (California), went on to become Chevron. It became part of the "Seven Sisters",which dominated the world oil industry in the early 20th century. In 1926, the company changed its name to Standard Oil Co. of California (SOCAL).[22]By the terms of the breakup of Standard Oil, at first Standard of California could use the Standard name only within its original geographic area of the Pacific coast states, plus Nevada and Arizona; outside that area, it had to use another name.

Today, Chevron is the owner of theStandard Oiltrademark in 16 states in the western and southeastern United States. SinceAmerican trademark lawoperates under a use-it-or-lose-it rule,[23]the company owns and operates one Standard-branded Chevron station in each state of the area.[24][25]However, though Chevron (as CalSo) acquiredKysoin the 1960s, its status in Kentucky is unclear after Chevron withdrew its brand from retail sales from Kentucky in July 2010.[26][27]

The 'Chevron' name came into use for some of its retail products in the 1930s. The name "Calso" was also used from 1946 to 1955, in states outside its native West Coast territory.[28][29]

Standard Oil Company of California ranked 75th among United States corporations in the value ofWorld War IImilitary production contracts.[30]

In 1933,Saudi Arabiagranted California Standard a concession to find oil, which led to the discovery of oil in 1938. In 1948, California Standard discovered the world's largest oil field in Saudi Arabia,Ghawar Field.[31]California Standard's subsidiary, California-Arabian Standard Oil Company, grew over the years and became the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) in 1944. In 1973, the Saudi government began buying into ARAMCO. By 1980, the company was entirely owned by the Saudis, and in 1988, its name was changed to Saudi Arabian Oil Company—Saudi Aramco.[32]

Standard Oil of California andGulf Oilmerged in 1984,[33]which was the largest merger in history at that time.[34][35]To comply withU.S. antitrust law,California Standard divested many of Gulf's operating subsidiaries, and sold some Gulf stations in the eastern United States and a Philadelphia refinery which has since closed. Among the assets sold off were Gulf's retail outlets in Gulf's home market ofPittsburgh,where Chevron lacks a retail presence but does retain a regional headquarters there as of 2013, partially forMarcellus Shale-related drilling.[36]The same year, Standard Oil of California also took the opportunity to change its legal name toChevron Corporation,since it had already been using the well-known "Chevron" retail brand name for decades. Chevron would sell the Gulf Oil trademarks for the entire U.S. toCumberland Farms,the parent company ofGulf Oil LP,in 2010 after Cumberland Farms had a license to the Gulf trademark in the Northeastern United States since 1986.[37]

In 1996, Chevron transferred its natural gas gathering, operating and marketing operation toNGC Corporation(later Dynegy) in exchange for a roughly 25% equity stake in NGC.[38]In a merger completed February 1, 2000, Illinova Corp. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dynegy Inc. and Chevron's stake increased up to 28%.[39]However, in May 2007, Chevron sold its stake in the company for approximately $985 million, resulting in a gain of $680 million.[40][41]

Acquisitions and diversification

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Chevron gas station design used until 2006

2000s

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The early 2000s saw Chevron engage in many mergers, acquisitions, and sales. The first largest of which was the $45 billion acquisition ofTexaco,announced on October 15, 2000. The acquisition created second-largest oil company in the United States and the world's fourth-largest publicly traded oil company with a combined market value of approximately $95 billion.[42][43][44][45]Completed on October 9, 2001, Chevron temporarily renamed itself toChevronTexacobetween 2001 and 2005; after the company reverted its name to Chevron, Texaco became used as a brand by the company for some of its fueling stations.[46]

2005 also saw Chevron purchaseUnocal Corporationfor $18.4 billion, increasing the company's petroleum and natural gas reserves by about 15%.[47][48][49][50]Because of Unocal's large South East Asian geothermal operations, Chevron became a large producer ofgeothermal energy.[51]The deal did not include Unocal's former retail operations including theUnion 76trademark, as it had sold that off toTosco Corporationin 1997.[52]The 76 brand is owned byPhillips 66,unaffiliated with Chevron.

