We strive to achieve world-class performance in our business by operating responsibility, according to the vision and values of The Chevron Way. Below are summaries of important performance achievements and events from 2007.

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Key Corporate Responsibility Performance Indicators

Key:
Area of performance improvement.
Area of performance decline.
Unchanged or no significant improvement or decline.

Key Corporate Responsibility Performance Indicators 2006 2007

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VOCs (volatile organic compounds), SOx (sulfer oxides), NOx (nitrogen oxides), GHGs (greenhouse gases)
(1) 2006 and 2007 data are based on a revised classification system adopted by the international Association of Oil & Gas Producers.
Socioeconomic
Fatalities (workforce) 12 17 [0]
Days Away From Work Rate (workforce incidents per 200,000 hours worked) 0.09 0.07 [0.08]
Total Recordable Incident Rate (workforce incidents per 200,000 hours worked) 0.42 0.35
Company motor vehicle incidents (per million miles driven)1 0.82 0.82
Percent of females and non-Caucasian males at the senior executive level worldwide 21.4 24.5
Percent of females at midlevel positions and above worldwide 10.3 10.6
Total corporatewide spending in community investment (US$ millions) 90.8 119
Environmental
Number of petroleum spills 803 826
Volume of petroleum spills (barrels) 6,099 9,245
Global VOC emissions (thousands of metric tons) 384 261
Global SOx emissions (thousands of metric tons) 118 92
Global NOx emissions (thousands of metric tons) 138 145
Number of environmental, health and safety fines and settlements 699 684
Total GHG emissions (millions of metric tons of CO2 equivalent) 61.5 60.7 [63.5]
GHG emissions from flaring and venting (millions of metric tons of CO2 equivalent) 16.4 14.5
Energy efficiency performance (percentage improvement since 1992 baseline) 27 27 [27]

Financial Highlights

Financial Highlights
US$ millions, except per-share amounts
2006 2007
(1) Includes equity in affiliates
Net income $17,138 $18,688
Sales and other operating revenues $204,892 $214,091
Capital and exploratory expenditures1 $16,611 $20,026
Total assets at year-end $132,628 $148,796
Total debt at year-end $9,838 $7,232
Stockholders' equity at year-end $68,935 $77,088
Per-share data
- Net income - diluted $7.80 $8.77
- Cash dividends $2.01 $2.26
- Common stock price at year-end $73.53 $93.33
Return on average stockholders' equity 26.0% 25.6%
Total debt to total debt-plus-equity ratio 12.5% 8.6%
Tax expense
- U.S. income taxes $3,609 $2,009
- International income taxes $11,229 $11,470
- Taxes other than on income $20,883 $22,266
Research and development $468 $562
Stock repurchases $5,000 $7,000

Operating Highlights

Operating Highlights2 2006 2007
(2) Includes equity in affiliates except number of employees, total payroll and employee benefit costs
(3) At year-end
(4) Excludes approximately 6,600 service station personnel
(5) Excludes approximately 5,900 service station personnel
Net production of crude oil and natural gas liquids (Thousands of barrels per day) 1,732 1,756
Net production of natural gas (Millions of cubic feet per day) 4,956 5,019
Other produced volumes (Thousands of barrels per day) 109 27
Net oil-equivalent production (Thousands of oil-equivalent barrels per day) 2,667 2,619
Refinery input (Thousands of barrels per day) 1,989 1,833
Sales of refined products (Thousands of barrels per day) 3,621 3,484
Net proved reserves of crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids (Millions of barrels)
- Affiliated companies 2,512 2,422
- Consolidated companies 5,294 4,665
Net proved reserves of natural gas3 (Billions of cubic feet)
- Affiliated companies 2,974 3,003
- Consolidated companies 19,910 19,137
Net proved oil-equivalent reserves3 (Millions of barrels)
- Affiliated companies 3,008 2,922
- Consolidated companies 8,612 7,855
Number of employees at year-end 55,8824 59,1625
Total payroll (US$ billions) 3.50 4.02
Employee benefit costs (US$ millions) 1,742 2,100

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