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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 31, 2013

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
1-9210
95-4035997
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)

10889 Wilshire Boulevard
   
Los Angeles, California
 
90024
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(ZIP code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(310) 208-8800

 
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Section 2 – Financial Information

Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition
 
On January 31, 2013, Occidental Petroleum Corporation released information regarding its results of operations for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2012.  The exhibits to this Form 8-K and the information set forth in this Item 2.02 are being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, Results of Operations and Financial Condition.  The full text of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.  The full text of the speeches given by Cynthia L. Walker and Stephen Chazen are attached to this report as Exhibit 99.2.  Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules are attached to this report as Exhibit 99.3.  Earnings Conference Call Slides are attached to this report as Exhibit 99.4.  Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure for Earnings Release Presentation Materials is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.5.  The information in this Item 2.02 and Exhibits 99.1 through 99.5, inclusive, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 

Section 8 – Other Events

Item 8.01.  Other Events
 
On January 31, 2013, Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced core income of $1.5 billion ($1.83 per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $1.6 billion ($2.02 per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2011.  In the fourth quarter of 2012, we recorded after-tax charges of $1.1 billion or $1.41 per diluted share, almost all of which was related to the impairment of gas assets in the Midcontinent.  Net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 after this charge was $336 million ($0.42 per diluted share), compared with $1.6 billion ($2.01 per diluted share) for the same period of 2011.

Core income was $5.8 billion ($7.09 per diluted share) for the year 2012, compared with $6.8 billion ($8.39 per diluted share) for 2011.  Net income for the twelve months of 2012 was $4.6 billion ($5.67 per diluted share), compared with $6.8 billion ($8.32 per diluted share) for 2011.

QUARTERLY RESULTS

Oil and Gas

Oil and gas core earnings were $2.3 billion for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $2.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2011.  Lower 2012 earnings resulted from lower year-over-year prices across all products in the fourth quarter of 2012 and higher DD&A rates, partially offset by higher liquids volumes.  After including the fourth quarter 2012 charges, which will be discussed in more detail on the earnings call, segment earnings were $522 million.

For the fourth quarter of 2012, daily oil and gas production volumes averaged 779,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), compared with 748,000 BOE in the fourth quarter of 2011.

The fourth quarter 2012 production increase resulted from higher volumes of 26,000 BOE per day from domestic operations and 5,000 BOE per day from international production.  The international increase included higher production in Iraq, Bahrain and Libya, partially offset by lower volumes from Dolphin, resulting from the full cost recovery of pre-startup capital, and in Yemen due to the Masila field contract expiration.
 
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Daily sales volumes increased from 749,000 BOE in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 784,000 BOE in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Oxy’s realized price for worldwide crude oil was $96.19 per barrel for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $99.62 per barrel for the fourth quarter of 2011.  The fourth quarter of 2012 realized oil price represents 109 percent of the average WTI and 87 percent of the average Brent price. Worldwide NGL prices were $45.08 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $55.25 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2011.  Domestic gas prices decreased 14 percent from $3.59 per MCF in the fourth quarter of 2011 to $3.09 per MCF for the fourth quarter of 2012.

Fourth quarter 2012 realized prices were higher than third quarter 2012 prices for worldwide NGLs and domestic natural gas but were slightly lower for worldwide crude oil.  On a sequential quarterly basis, prices increased 11 percent for NGLs and 25 percent for domestic natural gas and decreased less than 1 percent for worldwide crude oil.

Chemical

Chemical segment earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 were $180 million, compared with $144 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.  The increase was primarily the result of higher export volumes for caustic soda and vinyl chloride monomer and lower ethylene costs.

Midstream, Marketing and Other

Midstream segment earnings were $75 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $70 million for the fourth quarter of 2011.

TWELVE-MONTH RESULTS

Oil and Gas

Oil and gas core earnings were $8.8 billion for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $10.3 billion for the same period of 2011.  The decrease in 2012 reflected lower NGL and natural gas prices, higher operating costs, exploration expense and DD&A rates, partially offset by higher oil prices and domestic volumes.  Segment earnings, after including the fourth quarter charges, were $7.1 billion for 2012, compared with $10.2 billion for 2011.

Oil and gas production volumes for the twelve months were 766,000 BOE per day for 2012, compared with 733,000 BOE per day for the same period in 2011.  Year-over-year, Oxy's domestic production increased by 9 percent, while total company production increased by 5 percent.  Dolphin's full cost recovery of pre-startup capital, which reduced production, was the only operation where production sharing and similar contracts had an appreciable effect.

The twelve-month 2012 production increase resulted from 37,000 BOE per day in higher domestic volumes, partially offset by lower volumes in the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.

Daily sales volumes were 764,000 BOE in the twelve months of 2012, compared with 731,000 BOE for the same period in 2011.

Oxy's realized prices improved for crude oil but declined for natural gas and NGLs on a year-over-year basis.  Worldwide crude oil prices were $99.87 per barrel for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $97.92 per barrel for the twelve months of 2011.  Worldwide NGL prices were $45.18 per
 
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barrel for the year 2012, compared with $55.53 per barrel for the year 2011.  Domestic gas prices declined 35 percent, from $4.06 per MCF in the twelve months of 2011 to $2.62 per MCF in the twelve months of 2012.

Chemical

Chemical segment earnings were $720 million for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $861 million for the same period in 2011.  The reduction was primarily a result of lower margins due to weaker economic conditions in Europe and Asia, and increased competitive activity from these regions.  The calcium chloride and potassium hydroxide businesses were also negatively impacted by an extremely mild winter and drought conditions in the United States.

Midstream, Marketing and Other

Midstream segment earnings were $439 million for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $448 million for the same period in 2011.

Forward-Looking Statements

Portions of this report contain forward-looking statements and involve risks and uncertainties that could materially affect expected results of operations, liquidity, cash flows and business prospects. Factors that could cause results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: global commodity pricing fluctuations; supply and demand considerations for Occidental’s products; general domestic political and regulatory approval conditions; higher-than-expected costs; international political conditions; not successfully completing, or any material delay of, any development of new fields, expansion projects, capital expenditures, efficiency-improvement projects, acquisitions or dispositions; potential failure to achieve expected production from existing and future oil and gas development projects or acquisitions; exploration risks such as drilling unsuccessful wells; any changes in general economic conditions domestically or internationally; the ability to attract trained engineers; potential liability for remedial actions under existing or future environmental regulations and litigation; potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation; potential disruption or interruption of Occidental’s production or manufacturing or damage to facilities due to accidents, chemical releases, labor unrest, weather, natural disasters, political events or insurgent activity; failure of risk management; changes in law or regulations; or changes in tax rates. Words such as "estimate", "project", "predict", "will", "would", "should", "could", "may", "might", "anticipate", "plan", "intend", "believe", "expect", "aim", "goal", "target", "objective", "likely" or similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes generally indicate forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Unless legally required, Occidental does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Material risks that may affect Occidental’s results of operations and financial position appear in Part 1, Item 1A "Risk Factors" of the 2011 Form 10-K.
 
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Attachment 1
                                 
SUMMARY OF SEGMENT NET SALES AND EARNINGS
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
($ millions, except per-share amounts)
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
SEGMENT NET SALES
                               
Oil and Gas
 
$
4,874
   
$
4,784
   
$
18,906
   
$
18,419
 
Chemical
   
1,141
     
1,094
     
4,580
     
4,815
 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
   
355
     
338
     
1,399
     
1,447
 
Eliminations
   
(199
)
   
(182
)
   
(713
)
   
(742
)
                                 
Net Sales
 
$
6,171
   
$
6,034
   
$
24,172
   
$
23,939
 
                                 
SEGMENT EARNINGS
                               
Oil and Gas  (a)
 
$
522
   
$
2,537
   
$
7,095
   
$
10,241
 
Chemical
   
180
     
144
     
720
     
861
 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
   
75
     
70
     
439
     
448
 
     
777
     
2,751
     
8,254
     
11,550
 
                                 
Unallocated Corporate Items
                               
Interest expense, net (b)
   
(30
)
   
(25
)
   
(117
)
   
(284
)
Income taxes (c)
   
(249
)
   
(949
)
   
(3,118
)
   
(4,201
)
Other
   
(134
)
   
(136
)
   
(384
)
   
(425
)
                                 
Income from Continuing Operations
   
364
     
1,641
     
4,635
     
6,640
 
Discontinued operations, net (d)
   
(28
)
   
(7
)
   
(37
)
   
131
 
                                 
NET INCOME
 
$
336
   
$
1,634
   
$
4,598
   
$
6,771
 
                                 
BASIC EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
                               
Income from continuing operations
 
$
0.45
   
$
2.02
   
$
5.72
   
$
8.16
 
Discontinued operations, net
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.05
)
   
0.16
 
   
$
0.42
   
$
2.01
   
$
5.67
   
$
8.32
 
                                 
DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
                               
Income from continuing operations
 
$
0.45
   
$
2.02
   
$
5.71
   
$
8.16
 
Discontinued operations, net
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.04
)
   
0.16
 
   
$
0.42
   
$
2.01
   
$
5.67
   
$
8.32
 
AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
                               
BASIC
   
807.1
     
810.7
     
809.3
     
812.1
 
DILUTED
   
807.7
     
811.5
     
810.0
     
812.9
 
                                 
(a) Oil and Gas - The fourth quarter and twelve months of 2012 include pre-tax charges of $1.7 billion related to the impairment of domestic gas assets and related items.  The twelve months of 2011 include pre-tax charges of $35 million related to exploration write-offs in Libya and $29 million related to Colombia net worth tax.   Also, included in the twelve months of 2011 results is a pre-tax gain for sale of an interest in a Colombia pipeline of $22 million.
(b) Unallocated Corporate Items - Interest Expense, net - The twelve months of 2011 include a pre-tax charge of  $163 million related to the premium on debt extinguishment.
(c) Unallocated Corporate Items - Taxes - The twelve months of 2011 include a net $21 million charge for out-of-period state income taxes.
(d) Discontinued Operations, net - The twelve months of 2011 include a $144 million after-tax gain from the sale of the Argentine operations.
 
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Attachment 2
                                 
SUMMARY OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND DD&A EXPENSE
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
($ millions)
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
 
$
2,510
   
$
2,549
   
$
10,226
   
$
7,518
 
                                 
DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND
                               
AMORTIZATION OF ASSETS
 
$
1,191
   
$
938
   
$
4,511
   
$
3,591
 
 
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Attachment 3
                                 
SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS AFFECTING EARNINGS
                                 
Occidental's results of operations often include the effects of significant transactions and events affecting earnings that vary widely and unpredictably in nature, timing and amount. Therefore, management uses a measure called "core results," which excludes those items. This non-GAAP measure is not meant to disassociate those items from management's performance, but rather is meant to provide useful information to investors interested in comparing Occidental's earnings performance between periods. Reported earnings are considered representative of management's performance over the long term. Core results is not considered to be an alternative to operating income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
($ millions, except per-share amounts)
 
2012
 
Diluted
EPS
 
2011
 
Diluted
EPS
TOTAL REPORTED EARNINGS
 
$
336
   
$
0.42
   
$
1,634
   
$
2.01
 
                                 
Oil and Gas
                               
Segment Earnings
 
$
522
           
$
2,537
         
Add:
                               
Asset impairments and related items
   
1,731
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
2,253
             
2,537
         
                                 
Chemicals
                               
Segment Earnings
   
180
             
144
         
Add:
                               
No significant items affecting earnings
   
-
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
180
             
144
         
                                 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
                               
Segment Earnings
   
75
             
70
         
Add:
                               
No significant items affecting earnings
   
-
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
75
             
70
         
                                 
Total Segment Core Results
   
2,508
             
2,751
         
                                 
Corporate
                               
Corporate Results --
                               
Non Segment *
   
(441
)
           
(1,117
)
       
Add:
                               
Litigation reserves
   
20
             
-
         
Tax effect of pre-tax adjustments
   
(636
)
           
-
         
Discontinued operations, net **
   
28
             
7
         
                                 
Corporate Core Results - Non Segment
   
(1,029
)
           
(1,110
)
       
                                 
TOTAL CORE RESULTS
 
$
1,479
   
$
1.83
   
$
1,641
   
$
2.02
 
                                 
 *  Interest expense, income taxes, G&A expense and other.
** Amounts shown after tax.
 
