UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
þQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020
or
oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number 001-00368
Chevron CorporationCorporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


6001 Bollinger Canyon Road
Delaware 94-0890210San Ramon,California94583-2324
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
6001 Bollinger Canyon Road,
San Ramon, California
94583-2324
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (925) (925842-1000
NONE
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $.75 per shareCVXNew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  þ        No  o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  þ        No  o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filerþ
 
Accelerated filero
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
   
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth companyo
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes  o       No  þ
Indicate the number of
There were 1,866,978,650 shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes ofCompany's common stock as of the latest practicable date:
ClassOutstanding as of September 30, 2017
Common stock, $.75 par value1,899,373,928
outstanding on March 31, 2020.
 







TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
  Page No.
 
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
7-23
24-36
Item 4.
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.4.
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5.Other Information
Item 6.
Item 5.



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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS RELEVANT TO FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF “SAFE HARBOR” PROVISIONS OF THE
PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995


This quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chevron Corporation contains forward-looking statements relating to Chevron’s operations that are based on management’smanagement's current expectations, estimates and projections about the petroleum, chemicals and other energy-related industries. Words or phrases such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “targets,” “forecasts,” “projects,” “believes,” “seeks,” “schedules,” “estimates,” “positions,” “pursues,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “budgets,” “outlook,” “trends,” “guidance,” “focus,” “on schedule,” “on track,” “is slated,” “goals,” “objectives,” “strategies,” “opportunities”“opportunities,” “poised,” “potential” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the company’s control and are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. The reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Unless legally required, Chevron undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are: changing crude oil and natural gas prices;prices and demand for our products; crude oil production quotas or other actions that might be imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producing countries; public health crises, such as pandemics (including coronavirus (COVID-19)) and epidemics, and any related government policies and actions; changing economic, regulatory and political environments in the various countries in which the company operates; general domestic and international economic and political conditions; changing refining, marketing and chemicals margins; the company'scompany’s ability to realize anticipated cost savings, expenditure reductions and expenditure reductions;efficiencies associated with enterprise transformation initiatives; actions of competitors or regulators; timing of exploration expenses; timing of crude oil liftings; the competitiveness of alternate-energy sources or product substitutes; technological developments; the results of operations and financial condition of the company'scompany’s suppliers, vendors, partners and equity affiliates, particularly during extended periods of low prices for crude oil and natural gas;gas during the COVID-19 pandemic; the inability or failure of the company’s joint-venture partners to fund their share of operations and development activities; the potential failure to achieve expected net production from existing and future crude oil and natural gas development projects; potential delays in the development, construction or start-up of planned projects; the potential disruption or interruption of the company’s operations due to war, accidents, political events, civil unrest, severe weather, cyber threats, and terrorist acts, crude oil production quotas or other actions that might be imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or other natural or human causes beyond itsthe company’s control; changing economic, regulatory and political environments in the various countries in which the company operates; general domestic and international economic and political conditions; the potential liability for remedial actions or assessments under existing or future environmental regulations and litigation; significant operational, investment or product changes required by existing or future environmental statutes and regulations, including international agreements and national or regional legislation and regulatory measures to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions; the potential liability resulting from other pending or future litigation; the company’s future acquisitionacquisitions or dispositiondispositions of assets or shares or the delay or failure of such transactions to close based on required closing conditions; the potential for gains and losses from asset dispositions or impairments; government-mandatedgovernment mandated sales, divestitures, recapitalizations, industry-specific taxes, tariffs, sanctions, changes in fiscal terms or restrictions on scope of company operations; foreign currency movements compared with the U.S. dollar; material reductions in corporate liquidity and access to debt markets; the receipt of required Board authorizations to pay future dividends; the effects of changed accounting rules under generally accepted accounting principles promulgated by rule-setting bodies; the company'scompany’s ability to identify and mitigate the risks and hazards inherent in operating in the global energy industry; and the factors set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” on pages 2018 through 2221 of the company’s 20162019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.10-K, on pages 37 and 38 of this report and in subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed in this report could also have material adverse effects on forward-looking statements.




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PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.Consolidated Financial Statements
CHEVRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020
 2019
 (Millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
Revenues and Other Income   
Sales and other operating revenues$29,705
 $34,189
Income from equity affiliates965
 1,062
Other income (loss)831
 (51)
Total Revenues and Other Income31,501
 35,200
Costs and Other Deductions   
Purchased crude oil and products15,509
 19,703
Operating expenses5,291
 4,886
Selling, general and administrative expenses683
 984
Exploration expenses158
 189
Depreciation, depletion and amortization4,288
 4,094
Taxes other than on income1,167
 1,061
Interest and debt expense162
 225
Other components of net periodic benefit costs98
 101
Total Costs and Other Deductions27,356
 31,243
Income Before Income Tax Expense4,145
 3,957
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)564
 1,315
Net Income (Loss)3,581
 2,642
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests(18) (7)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Chevron Corporation$3,599
 $2,649
Per Share of Common Stock   
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Chevron Corporation   
- Basic$1.93
 $1.40
- Diluted$1.93
 $1.39
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding (000s)   
- Basic1,862,273
 1,888,002
- Diluted1,865,649
 1,900,748
    
    
   


 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars, except per-share amounts)
Revenues and Other Income     
Sales and other operating revenues*$33,892
 $29,159
 $98,293
 $80,073
Income from equity affiliates1,036
 555
 3,502
 1,883
Other income1,277
 426
 2,311
 1,019
Total Revenues and Other Income36,205
 30,140
 104,106
 82,975
Costs and Other Deductions       
Purchased crude oil and products18,776
 15,842
 54,607
 42,345
Operating expenses4,937
 4,666
 14,255
 15,124
Selling, general and administrative expenses1,238
 1,109
 3,099
 3,140
Exploration expenses239
 258
 508
 842
Depreciation, depletion and amortization5,109
 4,130
 14,614
 15,254
Taxes other than on income*3,213
 2,962
 9,149
 8,799
Interest and debt expense35
 64
 134
 143
Total Costs and Other Deductions33,547
 29,031
 96,366
 85,647
Income (Loss) Before Income Tax Expense2,658
 1,109
 7,740
 (2,672)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)672
 (192) 1,589
 (1,803)
Net Income (Loss)1,986
 1,301
 6,151
 (869)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests34
 18
 67
 43
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Chevron Corporation$1,952
 $1,283
 $6,084
 $(912)
Per Share of Common Stock:       
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Chevron Corporation       
— Basic$1.03
 $0.68
 $3.23
 $(0.49)
— Diluted$1.03
 $0.68
 $3.21
 $(0.49)
Dividends$1.08
 $1.07
 $3.24
 $3.21
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding (000s)       
— Basic1,882,650
 1,873,649
 1,881,026
 1,871,813
— Diluted1,895,879
 1,883,342
 1,894,764
 1,871,813
____________________       
* Includes excise, value-added and similar taxes:$1,867
 $1,772
 $5,315
 $5,208



See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



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CHEVRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)


 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Net Income (Loss)$1,986
 $1,301
 $6,151
 $(869)
Currency translation adjustment13
 7
 37
 9
Unrealized holding (loss) gain on securities:       
Net (loss) gain arising during period(2) 21
 (7) 31
Defined benefit plans:       
Actuarial gain (loss):       
Amortization to net income of net actuarial and settlement losses264
 265
 609
 644
Actuarial gain (loss) arising during period3
 (9) (11) (23)
Prior service cost:       
Amortization to net income of net prior service costs(5) 2
 (15) 15
Defined benefit plans sponsored by equity affiliates5
 5
 15
 19
Income tax expense on defined benefit plans(96) (102) (207) (247)
Total171
 161
 391
 408
Other Comprehensive Gain, Net of Tax182
 189
 421
 448
Comprehensive Income (Loss)2,168
 1,490
 6,572
 (421)
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests(34) (18) (67) (43)
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to Chevron Corporation$2,134
 $1,472
 $6,505
 $(464)
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Net Income (Loss)$3,581
 $2,642
Currency translation adjustment(19) (4)
Unrealized holding gain (loss) on securities   
Net gain (loss) arising during period(3) (1)
Defined benefit plans   
Actuarial gain (loss)   
Amortization to net income of net actuarial loss and settlements166
 125
Actuarial gain (loss) arising during period
 (3)
Prior service credits (cost)   
Amortization to net income of net prior service costs and curtailments(3) (4)
Prior service (costs) credits arising during period
 
Defined benefit plans sponsored by equity affiliates - benefit (cost)2
 2
Income (taxes) benefit on defined benefit plans(37) (30)
Total128
 90
Other Comprehensive Gain (Loss), Net of Tax106
 85
Comprehensive Income3,687
 2,727
Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests18
 7
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to Chevron Corporation$3,705
 $2,734









See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



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CHEVRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited)
 At September 30
2017
 At December 31
2016
 At March 31,
2020
 At December 31,
2019
 (Millions of dollars, except per-share amounts) (Millions of dollars)
ASSETS  
Assets    
Cash and cash equivalents $6,641
 $6,988
 $8,492
 $5,686
Marketable securities 13
 13
 50
 63
Accounts and notes receivable, net 14,124
 14,092
 10,167
 13,325
Inventories    
Inventories:    
Crude oil and petroleum products 3,156
 2,720
 4,425
 3,722
Chemicals 516
 455
 494
 492
Materials, supplies and other 2,089
 2,244
 1,655
 1,634
Total inventories 5,761
 5,419
 6,574
 5,848
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 2,859
 3,107
 3,279
 3,407
Total Current Assets 29,398
 29,619
 28,562
 28,329
Long-term receivables, net 3,016
 2,485
 1,243
 1,511
Investments and advances 32,402
 30,250
 39,693
 38,688
Properties, plant and equipment, at cost 343,066
 336,077
 326,412
 326,722
Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization 164,630
 153,891
 177,192
 176,228
Properties, plant and equipment, net 178,436
 182,186
 149,220
 150,494
Deferred charges and other assets
 6,793
 6,838
 10,516
 10,532
Goodwill 4,531
 4,581
 4,454
 4,463
Assets held for sale 584
 4,119
 2,989
 3,411
Total Assets $255,160
 $260,078
 $236,677
 $237,428
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY  
Liabilities and Equity    
Short-term debt
 $7,897
 $10,840
 $8,688
 $3,282
Accounts payable 13,084
 13,986
 11,006
 14,103
Accrued liabilities 5,085
 4,882
 6,263
 6,589
Federal and other taxes on income
 1,123
 1,050
 1,534
 1,554
Other taxes payable 1,034
 1,027
 744
 1,002
Total Current Liabilities 28,223
 31,785
 28,235
 26,530
Long-term debt
 33,983
 35,193
 23,663
 23,691
Capital lease obligations 92
 93
Deferred credits and other noncurrent obligations 20,830
 21,553
 18,677
 20,445
Noncurrent deferred income taxes
 17,438
 17,516
 13,457
 13,688
Noncurrent employee benefit plans 6,683
 7,216
 7,731
 7,866
Total Liabilities* 107,249
 113,356
Preferred stock (authorized 100,000,000 shares, $1.00 par value, none issued) 
 
Common stock (authorized 6,000,000,000 shares; $0.75 par value; 2,442,676,580 shares issued at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016) 1,832
 1,832
Total Liabilities*
 $91,763
 $92,220
Preferred stock (authorized 100,000,000 shares; $1.00 par value; none issued) 
 
Common stock (authorized 6,000,000,000 shares, $0.75 par value; 2,442,676,580 shares issued at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019) 1,832
 1,832
Capital in excess of par value 16,745
 16,595
 17,275
 17,265
Retained earnings 173,035
 173,046
 176,113
 174,945
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (3,422) (3,843)
Accumulated other comprehensive losses (4,884) (4,990)
Deferred compensation and benefit plan trust (240) (240) (240) (240)
Treasury stock, at cost (543,302,652 and 551,170,158 shares at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively) (41,237) (41,834)
Treasury stock, at cost (575,697,930 and 560,508,479 shares at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively) (46,166) (44,599)
Total Chevron Corporation Stockholders’ Equity 146,713
 145,556
 143,930
 144,213
Noncontrolling interests 1,198
 1,166
 984
 995
Total Equity 147,911
 146,722
 144,914
 145,208
Total Liabilities and Equity $255,160
 $260,078
 $236,677
 $237,428
____________________    
* Refer to Note 14, "Other Contingencies and Commitments" beginning on page 20.
___________________________    
* Refer to Note 13, Other Contingencies and Commitments beginning on page 17.
* Refer to Note 13, Other Contingencies and Commitments beginning on page 17.


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



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CHEVRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)


Nine Months Ended
September 30
Three Months Ended
March 31
2017 20162020 2019
(Millions of dollars)(Millions of dollars)
Operating Activities      
Net Income (Loss)$6,151
 $(869)$3,581
 $2,642
Adjustments      
Depreciation, depletion and amortization14,614
 15,254
4,288
 4,094
Dry hole expense140
 472
50
 86
Distributions less than income from equity affiliates(2,122) (708)(639) (513)
Net before-tax gains on asset retirements and sales(2,139) (872)
Net before-tax losses (gains) on asset retirements and sales(226) 80
Net foreign currency effects145
 321
(403) 141
Deferred income tax provision(464) (3,139)58
 73
Net increase in operating working capital(695) (1,266)
Increase in long-term receivables(537) (81)
Net (increase) decrease in other deferred charges(57) 30
Net decrease (increase) in operating working capital(1,096) (1,210)
Decrease (increase) in long-term receivables239
 66
Net decrease (increase) in other deferred charges(43) (62)
Cash contributions to employee pension plans(825) (697)(213) (326)
Other74
 538
(874) (14)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities14,285
 8,983
4,722
 5,057
Investing Activities      
Capital expenditures(9,763) (14,100)(3,133) (2,953)
Proceeds and deposits related to asset sales4,856
 2,209
Net sales of marketable securities
 2
Net borrowing of loans by equity affiliates(36) (2,195)
Net (purchases) sales of other short-term investments(19) 155
Proceeds and deposits related to asset sales and returns of investment374
 294
Net maturities of (investments in) time deposits
 950
Net sales (purchases) of marketable securities
 2
Net repayment (borrowing) of loans by equity affiliates(399) (321)
Net Cash Used for Investing Activities(4,962) (13,929)(3,158) (2,028)
Financing Activities      
Net (repayments) borrowings of short-term obligations(7,185) 869
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt3,991
 6,924
Net borrowings (repayments) of short-term obligations8,167
 936
Proceeds from issuances of long-term debt
 
Repayments of long-term debt and other financing obligations(1,028) (812)(2,809) (2,506)
Cash dividends — common stock(6,093) (6,007)
Cash dividends - common stock(2,402) (2,244)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(66) (57)(5) (6)
Net sales of treasury shares649
 359
Net Cash (Used for) Provided by Financing Activities(9,732) 1,276
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Cash Equivalents62
 (1)
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents(347) (3,671)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at January 16,988
 11,022
Cash and Cash Equivalents at September 30$6,641
 $7,351
Net sales (purchases) of treasury shares(1,573) (15)
Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing Activities1,378
 (3,835)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash(163) 20
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash2,779
 (786)
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at January 16,911
 10,481
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at March 31$9,690
 $9,695
   









See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



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CHEVRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)  AccumulatedTreasuryChevron Corp.Non- 
     CommonRetainedOther Comp.StockStockholders'ControllingTotal
Three Months Ended March 31
     Stock(1)
EarningsIncome (Loss)(at cost)EquityInterestsEquity
Balance at December 31, 2018$18,704
$180,987
$(3,544)$(41,593)$154,554
$1,088
$155,642
Treasury stock transactions34



34

34
Net income (loss)
2,649


2,649
(7)2,642
Cash dividends
(2,244)

(2,244)(6)(2,250)
Stock dividends
(1)

(1)
(1)
Other comprehensive income

85

85

85
Purchases of treasury shares


(538)(538)
(538)
Issuances of treasury shares


510
510

510
Other changes, net
(4)

(4)(2)(6)
Balance at March 31, 2019$18,738
$181,387
$(3,459)$(41,621)$155,045
$1,073
$156,118
        
Balance at December 31, 2019$18,857
$174,945
$(4,990)$(44,599)$144,213
$995
$145,208
Treasury stock transactions10



10

10
Net income (loss)
3,599


3,599
(18)3,581
Cash dividends
(2,402)

(2,402)(5)(2,407)
Stock dividends
(1)

(1)
(1)
Other comprehensive income

106

106

106
Purchases of treasury shares


(1,751)(1,751)
(1,751)
Issuances of treasury shares


184
184

184
Other changes, net
(28)

(28)12
(16)
Balance at March 31, 2020$18,867
$176,113
$(4,884)$(46,166)$143,930
$984
$144,914
        
        
(Number of Shares)Common Stock - 2020 Common Stock - 2019
Three Months Ended March 31
Issued(2)

Treasury
Outstanding
 
Issued(2)

Treasury
Outstanding
Balance at December 312,442,676,580
(560,508,479)1,882,168,101
 2,442,676,580
(539,838,890)1,902,837,690
Purchases
(17,501,102)(17,501,102) 
(4,710,696)(4,710,696)
Issuances
2,311,651
2,311,651
 
6,599,067
6,599,067
Balance at March 312,442,676,580
(575,697,930)1,866,978,650
 2,442,676,580
(537,950,519)1,904,726,061

(1)
Beginning and ending balances for all periods include capital in excess of par, common stock issued at par for $1,832, and $(240) associated with Chevron's Benefit Plan Trust. Changes reflect capital in excess of par.
(2)
Beginning and ending total issued share balances include 14,168,000 shares associated with Chevron's Benefit Plan Trust for all periods.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



Note 1. Interim Financial StatementsGeneral
Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Chevron Corporation and its subsidiaries (the(together, Chevron or the company) have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm. In the opinion of the company’s management, the interim data includes all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. These adjustments were of a normal recurring nature. The results for the three- and nine-month periodsthree-month period ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, are not necessarily indicative of future financial results. The term “earnings” is defined as net income (loss) attributable to Chevron Corporation.Chevron.
Certain notes and other information have been condensed or omitted from the interim financial statements presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Therefore, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the company’s 20162019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic The outbreak of COVID-19 and decreases in commodity prices resulting from oversupply and government-imposed travel restrictions have caused a significant decrease in the demand for our products and has created disruptions and volatility in the global marketplace beginning in the first quarter 2020, which negatively affected our results of operations and cash flows. These conditions have persisted into the second quarter, including a further collapse in commodity prices, and are expected to negatively affect our results of operations and cash flows. There remains a continuing uncertainty regarding the length and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated reductions in demand for our products, on the energy industry and the outlook for our business.
Note 2. Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
The change in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses (AOCL) presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and the impact of significant amounts reclassified from AOCL on information presented in the Consolidated Statement of Income for the ninethree months ending September 30, 2017, ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are reflected in the table below.
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component(1) 
(Millions of dollars)
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017  
 Currency Translation Adjustment Unrealized Holding Gains (Losses) on Securities Derivatives Defined Benefit Plans Total Currency Translation Adjustment Unrealized Holding Gains (Losses) on Securities Derivatives Defined Benefit Plans Total
Balance at December 31, 2018 $(124) $(10) $(2) $(3,408) $(3,544)
Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):       
Before Reclassifications (4) (1) 
 (4) (9)
Reclassifications 
 
 
 94
 94
Net Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (4) (1) 
 90
 85
Balance at March 31, 2019 $(128) $(11) $(2) $(3,318) $(3,459)
 (Millions of dollars)          
Balance at January 1 $(162) $(2) $(2) $(3,677) $(3,843)
Balance at December 31, 2019 $(142) $(8) $
 $(4,840) $(4,990)
Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):        Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):      
Before Reclassifications 37
 (7) 
 10
 40
 (19) (3) 
 2
 (20)
Reclassifications (2)
 
 
 
 381
 381
 
 
 
 126
 126
Net Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 37
 (7) 
 391
 421
 (19) (3) 
 128
 106
Balance at September 30 $(125) $(9) $(2) $(3,286) $(3,422)
Balance at March 31, 2020 $(161) $(11) $
 $(4,712) $(4,884)

(1) All amounts are net of tax.
(2) Refer to Note 10, Employee Benefits for reclassified components totaling $594 million that are included in employee benefit costs for the nine months ending September 30, 2017. Related income taxes for the same period, totaling $213 million, are reflected in "Income Tax Expense" on the Consolidated Statement of Income. All other reclassified amounts were insignificant.
(1)
All amounts are net of tax.
(2)
Refer to Note 9, Employee Benefits for reclassified components totaling $163 million that are included in employee benefit costs for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Related income taxes for the same period, totaling $37 million, are reflected in “Income Tax Expense” on the Consolidated Statement of Income. All other reclassified amounts were insignificant.
Note 3. Noncontrolling Interests
Ownership interests in the company’s subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent are presented separately from the parent’s equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and the noncontrolling interests are both presented on the face of the Consolidated Statement of Income.
Activity for the equity attributable to noncontrolling interests for the first nine months of 2017 and 2016 is as follows:
 2017 2016
 
Chevron
Corporation
Stockholders’ Equity
 
Non-controlling
Interest
 
Total
Equity
 
Chevron
Corporation
Stockholders’ Equity
 
Non-controlling
Interest
 
Total
Equity
 (Millions of dollars)
Balance at January 1$145,556
 $1,166
 $146,722
 $152,716
 $1,170
 $153,886
Net income (loss)6,084
 67
 6,151
 (912) 43
 (869)
Dividends(6,095) 
 (6,095) (6,009) 
 (6,009)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 (66) (66) 
 (57) (57)
Treasury shares, net597
 
 597
 375
 
 375
Other changes, net*571
 31
 602
 630
 (4) 626
Balance at September 30$146,713
 $1,198
 $147,911
 $146,800
 $1,152
 $147,952

* Includes components of comprehensive income, which are disclosed separately in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.