Chevron and theLos Alamos National Laboratorystarted a cooperation in 2006, to improve the recovery of hydrocarbons fromoil shaleby developing ashale oil extractionprocess namedChevron CRUSH.[53]In 2006, theUnited States Department of the Interiorissued a research, development and demonstration lease for Chevron's demonstration oil shale project on public lands in Colorado'sPiceance Basin.[54]In February 2012, Chevron notified theBureau of Land Managementand the Department of Reclamation, Mining and Safety that it intended to divest this lease.[55]

2010s

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Starting in 2010, Chevron began to reduce its retail footprint and expand in domestic natural gas. In July 2010, Chevron ended retail operations in the Mid-Atlantic United States by removing the Chevron and Texaco names from 1,100 stations.[26][27]In 2011, Chevron acquired Pennsylvania-based Atlas Energy Inc. for $3.2 billion in cash and an additional $1.1 billion in existing debt owed by Atlas.[56][57][58]Three months later, Chevron acquired drilling and development rights for another 228,000 acres in the Marcellus Shale from Chief Oil & Gas LLC and Tug Hill, Inc.[59]In September 2013,Total S.A.and its joint-venture partner agreed to buy Chevron's retail distribution business in Pakistan for an undisclosed amount.[60]In October 2014, Chevron announced that it would sell a 30 percent holding in its Canadian oil shale holdings toKuwait's state-owned oil companyKuwait Oil Companyfor a fee of $1.5 billion.[61]Despite these sales, Chevron continued to explore acquisitions, a trend which had reinvigorated in 2019 and extended throughout theCOVID-19 pandemic.In April 2019, Chevron announced its intention to acquire Anadarko Petroleum in a deal valued at $33 billion, but decided to focus on other acquisitions shortly afterwards when a deal could not be reached.[62]Despite the failed acquisition of Andarko, Chevron did acquireNoble Energyfor $5 billion in July 2020.[63][64]

Chevron was not spared from the pandemic, however, as Chevron announced reductions of 10–15% of its workforce due to both the pandemic and a2020 oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia.[65]During the pandemic, Chevron considered a merger with rival ExxonMobil in 2020 during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic that drove oil demand sharply down. It would have been one of the largest corporate mergers in history, and a combined Chevron and ExxonMobil (dubbed "Chexxon" byReuters) would have been the second-largest oil company in the world, trailing onlySaudi Aramco.[66][67]

Later in the pandemic, Chevron began requiring some employees, namely expatriate employees, those working overseas, and workers on U.S.-flagged ships, to receive COVID-19 vaccinations after having some key operations, the off-shore platforms off theGulf of MexicoandPermian Basinfor example. The requirement will begin for workers off the Gulf of Mexico on the first of November.[68][69]

2020s

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In the 2020s, Chevron's primary focus was on alternative energy solutions, gradual pullouts from Africa and Southeast Asia, and an increased focus on the Americas with a lessened albeit still present interest in natural gas. Chevron in February 2020 joined Marubeni Corporation and WAVE Equity Partners in investing in Carbon Clean Solutions, a company that provides portable carbon capture technology for the oil field and other industrial facilities.[70]Two years later, Chevron announced that they will acquireRenewable Energy Group,a biodiesel production company based inAmes, Iowa.The acquisition was completed just under four months later on June 13.[71][72]

In the Americas, Chevron acquired natural gas company Beyond6, LLC (B6) and its network of 55compressed natural gasstations across the United States fromMercuriain November 2022. However, Chevron's largest American moves in the 2020s were inVenezuela,as theBiden administrationrelaxed restrictions on Chevron from pumping oil in the South American nation, originally imposed due to corruption scandals and human rights violations by Venezuelan presidentNicolás Maduro.The relaxed restrictions, however, came with severe limitations, including provisions which prohibited Chevron from selling to Russian or Iranian-affiliated agencies and from allowing any direct profits to go to Venezuelan oil companyPDVSA.[73][74]

On November 29, 2022, Venezuelan Government Petroleum MinisterTarek El Aissamimet inCaracas,Venezuela, with the president of Chevron, Javier La Rosa. The Venezuelan ruling party said it was committed to "the development of oil production" after the easing of sanctions.

The most important joint ventures where Chevron is involved in Venezuela are Petroboscán, in the west of the nation, and Petropiar, in the easternOrinocoBelt, with a production capacity of close to 180,000 barrels per day between both projects. In the case of Petroboscán, current production is nil and, in Petropiar, current records indicate close to 50,000 barrels per day.[75]

On March 20, 2023, Tareck El Aissami resigned from his government post amid serious corruption allegations. Moreover, El Aissami, a longtime Maduro ally, has a $10mn US government reward on his head for allegedly facilitating drug trafficking from Venezuela. He played a key role in helping Nicolas Maduro's government dodge US economic sanctions, using hisSyrianandLebaneseparentage to open up new business channels toIranandTurkey.[76]

On January 5, 2022, Chevron temporarily decreased production inKazakhstan'sTengiz Fielddue to the2022 Kazakh protests,which were motivated by heavy oil price increases.[77]Later that month, Chevron also announced it would end all operations inMyanmar,citing rampant human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[78]A statement released by the company on its website stated while Chevron was committed to an orderly exit which ensured it could still provide energy to Southeast Asia, Chevron remained firmly opposed to the human rights violations committed by the currentmilitary rule in Myanmar.[79]

Also in 2022, Chevron was reported to explore the sale of stakes in three fields located inEquatorial Guinea.It was suggested byReutersthat the sales are intended to attract smaller oil companies.[80]

Chevron, however, did not do business in the 2020s without controversy and regulatory obstacles.Chevron Phillips Chemical,a company jointly owned by Chevron andPhillips 66,agreed to pay $118 million in March 2022 as a result of violating theClean Air Actat three of its chemical production plants in Texas. According to theU.S. Department of JusticeandU.S. Environmental Protection Agency,Chevron and Phillips failed to properlyflareat the plants, causing excess air pollution. The companies agreed to add pollution control systems to the plants as well.[81]

Despite the major oil and gas companies, including Chevron, reporting sharp rises in interim revenues and profits due toRussia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine,the world's-largest oil companies received immense backlash for such profits. In total, Chevron made US$246.3 billion in revenue and $36.5 billion in profit within 2022, both of which are records for the company. In addition, days before the company reported its full year earnings, Chevron increased its dividend and announced a $75 billionstock buyback program,a move which attracted a heated response from the Biden administration as well as from news commentators within the United States.[82][83][84][85][86][87]

The 2020s also saw efforts by Chevron to expand into the clean energy industry. Across the 2020s, Chevron invested stakes intofusion powercompanies, the two largest of them beingZap EnergyandTAE Technologies.[88][89]September 2023 saw Chevron acquire a majority stake in a Utah hydrogen storage facility, which is poised to be the world's largest storage facility forhydrogen in renewable energy.[90]

In October 2023, Chevron Corporation acquiredHess Corporationin an all-stock deal for $53 billion.[91][92]The acquisition, which was announced on October 23, 2023, opens up new opportunities in the US shale plays and in oil-richGuyana.Hess Corp,Exxon MobilandChina'sCNOOC,key players in Guyana, have been producing a combined 400,000barrelsper day.from two offshore projects. With the potential to develop 10 more projects, Guyana becomes one of the fastest-growing oil regions that Chevron now has access to.[93]

In 2023, Chevron entered into a 10-year agreement with state-ownedHindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd(HPCL) to license, manufacture, distribute and sell ChevronlubricantsinIndiaunder theCaltexbrand.[94]

In August 2024, Chevron earmarked $1 billion in a new research and development (R&D) hub called Chevron Engineering and Innovation Excellence Center (ENGINE) inBengaluru,India.[95][96]

Corporate image

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Logo evolution

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The first logo featured the legend "Pacific Coast Oil Co.", the name adopted by the company when it was established in 1879. Successive versions showed the word 'Standard' (for "The Standard Oil of California" ). In 1968, the company introduced the word 'Chevron' (which was introduced as a brand in the 1930s) for the first time in its logo. In July 2014, the Chevron Corporation logo design was officially changed, although it has been used since 2000. By 2015, the logo had been changed multiple times, with three different color schemes applied in the logo. The logo was gray, then blue, and then turned red before returning to the silver gray it is today.[97][98]