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Attachment 4
                                 
SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS AFFECTING EARNINGS (continued)
                                 
   
Twelve Months
($ millions, except per-share amounts)
 
2012
 
Diluted
EPS
 
2011
 
Diluted
EPS
TOTAL REPORTED EARNINGS
 
$
4,598
   
$
5.67
   
$
6,771
   
$
8.32
 
                                 
Oil and Gas
                               
Segment Earnings
 
$
7,095
           
$
10,241
         
Add:
                               
Asset impairments and related items
   
1,731
             
-
         
Libya exploration write-off
   
-
             
35
         
Gain on sale of Colombia pipeline interest
   
-
             
(22
)
       
Foreign tax
   
-
             
29
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
8,826
             
10,283
         
                                 
Chemicals
                               
Segment Earnings
   
720
             
861
         
Add:
                               
No significant items affecting earnings
   
-
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
720
             
861
         
                                 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
                               
Segment Earnings
   
439
             
448
         
Add:
                               
No significant items affecting earnings
   
-
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
439
             
448
         
                                 
Total Segment Core Results
   
9,985
             
11,592
         
                                 
Corporate
                               
Corporate Results --
                               
Non Segment *
   
(3,656
)
           
(4,779
)
       
Add:
                               
Litigation reserves
   
20
             
-
         
Premium on debt extinguishments
   
-
             
163
         
State income tax charge
   
-
             
33
         
Tax effect of pre-tax adjustments
   
(636
)
           
(50
)
       
Discontinued operations, net **
   
37
             
(131
)
       
                                 
Corporate Core Results - Non Segment
   
(4,235
)
           
(4,764
)
       
                                 
TOTAL CORE RESULTS
 
$
5,750
   
$
7.09
   
$
6,828
   
$
8.39
 
                                 
 *  Interest expense, income taxes, G&A expense and other
** Amounts shown after tax.
 
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Attachment 5
                                 
SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS - PRODUCTION
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
   
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
NET OIL, GAS AND LIQUIDS PRODUCTION PER DAY
                               
United States
                               
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                               
California
   
92
     
84
     
88
     
80
 
Permian
   
146
     
137
     
142
     
134
 
Midcontinent and Other
   
27
     
19
     
25
     
16
 
Total
   
265
     
240
     
255
     
230
 
                                 
NGL (MBBL)
                               
California
   
21
     
15
     
17
     
15
 
Permian
   
40
     
37
     
39
     
38
 
Midcontinent and Other
   
16
     
18
     
17
     
16
 
Total
   
77
     
70
     
73
     
69
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
                               
California
   
242
     
276
     
256
     
260
 
Permian
   
162
     
167
     
155
     
157
 
Midcontinent and Other
   
396
     
390
     
410
     
365
 
Total
   
800
     
833
     
821
     
782
 
                                 
Latin America
                               
Crude Oil  (MBBL) - Colombia
   
30
     
28
     
29
     
29
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF) - Bolivia
   
12
     
14
     
13
     
15
 
                                 
Middle East / North Africa
                               
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                               
Bahrain
   
4
     
5
     
4
     
4
 
Dolphin
   
7
     
9
     
8
     
9
 
Oman
   
74
     
67
     
67
     
67
 
Qatar
   
71
     
76
     
71
     
73
 
Other
   
36
     
33
     
36
     
38
 
Total
   
192
     
190
     
186
     
191
 
                                 
NGL (MBBL)
                               
Dolphin
   
7
     
9
     
8
     
10
 
Other
   
-
     
-
     
1
     
-
 
Total
   
7
     
9
     
9
     
10
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
                               
Bahrain
   
242
     
180
     
232
     
173
 
Dolphin
   
138
     
181
     
163
     
199
 
Oman
   
56
     
58
     
57
     
54
 
Total
   
436
     
419
     
452
     
426
 
                                 
                                 
Barrels of Oil Equivalent (MBOE)
   
779
     
748
     
766
     
733
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
 
Attachment 6
                                 
SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS - SALES
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
   
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
NET OIL, GAS AND LIQUIDS SALES PER DAY
                               
                                 
United States
                               
Crude Oil (MBBL)
   
265
     
240
     
255
     
230
 
NGL (MBBL)
   
77
     
70
     
73
     
69
 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
   
800
     
833
     
819
     
782
 
                                 
Latin America
                               
Crude Oil  (MBBL) - Colombia
   
30
     
32
     
28
     
29
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF) - Bolivia
   
12
     
14
     
13
     
15
 
                                 
Middle East / North Africa
                               
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                               
Bahrain
   
4
     
5
     
4
     
4
 
Dolphin
   
7
     
9
     
8
     
9
 
Oman
   
70
     
66
     
66
     
69
 
Qatar
   
75
     
75
     
71
     
73
 
Other
   
39
     
31
     
36
     
34
 
Total
   
195
     
186
     
185
     
189
 
                                 
NGL (MBBL)
                               
Dolphin
   
7
     
10
     
8
     
10
 
Other
   
2
     
-
     
1
     
-
 
Total
   
9
     
10
     
9
     
10
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
   
436
     
419
     
452
     
426
 
                                 
                                 
Barrels of Oil Equivalent (MBOE)
   
784
     
749
     
764
     
731
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
 
Exhibits
     
99.1
 
Press release dated January 13, 2013.
     
99.2
 
Full text of speeches given by Cynthia L. Walker and Stephen Chazen.
     
99.3
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules.
     
99.4
 
Earnings Conference Call Slides.
     
99.5
 
Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure for Earnings Release Presentation Materials.
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
 
(Registrant)
 
     
     
DATE:  January 31, 2013
/s/ ROY PINECI
 
 
Roy Pineci, Vice President, Controller
 
 
and Principal Accounting Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(d)
 
Exhibits
     
99.1
 
Press release dated January 31, 2013.
     
99.2
 
Full text of speeches given by Cynthia L. Walker and Stephen Chazen.
     
99.3
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules.
     
99.4
 
Earnings Conference Call Slides.
     
99.5
 
Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure for Earnings Release Presentation Materials.
ex99_1-20130131.htm
EXHIBIT 99.1


For Immediate Release: January 31, 2013

Occidental Petroleum Announces 4th Quarter and 12 Months of 2012 Income

 
 
Q4 2012 record total company oil and gas production of 779,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day
 
Q4 2012 domestic daily oil and gas production of 475,000 barrels of oil equivalent, a record for the ninth consecutive quarter
 
Q4 2012 core earnings of $1.5 billion, or $1.83 per diluted share

 
LOS ANGELES, January 31, 2013 -- Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) announced core income of $1.5 billion ($1.83 per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $1.6 billion ($2.02 per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2011.  In the fourth quarter of 2012, we recorded after-tax charges of $1.1 billion or $1.41 per diluted share, almost all of which was related to the impairment of gas assets in the Midcontinent.  Net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 after this charge was $336 million ($0.42 per diluted share), compared with $1.6 billion ($2.01 per diluted share) for the same period of 2011.
Core income was $5.8 billion ($7.09 per diluted share) for the year 2012, compared with $6.8 billion ($8.39 per diluted share) for 2011.  Net income for the twelve months of 2012 was $4.6 billion ($5.67 per diluted share), compared with $6.8 billion ($8.32 per diluted share) for 2011.
In announcing the results, Stephen I. Chazen, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Our fourth quarter domestic production of 475,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, of which 342,000 barrels per day was liquids, set a record for the ninth consecutive quarter.  Our total company production for all of 2012 was 766,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, which was 5 percent higher than 2011.  Our domestic oil production grew by 11 percent for all of 2012 to 255,000 barrels per day from 230,000 barrels in 2011.
"Fourth quarter core income was $1.5 billion or $1.83 per diluted share.  These results were $0.13 higher than the third quarter of 2012 as a result of higher liquids volumes, higher realized NGL and domestic gas prices and lower operating expenses.  In the fourth quarter, our production costs were $1.04 a barrel lower than the third quarter, with improvements across most units.  The reductions resulted from efficiencies achieved across most cost categories including savings in surface operations, reductions in the use of outside contractors, curtailment of uneconomic down-hole maintenance and workover
 
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activity, as well as related overhead.  Our exit rate on a per barrel basis was well below the total year 2012 and below the fourth quarter 2011 levels.  We generated cash flow from continuing operations before working capital changes of $12.1 billion for the twelve months of 2012 and invested $10.2 billion in capital expenditures."
 
QUARTERLY RESULTS
 
Oil and Gas
 
Oil and gas core earnings were $2.3 billion for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $2.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2011.  Lower 2012 earnings resulted from lower year-over-year prices across all products in the fourth quarter of 2012 and higher DD&A rates, partially offset by higher liquids volumes.  After including the fourth quarter 2012 charges, which will be discussed in more detail on the earnings call, segment earnings were $522 million.
For the fourth quarter of 2012, daily oil and gas production volumes averaged 779,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), compared with 748,000 BOE in the fourth quarter of 2011.
The fourth quarter 2012 production increase resulted from higher volumes of 26,000 BOE per day from domestic operations and 5,000 BOE per day from international production.  The international increase included higher production in Iraq, Bahrain and Libya, partially offset by lower volumes from Dolphin, resulting from the full cost recovery of pre-startup capital, and in Yemen due to the Masila field contract expiration.
Daily sales volumes increased from 749,000 BOE in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 784,000 BOE in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Oxy’s realized price for worldwide crude oil was $96.19 per barrel for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $99.62 per barrel for the fourth quarter of 2011.  The fourth quarter of 2012 realized oil price represents 109 percent of the average WTI and 87 percent of the average Brent price. Worldwide NGL prices were $45.08 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $55.25 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2011.  Domestic gas prices decreased 14 percent from $3.59 per MCF in the fourth quarter of 2011 to $3.09 per MCF for the fourth quarter of 2012.
Fourth quarter 2012 realized prices were higher than third quarter 2012 prices for worldwide NGLs and domestic natural gas but were slightly lower for worldwide crude oil.  On a sequential quarterly basis, prices increased 11 percent for NGLs and 25 percent for domestic natural gas and decreased less than 1 percent for worldwide crude oil.
 
Chemical
 
Chemical segment earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 were $180 million, compared with $144 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.  The increase was primarily the
 
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result of higher export volumes for caustic soda and vinyl chloride monomer and lower ethylene costs.
 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
 
Midstream segment earnings were $75 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $70 million for the fourth quarter of 2011.
 
TWELVE-MONTH RESULTS
 
Oil and Gas
 
Oil and gas core earnings were $8.8 billion for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $10.3 billion for the same period of 2011.  The decrease in 2012 reflected lower NGL and natural gas prices, higher operating costs, exploration expense and DD&A rates, partially offset by higher oil prices and domestic volumes.  Segment earnings, after including the fourth quarter charges, were $7.1 billion for 2012, compared with $10.2 billion for 2011.
Oil and gas production volumes for the twelve months were 766,000 BOE per day for 2012, compared with 733,000 BOE per day for the same period in 2011.  Year-over-year, Oxy's domestic production increased by 9 percent, while total company production increased by 5 percent.  Dolphin's full cost recovery of pre-startup capital, which reduced production, was the only operation where production sharing and similar contracts had an appreciable effect.
The twelve-month 2012 production increase resulted from 37,000 BOE per day in higher domestic volumes, partially offset by lower volumes in the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.
Daily sales volumes were 764,000 BOE in the twelve months of 2012, compared with 731,000 BOE for the same period in 2011.
Oxy's realized prices improved for crude oil but declined for natural gas and NGLs on a year-over-year basis.  Worldwide crude oil prices were $99.87 per barrel for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $97.92 per barrel for the twelve months of 2011.  Worldwide NGL prices were $45.18 per barrel for the year 2012, compared with $55.53 per barrel for the year 2011.  Domestic gas prices declined 35 percent, from $4.06 per MCF in the twelve months of 2011 to $2.62 per MCF in the twelve months of 2012.
 
