As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2009
Registration No. 333-00285
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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POST –EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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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)
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Donald P. de Brier, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
10889 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
(310) 208-8800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable. Termination of Registration Statement and deregistration of related securities that were not sold pursuant to the Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. o
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Termination of Registration Statement and
Deregistration of Unsold Securities
This filing constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration Number 333-00285) (the “Registration Statement”) of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 1996. Pursuant to this Amendment, Occidental Petroleum Corporation deregisters all 11,540 shares of its common stock, $.20 par value per share, heretofore registered and not previously sold.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 478 thereunder, Occidental Petroleum Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-4 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on May 26, 2009.
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Donald P. de Brier |
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
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