As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2009
Registration No. 333-49207
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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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)
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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 pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. o
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
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If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND
DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
On April 2, 1998, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-49207) (the "Registration Statement") registering the offer and sale $150 million of debt securities (the "Securities"). The Company has decided to terminate the offering with respect to the remaining Securities that are registered on the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed in order to deregister all Securities that were registered under the Registration Statement and remain unsold as of the date of this amendment.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Occidental Petroleum Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this 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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Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
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