Chemical
 
Chemical segment earnings were $720 million for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $861 million for the same period in 2011.  The reduction was primarily a result of lower margins due to weaker economic conditions in Europe and Asia, and increased competitive activity from these regions.  The calcium chloride and potassium
 
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hydroxide businesses were also negatively impacted by an extremely mild winter and drought conditions in the United States.
 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
 
Midstream segment earnings were $439 million for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $448 million for the same period in 2011.
 
About Oxy
 
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Middle East/North Africa and Latin America regions.  Oxy is one of the largest U.S. oil and gas companies, based on equity market capitalization. Oxy's wholly owned subsidiary OxyChem manufactures and markets chlor-alkali products and vinyls.  Oxy is committed to safeguarding the environment, protecting the safety and health of employees and neighboring communities and upholding high standards of social responsibility in all of the company's worldwide operations.
 
Forward-Looking Statements
 
Portions of this press release contain forward-looking statements and involve risks and uncertainties that could materially affect expected results of operations, liquidity, cash flows and business prospects. Factors that could cause results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: global commodity pricing fluctuations; supply and demand considerations for Occidental’s products; general domestic political and regulatory approval conditions; higher-than-expected costs; international political conditions; not successfully completing, or any material delay of, any development of new fields, expansion projects, capital expenditures, efficiency-improvement projects, acquisitions or dispositions; potential failure to achieve expected production from existing and future oil and gas development projects or acquisitions; exploration risks such as drilling unsuccessful wells; any changes in general economic conditions domestically or internationally; the ability to attract trained engineers; potential liability for remedial actions under existing or future environmental regulations and litigation; potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation; potential disruption or interruption of Occidental’s production or manufacturing or damage to facilities due to accidents, chemical releases, labor unrest, weather, natural disasters, political events or insurgent activity; failure of risk management; changes in law or regulations; or changes in tax rates. Words such as "estimate", "project", "predict", "will", "would", "should", "could", "may", "might", "anticipate", "plan", "intend", "believe", "expect", "aim", "goal", "target", "objective", "likely" or similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes generally indicate forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
 
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of this report. Unless legally required, Occidental does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Material risks that may affect Occidental’s results of operations and financial position appear in Part 1, Item 1A "Risk Factors" of the 2011 Form 10-K.
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Contacts:
 
Melissa E. Schoeb (media)
melissa_schoeb@oxy.com
310-443-6504
 
or
 
Chris Stavros (investors)
chris_stavros@oxy.com
212-603-8184
 
For further analysis of Occidental's quarterly performance, please visit the
website: www.oxy.com
 
 
 
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Attachment 1
                                 
SUMMARY OF SEGMENT NET SALES AND EARNINGS
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
($ millions, except per-share amounts)
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
SEGMENT NET SALES
                               
Oil and Gas
 
$
4,874
   
$
4,784
   
$
18,906
   
$
18,419
 
Chemical
   
1,141
     
1,094
     
4,580
     
4,815
 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
   
355
     
338
     
1,399
     
1,447
 
Eliminations
   
(199
)
   
(182
)
   
(713
)
   
(742
)
                                 
Net Sales
 
$
6,171
   
$
6,034
   
$
24,172
   
$
23,939
 
                                 
SEGMENT EARNINGS
                               
Oil and Gas  (a)
 
$
522
   
$
2,537
   
$
7,095
   
$
10,241
 
Chemical
   
180
     
144
     
720
     
861
 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
   
75
     
70
     
439
     
448
 
     
777
     
2,751
     
8,254
     
11,550
 
                                 
Unallocated Corporate Items
                               
Interest expense, net (b)
   
(30
)
   
(25
)
   
(117
)
   
(284
)
Income taxes (c)
   
(249
)
   
(949
)
   
(3,118
)
   
(4,201
)
Other
   
(134
)
   
(136
)
   
(384
)
   
(425
)
                                 
Income from Continuing Operations
   
364
     
1,641
     
4,635
     
6,640
 
Discontinued operations, net (d)
   
(28
)
   
(7
)
   
(37
)
   
131
 
                                 
NET INCOME
 
$
336
   
$
1,634
   
$
4,598
   
$
6,771
 
                                 
BASIC EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
                               
Income from continuing operations
 
$
0.45
   
$
2.02
   
$
5.72
   
$
8.16
 
Discontinued operations, net
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.05
)
   
0.16
 
   
$
0.42
   
$
2.01
   
$
5.67
   
$
8.32
 
                                 
DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
                               
Income from continuing operations
 
$
0.45
   
$
2.02
   
$
5.71
   
$
8.16
 
Discontinued operations, net
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.04
)
   
0.16
 
   
$
0.42
   
$
2.01
   
$
5.67
   
$
8.32
 
AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
                               
BASIC
   
807.1
     
810.7
     
809.3
     
812.1
 
DILUTED
   
807.7
     
811.5
     
810.0
     
812.9
 
                                 
(a) Oil and Gas - The fourth quarter and twelve months of 2012 include pre-tax charges of $1.7 billion related to the impairment of domestic gas assets and related items.  The twelve months of 2011 include pre-tax charges of $35 million related to exploration write-offs in Libya and $29 million related to Colombia net worth tax.   Also, included in the twelve months of 2011 results is a pre-tax gain for sale of an interest in a Colombia pipeline of $22 million.
(b) Unallocated Corporate Items - Interest Expense, net - The twelve months of 2011 include a pre-tax charge of  $163 million related to the premium on debt extinguishment.
(c) Unallocated Corporate Items - Taxes - The twelve months of 2011 include a net $21 million charge for out-of-period state income taxes.
(d) Discontinued Operations, net - The twelve months of 2011 include a $144 million after-tax gain from the sale of the Argentine operations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attachment 2
                                 
SUMMARY OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND DD&A EXPENSE
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
($ millions)
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
 
$
2,510
   
$
2,549
   
$
10,226
   
$
7,518
 
                                 
DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND
                               
AMORTIZATION OF ASSETS
 
$
1,191
   
$
938
   
$
4,511
   
$
3,591
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attachment 3
                                 
SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS AFFECTING EARNINGS
                                 
Occidental's results of operations often include the effects of significant transactions and events affecting earnings that vary widely and unpredictably in nature, timing and amount. Therefore, management uses a measure called "core results," which excludes those items. This non-GAAP measure is not meant to disassociate those items from management's performance, but rather is meant to provide useful information to investors interested in comparing Occidental's earnings performance between periods. Reported earnings are considered representative of management's performance over the long term. Core results is not considered to be an alternative to operating income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
($ millions, except per-share amounts)
 
2012
 
Diluted
EPS
 
2011
 
Diluted
EPS
TOTAL REPORTED EARNINGS
 
$
336
   
$
0.42
   
$
1,634
   
$
2.01
 
                                 
Oil and Gas
                               
Segment Earnings
 
$
522
           
$
2,537
         
Add:
                               
Asset impairments and related items
   
1,731
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
2,253
             
2,537
         
                                 
Chemicals
                               
Segment Earnings
   
180
             
144
         
Add:
                               
No significant items affecting earnings
   
-
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
180
             
144
         
                                 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
                               
Segment Earnings
   
75
             
70
         
Add:
                               
No significant items affecting earnings
   
-
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
75
             
70
         
                                 
Total Segment Core Results
   
2,508
             
2,751
         
                                 
Corporate
                               
Corporate Results --
                               
Non Segment *
   
(441
)
           
(1,117
)
       
Add:
                               
Litigation reserves
   
20
             
-
         
Tax effect of pre-tax adjustments
   
(636
)
           
-
         
Discontinued operations, net **
   
28
             
7
         
                                 
Corporate Core Results - Non Segment
   
(1,029
)
           
(1,110
)
       
                                 
TOTAL CORE RESULTS
 
$
1,479
   
$
1.83
   
$
1,641
   
$
2.02
 
                                 
 *  Interest expense, income taxes, G&A expense and other.
** Amounts shown after tax.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attachment 4
                                 
SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS AFFECTING EARNINGS (continued)
                                 
   
Twelve Months
($ millions, except per-share amounts)
 
2012
 
Diluted
EPS
 
2011
 
Diluted
EPS
TOTAL REPORTED EARNINGS
 
$
4,598
   
$
5.67
   
$
6,771
   
$
8.32
 
                                 
Oil and Gas
                               
Segment Earnings
 
$
7,095
           
$
10,241
         
Add:
                               
Asset impairments and related items
   
1,731
             
-
         
Libya exploration write-off
   
-
             
35
         
Gain on sale of Colombia pipeline interest
   
-
             
(22
)
       
Foreign tax
   
-
             
29
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
8,826
             
10,283
         
                                 
Chemicals
                               
Segment Earnings
   
720
             
861
         
Add:
                               
No significant items affecting earnings
   
-
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
720
             
861
         
                                 
Midstream, Marketing and Other
                               
Segment Earnings
   
439
             
448
         
Add:
                               
No significant items affecting earnings
   
-
             
-
         
                                 
Segment Core Results
   
439
             
448
         
                                 
Total Segment Core Results
   
9,985
             
11,592
         
                                 
Corporate
                               
Corporate Results --
                               
Non Segment *
   
(3,656
)
           
(4,779
)
       
Add:
                               
Litigation reserves
   
20
             
-
         
Premium on debt extinguishments
   
-
             
163
         
State income tax charge
   
-
             
33
         
Tax effect of pre-tax adjustments
   
(636
)
           
(50
)
       
Discontinued operations, net **
   
37
             
(131
)
       
                                 
Corporate Core Results - Non Segment
   
(4,235
)
           
(4,764
)
       
                                 
TOTAL CORE RESULTS
 
$
5,750
   
$
7.09
   
$
6,828
   
$
8.39
 
                                 
 *  Interest expense, income taxes, G&A expense and other
** Amounts shown after tax.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attachment 5
                                 
SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS - PRODUCTION
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
   
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
NET OIL, GAS AND LIQUIDS PRODUCTION PER DAY
                               
United States
                               
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                               
California
   
92
     
84
     
88
     
80
 
Permian
   
146
     
137
     
142
     
134
 
Midcontinent and Other
   
27
     
19
     
25
     
16
 
Total
   
265
     
240
     
255
     
230
 
                                 
NGL (MBBL)
                               
California
   
21
     
15
     
17
     
15
 
Permian
   
40
     
37
     
39
     
38
 
Midcontinent and Other
   
16
     
18
     
17
     
16
 
Total
   
77
     
70
     
73
     
69
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
                               
California
   
242
     
276
     
256
     
260
 
Permian
   
162
     
167
     
155
     
157
 
Midcontinent and Other
   
396
     
390
     
410
     
365
 
Total
   
800
     
833
     
821
     
782
 
                                 
Latin America
                               
Crude Oil  (MBBL) - Colombia
   
30
     
28
     
29
     
29
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF) - Bolivia
   
12
     
14
     
13
     
15
 
                                 
Middle East / North Africa
                               
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                               
Bahrain
   
4
     
5
     
4
     
4
 
Dolphin
   
7
     
9
     
8
     
9
 
Oman
   
74
     
67
     
67
     
67
 
Qatar
   
71
     
76
     
71
     
73
 
Other
   
36
     
33
     
36
     
38
 
Total
   
192
     
190
     
186
     
191
 
                                 
NGL (MBBL)
                               
Dolphin
   
7
     
9
     
8
     
10
 
Other
   
-
     
-
     
1
     
-
 
Total
   
7
     
9
     
9
     
10
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
                               
Bahrain
   
242
     
180
     
232
     
173
 
Dolphin
   
138
     
181
     
163
     
199
 
Oman
   
56
     
58
     
57
     
54
 
Total
   
436
     
419
     
452
     
426
 
                                 
                                 
Barrels of Oil Equivalent (MBOE)
   
779
     
748
     
766
     
733
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attachment 6
                                 
SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS - SALES
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
   
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
NET OIL, GAS AND LIQUIDS SALES PER DAY
                               
                                 
United States
                               
Crude Oil (MBBL)
   
265
     
240
     
255
     
230
 
NGL (MBBL)
   
77
     
70
     
73
     
69
 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
   
800
     
833
     
819
     
782
 
                                 
Latin America
                               
Crude Oil  (MBBL) - Colombia
   
30
     
32
     
28
     
29
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF) - Bolivia
   
12
     
14
     
13
     
15
 
                                 
Middle East / North Africa
                               
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                               
Bahrain
   
