Acquisition of Noble Energy, Inc.

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Acquisition of Noble Energy, Inc.

Acquisition of Noble Energy, Inc.

On October 5, 2020, the company acquired Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Noble’s principal upstream operations are in North America, the Eastern Mediterranean and West Africa. Noble’s operations also include an integrated midstream business in North America.

The aggregate purchase price of Noble was $4.1 billion, with approximately 58 million shares of Chevron common stock issued as consideration in the transaction. As part of the transaction, the company assumed debt with a book value of $7.7 billion. The shares represented approximately 3 percent of shares of Chevron common stock outstanding immediately after the transaction closed on October 5, 2020.

The acquisition will be accounted for as a business combination under ASC 805, which requires assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be measured at their acquisition date fair value. Provisional fair value measurement will be made in the fourth quarter 2020 for acquired assets and assumed liabilities, and adjustments to those measurements may be made in subsequent periods, up to one year from the acquisition date as information necessary to complete the analysis is obtained.