Company: OXY-WT
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000797468-25-000054
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Company: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: DEF 14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

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| 2025Proxy Statement |
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Message from the Board of Directors Dear Shareholders, We cordially invite you to attend Occidental’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders ( 2025 Annual Meeting). The meeting will be held via live webcast on Friday , May 2, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time . A meeting agenda and details follow, as well as voting instructions. You will be able to participate in the 2025 Annual Meeting online at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/OXY2025 and may submit questions and vote your shares electronically (other than shares held through our employee benefit plans, which must be voted prior to the meeting). The attached Notice of the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and proxy statement provide details on how to join the meeting and the business we plan to conduct.

| 2024 was an exciting year for Occidental with the closing of theCrownRock acquisition, record employee safety performance, theexceptional progress made on STRATOS, Occidental’s firstcommercial-scale direct air capture (DAC) facility being built in EctorCounty,