4
     
5
     
4
     
4
 
Dolphin
   
7
     
9
     
8
     
9
 
Oman
   
70
     
66
     
66
     
69
 
Qatar
   
75
     
75
     
71
     
73
 
Other
   
39
     
31
     
36
     
34
 
Total
   
195
     
186
     
185
     
189
 
                                 
NGL (MBBL)
                               
Dolphin
   
7
     
10
     
8
     
10
 
Other
   
2
     
-
     
1
     
-
 
Total
   
9
     
10
     
9
     
10
 
                                 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
   
436
     
419
     
452
     
426
 
                                 
                                 
Barrels of Oil Equivalent (MBOE)
   
784
     
749
     
764
     
731
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex99_2-20130131.htm
EXHIBIT 99.2

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

CYNTHIA L. WALKER
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

– Conference Call –
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Announcement

January 31, 2013
Los Angeles, California


Thank you Chris.
Core income was $1.5 billion or $1.83 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to $1.6 billion or $2.02 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2011 and $1.4 billion or $1.70 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2012.  The improvement from the third quarter reflected the effect of higher liquids production, higher realized NGL and domestic gas prices and reduced operating expenses in the oil and gas business, partially offset by lower earnings in the midstream segment.
In the fourth quarter we recorded pre-tax charges of $1.8 billion, representing $1.1 billion after-tax or $1.41 per diluted share.  Almost all of the charges were for impairments in the Oil and Gas Midcontinent business units, over 90 percent of which was related to natural gas properties, which were acquired more than four years ago on average.  While the performance of the properties was generally as expected, natural gas prices have declined by approximately 50% since the acquisitions.  Natural gas and NGL prices

 
 
 
 

used for reserve calculations in 2012 were significantly lower than prices used in 2011, resulting in declines in economically feasible reserves in these properties.  In addition, despite the recent modest increase in gas prices, drilling in many gassy areas remains uneconomical.  As a result, we continue to operate at minimal levels in these areas as we have discussed previously.  The charges related to the natural gas properties reflect the impairment of such properties to approximate fair value.
Net income after the fourth quarter charge I mentioned was $336 million, or $0.42 per diluted share.

I will now discuss the segment breakdown of results for the fourth quarter.
Oil and gas earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012, excluding the charge I mentioned, were $2.3 billion, compared to $2.0 billion in the third quarter of 2012 and $2.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011.  We delivered a quarter-over-quarter improvement, despite the decline in WTI prices, as a result of higher liquids production, higher realized NGL and domestic gas prices and, importantly, lower operating expenses.
Oil and gas production costs were $14.99 per barrel for the twelve months of 2012, compared with $12.84 per barrel for the full year 2011.  Our fourth quarter production costs were $14.95 per barrel, which was $1.04 per barrel lower than the third quarter level.  I would note that these reductions occurred during the course of the quarter and our year-end exit rate on a per barrel basis was lower than the fourth quarter 2011 average and well below the fourth quarter 2012 level, giving us confidence as we begin 2013.  Steve will review the drivers of the improvement and our expectations for 2013 in more detail.

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The fourth quarter 2012 total daily production on a BOE basis was 779,000 barrels, a new record set by the company, and was up 13,000 barrels per day from the third quarter of 2012, and up 4 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011.  Approximately 6,000 barrels, or almost half of the total sequential increase in quarterly production, came from domestic operations, mainly in California and Permian, almost all of which was attributable to higher oil production.
 
Our domestic production was 475,000 barrels per day, an increase of 6,000 barrels per day from the third quarter of 2012 and now the ninth consecutive quarterly domestic volume record for the company.  Production was 6 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2011.  All of the net sequential quarterly increase came from oil production in California and Permian.  Domestic gas production was down slightly from the third quarter, which was offset by higher liquids production resulting from higher yields from our new Elk Hills gas plant.
 
Latin America volumes were 32,000 barrels per day, which was flat compared to the prior quarter and the same period in 2011.
 
In the Middle East, production was 272,000 barrels per day, an increase of 7,000 barrels from the third quarter of 2012 volumes.  Higher spending levels in Iraq and Oman resulted in 8,000 barrels per day higher production.  Dolphin production was lower due to the full cost recovery of pre-startup capital.  Other factors affecting production sharing and similar contracts, including oil prices, did not significantly impact this quarter’s production volumes compared to the fourth quarter of 2011 or the third quarter of 2012.  Details regarding other country-specific production levels are

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available in the Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules we provide.
 
Fourth quarter realized prices were mixed for our products compared to the third quarter of the year.  Our worldwide crude oil realized price was $96.19 per barrel, a slight decrease from the third quarter; while worldwide NGLs were $45.08 per barrel, an increase of about 11 percent, and domestic natural gas prices were $3.09 per MCF, an improvement of 25 percent.
 
Fourth quarter 2012 realized prices were lower than the prior year fourth quarter prices for all our products.  On a year-over-year basis, price decreases were 3 percent for worldwide crude oil, 18 percent for worldwide NGLs and 14 percent for domestic natural gas.
 
Realized oil prices for the quarter represented 109 percent of the average WTI price and 87 percent of the average Brent price.  Realized NGL prices were 51 percent of the average WTI price and realized domestic gas prices were 92 percent of the average NYMEX price.
 
At current global prices, a $1.00 per barrel change in oil prices affects our quarterly earnings before income taxes by $37 million and $7 million for a $1.00 per barrel change in NGL prices.  A change in domestic gas prices of 50 cents per million BTUs affects quarterly pre-tax earnings by about $30 million.  These price change sensitivities include the impact of production-sharing and similar contract volume changes.

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Taxes other than on income, which are generally related to product prices, were $2.39 per barrel for the full year of 2012, compared with $2.21 per barrel for the full year of 2011.
 
Fourth quarter exploration expense was $82 million.  We expect first quarter 2013 exploration expense to be about $90 million for seismic and drilling in our exploration programs.
 
Our fourth quarter DD&A rate was $14.47 per barrel and we expect the full year 2013 rate to be approximately $17 per barrel.
Chemical segment earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 were $180 million, compared to $162 million in the third quarter of 2012 and $144 million for the fourth quarter of 2011.  The sequential quarterly improvement reflected higher caustic soda and PVC prices, partially offset by higher energy and feedstock costs.  The year-over-year increase reflected higher export volumes for caustic soda and VCM and lower feedstock costs.  The chemical segment first quarter 2013 earnings are expected to be about $150 million.  Typical weak seasonal demand, particularly in the construction and agricultural market segments, combined with the recent increases in ethylene and natural gas costs may, however, tighten margins in the first quarter.
Midstream segment earnings were $75 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to $156 million in the third quarter of 2012 and $70 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.  The 2012 sequential quarterly decrease in earnings was caused by lower marketing and trading, foreign pipeline and power generation earnings.
The worldwide effective tax rate on core income was 37 percent for the fourth quarter of 2012.  The rate was lower than the prior quarter and our guidance, largely due to higher proportion of domestic income in the fourth

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quarter than foreign income.  Our fourth quarter U.S. and foreign tax rates are included in the Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules.  We expect our combined worldwide tax rate in the first quarter of 2013 to increase to about 40 percent.
In the twelve months of 2012, we generated $12.1 billion of cash flow from continuing operations before changes in working capital.  Working capital changes reduced our full year cash flow from operations by approximately $800 million to $11.3 billion.  Capital expenditures for the twelve months of 2012 were $10.2 billion, of which $2.5 billion was spent in the fourth quarter.  The fourth quarter 2012 capital spend was approximately $100 million lower than the third quarter 2012, driven by an approximately 12 percent reduction in oil and gas spending, partially offset by increases in the chemical and midstream segments.  The higher capital at chemicals was related to the construction of a new membrane chlor-alkali plant in Tennessee, which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2013.  Midstream capital was higher mainly due to the Al Hosn gas project.  Total year capital expenditures by segment were 80 percent in oil and gas, 15 percent in midstream and the remainder in chemicals.  Acquisitions for the twelve months of 2012 were $2.5 billion, of which $1.3 billion was spent in the fourth quarter on domestic oil and gas properties.  Financial activities, which included five quarterly dividends paid, stock buybacks and a $1.74 billion borrowing earlier this year, resulted in a net use of cash of $850 million.  These and other net cash flows resulted in a $1.6 billion cash balance at December 31.
During the year, we bought about 7.5 million of our own shares at a cost of about $580 million.  Approximately 5 million of the shares were purchased in the fourth quarter at an average price of $76.15.

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The weighted-average basic shares outstanding for the twelve months of 2012 were 809.3 million and the weighted-average diluted shares outstanding were 810.0 million.  The weighted-average basic shares outstanding for the fourth quarter of 2012 were 807.1 million and the weighted-average diluted shares outstanding were 807.7 million.  We had approximately 805.5 million shares outstanding at the end of the year.
Our debt-to-capitalization ratio was 16 percent at year-end.
Our return on equity in 2012 using core results was 14.6 percent and the return on capital employed was 12.6 percent.

Copies of the press release announcing our fourth quarter earnings and the Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules are available on our website at oxy.com or through the SEC’s EDGAR system.

I will now turn the call over to Steve Chazen to discuss our 2013 capital program, year-end oil and gas reserves and provide guidance for the first half of the year.
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Throughout this presentation, barrels may refer to barrels of oil, barrels of liquids or barrels of oil equivalents or BOE, which include natural gas, as the context requires.


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Occidental Petroleum Corporation

STEPHEN CHAZEN
President and Chief Executive Officer

– Conference Call –
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Guidance

January 31, 2013
Los Angeles, California


Thank you Cynthia.
Occidental’s domestic oil and gas segment produced record volumes for the ninth consecutive quarter and continued to execute on our oil production growth strategy.  The fourth quarter domestic production of 475,000 barrel equivalents per day, consisting of 342,000 barrels of liquids and 800 million cubic feet per day of gas, was an increase of 6,000 barrel equivalents per day compared to the third quarter of 2012.  The increase in the domestic production over the third quarter 2012 was almost entirely in oil, which grew from 260,000 barrels per day to 265,000.  Gas production declined 12 million cubic feet per day on a sequential quarterly basis, mainly in the Midcontinent, which reflects the reduction in gas-directed drilling we have mentioned over the past couple of quarters.  Higher natural gas liquids volumes, resulting from better yields from our new Elk Hills gas plant, offset the decline in the gas production.  Our total year domestic production grew from 428,000 barrels per day in 2011 to 465,000 per day in 2012, or

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about 9 percent.  Our total year domestic oil production grew by 11 percent from 230,000 barrels per day in 2011 to 255,000 barrels in 2012.
The company's total daily production reached a record 779,000 barrels per day in the fourth quarter and 766,000 barrels for the full year.  This resulted in a 5 percent increase for the total year.
We have embarked on an aggressive plan to improve our operational efficiencies over all cost categories, including capital – with a view toward achieving an appreciable reduction in our operating expenses and drilling costs to at least 2011 levels in order to create higher margins from our production.
 
With regard to driving efficiencies in our cash operating costs, we are running well ahead of plan.  We recognize that cost efficiency is the result of many decisions that are made at all levels of the organization, in particular numerous decisions that are made at the field level.  All of our business units stepped up to the challenge of reducing our costs and involved their personnel at all levels, from business unit management all the way to field level personnel, to generate ideas to improve cost efficiency and our employees responded.  The business units generated many good ideas, large numbers of which were generated by field level personnel. Many of these ideas have already been implemented and the results are apparent through reductions already realized in operating expenses.  There are still many more big and small ideas that are in the process of being implemented, which we believe will result in additional improvements.  In the fourth quarter, the total company production costs were $1.04 per barrel lower than the third

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quarter amount.  Improvements were realized across most business units, most notably in the Permian and Elk Hills.  The reductions resulted from efficiencies achieved across most cost categories including savings in surface operations, reductions in the use of outside contractors, curtailment of uneconomic down-hole maintenance and workover activity as well as related overhead.  In 2013, we expect to realize further improvements in all of these categories.  We expect our production costs per barrel to be under $14.00 in 2013, which is significantly lower than the 2012 average costs.  Many of the steps already taken during the fourth quarter of 2012, which is only partially reflected in the quarter's average costs, along with additional measures being implemented early in the year, should result in meaningful additional cost reductions in 2013 and beyond.
 
We are seeing strong early results from our efforts toward improving drilling efficiency and cutting our well costs through the simplification of our well design, focusing our activities on fewer geologic play types and favoring higher return conventional activity.  Our goal for 2013 is to reduce our U.S. drilling costs by 15 percent compared to 2012 and we are approximately halfway toward that target with further improvements expected during the next couple of quarters.
We have increased our dividends at a compounded annual rate of 15.8 percent over the last 10 years through 11 dividend increases.  We expect to announce a further dividend increase after the meeting of the Board of Directors in the second week of February.  As a result of our consistent long-term record of growing our dividend, we are proud to have been selected for

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inclusion in Mergent’s Dividend Achievers indices for 2013.  This is a highly regarded series of indices that track companies with strong long-term dividend growth.

2012 Oil and Gas Reserves
We haven't completed the determination of our year-end reserve levels, but based on our preliminary estimates:
We produced approximately 280 million barrels of oil equivalent in 2012.  Our total company reserve replacement ratio from all categories, including revisions, was about 143 percent, or about 400 million barrels.
Depressed domestic gas prices and changes in our plans for drilling on gas properties resulted in negative revisions in domestic gas reserves.  Natural gas reserve revisions represented about 60 percent of the total revisions.  If gas prices recover in the future, a portion of these reserves will be reinstated.   Additionally, we experienced some negative revisions due to reservoir performance.
Our 2012 development program, excluding acquisitions and revisions, replaced about 175 percent of our production with about 490 million barrels of reserve adds.  Our 2012 program, including acquisitions but excluding revisions of prior year estimates, replaced 209 percent of our production.  We believe these latter two approaches are an appropriate way of evaluating the progress of our overall program.
At year end, we estimate that 72 percent of our total proved reserves were liquids.  Of the total reserves, about 73 percent were proved developed reserves.

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I will now turn to our 2013 outlook.
Production
Domestically, we expect oil production for all of 2013 to grow by about 8 percent to 10 percent from the 2012 average.  With lower drilling on gas properties, we expect gas and NGL production to decline somewhat.  Planned plant turnarounds in the Permian CO2 business will cause additional volatility to production in the first half of the year.
Internationally, at current prices we expect production to be lower in the first quarter due to a planned turnaround in Qatar.  Production should be relatively flat the rest of the year compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.
Capital Program
We are currently in an investing phase in many of our businesses where a higher than normal portion of our capital is spent on longer-term projects.  In 2013, we expect to spend about 25 percent of our total capital expenditures on projects that will make a significant contribution to our earnings and cash flow over the next several years.  I have previously talked about the Al Hosn gas project.  We have also started the construction of the BridgeTex pipeline, which we expect will start operations in 2014.  This pipeline is designed to deliver crude oil from West Texas to the Houston area refineries, which will open up additional markets for our oil from the Permian region and improve our margins.  We are also investing in gas and CO2 processing plants to expand the capacity of these facilities to handle future production growth and in a new chlor-alkali plant in the chemical business.
Our overall capital spending is expected to decline by approximately 6 percent in 2013 to $9.6 billion from the $10.2 billion we spent in 2012.  The reduction in capital will come entirely from the oil and gas business where the fourth quarter spend rate was already close to the level planned for all of

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2013.  Almost all of the reductions will be made in domestic operations.  Midstream capital spending will increase mainly for the BridgeTex pipeline.  The 2013 program breakdown is expected to be about 75 percent in Oil and Gas, 11 percent in the Al Hosn gas project, 9 percent in domestic Midstream and the remainder in Chemical.
Following is a geographic overview of the 2013 program:
 
In domestic oil and gas, development capital will be about 46 percent of our total capital program.
     
We expect our average operated rig count in the United States to be about 55 rigs during 2013 compared to 64 rigs in 2012, a decline of about 14 percent.  We have eliminated our less productive rigs to improve our returns.
     
Our total domestic oil and gas capital is expected to decrease about $900 million compared to 2012.  Permian capital should remain flat.  In California, we expect to reduce capital about $500 million from the 2012 level, which represents ongoing well cost reductions and efficiencies, a modest shift toward more conventional drilling opportunities and the constraints of the current environment.  To improve the efficiency of our capital spending in California, we have planned our 2013 program level based on what we know we can execute with our existing and conservatively anticipated permits.  We may revise our program during the course of the year if we can gain more certainty about the environment.  In the Midcontinent, we expect to reduce spending about $400 million from our 2012 level.  We have reduced our activity in higher cost unconventional oil plays, specifically in the Williston and in

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lower return gas properties, mainly in the Midcontinent and Rockies.
     
The modest decline in rig levels, combined with well cost reductions will lead to a decline in overall U.S. oil and gas capital spending compared with 2012.  However, as a result of planned efficiencies we expect to drill a similar number of wells as we did in 2012.   Compared to the 2012 split, we will spend a higher percentage of our 2013 capital on oil projects, and as a result we expect our U.S. oil production to continue to grow this year.
 
Internationally:
     
Our total Al Hosn gas project capital will decline modestly from the 2012 levels, and will make up about 11 percent of our total capital program for the year.
     
While Iraq’s spending levels continue to be difficult to predict reliably, capital in the rest of the Middle East region is expected to be comparable to the 2012 levels.
 
Exploration capital should decrease about 15 percent from the 2012 spending levels and represent about 5 percent of the total capital program.  The focus of the program domestically will be in the Permian basin and California, with additional international drilling in Oman.
 
The U.S. Midstream capital will increase by about $400 million due to the BridgeTex pipeline project.

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Chemical segment capital will be about $425 million, which includes the construction of a new 182,500 ton per year membrane chlor-alkali plant in New Johnsonville, Tennessee that we expect will start operating in the fourth quarter.
In summary, assuming similar realized oil and gas prices to 2012 and our expectation of comparable chemical and midstream segment earnings:
 
We expect that our 2013 program will:
     
generate cash flow from operations of about $12.7 billion; and
     
invest about $9.6 billion in capital spending;
 
In 2012, we returned $2.3 billion in total cash to shareholders, in the form of dividends and share repurchases, excluding the fourth quarter accelerated payout.
 
Our dividends (excluding the fourth quarter accelerated payout) in 2012 were $1.7 billion.  We expect this amount to increase in 2013, on an annualized basis, by an amount comparable to our recent dividend growth rate.
 
We expect that a five dollar change in our realized oil prices will change cash flow from operations by about $450 million.

Now we're ready to take your questions.

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Throughout this presentation, barrels may refer to barrels of oil, barrels of liquids or barrels of oil equivalents or BOE, which includes natural gas, as the context requires.

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Return on Equity and Capital Employed on a Core Income Basis
For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2012
Reconciliation to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
           
 
Reported
 
Core
 
Income
 
Income
RETURN ON EQUITY (%)
11.8%
 
14.6%
           
RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED (%)
10.3%
 
12.6%
           
           
           
GAAP measure - net income
4,598
   
4,598
 
Non-core adjustments:
         
Asset impairments and related items
-   
   
1,751
 
Tax effect of pre-tax adjustments
-   
   
(636)
 
Discontinued operations, net
-   
   
37
 
Total non-core adjustments
-   
   
1,152
 
Core income
4,598
   
5,750
 
           
Interest expense
117
   
117
 
Tax effect of interest expense
(41
)
 
(41
)
Earnings before tax-effected interest expense
4,674
   
5,826
 
           
GAAP stockholders' equity
40,048
   
40,048
 
Non-core adjustments
-   
   
1,152
 
CORE stockholders' equity
40,048
   
41,200
 
           
Debt
7,623
   
7,623
 
           
Total capital employed
47,671
   
48,823
 
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EXHIBIT 99.3
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
Summary
($ Millions, except per share amounts)
       
       
       
       
 
4Q 2012
 
4Q 2011
       
Core Results
$1,479
 
$1,641
EPS – Diluted
$1.83
 
$2.02
       
Reported Net Income
$336
 
$1,634
EPS - Diluted
$0.42
 
$2.01
       
Total Worldwide Sales Volumes (mboe/day)
784  
 
749  
Total Worldwide Production Volumes (mboe/day)
779  
 
748  
       
Total Worldwide Crude Oil Realizations ($/BBL)
$96.19
 
$99.62
Total Worldwide NGL Realizations ($/BBL)
$45.08
 
$55.25
Domestic Natural Gas Realizations ($/MCF)
$3.09
 
$3.59
       
Wtd. Average Basic Shares O/S (mm)
807.1
 
810.7
Wtd. Average Diluted Shares O/S (mm)
807.7
 
811.5
       
       
 
YTD 2012
 
YTD 2011
       
Core Results
$5,750
 
$6,828
EPS - Diluted
$7.09
 
$8.39
       
Reported Net Income
$4,598
 
$6,771
EPS - Diluted
$5.67
 
$8.32
       
Total Worldwide Sales Volumes (mboe/day)
764  
 
731  
Total Worldwide Production Volumes (mboe/day)
766  
 
733  
       
Total Worldwide Crude Oil Realizations ($/BBL)
$99.87
 
$97.92
Total Worldwide NGL Realizations ($/BBL)
$45.18
 
$55.53
Domestic Natural Gas Realizations ($/MCF)
$2.62
 
$4.06
       
Wtd. Average Basic Shares O/S (mm)
809.3
 
812.1
Wtd. Average Diluted Shares O/S (mm)
810.0
 
812.9
       
Shares Outstanding (mm)
805.5
 
811.0
       
Cash Flow from Operations
$     11,300  
 
$     12,300  
 
 
1
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
2012 Fourth Quarter
Net Income (Loss)
($ millions, except per share amounts)
                           
                           
 
Reported
             
Core
 
Income
 
Significant Items Affecting Income
 
Results
Oil & Gas
$
522
   
$
1,731
   
Asset impairments and related items
 
$
2,253
 
                           
                           
Chemical
 
180
                 
180
 
                           
Midstream, marketing and other
 
75
                 
75
 
                           
Corporate
                         
Interest expense, net
 
(30
)
               
(30
)
                           
Other
 
(134
)
   
20
   
Litigation reserves
   
(114
)
                           
Taxes
 
(249
)
   
(636
)
 
Tax effect of adjustments
   
(885
)
                           
                           
Income from continuing operations
 
          364
     
1,115
         
1,479
 
Discontinued operations, net of tax
 
(28
)
   
28
   
Discontinued operations, net
   
-   
 
Net Income
$
336
   
$
1,143
       
$
1,479
 
                           
                           
Basic Earnings Per Common Share
                         
Income from continuing operations
$
0.45
                     
Discontinued operations, net
 
(0.03
)
                   
Net Income
$
0.42
               
$
1.83
 
                           
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share
                         
Income from continuing operations
$
0.45
                     
Discontinued operations, net
 
(0.03
)
                   
Net Income
$
0.42
               
$
1.83
 
 
 
2
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
2011 Fourth Quarter
Net Income (Loss)
($ millions, except per share amounts)
                           
                           
 
Reported
             
Core
 
Income
 
Significant Items Affecting Income
 
Results
Oil & Gas
$
2,537
               
$
2,537
 
                           
Chemical
 
144
                 
144
 
                           
Midstream, marketing and other
 
70
                 
70
 
                           
Corporate
                         
Interest expense, net
 
(25
)
               
(25
)
                           
Other
 
(136
)
               
(136
)
                           
Taxes
 
(949
)
               
(949
)
                           
                           
Income from continuing operations
 
1,641
     
-   
         
1,641
 
Discontinued operations, net of tax
 
(7
)
   
7
   
Discontinued operations, net
   
-   
 
Net Income
$
1,634
   
$
7
       
$
1,641
 
                           
                           
Basic Earnings Per Common Share
                         
Income from continuing operations
$
2.02
                     
Discontinued operations, net
 
(0.01
)
                   
Net Income
$
2.01
               
$
2.02
 
                           
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share
                         
Income from continuing operations
$
2.02
                     
Discontinued operations, net
 
(0.01)
                     
Net Income
$
2.01
               
$
2.02
 
 
 
3
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
2012 Twelve Months
Net Income (Loss)
($ millions, except per share amounts)
                           
                           
 
