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Acquisition of Hess Corporation
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
Acquisition of Hess Corporation Acquisition of Hess Corporation
On July 18, 2025, the company acquired Hess Corporation (Hess), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Hess’s principal upstream operations are in the United States, Guyana and Malaysia. Hess’s operations also include an approximate 38 percent ownership interest in Hess Midstream LP, with operations primarily in the Bakken shale in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota.
The aggregate purchase price of Hess was approximately $48 billion, including 15.38 million shares of Hess common stock purchased in open market transactions in the first quarter of 2025 and 301.25 million shares of Chevron common stock issued as closing consideration in July. As part of the transaction, the company assumed debt with an aggregate outstanding principal value of $8.8 billion. The shares issued represented approximately 15 percent of the shares of Chevron common stock outstanding immediately after the transaction closed on July 18, 2025.
The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination under ASC 805, which requires assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be measured at their acquisition date fair value. Provisional fair value measurements were made for acquired assets and liabilities, and adjustments to those measurements may be made in subsequent periods, up to one year from the date of acquisition, as information necessary to complete the analysis is obtained. Oil and gas properties were valued using a discounted cash flow approach that incorporated internally generated price assumptions and production profiles together with appropriate operating cost and development cost assumptions. Debt assumed in the acquisition was valued based on observable market prices for Hess’s debt. As a result of measuring the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at fair value, there was no goodwill or bargain purchase recognized.
At July 18, 2025
(Billions of dollars)
Current assets$3.4 
Properties, plant and equipment
73.5 
Other assets2.6 
Total assets acquired79.5 
Current liabilities3.1 
Long-term debt(1)
10.0 
Deferred income taxes11.0 
Other liabilities2.4 
Total liabilities assumed26.5 
Noncontrolling interest(2)
5.0 
Net assets acquired / purchase price$48.0 
(1) Includes finance leases
(2) Related to Hess Midstream LP

The long-term debt assumed in the transaction is detailed in the table below:
Principal
Hess Corporation(Millions of dollars)
4.300% due 2027
$1,000 
7.875% due 2029
467 
7.300% due 2031
631 
7.125% due 2033
540 
6.000% due 2040
750 
5.600% due 2041
1,250 
5.800% due 2047
500 
  Total Hess Corporation Debt$5,138 
Hess Midstream Operations LP
5.125% due 2028
$550 
5.875% due 2028
800 
6.500% due 2029
600 
4.250% due 2030
750 
5.500% due 2030
400 
Term loan and credit facility borrowings646 
  Total Hess Midstream Operations LP Debt$3,746 
Unamortized discounts and debt issuance costs(61)
  Total Long-Term Debt Assumed$8,823 
Fair market value adjustment for debt acquired in the acquisition247 
  Fair Market Value of Long-Term Debt Assumed$9,070