  • 1879–1906 ("Pacific Coast Oil Co.")
    1879–1906
    ( "Pacific Coast Oil Co." )
  • 1931–1948
    1931–1948
  • 1948–1968[99]
    1948–1968[99]
  • 1968–2007
    1968–2007
  • 2004–present[100]
    2004–present[100]

"Human Energy"

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Chevron today is well known for its slogan "the human energy company", a campaign first launched in September 2007. In a corporate blog, Chevron states "human energy" was chosen as their campaign's slogan and focus because "human energy captures our positive spirit in delivering energy to a rapidly changing world". The slogan remains prominent in Chevron advertising, and Chevron has derived from this slogan to use phrases in marketing such as "it's only human".[101][102][103]

Operations

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As of December 31, 2018, Chevron had approximately 48,600 employees (including about 3,600 service station employees). Approximately 24,800 employees (including about 3,300 service station employees), or 51 percent, were employed in U.S. operations.[104]

Chevron's dominant regions of production are North America, which produces 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BBOE), and Eurasia, which produces 1.4 BBOE. Chevron's Eurasian-Pacific operations are concentrated in theUnited Kingdom,Southeast Asia,Kazakhstan,Australia,Bangladesh,andgreater China.Chevron additionally operates in South America, the west coast ofsub-Saharan Africa(mainlyNigeriaandAngola),Egypt,andIraq;these four regions collectively produce 0.4 BBOE. Chevron's largest revenue products areshale and tight,though produces considerable revenue fromheavy oil,deepwater offshore drilling,conventional oil, andliquefied natural gas.[105]

In October 2015, Chevron announced that it was cutting up to 7,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its workforce.[106]Because of theCOVID-19 pandemicand2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war,Chevron announced reductions of 10–15% of its workforce.[65]

US officials visiting Chevron'sBarrow Islandfacilities

Upstream

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Chevron's oil and gas exploration and production operations, which in the oil and gas industry are considered as "upstream"operations, are primarily in the US, Australia, Nigeria, Angola, Kazakhstan, and the Gulf of Mexico. As of December 31, 2018, the company's upstream business reported worldwide net production of 2.930 million oil-equivalent barrels per day.[107]

In the United States, the company operates approximately 11,000 oil and natural gas wells in hundreds of fields occupying 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) across thePermian Basin,located inWest Texasand southeasternNew Mexico.In 2010, Chevron was the fourth-largest producer in the region.[108]In February 2011, Chevron celebrated the production of its 5 billionth barrel of Permian Basin oil.[109]The Gulf of Mexico is where the company's deepest offshore drilling takes place at Tahiti and Blind Faith. The company also explored and drilled in theMarcellus Shaleformation under several northeastern US states; these operations were sold to the Pittsburgh-based natural gas firmEQT Corporationin 2020.[110]

Chevron's largest single resource project is the $43 billionGorgon Gas Projectin Australia. It also produces natural gas from Western Australia. The $43 billion project was started in 2010, and was expected to be brought online in 2014.[111]The project includes construction of a 15 million tonne per annumliquefied natural gas plantonBarrow Island,and a domestic gas plant with the capacity to provide 300 terajoules per day to supply gas to Western Australia.[112]

It is also developing theWheatstone liquefied natural gas developmentin Western Australia. The foundation phase of the project is estimated to cost $29 billion; it will consist of two LNG processing trains with a combined capacity of 8.9 million tons per annum, a domestic gas plant and associated offshore infrastructure.[113]In August 2014 a significant gas-condensate discovery at the Lasseter-1 exploration well in WA-274-P in Western Australia, in which Chevron has a 50% interest was announced.[114]The company also has an interest in theNorth West Shelf Venture,equally shared with five other investors includingBP,BHP Petroleum,Shell,Mitsubishi/MitsuiandWoodside.[115]Presently, Chevron is looking to convert its Gorgon Island operations from upstream production tocarbon capture and storage.[116]

In the onshore and near-offshore regions of theNiger Delta,Chevron operates under a joint venture with theNigerian National Petroleum Corporation,operating and holding a 40% interest in 13 concessions in the region. In addition, Chevron operates the Escravos Gas Plant and theEscravos gas-to-liquids plant.[117]

Chevron has interests in four concessions in Angola, including offshore two concessions inCabinda province,the Tombua–Landana development and the Mafumeira Norte project, operated by the company. It is also a leading partner inAngola LNG plant.[118][119]

InKazakhstan,Chevron participate theTengizandKarachaganakprojects.[120]In 2010, Chevron became the largest private shareholder in theCaspian Pipeline Consortiumpipeline, which transports oil from theCaspian Seato theBlack Sea.[121]

As of 2013, theRosebank oil and gas fieldwest ofShetlandwas being evaluated by Chevron and its partners. Chevron drilled its discovery well there in 2004. Production was expected in 2015 if a decision was made to produce from the field. The geology and weather conditions are challenging.[122]

Midstream

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As of 2019, outside of maritime shipping, Chevron did not own significantmidstreamassets;[123]that year it attempted to purchaseAnadarko Petroleum,which owned pipelines,[123]but was outbid byOccidental Petroleum.[124]In 2021, Chevron completed its purchase of Noble Midstream Partners LP, which has crude oil, produced water and gas gathering assets in the Permian Basin in West Texas and the DJ Basin in Colorado. Noble Midstream also has 2 crude oil terminals in the DJ Basin as well as freshwater delivery systems.

Transport

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TheMississippi Voyager,one of Chevron's transport ships

Chevron Shipping Company, a wholly owned subsidiary, provides the maritime transport operations, marine consulting services and marine risk management services for Chevron Corporation. Chevron ships historically had names beginning with "Chevron", such asChevron WashingtonandChevron South America,or were named after former or serving directors of the company.Samuel Ginn,William E. Crain,Kenneth Derr,Richard Matzke and most notablyCondoleezza Ricewere among those honored, but the ship named after Rice was subsequently renamed asAltair Voyager.[125][126]

Downstream

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Chevron'sEl Segundorefinery, among its largest refining facilities.

Refining

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Chevron's downstream operations manufacture and sell products such as fuels, lubricants, additives and petrochemicals. The company's most significant areas of operations are the west coast of North America, the U.S. Gulf Coast, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Australia and South Africa. In 2010, Chevron sold an average of 3.1 million barrels per day (490×10^3m3/d) of refined products like gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.[127]The company operates approximately 19,550 retail sites in 84 countries. Chevron's Asia downstream headquarters is inSingapore,and the company operates gas stations (under the Caltex brand) within the city state, in addition to some gas stations in Western Canada.[128][129]Chevron owns the trademark rights to Texaco and Caltex fuel and lubricant products.[130]

Chevron, with equal partnerSingapore Petroleum Company,also owns half of the 285,000 barrels per day (45,300 m3/d) Singapore Refining Company (SRC) plant, a complexrefinerycapable of cracking crude oil.[131][132]The investment was first made in 1979 when Caltex was a one-third partner.

In 2010, Chevron processed 1.9 million barrels per day (300×10^3m3/d) of crude oil.[127]It owns and operates Five active refineries in the United States (Richmond, CA,El Segundo, CA,Salt Lake City, UT,Pascagoula, MS,Pasadena, TX). Chevron is the non-operating partner in seven joint venture refineries, located in Australia,[133]Pakistan,[134]Singapore,Thailand,South Korea, and New Zealand.[135]Chevron's United States refineries are located in Gulf and Western states. Chevron also owns an asphalt refinery in Perth Amboy, New Jersey; however, since early 2008 that refinery has primarily operated as a terminal.[136]

Chemicals

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Main article:Chevron Phillips Chemical

Chevron's primary chemical business is in a 50/50 joint venture withPhillips 66,organized into theChevron PhillipsChemical Company. Chevron also operates the Chevron Oronite Company, which develops, manufactures and sells fuel and lubricant additives.[137]

Retail

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A Chevron gas station inDiamondville, Wyoming(taken on May 27, 2018)

In the United States, the Chevron brand is the most widely used, at 6,880 locations as of September 2022 spread across 21 states. Chevron's highest concentration of stations branded as Chevron are in California (mostly in theSan Francisco Bay Area,Central Valley,andGreater Los Angeles),Las Vegas,Anchorage,thePacific Northwest(especiallySeattle),Phoenix,Atlanta,theTexas Triangle,andSouth Florida.[138]The world's largest Chevron gas station is located atTerrible's Road Housein Nevada.

Chevron also utilizes theTexacobrand within the United States, though its locations are much more sparsely-spread than that of Chevron. Texaco is used at 1,346 locations across 17 states, mostly inWashington,Texas,Louisiana,Alabama,Mississippi,Georgia,andHawaii.[139]Additionally, Texaco licenses its brand toValero Energyto use in the United Kingdom, and over 730 Texaco stations exist in Britain.[140]

Chevron primarily uses theCaltexbrand outside of the United States, primarily in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Pakistan, New Zealand, and South Africa. In 2015, Chevron sold its 50% stake in Caltex Australia, while allowing the company to continue using the Caltex brand. In 2019, Chevron announced it would re-enter the Australian market by purchasingPuma Energy's operations in the country. The acquisition was completed in July 2020. Chevron relaunched the Caltex brand in Australia in 2022, after the expiration of Caltex Australia's license to use the Caltex brand.[141][142][143][144][145][146]

Alternative energy

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Chevron's 500kWSolarminephotovoltaicsolar project inFellows, California

Chevron's alternative energy operations include geothermalsolar,wind,biofuel,fuel cells, andhydrogen.[147]In 2021 it significantly increased its use of biofuel from dairy farms, like biomethane.[148]

Chevron has claimed to be the world's largest producer ofgeothermal energy.[51]The company's primary geothermal operations were located in Southeast Asia, but these assets were sold in 2017.[149][150][151][152]

Prior, Chevron operated geothermal wells inIndonesiaproviding power to Jakarta and the surrounding area. In the Philippines, Chevron also operated geothermal wells at Tiwi field in Albay province, the Makiling-Banahaw field in Laguna and Quezon provinces.[153]

In 2007, Chevron and theUnited States Department of Energy'sNational Renewable Energy Laboratory(NREL) started collaboration to develop and producealgae fuel,which could be converted into transportation fuels, such asjet fuel.[154]In 2008, Chevron andWeyerhaeusercreated Catchlight Energy LLC, which researches the conversion of cellulose-based biomass into biofuels.[155]In 2013, the Catchlight plan was downsized due to competition with fossil fuel projects for funds.[156]

Between 2006 and 2011, Chevron contributed up to $12 million to a strategic research alliance with the Georgia Institute of Technology to develop cellulosic biofuels and to create a process to convert biomass like wood or switchgrass into fuels. Additionally, Chevron holds a 22% stake in Galveston Bay Biodiesel LP, which produces up to 110 million US gallons (420,000 m3) of renewable biodiesel fuel a year.[157][158]

In 2010, the Chevron announced a 740 kWphotovoltaicdemonstration project inBakersfield, California,called Project Brightfield, for exploring possibilities to usesolar powerfor powering Chevron's facilities. It consists of technologies from seven companies, which Chevron is evaluating for large-scale use.[159][160]InFellows, California,Chevron has invested in the 500 kWSolarminephotovoltaic solar project, which supplies daytime power to theMidway-Sunset Oil Field.[161]In Questa, Chevron has built a 1 MWconcentrated photovoltaicplant that comprises 173 solar arrays, which useFresnel lenses.[162][163]In October 2011, Chevron launched a 29-MWthermal solar-to-steam facilityin theCoalinga Fieldto produce the steam forenhanced oil recovery.As of 2012, the project is the largest of its kind in the world.[164]

In 2014, Chevron began reducing its investment in renewable energy technologies, reducing headcount and selling alternative energy-related assets.[165]

In 2015, theShell CanadaQuest Energy project was launched[166]of which Chevron Canada Limited holds a 20% share.[167]The project is based within the Athabasca Oil Sands Project near Fort McMurray, Alberta. It is the world's firstCCSproject on a commercial-scale.[166]

