Post-Effective Amendment No. 1

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)

 

Delaware

95-4035997

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

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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.

 

 

 

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ DONALD P. DE BRIER

 

 

Donald P. de Brier

 

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary