Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY)

10889 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201 (Map)
Phone: 310-208-8800
Fax: 310-443-6690
http://www.oxy.com

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Overview

Harnessing its heritage of Western technical know-how, Occidental Petroleum engages in oil and gas exploration and production and makes basic chemicals, plastics, and petrochemicals. In 2010 the oil giant reported proved reserves of 3.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the US, the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America. Subsidiary Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) produces acids, chlorine, and specialty products; it also owns Oxy Vinyls, the #1 producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin in North America. Occidental Petroleum's midstream and marketing operations gather, treat, process, transport, store, trade, and market crude oil, natural gas, NGLs, condensate, and CO2, and generate and market power.

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Company Type Public (NYSE: OXY)
Fiscal Year-End December
2010 Sales (mil.) £12,383.1
1-Year Sales Growth 23.3%
2010 Net Income (mil.) £2,928.2
1-Year Net Income Growth 55.4%
2010 Employees 11,000
1-Year Employee Growth 8.9%
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Chairman Ray R. Irani
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President, CEO and Director Stephen I. (Steve) Chazen
EVP and CFO James M. Lienert
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