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Chevron Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 2/21/20, at 11:40am ET · For: 12/31/19 · Accession #: 93410-20-10 · File #: 1-00368

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/21/20  Chevron Corp                      10-K       12/31/19  142:30M

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   4.07M 
 2: EX-4.4      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     43K 
 4: EX-10.13    Material Contract                                   HTML     55K 
 3: EX-10.7     Material Contract                                   HTML     41K 
 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     43K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     39K 
 7: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     39K 
 8: EX-24.1     Power of Attorney                                   HTML     46K 
13: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     45K 
14: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    222K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     44K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     44K 
11: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
12: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
111: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    100K  
32: R2          Consolidated Statement of Income                    HTML    108K 
81: R3          Consolidated Statement of Income (Parenthetical)    HTML     38K 
121: R4          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML    109K  
109: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet                          HTML    170K  
29: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical)          HTML     62K 
79: R7          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    119K 
125: R8          Consolidated Statement of Equity                    HTML    103K  
106: R9          Consolidated Statement of Equity (Parenthetical)    HTML     43K  
52: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     64K 
37: R11         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses   HTML    105K 
90: R12         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML    174K 
                of Cash Flows                                                    
134: R13         New Accounting Standards                            HTML     40K  
51: R14         Lease Commitments                                   HTML    198K 
36: R15         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron U.S.A. Inc.     HTML     85K 
89: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    110K 
133: R17         Financial and Derivative Instruments                HTML    106K  
53: R18         Assets Held For Sale                                HTML     38K 
35: R19         Equity                                              HTML     40K 
112: R20         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     75K  
123: R21         Operating Segments and Geographic Data              HTML    204K  
80: R22         Investments and Advances                            HTML    168K 
31: R23         Litigation                                          HTML     53K 
110: R24         Taxes                                               HTML    225K  
122: R25         Properties, Plant and Equipment                     HTML    142K  
78: R26         Short-Term Debt                                     HTML     62K 
28: R27         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     99K 
105: R28         Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Wells          HTML     85K  
124: R29         Stock Options and Other Share-Based Compensation    HTML     88K  
131: R30         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    706K  
83: R31         Other Contingencies and Commitments                 HTML     61K 
41: R32         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     58K 
55: R33         Revenue                                             HTML     42K 
132: R34         Other Financial Information                         HTML     66K  
84: R35         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron Phillips        HTML     85K 
                Chemical Company LLC                                             
42: R36         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     66K 
56: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    130K 
                (Policies)                                                       
130: R38         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses   HTML    105K  
                (Tables)                                                         
88: R39         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML    172K 
                of Cash Flows (Tables)                                           
118: R40         Lease Commitments (Tables)                          HTML    162K  
102: R41         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron U.S.A. Inc.     HTML     85K  
                (Tables)                                                         
20: R42         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    102K 
68: R43         Financial and Derivative Instruments (Tables)       HTML    138K 
119: R44         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     75K  
103: R45         Operating Segments and Geographic Data (Tables)     HTML    205K  
21: R46         Investments and Advances (Tables)                   HTML    158K 
69: R47         Taxes (Tables)                                      HTML    225K 
117: R48         Properties, Plant and Equipment (Tables)            HTML    142K  
104: R49         Short-Term Debt (Tables)                            HTML     58K  
97: R50         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML    100K 
141: R51         Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Wells          HTML     85K  
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R52         Stock Options and Other Share-Based Compensation    HTML     77K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R53         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    702K 
96: R54         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     56K 
140: R55         Other Financial Information (Tables)                HTML     63K  
60: R56         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron Phillips        HTML     85K 
                Chemical Company LLC (Tables)                                    
43: R57         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R58         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses   HTML     85K 
                - Summary of Changed (Details)                                   
142: R59         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML    143K  
                of Cash Flows - Summary of Information (Details)                 
73: R60         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML     40K 
                of Cash Flows - Narrative (Details)                              
27: R61         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML     49K 
                of Cash Flows - Cash Balances (Details)                          
101: R62         Lease Commitments - Narrative (Details)             HTML     46K  
116: R63         Lease Commitments - Balance Sheets (Details)        HTML     77K  
70: R64         Lease Commitments - Lease Cost (Details)            HTML     45K 
24: R65         Lease Commitments - Cash Paid (Details)             HTML     45K 
98: R66         Lease Commitments - ASC 842 (Details)               HTML     76K 
113: R67         Lease Commitments - Estimated Future Minimum Lease  HTML     99K  
                Payments (Details)                                               
75: R68         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron U.S.A. Inc. -   HTML     54K 
