Chevron Corp. contributed $119 million to its global defined benefit...

Chevron Corp. contributed $119 million to its global defined benefit plans for the year as of Sept. 30, including $54 million to its U.S. pension plan, according to the company's 10-Q filing. The San Ramon, Calif.,-based company still intends to contribute a total of $400 million by year's end, but that figure could change, the filing said. At the end of 2004, Chevron had announced that it planned to contribute $250 million to its U.S. defined benefit plan and $150 million to its overseas plans. Chevron and Unocal, which was acquired by Chevron earlier this year, had a combined $6.8 billion in U.S. pension assets and $2.7 billion in international pension assets as of Dec. 31, 2004, according to corporate filings.