AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 21, 2001
REGISTRATION NO. 333-11897
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 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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Copy to:
STEVEN R. MACKEY, ESQ.
GENERAL COUNSEL
HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.
1579 E. 21ST STREET
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74114
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This filing constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment")
to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number 333-11897) (the
"Registration Statement") of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, declared
effective by the Securities Exchange Commission on September 16, 1996. Pursuant
to this Amendment, Occidental Petroleum Corporation hereby deregisters all
915,000 shares of its common stock, $.20 par value per share (the "Common
Stock"), subject to the Registration Statement and not previously sold by the
Selling Stockholder in accordance with the plan of distribution described under
the caption "Plan of Distribution" set forth in the Prospectus comprising a
portion of the Registration Statement. Any such shares of Common Stock have
become freely tradable pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registration Statement shall have no
further force or effect.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and Rule 478 thereunder,
the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 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 March 21,
2001.
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By /s/ DONALD P. DE BRIER
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Donald P. de Brier
Executive Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary
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