                Summary of Income Statement Information (Details)                
23: R69         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron U.S.A. Inc. -   HTML     56K 
                Summary of Balance Sheet Information (Details)                   
45: R70         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Assets and     HTML     64K 
                Liabiliites Measured on a Recurring Basis                        
                (Details)                                                        
64: R71         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Assets and     HTML     65K 
                Liabilities Measured On a Non-Recurring Basis                    
                (Details)                                                        
135: R72         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     64K  
91: R73         Financial and Derivative Instruments - Fair Value   HTML     51K 
                of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging                         
                Instruments (Details)                                            
48: R74         Financial and Derivative Instruments - Effect of    HTML     48K 
                Derivatives Not Designated On Hedging Instruments                
                (Details)                                                        
67: R75         Financial and Derivative Instruments - Effect of    HTML     75K 
                Netting Derivative Assets and Liabilities                        
                (Details)                                                        
138: R76         Assets Held For Sale (Details)                      HTML     43K  
94: R77         Equity (Details)                                    HTML     46K 
49: R78         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     70K 
62: R79         Operating Segments and Geographic Data - Narrative  HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R80         Operating Segments and Geographic Data - Segment    HTML     65K 
                Earnings (Details)                                               
65: R81         Operating Segments and Geographic Data - Segment    HTML     61K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
136: R82         Operating Segments and Geographic Data - Segment    HTML     83K  
                Sales and Operating Revenues (Details)                           
92: R83         Operating Segments and Geographic Data - Segement   HTML     54K 
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
47: R84         Investments and Advances - Summary of Investment    HTML     91K 
                and Advances and Equity in Earnings (Details)                    
66: R85         Investments and Advances - Narrative (Details)      HTML     93K 
137: R86         Investments and Advances - Summary of Financial     HTML     74K  
                Information of All Equity Affiliates (Details)                   
93: R87         Litigation (Details)                                HTML     57K 
50: R88         Taxes - Summary of Components of Income Tax         HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R89         Taxes - Effective Income Tax Reconcilliation        HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R90         Taxes - Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and          HTML     92K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
26: R91         Taxes - Narrative (Details)                         HTML     62K 
100: R92         Taxes - Sumamry of Unrecognized Income Tax          HTML     82K  
                Benefits and Taxes Other Than on Income (Details                 
                2)                                                               
115: R93         Properties, Plant and Equipment (Details)           HTML    101K  
71: R94         Short-Term Debt - Sumamry (Details)                 HTML     62K 
25: R95         Short-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)               HTML     44K 
99: R96         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML    149K 
114: R97         Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Wells -        HTML     60K  
                Summary of Changes and Aging of Capitalized Well                 
                Costs (Details)                                                  
74: R98         Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Wells -        HTML     61K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
22: R99         Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Wells - Aging  HTML     63K 
                of Costs on a Well and Project Basis (Details)                   
39: R100        Stock Options and Other Share-Based Compensation -  HTML    108K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
59: R101        Stock Options and Other Share-Based Compensation -  HTML     93K 
                Summary of Valuation Assumptions and Activity                    
                (Details)                                                        
129: R102        Employee Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)        HTML    179K  
87: R103        Employee Benefit Plans - Summary of Change in       HTML    125K 
                Benefit Obligation and Plan Assets (Details)                     
38: R104        Employee Benefit Plans - Sumamry of Balance Sheet   HTML     62K 
                Components (Details)                                             
57: R105        Employee Benefit Plans - Amounts Recognized in      HTML     54K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                   
128: R106        Employee Benefit Plans - Accumulated Benefit        HTML     51K  
                Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets (Details)                    
85: R107        Employee Benefit Plans - Net Periodic Benefit Cost  HTML    105K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R108        Employee Benefit Plans - Assumptions (Details)      HTML     80K 
54: R109        Employee Benefit Plans - Plan Assets (Details)      HTML    245K 
76: R110        Employee Benefit Plans - Summary of Change in       HTML     77K 
                Assets Measured at Level 3 (Details)                             
33: R111        Employee Benefit Plans - Execpected Benefit         HTML     59K 
                Payments (Details)                                               
107: R112        Other Contingencies and Commitments (Details)       HTML    108K  
126: R113        Asset Retirement Obligations (Details)              HTML     53K  
77: R114        Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     39K 
34: R115        Other Financial Information (Details)               HTML     76K 
108: R116        Summarized Financial Data - Chevron Phillips        HTML     62K  
                Chemical Company LLC - Summary of Income Statement               
                Information (Details)                                            
127: R117        Summarized Financial Data - Chevron Phillips        HTML     55K  
                Chemical Company LLC - Summary of Balance Sheet                  
                Information (Details)                                            
82: R118        Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
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120: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    179K  
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Filing Submission 0000093410-20-000010 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Chevron Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 2/21/20, at 11:40am ET · For: 12/31/19 · Accession #: 93410-20-10 · File #: 1-00368

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — cvx-20191231_def

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24 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
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