<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001628280-16-012255.txt : 20160303
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160303175447
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-16-012255
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160303
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160303
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160303

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			California Resources Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001609253
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				465670947
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9200 OAKDALE AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91311
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8888484754

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9200 OAKDALE AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91311

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Stevens Todd A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001622066

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36478
		FILM NUMBER:		161482721

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10889 WILSHIRE BLVD.
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90024
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

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    <periodOfReport>2016-03-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001609253</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>California Resources Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CRC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001622066</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Stevens Todd A.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9200 OAKDALE AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 900</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91311</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-03-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>11500</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.8489</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>527097</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $0.8469 to $0.89 inclusive.  The reporting person undertakes to provide CRC, any security holder of CRC or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, with full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes a total of 4,015 shares acquired under CRC's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2015.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Kendrick F. Royer, Attorney-in-Fact for Todd A. Stevens</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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