Reported
             
Core
 
Income
 
Significant Items Affecting Income
 
Results
Oil & Gas
$
7,095
   
$
1,731
   
Asset impairments and related items
 
$
8,826
 
                           
                           
Chemical
 
720
                 
720
 
                           
Midstream, marketing and other
 
439
                 
439
 
                           
Corporate
                         
Interest expense, net
 
(117
)
               
(117
)
                           
Other
 
(384
)
   
20
   
Litigation reserves
   
(364
)
                           
Taxes
 
(3,118
)
   
(636
)
 
Tax effect of adjustments
   
(3,754
)
                           
                           
Income from continuing operations
 
4,635
     
1,115
         
5,750
 
Discontinued operations, net of tax
 
(37
)
   
37
   
Discontinued operations, net
   
-   
 
Net Income
$
4,598
   
$
1,152
       
$
5,750
 
                           
                           
Basic Earnings Per Common Share
                         
Income from continuing operations
$
5.72
                     
Discontinued operations, net
 
(0.05
)
                   
Net Income
$
5.67
               
$
7.09
 
                           
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share
                         
Income from continuing operations
$
5.71
                     
Discontinued operations, net
 
(0.04
)
                   
Net Income
$
5.67
               
$
7.09
 
 
 
4
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
2011 Twelve Months
Net Income (Loss)
($ millions, except per share amounts)
                           
                           
 
Reported
             
Core
 
Income
 
Significant Items Affecting Income
 
Results
Oil & Gas
$
10,241
   
$
35
   
Libya exploration write-off
 
$
10,283
 
           
(22
)
 
Gain on sale of Colombia pipeline interest
 
           
29
   
Foreign tax
       
                           
Chemical
 
861
                 
861
 
                           
Midstream, marketing and other
 
448
                 
448
 
                           
Corporate
                         
Interest expense, net
 
(284
)
   
163
   
Premium on debt extinguishments
   
(121
)
                           
Other
 
(425
)
               
(425
)
                           
Taxes
 
(4,201
)
   
(50
)
 
Tax effect of adjustments
   
(4,218
)
           
33
   
State income tax charge
       
                           
Income from continuing operations
 
6,640
     
188
         
6,828
 
Discontinued operations, net of tax
 
131
     
(131
)
 
Discontinued operations, net
   
-   
 
Net Income
$
6,771
   
$
57
       
$
6,828
 
                           
                           
Basic Earnings Per Common Share
                         
Income from continuing operations
$
8.16
                     
Discontinued operations, net
 
0.16
                     
Net Income
$
8.32
               
$
8.39
 
                           
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share
                         
Income from continuing operations
$
8.16
                     
Discontinued operations, net
 
0.16
                     
Net Income
$
8.32
               
$
8.39
 
 
 
5
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
Worldwide Effective Tax Rate
                             
 
QUARTERLY
 
YEAR-TO-DATE
 
2012
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
REPORTED INCOME
QTR 4
 
QTR 3
 
QTR 4
 
12 Months
 
12 Months
Oil & Gas
522
   
2,026
   
2,537
   
7,095
   
10,241
 
Chemical
180
   
162
   
144
   
720
   
861
 
Midstream, marketing and other
75
   
156
   
70
   
439
   
448
 
Corporate & other
(164
)
 
(110
)
 
(161
)
 
(501
)
 
(709
)
Pre-tax income
613
   
2,234
   
2,590
   
7,753
   
10,841
 
                             
Income tax expense
                           
Federal and state
(293
)
 
286
   
435
   
694
   
1,795
 
Foreign
542
   
569
   
514
   
2,424
   
2,406
 
Total
249
   
855
   
949
   
3,118
   
4,201
 
                             
Income from continuing operations
364
   
1,379
   
1,641
   
4,635
   
6,640
 
                             
Worldwide effective tax rate
41%
 
38%
 
37%
 
40%
 
39%
                             
                             
 
2012
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
CORE RESULTS
QTR 4
 
QTR 3
 
QTR 4
 
12 Months
 
12 Months
Oil & Gas
2,253
   
2,026
   
2,537
   
8,826
   
10,283
 
Chemical
180
   
162
   
144
   
720
   
861
 
Midstream, marketing and other
75
   
156
   
70
   
439
   
448
 
Corporate & other
(144
)
 
(110
)
 
(161
)
 
(481
)
 
(546
)
Pre-tax income
2,364
   
2,234
   
2,590
   
9,504
   
11,046
 
                             
Income tax expense
                           
Federal and state
343
   
286
   
435
   
1,330
   
1,825
 
Foreign
542
   
569
   
514
   
2,424
   
2,393
 
Total
885
   
855
   
949
   
3,754
   
4,218
 
                             
Core results
1,479
   
1,379
   
1,641
   
5,750
   
6,828
 
                             
Worldwide effective tax rate
37%
 
38%
 
37%
 
39%
 
38%
 
 
6
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
2012 Fourth Quarter Net Income (Loss)
Reported Income Comparison
                         
   
Fourth
 
Third
       
   
Quarter
 
Quarter
       
   
2012
 
2012
 
B / (W)
Oil & Gas
 
$
522
   
$
2,026
   
$
(1,504
)
Chemical
   
180
     
162
     
18
 
Midstream, marketing and other
   
75
     
156
     
(81
)
Corporate
                       
Interest expense, net
   
(30
)
   
(34
)
   
4
 
Other
   
(134
)
   
(76
)
   
(58
)
Taxes
   
(249
)
   
(855
)
   
606
 
Income from continuing operations
   
364
     
1,379
     
(1,015
)
Discontinued operations, net
   
(28
)
   
(4
)
   
(24
)
Net Income
 
$
336
   
$
1,375
   
$
(1,039
)
                         
Earnings Per Common Share
                       
Basic
 
$
0.42
   
$
1.69
   
$
(1.27
)
Diluted
 
$
0.42
   
$
1.69
   
$
(1.27
)
                         
                         
Worldwide Effective Tax Rate
   
41%
   
38%
   
-3%
                         
                         
                         
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
2012 Fourth Quarter Net Income (Loss)
Core Results Comparison
                         
   
Fourth
 
Third
       
   
Quarter
 
Quarter
       
   
2012
 
2012
 
B / (W)
Oil & Gas
 
$
2,253
   
$
2,026
   
$
227
 
Chemical
   
180
     
162
     
18
 
Midstream, marketing and other
   
75
     
156
     
(81
)
Corporate
                       
Interest expense, net
   
(30
)
   
(34
)
   
4
 
Other
   
(114
)
   
(76
)
   
(38
)
Taxes
   
(885
)
   
(855
)
   
(30
)
Core Results
 
$
1,479
   
$
1,379
   
$
100
 
                         
Core Results Per Common Share
                       
Basic
 
$
1.83
   
$
1.70
   
$
0.13
 
Diluted
 
$
1.83
   
$
1.70
   
$
0.13
 
                         
Worldwide Effective Tax Rate
   
37%
   
38%
   
1%
 
 
7
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
 
8
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
2012 Fourth Quarter Net Income (Loss)
Reported Income Comparison
                         
   
Fourth
 
Fourth
       
   
Quarter
 
Quarter
       
   
2012
 
2011
 
B / (W)
Oil & Gas
 
$
522
   
$
2,537
   
$
(2,015
)
Chemical
   
180
     
144
     
36
 
Midstream, marketing and other
   
75
     
70
     
5
 
Corporate
                       
Interest expense, net
   
(30
)
   
(25
)
   
(5
)
Other
   
(134
)
   
(136
)
   
2
 
Taxes
   
(249
)
   
(949
)
   
700
 
Income from continuing operations
   
364
     
1,641
     
(1,277
)
Discontinued operations, net
   
(28
)
   
(7
)
   
(21
)
Net Income
 
$
336
   
$
1,634
   
$
(1,298
)
                         
Earnings Per Common Share
                       
Basic
 
$
0.42
   
$
2.01
   
$
(1.59
)
Diluted
 
$
0.42
   
$
2.01
   
$
(1.59
)
                         
                         
Worldwide Effective Tax Rate
   
41%
   
37%
   
-4%
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
2012 Fourth Quarter Net Income (Loss)
Core Results Comparison
                         
   
Fourth
 
Fourth
       
   
Quarter
 
Quarter
       
   
2012
 
2011
 
B / (W)
Oil & Gas
 
$
2,253
   
$
2,537
   
$
(284
)
Chemical
   
180
     
144
     
36
 
Midstream, marketing and other
   
75
     
70
     
5
 
Corporate
                       
Interest expense, net
   
(30
)
   
(25
)
   
(5
)
Other
   
(114
)
   
(136
)
   
22
 
Taxes
   
(885
)
   
(949
)
   
64
 
Core Results
 
$
1,479
   
$
1,641
   
$
(162
)
                         
Core Results Per Common Share
                       
Basic
 
$
1.83
   
$
2.02
   
$
(0.19
)
Diluted
 
$
1.83
   
$
2.02
   
$
(0.19
)
                         
Worldwide Effective Tax Rate
   
37%
   
37%
   
0%
 
 
9
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
 
10
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS
                             
     
Fourth Quarter
   
Twelve Months
     
2012
 
2011
   
2012
 
2011
NET PRODUCTION PER DAY:
                           
                             
United States
                           
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                           
 
California
 
92
   
84
     
88
   
80
 
 
Permian
 
146
   
137
     
142
   
134
 
Midcontinent and other
 
27
   
19
     
25
   
16
 
 
Total
 
265
   
240
     
255
   
230
 
NGL (MBBL)
                           
 
California
 
21
   
15
     
17
   
15
 
 
Permian
 
40
   
37
     
39
   
38
 
Midcontinent and other
 
16
   
18
     
17
   
16
 
 
Total
 
77
   
70
     
73
   
69
 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
                           
 
California
 
242
   
276
     
256
   
260
 
 
Permian
 
162
   
167
     
155
   
157
 
Midcontinent and other
 
396
   
390
     
410
   
365
 
 
Total
 
800
   
833
     
821
   
782
 
                             
                             
Latin America
                           
                             
Crude Oil (MBBL)
Colombia
 
30
   
28
     
29
   
29
 
                             
Natural Gas (MMCF)
Bolivia
 
12
   
14
     
13
   
15
 
                             
                             
Middle East / North Africa
                           
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                           
 
Bahrain
 
4
   
5
     
4
   
4
 
 
Dolphin
 
7
   
9
     
8
   
9
 
 
Oman
 
74
   
67
     
67
   
67
 
 
Qatar
 
71
   
76
     
71
   
73
 
 
Other
 
36
   
33
     
36
   
38
 
 
Total
 
192
   
190
     
186
   
191
 
                             
NGL (MBBL)
Dolphin
 
7
   
9
     
8
   
10
 
 
Other
 
-
   
-
     
1
   
-
 
 
Total
 
7
   
9
     
9
   
10
 
                             
Natural Gas (MMCF)
                           
 
Bahrain
 
242
   
180
     
232
   
173
 
 
Dolphin
 
138
   
181
     
163
   
199
 
 
Oman
 
56
   
58
     
57
   
54
 
 
Total
 
436
   
419
     
452
   
426
 
                             
                             
Barrels of Oil Equivalent (MBOE)
   
779
   
748
     
766
   
733
 
 
 
11
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
         
SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS
         
                             
     
Fourth Quarter
   
Twelve Months
     
2012
 
2011
   
2012
 
2011
NET SALES VOLUMES PER DAY:
                           
United States
                           
Crude Oil (MBBL)
   
265
   
240
     
255
   
230
 
NGL (MBBL)
   
77
   
70
     
73
   
69
 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
   
800
   
833
     
819
   
782
 
                             
Latin America
                           
Crude Oil (MBBL)
   
30
   
32
     
28
   
29
 
Natural Gas (MMCF)
   
12
   
14
     
13
   
15
 
                             
Middle East / North Africa
                           
Crude Oil (MBBL)
                           
 
Bahrain
 
4
   
5
     
4
   
4
 
 
Dolphin
 
7
   
9
     
8
   
9
 
 
Oman
 
70
   
66
     
66
   
69
 
 
Qatar
 
75
   
75
     
71
   
73
 
 
Other
 
39
   
31
     
36
   
34
 
 
Total
 
195
   
186
     
185
   
189
 
                             
NGL (MBBL)
Dolphin
 
7
   
10
     
8
   
10
 
 
Other
 
2
   
-
     
1
   
-
 
 
Total
 
9
   
10
     
9
   
10
 
                             
Natural Gas (MMCF)
   
