protecting the environment

Chevron uses ingenuity to solve today’s complex energy challenges, inspire for tomorrow, and power progress in Central California. As part of our commitment, we operate our fields responsibly and strive to minimize environmental impacts.

reducing carbon emissions

Chevron aims to reduce the carbon intensity in San Joaquin Valley, California by capturing CO₂ and safely storing the emissions permanently underground, thousands of feet below the surface. This initiative will begin in our Eastridge facility co-located within Chevron’s Kern County operations. Read the press release.

preserving water

Chevron is committed to minimizing the use of fresh water by beneficially reusing produced water in our operations, including the generation of steam, which is used during the oil production process. Chevron treats and recycles some of the excess water it extracts so that it can be used for agricultural purposes.

ever-cleaner energy

Chevron and SunPower developed a 29-megawatt system of solar panels at the Lost Hills oil field in Kern County. Completed in 2020, the project is delivering low-carbon electricity that is expected to provide 80% of the power needs of the Lost Hills oil field.

operations and environment

With thousands of wells in operation, Chevron is one of the largest oil-equivalent producers in California where we produced 96,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2021.

Almost 60,000 gigawatt hours of solar energy were generated by the Lost Hills solar plant to power our operations in 2020. This is the equivalent of the electricity needed to power more than 5,500 average American homes.

In 2020, approximately 96% of SJVBU’s water intake amount was water produced by our oil and natural gas operations, and almost 79% of the total intake amount was reused for beneficial purposes.

advancing a lower carbon future in central california

At Chevron, we believe the future of energy is lower carbon. We are working to advance the global net zero ambitions of the Paris Agreement. We know breakthroughs will be needed to achieve these ambitious goals. That’s why we are investing, innovating and integrating new solutions, including here in Central California.

renewable energy

We worked with SunPower to develop a 29-megawatt solar plant to power our operations, which is now owned by Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, at the Lost Hills oil field in Kern County. Learn more about how this project is delivering lower-carbon electricity.

renewable fuels

Chevron is partnering with California Bioenergy LLC and dairy farmers to capture methane to produce renewable natural gas (RNG), which we have been doing since 2020.

electric vehicle charging

Chevron initiated relationships with Chargepoint and EVgo to pilot EV charging stations at select Chevron retail fuel locations across California, including a ChargePoint station here in Central California at the Coalinga Chevron station on W. Dorris Avenue.

carbon capture

Chevron was awarded a project from the U.S. Department of Energy (project #DE-FE0031944) to pilot technology that captures CO₂ from post-combustion gas. In collaboration with Svante, Inc. and the National Energy Technology Laboratory, we are planning to test the technology at our Kern River facility in San Joaquin Valley, California.

solar

Chevron worked with SunPower and Safari Energy to install solar carports capable of generating 2 megawatts of electricity to power our Bakersfield Energy Center offices.

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