Corporate affairs

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Big Oil companies[a]
Company Revenue (USD)[168] Profit (USD) Brands
ExxonMobil $286 billion $23 billion Mobil
Esso
Imperial Oil
Shell plc $273 billion $20 billion Jiffy Lube
Pennzoil
Z Energy
TotalEnergies $185 billion $16 billion Elf Aquitaine
SunPower
BP $164 billion $7.6 billion Amoco
Aral AG
Chevron $163 billion $16 billion Texaco
Caltex
Havoline
Marathon $141 billion $10 billion ARCO[169]
Phillips 66 $115 billion $1.3 billion 76
Conoco
JET
Valero $108 billion $0.9 billion —
Eni $77 billion $5.8 billion —
ConocoPhillips $48.3 billion $8.1 billion —
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As of 2018, Chevron is ranked No. 13 on theFortune 500rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[170]

The key trends of Chevron are (as at the financial year ending December 31):[171][172]

Year Revenue
in billion US$ 		Net income
in billion US$ 		Price per Share
in US$[b][173] 		Employees Refs
1997 40.5 3.2 38.50 [174]
1998 29.9 1.3 41.47 [174]
1999 35.4 2.0 43.31 [175]
2000 50.5 5.1 42.22 [175]
2001 104 3.2 44.80 [176]
2002 98.6 1.1 33.24 [176]
2003 120 7.2 43.20 [177]
2004 151 13.3 52.51 [177]
2005 198 14.0 47.89 [178][179]
2006 210 17.1 57.58 [178][179]
2007 220 18.6 63.07 [178][179]
2008 273 23.9 82.42 67,000 [178][179]
2009 171 10.4 84.90 64,000 [178][179]
2010 204 19.0 70.17 62,000 [178][179]
2011 253 26.8 78.13 61,000 [178][179]
2012 241 26.1 100.85 62,000 [178][179]
2013 228 21.4 107.55 64,600 [178][179]
2014 211 19.2 120.23 64,700 [178][179]
2015 138 4.5 120.51 61,500 [178][179]
2016 114 −0.49 96.36 55,200 [178][179]
2017 141 9.1 99.87 51,900 [178][179]
2018 166 14.8 111.45 48,600 [178][179]
2019 146 2.9 119.63 48,200 [178][179]
2020 94.6 −5.5 88.27 13,379 [178][179]
2021 162 15.6 104.21 42,595 [178][179]
2022 246 35.4 179.49 43,846 [178][179]
2023 200 21.3 45,600

Ownership

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Chevron is mainly owned byinstitutional investors,who own around 70% of shares. The largest shareholders in December 2023 were:[180]

Headquarters and Offices

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California

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Chevron's corporate headquarters are located in a 92-acre campus inSan Ramon, California,located at 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road.[181]The company moved there in 2002 from its earlier headquarters at555 Market Streetin San Francisco, California, the city where it had been located since its inception in 1879.[182]Chevron sold its San Ramon headquarters to the local Sunset Development Co. in September 2022, from whom it originally bought the land which the Bollinger Canyon Road headquarters today stand, and is planning to lease space in San Ramon'sBishop Ranch,also owned by Sunset, as its new headquarters, as it continued to shift more operations to Texas.[183][184]

Texas

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Chevron tower in Houston

Chevron operates from office towers in downtownHouston,Texas, where it purchased1500 Louisiana Streetand1400 Smith Street,the former headquarters of failed Texas energy giantEnron.[185]

Chevron also planned a new office tower at 1600 Louisiana Street, next to its existing properties. The building would have stood 50-stories and 832 feet. Upon its completion, it would have been the fourth-tallest building in Houston and the first 50-plus-story building to be constructed in Houston in nearly 30 years. However, the contract with thestate government of Texasthat Chevron made did not require that Chevron follow through with the plans and build the office tower, and as such, Chevron announced in 2016 it had no plans to build the tower, which remained undeveloped as of August 2024. However, upon Chevron announcing that it was selling its San Ramon headquarters in 2022 and offered to cover moving costs for employees who wished to relocate to Texas, interest sparked in Chevron potentially following through with building a tower at 1600 Louisiana.[186][187]

On August 2, 2024, Chevron announced that it would be relocating its headquarters from California to Houston, Texas, by 2025, citing a multifactorial decision.[7]

