Chevron Corporation
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Video game makers look to direct distribution - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 45 days 21 hours 28 minutes ago
Spooked by what has taken place in the music and movie businesses, the video-game industry is taking its own steps to get ahead of the curve as technology develops to the point that gamers need not visit a retail store to buy disks or cartridges to play the latest titles.
Chevron production up, but profits decline 51%
Honolulu Advertiser, The | 24 days 5 hours 48 minutes ago
NEW YORK Chevron said yesterday it pumped its way through a weak third quarter, producing more oil as prices recovered from a severe plunge earlier in the year.
HENAAC'S 21st Annual STEM Award Winners Announced [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 112 days 21 hours 27 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HENAAC is proud to announce the 2009 Award Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). For twenty-one years, HENAAC has recognized the achievements of America's best and brightest engineers and scientists within the Hispanic community. They were selected by the HENAAC Selection Committee, which is comprised of representatives from industry, government, military and academic institutions. The Selection Committee convened...
Tech stocks gain ahead of upcoming earnings report - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 46 days 3 hours 13 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks were mostly on the rise in early trading Friday as the sector looked to close out a week of gains ahead of the start of the next big raft of earnings reports.
John Dvorak's Second Opinion: Antitrust scrutiny in tech will make things worse - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 45 days 23 hours 46 minutes ago
High tech is remarkable for one thing that attracts investors: the potential for hypergrowth unlike any other business, short of wildcat oil drilling. That's it. All high-tech companies aim to go public and grow as much as they can, so they leverage their size and market capitalization to buy their competitors.
RIGZONE - Apache, KUFPEC Join Chevron's Wheatstone LNG Project
International Water Power and Dam Construction | 33 days 4 hours 4 minutes ago
Chevron has signed an agreement with Apache Julimar Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Apache Corporation, and KUFPEC Australia (Julimar) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company k.s.c., to bring them into Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project as natural gas suppliers and 25 percent equity partners in the project facilities.
Riding the Growth Wave with Green Technology & Innovation [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 85 days 9 hours 27 minutes ago
...Philippine Bio Science Company, Cosmo Biofuels, SunTech and Chevron, amongst others. Frost & Sullivan will honor companies...whyattendgreen.html for more details. Multimedia Development Corporation of Malaysia is the strategic partner; TNT is the breakfast...
Cisco, Pepco & Boeing Top The Charts As This Year's S&P 500 Corporate Climate Leaders [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 64 days 18 hours 56 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco Systems, Boeing and Pepco Holdings along with Consolidated Edison, EMC, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Hewlett Packard, PPG Industries and Transocean were among the US corporations leading efforts to tackle climate change, according to this year's Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) S&P 500 Report. The results were launched today in New York at an event hosted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, one of CDP's global sponsors.
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Announces 2009 Star Award Recipients for Hispanic Leadership, Technical Excellence [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 71 days 2 hours 55 minutes ago
...Hispanic in Technology Award/Corporate: Jaime Lopez, Chevron Products Company - Technology Marketing, Richmond, Calif...Promising Engineer Award: Douglas Orellana, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Annapolis, Md. -- Student Role Model Award: Joseph Gonzalez...
PXP Announces 2009 Second Quarter Results: $44 Million Net Income, Lower Costs, Higher Haynesville Shale and Flatrock Production [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 110 days 6 hours 27 minutes ago
HOUSTON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Plains Exploration & Production Company
Rules For Funding Innovation
Forbes | 7 days 6 hours 48 minutes ago
Innovation is an essential part of any company's long-term growth strategy, but the theory goes that the bigger the company, the harder innovation becomes. One solution is to invest in emerging companies with innovative products that add value to your business.
Sino-US oil competition
Financial Times (free content) | 42 days 23 hours 33 minutes ago
Oilman John Paul Getty’s quip that “the meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights” clearly translates well into Mandarin.
Asia's Foremost CSR Awards Programme Awards Winners
Investor's Business Daily | 3 days 2 hours 45 minutes ago
Manila, Nov 21, 2009 (ACN Newswire via COMTEX) -- Five companies from India, Pakistan, Philippines and Singapore were recognized for their outstanding initiatives in corporate social responsibility during the Asian CSR Awards, which is a part of the 8th Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR) in Manila. Mr. Manny V. Pangilinan, CEO and Managing Director of First Pacific Company Limited, Chairman of Metro Pacific Corporation, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and Smart ...
Exxon Mobil Hit With $105M Damage Award For New York Pollution
National Underwriter | 3 days 23 hours 29 minutes ago
A federal jury in Manhattan, after an 11-week trial, found Exxon Mobil liable for a $105 million in damages for contaminating part of the New York City well water supply.
RIGZONE - Suncor Appoints New Board Members
International Water Power and Dam Construction | 10 days 22 hours 37 minutes ago
John Ferguson, Chairman of Suncor Energy Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of Dominic D'Alessandro and Jacques Lamarre to the company's Board of Directors.
Company Overview
| Company: | Chevron Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Oil & Gas Refining, Marketing & Distribution |
| Website: | http://www.chevron.com |
Having added Texaco's star (and subsequently Unocal's authority) to its stripes, Chevron can pull rank on its rivals. Among the largest US integrated oil companies, along with Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips, it has proved reserves of 11.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent and a daily production of 2.5 million barrels of oil equivalent, and it also owns interests in chemicals, mining, pipelines, and power production businesses. The company, which began to restructure its refinery and retail businesses in 2008, owns or has stakes in 9,700 gas stations in the US that operate under the Chevron and Texaco brands. Outside the US it owns or has stakes in 15,300 gas stations, which also use the Caltex brand.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 273,005 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 23.6 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 23,931 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 28.1 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 67,000 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 3.1 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |