AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 12, 1998
REGISTRATION NO. 333-21019
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 95-4035997
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
10889 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024
(310) 208-8800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
DONALD P. DE BRIER, ESQ.
GENERAL COUNSEL
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
10889 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024
(310) 443-6176
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to its Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number 333-21019)(the "Registration
Statement"), Occidental Petroleum Corporation deregisters all shares of
its common stock, $.20 par value per share, not heretofore deregistered
and not previously sold, including those additional shares which became
subject to the Registration Statement in February 1997 and are referred to
herein as the Adjustment Shares. The reason for deregistration is that all
shares which were registered became tradable pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on August 30, 1997, or in the case of
Adjustment Shares, which amount to only 118,275 shares, January 9, 1998. All
shares are now being deregistered. The Registration Satement shall have no
further force or effect.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California,
on February 12, 1998.
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By R. R. IRANI*
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Ray R. Irani
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE
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RAY R. IRANI* Chairman of the Board of
- ----------------------- Directors and Chief
Ray R. Irani Executive Officer
ANTHONY R. LEACH* Executive Vice President
- ----------------------- and Chief Financial Officer
Anthony R. Leach
SAMUEL P. DOMINICK* Vice President and
- ---------------------- Controller (Chief
Samuel P. Dominick Accounting Officer)
Director
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John S. Chalsty
EDWARD P. DJEREJIAN* Director
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Edward P. Djerejian
Director
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Albert Gore
ARTHUR GROMAN* Director
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Arthur Groman
J. ROGER HIRL* Director
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J. Roger Hirl
JOHN W. KLUGE* Director
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John W. Kluge
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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DALE R. LAURANCE* Director
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Dale R. Laurance
IRVIN W. MALONEY* Director
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Irvin W. Maloney
GEORGE O. NOLLEY* Director
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George O. Nolley
RODOLFO SEGOVIA* Director
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Rodolfo Segovia
AZIZ D. SYRIANI* Director
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Aziz D. Syriani
ROSEMARY TOMICH* Director
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Rosemary Tomich
*By: D. P. DE BRIER February 12, 1998
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Donald P. de Brier
Attorney-In-Fact
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