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Chevron-led consortium executes Mexico deepwater contract

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An international consortium operated by Chevron Corporation’s subsidiary, Chevron Energía de Mexico, S de R.L. The consortium, which also includes partners Pemex Exploración y Producción and INPEX CORPORATION, was awarded the block on 5 December 2016, during Mexico’s 1.4

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Chevron, YPF sign to develop Vaca Muerta Shale; initial outlays of $1.2B

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A subsidiary of Chevron Corporation signed an agreement with affiliates of the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. Chevron Argentina currently produces an average of 21,000 barrels of crude oil and 4 million cubic feet of natural gas in the Neuquén Basin, where it holds operated interests ranging from 18.8 Earlier post.)

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Chevron suspends current and future drilling operations offshore Brazil

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Chevron Corporation reported that while its subsidiary, Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade Ltda., Source: Chevron. Chevron says the suspension of the drilling operations has no impact on its current production in the Frade field or on other Frade field operations. Drilling schematic. Click to enlarge.

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Chevron sanctions $4B Big Foot Project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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Chevron Corporation has sanctioned development of its $4-billion Big Foot project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Big Foot will be Chevron’s sixth operated facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and located approximately 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 5,200 feet (1,600 m).

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Argonne releases new cradle-to-grave lifecycle analysis of US LDV vehicle-fuel pathways

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The 2022 report accounts for a broader range of vehicle technologies and considers both current (2020) and expected future (2030-2035) conditions. The main case presented in the body of the report is the high powertrain technology progression pathway with the central cost cases for each fuel.

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Fusion energy company TAE Technologies launches power management subsidiary TAE Power Solutions

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In 2022, TAE announced it had exceeded its fusion reactor performance goals and had closed a $250-million financing round from investors Google, Chevron, and Sumitomo Corporation, among others, bringing its total raised to date to $1.2 billion.

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NREL/Chevron team characterizes chemical composition and properties of renewable diesels derived from FT, hydrotreating, and fermentation of sugar

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A team from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Chevron Corporation has examined the chemical composition and properties of several diesel fuels and blendstocks derived from Fischer?Tropsch Tropsch (FT) synthesis, hydroisomerization of lipids, and fermentation of sugar via the terpenoid metabolic pathway.

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