Chevron Q3 beats as refining profit jumps over 300% on diesel prices

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Chevron Q3 beats as refining profit jumps over 300% on diesel prices
  • Chevron Q3 adjusted EPS of $5.28 beat the $4.89 LSEG consensus, and revenue of $67.8 billion beat the $61.6 billion expected.
  • Chevron net income rose nearly 200% to $9.9 billion, or $5.06 a share, from $3.5 billion a year earlier.
  • Chevron refining profit rose more than 300% to $4.9 billion, while oil and gas production earnings rose 70% to $5.7 billion.
  • Chevron U.S. refineries ran at 98% capacity and processed record crude volumes, with diesel and jet fuel yields up more than 10%.
  • Exxon adjusted EPS of $4.23 beat the $4.08 expected, and its refining profit of about $7.2 billion outpaced production earnings of about $7.1 billion.
  • Diesel prices surged as Ukraine and Iran bombed refineries in Russia and the Middle East, and Chevron output fell slightly to 3.9 million barrels per day.

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“Chevron's U.S. refineries processed record amounts of crude oil at just above 1 million barrels per day”— Chevron
“Diesel and jet fuel yields rose more than 10%, the company said.”— Chevron

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