Equity	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract]
Equity	Equity Retained earnings at December 31, 2019 and 2018, included $25,319 and $22,362, respectively, for the company’s share of undistributed earnings of equity affiliates. At December 31, 2019, about 72 million shares of Chevron’s common stock remained available for issuance from the 260 million shares that were reserved for issuance under the Chevron Long-Term Incentive Plan. In addition, 688,303 shares remain available for issuance from the 1,600,000 shares of the company’s common stock that were reserved for awards under the Chevron Corporation Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Compensation and Deferral Plan.

The entire disclosure for shareholders' equity comprised of portions attributable to the parent entity and noncontrolling interest, including other comprehensive income. Includes, but is not limited to, balances of common stock, preferred stock, additional paid-in capital, other capital and retained earnings, accumulated balance for each classification of other comprehensive income and amount of comprehensive income.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2208762

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