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Allen Good, CFA
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

No Major Strategic Changes Likely if Chevron CEO Watson Departs; Exemplary Stewardship Rating Intact

John Watson’s run as Chevron's CEO appears to be nearing an end, with news reports indicating he will step down next month. There are three likely successors--Michael Wirth (vice chairman and executive vice president, midstream and development), Pierre Breber (executive vice president, downstream and chemicals), and James Johnson (executive vice president, upstream)--with Wirth reported as the most likely to take the post. We think this is reasonable, given his success running the downstream ope...
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Chevron Corporation

Chevron is engaged in energy and chemicals operations. Upstream operations consist primarily of, among others, exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation and regasification associated with liquefied natural gas, storage and marketing of natural gas; and a gas-to-liquids plant. Downstream operations consist primarily of, among others, refining crude oil into petroleum products; marketing of crude oil and refined products; and manufacturing and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses and fuel and lubricant additives.

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Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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