Chevron Corporation

Case Study # 116808

Business > Companies
Economics

Chevron Corporation

A market analysis of the Chevron energy company.

1,211 words () | 5 sources | MLA | 2009 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the Chevron Corporation's businesses that include petroleum operations, transportation, manufacturing, marketing operations and chemical operations. The paper examines Chevron's market structure and how it operates within an oligopoly and discusses how Chevron is involved in a variety of technology fields that are intent on seeking out, developing and producing both oil and natural gas. The paper also analyzes the cost structure of Chevron, their debt-to-equity ratio, variable costs, price elasticity of demand and how government regulations may affect Chevron's supply and demand. The paper asserts that with the large market share that Chevron has in the energy industry, its diversity regarding technological advances and businesses, and its selling of nonproductive assets, Chevron has a bright future.

From the Paper:

"Chevron Corporation operates as an international, integrated energy company and has close to 63,000 employees located throughout the world. It operates in the Oil, Gas, Consumable Fuels industry. Chevron is a Fortune 500, publicly traded corporation with its stock listed with the New York Stock Exchange (CVX). It consolidates different businesses into its corporate operations. These businesses include: petroleum operations; transportation, manufacturing, and marketing operations; chemical operations and a variety of others."

Sample of Sources Used:

Chevron Annual Report, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2008 from: http://www.chevron.com/annualreport/2007/financials/
Chevron Summary, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2008 from:http://biz.yahoo.com/e/080508/cvx10-q.html
Consodine, Timothy J., "Inventories Under Joint Production: An Empirical Analysis of Petroleum Refining," Reviewof Economics and Statistics, 1997, p. 527,
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no author, "Valero, Chevron Agree To Settle MTBE Contamination Lawsuits", Business Week, (May 9, 2008)