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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-20-004247
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200227
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200227

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-17879
		FILM NUMBER:		20661839

	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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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2020</div>
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        <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 033-64719</div>
        <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-17879</div>
        <div style="text-align: right; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-72719</div>
        <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-78031</div>
        <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-63444</div>
        <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-96951</div>
        <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-104827</div>
        <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-124732</div>
        <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-142705</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;">UNITED STATES</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 033-64719)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-17879)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-72719)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-78031)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-63444)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-96951)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-104827)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-124732)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-142705)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 24pt;">OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Houston, Texas 77046</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(713) 215-7000</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Marcia E. Backus</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Houston, Texas 77046</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-style: italic;">Copy to</font>:</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Hillary H. Holmes</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher LLP</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">811 Main Street, Suite 3000</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Houston, Texas 77002</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(346) 718-6600</div>
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      <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
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      <div><font style="background-color: #FFFFFF;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE REGARDING DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">Occidental Petroleum Corporation (the &#8220;<u>Registrant</u>&#8221;) is filing post-effective amendments to the following registration statements on Form S-8 (together, the &#8220;<u>Registration Statements</u>&#8221;),
        which have been previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<u>SEC</u>&#8221;), to deregister any and all shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.20 per share (&#8220;<u>Common Stock</u>&#8221;), registered but unsold or
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-64719), filed with the SEC on December 4, 1995, registering 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1995 Incentive
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-17879), filed with the SEC on December 13, 1996, registering 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the MidCon Corp. Savings Plan, as amended;</div>
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-72719), filed with the SEC on February 22, 1999, registering 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Occidental Petroleum Corporation Savings Plan;</div>
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-78031), filed with the SEC on May 7, 1999, registering 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1995 Incentive
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-63444), filed with the SEC on June 20, 2001, registering 17,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Occidental Petroleum Corporation 2001 Incentive
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-96951), filed with the SEC on July 23, 2002, registering 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1995 Incentive
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-104827), filed with the SEC on April 29, 2003, registering 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Occidental Petroleum Corporation 2001 Incentive
                    Compensation Plan, as amended through April 25, 2003; and</div>
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-124732), filed with the SEC on May 9, 2005, registering 34,000,000 shares of Common Stock (17,000,000 shares prior to the two-for-one stock split) issuable
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;"><font style="background-color: #FFFFFF;">The purpose of these post-effective amendments is to deregister such portion of the Common Stock previously registered under the Registration Statements that has
          not been sold or is otherwise unissued under each such Registration Statement as of the date hereof, as the </font>Registrant<font style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"> no longer grants awards or issues Common Stock under the respective plans. The
          Registrant, by filing these post-effective amendments, hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements.</font></div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">The Registrant is also filing a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-142705), filed with the SEC on May 8, 2007, registering 32,000,000 shares of Common Stock
        issuable under <font style="background-color: #FFFFFF;">the 2005 LTIP</font>, to deregister 15,715,139 shares of Common Stock <font style="background-color: #FFFFFF;">as to which no incentive awards are outstanding and which, consequently, will
          not be issued under the 2005 LTIP; provided that such </font>Registration Statement <font style="background-color: #FFFFFF;">will remain effective for shares to be issued in accordance with the terms of outstanding incentive awards</font>.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;"><font style="background-color: #FFFFFF;">The filing of each post-effective amendment is made in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in Part II of each such Registration Statement to
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
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      <div><font style="color: #000000;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Occidental Petroleum Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
          duly caused these post-effective amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on February 27, 2020</font>.</div>
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