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Operating Segments and Geographic Data
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Operating Segments and Geographic Data
Operating Segments and Geographic Data
Although each subsidiary of Chevron is responsible for its own affairs, Chevron Corporation manages its investments in these subsidiaries and their affiliates. The investments are grouped into two business segments, Upstream and Downstream, representing the company’s “reportable segments” and “operating segments.” Upstream operations consist primarily of exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas; liquefaction, transportation and regasification associated with liquefied natural gas (LNG); transporting crude oil by major international oil export pipelines; processing, transporting, storage and marketing of natural gas; and a gas-to-liquids plant. Downstream operations consist primarily of refining of crude oil into petroleum products; marketing of crude oil and refined products; transporting of crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment and rail car; and manufacturing and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives. All Other activities of the company include worldwide cash management and debt financing activities, corporate administrative functions, insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
The company’s segments are managed by “segment managers” who report to the “chief operating decision maker” (CODM). The segments represent components of the company that engage in activities (a) from which revenues are earned and expenses are incurred; (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the CODM, which makes decisions about resources to be allocated to the segments and assesses their performance; and (c) for which discrete financial information is available.
The company’s primary country of operation is the United States of America, its country of domicile. Other components of the company’s operations are reported as “International” (outside the United States).
Segment Earnings The company evaluates the performance of its operating segments on an after-tax basis, without considering the effects of debt financing interest expense or investment interest income, both of which are managed by the company on a worldwide basis. Corporate administrative costs and assets are not allocated to the operating segments. However, operating segments are billed for the direct use of corporate services. Nonbillable costs remain at the corporate level in “All Other.” Earnings by major operating area for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, are presented in the following table:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Segment Earnings
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
(Millions of dollars)
Upstream
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
828

 
$
(26
)
 
$
2,314

 
$
(48
)
International
2,551

 
515

 
7,712

 
2,907

Total Upstream
3,379

 
489

 
10,026

 
2,859

Downstream
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
748

 
640

 
1,847

 
1,743

International
625

 
1,174

 
1,092

 
2,192

Total Downstream
1,373

 
1,814

 
2,939

 
3,935

Total Segment Earnings
4,752

 
2,303

 
12,965

 
6,794

All Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
(171
)
 
(30
)
 
(524
)
 
(115
)
Interest income
37

 
13

 
84

 
42

Other
(571
)
 
(334
)
 
(1,431
)
 
(637
)
Net Income Attributable to Chevron Corporation
$
4,047

 
$
1,952

 
$
11,094

 
$
6,084


Segment Assets Segment assets do not include intercompany investments or intercompany receivables. “All Other” assets consist primarily of worldwide cash, cash equivalents, time deposits and marketable securities; real estate; information systems; technology companies; and assets of the corporate administrative functions. Segment assets at September 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, are as follows: 
Segment Assets
At September 30
2018
 
At December 31
2017
 
(Millions of dollars)
Upstream
 
 
 
United States
$
42,126

 
$
40,770

International
155,396

 
159,612

Goodwill
4,518

 
4,531

Total Upstream
202,040

 
204,913

Downstream
 
 
 
United States
24,141

 
23,202

International
17,628

 
17,434

Total Downstream
41,769

 
40,636

Total Segment Assets
243,809

 
245,549

All Other
 
 
 
United States
5,353

 
4,938

International
7,444

 
3,319

Total All Other
12,797

 
8,257

Total Assets — United States
71,620

 
68,910

Total Assets — International
180,468

 
180,365

Goodwill
4,518

 
4,531

Total Assets
$
256,606

 
$
253,806


Segment Sales and Other Operating Revenues Segment sales and other operating revenues, including internal transfers, for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, are presented in the following table. Products are transferred between operating segments at internal product values that approximate market prices. Revenues for the upstream segment are derived primarily from the production and sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the sale of third-party production of natural gas. Revenues for the downstream segment are derived from the refining and marketing of petroleum products such as gasoline, jet fuel, gas oils, lubricants, residual fuel oils and other products derived from crude oil. This segment also generates revenues from the manufacture and sale of fuel and lubricant additives and the transportation and trading of refined products and crude oil. “All Other” activities include revenues from insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30
 Sales and Other Operating Revenues
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
(Millions of dollars)
Upstream
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
6,784

 
$
3,245

 
$
16,405

 
$
9,620

International
10,312

 
7,191

 
27,848

 
20,624

Subtotal
17,096

 
10,436

 
44,253

 
30,244

Intersegment Elimination — United States
(4,277
)
 
(2,298
)
 
(10,219
)
 
(6,737
)
Intersegment Elimination — International
(4,045
)
 
(2,828
)
 
(10,681
)
 
(8,256
)
Total Upstream
8,774

 
5,310

 
23,353

 
15,251

Downstream *
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
16,405

 
13,452

 
45,137

 
39,206

International
18,568

 
15,298

 
52,571

 
44,512

Subtotal
34,973

 
28,750

 
97,708

 
83,718

Intersegment Elimination — United States
(1,360
)
 
(5
)
 
(1,804
)
 
(11
)
Intersegment Elimination — International
(339
)
 
(216
)
 
(869
)
 
(818
)
Total Downstream
33,274

 
28,529

 
95,035

 
82,889

All Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
264

 
260

 
759

 
773

International
6

 
6

 
16

 
19

Subtotal
270

 
266

 
775

 
792

Intersegment Elimination — United States
(207
)
 
(207
)
 
(583
)
 
(621
)
Intersegment Elimination — International
(6
)
 
(6
)
 
(16
)
 
(18
)
Total All Other
57

 
53

 
176

 
153

Sales and Other Operating Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
23,454

 
16,957

 
62,302

 
49,599

International
28,885

 
22,495

 
80,434

 
65,155

Subtotal
52,339

 
39,452

 
142,736

 
114,754

Intersegment Elimination — United States
(5,844
)
 
(2,510
)
 
(12,606
)
 
(7,369
)
Intersegment Elimination — International
(4,390
)
 
(3,050
)
 
(11,566
)
 
(9,092
)
Total Sales and Other Operating Revenues
$
42,105

 
$
33,892

 
$
118,564

 
$
98,293

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* The three-month and nine-month comparative periods ended September 30, 2017, include excise, value-added and similar taxes of $1,867 million and $5,315 million, respectively, collected on behalf of third parties. Beginning in 2018, these taxes are netted in "Taxes other than on income" in accordance with ASU 2014-09. Refer to Note 17, "Revenue" beginning on page 24.