EX-12.1 2 f40423exv12w1.htm EXHIBIT 12.1 exv12w1
 

Exhibit 12.1
 
CHEVRON CORPORATION — TOTAL ENTERPRISE BASIS
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
 
                                                 
    Three Months
                               
    Ended
    Year Ended December 31  
    March 31, 2008     2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  
    (Dollars in Millions)  
 
Income from Continuing Operations
  $ 5,168     $ 18,688     $ 17,138     $ 14,099     $ 13,034     $ 7,382  
Income Tax Expense
    4,509       13,479       14,838       11,098       7,517       5,294  
Distributions Greater (Less) Than Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
    42       (1,439 )     (979 )     (1,304 )     (1,422 )     (383 )
Minority Interest
    28       107       70       96       85       80  
Previously Capitalized Interest Charged to Earnings During Period
    13       62       111       93       83       76  
Interest and Debt Expense
          166       451       482       406       474  
Interest Portion of Rentals(1)
    234       798       766       688       687       507  
                                                 
Earnings Before Provision for Taxes and Fixed Charges
  $ 9,994     $ 31,861     $ 32,395     $ 25,252     $ 20,390     $ 13,430  
                                                 
Interest and Debt Expense(2)
        $ 166     $ 451     $ 482     $ 406     $ 474  
Interest Portion of Rentals(1)
    234       798       766       688       687       507  
Preferred Stock Dividends of Subsidiaries
          1       1       1       1       4  
Capitalized Interest
    86       302       157       60       44       75  
                                                 
Total Fixed Charges
  $ 320     $ 1,267     $ 1,375     $ 1,231     $ 1,138     $ 1,060  
                                                 
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
    31.23       25.15       23.56       20.51       17.92       12.67  
 
 
(1) Calculated as one-third of rentals. Considered a reasonable approximation of interest factor.
 
(2) Does not include interest related to liabilities for uncertain tax positions. On the Consolidated Statement of Income, the company reports interest and penalties related to liabilities for uncertain tax positions as “Income tax expense.”


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