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              OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION


        PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 15, 1996
           TO PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 13, 1996




     The shares referred to in the attached Prospectus may
be offered or sold by the Selling Stockholders named
therein, or, under certain circumstances, by their
relatives, charitable donees, estates, successors by
testamentary devise or other Permitted Holders under the
Registration Agreement referred to in the Prospectus.  The
permitted charitable donees shall include, without
limitation, Johns Hopkins University.


                                                   



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