436
   
419
     
452
   
426
 
                             
                             
Barrels of Oil Equivalent (MBOE)
   
784
   
749
     
764
   
731
 
 
 
12
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS
                                   
     
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
     
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
                                   
OIL & GAS:
                                 
PRICES
                                 
United States
                                 
Crude Oil ($/BBL)
     
87.81
     
94.50
     
93.72
     
92.80
 
NGL ($/BBL)
     
44.54
     
58.85
     
46.07
     
59.10
 
Natural gas ($/MCF)
     
3.09
     
3.59
     
2.62
     
4.06
 
                                   
Latin America
                                 
Crude Oil ($/BBL)
     
97.95
     
100.66
     
98.35
     
97.16
 
Natural Gas ($/MCF)
     
11.56
     
11.63
     
11.85
     
10.11
 
                                   
Middle East / North Africa
                                 
Crude Oil ($/BBL)
     
107.50
     
106.20
     
108.76
     
104.34
 
NGL ($/BBL)
     
49.14
     
29.17
     
37.74
     
32.09
 
                                   
Total Worldwide
                                 
Crude Oil ($/BBL)
     
96.19
     
99.62
     
99.87
     
97.92
 
NGL ($/BBL)
     
45.08
     
55.25
     
45.18
     
55.53
 
Natural Gas ($/MCF)
     
2.35
     
2.76
     
2.06
     
3.01
 
                                   
                                   
                                   
     
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
     
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Exploration Expense
                                 
United States
 
 
$
46
   
$
71
   
$
232
   
$
204
 
Latin America
     
1
     
-   
     
2
     
1
 
Middle East / North Africa
     
35
     
2
     
111
     
53
 
TOTAL REPORTED
   
$
82
   
$
73
   
$
345
   
$
258
 
Less - non-core impairments
     
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
(35
)
TOTAL CORE
   
$
82
   
$
73
   
$
345
   
$
223
 
 
 
13
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS
                                 
                                 
   
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
Capital Expenditures ($MM)
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Oil & Gas
                               
California
 
$
382
   
$
515
   
$
2,029
   
$
1,717
 
Permian
   
424
     
385
     
1,920
     
1,146
 
Midcontinent and other
   
204
     
433
     
1,324
     
1,158
 
Latin America
   
124
     
79
     
309
     
218
 
Middle East  / North Africa
   
638
     
492
     
2,016
     
1,485
 
Exploration
   
108
     
130
     
622
     
421
 
Chemical
   
165
     
116
     
357
     
234
 
Midstream, marketing and other
 
440
     
388
     
1,558
     
1,089
 
Corporate
   
25
     
11
     
91
     
50
 
 
TOTAL
$
2,510
   
$
2,549
   
$
10,226
   
$
7,518
 
                                 
                                 
Depreciation, Depletion &
 
Fourth Quarter
 
Twelve Months
Amortization of Assets ($MM)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Oil & Gas
                               
Domestic
 
$
628
   
$
489
   
$
2,412
   
$
1,754
 
Latin America
   
31
     
23
     
117
     
90
 
Middle East  / North Africa
   
385
     
300
     
1,404
     
1,220
 
Chemical
   
88
     
81
     
345
     
330
 
Midstream, marketing and other
 
52
     
39
     
206
     
173
 
Corporate
   
7
     
6
     
27
     
24
 
 
TOTAL
$
1,191
   
$
938
   
$
4,511
   
$
3,591
 
 
 
14
 
 
Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules
 
 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
 
CORPORATE
 
($ millions)
 
                         
   
31-Dec-12
 
31-Dec-11
                         
CAPITALIZATION
                       
                         
Long-Term Debt (including short-term borrowings)
   
$
7,623
       
$
5,871
   
                         
EQUITY
   
$
40,048
       
$
37,620
   
                         
Total Debt To Total Capitalization
     
16%
       
13%
 
 
15
ex99_4-20130131.htm
EXHIBIT 99.4
 
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call
January 31, 2013
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Highlights
 Core Income - $1.5 billion in 4Q12 vs. $1.6 billion in
 4Q11 or $1.4 billion in 3Q12.
  EPS $1.83 (diluted) vs. $2.02 (diluted) in 4Q11 or $1.70 in 3Q12.
  The improvement from 3Q12 reflected the effect of higher liquids
 production, higher realized NGL and domestic gas prices and
 reduced operating expenses in the oil and gas business,
 partially offset by lower earnings in the midstream segment.
 Pre-tax charges of $1.8 billion, representing $1.1 billion
 after-tax or $1.41 per diluted share.
  Almost all of the charges were for impairments in the Oil and
 Gas Midcontinent business units, over 90% of which was related
 to natural gas properties, which were acquired more than four
 years ago on average.
2
 
 
2
 
 
 
 
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Highlights
 Pre-tax charges of $1.8 billion (cont’d):
  While the performance of the properties was generally as expected,
 natural gas prices have declined by ~50% since the acquisitions.
  Natural gas and NGL prices used for reserve calculations in 2012 were
 significantly lower than prices used in 2011, resulting in declines in
 economically feasible reserves in these properties.
  In addition, despite the recent modest increase in gas prices, drilling in
 many gassy areas remains uneconomical.
  As a result, we continue to operate at minimal levels in these areas.
  The charges related to the natural gas properties reflect the impairment
 of such properties to approximate fair value.
 Net income after the 4Q12 charge was $336 million, or
 $0.42 per diluted share.
3
 
 
3
 
 
 
 
4
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Variance Analysis - 4Q12 vs. 3Q12
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Variance Analysis - 4Q12 vs. 3Q12
 Core Results for 4Q12 of $2.3 B vs. $2.0 B in 3Q12 or $2.5 B in 4Q11
  We delivered a quarter-over-quarter improvement, despite the decline in WTI prices, as a
 result of higher liquids production, higher realized NGL and domestic gas prices and,
 importantly, lower operating expenses.
($ in millions)
 
 
4
 
 
 
 
5
 4Q12 production costs were $14.95 per barrel, which
 was $1.04 per barrel lower than 3Q12.
  These reductions occurred during the course of the quarter and
 our year-end exit rate on a per barrel basis was lower than the
 4Q11 average and well below the 4Q12 level, giving us
 confidence as we begin 2013.
 Oil and gas production costs were $14.99 per barrel for
 the twelve months of 2012, compared with $12.84 per
 barrel for the full year of 2011.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Production Costs
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Production Costs
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
6
       4Q12 4Q11 3Q12
 Oil and Gas Production (mboe/d)   779  748  766
 4Q12 production of 779 mboe/d increased 4% from 4Q11, and a new
 company record;
 ~6 mboe/d, or almost half of the total sequential increase in quarterly
 production came from domestic operations, mainly in California and
 Permian, almost all of which was attributable to higher oil production.
 Domestic production was 475 mboe/d, an increase of 6 mboe/d from 3Q12
 and the ninth consecutive quarterly domestic volume record for the
 company.
  Production was 6% higher than 4Q11.
  All of the net sequential quarterly increase came from oil production in California
 and Permian.
  Domestic gas production was down slightly from 3Q12, which was offset by higher
 liquids production resulting from higher yields from our new Elk Hills gas plant.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Production Volumes
Details regarding country-specific production levels available in the IR Supplemental Schedules
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
7
 Latin America volumes were 32 mboe/d, which was flat
 compared to 3Q12 and the same period in 2011.
 In the Middle East, volumes were 272 mboe/d, an increase
 of 7 mboe/d from 3Q12.
  Higher spending levels in Iraq and Oman resulted in 8 mboe/d higher
 production.
  Dolphin production was lower due to the full cost recovery of pre-
 startup capital.
 Other factors affecting production sharing and similar
 contracts, including oil prices, did
not significantly impact this
 quarter’s production volumes compared to 4Q11 or 3Q12.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Production Volumes
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Production Volumes
Details regarding country specific production levels available in the IR Supplemental Schedules
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
8
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
      4Q12  4Q11
 Reported Segment Income ($mm) $522  $2,537
 WTI Oil Price ($/bbl)   $88.18  $94.06
 Brent Oil Price ($/bbl)   $110.08 $109.07
 NYMEX Gas Price ($/mcf)   $3.37  $3.68
Oxy’s Realized Prices
 Worldwide Oil ($/bbl)   $96.19  $99.62
  -3% year-over-year
 Worldwide NGLs ($/bbl)   $45.08  $55.25
  -18% year-over-year
 US Natural Gas ($/mcf)    $3.09  $3.59
  -14% year-over-year
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
9
 Realized oil prices for 4Q12 represented 109% of the average
 WTI price and 87% of the average Brent price.
 Realized NGL prices were 51% of the average WTI price and
 realized domestic gas prices were 92% of the average NYMEX
 price.
 At current global prices, a $1 p/bbl change in oil prices affects
 our quarterly earnings before income taxes by $37 mm and
 $7 mm for a $1 p/bbl change in NGL prices.
 A change in domestic gas prices of 50 cents per mmBTUs
 affects quarterly pre-tax earnings by about $30 mm.
 These price change sensitivities include the impact of
 production-sharing and similar contract volume changes.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Realized Prices
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Realized Prices
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
10
 Taxes other than on income, which are generally related to
 product prices, were $2.39 per boe for the full year of 2012,
 compared with $2.21 per boe for the full year of 2011.
 4Q12 exploration expense was $82 mm.
  We expect 1Q13 exploration expense to be about $90 mm for seismic
 and drilling in our exploration programs.
 Our 4Q12 DD&A rate was $14.47 per boe and we expect the
 full year 2013 rate to be ~$17 per barrel.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Taxes, Exploration Expense and DD&A
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Segment
Taxes, Exploration Expense and DD&A
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
11
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Chemical Segment
Variance Analysis - 4Q12 vs. 3Q12
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Chemical Segment
Variance Analysis - 4Q12 vs. 3Q12
 Core Results in 4Q12 of $180 mm vs. $162 mm in 3Q12 and $144 mm in 4Q11
  The sequential quarterly improvement reflected higher caustic soda and PVC prices, partially
 offset by higher energy and feedstock costs. The year-over-year increase reflected higher
 export volumes for caustic soda and VCM and lower feedstock costs.
($ in millions)
* Higher energy and feedstock costs
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
12
 Chemical segment 1Q13 earnings are expected to be
 ~$150 mm.
  Typical weak seasonal demand, particularly in the construction
 and agricultural market segments combined with the recent
 increases in ethylene and natural gas costs may, however,
 tighten margins in the first quarter.
 
