New Accounting Standards	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Accounting Standards Update and Change in Accounting Principle [Abstract]
New Accounting Standards	New Accounting StandardsFinancial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Effective January 1, 2020, Chevron adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13 and its related amendments. For additional information on the company’s expected credit losses, refer to Note 17 on page 23.

The entire disclosure for a new accounting pronouncement that has been issued but not yet adopted.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 250
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122394

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