Chevron Announces Senior Leadership Changes

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Chevron (NYSE: CVX) has announced significant organizational restructuring and senior leadership changes aimed at improving operational efficiency and competitiveness. The company will consolidate its Oil, Products & Gas organization into two main segments: Upstream and Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals.

Key appointments include Clay Neff as president of Upstream and Bruce Niemeyer as president of Shale & Tight, both effective July 1, 2025. Andy Walz will continue leading the Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals organization. Additionally, Ryder Booth has been named vice president of Technology, Projects & Execution, while Balaji Krishnamurthy will become president of Australia.

The restructuring aims to drive value through greater standardization across operations, enhance execution speed, and strengthen long-term competitiveness. The Upstream model will focus on Shale & Tight, Base Assets & Emerging Countries, Offshore, Eurasia, and Australia operations.

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• Organizational streamlining to improve operational efficiency
• Strategic consolidation into two main segments for better focus
• Enhanced standardization across upstream operations

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced senior leadership changes as part of the company’s efforts to simplify its organizational structure, execute faster and more effectively, and be positioned for stronger long-term competitiveness.

The company’s Oil, Products & Gas organization will be consolidated into two segments: Upstream and Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals. Mark Nelson will continue to lead this organization as vice chairman and executive vice president, Oil, Products & Gas.

The Upstream organizational model will drive value through greater standardization across Shale & Tight, Base Assets & Emerging Countries, Offshore, Eurasia and Australia.

Clay Neff, currently president, International Exploration and Production, has been named president, Upstream, effective July 1, 2025.

Bruce Niemeyer, currently president, Americas Exploration and Production, has been named president, Shale & Tight, effective July 1, 2025.

The Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals organization will center around key work processes, including Operations, Commercial, Customer and Enterprise Value Chain Optimization.

Andy Walz will continue to lead this organization as president, Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals.

Chevron’s technical center will be organized to drive value in Technology, Projects & Execution.

Ryder Booth, currently vice president, Mid-Continent Business Unit, has been named vice president, Technology, Projects & Execution, effective July 1, 2025. He is replacing Balaji Krishnamurthy, currently vice president, Chevron Technical Center, who has been named president, Australia, effective April 1, 2025.

“Our new organizational structure and leadership appointments are designed to improve our operational efficiency and position Chevron for sustained growth,” said Mike Wirth, Chevron’s chairman and chief executive officer. “These changes will help enable us to drive innovation and execution and deliver value for our shareholders.”

Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. We believe affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy is essential to enabling human progress. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. We aim to grow our oil and gas business, lower the carbon intensity of our operations and grow new businesses in renewable fuels, carbon capture and offsets, hydrogen, power generation for data centers, and emerging technologies. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

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Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are: changing crude oil and natural gas prices and demand for the company’s products, and production curtailments due to market conditions; crude oil production quotas or other actions that might be imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producing countries; technological advancements; changes to government policies in the countries in which the company operates; public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, and any related government policies and actions; disruptions in the company’s global supply chain, including supply chain constraints and escalation of the cost of goods and services; changing economic, regulatory and political environments in the various countries in which the company operates; general domestic and international economic, market and political conditions, including the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East and the global response to these hostilities; 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risks that such ongoing arbitration is not satisfactorily resolved and the potential transaction fails to be consummated; uncertainties as to whether the potential transaction, if consummated, will achieve its anticipated economic benefits, including as a result of risks associated with third party contracts containing material consent, anti-assignment, transfer or other provisions that may be related to the potential transaction that are not waived or otherwise satisfactorily resolved; the company’s ability to integrate Hess’ operations in a successful manner and in the expected time period; the possibility that any of the anticipated benefits and projected synergies of the potential transaction will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the company’s future acquisitions or dispositions of assets or shares or the delay or failure of such transactions to close based on required closing conditions; the potential for gains and losses from asset dispositions or impairments; government mandated sales, divestitures, recapitalizations, taxes and tax audits, tariffs, sanctions, changes in fiscal terms or restrictions on scope of company operations; foreign currency movements compared with the U.S. dollar; higher inflation and related impacts; material reductions in corporate liquidity and access to debt markets; changes to the company’s capital allocation strategies; the effects of changed accounting rules under generally accepted accounting principles promulgated by rule-setting bodies; the company’s ability to identify and mitigate the risks and hazards inherent in operating in the global energy industry; and the factors set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” on pages 20 through 27 of the company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed in this news release could also have material adverse effects on forward-looking statements.

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Allison Cook – acook@chevron.com

Source: Chevron Corporation

FAQ

What major organizational changes did Chevron (CVX) announce for 2025?

Chevron announced the consolidation of its Oil, Products & Gas organization into two segments: Upstream and Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals, effective July 1, 2025.

Who will lead Chevron's (CVX) Upstream division from July 2025?

Clay Neff, currently president of International Exploration and Production, will become president of Upstream, effective July 1, 2025.

What is the purpose of Chevron's (CVX) 2025 restructuring?

The restructuring aims to improve operational efficiency, execute faster, enhance standardization, and strengthen long-term competitiveness.

How will Chevron's (CVX) new Upstream organizational model be structured?

The Upstream model will be organized across Shale & Tight, Base Assets & Emerging Countries, Offshore, Eurasia, and Australia operations.