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Note 3. New Accounting Standards
Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Effective January 1, 2020, Chevron adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13 and its related amendments. For additional information on the company's expected credit losses, refer to Note 17 beginning on page 22.

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Note 4. Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Net decrease (increase) in operating working capital was composed of the following:
Decrease (increase) in accounts and notes receivable$2,986
 $473
Decrease (increase) in inventories(733) (1,098)
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets120
 (667)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities(3,268) (160)
Increase (decrease) in income and other taxes payable(201) 242
Net decrease (increase) in operating working capital$(1,096) $(1,210)
Net cash provided by operating activities includes the following cash payments:
Interest on debt (net of capitalized interest)$106
 $186
  Income taxes981
 757
Proceeds and deposits related to asset sales and returns of investment consisted of the following gross amounts:   
Proceeds and deposits related to asset sales$363
 $276
Returns of investment from equity affiliates11
 18
Proceeds and deposits related to asset sales and returns of investment$374
 $294
Net maturities of (investments in) time deposits consisted of the following gross amounts:
Investments in time deposits$
 $
Maturities of time deposits
 950
Net maturities of (investments in) time deposits$
 $950
Net sales (purchases) of marketable securities consisted of the following gross amounts:
Marketable securities purchased$
 $(1)
Marketable securities sold
 3
Net sales (purchases) of marketable securities$
 $2
Net repayment (borrowing) of loans by equity affiliates consisted of the following gross amounts:   
Borrowing of loans by equity affiliates$(425) $(350)
Repayment of loans by equity affiliates26
 29
Net repayment (borrowing) of loans by equity affiliates$(399) $(321)
Net borrowings (repayments) of short-term obligations consisted of the following gross and net amounts:   
Proceeds from issuances of short-term obligations$4,952
 $359
Repayments of short-term obligations(1,010) (134)
Net borrowings (repayments) of short-term obligations with three months or less maturity4,225
 711
Net borrowings (repayments) of short-term obligations$8,167
 $936
Net sales (purchases) of treasury shares consists of the following gross and net amounts:   
Shares issued for share-based compensation plans$178
 $523
Shares purchased under share repurchase and deferred compensation plans(1,751) (538)
Net sales (purchases) of treasury shares$(1,573) $(15)

The “Net increaseConsolidated Statement of Cash Flows excludes changes to the Consolidated Balance Sheet that did not affect cash.
The “Other” line in operating working capital” was composed of the following operating changes:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Decrease (increase) in accounts and notes receivable$265
 $(455)
(Increase) decrease in inventories(436) 232
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets196
 844
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities(729) (1,783)
Increase (decrease) in income and other taxes payable9
 (104)
Net increase in operating working capital$(695) $(1,266)
“Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities” included the following cash payments for interest on debt and for income taxes:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Interest on debt (net of capitalized interest)$30
 $28
Income taxes2,203
 1,492
"Other"Activities section includes changes in postretirement benefits obligations and other long-term liabilities.
Information relatedThe company paid dividends of $1.29 per share of common stock in first quarter 2020. This compares to "Restricted Cash" is included on page 22dividends of $1.19 per share paid in Note 15 under the heading "Restricted Cash."corresponding year-ago period.
The “Net sales of marketable securities” consisted of the following gross amounts:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Marketable securities purchased$(3) $(9)
Marketable securities sold3
 11
Net sales of marketable securities$
 $2
The “Net borrowing of loans by equity affiliates” consisted of the following gross amounts:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Borrowing of loans by equity affiliates$(142) $(2,271)
Repayment of loans by equity affiliates106
 76
Net borrowing of loans by equity affiliates$(36) $(2,195)
The “Net (purchases) sales of other short-term investments” consisted of the following gross amounts:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Purchases of other short-term investments$(26) $
Sales of other short-term investments7
 155
Net (purchases) sales of other short-term investments$(19) $155


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The “Net (repayments) borrowings of short-term obligations" consisted of the following gross and net amounts:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Repayments of short-term obligations$(8,403) $(8,415)
Proceeds from issuances of short-term obligations3,415
 11,695
Net borrowings of short-term obligations with three months or less maturity(2,197) (2,411)
Net (repayments) borrowings of short-term obligations$(7,185) $869
The “Net sales of treasury shares” represents the cost of common shares acquired less the cost of shares issued for share-based compensation plans. Purchases totaled $1 million for the first nine months in 2017 and $2 million for the first nine months in 2016. No purchases were made under the company's share repurchase program in the first nine months of 2017 or 2016.
The major components of “Capital expenditures” and the reconciliation of this amount to the reported capital and exploratory expenditures, including equity affiliates, are as follows:presented in the following table:
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Additions to properties, plant and equipment$3,071
 $2,865
Additions to investments13
 14
Current-year dry hole expenditures49
 74
Payments for other assets and liabilities, net
 
Capital expenditures3,133
 2,953
Expensed exploration expenditures108
 103
Assets acquired through finance lease obligations and other financing obligations
 146
Payments for other assets and liabilities, net
 
Capital and exploratory expenditures, excluding equity affiliates3,241
 3,202
Company's share of expenditures by equity affiliates1,183
 1,532
Capital and exploratory expenditures, including equity affiliates$4,424
 $4,734

 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Additions to properties, plant and equipment$9,615
 $13,757
Additions to investments16
 38
Current year dry hole expenditures131
 305
Payments for other liabilities and assets, net1
 
 Capital expenditures9,763
 14,100
Expensed exploration expenditures368
 370
Assets acquired through capital lease obligations3
 4
 Capital and exploratory expenditures, excluding equity affiliates10,134
 14,474
Company’s share of expenditures by equity affiliates3,252
 2,693
 Capital and exploratory expenditures, including equity affiliates$13,386
 $17,167

The table below quantifies the beginning and ending balances of restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the Consolidated Balance Sheet:

 At March 31 At December 31
 2020 2019 2019 2018
 (Millions of dollars)
Cash and Cash Equivalents$8,492
 $8,699
 $5,686
 $9,342
Restricted cash included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets”434
 195
 452
 341
Restricted cash included in “Deferred charges and other assets”764
 801
 773
 798
Total Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash$9,690
 $9,695
 $6,911
 $10,481

9Additional information related to “Restricted Cash” is included on page 20 in Note 14 under the heading “Restricted Cash.”
Note 5. Summarized Financial Data — Tengizchevroil LLP
Chevron has a 50 percent equity ownership interest in Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO). Summarized financial information for 100 percent of TCO is presented in the following table:
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Sales and other operating revenues$3,296
 $4,107
Costs and other deductions1,957
 2,002
Net income attributable to TCO$938
 $1,481

Note 6. Summarized Financial Data — Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Chevron has a 50 percent equity ownership interest in Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (CPChem). Summarized financial information for 100 percent of CPChem is presented in the table below:


Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Sales and other operating revenues$2,195
 $2,377
Costs and other deductions1,812
 2,004
Net income attributable to CPChem$337
 $449


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Note 5. New Accounting Standards7. Summarized Financial Data — Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Revenue Recognition (Topic 606): RevenueChevron U.S.A. Inc. (CUSA) is a major subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. CUSA and its subsidiaries manage and operate most of Chevron’s U.S. businesses. Assets include those related to the exploration and production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids and those associated with refining, marketing, and supply and distribution of products derived from Contracts with Customers.In July 2015, the FASB approved a one-year deferralpetroleum, excluding most of the effective dateregulated pipeline operations of ASU 2014-09,Chevron. CUSA also holds the company’s investment in the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC joint venture, which becomes effectiveis accounted for using the equity method.
The summarized financial information for CUSA and its consolidated subsidiaries is as follows:

Three Months Ended
March 31

2020 2019

(Millions of dollars)
Sales and other operating revenues$22,039
 $25,942
Costs and other deductions21,281
 25,757
Net income attributable to CUSA$860
 $181
    

 At March 31,
2020
 At December 31,
2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Current assets$10,773
 $13,059
Other assets51,449
 50,796
Current liabilities16,143
 18,291
Other liabilities12,630
 12,565
Total CUSA net equity$33,449
 $32,999
Memo: Total debt$3,219
 $3,222

Note 8. Operating Segments and Geographic Data
Although each subsidiary of Chevron is responsible for its own affairs, Chevron Corporation manages its investments in these subsidiaries and their affiliates. The investments are grouped into 2 business segments, Upstream and Downstream, representing the company’s “reportable segments” and “operating segments.” Upstream operations consist primarily of exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas; liquefaction, transportation and regasification associated with liquefied natural gas (LNG); transporting crude oil by major international oil export pipelines; processing, transporting, storage and marketing of natural gas; and a gas-to-liquids plant. Downstream operations consist primarily of refining of crude oil into petroleum products; marketing of crude oil and refined products; transporting of crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment and rail car; and manufacturing and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives. “All Other” activities of the company include worldwide cash management and debt financing activities, corporate administrative functions, insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
The company’s segments are managed by “segment managers” who report to the “chief operating decision maker” (CODM). The segments represent components of the company that engage in activities (a) from which revenues are earned and expenses are incurred; (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the CODM, which makes decisions about resources to be allocated to the segments and assesses their performance; and (c) for which discrete financial information is available.
The company’s primary country of operation is the United States of America, its country of domicile. Other components of the company’s operations are reported as “International” (outside the United States).

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Segment Earnings The company evaluates the performance of its operating segments on an after-tax basis, without considering the effects of debt financing interest expense or investment interest income, both of which are managed by the company on a worldwide basis. Corporate administrative costs and assets are not allocated to the operating segments. However, operating segments are billed for the company January 1, 2018. The standard provides a single comprehensive revenue recognition modeldirect use of corporate services. Nonbillable costs remain at the corporate level in “All Other.” Earnings by major operating area for contracts with customers, eliminates most industry-specific revenue recognition guidance,the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and expands disclosure requirements. The company has elected to adopt2019, are presented in the standard usingfollowing table:
  Three Months Ended
March 31
  2020 2019
Segment Earnings (Millions of dollars)
Upstream    
United States $241
 $748
International 2,679
 2,375
Total Upstream 2,920
 3,123
Downstream    
United States 450
 217
International 653
 35
Total Downstream 1,103
 252
Total Segment Earnings 4,023
 3,375
All Other    
Interest expense (154) (214)
Interest income 23
 50
Other (293) (562)
Net Income Attributable to Chevron Corporation $3,599
 $2,649

Segment Assets Segment assets do not include intercompany investments or intercompany receivables. “All Other” assets consist primarily of worldwide cash, cash equivalents, time deposits and marketable securities; real estate; information systems; technology companies; and assets of the modified retrospective transition method. "Salescorporate administrative functions. Segment assets at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, are as follows:
 At March 31,
2020
 At December 31,
2019
Segment Assets(Millions of dollars)
Upstream   
United States$35,974
 $35,926
International143,779
 145,648
Goodwill4,454
 4,463
Total Upstream184,207
 186,037
Downstream   
United States24,532
 25,197
International15,870
 16,955
Total Downstream40,402
 42,152
Total Segment Assets224,609
 228,189
All Other   
United States5,688
 3,475
International6,380
 5,764
Total All Other12,068
 9,239
Total Assets — United States66,194
 64,598
Total Assets — International166,029
 168,367
Goodwill4,454
 4,463
Total Assets$236,677
 $237,428


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Segment Sales and Other Operating Revenues” on the Consolidated Statement of Income includes excise, value-addedRevenues Segment sales and similar taxes on sales transactions. Upon adoption of the standard, revenue will exclude sales-based taxes collected on behalf of third parties, which will have no impact to earnings. The company's implementation efforts are focused on accounting policy and disclosure updates and system enhancements necessary to meet the standard's requirements. The company does not expect the implementation of the standard to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
Leases (Topic 842)In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 which becomes effectiveother operating revenues, including internal transfers, for the company January 1, 2019. The standard requiresthree-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, are presented in the following table. Products are transferred between operating segments at internal product values that lessees present right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. The company is evaluating the effect of the standard on its consolidated financial statements.
Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, which becomes effectiveapproximate market prices. Revenues for the company beginning January 1, 2020. The standard requires companies to use forward-looking information to calculate credit loss estimates.  The company is evaluatingupstream segment are derived primarily from the effectproduction and sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the standard on its consolidated financial statements.
Intangibles - Goodwillsale of third-party production of natural gas. Revenues for the downstream segment are derived from the refining and Other (Topic 350) In January 2017,marketing of petroleum products such as gasoline, jet fuel, gas oils, lubricants, residual fuel oils and other products derived from crude oil. This segment also generates revenues from the FASB issued ASU 2017-04. The standard simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment,manufacture and sale of fuel and lubricant additives and the company has chosen to early adopt beginning January 1, 2017. Early adoption has no effect on the company's consolidated financial statements.transportation and trading of refined products and crude oil. “All Other” activities include revenues from insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
Other Income - Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets (Subtopic 610-20)In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-05 which becomes effective for the company January 1, 2018. The standard provides clarification regarding the guidance on accounting for the derecognition of nonfinancial assets. The company is evaluating the effect of the standard on its consolidated financial statements.
  Three Months Ended
March 31

 2020 2019
Sales and Other Operating Revenues (Millions of dollars)
Upstream    
United States $4,466
 $5,882
International 9,013
 9,369
Subtotal 13,479
 15,251
Intersegment Elimination — United States (2,812) (3,519)
Intersegment Elimination — International (2,541) (3,292)
Total Upstream 8,126
 8,440
Downstream    
United States 11,186
 12,388
International 12,173
 14,507
Subtotal 23,359
 26,895
Intersegment Elimination — United States (1,260) (947)
Intersegment Elimination — International (585) (265)
Total Downstream 21,514
 25,683
All Other    
United States 210
 222
International 2
 2
Subtotal 212
 224
Intersegment Elimination — United States (145) (156)
Intersegment Elimination — International (2) (2)
Total All Other 65
 66
Sales and Other Operating Revenues    
United States 15,862
 18,492
International 21,188
 23,878
Subtotal 37,050
 42,370
Intersegment Elimination — United States (4,217) (4,622)
Intersegment Elimination — International (3,128) (3,559)
Total Sales and Other Operating Revenues $29,705
 $34,189
Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715)In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07 which becomes effective for the company January 1, 2018. The standard requires the disaggregation of the service cost component from the other components of net periodic benefit cost and allows only the service cost component of net benefit cost to be eligible for capitalization. The company is evaluating the effect of the standard on its consolidated financial statements.
Note 6. Operating Segments and Geographic Data
Although each subsidiary of Chevron is responsible for its own affairs, Chevron Corporation manages its investments in these subsidiaries and their affiliates. The investments are grouped into two business segments, Upstream and Downstream, representing the company’s “reportable segments” and “operating segments.” Upstream operations consist primarily of exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas; liquefaction, transportation and regasification associated with liquefied natural gas (LNG); transporting crude oil by major international oil export pipelines; processing, transporting, storage and marketing of natural gas; and a gas-to-liquids plant. Downstream operations consist primarily of refining of crude oil into petroleum products; marketing of crude oil and refined products; transporting of crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment and rail car; and manufacturing and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives. All Other activities of the company include worldwide cash management and debt financing activities, corporate administrative functions, insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
The company’s segments are managed by “segment managers” who report to the “chief operating decision maker” (CODM). The segments represent components of the company that engage in activities (a) from which revenues are earned and expenses are incurred; (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the CODM, which makes decisions about resources to be allocated to the segments and assesses their performance; and (c) for which discrete financial information is available.
The company’s primary country of operation is the United States of America, its country of domicile. Other components of the company’s operations are reported as “International” (outside the United States).


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Segment Earnings The company evaluates the performance of its operating segments on an after-tax basis, without considering the effects of debt financing interest expense or investment interest income, both of which are managed by the company on a worldwide basis. Corporate administrative costs and assets are not allocated to the operating segments. However, operating segments are billed for the direct use of corporate services. Nonbillable costs remain at the corporate level in “All Other.” Earnings by major operating area for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, are presented in the following table:
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
Segment Earnings2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Upstream       
United States$(26) $(212) $(48) $(2,175)
International515
 666
 2,907
 (1,292)
Total Upstream489
 454
 2,859
 (3,467)
Downstream       
United States640
 523
 1,743
 1,307
International1,174
 542
 2,192
 1,771
Total Downstream1,814
 1,065
 3,935
 3,078
Total Segment Earnings2,303
 1,519
 6,794
 (389)
All Other       
Interest expense(30) (53) (115) (120)
Interest income13
 15
 42
 47
Other(334) (198) (637) (450)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Chevron Corporation$1,952
 $1,283
 $6,084
 $(912)
Segment Assets Segment assets do not include intercompany investments or intercompany receivables. “All Other” assets consist primarily of worldwide cash, cash equivalents, time deposits and marketable securities; real estate; information systems; technology companies; and assets of the corporate administrative functions. Segment assets at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, are as follows:
Segment AssetsAt September 30
2017
 At December 31
2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Upstream   
United States$40,318
 $42,596
International161,058
 164,068
Goodwill4,531
 4,581
Total Upstream205,907
 211,245
Downstream   
United States 
22,635
 22,264
International16,619
 15,816
Total Downstream39,254
 38,080
Total Segment Assets245,161
 249,325
All Other   
United States4,169
 4,852
International5,830
 5,901
Total All Other9,999
 10,753
Total Assets — United States67,122
 69,712
Total Assets — International183,507
 185,785
Goodwill4,531
 4,581
Total Assets$255,160
 $260,078


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Segment Sales and Other Operating Revenues Segment sales and other operating revenues, including internal transfers, for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, are presented in the following table. Products are transferred between operating segments at internal product values that approximate market prices. Revenues for the upstream segment are derived primarily from the production and sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the sale of third-party production of natural gas. Revenues for the downstream segment are derived from the refining and marketing of petroleum products such as gasoline, jet fuel, gas oils, lubricants, residual fuel oils and other products derived from crude oil. This segment also generates revenues from the manufacture and sale of fuel and lubricant additives and the transportation and trading of refined products and crude oil. “All Other” activities include revenues from insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Sales and Other Operating Revenues2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Upstream       
United States$3,245
 $2,847
 $9,620
 $7,386
International7,191
 5,927
 20,624
 16,325
Subtotal10,436
 8,774
 30,244
 23,711
Intersegment Elimination — United States(2,298) (1,979) (6,737) (5,120)
Intersegment Elimination — International(2,828) (2,742) (8,256) (6,949)
Total Upstream5,310
 4,053
 15,251
 11,642
Downstream       
United States13,452
 11,958
 39,206
 32,841
International15,298
 13,415
 44,512
 36,262
Subtotal28,750
 25,373
 83,718
 69,103
Intersegment Elimination — United States(5) (4) (11) (12)
Intersegment Elimination — International(216) (303) (818) (762)
Total Downstream28,529
 25,066
 82,889
 68,329
All Other       
United States260
 280
 773
 825
International6
 10
 19
 29
Subtotal266
 290
 792
 854
Intersegment Elimination — United States(207) (240) (621) (724)
Intersegment Elimination — International(6) (10) (18) (28)
Total All Other53
 40
 153
 102
Sales and Other Operating Revenues       
United States16,957
 15,085
 49,599
 41,052
International22,495
 19,352
 65,155
 52,616
Subtotal39,452
 34,437
 114,754
 93,668
Intersegment Elimination — United States(2,510) (2,223) (7,369) (5,856)
Intersegment Elimination — International(3,050) (3,055) (9,092) (7,739)
Total Sales and Other Operating Revenues$33,892
 $29,159
 $98,293
 $80,073
Note 7. Summarized Financial Data — Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (CUSA) is a major subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. CUSA and its subsidiaries manage and operate most of Chevron’s U.S. businesses. Assets include those related to the exploration and production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids and those associated with refining, marketing, and supply and distribution of products derived from petroleum, excluding most of the regulated pipeline operations of Chevron. CUSA also holds the company’s investment in the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC joint venture, which is accounted for using the equity method.


