environment lower carbon intensity of our operations

Our strategy is straightforward - we are leveraging our strengths to safely deliver lower carbon energy to a growing world. Our capabilities, assets and customers are distinct advantages. We are building on these strengths as we aim to lead in lower carbon intensity oil, products and natural gas and to advance new products and solutions that reduce the carbon emissions of major industries.

We are utilizing a portfolio carbon intensity (PCI) metric that represents the carbon intensity across the full value chain associated with bringing products to market, including from use of sold products, a type of Scope 3 emissions. Our PCI target for 2028 sets more than a 5% reduction from 2016.

71 g CO₂e/MJ   >5% reduction from 2016

A PCI calculator is available on our website for anyone to use and compare energy companies’ carbon intensities. It has recently been updated to provide increased disclosures on the assumptions around energy and emissions factors and includes a list of frequently asked questions.

We aspire to achieve net zero upstream emissions (scope 1 and 2) by 2050. Accomplishing this ambition depends on continuing progress on commercially viable technology; government policy; successful negotiations for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and nature-based projects; availability of cost-effective, verifiable offsets in the global market; and granting of necessary permits by governing authorities. We’re taking actions to reduce the carbon intensity of our portfolio.

The approach we use to drive emissions reductions in our portfolio is the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) process. Like supply stacks, MACCs can enable a visualization of abatement opportunities, showing their relative cost and abatement potential on a similar basis.

We group reduction opportunities into the key areas of energy management; methane management, consisting of venting, fugitives, and flaring reductions; CCUS; and offsets.

We have identified over 120 reduction projects for development. In 2022, we made progress on 90 projects and completed nearly 15. We plan to spend more than $350 million on these projects in 2023 and approximately $2 billion on similar projects through 2028.

Energy management emissions associated with our own energy use make up approximately 70% of our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, which is why energy management is a key focus area for driving down emissions intensity. Aggregated at a corporate level, such projects contribute significant reduction opportunities.

Our strategy to deploy mature, renewable power generation solutions is focused and selective. We invest in wind and solar projects that have the greatest ability to cost-efficiently lower carbon emissions. We are increasing the use of renewables in a number of our products with the aim of reducing life cycle emissions, as well as working to provide verified, low-cost, high-quality offsets to our customers around the world in an effort to help them achieve their own lower carbon goals.

Renewable Power

By sourcing more electricity from renewable sources, such as our 65 megawatt wind-power purchase agreement in the Permian Basin, we are switching to a lower carbon fuel source and working toward optimizing between purchased and self-generated power. These types of efforts can reduce the direct and indirect emissions associated with our operations and lower the overall life cycle carbon intensity of our products.

Energy Storage

Energy storage is an important component to help address intermittency with renewable generation. By combining energy storage solutions with lower carbon fuel sources, we can lower the overall carbon intensity of our products.

Chevron’s ambition is to be a global leader in methane emissions performance. We believe that methane management is critical to a lower carbon future and that methane reductions are possible in the energy industry, and in other key sectors, through adoption of industry best practices, advancement in measurement technologies and methane regulations.

Chevron has adopted an upstream methane-intensity target of 2.0 kg CO₂e/boe by 2028, which represents a 57% reduction from our 2016 baseline. Thus far we have reduced our methane intensity by more than 50%. We’re actively working to end routine flaring by 2030. As of 2022, our U.S. upstream operations have a 65% lower methane intensity than the U.S. upstream production sector average. To share what we’ve learned with others, we've joined the Global Methane Pledge and the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative.

Our 2022 Methane Report discusses our strategy, goals and action plan to prevent, detect and reduce methane emissions.

Chevron has collaborated with Qatar Energy and Pavilion Energy to jointly develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) quantification and reporting methodology for liquified natural gas (LNG) cargoes. This LNG carbon footprinting methodology aims to deliver a cargo-specific GHG emissions profile based on the carbon footprint of the supply chain from wellhead to delivery point.

This methodology has the potential to help advance a standard for GHG product-level accounting. The framework adheres to GHG protocols and lifecycle accounting standards and is expected to enhance transparency, improve accuracy and build stakeholder confidence in data reliability to help advance net zero ambitions.

We conduct independent third-party assurance of Chevron’s GHG emissions. In our 2022 reporting, we’re proud to announce that we have increased the assurance level for GHG emissions from limited to reasonable. Chevron has received reasonable assurance of its 2022 enterprise equity share GHG emissions from both operated and non-operated assets. The scope of the assurance excludes Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LLC. and Renewable Energy Group, Inc.

Chevron GHG Assurance Reporting Protocol
Chevron 2022 GHG Assurance Statement
Chevron 2021 GHG Assurance Statement
Chevron 2020 GHG Assurance Statement
Chevron 2019 GHG Assurance Statement
Chevron 2018 GHG Assurance Statement
Chevron 2017 GHG Assurance Statement
Chevron 2016 GHG Assurance Statement