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Chemical Segment
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Chemical Segment
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
13
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Midstream
Segment Variance Analysis - 4Q12 vs. 3Q12
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Midstream
Segment Variance Analysis - 4Q12 vs. 3Q12
 Core Results for 4Q12 were $75 mm vs. $156 mm in 3Q12 and $70 mm in 4Q11
  The 2012 sequential quarterly decrease in earnings was caused by lower marketing and trading,
 foreign pipeline and power generation earnings.
($ in millions)
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
14
 The worldwide effective tax rate on core income was 37% for
 the 4Q12.
 The rate was lower than the prior quarter and our guidance,
 largely due to a higher proportion of domestic income in
 4Q12 than foreign income.
 Our 4Q12 U.S. and foreign tax rates are included in the
 Investor Relations Supplemental Schedules.
 We expect our combined worldwide tax rate in 1Q13 to
 increase to about 40%.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Income Taxes
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Income Taxes
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
15
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - 2012 Cash Flow
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - 2012 Cash Flow
 In 2012, we generated $12.1 billion of cash flow from continuing operations before
 changes in working capital. Working capital changes reduced our full year cash flow
 from operations by ~$800 mm to $11.3 billion.
($ in millions)
Cash Flow
From
Operations
before
Working
Capital
changes
$12,100
Beginning
Cash
$3,800
12/31/11
Cash Flow
From
Operations
$11,300
$15,100
Beginning
Cash
$3,800
12/31/11
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
16
 Capital expenditures for 2012 were $10.2 billion, of which $2.5
 billion was spent in 4Q12.
  4Q12 capital spend was ~$100 million lower than 3Q12 driven by an ~12% reduction
 in oil and gas spending, partially offset by increases in the chemical and midstream
 segments.
  The higher capital at chemicals was related to the construction of a new membrane
 chlor-alkali plant in Tennessee, expected to be completed by 4Q13.
  Midstream capital was higher mainly due to the Al Hosn gas project.
 Total year capital expenditures by segment were 80% in oil and
 gas, 15% in midstream and the remainder in chemicals.
 Acquisitions for 2012 were $2.5 billion, of which $1.3 billion was
 spent in 4Q12 on domestic oil and gas properties.
 Financial activities, which included five quarterly dividends
 paid, stock buybacks and a $1.74 billion borrowing earlier this
 year, resulted in a net use of cash of $850 million.
 These and other net cash flows resulted in a $1.6 billion cash
 balance at 12/31/12.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - 2012 Cash Flow
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - 2012 Cash Flow
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
17
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
Shares Outstanding, Debt/Capital, ROE & ROCE
 During the year, we bought ~7.5 million of our own shares at a cost of
 about $580 million. Approximately 5 million of the shares were
 purchased in 4Q12 at an average price of $76.15.
 Shares Outstanding (mm)  FY2012  12/31/12
 Weighted Average Basic  809.3
 Weighted Average Diluted  810.0
 Shares Outstanding     805.5 
       FY2012   12/31/12
 Debt/Capital      16%
 Return on Equity*   14.6%
 Return on Capital Employed*  12.6%
Note: See attached GAAP reconciliation
*Using core results
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
18
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
Key Performance Metrics - Production
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
Key Performance Metrics - Production
 Occidental’s domestic oil and gas segment produced record
 volumes for the ninth consecutive quarter and continued to execute
 on our oil production growth strategy.
 4Q12 domestic production of 475 mboe/d, consisting of 342 mboe/d
 of liquids and 800 mmcf/d of gas, an increase of 6 mboe/d vs. 3Q12.
 The increase was almost entirely in oil, which grew from 260 mb/d
 to 265 mb/d.
  Gas production declined 12 mmcf/d on a sequential quarterly basis mainly in the
 Midcontinent, which reflects the reduction in gas-directed drilling we have
 mentioned over the past couple of quarters.
  Higher natural gas liquids volumes, resulting from better yields from our new Elk
 Hills gas plant, offset the decline in the gas production.
 Total year domestic production grew from 428 mboe/d in 2011 to
 465 mboe/d in 2012, or about 9%.
 Total year domestic oil production grew by 11% from 230 mb/d in
 2011 to 255 mb/d in 2012.
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
Key Performance Metrics - Production
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
Key Performance Metrics - Production
+33 mboe/d
production
growth
Total Company
Total Domestic
Total Domestic Oil
+36 mboe/d
production
growth
+25 mb/d
production
growth
19
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
20
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Capital Efficiency &
Operating Cost Reduction Program
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Capital Efficiency &
Operating Cost Reduction Program
 We have embarked on an aggressive plan to improve our
 operational efficiencies over all cost categories, including
 capital - with a view toward achieving an appreciable reduction
 in our operating expenses and drilling costs to at least 2011
 levels in order to create higher margins from our production.
 With regard to driving efficiencies in our cash operating costs,
 we are running well ahead of plan.
  All of our business units stepped up to the challenge of reducing our
 costs and involved their personnel at all levels, from business unit
 management all the way to field level personnel, to generate ideas to
 improve cost efficiency, and our employees responded.
  The business units generated many good ideas, large numbers of which
 were generated by field level personnel. Many of these ideas have already
 been implemented, and the results are apparent through reductions
 already realized in operating expenses.
 
 
20
 
 
 
 
21
 In 4Q12, total company production costs were $1.04 p/bbl
 lower than 3Q12.
  Improvements were realized across most business units, most notably
 in the Permian and Elk Hills.
  The reductions resulted from efficiencies achieved across most cost
 categories including savings in surface operations, reductions in the
 use of outside contractors, curtailment of uneconomic down-hole
 maintenance and workover activity as well as related overhead.
 In 2013, we expect to realize further improvements in all of
 these categories.
  We expect our production costs to be under $14 p/boe in 2013, which
 is significantly lower than the 2012 average costs.
  Many of the steps already taken during 4Q12, which are only partially
 reflected in the quarter's average costs, along with additional
 measures being implemented early in the year, should result in
 meaningful additional cost reductions in 2013 and beyond.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Capital Efficiency &
Operating Cost Reduction Program
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Capital Efficiency &
Operating Cost Reduction Program
 
 
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 We are seeing strong early results from our efforts
 toward improving drilling efficiency and cutting our well
 costs through the simplification of our well design,
 focusing our activities on fewer geologic play types and
 favoring higher return conventional activity.
 Our goal for 2013 is to reduce our U.S. drilling costs by
 15% compared to 2012 and we are approximately halfway
 toward that target with further improvements expected
 during the next couple of quarters.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Capital Efficiency &
Operating Cost Reduction Program
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Capital Efficiency &
Operating Cost Reduction Program
 
 
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Dividends
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Dividends
 We have increased our dividends at a compounded annual
 rate of 15.8% over the last 10 years through 11 dividend
 increases.
 We expect to announce a further dividend increase after
 the meeting of the Board of Directors in the second week
 of February.
 As a result of our consistent long-term record of growing
 our dividend, we are proud to have been selected for
 inclusion in Mergent’s Dividend Achievers indices for
 2013.
  This is a highly regarded series of indices that track companies with
 strong long-term dividend growth.
 
 
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Reserves
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Reserves
 Based on our preliminary estimates of our year-end 2012
 reserve levels:
 We produced ~280 mmboe in 2012.
 Our total company reserve replacement ratio from all
 categories, including revisions, was about 143%, or
 ~400 mm boe.
  Depressed domestic gas prices and changes in our plans for drilling on
 gas properties resulted in negative revisions in domestic gas reserves.
  Natural gas reserve revisions represented ~60% of the total revisions.
 If gas prices recover in the future, a portion of these reserves will be
 reinstated. Additionally, we experienced some negative revisions due
 to reservoir performance.
 
 
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Reserves
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Oil & Gas Reserves
 Our 2012 development program, excluding acquisitions
 and revisions, replaced ~175% of our production with
 ~490 mmboe of reserve additions.
 Our 2012 program, including acquisitions but excluding
 revisions of prior year estimates, replaced 209% of our
 production.
  We believe these latter two approaches are an appropriate way of
 evaluating the progress of our overall program.
 At year end, we estimate that 72% of our total proved
 reserves were liquids. Of the total reserves, ~73% were
 proved developed reserves.
 
 
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Production Outlook
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Production Outlook
 Domestically, we expect oil production for all of 2013 to
 grow by about 8% to 10% from the 2012 average.
  With lower drilling on gas properties, we expect gas and NGL
 production to decline somewhat.
  Planned plant turnarounds in the Permian CO2 business will cause
 additional volatility to production in the first half of the year.
 Internationally, at current prices we expect production to
 be lower in 1Q13 due to a planned turnaround in Qatar.
  Production should be relatively flat the rest of the year compared
 to 4Q12.
 
 
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 Capital for future growth projects:
  The Al Hosn gas project.
  Construction has begun on the
 BridgeTex pipeline, which we
 expect will start operations in 2014.
  Pipeline is designed to deliver
 crude oil from West TX to
 Houston area refineries, which
 will open up additional markets
 for our oil from the Permian
 region and improve our
 margins.
  Gas and CO2 processing plants
 and pipelines to expand the
 capacity of these facilities to
 handle future production growth
  A new chlor-alkali plant in the
 chemical business.
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Capital Outlook
2013 Capital Outlook
 We are currently in an investing phase
 in many of our businesses where a
 higher than normal portion of our
 capital is spent on longer-term projects.
 In 2013, we expect to spend ~25% of our
 total capital expenditures on projects
 that will make a significant contribution
 to our earnings and cash flow over the
 next several years.
 
 
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Fourth Quarter Earnings - Capital Spending
2012 Actual & 2013 Estimate
 Capital spending is expected to decline by ~6% in 2013 to
 $9.6 billion from the $10.2 billion we spent in 2012.
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 Our overall capital spending is expected to decline by ~6%
 in 2013 to $9.6 billion from the $10.2 billion we spent in 2012.
 The reduction in capital will come entirely from the oil and
 gas business where the 4Q12 spend rate was already close
 to the level planned for all of 2013.
  Almost all of the reductions will be made in domestic operations.
  Midstream capital spending will increase mainly for the BridgeTex
 pipeline.
 The 2013 program breakdown is expected to be about 75% in
 Oil and Gas, 11% in the Al Hosn gas project, 9% in the
 domestic Midstream and the remainder in Chemical.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Capital Outlook
2013 Capital Outlook
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Capital Outlook - Domestic Oil & Gas
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 In domestic oil and gas,
 development capital will be
 about 46% of our total capital
 program.
  We expect our average operated rig
 count in the United States to be about
 55 rigs during 2013 compared to 64
 rigs in 2012.
  We have eliminated our less
 productive rigs to improve our returns.
 Our total domestic oil and gas
 capital is expected to decrease
 ~$900 million compared to 2012.
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 Permian capital should remain flat.
 We expect to reduce California capital about $500 million
 from 2012, which represents ongoing well cost reductions
 and efficiencies, a modest shift toward more conventional
 drilling opportunities and the constraints of the current
 environment.
 To improve the efficiency of our capital spending in
 California, we have planned our 2013 program level based
 on what we know we can execute with our existing and
 conservatively anticipated permits.
 We may revise our program during the course of the year
 if we can gain more certainty about the environment.
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Capital Outlook - Domestic Oil & Gas
 
 
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 In the Midcontinent, we expect to reduce spending about
 $400 million from 2012.
 We have reduced our activity in higher cost unconventional
 oil plays, specifically in the Williston and in lower return gas
 properties, mainly in the Midcontinent and Rockies.
 The modest decline in rig levels, combined with well cost
 reductions, will lead to a decline in overall U.S. oil and gas
 capital spending compared with 2012.
 However, as a result of planned efficiencies we expect to
 drill a similar number of wells as we did in 2012.
 Compared to the 2012 split, we will spend a higher percentage
 of our 2013 capital on oil projects, and as a result we expect
 our U.S. oil production to continue to grow this year.
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Capital Outlook - Domestic Oil & Gas
 
 
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 Our total Al Hosn gas project capital will decline modestly
 from the 2012 levels, and will make up about 11% of our
 total capital program for the year.
 While Iraq’s spending levels continue to be difficult to predict
 reliably, capital in the rest of the Middle East region is
 expected to be comparable to the 2012 levels.
 Exploration capital should decrease about 15% from the 2012
 spending levels and represent about 5% of the total capital
 program.
 The focus of the program domestically will be in the Permian basin and California, with
 additional international drilling in Oman.
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Capital Outlook - International & Exploration
 
 
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 The U.S. Midstream capital will increase by about $400 million
 due to the BridgeTex pipeline project.
 Chemical segment capital will be about $425 million, which
 includes the construction of a new 182,500 ton per year
 membrane chlor-alkali plant in New Johnsonville, Tennessee
 that we expect will start operating in 4Q13.
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings -
2013 Capital Outlook - Chemical & Midstream
 
 
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Summary
Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings - Summary
 Assuming similar realized oil and gas prices to 2012 and our
 expectation of comparable chemical and midstream segment
 earnings, we expect that our 2013 program will:
  Generate cash flow from operations of about $12.7 billion; and
  Invest about $9.6 billion in capital spending.
 In 2012, we returned $2.3 billion in total cash to shareholders,
 in the form of dividends and share repurchases, excluding the
 4Q12 accelerated payout.
 Our dividends (excluding the 4Q12 accelerated payout) were
 $1.7 billion.
  We expect this amount to increase in 2013, on an annualized basis, by an
 amount comparable to our recent dividend growth rate.
 We expect that a $5 p/bbl change in our realized oil prices will
 change cash flow from operations by about $450 million.
 
 
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Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call
Q&A
 
 
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EXHIBIT 99.5

Forward-Looking Statements

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