Operating Segments and Geographic Data | 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 the 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). 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-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, are presented in the following table: Three Months Ended 2021 2020 Segment Earnings (Millions of dollars) Upstream United States $ 941 $ 241 International 1,409 2,679 Total Upstream 2,350 2,920 Downstream United States (130) 450 International 135 653 Total Downstream 5 1,103 Total Segment Earnings 2,355 4,023 All Other Interest expense (184) (154) Interest income 8 23 Other (802) (293) Net Income Attributable to Chevron Corporation $ 1,377 $ 3,599 Segment Assets Segment assets do not include intercompany investments or intercompany receivables. Segment assets at March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, are as follows: At March 31, At December 31, Segment Assets (Millions of dollars) Upstream United States $ 42,093 $ 42,431 International 143,420 144,476 Goodwill 4,402 4,402 Total Upstream 189,915 191,309 Downstream United States 24,464 23,490 International 17,018 16,096 Total Downstream 41,482 39,586 Total Segment Assets 231,397 230,895 All Other United States 3,717 4,017 International 6,531 4,878 Total All Other 10,248 8,895 Total Assets — United States 70,274 69,938 Total Assets — International 166,969 165,450 Goodwill 4,402 4,402 Total Assets $ 241,645 $ 239,790 Segment Sales and Other Operating Revenues Segment sales and other operating revenues, including internal transfers, for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, 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 2021 2020 Sales and Other Operating Revenues (Millions of dollars) Upstream United States $ 5,791 $ 4,466 International 8,790 9,013 Subtotal 14,581 13,479 Intersegment Elimination — United States (2,855) (2,812) Intersegment Elimination — International (2,375) (2,541) Total Upstream 9,351 8,126 Downstream United States 10,854 11,186 International 11,582 12,173 Subtotal 22,436 23,359 Intersegment Elimination — United States (466) (1,260) Intersegment Elimination — International (269) (585) Total Downstream 21,701 21,514 All Other United States 24 210 International — 2 Subtotal 24 212 Intersegment Elimination — United States — (145) Intersegment Elimination — International — (2) Total All Other 24 65 Sales and Other Operating Revenues United States 16,669 15,862 International 20,372 21,188 Subtotal 37,041 37,050 Intersegment Elimination — United States (3,321) (4,217) Intersegment Elimination — International (2,644) (3,128) Total Sales and Other Operating Revenues $ 31,076 $ 29,705 |