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Chevron Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 8/4/22, at 11:33am ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  93410-22-66   ·   File #:  1-00368

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

 8/04/22  Chevron Corp.                     10-Q        6/30/22   79:9.2M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.25M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     74K 
12: R2          Consolidated Statement of Income (Unaudited)        HTML    121K 
13: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     96K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)              HTML    170K 
15: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)              HTML     46K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)    HTML    100K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statement of Equity (Unaudited)        HTML    125K 
18: R8          Consolidated Statement of Equity (Unaudited)        HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R9          General                                             HTML     25K 
20: R10         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses   HTML     64K 
21: R11         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML     96K 
                of Cash Flows                                                    
22: R12         Summarized Financial Data - Tengizchevroil LLP      HTML     37K 
23: R13         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron Phillips        HTML     37K 
                Chemical Company LLC                                             
24: R14         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron U.S.A. Inc.     HTML     40K 
25: R15         Operating Segments and Geographic Data              HTML    145K 
26: R16         Employee Benefits                                   HTML     80K 
27: R17         Assets Held For Sale                                HTML     24K 
28: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
29: R19         Litigation                                          HTML     32K 
30: R20         Other Contingencies and Commitments                 HTML     32K 
31: R21         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     70K 
32: R22         Financial and Derivative Instruments                HTML     83K 
33: R23         Revenue                                             HTML     27K 
34: R24         Financial Instruments - Credit Losses               HTML     26K 
35: R25         Acquisition of Renewable Energy Group, Inc.         HTML     39K 
36: R26         General (Policies)                                  HTML     40K 
37: R27         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses   HTML     63K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R28         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML    113K 
                of Cash Flows (Tables)                                           
39: R29         Summarized Financial Data - Tengizchevroil LLP      HTML     37K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R30         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron Phillips        HTML     37K 
                Chemical Company LLC (Tables)                                    
41: R31         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron U.S.A. Inc.     HTML     41K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R32         Operating Segments and Geographic Data (Tables)     HTML    142K 
43: R33         Employee Benefits (Tables)                          HTML     75K 
44: R34         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     61K 
45: R35         Financial and Derivative Instruments (Tables)       HTML    116K 
46: R36         Acquisition of Renewable Energy Group, Inc.         HTML     36K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R37         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses   HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R38         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML    118K 
                of Cash Flows - Summary of Information (Details)                 
49: R39         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML     24K 
                of Cash Flows - Additional Information (Details)                 
50: R40         Information Relating to the Consolidated Statement  HTML     34K 
                of Cash Flows - Cash Balances (Details)                          
51: R41         Summarized Financial Data - Tengizchevroil LLP      HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R42         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron Phillips        HTML     56K 
                Chemical Company LLC (Details)                                   
53: R43         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron U.S.A. Inc. -   HTML     45K 
                Income Statement (Details)                                       
54: R44         Summarized Financial Data - Chevron U.S.A. Inc. -   HTML     59K 
                Balance Sheet (Details)                                          
55: R45         Operating Segments and Geographic Data -            HTML     26K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
56: R46         Operating Segments and Geographic Data - Earnings   HTML     58K 
                by Major Operating Area (Details)                                
57: R47         Operating Segments and Geographic Data - Segment    HTML     53K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
58: R48         Operating Segments and Geographic Data - Segment    HTML     70K 
                Revenues (Details)                                               
59: R49         Employee Benefits - Additional Information          HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Employee Benefits - Costs (Details)                 HTML     57K 
61: R51         Assets Held For Sale (Details)                      HTML     28K 
62: R52         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     34K 
63: R53         Litigation (Details)                                HTML     37K 
64: R54         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Details)       HTML     29K 
65: R55         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     60K 
                at Fair Value, Recurring (Details)                               
66: R56         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R57         Financial and Derivative Instruments - Fair Value   HTML     37K 
                of Derivatives (Details)                                         
68: R58         Financial and Derivative Instruments - Additional   HTML     29K 
                Information (Details)                                            
69: R59         Financial and Derivative Instruments - Effect of    HTML     38K 
                Derivatives (Details)                                            
70: R60         Financial and Derivative Instruments - Effect of    HTML     61K 
                Netting Derivative Assets and Liabilities                        
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     24K 
72: R62         Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Details)     HTML     35K 
73: R63         Acquisition of Renewable Energy Group, Inc. -       HTML     35K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
74: R64         Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions -      HTML     54K 
                Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired                
                and Liabilities Assumed (Details)                                
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