Type: Public
On the web: http://www.chevron.com
Employees: 62,000
Employee growth: (35.1%)

Chevron has earned its stripes as the #2 integrated oil company in the US, behind Exxon Mobil. It has proved reserves of 10.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent and a daily production of 2.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, and it also owns interests in chemicals, mining, pipeline, and power production businesses. The company, which is restructuring its refinery and retail businesses to cut costs, owns or has stakes in 8,250 gas stations in the US that operate under the Chevron and Texaco brands. Outside the US it owns or has stakes in 11,300 gas stations. A global exploration and production enterprise, in 2011 Chevron acquired Atlas Energy in a deal valued at $4.3 billion.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $204,928.0M
One year growth: 19.4%
Net income: $19,024.0M
Income growth: 81.5%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: John S. Watson
VP and CFO: Patricia E. (Pat) Yarrington
VP and CTO: John W. McDonald

Competitors:
BP
Exxon Mobil
Royal Dutch Shell

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