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"We strengthened our portfolio and committed to reduce costs and maintain capital discipline, positioning us for significant free cash flow growth," Wirth concluded.

The company recently closed asset sales in Canada, the Republic of Congo and Alaska, progressed the acquisition of Hess Corporation, and announced a target of $2-3 billion of structural cost reductions by the end of 2026.

Financial and Business Highlights

2024 Financial Highlights

• Reported earnings decreased compared to last year primarily due to lower margins on refined product sales, lower realizations, and severance charges, partially offset by the absence of charges for decommissioning obligations for previously sold assets, higher sales volumes and lower impairment charges.

• Worldwide and U.S. net oil-equivalent production set annual records. Worldwide production increased 7 percent from a year ago primarily due to nearly 18 percent growth in the Permian Basin and a full year of legacy PDC Energy, Inc. (PDC) production.

• Year-end 2024 proved reserves were approximately 9.8 billion barrels of net oil-equivalent, subject to final reviews. The largest reductions were from production and the sale of oil sands and shale and tight assets in Canada, and the largest additions were from extensions and discoveries in the Permian and Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basins.

• Capex was slightly higher than 2023, primarily due to higher upstream investments. Affiliate capex was down $1.1 billion, primarily due to lower spend at the company’s Tengizchevroil (TCO) affiliate in Kazakhstan.

• Cash flow from operations was lower than a year ago mainly due to lower earnings and higher payments related to asset retirement obligations, partially offset by favorable working capital effects.

• Cash flow from investing improved from last year driven by $7.7 billion of proceeds from asset sales in Canada and the U.S.

• The company returned a record $27.0 billion of cash to shareholders during the year, including share repurchases of $15.2 billion and dividends of $11.8 billion. Over the past three years, the company has returned over $75 billion to shareholders.

• The company’s Board of Directors declared a 5 percent increase in the quarterly dividend to one dollar and seventy-one cents ($1.71) per share, payable March 10, 2025, to all holders of common stock as shown on the transfer records of the corporation at the close of business on February 14, 2025.

Business Highlights and Milestones

• Started production at the industry-first 20,000 psi deepwater Anchor project, began water injection to boost production from the Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti fields, and started production from the Whale semi-submersible platform in the Gulf of America.

• Started production at the Future Growth Project in January 2025, which is expected to ramp up total output to around one million barrels of oil-equivalent per day, and completed the Wellhead Pressure Management Project at TCO.

• Recently announced plans to jointly develop scalable power solutions using natural gas-fired turbines with flexibility to integrate carbon capture and storage to support growing energy demand from U.S. data centers.

• Achieved first gas on the Sanha Lean Gas Connection project, securing incremental natural gas supply to the Angola Liquefied Natural Gas facility.

• Extended the Meji field offshore Nigeria with a near-field discovery and added 20 years to the deepwater Agbami concession through 2044.

• Upgraded the Pasadena Refinery to increase product flexibility and expand the processing capacity of lighter crude oil by nearly 15 percent to 125,000 barrels per day.

• Increased the company’s exploration acreage position in the Gulf of America, Angola, Brazil, Equatorial Guinea, Uruguay and Namibia (subject to government approval).

• Completed the sale of the company’s interest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project and Duvernay shale assets in Canada, certain assets in Alaska, and in 2025, the Republic of Congo.

• Progressed the company’s pending merger with Hess Corporation by securing Hess stockholder approval and clearing Federal Trade Commission antitrust review.

• Completed projects and operational changes designed to abate 700,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent from the company’s operations.

• Drilled onshore and offshore stratigraphic wells to delineate carbon dioxide storage potential through the company’s joint venture, Bayou Bend CCS LLC.

• Launched a $500 million Future Energy Fund III focused on venture investments in technology-based solutions that have the potential to enable affordable, reliable and lower carbon energy.

Segment Highlights

Upstream

• U.S. upstream earnings were higher than the year-ago period primarily due to the absence of charges from decommissioning obligations for previously sold assets in the Gulf of America and impairment charges mainly from assets in California, partly offset by lower realizations and severance charges.

• U.S. net oil-equivalent production was up 48,000 barrels per day from a year earlier and set a new quarterly record, primarily due to higher production in the Permian Basin, partly offset by hurricane related impacts in the Gulf of America.

• International upstream earnings were lower than a year ago primarily due to lower realizations, higher operating expense in part due to severance charges, impairments and lower liftings, partly offset by favorable foreign currency effects, largely in Australia.

• Net oil-equivalent production during the quarter was down 90,000 barrels per day from a year earlier primarily due to downtime at TCO, Canada asset sale and withdrawal from Myanmar.

Downstream

• U.S. downstream reported a loss in fourth quarter 2024. The results were lower than the year-ago period primarily due to lower margins on refined product sales, higher operating expenses, in part due to severance charges, and impairments.

• Refinery crude unit inputs, including crude oil and other inputs, decreased 6 percent from the year-ago period primarily related to the upgrade of the Pasadena, Texas refinery that was completed during fourth quarter 2024.

• Refined product sales decreased 3 percent compared to the year-ago period primarily due to lower demand for jet fuel, partly offset by higher demand for gasoline.

• International downstream earnings were lower compared to a year ago primarily due to lower margins on refined product sales and impairments, partly offset by favorable foreign currency effects.

• Refinery crude unit inputs, including crude oil and other inputs, increased 3 percent from the year-ago period primarily due to the absence of a turnaround in Singapore.

• Refined product sales increased 8 percent from the year-ago period primarily due to increased trading volumes.

All Other

• All Other consists of worldwide cash management and debt financing activities, corporate administrative functions, insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.

• Net charges increased compared to a year ago primarily due to higher employee benefit costs, severance charges and higher interest expense, partly offset by the absence of prior year unfavorable foreign currency effects.

Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. We believe affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy is essential to enabling human progress. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. We aim to grow our oil and gas business, lower the carbon intensity of our operations and grow lower carbon businesses in renewable fuels, carbon capture and offsets, hydrogen and other emerging technologies. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures - This news release includes adjusted earnings/(loss), which reflect earnings or losses excluding significant non-operational items including impairment charges, write-offs, decommissioning obligations from previously sold assets, severance costs, gains on asset sales, unusual tax items, effects of pension settlements and curtailments, foreign currency effects and other special items. We believe it is useful for investors to consider this measure in comparing the underlying performance of our business across periods. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) as prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation to net income (loss) attributable to Chevron Corporation is shown in Attachment 4.

This news release also includes cash flow from operations excluding working capital, free cash flow and free cash flow excluding working capital. Cash flow from operations excluding working capital is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less net changes in operating working capital, and represents cash generated by operating activities excluding the timing impacts of working capital. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures and generally represents the cash available to creditors and investors after investing in the business. Free cash flow excluding working capital is defined as net cash provided by operating activities excluding working capital less capital expenditures and generally represents the cash available to creditors and investors after investing in the business excluding the timing impacts of working capital. The company believes these measures are useful to monitor the financial health of the company and its performance over time. Reconciliations of cash flow from operations excluding working capital, free cash flow and free cash flow excluding working capital are shown in Attachment 3.

This news release also includes net debt ratio. Net debt ratio is defined as total debt less cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and marketable securities as a percentage of total debt less cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and marketable securities, plus Chevron Corporation stockholders’ equity, which indicates the company’s leverage, net of its cash balances. The company believes this measure is useful to monitor the strength of the company’s balance sheet. A reconciliation of net debt ratio is shown in Attachment 2.

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