17th February 2021
EP

Chevron reported a fourth-quarter loss recently to conclude a rocky year for oil companies as the coronavirus battered demand for petroleum products.

 

The US oil giant, which trimmed staff and slashed capital spending to ride out the downturn, finished the year with a loss of $5.5 billion, compared with earnings of $2.9 billion in 2019.

 

Chevron lost $665 million in the quarter ending December 31, compared with a loss of $6.6 billion in the year-ago period following a large asset write-down.

 

US oil prices bottomed out in April 2020, when futures briefly went into negative territory amid a supply glut prompted by the sudden shutdown of much of the US economy.

 

Crude prices rose and stabilized later in the year, but demand remains weak for some products such as jet fuel.


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