
Chevron CEO says the dividend is the company’s No. 1 priority and is ‘very secure’
CNBC Chevron shares surged Tuesday after the company announced cost-cutting measures, but promised not to slash its dividend despite mounting pressure from falling crude prices. “Our dividend is our number one priority and it’s very secure,” Chevron CEO Michael Wirth said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “We’re taking actions to preserve cash. It will have some impact on production in the near