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ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES AND EXPENDITURES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract]

Schedule of current and non-current environmental remediation reserves by categories of sites

						2020												2019
millions, except number of sites						Number of Sites						Remediation Balance						Number of Sites						Remediation Balance
NPL sites						35						$	447					36						$	463
Third-party sites						69						293						74						311
Occidental-operated sites						17						144						17						154
Closed or non-operated Occidental sites						49						267						50						269
Total						170						$	1,151					177						$	1,197

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Tabular disclosure of environmental loss contingencies by individual site. Does not include loss contingencies that are not environmental in nature.

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