<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-21-009716.txt : 20210512
<SEC-HEADER>0001567619-21-009716.hdr.sgml : 20210512
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210512165228
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-009716
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210510
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210512

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GUTIERREZ CARLOS M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001185943

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09210
		FILM NUMBER:		21915839

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GREENWAY PLAZA, STE 110
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046

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
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc1.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-05-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000797468</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OXY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001185943</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GUTIERREZ CARLOS M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5 GREENWAY PLAZA, STE. 110</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON,</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77046</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-05-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>8450</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>71095</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Award of common stock under Occidental Petroleum Corporation's Amended and Restated 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Brittany A. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for Carlos M. Gutierrez</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-05-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa_gutierrez.htm
<TEXT>
<html>
  <head>
    <title></title>
    <!-- Licensed to: moo
         Document created using EDGARfilings PROfile 7.3.0.0
         Copyright 1995 - 2020 Broadridge -->
  </head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; color: #000000;">
  <div>
    <div style="text-align: right; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>Exhibit 24</u></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u></div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <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 and Brittany A. Smith, signing singly, the
      undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z49b748feb5ae4974b2ff47da2847ce0c" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-size: 12pt;">1.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <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
              Commission (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>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zae29b7d2755f4b6ca77ef246b9b49c15" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-size: 12pt;">2.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as a director 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>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zccb943e48f0c4ccd92ae179fbabe2821" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-size: 12pt;">3.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <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 exchange or similar authority.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <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>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <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>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <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 29<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">th</sup> day of November 2020.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zdcd5c41275c04c56bba5f5982574f486" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 70%; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 2px;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">/s/ Carlos M. Gutierrez</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 70%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Carlos M. Gutierrez</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
