1995年私人证券诉讼改革法案“安全港”条款中有关前瞻性信息的警示声明

本网站基于管理层对石油、化工和其他能源相关行业的当前预期、估计和预测，包含了与雪佛龙业务相关的前瞻性陈述。单词或短语如“预期”、“期望”、“打算”、“计划”、“目标”、“进展”、“承诺”、“驱动”、“目标”、“相信”、“方法”、“寻求”、“时间表”、“估计”、“职位”、“追求”、“可能”、“可以”、“可能”、“应该”、“将”、“预算”、“展望”、“趋势”、“指导”、“焦点”、“在轨道上”、“目标”、“目标”、“战略”、“机会”、“泰然自若”、“潜力”以及类似的表述旨在识别这些前瞻性陈述。这些报表并不是未来业绩的保证，而且受到某些风险、不确定性和其他因素的影响，其中许多是公司无法控制的，难以预测。因此，实际的结果和结果可能与这些前瞻性陈述中所表达或预测的内容有很大的不同。读者不应过分依赖这些前瞻性陈述，这些陈述仅在本网站发布之日发表。除非法律要求，雪佛龙没有义务公开更新任何前瞻性陈述，无论是由于新信息、未来事件或其他原因。

可能导致实际结果与前瞻性陈述存在重大差异的重要因素包括:原油和天然气价格和对我们产品的需求的变化，以及由于市场条件而减产;原油生产配额或石油输出国组织和其他产油国可能实施的其他行动;公共卫生危机，如大流行(包括冠状病毒(COVID-19))和流行病，以及任何相关的政府政策和行动;公司经营所在国不断变化的经济、监管和政治环境;国内外经济政治概况;炼油、营销和化学品利润的变化;公司实现与企业转型计划相关的预期成本节约、支出减少和效率的能力;竞争对手或监管机构的行为;勘探费用的时间安排;原油举升的时机; the competitiveness of alternate-energy sources or product substitutes; technological developments; the results of operations and financial condition of the company’s suppliers, vendors, partners and equity affiliates, particularly during extended periods of low prices for crude oil and natural gas during the COVID-19 pandemic; the inability or failure of the company’s joint-venture partners to fund their share of operations and development activities; the potential failure to achieve expected net production from existing and future crude oil and natural gas development projects; potential delays in the development, construction or start-up of planned projects; the potential disruption or interruption of the company’s operations due to war, accidents, political events, civil unrest, severe weather, cyber threats, terrorist acts, or other natural or human causes beyond the company’s control; the potential liability for remedial actions or assessments under existing or future environmental regulations and litigation; significant operational, investment or product changes undertaken or required by existing or future environmental statutes and regulations, including international agreements and national or regional legislation and regulatory measures to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions; the potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation; the company's ability to achieve the anticipated benefits from the acquisition of Noble Energy, Inc.; 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; material reductions in corporate liquidity and access to debt markets; the receipt of required Board authorizations to pay future dividends; 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 18 through 23 of the company's 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed in this website could also have material adverse effects on forward-looking statements.