Company: OXY-WT
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000797468-25-000029
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Company: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 cyber attacks in the past, it has not suffered any material losses. However, the cyber risk landscape changes over time due to a variety of internal and external factors, including during political tensions, war or other military conflict or civil unrest. There can be no assurance that Occidental’s cybersecurity measures, or the efforts of its partners, will be sufficient to prevent or identify cybersecurity incidents. Although Occidental has implemented controls and multiple layers of security that it believes are reasonable to mitigate the risks of a cybersecurity incident, there can be no assurance that Occidental’s response will be successful or effectively address an incident on a timely basis.

Moreover, laws and regulations governing cybersecurity and data privacy and the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or protected information pose increasingly complex compliance challenges and potential costs, and any failure 

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to comply with these data privacy requirements or other applicable laws and regulations in this area could lead to a loss of sensitive information and result in significant regulatory or other penalties and legal liability.

If in the future Occidental’s cybersecurity measures are compromised or prove insufficient, the potential consequences to Occidental’s businesses and the communities in which it operates could be significant. Occidental could suffer interruptions in its ability to manage its operations and damage to its reputation. As cyber attacks continue to evolve in magnitude and sophistication, Occidental may be required to expend additional resources in order to continue to enhance its cybersecurity measures and to investigate and remediate any digital and operational systems, related infrastructure, technologies and network security vulnerabilities, which would increase its costs. Occidental also may incur large expenditures to investigate or remediate, to recover data, to repair or replace networks or information systems or to protect against similar future events. Disruption to Occidental’s operations, damage to its reputation, and a system failure or data security breach, or a series of such failures or breaches, could materially adversely affect its businesses, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Climate change and further regulation of GHG and other air emissions may adversely affect Occidental’s businesses and results of operations.

Continuing political, social and industry attention to climate change has resulted in both existing and pending international agreements and national, regional and local legislation and regulatory programs to report on and reduce GHG emissions, including emissions from the production and use of oil and gas and associated products as well as the use of or support for emissions reduction technologies. The Biden Administration identified climate change as a priority and issued numerous executive orders, national GHG emissions reduction goals