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The summarized financial information for CUSA and its consolidated subsidiaries is as follows:

Nine Months Ended
September 30

2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Sales and other operating revenues$75,759
 $60,882
Costs and other deductions75,403
 63,596
Net income (loss) attributable to CUSA1,315
 (917)
 At September 30
2017
 At December 31
2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Current assets$11,566
 $11,266
Other assets53,826
 55,722
Current liabilities15,777
 16,660
Other liabilities15,337
 21,701
Total CUSA net equity$34,278
 $28,627
Memo: Total debt$3,057
 $9,418
Note 8. Summarized Financial Data — Tengizchevroil LLP
Chevron has a 50 percent equity ownership interest in Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO). Summarized financial information for 100 percent of TCO is presented in the following table:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Sales and other operating revenues$9,619
 $7,355
Costs and other deductions4,806
 5,172
Net income attributable to TCO3,402
 1,534
Note 9. Summarized Financial Data — Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Chevron has a 50 percent equity ownership interest in Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (CPChem). Summarized financial information for 100 percent of CPChem is presented in the table below:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Sales and other operating revenues$6,816
 $6,302
Costs and other deductions5,732
 5,127
Net income attributable to CPChem1,424
 1,343
Note 10. Employee Benefits
Chevron has defined benefit pension plans for many employees. The company typically prefunds defined benefit plans as required by local regulations or in certain situations where prefunding provides economic advantages. In the United States, all qualified plans are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act minimum funding standard. The company does not typically fund U.S. nonqualified pension plans that are not subject to funding requirements under laws and regulations because contributions to these pension plans may be less economic and investment returns may be less attractive than the company’s other investment alternatives.
The company also sponsors other postretirement employee benefit (OPEB) plans that provide medical and dental benefits, as well as life insurance for some active and qualifying retired employees. The plans are unfunded, and the company and the retirees share the costs. Beginning in 2017, medical coverage for Medicare-eligible retirees inFor the company'scompany’s main U.S. medical plan, is provided through a third-party private exchange. Thethe increase to the pre-Medicarepre-

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Medicare company contribution for retiree medical coverage is limited to no more than 4 percent each year. Certain life insurance benefits are paid by the company.


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The components of net periodic benefit costs for 20172020 and 20162019 are as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Three Months Ended
March 31
2017 2016 2017 2016 2020 2019
(Millions of dollars)(Millions of dollars)
Pension Benefits           
United States           
Service cost$122
 $123
 $366
 $370
 $124
 $101
Interest cost91
 95
 274
 283
 88
 99
Expected return on plan assets(149) (181) (447) (542) (162) (141)
Amortization of prior service credits(1) (2) (3) (6)
Amortization of actuarial losses85
 84
 255
 251
Amortization of prior service costs (credits) 1
 
Amortization of actuarial losses (gains) 96
 60
Settlement losses169
 162
 325
 324
 60
 60
Total United States317
 281
 770
 680
 207
 179
International           
Service cost38
 37
 114
 120
 32
 35
Interest cost54
 68
 164
 198
 43
 51
Expected return on plan assets(61) (61) (178) (184) (52) (58)
Amortization of prior service costs3
 1
 9
 11
Amortization of actuarial losses11
 14
 33
 37
Amortization of prior service costs (credits) 2
 3
Amortization of actuarial losses (gains) 10
 5
Settlement losses
 1
 
 18
 
 1
Total International45
 60
 142
 200
 35
 37
Net Periodic Pension Benefit Costs$362
 $341
 $912
 $880
 $242
 $216
Other Benefits*           
Service cost$8
 $15
 $24
 $45
 $9
 $9
Interest cost23
 32
 71
 96
 18
 24
Amortization of prior service costs(7) 3
 (21) 10
Amortization of actuarial losses(1) 5
 (4) 15
Amortization of prior service costs (credits) (6) (7)
Amortization of actuarial losses (gains) 
 (1)
Net Periodic Other Benefit Costs$23
 $55
 $70
 $166
 $21
 $25

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* Includes costs for U.S. and international OPEB plans. Obligations for plans outside the United States are not significant relative to the company’s total OPEB obligation.
Through September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, a total of $825$213 million was contributed to employee pension plans (including $681$134 million to the U.S. plans). Total contributions for the full year are currently estimated to be $950 million$1.0 billion ($700750 million for the U.S. plans and $250 million for the international plans). Actual contributionContribution amounts are dependent upon plan investment returns, changes in pension obligations, regulatory requirements and other economic factors. Additional funding may ultimately be required if investment returns are insufficient to offset increases in plan obligations.
During the first ninethree months of 2017,2020, the company contributed $115$41 million to its OPEB plans. The company anticipates contributing approximately $48$133 million during the remainder of 2017.2020.
Note 11. Income Taxes10. Assets Held For Sale
At March 31, 2020, the company classified $2.99 billion of net properties, plant and equipment as “Assets held for sale” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. These assets are associated with upstream operations that are anticipated to be sold in the next 12 months. The 2017 increaserevenues and earnings contributions of these assets in income tax expense between quarterly periods2019 and the first three months of $864 million, from a benefit2020 were not material. In April 2020, the company completed the sale of $192 millionits interest in 2016 to a charge of $672 millionthe Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli fields and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in 2017, is a resultAzerbaijan, representing approximately half the value of the year-over-year increase in total income before income tax expense, which is primarily due to effects of higher crude oil prices. The company’s effective tax rate changed between periods from (17) percent in 2016 to 25 percent in 2017. The change in effective tax rate is primarily a consequence of the mix effect resulting from the absolute level of earnings or lossesnet properties, plant and whether they arose in higher or lower tax rate jurisdictions. The reduction in statutory tax rates in the United Kingdom in the 2016 quarter also impacted the 2016 effective tax rate.equipment held for sale at March 31, 2020.
The 2017 increase in income tax expense for the nine months of $3.4 billion, from a benefit of $1.8 billion in 2016 to a charge of $1.6 billion in 2017, is a result of the year-over-year increase in total income before income tax expense, which is primarily due to effects of higher crude oil prices and gains on asset sales primarily in Indonesia and Canada. The company’s effective tax rate changed between periods from 67 percent in 2016 to


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21Note 11. Income Taxes
The income tax expense decreased between quarterly periods from $1.32 billion in 2019 to $564 million in 2020. Income before income tax expense increased $190 million from $3.96 billion in 2019 to $4.15 billion in 2020 primarily due to higher downstream margins, production, foreign exchange and asset sales gains, partially offset by the impact of lower prices. The company’s effective tax rate changed between quarterly periods from 33 percent in 2017.2019 to 14 percent in 2020. The changereduction in the effective tax rate is primarily adue to the resolution of international uncertain tax positions and foreign exchange and asset sale gains that were included in income before tax but collectively did not have significant tax impacts. In addition, the change in the effective tax rate is also impacted by the consequence of the mix effect resulting from the absolute level of earnings or losses and whether they arose in higher or lower tax rate jurisdictions.
Tax positions for Chevron and its subsidiaries and affiliates are subject to income tax audits by many tax jurisdictions throughout the world. For the company’s major tax jurisdictions, examinations of tax returns for certain prior tax years had not been completed as of September 30, 2017.March 31, 2020. For these jurisdictions, the latest years for which income tax examinations had been finalized were as follows: United States — 2011,2013, Nigeria — 2000, Angola — 2015,2007, Australia — 20062009 and Kazakhstan — 2007.2012.
The company engages in ongoing discussions with tax authorities regarding the resolution of tax matters in the various jurisdictions. Both the outcomes for these tax matters and the timing of resolution and/or closure of the tax audits are highly uncertain. However, it is reasonably possible that developments regarding tax matters in certain tax jurisdictions may result in significant increases or decreases in the company’s total unrecognized tax benefits within the next 12 months. Given the number of years that still remain subject to examination and the number of matters being examined in the various tax jurisdictions, the company is unable to estimate the range of possible adjustments to the balance of unrecognized tax benefits.
On April 21, 2017, an adverse decision was issued
Note 12. Litigation
MTBE
Chevron and many other companies in the petroleum industry have used methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a gasoline additive. Chevron is a party to 6 pending lawsuits and claims, the majority of which involve numerous other petroleum marketers and refiners. Resolution of these lawsuits and claims may ultimately require the company to correct or ameliorate the alleged effects on the environment of prior release of MTBE by the company or other parties. Additional lawsuits and claims related to the use of MTBE, including personal-injury claims, may be filed in the future. The company’s ultimate exposure related to pending lawsuits and claims is not determinable. The company no longer uses MTBE in the manufacture of gasoline in the United States.
Ecuador
Background Chevron is a defendant in civil litigation proceedings stemming from a lawsuit filed in the Superior Court for the province of Nueva Loja in Lago Agrio, Ecuador in May 2003 by plaintiffs who claim to be representatives of residents of an area where an oil production consortium formerly operated. The lawsuit alleged harm to the environment from the consortium’s oil production activities and sought monetary damages and other relief. Texaco Petroleum Company (Texpet), a subsidiary of Texaco Inc., was a minority member of the consortium from 1967 until 1992, with state-owned Petroecuador as the majority partner. Since 1992, Petroecuador has been the sole owner and operator in the concession area. After the termination of the consortium and following an independent third-party environmental audit of the concession area, in 1995, Texpet entered into a formal agreement with the Republic of Ecuador and Petroecuador under which Texpet agreed to remediate specific sites assigned by the government in proportion to Texpet’s minority share of the consortium. Pursuant to that agreement, Texpet conducted a three-year remediation program. After certifying that the assigned sites were properly remediated, in 1998, Ecuador granted Texpet and all related corporate entities a full Federalrelease from any and all environmental liability arising from the consortium operations.
Chevron defended itself in the Lago Agrio lawsuit on the grounds that the claims lacked both legal and factual merit. As to matters of law, Chevron asserted that the court lacked jurisdiction, the plaintiffs sought to improperly

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apply a 1999 law retroactively, the claims were time-barred, and the lawsuit was barred by releases signed by the Republic of Ecuador, Petroecuador, and the pertinent provincial and municipal governments. With regard to the facts, the company asserted that the evidence confirmed Texpet’s remediation was properly conducted and that any remaining environmental impacts reflected Petroecuador’s failure to timely fulfill its own legal obligation to remediate the concession area and Petroecuador’s conduct after it assumed control over operations. In February 2011, the provincial court rendered a judgment against Chevron, awarding approximately $8.6 billion in damages, plus approximately $900 million for the plaintiffs’ representatives, and approximately $8.6 billion in additional punitive damages unless the company issued a public apology within 15 days, which Chevron did not do. In January 2012, an appellate panel affirmed the judgment and ordered that Chevron pay an additional 0.10% in attorneys’ fees. In November 2013, Ecuador’s National Court of Australia regardingJustice ratified the interest ratejudgment but nullified the $8.6 billion punitive damage assessment, resulting in a judgment of $9.5 billion. In December 2013, Chevron appealed the decision to Ecuador’s highest Constitutional Court, which rejected Chevron’s appeal in July 2018. No further appeals are available in Ecuador.
The Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ lawyers have sought to enforce the judgment in Ecuador and other jurisdictions. In May 2012, they filed a recognition and enforcement action against Chevron Corporation, Chevron Canada Limited and another subsidiary (which was later dismissed as a party) in the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario, Canada. In September 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice had jurisdiction over Chevron Corporation and Chevron Canada Limited for purposes of the action. In January 2017, the Superior Court ruled that Chevron Canada Limited and Chevron Corporation are separate legal entities with separate rights and obligations, and dismissed the action against Chevron Canada Limited. In May 2018, the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld the dismissal of Chevron Canada Limited. The Supreme Court of Canada denied the plaintiffs’ application for leave to appeal in April 2019, rendering the dismissal of Chevron Canada Limited final. In July 2019, by consent of the parties, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed the recognition and enforcement action against Chevron Corporation with prejudice and with costs in favor of Chevron. In June 2012, the plaintiffs filed a recognition and enforcement action against Chevron Corporation in the Superior Court of Justice in Brasilia, Brazil. In May 2015, the Brazilian public prosecutor issued an opinion recommending that the court reject the plaintiffs’ action on grounds including that the Lago Agrio judgment was procured through fraud and corruption and violated Brazilian and international public order. In November 2017, the Superior Court of Justice dismissed the plaintiffs’ recognition and enforcement action on jurisdictional grounds, and in June 2018 the dismissal became final in Brazil. In October 2012, the provincial court in Ecuador issued an ex parte embargo order purporting to order the seizure of assets belonging to separate Chevron subsidiaries in Ecuador, Argentina and Colombia. In November 2012, at the request of the plaintiffs, a court in Argentina issued a freeze order against Chevron Argentina S.R.L. and another Chevron subsidiary. In January 2013, an appellate court upheld the freeze order, but in June 2013, the Supreme Court of Argentina revoked the freeze order in its entirety. In December 2013, Chevron was served with the plaintiffs’ complaint seeking recognition and enforcement of the judgment in Argentina. In April 2016, the public prosecutor in Argentina issued an opinion recommending rejection of the plaintiffs request to recognize the Ecuadorian judgment in Argentina. In November 2017, the National Court, First Instance, dismissed the complaint on jurisdictional grounds and the Federal Civil Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal in July 2018. The plaintiffs’ appeal to the Supreme Court of Argentina remains pending. Chevron continues to believe the Ecuadorian judgment is illegitimate and unenforceable because it is the product of fraud and corruption, and contrary to the law and all legitimate scientific evidence. Chevron cannot predict the timing or outcome of any pending or threatened enforcement action, but expects to continue a vigorous defense against any imposition of liability and to contest and defend any and all enforcement actions.
In February 2011, Chevron filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and several of their lawyers and supporters, asserting violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and state law. In March 2014, the District Court entered a judgment in favor of Chevron, finding that the Ecuadorian judgment had been procured through fraud, bribery and corruption, and prohibiting the RICO defendants from seeking to enforce the Lago Agrio judgment in the United States or profiting from their illegal acts. In August 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a unanimous decision affirming the New York judgment in full. In June 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court

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denied the RICO defendants petition for a Writ of Certiorari, rendering the New York judgment in favor of Chevron final.
Chevron and Texpet filed an arbitration claim in September 2009 against the Republic of Ecuador before an arbitral tribunal administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, under the Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. The claim alleged violations of Ecuador’s obligations under the United States-Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and breaches of the settlement and release agreements between Ecuador and Texpet. In January 2012, the Tribunal issued its First Interim Measures Award requiring Ecuador to take all measures at its disposal to suspend or cause to be suspended the enforcement or recognition within and outside of Ecuador of any judgment against Chevron in the Lago Agrio case pending further order of the Tribunal. In February 2012, the Tribunal issued a Second Interim Award mandating that Ecuador take all measures necessary to suspend or cause to be suspended enforcement and recognition proceedings within and outside of Ecuador. Also in February 2012, the Tribunal issued a Third Interim Award confirming its jurisdiction to hear Chevron and Texpet’s claims. In February 2013, the Tribunal issued its Fourth Interim Award in which it declared that Ecuador had violated the First and Second Interim Awards. The Tribunal divided the merits phase of the arbitration into three phases. In September 2013, after the conclusion of Phase One, the Tribunal issued its First Partial Award, finding that the settlement agreements between Ecuador and Texpet applied to both Texpet and Chevron and released them from public environmental claims arising from the consortium’s operations, but did not preclude individual claims for personal harm. In August 2018, the Tribunal issued its Phase Two award, again in favor of Chevron and Texpet. The Tribunal unanimously held that the Lago Agrio judgment was procured through fraud, bribery and corruption and was based on certainpublic claims that Ecuador had settled and released. According to the Tribunal, the Ecuadorian judgment “violates international public policy” and “should not be recognized or enforced by the courts of other States.” The Tribunal found that: (i) Ecuador breached its obligations under the settlement agreements releasing Texpet and its affiliates from public environmental claims; (ii) Ecuador committed a denial of justice under international law and violated the U.S.-Ecuador BIT due to the fraud and corruption in the Lago Agrio litigation; and (iii) Texpet satisfied its environmental remediation obligations through the remediation program that Ecuador supervised and approved. The Tribunal ordered Ecuador to: (a) take immediate steps to remove the status of enforceability from the Ecuadorian judgment; (b) take measures to “wipe out all the consequences” of Ecuador’s “internationally wrongful acts in regard to the Ecuadorian judgment;” and (c) compensate Chevron intercompany loans. On August 14,for any injuries resulting from the Ecuadorian judgment. The final Phase Three of the arbitration, at which damages for Chevron’s injuries will be determined, was set for hearing in March 2021. Ecuador filed in the District Court of The Hague a request to set aside the Tribunal’s Interim Awards and its First Partial Award, and in January 2016 that court denied Ecuador’s request. In July 2017, the Appeals Court of the Netherlands denied Ecuador’s appeal, and in April 2019, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld the decision of the Appeals Court and finally rejected Ecuador’s challenges to the Tribunal’s Interim Awards and its First Partial Award. In December 2018, Ecuador filed in the District Court of The Hague a request to set aside the Tribunal’s Phase Two Award.
Managements Assessment The ultimate outcome of the foregoing matters, including any financial effect on Chevron, remains uncertain. Management does not believe an agreement was reachedestimate of a reasonably possible loss (or a range of loss) can be made in this case. Due to the defects associated with the Australian Taxation OfficeEcuadorian judgment, management does not believe the judgment has any utility in calculating a reasonably possible loss (or a range of loss). Moreover, the highly uncertain legal environment surrounding the case provides no basis for management to settle this dispute. Management believes the agreed terms to beestimate a reasonable resolutionreasonably possible loss (or a range of the dispute, which did not have a material impact on the year-to-date results of the company.loss).
Note 12. Assets Held For Sale
At September 30, 2017, the company classified $584 million of net properties, plant and equipment as “Assets held for sale” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. These assets are primarily associated with downstream operations that are anticipated to be sold in the next 12 months. The revenues and earnings contributions of these assets in 2016 and the first nine months of 2017 were not material.
The company's Bangladesh operations previously classified as "held for sale" were deemed to be "held and used" in the third quarter 2017 and reclassified to "Properties, plant and equipment" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Note 13. Litigation
MTBE Chevron and many other companies in the petroleum industry have used methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a gasoline additive. Chevron is a party to seven pending lawsuits and claims, the majority of which involve numerous other petroleum marketers and refiners. Resolution of these lawsuits and claims may ultimately require the company to correct or ameliorate the alleged effects on the environment of prior release of MTBE by the company or other parties. Additional lawsuits and claims related to the use of MTBE, including personal-injury claims, may be filed in the future. The company’s ultimate exposure related to pending lawsuits and claims is not determinable. The company no longer uses MTBE in the manufacture of gasoline in the United States.
Ecuador
Background Chevron is a defendant in a civil lawsuit initiated in the Superior Court of Nueva Loja in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, in May 2003 by plaintiffs who claim to be representatives of certain residents of an area where an oil production consortium formerly had operations. The lawsuit alleges damage to the environment from the oil exploration and production operations and seeks unspecified damages to fund environmental remediation and restoration of the alleged environmental harm, plus a health monitoring program. Until 1992, Texaco Petroleum Company (Texpet), a subsidiary of Texaco Inc., was a minority member of this consortium with Petroecuador, the Ecuadorian state-owned oil company, as the majority partner; since 1990, the operations have been conducted solely by Petroecuador. At the conclusion of the consortium and following an independent third-party environmental audit of the concession area, Texpet entered into a formal agreement with the Republic of Ecuador and Petroecuador for Texpet to remediate specific sites assigned by the government in proportion to Texpet’s ownership share of the consortium. Pursuant to that agreement, Texpet conducted a three-year remediation program at a cost of $40 million. After certifying that the sites were properly remediated, the government granted Texpet and all related corporate entities a full release from any and all environmental liability arising from the consortium operations.


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Based on the history described above, Chevron believes that this lawsuit lacks legal or factual merit. As to matters of law, the company believes first, that the court lacks jurisdiction over Chevron; second, that the law under which plaintiffs bring the action, enacted in 1999, cannot be applied retroactively; third, that the claims are barred by the statute of limitations in Ecuador; and, fourth, that the lawsuit is also barred by the releases from liability previously given to Texpet by the Republic of Ecuador and Petroecuador and by the pertinent provincial and municipal governments. With regard to the facts, the company believes that the evidence confirms that Texpet’s remediation was properly conducted and that the remaining environmental damage reflects Petroecuador’s failure to timely fulfill its legal obligations and Petroecuador’s further conduct since assuming full control over the operations.
Lago Agrio Judgment In 2008, a mining engineer appointed by the court to identify and determine the cause of environmental damage, and to specify steps needed to remediate it, issued a report recommending that the court assess $18.9 billion, which would, according to the engineer, provide financial compensation for purported damages, including wrongful death claims, and pay for, among other items, environmental remediation, health care systems and additional infrastructure for Petroecuador. The engineer’s report also asserted that an additional $8.4 billion could be assessed against Chevron for unjust enrichment. In 2009, following the disclosure by Chevron of evidence that the judge participated in meetings in which businesspeople and individuals holding themselves out as government officials discussed the case and its likely outcome, the judge presiding over the case was recused. In 2010, Chevron moved to strike the mining engineer’s report and to dismiss the case based on evidence obtained through discovery in the United States indicating that the report was prepared by consultants for the plaintiffs before being presented as the mining engineer’s independent and impartial work and showing further evidence of misconduct. In August 2010, the judge issued an order stating that he was not bound by the mining engineer’s report and requiring the parties to provide their positions on damages within 45 days. Chevron subsequently petitioned for recusal of the judge, claiming that he had disregarded evidence of fraud and misconduct and that he had failed to rule on a number of motions within the statutory time requirement.
In September 2010, Chevron submitted its position on damages, asserting that no amount should be assessed against it. The plaintiffs’ submission, which relied in part on the mining engineer’s report, took the position that damages are between approximately $16 billion and $76 billion and that unjust enrichment should be assessed in an amount between approximately $5 billion and $38 billion. The next day, the judge issued an order closing the evidentiary phase of the case and notifying the parties that he had requested the case file so that he could prepare a judgment. Chevron petitioned to have that order declared a nullity in light of Chevron’s prior recusal petition, and because procedural and evidentiary matters remained unresolved. In October 2010, Chevron’s motion to recuse the judge was granted. A new judge took charge of the case and revoked the prior judge’s order closing the evidentiary phase of the case. On December 17, 2010, the judge issued an order closing the evidentiary phase of the case and notifying the parties that he had requested the case file so that he could prepare a judgment.
On February 14, 2011, the provincial court in Lago Agrio rendered an adverse judgment in the case. The court rejected Chevron’s defenses to the extent the court addressed them in its opinion. The judgment assessed approximately $8.6 billion in damages and approximately $900 million as an award for the plaintiffs’ representatives. It also assessed an additional amount of approximately $8.6 billion in punitive damages unless the company issued a public apology within 15 days of the judgment, which Chevron did not do. On February 17, 2011, the plaintiffs appealed the judgment, seeking increased damages, and on March 11, 2011, Chevron appealed the judgment seeking to have the judgment nullified. On January 3, 2012, an appellate panel in the provincial court affirmed the February 14, 2011 decision and ordered that Chevron pay additional attorneys’ fees in the amount of “0.10% of the values that are derived from the decisional act of this judgment.” The plaintiffs filed a petition to clarify and amplify the appellate decision on January 6, 2012, and the court issued a ruling in response on January 13, 2012, purporting to clarify and amplify its January 3, 2012 ruling, which included clarification that the deadline for the company to issue a public apology to avoid the additional amount of approximately $8.6 billion in punitive damages was within 15 days of the clarification ruling, or February 3, 2012. Chevron did not issue an apology because doing so might be mischaracterized as an admission of liability and would be contrary to facts and evidence submitted at trial. On January 20, 2012, Chevron appealed (called a petition for cassation) the appellate panel’s decision to Ecuador’s National Court of Justice. As part of the appeal, Chevron requested the suspension of any requirement that Chevron post a bond to prevent enforcement


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under Ecuadorian law of the judgment during the cassation appeal. On February 17, 2012, the appellate panel of the provincial court admitted Chevron’s cassation appeal in a procedural step necessary for the National Court of Justice to hear the appeal. The provincial court appellate panel denied Chevron’s request for suspension of the requirement that Chevron post a bond and stated that it would not comply with the First and Second Interim Awards of the international arbitration tribunal discussed below. On March 29, 2012, the matter was transferred from the provincial court to the National Court of Justice, and on November 22, 2012, the National Court agreed to hear Chevron's cassation appeal. On August 3, 2012, the provincial court in Lago Agrio approved a court-appointed liquidator’s report on damages that calculated the total judgment in the case to be $19.1 billion. On November 13, 2013, the National Court ratified the judgment but nullified the $8.6 billion punitive damage assessment, resulting in a judgment of $9.5 billion. On December 23, 2013, Chevron appealed the decision to the Ecuador Constitutional Court, Ecuador's highest court. The reporting justice of the Constitutional Court heard oral arguments on the appeal on July 16, 2015.
On July 2, 2013, the provincial court in Lago Agrio issued an embargo order in Ecuador ordering that any funds to be paid by the Government of Ecuador to Chevron to satisfy a $96 million award issued in an unrelated action by an arbitral tribunal presiding in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague under the Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law must be paid to the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. The award was issued by the tribunal under the United States-Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty in an action filed in 2006 in connection with seven breach of contract cases that Texpet filed against the Government of Ecuador between 1991 and 1993. The Government of Ecuador has moved to set aside the tribunal's award. On September 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands issued an opinion denying Ecuador’s set aside request. A Federal District Court for the District of Columbia confirmed the tribunal's award, and, on August 4, 2015, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the District Court's decision. On September 28, 2015, the Court of Appeals denied the Government of Ecuador’s request for full appellate court review of the Federal District Court’s decision. On June 6, 2016, the United States Supreme Court denied the Government of Ecuador's petition for Writ of Certiorari. On July 22, 2016, the Government of Ecuador paid the $96 million award, plus interest, resulting in a payment to Chevron of approximately $113 million.
Lago Agrio Plaintiffs' Enforcement Actions Chevron has no assets in Ecuador and the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ lawyers have stated in press releases and through other media that they will seek to enforce the Ecuadorian judgment in various countries and otherwise disrupt Chevron’s operations. On May 30, 2012, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs filed an action against Chevron Corporation, Chevron Canada Limited, and Chevron Canada Finance Limited in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ontario, Canada, seeking to recognize and enforce the Ecuadorian judgment. On May 1, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that the Court has jurisdiction over Chevron and Chevron Canada Limited for purposes of the action, but stayed the action due to the absence of evidence that Chevron Corporation has assets in Ontario. The Lago Agrio plaintiffs appealed that decision and, on December 17, 2013, the Court of Appeals for Ontario affirmed the lower court’s decision on jurisdiction and set aside the stay, allowing the recognition and enforcement action to be heard in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Chevron appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada and, on September 4, 2015, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and affirmed that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has jurisdiction over Chevron and Chevron Canada Limited for purposes of the action. The recognition and enforcement proceeding and related preliminary motions are proceeding in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. On January 20, 2017, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted Chevron Canada Limited’s and Chevron Corporation’s motions for summary judgment, concluding that the two companies are separate legal entities with separate rights and obligations. As a result, the Superior Court dismissed the recognition and enforcement claim against Chevron Canada Limited.  Chevron Corporation still remains as a defendant in the action. On February 3, 2017, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs appealed the Superior Court's January 20, 2017 decision.
On June 27, 2012, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs filed a complaint against Chevron Corporation in the Superior Court of Justice in Brasilia, Brazil, seeking to recognize and enforce the Ecuadorian judgment. Chevron has answered the complaint. In accordance with Brazilian procedure, the matter was referred to the public prosecutor for a nonbinding opinion of the issues raised in the complaint. On May 13, 2015, the public prosecutor issued its



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nonbinding opinion and recommended that the Superior Court of Justice reject the plaintiffs’ recognition and enforcement request, finding, among other things, that the Lago Agrio judgment was procured through fraud and corruption and cannot be recognized in Brazil because it violates Brazilian and international public order.
On October 15, 2012, the provincial court in Lago Agrio issued an ex parte embargo order that purports to order the seizure of assets belonging to separate Chevron subsidiaries in Ecuador, Argentina and Colombia. On November 6, 2012, at the request of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, a court in Argentina issued a Freeze Order against Chevron Argentina S.R.L. and another Chevron subsidiary, Ingeniero Norberto Priu, requiring shares of both companies to be "embargoed," requiring third parties to withhold 40 percent of any payments due to Chevron Argentina S.R.L. and ordering banks to withhold 40 percent of the funds in Chevron Argentina S.R.L. bank accounts. On December 14, 2012, the Argentinean court rejected a motion to revoke the Freeze Order but modified it by ordering that third parties are not required to withhold funds but must report their payments. The court also clarified that the Freeze Order relating to bank accounts excludes taxes. On January 30, 2013, an appellate court upheld the Freeze Order, but on June 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of Argentina revoked the Freeze Order in its entirety. On December 12, 2013, the Lago Agrio plaintiffs served Chevron with notice of their filing of an enforcement proceeding in the National Court, First Instance, of Argentina. Chevron filed its answer on February 27, 2014 to which the Lago Agrio plaintiffs responded on December 29, 2015. On April 19, 2016, the public prosecutor in Argentina issued a non-binding opinion recommending to the National Court, First Instance, of Argentina that it reject the Lago Agrio plaintiffs' request to recognize the Ecuadorian judgment in Argentina. On February 24, 2017, the public prosecutor in Argentina issued a supplemental opinion reaffirming its previous recommendations. On November 1, 2017, the National Court, First Instance, of Argentina issued a decision dismissing the Lago Agrio plaintiffs' enforcement proceeding based on jurisdictional grounds.
Chevron continues to believe the provincial court’s judgment is illegitimate and unenforceable in Ecuador, the United States and other countries. The company also believes the judgment is the product of fraud, and contrary to the legitimate scientific evidence. Chevron cannot predict the timing or ultimate outcome of the appeals process in Ecuador or any enforcement action. Chevron expects to continue a vigorous defense of any imposition of liability in the Ecuadorian courts and to contest and defend any and all enforcement actions.
Company's Bilateral Investment Treaty Arbitration Claims Chevron and Texpet filed an arbitration claim in September 2009 against the Republic of Ecuador before an arbitral tribunal presiding in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague under the Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. The claim alleges violations of the Republic of Ecuador’s obligations under the United States–Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and breaches of the settlement and release agreements between the Republic of Ecuador and Texpet (described above), which are investment agreements protected by the BIT. Through the arbitration, Chevron and Texpet are seeking relief against the Republic of Ecuador, including a declaration that any judgment against Chevron in the Lago Agrio litigation constitutes a violation of Ecuador’s obligations under the BIT. On February 9, 2011, the Tribunal issued an Order for Interim Measures requiring the Republic of Ecuador to take all measures at its disposal to suspend or cause to be suspended the enforcement or recognition within and without Ecuador of any judgment against Chevron in the Lago Agrio case pending further order of the Tribunal. On January 25, 2012, the Tribunal converted the Order for Interim Measures into an Interim Award. Chevron filed a renewed application for further interim measures on January 4, 2012, and the Republic of Ecuador opposed Chevron’s application and requested that the existing Order for Interim Measures be vacated on January 9, 2012. On February 16, 2012, the Tribunal issued a Second Interim Award mandating that the Republic of Ecuador take all measures necessary (whether by its judicial, legislative or executive branches) to suspend or cause to be suspended the enforcement and recognition within and without Ecuador of the judgment against Chevron and, in particular, to preclude any certification by the Republic of Ecuador that would cause the judgment to be enforceable against Chevron. On February 27, 2012, the Tribunal issued a Third Interim Award confirming its jurisdiction to hear Chevron's arbitration claims. On February 7, 2013, the Tribunal issued its Fourth Interim Award in which it declared that the Republic of Ecuador “has violated the First and Second Interim Awards under the [BIT], the UNCITRAL Rules and international law in regard to the finalization and enforcement subject
to execution of the Lago Agrio Judgment within and outside Ecuador, including (but not limited to) Canada, Brazil and Argentina.”


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The Republic of Ecuador subsequently filed in the District Court of the Hague a request to set aside the Tribunal’s Interim Awards and the First Partial Award (described below), and on January 20, 2016, the District Court denied the Republic's request. On April 13, 2016, the Republic of Ecuador appealed the decision. On July 18, 2017, the Appeals Court of the Hague denied the Republic's appeal.
The Tribunal has divided the merits phase of the proceeding into three phases. On September 17, 2013, the Tribunal issued its First Partial Award from Phase One, finding that the settlement agreements between the Republic of Ecuador and Texpet applied to Texpet and Chevron, released Texpet and Chevron from claims based on "collective" or "diffuse" rights arising from Texpet's operations in the former concession area and precluded third parties from asserting collective/diffuse rights environmental claims relating to Texpet's operations in the former concession area but did not preclude individual claims for personal harm. The Tribunal held a hearing on April 29-30, 2014, to address remaining issues relating to Phase One, and on March 12, 2015, it issued a nonbinding decision that the Lago Agrio plaintiffs' complaint, on its face, includes claims not barred by the settlement agreement between the Republic of Ecuador and Texpet. In the same decision, the Tribunal deferred to Phase Two remaining issues from Phase One, including whether the Republic of Ecuador breached the 1995 settlement agreement and the remedies that are available to Chevron and Texpet as a result of that breach. Phase Two issues were addressed at a hearing held in April and May 2015. The Tribunal has not set a date for Phase Three, the damages phase of the arbitration.
Company's RICO Action Through a series of U.S. court proceedings initiated by Chevron to obtain discovery relating to the Lago Agrio litigation and the BIT arbitration, Chevron obtained evidence that it believes shows a pattern of fraud, collusion, corruption, and other misconduct on the part of several lawyers, consultants and others acting for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. In February 2011, Chevron filed a civil lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and several of their lawyers, consultants and supporters, alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and other state laws. Through the civil lawsuit, Chevron is seeking relief that includes a declaration that any judgment against Chevron in the Lago Agrio litigation is the result of fraud and other unlawful conduct and is therefore unenforceable. On March 7, 2011, the Federal District Court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and persons acting in concert with them from taking any action in furtherance of recognition or enforcement of any judgment against Chevron in the Lago Agrio case pending resolution of Chevron’s civil lawsuit by the Federal District Court. On May 31, 2011, the Federal District Court severed claims one through eight of Chevron’s complaint from the ninth claim for declaratory relief and imposed a discovery stay on claims one through eight pending a trial on the ninth claim for declaratory relief. On September 19, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the preliminary injunction, stayed the trial on Chevron’s ninth claim, a claim for declaratory relief, that had been set for November 14, 2011, and denied the defendants’ mandamus petition to recuse the judge hearing the lawsuit. The Second Circuit issued its opinion on January 26, 2012 ordering the dismissal of Chevron’s ninth claim for declaratory relief. On February 16, 2012, the Federal District Court lifted the stay on claims one through eight, and on October 18, 2012, the Federal District Court set a trial date of October 15, 2013. On March 22, 2013, Chevron settled its claims against Stratus Consulting, and on April 12, 2013 sworn declarations by representatives of Stratus Consulting were filed with the Court admitting their role and that of the plaintiffs' attorneys in drafting the environmental report of the mining engineer appointed by the provincial court in Lago Agrio. On September 26, 2013, the Second Circuit denied the defendants' Petition for Writ of Mandamus to recuse the judge hearing the case and to collaterally estop Chevron from seeking a declaration that the Lago Agrio judgment was obtained through fraud and other unlawful conduct.
The trial commenced on October 15, 2013 and concluded on November 22, 2013. On March 4, 2014, the Federal District Court entered a judgment in favor of Chevron, prohibiting the defendants from seeking to enforce the Lago Agrio judgment in the United States and further prohibiting them from profiting from their illegal acts. The defendants appealed the Federal District Court's decision, and, on April 20, 2015, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments. On August 8, 2016, the Second Circuit issued a unanimous opinion affirming in full the judgment of the Federal District Court in favor of Chevron. On October 27, 2016, the Second Circuit denied the defendants' petitions for en banc rehearing of the opinion on their appeal. On March 27, 2017, two of the defendants filed a petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. On June 19, 2017, the United States Supreme Court denied the defendants' petition for a Writ of Certiorari.


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Management's Assessment The ultimate outcome of the foregoing matters, including any financial effect on Chevron, remains uncertain. Management does not believe an estimate of a reasonably possible loss (or a range of loss) can be made in this case. Due to the defects associated with the Ecuadorian judgment, the 2008 engineer’s report on alleged damages and the September 2010 plaintiffs’ submission on alleged damages, management does not believe these documents have any utility in calculating a reasonably possible loss (or a range of loss). Moreover, the highly uncertain legal environment surrounding the case provides no basis for management to estimate a reasonably possible loss (or a range of loss).
Note 14. Other Contingencies and Commitments
Income Taxes The company calculates its income tax expense and liabilities quarterly. These liabilities generally are subject to audit and are not finalized with the individual taxing authorities until several years after the end of the annual period for which income taxes have been calculated. Refer to Note 11 on page 14 and 15 for a discussion of the periods for which tax returns have been audited for the company’s major tax jurisdictions.
As discussedSettlement of open tax years, as well as other tax issues in Note 11, on page 15,countries where the company received an adverse decision on April 21, 2017, regarding the interest rate to be applied on certain Chevron intercompany loans. On August 14, 2017, an agreement was reached with the Australian Taxation Office to settle this dispute. Management believes the agreed terms to be a reasonable resolution of the dispute, which didconducts its businesses, are not have a material impact on the year-to-date results of the company. The company does not expect settlement of income tax liabilities associated with uncertain tax positionsexpected to have a material effect on itsthe consolidated financial position or liquidity.liquidity of the company and,

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in the opinion of management, adequate provision has been made for income taxes for all years under examination or subject to future examination.
Guarantees The company and its subsidiaries have certain contingent liabilities with respect to guarantees, direct or indirect, of debt of affiliated companies or third parties. Under the terms of the guarantee arrangements, the company would generally be required to perform should the affiliated company or third party fail to fulfill its obligations under the arrangements. In some cases, the guarantee arrangements may have recourse provisions that would enable the company to recover any payments made under the terms of the guarantees from assets provided as collateral.
Indemnifications In the acquisition of Unocal, the company assumed certain indemnities relating to contingent environmental liabilities associated with assets that were sold in 1997. The acquirer of those assets shared in certain environmental remediation costs up to a maximum obligation of $200$200 million,, which had been reached at December 31, 2009. Under the indemnification agreement, after reaching the $200$200 million obligation, Chevron is solely responsible until April 2022, when the indemnification expires. The environmental conditions or events that are subject to these indemnities must have arisen prior to the sale of the assets in 1997.
Although the company has provided for known obligations under this indemnity that are probable and reasonably estimable, the amount of additional future costs may be material to results of operations in the period in which they are recognized. The company does not expect these costs will have a material effect on its consolidated financial position or liquidity.
Off-Balance-Sheet Obligations The company and its subsidiaries have certain contingent liabilities with respect to long-term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughput and take-or-pay agreements, some of which may relate to suppliers’ financing arrangements. The agreements typically provide goods and services, such as pipeline and storage capacity, drilling rigs, utilities, and petroleum products, to be used or sold in the ordinary course of the company’s business.
Environmental The company is subject to loss contingencies pursuant to laws, regulations, private claims and legal proceedings related to environmental matters that are subject to legal settlements or that in the future may require the company to take action to correct or ameliorate the effects on the environment of prior release of chemicals or petroleum substances, including MTBE, by the company or other parties. Such contingencies may exist for various sites, including, but not limited to, federal Superfund sites and analogous sites under state laws, refineries, crude oil fields, service stations, terminals, land development areas, and mining activities, whether operating, closed or divested. These future costs are not fully determinable due to factors such factors as the unknown magnitude of possible contamination, the unknown timing and extent of the corrective actions that may be required, the determination of the company’s liability in proportion to other responsible parties, and the extent to which such costs are recoverable from third parties.


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Although the company has provided for known environmental obligations that are probable and reasonably estimable, the amount of additional future costs may be material to results of operations in the period in which they are recognized. The company does not expect these costs will have a material effect on its consolidated financial position or liquidity. Also, the company does not believe its obligations to make such expenditures have had, or will have, any significant impact on the company’s competitive position relative to other U.S. or international petroleum or chemical companies.
Other Contingencies Governmental and other entities in California and other jurisdictions have filed legal proceedings against fossil fuel producing companies, including Chevron, purporting to seek legal and equitable relief to address alleged impacts of climate change. Further such proceedings are likely to be filed by other parties. The unprecedented legal theories set forth in these proceedings entail the possibility of damages liability and injunctions against the production of all fossil fuels that, while we believe remote, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. Management believes that these proceedings are legally and factually meritless and detract from constructive efforts to address the important policy issues presented by climate change, and will vigorously defend against such proceedings.
Seven coastal parishes and the State of Louisiana have filed 43 separate lawsuits in Louisiana against numerous oil and gas companies seeking damages for coastal erosion in or near oil fields located within Louisiana’s coastal

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zone under Louisiana’s State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act (SLCRMA). Chevron entities are defendants in 39 of these cases. The lawsuits allege that the defendants' historical operations were conducted without necessary permits or failed to comply with permits obtained and seek damages and other relief, including the costs of restoring coastal wetlands allegedly impacted by oil field operations. Plaintiffs’ SLCRMA theories are unprecedented; thus, there remains significant uncertainty about the scope of the claims and alleged damages and any potential effects on the company’s results of operations and financial condition. Management believes that the claims lack legal and factual merit and will continue to vigorously defend against such proceedings.
Chevron has interests in Venezuelan crude oil production assets, including those operated by independent equity affiliates. During the first quarter 2020, net oil equivalent production in Venezuela averaged 41,000 barrels per day, none of which was upgraded to synthetic crude. The operating environment in Venezuela has been deteriorating for some time. In January 2019, the United States government issued sanctions against the Venezuelan national oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), which is the company’s partner in the equity affiliates. The company is conducting its business pursuant to general licenses and guidance issued coincident with the sanctions. In late July 2019, the United States government renewed General License 8A with the issuance of General License 8B, subsequently superseded by General License 8C issued on August 5, 2019. The authorization provided to Chevron under General License 8C was extended by General License 8D on October 21, 2019 and General License 8E issued by the United States government on January 17, 2020. General License 8E was replaced and superseded by General License 8F on April 21, 2020. General License 8F authorizes the company to perform transactions and activities that are necessary for limited maintenance of essential operations, contracts, or other agreements, to ensure safety or the preservation of assets in Venezuela, and is effective until December 1, 2020. The company is evaluating the impacts of the revised authorizations granted by General License 8F on its activities in Venezuela. The company continues to evaluate the carrying value of its Venezuelan investments in line with its accounting policies. Future events related to the company’s activities in Venezuela may result in significant impacts on the company's results of operation in subsequent periods.
At March 31, 2020, the carrying value of the company’s investments was approximately $2.8 billion, and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the company recognized earnings of $114 million for its share of net income from the equity affiliates, and for foreign exchange losses and other costs incurred in support of the company's operations in Venezuela. First quarter earnings were due to the exemption of 2019 Venezuela income tax for oil companies that was announced in late January 2020. Please see Note 13, "Investments and Advances," on page 71 in the company's 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information on the company’s investments in equity affiliates in Venezuela.
Chevron receives claims from and submits claims to customers; trading partners; joint venture partners; U.S. federal, state and local regulatory bodies; governments; contractors; insurers; suppliers; and individuals. The amounts of these claims, individually and in the aggregate, may be significant and take lengthy periods to resolve, and may result in gains or losses in future periods.
The company and its affiliates also continue to review and analyze their operations and may close, abandon,decommission, sell, exchange, acquire or restructure assets to achieve operational or strategic benefits and to improve competitiveness and profitability. These activities, individually or together, may result in significant gains or losses in future periods.

Note 14. Fair Value Measurements
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy of inputs the company uses to measure the fair value of an asset or liability are described as follows:
Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. For the company, Level 1 inputs include exchange-traded futures contracts for which the parties are willing to transact at the exchange-quoted price and marketable securities that are actively traded.
Level 2: Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly. For the company, Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, prices obtained through third-party broker quotes and prices that can be corroborated with other observable inputs for substantially the complete term of a contract.

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Level 3: Unobservable inputs. The company does not use Level 3 inputs for any of its recurring fair value measurements. Level 3 inputs may be required for the determination of fair value associated with certain nonrecurring measurements of nonfinancial assets and liabilities.
The fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, is as follows:
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
(Millions of dollars)
 At March 31, 2020 At December 31, 2019
 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Marketable Securities$50
 $50
 $
 $
 $63
 $63
 $
 $
Derivatives502
 366
 136
 
 11
 1
 10
 
Total Assets at Fair Value$552
 $416
 $136
 $
 $74
 $64
 $10
 $
Derivatives32
 12
 20
 
 74
 26
 48
 
Total Liabilities at Fair Value$32
 $12
 $20
 $
 $74
 $26
 $48
 $

Marketable Securities The company calculates fair value for its marketable securities based on quoted market prices for identical assets. The fair values reflect the cash that would have been received if the instruments were sold at March 31, 2020.
Derivatives The company records its derivative instruments — other than any commodity derivative contracts that are designated as normal purchase and normal sale — on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at fair value, with the offsetting amount to the Consolidated Statement of Income. Derivatives classified as Level 1 include futures, swaps and options contracts traded in active markets such as the New York Mercantile Exchange. Derivatives classified as Level 2 include swaps, options and forward contracts principally with financial institutions and other oil and gas companies, the fair values of which are obtained from third-party broker quotes, industry pricing services and exchanges. The company obtains multiple sources of pricing information for the Level 2 instruments. Since this pricing information is generated from observable market data, it has historically been very consistent. The company does not materially adjust this information.
Assets carried at fair value at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, are as follows:
Cash and Cash Equivalents The company holds cash equivalents in U.S. and non-U.S. portfolios. The instruments classified as cash equivalents are primarily bank time deposits with maturities of 90 days or less, and money market funds. “Cash and cash equivalents” had carrying/fair values of $8.5 billion and $5.7 billion at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, respectively. The instruments held in “Time deposits” are bank time deposits with maturities greater than 90 days and had carrying/fair values of 0 at both March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The fair values of cash and cash equivalents are classified as Level 1 and reflect the cash that would have been received if the instruments were settled at March 31, 2020.
Restricted Cash had a carrying/fair value of $1.2 billion at both March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019. At March 31, 2020, restricted cash is classified as Level 1 and includes restricted funds related to certain upstream decommissioning activities, tax items and refundable deposits related to pending asset sales, which are reported in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Deferred charges and other assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Long-Term Debt had a net carrying value, excluding amounts reclassified from short-term debt and finance lease obligations, of $13.6 billion and $13.7 billion at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, respectively. The fair value of long-term debt at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019 was $14.3 billion for both reporting periods. Long-term debt primarily includes corporate issued bonds, classified as Level 1 and are $13.5 billion for the period. The fair value of other long-term debt classified as Level 2 is $0.8 billion.
The carrying values of other short-term financial assets and liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet approximate their fair values. Fair value remeasurements of other financial instruments at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, were not material.

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The fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at March 31, 2020, is as follows:
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
(Millions of dollars)
 At March 31, 2020
         Before-Tax Loss
 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 
Properties, plant and equipment, net (held and used)$
 $
 $
 $
 $
Properties, plant and equipment, net (held for sale)738
 
 738
 
 74
Investments and advances
 
 
 
 
Total Assets at Fair Value$738
 $
 $738
 $
 $74

Properties, plant and equipment The company did not have any individually material impairments of long-lived assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis to report in first quarter2020.
Investments and advances The company did not have any material impairments of investments and advances measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis to report in first quarter2020.
Note 15. Fair Value MeasurementsFinancial and Derivative Instruments
The three levelscompany’s derivative instruments principally include crude oil, natural gas and refined product futures, swaps, options, and forward contracts. None of the fair value hierarchy of inputs the company uses to measure the fair value of an asset or liability are described as follows:
Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. For the company, Level 1 inputs include exchange-traded futures contracts for which the parties are willing to transact at the exchange-quoted price and marketable securities that are actively traded.
Level 2: Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly. For the company, Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, prices obtained through third-party broker quotes and prices that can be corroborated with other observable inputs for substantially the complete term of a contract.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs. The company does not use Level 3 inputs for any of its recurring fair value measurements. Level 3 inputs may be required for the determination of fair value associated with certain nonrecurring measurements of nonfinancial assets and liabilities.
The fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, is as follows:
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
(Millions of dollars)
 At September 30, 2017 At December 31, 2016
 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Marketable Securities$13
 $13
 $
 $
 $13
 $13
 $
 $
Derivatives10
 1
 9
 
 32
 15
 17
 
Total Assets at Fair Value$23
 $14
 $9
 $
 $45
 $28
 $17
 $
Derivatives147
 130
 17
 
 109
 78
 31
 
Total Liabilities at Fair Value$147
 $130
 $17
 $
 $109
 $78
 $31
 $
Marketable Securities The company calculates fair value for its marketable securities based on quoted market prices for identical assets. The fair values reflect the cash that would have been received if the instruments were sold at September 30, 2017.
Derivatives The company records itscompany’s derivative instruments — other than any commodity derivative contracts that are designated as normal purchase and normal sale — onhedging instruments, although certain of the Consolidated Balance Sheet at fair value, with the offsetting amountcompany’s affiliates make such a designation. The company’s derivatives are not material to the Consolidated Statementcompany’s consolidated financial position, results of Income. Derivatives classifiedoperations or liquidity. The company believes it has no material market or credit risks to its operations, financial position or liquidity as Level 1 include futures, swapsa result of its commodities and options contractsother derivatives activities.
The company uses derivative commodity instruments traded in active markets such ason the New York Mercantile Exchange and on electronic platforms of the Inter-Continental Exchange and Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Derivatives classified as Level 2 include swaps, optionsIn addition, the company enters into swap contracts and forwardoption contracts principally with major financial institutions and other oil and gas companies in the fair values of“over-the-counter” markets, which are obtained from third-party broker quotes, industry pricinggoverned by International Swaps and Derivatives Association agreements and other master netting arrangements.

Derivative instruments measured at fair value at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, and their classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Income are as follows:

Consolidated Balance Sheet: Fair Value of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
(Millions of dollars)
Type of
Contract
 Balance Sheet Classification At March 31,
2020
 At December 31,
2019
Commodity Accounts and notes receivable, net $491
 $11
Commodity Long-term receivables, net 11
 
Total Assets at Fair Value $502
 $11
Commodity Accounts payable $31
 $74
Commodity Deferred credits and other noncurrent obligations 1
 
Total Liabilities at Fair Value $32
 $74


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services
Consolidated Statement of Income: The Effect of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
(Millions of dollars)
Type of   Gain / (Loss)
Three Months Ended
March 31
Contract Statement of Income Classification 2020 2019
Commodity Sales and other operating revenues $461
 $(238)
Commodity Purchased crude oil and products (4) (7)
Commodity Other income 
 
    $457
 $(245)

The table below represents gross and exchanges. The company obtains multiple sources of pricing information for the Level 2 instruments. Since this pricing information is generated from observable market data, it has historically been very consistent. The company does not materially adjust this information.
Assets carried at fair value at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, are as follows:
Cash and Cash Equivalents The company holds cash equivalents in U.S. and non-U.S. portfolios. The instruments classified as cash equivalents are primarily bank time deposits with maturities of 90 days or less, and money market funds. “Cash and cash equivalents” had carrying/fair values of $6.6 billion and $7.0 billion at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively. The fair values of cash and cash equivalents are classified as Level 1 and reflect the cash that would have been received if the instruments were settled at September 30, 2017.
Restricted Cash had a carrying/fair value of $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively. At September 30, 2017, restricted cash is classified as Level 1 and includes restricted funds related to certain upstream abandonment activities, tax payments, refundable deposits related to pending asset sales and funds held in escrow pending tax deferred exchanges, which are reported in "Prepaid expenses and other current assets" and “Deferred charges and other assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Long-Term Debt had a net carrying value, excluding amounts reclassified from short-term, of $25.0 billion and $26.2 billion at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively. The fair value of long-term debt at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016 was $25.7 billion and $26.6 billion, respectively. Long-term debt primarily includes corporate issued bonds. The fair value of corporate bonds classified as Level 1 is $25.0 billion. The fair value of other long-term debt classified as Level 2 is $0.7 billion.
The carrying values of other short-term financialderivative assets and liabilities subject to netting agreements on the Consolidated Balance Sheet approximate their fair values. Fair value remeasurements of other financial instruments at September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2016, were not material.2019.
The fair value hierarchy for
Consolidated Balance Sheet: The Effect of Netting Derivative Assets and Liabilities
(Millions of dollars)
  Gross Amount Recognized Gross Amounts Offset Net Amounts Presented  Gross Amounts Not Offset Net Amount
At March 31, 2020     
Derivative Assets $6,259
 $5,757
 $502
 $
 $502
Derivative Liabilities $5,789
 $5,757
 $32
 $
 $32
           
At December 31, 2019          
Derivative Assets $656
 $645
 $11
 $
 $11
Derivative Liabilities $719
 $645
 $74
 $
 $74

Derivative assets and liabilities are classified on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as accounts and notes receivable, long-term receivables, accounts payable, and deferred credits and other noncurrent obligations. Amounts not offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheet represent positions that do not meet all the conditions for "a right of offset."
Note 16. Revenue
“Sales and other operating revenue” on the Consolidated Statement of Income primarily arise from contracts with customers. Related receivables are included in “Accounts and notes receivable, net” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, net of the current expected credit losses. The net balance of these receivables was $6.6 billion and $9.2 billion at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, respectively. Other items included in “Accounts and notes receivable, net” represent amounts due from partners for their share of joint venture operating and project costs and amounts due from others, primarily related to derivatives, leases, buy/sell arrangements and product exchanges, which are accounted for outside the scope of ASC 606.
Note 17. Financial Instruments - Credit Losses
Chevron adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, and its related amendments at the effective date of January 1, 2020. The standard replaces the “incurred loss model” and requires an estimate of expected credit losses, measured over the contractual life of a financial instrument, that considers forecast of future economic conditions in addition to information about past events and current conditions. The cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening retained earnings at fair valueJanuary 1, 2020 is a reduction of $25 million, representing a decrease to the net accounts and notes receivable balances shown on the company’s consolidated balance sheet on page 5. As of March 31, 2020, Chevron’s expected credit loss allowance balance was $918 million with a nonrecurring basis at September 30, 2017,majority of the allowance relating to non-trade receivable balances. While the company has always regularly assessed customers for credit risk and reviewed past due receivable balances for probable loss, the new standard requires recognizing an expected credit loss for all receivable balances which has resulted in the adjustment noted.
The majority of the company’s receivable balance is concentrated in trade receivables, with a balance of $8.6 billion as follows:of March 31, 2020, which reflects the company’s diversified sources of revenues and is dispersed across the company’s broad worldwide customer base. As a result, the company believes the concentration of
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
(Millions of dollars)
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 At September 30, 2017 
         Before-Tax Loss
 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Three
Months
Ended
 Nine
Months
Ended
      
 Properties, plant and equipment, net (held and used)$106
 $
 $
 $106
 $36
 $654
 Properties, plant and equipment, net (held for sale)115
 
 115
 
 11
 290
 Investments and advances12
 
 
 12
 8
 14
 Total Assets at Fair Value$233
 $
 $115
 $118
 $55
 $958

Properties, plant and equipmentcredit risk is limited. The company didroutinely assesses the financial strength of its customers. When the financial strength of a customer is not have any individually material impairmentsconsidered sufficient, alternative risk mitigation measures may be deployed, including requiring pre-payments, letters of long-lived assets measured at fair value oncredit or other acceptable forms of collateral. Once credit is extended and a nonrecurringreceivable balance exists, the company applies a quantitative calculation to current trade receivable balances that reflects credit risk predictive analysis, including probability of default, loss given default and exposure of default which takes into consideration current and forward-looking market data as well as the company’s historical loss data. This statistical approach becomes the basis of the company’s expected credit loss allowance for current trade receivables with payment terms that are typically short-term in nature, with most due in less than 90 days. A comprehensive review of credit risk was completed in the first quarter of 2020 in response to reportthe COVID-19 pandemic and the significant reduction in thirdcrude prices resulting from decreased demand associated with government-mandated travel restrictions. Following the first quarter2017. review, existing allowances were deemed appropriate.
InvestmentsChevron's non-trade receivable balance was $3.7 billion as of March 31, 2020, which includes receivables from certain governments in their capacity as joint venture partners. Joint venture partner balances that are paid as per contract terms or not yet due are subject to the statistical analysis described above while past due balances are subject to additional qualitative management quarterly review. This management review includes review of reasonable and advances The company did not have any material impairments of investmentssupportable repayment forecasts. Non-trade receivables also include employee and advances measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis to report in third quarter2017.tax receivables that are deemed immaterial and low risk. Equity affiliate loans are also considered non-trade and balances are reviewed quarterly.


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Note 16. Financial and Derivative Instruments
The company’s derivative instruments principally include crude oil, natural gas and refined product futures, swaps, options, and forward contracts. None of the company’s derivative instruments are designated as hedging instruments, although certain of the company’s affiliates make such a designation. The company’s derivatives are not material to the company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. The company believes it has no material market or credit risks to its operations, financial position or liquidity as a result of its commodities and other derivatives activities.


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The company uses derivative commodity instruments traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange and on electronic platforms of the Inter-Continental Exchange and Chicago Mercantile Exchange. In addition, the company enters into swap contracts and option contracts principally with major financial institutions and other oil and gas companies in the “over-the-counter” markets, which are governed by International Swaps and Derivatives Association agreements and other master netting arrangements.
Derivative instruments measured at fair value at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, and their classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Income are as follows:
Consolidated Balance Sheet: Fair Value of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
(Millions of dollars)
Type of
Contract
 Balance Sheet Classification At September 30
2017
 At December 31
2016
Commodity Accounts and notes receivable, net $10
 $30
Commodity Long-term receivables, net 
 2
Total Assets at Fair Value $10
 $32
Commodity Accounts payable $145
 $99
Commodity Deferred credits and other noncurrent obligations 2
 10
Total Liabilities at Fair Value $147
 $109

Consolidated Statement of Income: The Effect of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
(Millions of dollars)
   Gain / (Loss)
Three Months Ended
September 30
 Gain / (Loss)
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Type of
Contract
 Statement of Income Classification2017 2016 2017 2016
Commodity Sales and other operating revenues$(196) $(23) $82
 $(194)
Commodity Purchased crude oil and products(7) 4
 3
 (17)
Commodity Other income1
 (3) (2) (1)
   $(202) $(22) $83
 $(212)
The table below represents gross and net derivative assets and liabilities subject to netting agreements on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016.
Consolidated Balance Sheet: The Effect of Netting Derivative Assets and Liabilities
(Millions of dollars)
  Gross Amount Recognized Gross Amounts Offset Net Amounts Presented  Gross Amounts Not Offset Net Amount
At September 30, 2017     
Derivative Assets $1,732
 $1,722
 $10
 $
 $10
Derivative Liabilities $1,869
 $1,722
 $147
 $
 $147
           
At December 31, 2016          
Derivative Assets $1,052
 $1,020
 $32
 $
 $32
Derivative Liabilities $1,129
 $1,020
 $109
 $
 $109
           
Derivative assets and liabilities are classified on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as accounts and notes receivable, long-term receivables, accounts payable, and deferred credits and other noncurrent obligations. Amounts not offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheet represent positions that do not meet all the conditions for "a right of offset."



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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


ThirdFirst Quarter 20172020 Compared with ThirdFirst Quarter 2016
And Nine Months 2017 Compared with Nine Months 2016

2019
Key Financial Results
Earnings by Business Segment
Earnings by Business SegmentEarnings by Business Segment
Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Three Months Ended
March 31
2017 2016 2017 2016 2020 2019
(Millions of dollars) (Millions of dollars)
Upstream           
United States$(26) $(212) $(48) $(2,175) $241
 $748
International515
 666
 2,907
 (1,292) 2,679
 2,375
Total Upstream489
 454
 2,859
 (3,467) 2,920
 3,123
Downstream           
United States640
 523
 1,743
 1,307
 450
 217
International1,174
 542
 2,192
 1,771
 653
 35
Total Downstream1,814
 1,065
 3,935
 3,078
 1,103
 252
Total Segment Earnings2,303
 1,519
 6,794
 (389) 4,023
 3,375
All Other(351) (236) (710) (523) (424) (726)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Chevron Corporation (1) (2)
$1,952
 $1,283
 $6,084
 $(912)
Net Income Attributable to Chevron Corporation (1) (2)
 $3,599
 $2,649
__________________________________________           
(1) Includes foreign currency effects
$(112) $72
 $(351) $32
(1) Includes foreign currency effects.
 $514
 $(137)
(2) Income net of tax; also referred to as “earnings” in the discussions that follow.
(2) Income net of tax; also referred to as “earnings” in the discussions that follow.
          
Net income attributable to Chevron Corporation for thirdfirst quarter 20172020 was $1.95$3.60 billion ($1.031.93 per share — diluted), compared with earnings of $1.28$2.65 billion ($0.68 per share — diluted) in the corresponding 2016 period. Net income attributable to Chevron Corporation for the first nine months of 2017 was $6.08 billion ($3.21 per share — diluted), compared with a loss of $912 million ($0.491.39 per share — diluted) in the first nine monthsquarter of 2016.2019.
Upstreamearnings in thirdfirst quarter 20172020 were $489 million$2.92 billion compared to $3.12 billion in the corresponding 2019 period. The decrease was mainly due to lower crude oil and natural gas prices, partially offset by favorable foreign currency effects, higher crude oil production and natural gas sales volumes, and favorable tax items.
Downstream earnings in first quarter 2020 were $1.10 billion compared with $454$252 million a year earlier.in the corresponding 2019 period. The increase was mainly due to higher crude oil realizations, and higher natural gas and crude production, partially offset by higher depreciation expenses and higher tax items. Earnings for the first nine months of 2017 were $2.86 billion compared with a loss of $3.47 billion a year earlier. The increase was due to higher crude oil realizations, increased natural gas sales volumes, higher gains on asset sales, lower depreciation expense primarily due to lower impairments, and lower operating expenses.
Downstream earnings in third quarter 2017 were $1.81 billion compared with $1.07 billion in the corresponding 2016 period. The increase was due to gains on asset sales and higher margins on refined product sales, partially offset by higher operating expenses. Earnings for the first nine months of 2017 were $3.94 billion compared with $3.08 billion in the corresponding 2016 period. The increase was due to higher margins on refined product sales, gains on asset sales, and the absence of a 2016 asset impairment. Partially offsetting the increase was lower shipping results.
Refer to pages 2829 through 31 for additional discussion of results by business segment and “All Other” activities for thirdfirst quarter and first nine months of 2017 2020 versus the same periodsperiod in 2016.2019.



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Business Environment and Outlook
Chevron Corporation*Corporation* is a global energy company with substantial business activities in the following countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Mexico, Nigeria, the Partitioned Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the Philippines, Republic of Congo, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela.
Earnings of the company depend mostly on the profitability of its upstream business segment. The biggestmost significant factor affecting the results of operations for the upstream segment is the price of crude oil. The price of crude oil, has fallen significantly since mid-year 2014. The downturnwhich is determined in the price of crude oil has impacted the company's results of operations, cash flows, leverage, capital and exploratory investment program and production outlook. A sustained lower price environment could result in the impairment or write-off of specific assets in future periods. The company is responding with reductions in operating expenses, pacing and re-focusing of capital and exploratory expenditures, and increased asset sales. The company anticipates that crude oil prices will increase in the future, as continued growth in demand and a slowing in supply growth should bring global markets into balance; however,outside of the timing of any such increase is unknown.company’s control. In the company'scompany’s downstream business, crude oil is the largest cost component of refined products. It is the company'scompany’s objective to deliver competitive results and shareholderstockholder value in any business environment. Periods of sustained lower prices could result in the impairment or write-off of specific assets in future periods and cause the company to adjust operating expenses and capital and exploratory expenditures, along with other measures intended to improve financial performance. Similarly, impairments or write-offs may occur as a result of managerial decisions not to progress certain projects in the company's portfolio.

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* Incorporated in Delaware in 1926 as Standard Oil Company of California, the company adopted the name Chevron Corporation in 1984 and ChevronTexaco Corporation in 2001. In 2005, ChevronTexaco Corporation changed its name to Chevron Corporation. As used in this report, the term “Chevron” and such terms as “the company,” “the corporation,” “our,” “we,” “us” and "its" may refer to Chevron Corporation, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, or all of them taken as a whole, but unless stated otherwise they do not include “affiliates” of Chevron — i.e., those companies generally owned 50 percent or less. All of these terms are used for convenience only and are not intended as a precise description of any of the separate companies, each of which manages its own affairs.
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Response to Market Conditions and COVID-19 During the first quarter of 2020, travel restrictions and other constraints on economic activity were implemented in many locations around the world to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. As a result, demand for our products has fallen steeply and commodity prices, including crude oil and natural gas, have followed suit. The drop in commodity prices is expected to negatively impact the company’s future financial and operating results. Due to the rapidly changing environment, there continues to be uncertainty and unpredictability around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our results, which could be material.
Chevron entered this crisis well positioned with a strong balance sheet, flexible capital program and low cash flow breakeven price. Accordingly, to protect its long-term health and value, the company is responding to these market conditions by adjusting items it can control. The company has lowered planned 2020 capital expenditures by up to 30 percent from its original budget to as low as $14 billion and intends to reduce operating costs by $1 billion compared to 2019. Additionally, the company has suspended its share repurchase program. Together, these actions are consistent with our financial priorities: to protect the dividend, to prioritize capital spend that drives long-term value and to maintain a strong balance sheet. The company expects to continue to have sufficient liquidity and access to both commercial paper and debt capital markets due to its strong balance sheet and investment grade credit ratings, which have been recently reaffirmed. Additionally, the company has access to nearly $10 billion in committed credit facilities.
The effective tax rate for the company can change substantially during periods of significant earnings volatility. This is due to the mix effects that are impacted both by the absolute level of earnings or losses and whether they arise in higher or lower tax rate jurisdictions. As a result, a decline or increase in the effective tax rate in one period may not be indicative of expected results in future periods. Note 11 provides the company’s effective income tax rate for the third quartersfirst quarter of 20172020 and 2016.2019.
Refer to the "Cautionary“Cautionary Statement Relevant to Forward-Looking Information"Information” on page 2 of this report and to "Risk Factors"“Risk Factors” on pages 2018 through 2221 of the company’s 20162019 Annual Report on Form 10-K and on pages 37 and 38 of this report for a discussion of some of the inherent risks that could materially impact the company'scompany’s results of operations or financial condition.
The company continually evaluates opportunities to dispose of assets that are not expected to provide sufficient long-term value or to acquire assets or operations complementary to its asset base to help augment the company’s financial performance and value growth. Asset dispositions and restructurings may result in significant gains or losses in future periods. The company'scompany’s asset sale program for 2016 and 20172018 through 2020 is targeting before-tax proceeds of $5-10 billion. Proceeds and deposits related to asset sales were $2.8$5.2 billion from January 2018 through March 2020, with additional proceeds received in 2016 and $4.9 billion inApril associated with the first nine months of 2017. Refer to the "Results of Operations" section beginning on page 28for discussions of net gains onAzerbaijan asset sales during 2017. Asset dispositions and restructurings may also occur in future periods and could result in significant gains or losses.sale.
The company closely monitors developments in the financial and credit markets, the level of worldwide economic activity, and the implications for the company of movements in prices for crude oil and natural gas. Management takes these developments into account in the conduct of daily operations and for business planning.
CommentsManagement's commentary related to earnings trends for the company’s major business areas areis as follows:
Upstream Earnings for the upstream segment are closely aligned with industry prices for crude oil and natural gas. Crude oil and natural gas prices are subject to external factors over which the company has no control, including product demand connected with global economic conditions, industry production and inventory levels, technology advancements, production quotas or other actions imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), or other producers, actions of regulators, weather-related damage and disruptions, competing fuel prices, natural and human causes beyond the company's control such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and regional supply interruptions or fears thereof that may be caused by military conflicts, civil unrest or political uncertainty. Any of these factors could also inhibit the company’s production capacity in an affected region. The company closely monitors developments in the countries in which it operates and holds investments, and seeks to manage risks in operating its facilities and businesses. The longer-term trend in earnings for the upstream segment is also a function of other factors, including the company’s ability to find or acquire and efficiently produce crude oil and natural gas, changes in fiscal terms of contracts, and changes in tax and other applicable laws and regulations.


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* Incorporated in Delaware in 1926 as Standard Oil Company of California, the company adopted the name Chevron Corporation in 1984 and ChevronTexaco Corporation in 2001. In 2005, ChevronTexaco Corporation changed its name to Chevron Corporation. As used in this report, the term “Chevron” and such terms as “the company,” “the corporation,” “our,” “we” and “us” may refer to Chevron Corporation, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, or all of them taken as a whole, but unless stated otherwise they do not include “affiliates” of Chevron — i.e., those companies accounted for by the equity method (generally owned 50 percent or less) or investments accounted for by the cost method. All of these terms are used for convenience only and are not intended as a precise description of any of the separate companies, each of which manages its own affairs.
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The company continues tois actively managemanaging its schedule of work, contracting, procurement, and supply-chainsupply chain activities to effectively manage costs. However, price levelscosts, ensure supply chain resiliency and continuity, and support operational goals. Third party costs for capital, and exploratory costsexploration, and operating expenses associated with the production of crude oil and natural gasongoing operations can be subject to external factors beyond the company’s control including, among other things,but not limited to: the general level of inflation, commodity pricestariffs or other taxes imposed on goods or services, and commoditized prices charged by the industry’s material and service providers, which canproviders. Chevron utilizes contracts with various pricing mechanisms, so there may be affected bya lag before the volatilitycompany’s costs reflect the changes in market trends.
The spot markets for many services and materials are softening in response to the broad economic impact of the industry’s own supply-and-demand conditionsCOVID-19 pandemic, including the drastic reductions in demand for such materialspetroleum products, including gasoline and services. Costsjet fuel, among others, and in some North American unconventional plays are starting to rise with higher levels ofcrude oil and natural gas prices, which have resulted in significant reductions in economic activity and investment.  Costs outsideassociated spending in the energy sector. Commodity prices have fallen below break-even levels in many regions, and as a result, some of the North American unconventional space continuemore highly-leveraged producers may be forced to decline drivenfile for bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11 re-organization or even Chapter 7 insolvency proceedings under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), further stressing suppliers, especially those who entered this price-cycle under financial pressure. The extent to which the costs of goods and services could go down may be constrained by reduced investmentlow supply sector margins, decisions by suppliers to reduce capacity, and actions by banks and other financial institutions. Chevron is actively monitoring the lower oil price environment. financial health of key suppliers and developing contingency plans to mitigate potential business impacts.
Capital and exploratory expenditures and operating expenses could also be affected by damage to production facilities caused by severe weather or civil unrest, delays in construction, or other factors.
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The chart above shows the trend in benchmark prices for Brent crude oil, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, and U.S. Henry Hub natural gas. The Brent price averaged $44$64 per barrel for the full-year 2016.2019. During 2017the first quarter 2020, Brent averaged $52$50 per barrel in the third quarter, and ended OctoberApril at about $61.$20.The WTI price averaged $57 per barrel for the full-year 2019. During the first quarter 2020, WTI averaged $46 per barrel and ended April at about $19. WTI continues to trade at a discount to Brent in 2020 due to growing U.S. production. The majority of the company’s equity crude production is priced based on the Brent benchmark. Brent markets trended higher in a $47-$57 per barrel range throughout the third quarter of 2017, as strong seasonal demand and hurricane-related disruptions tightened global markets, while rising geopolitical tensions created additional uncertainty. Ongoing strong compliance among OPEC producers on production cuts implemented beginning in January 2017, and discussions about potentially extending the agreement beyond its currently-planned expiration in first quarter 2018, further reinforced market confidence.
The WTI price averaged $43 per barrel for the full-year 2016. During 2017, WTI averaged $48 per barrel in the third quarter, and ended October at about $54. The WTI discount to Brent widened significantly over the third quarter of 2017 relative to first-half 2017 as persistently rising inventories at Cushing led to concerns of renewed infrastructure constraints, and hurricane activity interrupted exports that caused total U.S. crude oil inventory levels to briefly rise.
A differential in crude oil prices exists between high quality (high-gravity, low-sulfur) crudes and those of lower quality (low-gravity, high-sulfur). The amount of the differential in any period is associated with the relative supply/demand balances for each crude type. In third quarter 2017, the differential remained relatively stable in North America. Outside of North America, differentials widened as strong refinery demand combined with maintenance in the North Sea and unplanned outages in Libya tightened light sweet crude markets.
Chevron produces or shares in the production of heavy crude oil in California, Indonesia, the Partitioned Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Venezuela and in certain fields in Angola, China and the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. (See page 33 for the company’s average U.S. and international crude oil sales prices.)
Brent began 2020 at $67 per barrel but sharply declined to the end of the first quarter due to surplus supply as demand decreased resulting from government-imposed travel restrictions intended to slow the further spread of the COVID-19 virus. Recent actions by both OPEC and other producers to curtail investment and reduce supply have failed to keep pace with weakening demand, resulting in supplies testing storage limits. It is unclear how long the oversupplied market will continue or when prices will recover to more historical levels.
In contrast to price movements in the global market for crude oil, price changes for natural gas in many regional markets are more closely aligned with seasonal supply-and-demand and infrastructure conditions in thoselocal markets. Fluctuations in the price for natural gas in the United States are closely associated with customer demand relative to the volumes produced in North America. In the United States, prices at Henry Hub averaged $3.00$1.88 per thousand cubic feet (MCF) for the first ninethree months of 2017,2020, compared with $2.29$2.94 during the first ninethree months of 2016.2019. At the end of October 2017April 2020, the Henry Hub spot price was $2.77 per MCF.$1.95



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per MCF. Increased production in the Permian Basin has resulted in insufficient gas pipeline and fractionation capacity in the near-term, leading to depressed natural gas and natural gas liquids prices in West Texas. A sizable portion of Chevron’s U.S. natural gas production comes from the Permian Basin, resulting in natural gas realizations that are significantly lower than the Henry Hub price.
Outside the United States, price changes for natural gas depend on a wide range of supply, demand and regulatory circumstances. Chevron sells natural gas into the domestic pipeline market in most locations. In some locations, Chevron continues to investhas invested in long-term projects to install infrastructure to produce and liquefy natural gas for transport by tanker to other markets. The company'scompany’s long-term contract prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) are typically linked to crude oil prices. Most of the equity LNG offtake from the operated Australian LNG projects is committed under binding long-term contracts, with the remainder to be sold in the Asian spot LNG market.  The Asian spot market reflects the supply and demand for LNG in the Pacific Basin and is not directly linked to crude oil prices. International natural gas sales pricesrealizations averaged $4.50$5.66 per MCF during the first ninethree months of 2017,2020, compared with $4.01$6.57 per MCF in the same period last year. (See page 33 for the company’s average natural gas sales prices for the U.S. and international regions.)
The company’s worldwide net oil-equivalent production in the first ninethree months of 20172020 averaged 2.7243.235 million barrels per day.day, 6 percent higher than the year-ago period. About one-sixth14 percent of the company’s net oil-equivalent production in the first ninethree months of 20172020 occurred in the OPEC-member countries of Angola, Nigeria, Republic of Congo and Venezuela. OPEC quotas had no effect on the company’s net crude oil production for the thirdfirst quarter of 20172020 or 2016.2019.
TheExcluding 2020 asset sales, production curtailments and price-related contractual effects, the company estimates that net oil-equivalentexpects 2020 production for the full-year 2017 will grow 6 to 8 percentbe relatively flat compared to 2016, assuming a Brent crude oil price of $50 per barrel and before the effect of anticipated asset sales.  The impact of 2017 asset sales on full-year production is expected to be approximately 30,000 barrels of oil-equivalent per day.The2019. This estimate of full-year production is subject to many factors and uncertainties, including quotas or other actions that may be imposed by OPEC;OPEC members and other countries; price effects on entitlement volumes; changes in fiscal terms or restrictions on the scope of company operations; delays in construction,construction; reservoir performance; greater-than-expected declines in production from mature fields; start-up or ramp-up of projects; fluctuations in demand for natural gas in various markets; weather conditions that may shut in production; civil unrest; changing geopolitics; delays in completion of maintenance turnarounds; greater-than-expected declines in production from mature fields;storage constraints or economic conditions that could lead to shut-in production; or other disruptions to operations. The outlook for future production levels is also affected by the size and number of economic investment opportunities and for new, large-scale projects, the time lag between initial exploration and the beginning of production. InvestmentsThe company has increased its investment emphasis on short-cycle projects, but these too are under pressure in certain upstream projects can begin well in advance of the start of the associated crude oil and natural gas production. A significant majority of Chevron’s upstream investment is made outside the United States.current market environment.
In the Partitioned Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, production was shut-in beginning in May 2015 as2015. In December 2019, the governments of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait signed a resultmemorandum of difficulties in securing work and equipment permits. Net oil-equivalentunderstanding to allow production to restart in the Partitioned Zone in 2014 was 81,000 barrels per day. During 2015, net oil-equivalent production averaged 28,000 barrels per day. As ofZone. In mid-February 2020, pre-startup activities commenced, and they continued through early November 2017, production remained shut-in, and the exact timing of a production restart is uncertain and dependent on dispute resolution between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.May. The financial effects from the loss of production in 20152019 and 2016first quarter 2020 were not significant and are not expected to be significant for the balance of the year.
Chevron has interests in 2017.Venezuelan crude oil production assets, including those operated by independent equity affiliates. While the operating environment in Venezuela has been deteriorating for some time, the equity affiliates have conducted activities consistent with the authorization provided pursuant to general licenses issued by the United States government. It remains uncertain when the environment in Venezuela will stabilize, but the company remains committed to its personnel and operations in Venezuela. Refer to Note 13 on pages 18 and 19 under the heading “Other Contingencies” for more information on the company's activities in Venezuela.
Response to Market Conditions and COVID-19: UpstreamDuring March and into the second quarter 2020, travel restrictions aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19 caused demand for oil and gas to decrease significantly, which has resulted in lower price realizations across all commodities. While critical asset integrity and reliability activities and production continue across our portfolio, deferral of non-essential work and demobilization of non-essential personnel are occurring in some locations to reduce the COVID-19 exposure risk to our workforce. Critical path construction activities proceed on the Future Growth Project/Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP/WPMP) major capital project in Kazakhstan, but we anticipate an impact on the project cost and schedule, which cannot be quantified in any meaningful way at this time. Turnarounds are being adjusted and, in certain cases, deferred to later in 2020 or into 2021. New production coming online

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will be significantly reduced in future periods as drilling and completion activities are scaled back, most notably in the Permian Basin, Gulf of Mexico, and in Argentina. In areas where demand has significantly reduced, such as in Thailand and Bangladesh, production is being curtailed. Production levels could also be lowered further as a result of reductions imposed by OPEC nations, individual nations or state regulators, as well as cuts undertaken by the company or operators of assets where the company has non-operated interests. Production curtailment of 200-300 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day is expected in May and could be 200-400 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in June.
Decreased capital expenditures for 2020 will likely result in reductions to Chevron’s proved reserve quantities and delays in timing of additional proved reserves being recognized. The company expects that the reduction in planned capital funding in 2020 for the Permian Basin will result in negative revisions in Proved Undeveloped reserve quantities. Should the current low commodity prices persist, it is expected that proved reserve quantities would decrease for oil and gas properties across Chevron’s asset portfolio where economic limits are negatively impacted. Lower prices will positively impact proved reserves due to entitlement effects. The impact of the reduction in capital expenditures, changes in commodity prices, and their combined effect on proved reserves will be assessed at the end of the year in line with Chevron’s annual reserves process.
Regulatory and in-country conditions, which are rapidly changing, could impact logistics and material movement and remain a risk to business continuity. We are taking precautionary measures to reduce the risk of exposure to and spread of the COVID-19 virus through screening, testing and, when appropriate, quarantining workforce and visitors upon arrival to our operated facilities.
Refer to the “Results of Operations” section on pages 2829 and 2930 for additional discussion of the company’s upstream business.
Downstream Earnings for the downstream segment are closely tied to margins on the refining, manufacturing and marketing of products that include gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, lubricants, fuel oil, fuel and lubricant additives, and petrochemicals. Industry margins are sometimes volatile and can be affected by the global and regional supply-and-demand balance for refined products and petrochemicals, and by changes in the price of crude oil, other refinery and petrochemical feedstocks, and natural gas. Industry margins can also be influenced by inventory levels, geopolitical events, costs of materials and services, refinery or chemical plant capacity utilization, maintenance programs, and disruptions at refineries or chemical plants resulting from unplanned outages due to severe weather, fires or other operational events.
Other factors affecting profitability for downstream operations include the reliability and efficiency of the company’s refining, marketing and petrochemical assets, the effectiveness of its crude oil and product supply functions, and the volatility of tanker-charter rates for the company’s shipping operations, which are driven by the industry’s demand for crude oil and product tankers. Other factors beyond the company’s control include the general level of inflation and energy costs to operate the company’s refining, marketing and petrochemical assets.assets, and changes in tax laws and regulations.
The company’s most significant marketing areas are the West Coast and Gulf Coast of the United States Asia and southern Africa.Asia. Chevron operates or has significant ownership interests in refineries in each of these areas.

Response to Market Conditions and COVID-19: Downstream During March and into the second quarter 2020, demand for the company's products (primarily jet fuel and motor gasoline) deteriorated as a result of travel restrictions and curtailment of economic activity implemented in many countries to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. As industry inventory levels grew and storage reached capacity in many locations, product prices fell sharply. Chevron took steps to maximize diesel production, given the decline in jet fuel and motor gasoline demand, to fuel transportation that keeps global supply chains moving. The company is also prioritizing equity crudes into its refining system where possible and adjusting the schedule for planned maintenance activity across its refining network and idling certain processing units to adjust for lower demand, reduce costs, manage inventories and, most importantly, protect the safety of employees and contractors.
As of late April 2020, Chevron's refining crude utilization was approximately 60 percent and sales were down year-over-year approximately 50 percent for motor gasoline, 75 percent for jet fuel, and 25 percent for diesel. It is unclear how long these conditions will persist, but the company will continue to take actions necessary to protect the health and well-being of people, the environment and its operations as conditions evolve.


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Refer to the “Results of Operations” section on pages 29 and page 30 for additional discussion of the company’s downstream operations.
All Other consists of worldwide cash management and debt financing activities, corporate administrative functions, insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
Operating Developments
Noteworthy operating developments in recent months included the following:
AustraliaAzerbaijanAnnouncedCompleted the sale of the company's interest in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli fields and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in April.
Colombia — Completed the sale of the company's interest in the offshore Chuchupa and onshore Ballena natural gas fields in April.
Philippines — Completed the sale of the company's interest in the Malampaya field in March.
The company purchased $1.75 billion of its common stock in first LNG production and first cargo shipment from Train 1 at the Wheatstone LNG Project.
quarter 2020 under its share repurchase program. The share repurchase program was suspended in March 2020.
Results of Operations
Business Segments The following section presents the results of operations and variances on an after-tax basis for the company’s business segments — Upstream and Downstream — as well as for “All Other.” (Refer to Note 6,8, beginning on page 10,11, for a discussion of the company’s “reportable segments,” as defined under the accounting standards for segment reporting.)
Upstream
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
U.S. Upstream Earnings$(26) $(212) $(48) $(2,175)
  Three Months Ended
March 31
  2020 2019
  (Millions of dollars)
U.S. Upstream Earnings $241
 $748
U.S. upstream operations incurred a loss of $26earned $241 million in thirdfirst quarter 2017,2020, compared with a lossearnings of $212$748 million from a year ago.the corresponding period in 2019. The improvement reflected higherdecrease was primarily due to lower crude oil and natural gas realizations of $590 million and higher depreciation expense of $160 million.
U.S. upstream incurred a loss of $48 million, for the first nine months of 2017, compared with a loss of $2.18 billion from a year earlier. The improvement in earnings was primarily due topartially offset by higher crude oil and natural gas realizationsproduction of $1.0 billion and lower depreciation expenses of $580 million, primarily from lower impairment charges of $360$310 million. Lower operating expenses of $190 million and higher gains on asset sales of $180 million also contributed to the improvement.
The company’s average realizationsales price per barrel for U.S. crude oil and natural gas liquids in third quarter 2017 was $42, up from $37 a year ago. The average nine-month realization per barrel for U.S.of crude oil and natural gas liquids was $43$37 in 2017, compared to $33first quarter 2020, down from $48 a year earlier. The average sales price of natural gas realization in third quarter 2017 was $1.80 per thousand cubic feet, compared with $1.89 in 2016. The average nine-month natural gas realization was $2.17$0.60 per thousand cubic feet in 2017 and $1.47first quarter 2020, compared with $1.64 in 2016.first quarter 2019.
Net oil-equivalent production of 681,0001.06 million barrels per day in thirdfirst quarter 20172020 was down 17,000up 180,000 barrels per day, or 220 percent, from a year earlier. Production increases from shale and tight properties in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico and base business in the Gulf of Mexico, were more thanpartially offset by the impact of asset sales of 67,000 barrels per day, and normal field declines. Net oil-equivalent production of 684,000 barrels per day in the first nine months of 2017 was down 10,000 barrels per day, or 1 percent, from a year earlier. Production increases from base business in the Gulf of Mexico and shale and tight properties in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, were more than offset by the effect of asset sales of 62,000 barrels per day and normal field declines.
The net liquids component of oil-equivalent production of 525,000in first quarter 2020 increased 16 percent to 803,000 barrels per day, in third quarter 2017 was up 1 percent from the corresponding 2016 period. Thewhile net liquids component of oil-equivalent production of 520,000 barrels per day in the 2017 nine-month period was up 3 percent from the 2016 period. Net natural gas production was 932 millionincreased 35 percent to 1.56 billion cubic feet per day, in third quarter 2017, a decrease of 13 percent from the 2016 comparative period, primarily as a result of asset sales. Net natural gas production was 988 million cubic feet per day in the nine-month period, a decrease of 14 percent from the 2016 period, primarily as a result of asset sales.


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compared to last year's first quarter.
Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Three Months Ended
March 31
2017 2016 2017 2016 2020 2019
(Millions of dollars) (Millions of dollars)
International Upstream Earnings*$515
 $666
 $2,907
 $(1,292) $2,679
 $2,375
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* Includes foreign currency effects$(164) $85
 $(441) $116
 $468
 $(168)
International upstream operations earned $515 million$2.68 billion in thirdfirst quarter 2017,2020, compared with $666$2.38 billion from the corresponding period in 2019. Foreign currency effects had a favorable impact on earnings of $636 million a year ago. The decrease in earnings was mainly due to higher depreciation expensebetween periods. Favorable tax items of $790$440 million, including the effectgain on the Philippines asset sale of catch-up depreciation$240 million and

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favorable trading effects of $210 million for the Bangladesh operations that the company no longer intends to sell and an asset write-off of $220 million. Also contributingalso contributed to the decrease were higher tax expenses of $250 million and the absence of an Ecuador arbitration award of $70 million. More thanincrease. Partially offsetting these items were higherlower crude oil and natural gas realizationsprices of $380$830 million and $100$340 million, respectively, higher natural gas and crude oil sales volumes of $310 million and $170 million, respectively, and higher equity income from the absence of a TCO royalty expense of $320 million. Foreign currency effects had an unfavorable impact on earnings of $249 million between periods.
Earnings for the first nine months of 2017 were $2.91 billion, compared with a loss of $1.29 billion from a year earlier. The increase in earnings was primarily due to higher crude oil realizations of $1.88 billion, higher natural gas sales volumes of $950 million, higher gains on asset sales of $690 million, higher equity income from the absence of a TCO royalty expense of $320 million, lower operating expenses of $320 million, lower tax expenses of $210 million, and lower exploration expenses of $160 million. Foreign currency effects had an unfavorable impact on earnings of $557 million between periods.respectively.
The average realizationsales price per barrel of crude oil and natural gas liquids in thirdfirst quarter 20172020 was $48,$43, compared with $41$58 a year earlier. The average realization per barrelsales price of crude oil and natural gas liquids in the first nine months of 2017quarter 2020 was $47, compared with $37 a year earlier. The average natural gas realization in third quarter 2017 was $4.76$5.66 per thousand cubic feet, compared with $4.18$6.57 in the 2016 period. The average natural gas realization in the first nine months of 2017 was $4.50 per thousand cubic feet, compared with $4.01 in the 2016 period.quarter 2019.
International net oil-equivalent production of 2.042.17 million barrels per day in thirdfirst quarter 2017 was up 221,0002020 increased 17,000 barrels per day, or 121 percent, from the corresponding 2016 period. Production increasesfirst quarter 2019. Increases from major capital projects, primarily Gorgon and Angola LNG, and lower planned turnaround effects at Tengizchevroil, were partially offset by production entitlement effects, in several locationsthe absence of first quarter 2019 downtime at Gorgon, and other factors were largely offset by a decrease of 95,000 barrels per day associated with asset sales, and normal field declines.
International net oil-equivalent production of 2.04 million barrels per day in the first nine months of 2017 was up 165,000 barrels per day, or 9 percent, from the corresponding 2016 period. Production increases from major capital projects and lower planned maintenance-related downtime were partially offset by production entitlement effects in several locations and normal field declines.
The net liquids component of oil-equivalent production of 1.191.16 million barrels per day in thirdfirst quarter 2017 increased 52020 decreased 2 percent from the 2016 period. The net liquids component of oil-equivalent production of 1.21 million barrels per day in thecompared to first nine months of 2017 was essentially unchanged from the corresponding 2016 period.quarter 2019. Net natural gas production of 5.056.05 billion cubic feet per day in thirdfirst quarter 20172020 increased 254 percent from the 2016 period. Net natural gas production of 5.00 billion cubic feet per day in the first nine months of 2017 increased 25 percent from the 2016 period.quarter 2019.
Downstream
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
U.S. Downstream Earnings$640
 $523
 $1,743
 $1,307
  Three Months Ended
March 31
  2020 2019
  (Millions of dollars)
U.S. Downstream Earnings $450
 $217
U.S. downstream operations earned $640$450 million in thirdfirst quarter 2017,2020, compared with earnings of $523$217 million a year earlier. The increase in earnings was primarilymainly due to higher margins on refined product sales of $120 million.


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Earnings for the first nine months of 2017 were $1.74 billion, compared to $1.31 billion a year earlier. The increase was due to higher margins on refined product sales of $280 million, the absence of an asset impairment of $110$210 million and lower operating expenses of $90 million. Partially offsetting this increase wereearnings from the absence of 2016 asset sale gains50 percent-owned Chevron Phillips Chemical Company of $60 million.million.
Refinery crude oil input in thirdfirst quarter 2017 decreased 42020 increased 12 percent to 965,000 barrels per day from the year-ago period, primarily due to 931,000 barrels per day. For the first nine monthsacquisition of 2017, crude oil input was 924,000 barrels per day, down 4 percent from the corresponding 2016 period.Pasadena refinery in Texas. Refined product sales of 1.231.16 million barrels per day decreased 2 percent from third quarter 2016. Branded gasoline sales of 540,000 barrels per day decreased 2 percent from third quarter 2016. Refined product sales of 1.21 million barrels per day in the nine-month period were down 3 percent from the first nine months of 2016. Branded gasoline sales of 531,000 barrels per day for the first nine months decreased 1 percent from the corresponding 2016 period. Refinery crude oil input and refined product sales were lower in both comparative periodsquarter 2019, mainly due to divestment of the Hawaii refininglower jet fuel and marketing assets in fourth quarter 2016.diesel sales.
Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Three Months Ended
March 31
2017 2016 2017 2016 2020 2019
(Millions of dollars) (Millions of dollars)
International Downstream Earnings*$1,174
 $542
 $2,192
 $1,771
 $653
 $35
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* Includes foreign currency effects$15
 $(4) $(27) $(78) $60
 $31
International downstream operations earned $1.17 billion$653 million in thirdfirst quarter 2017,2020, compared with $542$35 million a year earlier. The increase in earnings was largely due to higher gains on asset sales of $760 million, primarily from the $675 million gain on the sale of the company's Canadian refining and marketing assets. Higher operating expenses of $80 million and lower margins on refined product sales of $610 million, partially offset by higher operating expenses of $40 million were partially offsetting.million. Foreign currency effects had a favorable impact on earnings of $19$29 million between periods.
Earnings for the first nine months of 2017 were $2.19 billion, compared with $1.77 billion a year earlier. The increase in earnings was primarily due to higher gains on asset sales of $370 million and higher margins on refined product sales of $200 million. Higher operating expenses of $120 million and lower shipping results of $80 million were partially offsetting. Foreign currency effects had a favorable impact on earnings of $51 million between periods.
Refinery crude oil input of 801,000635,000 barrels per day in thirdfirst quarter 2017 increased 11,0002020 decreased 5 percent from the year-ago period.
Refined product sales of 1.27 million barrels per day in first quarter 2020 were down 10 percent from the year-ago period, mainly due to crude unit optimizations and lower maintenance at the company's affiliate, Singapore Refining Company. For the first nine months of 2017, crude input was 760,000 barrels per day, down 3 percent from the year-ago period.
Total refined product sales of 1.55 million barrels per day in third quarter 2017 were up 6 percent from the year -ago period, primarily due to higherjet fuel, diesel and jet fuel sales. Total refined productgasoline sales forresulting from travel restrictions associated with the first nine months of 2017 were up 2 percent from the year-ago period.COVID-19 pandemic.
All Other
Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Three Months Ended
March 31
2017 2016 2017 2016 2020 2019
(Millions of dollars) (Millions of dollars)
Net Charges*$(351) $(236) $(710) $(523) $(424) $(726)
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 $(9) $117
 $(6) $(14) $

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All Other consists of worldwide cash management and debt financing activities, corporate administrative functions, insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
Net charges in thirdfirst quarter 20172020 were $351$424 million, compared with $236$726 million a year earlier. The change between periods was mainly due to higher tax itemslower employee and higher corporate charges. Partially offsetting was lower interest expenses. Foreign currency effects decreased net charges by $46 million between periods.


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Net charges for the first nine months of 2017 were $710 million, compared with $523 million a year earlier. The change between periods was mainly due to higher tax items, an impairment of an asset, and higher corporate charges, partially offset by lower employee expense. Foreign currency effects decreasedincreased net charges by $123$14 million between periods.
Consolidated Statement of Income
Explanations of variations between periods for selected income statement categories are provided below:
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Sales and other operating revenues$33,892
 $29,159
 $98,293
 $80,073
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Sales and other operating revenues$29,705
 $34,189
Sales and other operating revenues increased $4.7decreased $4.48 billion forin the quarterly period mainlyfirst quarter, primarily due to higherlower crude oil, refined product and crude oil prices, higher refined product volumes, and higher natural gas prices and volumes. Sales and other operating revenues increased $18.2 billion for the nine-month period mainly due to higher refined product and crude oil prices, higher crude oil volumes, and higher natural gas prices and volumes.prices.
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Income from equity affiliates$1,036
 $555
 $3,502
 $1,883
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Income from equity affiliates$965
 $1,062
Income from equity affiliates in the quarterly period increaseddecreased mainly due to higher upstream-related earnings from Tengizchevroil in Kazakhstan. Income from equity affiliates in the nine-month period increased mainly due to higherlower upstream-related earnings from Tengizchevroil in Kazakhstan and Angola LNG.lower downstream-related earnings from CPChem, partially offset by higher upstream-related earnings from Petroboscan in Venezuela and higher downstream-related earnings from GS Caltex in South Korea.
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Other income$1,277
 $426
 $2,311
 $1,019
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Other income (loss)$831
 $(51)
Other income for the quarterly and nine-month periodsthree-month period increased due to a favorable swing in foreign exchange effects and higher gains onearnings from asset sales.
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Purchased crude oil and products$18,776
 $15,842
 $54,607
 $42,345
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Purchased crude oil and products$15,509
 $19,703
Purchases increased $2.9decreased $4.2 billion forin the quarterlythree-month period, primarily due to higher refined product andlower crude oil purchase prices and higher crude oil and refined product volumes. The nine-month period increased $12.3 billion primarily due to higher crude oil andlower refined product prices higher refined product and crude oil volumes, and higher natural gas prices.volumes.
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Operating, selling, general and
administrative expenses
$6,175
 $5,775
 $17,354
 $18,264
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses$5,974
 $5,870
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $400 million between quarterly periods due to higher services and fees, employee, environmental, and fuel expenses.
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 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Exploration expenses$239
 $258
 $508
 $842
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Exploration expenses$158
 $189
The decrease in exploration expenses for the quarterlythree-month period and nine-month periods was primarilymostly due to lower charges for well write-offs.
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization$5,109
 $4,130
 $14,614
 $15,254
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization$4,288
 $4,094
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expenses in thirdfor the first quarter 2017 increased mainly due to higher production levels for certain oil and gas producing fields, an asset write-off, and catch-up depreciation for the Bangladesh operations that the company no longer intends to sell, partially offset by lower depreciation rates for certain oil and gas producing fields. The nine-month period decreased mainly due to lower impairment expenses for certain oil and gas producing properties, and the absence of a 2016 impairment of a downstream asset, partially offset by higher production levels for certain oil and gas producing fields, an asset write-off, and catch-up depreciation for the Bangladesh operations that the company no longer intends to sell.production.
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Taxes other than on income$3,213
 $2,962
 $9,149
 $8,799
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Taxes other than on income$1,167
 $1,061
Taxes other than on income increased in third quarter 2017 primarilywere higher mainly due to higher crude oil, refined product and natural gas sales, higher duties, and higher production.
Taxes other than on income increased in the nine-month period primarily due to higher duties, higher crude oil, refined product and natural gas sales, and higher production.U.S. state carbon emissions regulatory expenses.
 Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (Millions of dollars)
Income tax expense (benefit)$672
 $(192) $1,589
 $(1,803)
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Interest and debt expense$162
 $225
Interest and debt expenses for the first quarter decreased mainly due to lower debt levels and lower interest rates.
 Three Months Ended
March 31
 2020 2019
 (Millions of dollars)
Income tax expense$564
 $1,315
The increasedecrease in income tax expense between quarterly periodsfor the first quarter 2020 of $864$751 million is consistent withprimarily the increaseresult of the reductions in totalinternational income tax charges for the current quarter. 
U.S. income before tax for the company of $1.55 billion. U.S. losses before tax decreasedincreased from a loss of $480$370 million in third quarter 20162019 to a loss of $211$430 million in 2017. The lower losses were2020. This increase in income was primarily driven by increased production in the effect of higher crude oilU.S., partially offset by lower prices. The decreaseincrease in lossesincome had a direct impact on the company’s U.S. income tax benefit, resultingcost. This resulted in a decreasean increase in benefittax expense of $111$20 million between year-over-year periods, from a tax benefit of $416$140 million in 20162019 to a tax benefit of $305$160 million in 2017. 2020.
International income before tax increased from $1.59$3.59 billion in 20162019 to $2.87$3.72 billion in 2017.2020. This $1.28 billion$130 million increase in income was primarily driven by the effect of higher crude oilforeign exchange and asset sale gains, partially offset by lower prices. The higher crude prices primarily droveforeign exchange and asset sale gains did not have significant tax impacts, but combined with the $753tax benefit on uncertain tax positions, this resulted in a $771 million increasedecrease in international income tax expense between year-over-year periods, from $224$1.17 billion in 2019 to $404 million in 2016 to $977 million in 2017.
The increase in income tax expense for the first nine months of 2017 of $3.39 billion is consistent with the increase in total income before tax for the company of $10.41 billion. U.S. losses before tax decreased from a loss of $3.88 billion in 2016 to a loss of $66 million in 2017. This decrease in losses was primarily driven by the effect of higher crude oil prices. The decrease in losses had a direct impact on the company’s U.S. income tax cost, resulting in a decrease in tax benefit of $1.52 billion between year-over-year periods, from $2.07 billion in 2016 to $549 million in 2017. International income before tax increased from $1.20 billion in 2016 to $7.81 billion in 2017. This $6.61 billion increase was primarily driven by the effect of higher crude oil prices and gains on asset sales primarily in Indonesia and Canada. The higher crude prices primarily drove the $1.87 billion increase in international income tax expense between year-over-year periods, from $264 million in 2016 to $2.14 billion in 2017.2020.
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Selected Operating Data
The following table presents a comparison of selected operating data:
Selected Operating Data (1)(2)
Selected Operating Data (1) (2)
Selected Operating Data (1) (2)

Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Three Months Ended
March 31

2017 2016 2017 2016 2020 2019
U.S. Upstream










Net crude oil and natural gas liquids production (MBPD)525
 519
 520
 503
 803
 690
Net natural gas production (MMCFPD)(3)
932
 1,077
 988
 1,144
 1,564
 1,162
Net oil-equivalent production (MBOEPD)681
 698
 684
 694
 1,064
 884
Sales of natural gas (MMCFPD)3,455
 3,263
 3,288
 3,408
 4,363
 4,255
Sales of natural gas liquids (MBPD)37
 37
 34
 29
 208
 110
Revenue from net production           
Liquids ($/Bbl)$41.83
 $36.88
 $42.65
 $33.16
 $37.42
 $48.46
Natural gas ($/MCF)$1.80
 $1.89
 $2.17
 $1.47
 $0.60
 $1.64
International Upstream           
Net crude oil and natural gas liquids production (MBPD)(4)
1,194
 1,142
 1,206
 1,207
 1,163
 1,185
Net natural gas production (MMCFPD)(3)
5,053
 4,036
 5,001
 4,009
 6,049
 5,813
Net oil-equivalent production (MBOEPD)(4)
2,036
 1,815
 2,040
 1,875
 2,171
 2,154
Sales of natural gas (MMCFPD)4,978
 4,306
 5,018
 4,455
 6,226
 5,836
Sales of natural gas liquids (MBPD)28
 21
 29
 23
 59
 38
Revenue from liftings           
Liquids ($/Bbl)$47.81
 $41.08
 $47.07
 $36.64
 $42.64
 $57.99
Natural gas ($/MCF)$4.76
 $4.18
 $4.50
 $4.01
 $5.66
 $6.57
U.S. and International Upstream           
Total net oil-equivalent production (MBOEPD)(4)
2,717
 2,513
 2,724
 2,569
 3,235
 3,038
U.S. Downstream           
Gasoline sales (MBPD)(5)
649
 653
 629
 638
 625
 619
Other refined product sales (MBPD)576
 591
 577
 601
 534
 572
Total refined product sales (MBPD)1,225
 1,244
 1,206
 1,239
 1,159
 1,191
Sales of natural gas liquids (MBPD)100
 127
 108
 116
 27
 91
Refinery input (MBPD)931
 970
 924
 960
 965
 861
International Downstream           
Gasoline sales (MBPD)(5)
352
 378
 339
 361
 242
 262
Other refined product sales (MBPD)835
 700
 785
 716
 675
 762
Share of affiliate sales (MBPD)369
 391
 360
 374
 354
 391
Total refined product sales (MBPD)1,556
 1,469
 1,484
 1,451
 1,271
 1,415
Sales of natural gas liquids (MBPD)62
 46
 65
 59
 81
 74
Refinery input (MBPD)801
 790
 760
 784
 635
 669
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(1) Includes company share of equity affiliates.











(2) MBPD — thousands of barrels per day; MMCFPD — millions of cubic feet per day; Bbl — Barrel; MCF — thousands of cubic feet; oil-equivalent gas conversion ratio is 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas = 1 barrel of crude oil; MBOEPD — thousands of barrels of oil-equivalent per day.
(2) MBPD — thousands of barrels per day; MMCFPD — millions of cubic feet per day; Bbl — Barrel; MCF — thousands of cubic feet; oil-equivalent gas conversion ratio is 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas = 1 barrel of crude oil; MBOEPD — thousands of barrels of oil-equivalent per day.
(2) MBPD — thousands of barrels per day; MMCFPD — millions of cubic feet per day; Bbl — Barrel; MCF — thousands of cubic feet; oil-equivalent gas conversion ratio is 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas = 1 barrel of crude oil; MBOEPD — thousands of barrels of oil-equivalent per day.
(3) Includes natural gas consumed in operations (MMCFPD):
(3) Includes natural gas consumed in operations (MMCFPD):










United States34
 46
 37
 61
 47
 38
International545
 435
 523
 431
 607
 607
(4) Includes net production of synthetic oil:
           
Canada56
 58
 52
 50
 57
 50
Venezuela affiliate29
 29
 29
 28
 
 23
(5) Includes branded and unbranded gasoline.
           
