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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-20-012110
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200529
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200612
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200612

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Bennett Peter J.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001785303

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09210
		FILM NUMBER:		20961412

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1201 LAKE ROBBINS DR
		CITY:			THE WOODLANDS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77380

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000797468
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				954035997
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GREENWAY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 110
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7132157000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GREENWAY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 110
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046
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        <footnote id="F1">Based on a plan statement dated June 8, 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The award of phantom stock units vests on January 31, 2022.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of the issuer's common stock.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Brittany A. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for Peter J. Bennett</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-06-12</signatureDate>
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    <div style="text-align: right; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>Exhibit 24</u></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nicole E. Clark, Jenarae N. Garland and Brittany A. Smith, signing singly, the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful
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              <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt;">1.</td>
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                <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID (including amendments thereto), or any other forms prescribed by the United States Securities and Exchange Comission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;), that may be necessary to
                  obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC or the forms referenced in clause 2 below;</div>
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              <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt;">2.</td>
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                <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
                  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) and the rules thereunder; and</div>
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                <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5 and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
        assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</font> This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
      to the undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">In the event that any one of the attorneys-in-fact referenced herein ceases to hold the office of Corporate Secretary, Assistant Corporate Secretary or Assistant Secretary, this Power of Attorney will
      be without force or effect regarding that attorney-in-fact but will remain in full force and effect with regard to each remaining attorney-in-fact as long as each such attorney-in-fact is empowered as Corporate Secretary, Assistant Corporate
      Secretary or Assistant Secretary by the Company.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF</font>, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 4<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">th</sup> day of June 2020.</div>
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