OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 18, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Feb 18, 2026
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
| ☑ | Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | ☐ | Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the fiscal year ended | December 31, 2025 | For the transition period from to |
Commission File Number 1-9210
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization | Delaware | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I.R.S. Employer Identification No. | 95-4035997 | ||
| Address of principal executive offices | 5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110 | Houston, | Texas |
| Zip Code | 77046 | ||
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code | (713) | 215-7000 | |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, $0.20 par value | OXY | New York Stock Exchange |
| Warrants to Purchase Common Stock, $0.20 par value | OXY WS | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☑
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large Accelerated Filer | ☑ | Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Emerging Growth Company | ☐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ | ||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☑
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No☑
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s Common Stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant was approximately $41.4 billion computed by reference to the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange of $42.01 per share of Common Stock on June 30, 2025.
As of January 31, 2026, there were 986,266,656 shares of Common Stock outstanding, par value $0.20 per share.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement, relating to its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| Part I | ||
| Items 1 and 2. | Business and Properties | 3 |
| General | 3 | |
| Human Capital Resources | 3 | |
| Environmental Regulation | 5 | |
| Available Information | 5 | |
| Oil and Gas Operations | 6 | |
| Midstream and Marketing Operations | 7 | |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 8 |
| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 16 |
| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 16 |
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 17 |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 17 |
| Information about Executive Officers | 18 | |
| Part II | ||
| Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 19 |
| Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 21 |
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 52 |
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 54 |
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 125 |
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 125 |
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 125 |
| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 125 |
| Part III | ||
| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 126 |
| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 126 |
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 126 |
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence | 126 |
| Item 14. | Principal Accounting Fees and Services | 127 |
| Part IV | ||
| Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | 127 |
| ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINED TERMS USED WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT | |
|---|---|
| AOC | Administrative Order on Consent |
| Anadarko | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries |
| Andes | Andes Petroleum Ecuador Ltd. |
| ARO | asset retirement obligations |
| ASC | Accounting Standards Codification |
| Bcf | billions of cubic feet |
| Bcf/d | billions of cubic feet per day |
| Berkshire Hathaway | Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a related party |
| Berkshire Warrant | Stock warrant issued on August 8, 2019 to Berkshire Hathaway with a $59.59 strike price |
| BlackRock | BlackRock Inc., which has formed a joint venture with the Company on the construction of STRATOS |
| the Board | Occidental Board of Directors |
| Boe | barrels of oil equivalent |
| CAD | Canadian dollar |
| CCUS | carbon capture, utilization and storage |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CEO | chief executive officer |
| CIO | chief information officer |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| CODM | chief operating decision maker |
| Common Stock Warrants | Stock warrants issued to holders of Occidental common stock with a strike price of $22.00, listed on the NYSE under the symbol “OXY.WS” |
| the Company | Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and/or one or more entities in which it owns a controlling interest (subsidiaries) |
| CROCE | cash return on capital employed |
| CROCEI | cash return on capital employed incentive |
| CrownRock | CrownRock, L.P. |
| CrownRock Acquisition | acquisition of all of the outstanding partnership interests of CrownRock by the Company |
| DAC | direct air capture |
| DASS | Diamond Alkali Superfund Site |
| DD&A | depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| DEL | Dolphin Energy Limited |
| DJ | Denver-Julesburg |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOJ | U.S. Department of Justice |
| DSCC | Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Company |
| ECMC | Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission, formerly the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission |
| EOR | enhanced oil recovery |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPS | earnings per share |
| Exchange Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
| FCF | Free cash flow |
| GAAP | Generally accepted accounting principles |
| GHG | greenhouse gas, primarily including carbon dioxide and methane |
| GOA | Gulf of America |
| HSE | health, safety and environmental |
| IRA | Inflation Reduction Act |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| Kerr-McGee | Kerr-McGee Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries |
| Maxus | Maxus Energy Corporation |
| Mbbl | thousands of barrels |
| Mbbl/d | thousands of barrels per day |
| Mboe | thousands of barrels of oil equivalent |
| Mboe/d | thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day |
| ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINED TERMS USED WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT | |
|---|---|
| Mcf | thousands of cubic feet |
| MMbbl | millions of barrels |
| MMbtu | million British thermal units |
| MMcf | millions of cubic feet |
| MMcf/d | millions of cubic feet per day |
| NAV | net asset value |
| NCI | noncontrolling interest |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NGL | natural gas liquids |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| NYMEX | New York Mercantile Exchange |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| OBBBA | One Big Beautiful Bill Act |
| Occidental | Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation |
| OCI | other comprehensive income |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OLCV | Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries |
| OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OTC | over-the-counter |
| OU | operable unit |
| OxyChem | Occidental Chemical Corporation, a Texas corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries |
| OxyChem Transaction | the sale of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in OxyChem to Berkshire Hathaway pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement dated October 2, 2025, which closed on January 2, 2026 |
| the Plans | the stockholder-approved 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, for certain employees and directors and the Phantom Share Unit Award Plan |
| PP&E | property, plant and equipment |
| PSC | production sharing contracts |
| PUD | proved undeveloped |
| RCF | revolving credit facility |
| Reserves Committee | Corporate Reserves Review Committee |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| RSUs | restricted stock units |
| Ryder Scott | Ryder Scott Company, L.P. |
| S&P 500 | Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index |
| SEC | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Sonatrach | the national oil and gas company of Algeria |
| SPEE | Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers |
| STEP | Strategic Technical Excellence Program |
| STRATOS | the Company’s first large-scale DAC facility in Ector County, Texas |
| TSRI | total shareholder return incentive |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| Waha | natural gas trading hub in the Permian Basin |
| WES | Western Midstream Partners, LP |
| WTI | West Texas Intermediate |
| table of contents | BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES |
Part I
The text of this filing, as the company filed it with the SEC, without its images or exhibits. This is not investment advice.