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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-05-001516.txt : 20050812
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-05-001516
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050810
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050812
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050812

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHOEMATE CHARLES R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001193521

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00368
		FILM NUMBER:		051020787

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE LIBERTY PLACE
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19192-1550

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHEVRON CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000093410
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PETROLEUM REFINING [2911]
		IRS NUMBER:				940890210
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6001 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD
		CITY:			SAN RAMON
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94583
		BUSINESS PHONE:		925-842-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6001 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD
		CITY:			SAN RAMON
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94583

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHEVRONTEXACO CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20011009

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHEVRON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STANDARD OIL CO OF CALIFORNIA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19840705
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-08-10</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000093410</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CHEVRON CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CVX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001193521</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SHOEMATE CHARLES R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P. O. BOX 421</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10039</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-08-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>266</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>23668</value>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Received in exchange for 460 shares of Unocal Corporation common stock in connection with the merger of Unocal Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (the &quot;Merger&quot;) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 4, 2005 among Unocal, Chevron and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 19, 2005 (&quot;Merger Agreement&quot;). On the effective date of the Merger, the closing price of Unocal Corporation's common stock was $66.10 per share, and the closing price of Chevron Corporation's common stock was $62.48 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This number includes the acquisition of 115 shares of Chevron Corporation common stock from the dividend equivalent accruals under the Chevron Non-Employee Directors' Equity Compensation and Deferral Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Christopher A. Butner on behalf of Charles R. Shoemate</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-08-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc7761.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CHEVRON POA
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY


	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of LYDIA I. BEEBE,
CHRISTOPHER A. BUTNER, PATRICIA L. TAI, and WALKER C. TAYLOR, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	1.	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Chevron Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act),
and the rules thereunder;

	2.	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

	3.	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 10th day of August, 2005.


/s/ CHARLES R. SHOEMATE
Charles R. Shoemate, Director
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