Company Profile
Chevron
Company Overview
Overview
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. Our success is driven by our people and their commitment to get results the right way—by operating responsibly, executing with excellence, applying innovative technologies and capturing new opportunities for profitable growth. We are involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. We explore for, produce and transport crude oil and natural gas; refine, market and distribute transportation fuels and lubricants; manufacture and sell petrochemical products; generate power and produce geothermal energy; provide renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions; and develop the energy resources of the future, including research into advanced biofuels.
Global Scope
Our diverse and highly skilled global workforce consists of approximately 51,000 employees, including more than 3,200 service station employees.
Our marketing network supports retail outlets on five continents.
Technology and Emerging Energy
We focus on technologies that improve our ability to find, develop and produce crude oil and natural gas from conventional and unconventional resources.
We also invest in the development of emerging energy technologies, such as finding better ways to make nonfood-based biofuels, piloting advanced solar technology for our operations and expanding our renewable energy resources.
Environment and Safety
As a company and as individuals, we take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live and work.
We also care about the environment and are proud of the many ways in which our employees work to safeguard it.
Our Work
We recognize that the world needs all the energy we can develop, in every potential form. That’s why our employees work to responsibly develop the affordable, reliable energy the world needs.
Company History
Company Roots
We trace our beginnings to an 1879 oil discovery at Pico Canyon, north of Los Angeles, which led to the formation of the Pacific Coast Oil Co. That company later became Standard Oil Co. of California and, subsequently, Chevron. We took on the name Chevron when we acquired Gulf Oil Corporation in 1984, which nearly doubled our worldwide proved crude oil and natural gas reserves. Our merger with Gulf was then the largest in U.S. history.
Another major branch of the family tree is The Texas Fuel Company, formed in Beaumont, Texas, in 1901. It later became known as The Texas Company and, eventually, Texaco. In 2001, our two companies merged. The acquisition of Unocal Corporation in 2005 strengthened Chevron’s position as an energy industry leader, increasing our crude oil and natural gas assets around the world.
Notable Products / Brands
Chevron, Texaco & Caltex
Benefits
Chevron's compensation and benefits programs are designed to be competitive within local labor markets and to meet the needs of employees living in the U.S. Programs include the following:
*Competitive base pay
*Annual incentive awards when the company meets its established goals
*Health and dental care coverage
*Retirement and savings plans
*Disability and life insurance
*Domestic partner benefits for same-sex or opposite-sex domestic partners
*Flexible Spending Account Plan
*Time off (paid vacations and holidays)
*Access to counseling services and treatment facilities through Employee Assistance and WorkLife Services and the Mental Health/Substance Abuse Plan
*Compressed workweek schedules and flextime options
*Programs to help you balance your work and personal schedule
*Adoption benefits
*Dependent care expense reimbursement for business travelers
*Fitness centers, fitness membership partnerships, and fitness incentive programs (varies by location)
*Recognition and service awards programs to recognize outstanding performance