CSCE 481 Lecture 13

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Guest Speakers from Chevron:

  • Tim Doshier
  • Marlo Nordt

Chevron's Business Strategies

  1. Upstream: getting oil out of the ground
  2. Gas and Midstream:
  3. Downstream and Chemicals: consumer products
  4. Technology
  5. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Role of IT in Chevron:

  • Exploration: subsurface modeling
  • Production: optimization of recovery
  • Transport
  • Refining
  • Storage/Distribution
  • Delivering
  • Marketing: invoicing, payments, taxing

The Chevron Way

Very important in every aspect of Chevron (honestly)

  • Integrity
  • Trust
  • Diversity
  • Ingenuity
  • Partnership
  • Protecting People and the Environment
  • High Performance

Benefits

Employee Development

  • Accelerated Development
  • Leadership Training
  • Continued Education

Work/Life Balance

  • 9/80 schedule (take off every other Friday)
  • Flexible schedules
  • On-site fitness facilities

Financial benefits

  • Chevron Success Sharing
  • 8% 401K matching
  • Chevron-funded retirement

Employee Connections

  • Community involvement
  • Networks and communities
  • Mentoring