Investments and Advances (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Abstract]

Equity in earnings, together with investments in and advances to companies accounted for using the equity method and other investments accounted for at or below cost

Equity in earnings, together with investments in and advances to companies accounted for using the equity method and other investments accounted for at or below cost, is shown in the following table. For certain equity affiliates, Chevron pays its share of some income taxes directly. For such affiliates, the equity in earnings does not include these taxes, which are reported on the Consolidated Statement of Income as “Income tax expense.”

Investments and Advances							Equity in Earnings
	At December 31						Year ended December 31
	2016			2015			2016			2015			2014
Upstream
Tengizchevroil	$	11,414		$	8,077		$	1,380		$	1,939		$	4,392
Petropiar	977			679			326			180			26
Caspian Pipeline Consortium	1,245			1,342			145			162			191
Petroboscan	982			1,163			(133		)	219			186
Angola LNG Limited	2,744			3,284			(282		)	(417		)	(311		)
Other	1,791			2,158			(193		)	135			229
Total Upstream	19,153			16,703			1,243			2,218			4,713
Downstream
GS Caltex Corporation	3,767			3,620			373			824			420
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC	5,767			5,196			840			1,367			1,606
Caltex Australia Ltd.	—			—			—			92			183
Other	1,118			1,077			209			186			180
Total Downstream	10,652			9,893			1,422			2,469			2,389
All Other
Other	(16		)	(18		)	(4		)	(3		)	(4		)
Total equity method	$	29,789		$	26,578		$	2,661		$	4,684		$	7,098
Other at or below cost	461			532
Total investments and advances	$	30,250		$	27,110
Total United States	$	7,258		$	6,863		$	802		$	1,342		$	1,623
Total International	$	22,992		$	20,247		$	1,859		$	3,342		$	5,475

Summarized financial information on a 100 percent basis for all equity affiliates as well as Chevron's total share, which includes Chevron loans to affiliates

The following table provides summarized financial information on a 100 percent basis for all equity affiliates as well as Chevron’s total share, which includes Chevron's net loans to affiliates of $3,535, $410 and $874 at December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

	Affiliates						Chevron Share
Year ended December 31	2016		2015		2014		2016		2015		2014
Total revenues	$	59,253	$	71,389	$	123,003	$	27,787	$	33,492	$	58,937
Income before income tax expense	6,587		13,129		20,609		3,670		6,279		9,968
Net income attributable to affiliates	5,127		10,649		14,758		2,876		4,691		7,237
At December 31
Current assets	$	33,406	$	27,162	$	35,662	$	13,743	$	10,657	$	13,465
Noncurrent assets	75,258		71,650		70,817		28,854		26,607		26,053
Current liabilities	24,793		20,559		25,308		8,996		7,351		9,588
Noncurrent liabilities	22,671		18,560		17,983		4,255		3,909		4,211
Total affiliates' net equity	$	61,200	$	59,693	$	63,188	$	29,346	$	26,004	$	25,719