Political contributions

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Since January 2011 Chevron has contributed almost $15 million on Washington lobbying. On October 7, 2012, Chevron donated $2.5 million to theRepublicanCongressional Leadership FundsuperPACthat is closely tied to formerHouse SpeakerJohn Boehner.[188]

According towatchdog groupDocumented, in 2020 Chevron contributed $50,000 to the Rule of Law Defense Fund, a fund-raising arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association.[189]

Leadership

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Chairman of the Board

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Demetrius G. Scofield,March 8, 1917 – July 30, 1917
William S. Miller, April 28, 1919 – December 23, 1919
Harry D. Collier, October 25, 1945 – January 1, 1950
R. Gwin Follis, January 1, 1950–December 1966
Otto N. Miller, December 1966–January 1974
Harold J. Haynes, January 1974–May 1981
George M. Keller,May 1981–January 1, 1989
Kenneth T. Derr,January 1, 1989 – January 1, 2000
David J. O'Reilly,January 1, 2000 – December 31, 2009
John S. WatsonDecember 31, 2009 – February 1, 2018
Michael K. Wirth,February 1, 2018–present

President

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George Loomis, September 10, 1879 – December 15, 1879
Charles N. Felton,December 15, 1879–August, 1885
George Loomis, August 1885–April 8, 1894
Charles N. Felton,April 17, 1894–February 1896
Gordon Blanding, February, 1896–October 17, 1900
Henry M. Tilford,December 18, 1900 – February 20, 1911
James A. Moffett, February 20, 1911 – December 1, 1911
Demetrius G. Scofield,December 5, 1911 – March 8, 1917
Kenneth R. Kingsbury, April 28, 1919 – November 22, 1937
William H. Berg, December 10, 1937 – June 26, 1940
Harry D. Collier, July 8, 1940 – October 25, 1945
R. Gwin Follis, October 25, 1945 – January 9, 1948
Theodore S. Petersen, January 9, 1948 – October 26, 1961
Otto N. Miller, October 26, 1961–December 1966
James E. Gosline, December 1966–July 30, 1969
Harold J. Haynes, July 30, 1969–January 1974
John R. Grey, January 1974–December 31, 1985
office abolished

Current Board of directors

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Criticism and concerns

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Main article:Criticism of Chevron
Anti-Chevron protest banner in support of Lago Agrio

Chevron has been widely criticized and attacked for scandals, accidents, and activities mostly related toclimate change.Chevron has been fined by the governments of Angola, for oil spills within its waters, and the United States through itsEPAfor violations of the US Clean Air Act and pollutive activities arising out of itsRichmond Refineryin California.[190][191]On multiple instances, authorities in oil-heavy countries have fired rounds onto protestors against Chevron.[192]Environmental activists have held annual anti-Chevron protests, usually within a week of Chevron's annual meeting of shareholders.[193]

One case heavily promoted onsocial mediais about work done in theLago Agrio oil fieldbyTexaco,which Chevron acquired in 2001. It has been alleged that Texaco dumped 18 billion tons of toxic waste and spilling 17 million US gallons (64,000,000 L) of petroleum.[194]Texaco's activities were the subject of an Ecuadorian court case brought bySteven Donziger,which claimed an $18 billion and later reduced $9.5 billion judgment. However, bothUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York[195]andPermanent Court of Arbitration[196]inThe Haguehave blocked enforcement of the judgment and instead issued rewards to Chevron, finding that the Ecuadorian judgment was a product offraudbased on claims that had already been settled and released by the Republic of Ecuador almost two decades ago. They also found that Donziger has engaged in a long list of serious felonies, including fraud, wire fraud, bribery, coercion, evidence tampering, corruption, extortion, andracketeering.[197][198][199]The U.S. District Court's judgment was unanimously upheld by theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit[200][201]Courts in other countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, and Canada, have also rejected the enforcement and related lawsuits. Donziger has since been convicted of criminalcontempt of court[202][203]and disbarred.[204][205][206]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Data is based on the 2022Fortune 500.
  2. ^Determined by closing price on December 31 (or last trading day) of that specific calendar year

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