21. Occidental Petroleum Corp.

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation operates as an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East/north Africa, and Latin America.

The company, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, explores for, develops, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas.

It owns oil and gas producing interests principally in California, the Permian Basin of west Texas and New Mexico, and Kansas and Oklahoma; Oman, Qatar, Yemen, and Libya, as well as in the United Arab Emirates through a partnership with Dolphin Energy Limited; and Colombia and Argentina.

As of December 31, 2007, the company had proved reserves of approximately 2,866 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, OxyChem, manufactures and markets chlor-alkali products and vinyls in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Chile.

The company was founded in 1920 and is based in Los Angels, California.

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Ray R.Irani, 73
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