innovation fuels lower carbon, record production

Energy demand, including for oil and gas, is projected to again reach a record high in 2024.

Doing its part to help meet that growing need, Chevron is expecting to spend approximately $9.3 billion increasing U.S. production.

Chevron’s production hit a record 3.1 million barrels of oil-equivalent per day last year, driven by 14% growth in the U.S.

“Last year, we produced more oil and gas than any other year in the company’s history, including a record number of liquefied natural gas cargoes out of Australia,” said Pierre Breber, Chevron’s chief financial officer. “We expect 2024 production to be higher—again—by 4% to 7%.”

In the Permian Basin, an energy-producing powerhouse in West Texas and New Mexico, output was up 10% year-over-year, driven partly by advances in drilling techniques.

The goal is to reach 1 million barrels of oil-equivalent per day in the region by 2025.

The barrels of oil and gas produced in the Permian Basin are nearly one-third the carbon intensity of the global industry average, and Chevron is working to drive the needle down even further.

There’s no lone element to the Permian Basin’s lower carbon progress. Rather, a combination of factors, ranging from takeaway capacity to facility design, help lead to its success.

For starters, it is a mature field with plenty of infrastructure built out to accommodate product takeaway. This helps keep more product in the pipe.

Other ways Chevron is lowering its carbon intensity include:

• Converting traditional, diesel-powered drilling rigs to direct electric or natural gas powered.
• Converting hydraulic fracturing equipment from diesel to dynamic gas blending, which uses a combination of diesel and natural gas.
• Installing electric-powered compressor stations and supplementing grid power with solar fields.

Chevron is working to continue increasing its U.S. oil and gas production. This includes:

• Using new drilling and completion technologies in the Permian Basin to boost the amount of oil recovered.
• Continuing production at U.S. Gulf of Mexico facilities, which are some of the lowest carbon intensity producing assets in Chevron’s portfolio.
• Using new technologies that help Chevron access resources that were previously economically challenged.