<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-18-023911.txt : 20180726
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-18-023911
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180724
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180726
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180726

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOORMAN CHARLES W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001186073

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00368
		FILM NUMBER:		18972207

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		550 SOUTH TRYON STREET - DEC45A
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202

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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    <periodOfReport>2018-07-24</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>CHEVRON CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CVX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MOORMAN CHARLES W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>6001 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN RAMON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94583</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>125.16</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-07-24</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10332</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2019-05-30</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-05-30</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Stock option granted in lieu of the annual cash retainer at the Director's election.  This stock option was, through oversight, not granted on May 30, 2018, the day of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and as a result has been granted not at a discount and on the same terms and conditions as if the grant had been made on that date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option vests as follows: 50 percent on November 30, 2018 and the remaining 50 percent on the earlier of the last day of the Annual Compensation Cycle to which the grant relates or May 30, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Christine L. Cavallo, Attorney-in-Fact for Charles W. Moorman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-07-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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