      



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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $6.7$8.5 billion at September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and $7.0$5.7 billion at year-end 2016.2019. Cash provided by operating activities in the first ninethree months of 20172020 was $14.3$4.7 billion, compared with $9.0$5.1 billion in the year-ago period, reflecting higher crude oil prices.period. Cash capital and exploratory expenditures totaled $10.1$3.2 billion in the first ninethree months of 2017, down $4.3 billion2020, up $39 million from the year-ago period, reflecting lower activity. Cash provided by investing activities included proceedsperiod. Proceeds and deposits related to asset sales and returns of $4.9 billioninvestment totaled $363 million and $11 million, respectively, in the first ninethree months of 2017,2020, compared to $2.2 billion$276 million and $18 million, respectively, in the year agoyear-ago period. Additionally, in April 2020, the company sold its upstream interest in Azerbaijan along with its interest in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline affiliate, generating an after-tax gain of approximately $300 million and proceeds of $1.3 billion (excluding deposits received in 2019), which will be reflected in second quarter results.
Dividends The company paid dividends of $6.1$2.4 billion to common shareholdersstockholders during the first ninethree months of 2017.2020. In October 2017,April 2020, the company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.08$1.29 per common share, payable in December 2017.June 2020.
Debt and CapitalFinance Lease ObligationsLiabilities Chevron’s total debt and capitalfinance lease obligationsliabilities were $42.0$32.4 billion at September 30, 2017, downMarch 31, 2020, up from $46.1$27.0 billion at December 31, 2016.2019, as the company increased borrowings under its commercial paper program, partially offset by repayment of long-term notes that matured during the first three months of 2020.
The company’s primary financing source for working capital needs is its commercial paper program. The outstanding balance for the company's commercial paper program at September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 was $3.2$12.7 billion. The company’s debt and capitalfinance lease obligationsliabilities due within one year, consisting primarily of commercial paper, redeemable long-term obligations and the current portion of long-term debt, totaled $16.7$18.4 billion at September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, and $19.8$13.0 billion at December 31, 2016.2019. Of these amounts, $9.0$9.75 billion was reclassified to long-term at both September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2016.2019. At September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, settlement of these obligations was not expected to require the use of working capital within one year, as the company had the intent and the ability, as evidenced by committed credit facilities, to refinance them on a long-term basis.
At September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, the company had $9.0$9.75 billion in 364-day committed credit facilities with various major banks that enable the refinancing of short-term obligations on a long-term basis. The credit facilities consist of a 364-day facility which enables borrowing of up to $6.9 billion and allowsallow the company to convert any amounts outstanding into a term loan for a period of up to one year, as well as a $2.1 billion five-year facility expiring in December 2020.year. These facilities support commercial paper borrowing and can also be used for general corporate purposes. The company’s practice has been to continually replace expiring commitments with new commitments on substantially the same terms, maintaining levels management believes appropriate. Any borrowings under the facilities would be unsecured indebtedness at interest rates based on the London Interbank Offered Rate or an average of base lending rates published by specified banks and on terms reflecting the company’s strong credit rating. No borrowings were outstanding under these facilities at September 30, 2017.March 31, 2020. In addition, the company has an automatic shelf registration statement that expires in August 2018May 2021 for an unspecified amount of nonconvertible debt securities issued or guaranteed by the company.
The major debt rating agencies routinely evaluate the company’s debt, and the company’s cost of borrowing can increase or decrease depending on these debt ratings. The company has outstanding public bonds issued by Chevron Corporation and Texaco Capital Inc. All of these securities are the obligations of, or guaranteed by, Chevron Corporation and are rated AA-AA by Standard and Poor’s Corporation (S&P) and Aa2 by Moody’s Investors Service.Service (Moody's). The company’s U.S. commercial paper is rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’sS&P and P-1 by Moody’s. All of these ratings denote high-quality, investment-grade securities. As a result of deteriorating market conditions for the energy industry, S&P and Moody's conducted credit reviews and reaffirmed the company's debt ratings in March and April, respectively.
The company’s future debt level is dependent primarily on results of operations, the capital program and cash that may be generated from asset dispositions.dispositions, the capital program, lending commitments to affiliates, and shareholder distributions. Based on its high-quality debt ratings, the company believes that it has substantial borrowing capacity to meet unanticipated cash requirements. During extended periods of low prices for crude oil and natural gas and narrow margins for refined products and commodity chemicals, the company can alsohas the flexibility to modify capital spending

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plans, to provide flexibilitydiscontinue or curtail the stock repurchase program, sell assets, and increase borrowings to continue paying the common stock dividend and also remaindividend. The company remains committed to retaining the company’sits high-quality debt ratings.
Common ShareStock Repurchase Program In July 2010, On February 1, 2019, the company announced that the Board of Directors approved an ongoing shareauthorized a new stock repurchase program with a maximum dollar limit of $25 billion and no set term or monetary limits. No shares were acquired under the program in 2015, 2016 or through the first nine monthsAs of 2017, and the company does not plan to acquire any shares under the program for the remainder of the year. From the inception of the program through 2014,March 31, 2020, the company had purchased 180.948.6 million shares for $20.0$5.5 billion,. resulting in $19.5 billion remaining under the authorized program. During the first quarter 2020, the company purchased a total of 17.5 million shares for $1.75 billion. On March 24, 2020, the company announced the suspension of the stock repurchase program in response to market conditions.

Repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market, by block purchases, in privately negotiated transactions or in such other manner as determined by the company. The timing of the repurchases and the actual amount repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including the market price of the company’s shares, general market and economic conditions, and other factors. The stock repurchase program does not obligate the company to acquire any particular amount of common stock and it may be discontinued or resumed at any time.

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Noncontrolling Interests The company had noncontrolling interests of $1.2$1.0 billion at both September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020 and at December 31, 2016. Distributions2019. There were distributions of $5 million to noncontrolling interests totaled $66 million during the first ninethree months of 20172020 compared to $57$6 million for the same period in 2016.2019.
Current Ratio Current assets divided by current liabilities, which indicates the company’s ability to repay its short-term liabilities with short-term assets. The current ratio was 1.0 at September 30, 2017,Financial Ratios and 0.9 at DecemberMetrics
 At March 31,
2020
   At December 31,
2019
 
Current Ratio *1.0   1.1 
Debt Ratio18.4%  15.8%
Net Debt Ratio14.2%  12.8%
* At March 31, 2016, respectively. The current ratio is adversely affected by the fact that Chevron’s inventories are valued on a last-in, first-out basis. At September 30, 2017,2020, the book value of inventory was lower than replacement cost.
Debt Ratio Total debt as a percentage of total debt plus Chevron Corporation Stockholders’ Equity, which indicates the company’s leverage. This ratio was 22.2 percent at September 30, 2017, and 24.1 percent at year-end 2016.
  Three Months Ended
March 31
  2020 2019
  (Millions of dollars)
Net cash provided by operating activities $4,722
 $5,057
Less: Capital expenditures (3,133) (2,953)
Free Cash Flow $1,589
 $2,104
Pension Obligations Information related to pension plan contributions is included on page 14 in Note 109 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Capital and Exploratory Expenditures Total expenditures, including the company’s share of spending by affiliates, were $13.4$4.4 billion in the first ninethree months of 2017,2020, compared with $17.2$4.7 billion in the corresponding 20162019 period. The amounts included the company’s share of affiliates’ expenditures of $3.3$1.2 billion and $2.7$1.5 billion in the 20172020 and 20162019 periods, respectively, which did not require cash outlays by the company. Expenditures for upstream projects in the first ninethree months of 20172020 were $11.93.9 billion, representing 8988 percent of the companywide total.
CapitalOn March 24, 2020, the company reduced its guidance for 2020 organic capital and Exploratory Expendituresexploratory spending by Major Operating Area20 percent to $16 billion. On May 1, 2020, the company further reduced its 2020 organic capital expenditure guidance to as low as $14 billion. The incremental reductions are primarily focused on TCO's major capital project, deferral of short-cycle investments and pacing projects not yet under construction in response to market conditions. The company is focused on completing projects already under construction that will start-up in future years while preserving the capability to increase short-cycle activity in the Permian Basin and other areas when commodity prices recover.

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Capital and Exploratory Expenditures by Major Operating AreaCapital and Exploratory Expenditures by Major Operating Area
Three Months Ended
September 30
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Three Months Ended
March 31
2017 2016 2017 2016 2020 2019
(Millions of dollars) (Millions of dollars)
United States           
Upstream$1,201
 $990
 $3,406
 $3,470
 $2,017
 $1,871
Downstream367
 357
 1,049
 1,110
 276
 383
All Other63
 62
 132
 137
 94
 79
Total United States1,631
 1,409
 4,587
 4,717
 2,387
 2,333
International           
Upstream2,715
 3,649
 8,501
 12,157
 1,884
 2,321
Downstream110
 115
 297
 290
 148
 77
All Other
 2
 1
 3
 5
 3
Total International2,825
 3,766
 8,799
 12,450
 2,037
 2,401
Worldwide$4,456
 $5,175
 $13,386
 $17,167
 $4,424
 $4,734
Contingencies and Significant Litigation
MTBE Information related to methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) matters is included on page 15 in Note 1312 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the heading “MTBE.”
Ecuador Information related to Ecuador matters is included beginning on page 15 in Note 1312 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the heading “Ecuador.”
Income Taxes Information related to income tax contingencies is included on pages 14 andpage 15 in Note 11 and page 20pages 17 and 18 in Note 1413 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the heading “Income Taxes.”
Guarantees Information related to the company’s guarantees is included on page 2018 in Note 1413 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the heading “Guarantees.”
Indemnifications Information related to indemnifications is included on page 2018 in Note 1413 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the heading “Indemnifications.”
Off-Balance-Sheet Obligations Information related to the company’s off-balance-sheet obligations is included on page 2018 in Note 1413 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the heading “Off-Balance-Sheet Obligations.”


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Environmental Information related to environmental matters is included beginning on pages 20 and 21page 18 in Note 1413 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the heading “Environmental.”
Other Contingencies Information related to the company’s other contingencies beginsis included on page 21pages 18 and 19 in Note 1413 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the heading “Other Contingencies.”

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Information about market risks for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020, does not differ materially from that discussed under Item 7A of Chevron’s 20162019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 4.Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
The company’s management has evaluated, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in RuleRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2017.March 31, 2020.
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During the quarter ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, there were no changes in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.Legal Proceedings
Governmental Proceedings As initially disclosedThe following is a description of legal proceedings that the company has determined to disclose for this reporting period that involve governmental authorities and certain monetary sanctions under federal, state and local laws that have been enacted or adopted regulating the discharge of materials into the environment or primarily for the purpose of protecting the environment. The following proceedings include those matters relating to first quarter 2020 and any material developments with respect to matters previously reported in theChevron’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013,10-K. 
As previously disclosed, on August 6, 2012,April 24, 2019, Chevron received a piping failure and fireproposal from California’s Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) seeking to resolve certain Notices of Violation (NOVs) related to alleged violations that occurred at the ChevronChevron’s refinery in Richmond, California. Various federal, state,California and local agencies initiated investigations as a result ofat the incident. The California Division of Occupational SafetyRichmond terminal between 2016 and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) issued citations related to the incident in January 2013.2018. Chevron and Cal/OSHA resolved these citations in July 2017 throughthe BAAQMD entered into a settlement agreement, that includedeffective April 15, 2020, to resolve allegations in 35 of those NOVs for a civil penalty of $1.01 million. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued alleged findings of violation related to the incident on December 17, 2013, pursuant to its authority under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Plan program (“RMP”). Following the Richmond incident, EPA also conducted RMP inspections at Chevron’s El Segundo, California; Pascagoula, Mississippi; Kapolei, Hawaii; and Salt Lake City, Utah refineries. With the participation of the United States Department of Justice, Chevron and EPA are negotiating a potential combined resolution that may include all of EPA’s alleged findings of violation related to the Richmond incident and subsequent RMP inspections. Resolution of those alleged findings of violation may result in the payment of a civil penalty of $100,000 or more. $156,500.
On August 3, 2017, Chevron received a Notice of Intent to File an Administrative Complaint from the United States Environmental Protection Agency in connection with certain waste matters at the Kapolei, Hawaii Refinery during the period of time that the facility was owned and operated by Chevron. Chevron is evaluating the allegations stated in the Notice. Resolution of these matters may result in the payment of a civil penalty of $100,000 or more. 
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Item 1A.Risk Factors
Chevron is a global energy company with a diversified business portfolio, a strong balance sheet, and a history of generating sufficient cash to fund capital and exploratory expenditures and to pay dividends. Nevertheless, some inherent risks could materially impact the company’s financial results of operations or financial condition.
Information about risk factors for the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, does not differ materially from that set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” on pages 2018 through 2221 of the company’s 20162019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.10-K, other than as reflected in the risk factor below.

Impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and geopolitical factors have resulted in a significant decrease in demand for Chevron’s products and caused a precipitous drop in commodity prices, which has had and is expected to continue to have an adverse, and potentially material adverse, effect on Chevron’s future financial and operating results.
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the economic, business, and oil and gas industry impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption to capital markets have been far reaching. Crude oil prices, the single largest variable that affects the company’s results of operations, have fallen dramatically to historic lows, even going negative in some cases, due to a combination of a severely reduced demand for crude oil, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, and other refined products resulting from government-mandated travel restrictions and an economic standstill resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, a market imbalance has existed and may continue to exist, with oil supplies vastly exceeding current and expected near-term demand. Although OPEC and other countries have agreed to cut global oil supply, the commitments and actions to date have not matched the dramatic decrease in global demand, which is driving increasing inventory levels with refineries, pipelines and storage facilities at or close to storage capacity in a growing number of locations.
Extended periods of low prices for crude oil are expected to have a material adverse effect on the company’s results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. Among other things, the company’s earnings, cash flows, and capital and exploratory expenditure programs are expected to be negatively affected, as are its production volumes and proved reserves. As a result, the value of the company’s assets may also become impaired in future periods.
The company’s operations and workforce are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing certain operations to be curtailed to various degrees, which may become suspended completely if adverse conditions persist. As a result of decreased demand for its products, the company has made significant cuts to its upstream

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capital and exploratory expenditure program for 2020, which are expected to negatively impact future production and proved developed and undeveloped reserves and could lead to the impairment of certain assets. Within downstream, the company is deferring certain discretionary maintenance activities while maintaining expenditures for asset integrity and reliability. The company has reduced the utilization rates of its refineries in response to reduced demand for its products, and these actions are expected to negatively impact future earnings and cash flows.
The company’s suppliers are also being heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and access to materials, supplies, and contract labor has been strained. In certain cases, the company has received notices invoking force majeure provisions in supplier contracts. This strain on the financial health of the company’s suppliers could put further pressure on the company’s financial results and may negatively impact supply assurance and performance for the company.
In light of the significant uncertainty around the duration and extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, management is currently unable to develop with any level of confidence estimates and assumptions that may have a material impact on the company’s consolidated financial statements and financial or operational performance in any given period. In addition, the unprecedented nature of such market conditions could cause current management estimates and assumptions to be challenged in hindsight.
There continues to be uncertainty and unpredictability around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our financial and operating results in future periods. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacts our future financial and operating results, and for what duration and magnitude, depends on several factors that are continuing to evolve, are difficult to predict and, in many instances, are beyond the company's control. Such factors include the duration and scope of the pandemic, including any resurgences of the pandemic, and the impact on our workforce and operations; the negative impact of the pandemic on the economy and economic activity, including travel restrictions and prolonged low demand for our products; the ability of our affiliates, suppliers and partners to successfully navigate the impacts of the pandemic; the actions taken by governments, businesses and individuals in response to the pandemic; the actions of OPEC and other countries that otherwise impact supply and demand and correspondingly, commodity prices; the extent and duration of recovery of economies and demand for our products after the pandemic subsides; and Chevron’s ability to keep its cost model in line with changing demand for our products.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving, and the continuation or a resurgence of the pandemic could precipitate or aggravate the other risk factors identified in our 2019 Form 10-K, which in turn could further materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and profitability, including in ways not currently known or considered by us to present significant risks.
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
CHEVRON CORPORATION
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Period
Total Number
Of Shares
Purchased (1)(2)
 
Average
Price Paid
per Share
 
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Program
 
Maximum
Number of Shares
that May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Program (2)
July 1 – July 31, 201726
 $106.28
 
  
August 1 – August 31, 2017
 

 
  
September 1 – September 30, 2017
 

 
  
Total26
 $106.28
 
  
Period
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)(2)
 
Average
Price Paid
per Share
 
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Program
 
Approximate
Dollar Value of Shares
that May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Program (2)
(Billions of dollars)
Jan. 1 – Jan. 31, 20204,005,528
 $115.04
 3,997,948
 $20.8
Feb. 1 – Feb. 29, 20205,934,692
 $102.18
 5,934,692
 $20.2
Mar. 1 – Mar. 31, 20207,560,882
 $90.43
 7,560,882
 $19.5
Total17,501,102
 $100.05
 17,493,522
  

(1) 
Includes common shares repurchased from company employees and directorsparticipants in the company’s deferred compensation plans for required personal income tax withholdings on the exercise of the stock options and shares delivered or attested to in satisfaction of the exercise price by holders of employee and director stock options. The options were issued to and exercised by management under Chevron long-term incentive plans.withholdings.
(2) 
In July 2010,Refer to “Liquidity and Capital Resources” on pages 34 to 36 for additional information regarding the Board of Directors approved an ongoing sharecompany’s authorized stock repurchase program. The stock repurchase program with no set term or monetary limits, under which common shares would be acquired by the company at prevailing prices, as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements and subject to market conditions and other factors. From inception of the program through 2014, the company had purchased 180,886,291 shares under this program (some pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plan and some pursuant to accelerated share repurchase plans) for $20.0 billion at an average price of approximately $111 per share. No shares were acquired under the programwas suspended in 2015 or 2016 or through the first nine months of 2017, and the company does not plan to acquire any shares under the program for the remainder of the year.
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Item 5.Other Information
Rule 10b5-1 Plan Elections
John S. Watson,Michael K. Wirth, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, entered into a pre-arranged stock trading plan in August 2017.February 2020. Mr. Watson’s plan provides for the potential exercise of vested, soon-to-expire stock options and the associated sale of up to 112,000 shares of Chevron common stock during the period between Chevron’s public release of earnings for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2017, and March 2018.
Pierre R. Breber, Executive Vice President, Downstream & Chemicals, also entered into a pre-arranged stock trading plan in August 2017. Mr. Breber’sWirth’s plan provides for the potential exercise of vested stock options and the associated sale of up to 46,500132,000 shares of Chevron common stock between November 2017May 2020 and July 2018.January 2021.
BothR. Hewitt Pate, Vice President and General Counsel, entered into a pre-arranged stock trading plan in February 2020. Mr. Pate’s plan provides for the potential exercise of vested stock options and the associated sale of up to 173,000 shares of Chevron common stock between May 2020 and May 2021.
Colin E. Parfitt, Vice President, Midstream, entered into a pre-arranged stock trading plan in February 2020. Mr. Parfitt’s plan provides for the potential exercise of vested stock options and the associated sale of up to 32,425 shares of Chevron common stock between May 2020 and February 2021.
These trading plans were entered into during an open insider trading window and are intended to satisfy Rule 10b5-1(c) ofunder the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Chevron’s policies regarding transactions in Chevron securities.



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Item 6.Exhibits
Exhibit Index
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
 Description
(4)Pursuant to the Instructions to Exhibits, certain instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt securities of the company and its consolidated subsidiaries are not filed because the total amount of securities authorized under any such instrument does not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. A copy of such instrument will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
(10.1)10.1*+ 
(12.1)10.2+ 
(31.1)10.3+ 
10.4+
10.5+
10.6+
 31.1*
(31.2) 31.2* 
(32.1) 32.1** 
(32.2) 32.2** 
(101.INS)101.SCH* XBRL Instance Document
(101.SCH)XBRLiXBRL Schema Document
(101.CAL)101.CAL* XBRLiXBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
(101.DEF)101.DEF* XBRLiXBRL Definition Linkbase Document
(101.LAB)101.LAB* XBRLiXBRL Label Linkbase Document
(101.PRE)101.PRE* XBRLiXBRL Presentation Linkbase Document
104*Cover Page Interactive Data File (contained in Exhibit 101)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
CHEVRON CORPORATION
(REGISTRANT)
  
  
 
/S/    JEANETTE L. OURADADAVID A. INCHAUSTI
 
Jeanette L. Ourada,David A. Inchausti, Vice President and Comptroller
(Principal Accounting Officer and
Duly Authorized Officer)
Date: November 2, 2017May 6, 2020





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