Agreement to Acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Agreement to Acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Agreement to Acquire Anadarko Petroleum CorporationOn April 12, 2019, Chevron Corporation announced it had entered into a definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire all of its outstanding shares for 0.3869 shares of Chevron stock and $16.25 in cash for each Anadarko share. The company will also assume debt balances, which were $16.4 billion as of December 31, 2018. The acquisition is subject to Anadarko stockholder approval. It is also subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

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