Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) company profile
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $58.73BP/E 7.9Yield 1.63%
About Occidental Petroleum
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, SIC 1311
Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an energy enterprise focused on the upstream exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbons. Its primary operations are divided into an Oil and Gas segment, which extracts crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas, and a Midstream and Marketing segment dedicated to the transport, processing, gathering, storage, and commercial trading of energy commodities. The company supplies energy products and raw feedstocks to industrial clients, refineries, utilities, and commercial commodity purchasers across global and domestic markets.
The enterprise maintains major operating assets and resource positions throughout the United States, notably in the Delaware Basin, Permian Basin, Powder River Basin, and DJ Basin, alongside international activities in countries including Oman, Qatar, Algeria, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. It also holds interests in midstream infrastructure entities and specialized carbon and clean power ventures. The company is based in the United States and maintains its official web presence at oxy.com.
Summary of the business section of Occidental Petroleum's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Occidental Petroleum Corp
- Founded
- 1920
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX
- Address
- 5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110 77046
- Phone
- (713) 215-7000
- Website
- oxy.com
- Employees
- 6,793, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP, Houston, TX
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- OXY
- Other tickers
- OXY.WT
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Shares outstanding
- 1000M, Jul 31, 2026
- Public float
- $41.40B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 2-for-1, Aug 16, 2006
- SEC CIK
- 797468
- CUSIP
- 674599105
- ISIN
- US6745991058
- FIGI
- BBG000BQQ2S6
- Share class FIGI
- BBG001S5TZG9
- LEI
- IM7X0T3ECJW4C1T7ON55
- EIN
- 95-4035997
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Richard A. Jackson | President and CEO, Director | 450,071 |
| Peter J. Bennett | Senior Vice President | 187,659 |
| Brad Pollack | SVP & General Counsel | 45,085 |
| Christopher O. Champion | VP, CAO and Controller | 147,624 |
| Robert L. Peterson | Senior Vice President | 325,556 |
| Sunil Mathew | SVP & CFO | 233,800 |
| Sylvia J. Kerrigan | SVP & Chief Legal Officer | 181,172 |
| Kenneth Dillon | Senior Vice President | 392,231 |
| Jeff F. Simmons | Senior Vice President | 337,617 |
| Vicki A. Hollub | Director | 1,001,785 |
| Bob Shearer | Director | 66,463 |
| Vicky A. Bailey | Director | 15,490 |
| Andrew Gould | Director | 47,828 |
| William R. Klesse | Director | 223,062 |
| Avedick Baruyr Poladian | Director | 94,575 |
| Carlos M. Gutierrez | Director | 82,651 |
| Kenneth B. Robinson | Director | 15,359 |
| Jack B. Moore | Director | 77,910 |
| Claire ONeill | Director | 16,265 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $18.06M | $11.32M | $6.12M | $252 | $268 |
| FY2024 | $18.54M | $4.28M | $5.82M | $296 | $234 |
| FY2023 | $17.74M | $15.01M | $5.74M | $353 | $235 |
| FY2022 | $14.97M | $59.22M | $5.95M | $367 | $236 |
| FY2021 | $11.07M | $25.21M | $4.90M | $168 | $147 |
| FY2020 | $14.17M | $7.95M | $4.70M | $46 | $68 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Executive compensation, fiscal 2025
Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement
| Executive | Salary | Stock awards | Incentive pay | Other | Total | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicki Hollub President and Chief Executive Officer | $1.60M | $12.30M | $3.20M | $960.98K | $18.06M | -3% |
| Sunil Mathew Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $802.27K | $3.31M | $1.01M | $324.14K | $5.45M | +0% |
| Richard A. Jackson Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | $855.63K | $5.21M | $1.16M | $384.74K | $7.61M | +24% |
| Kenneth Dillon Senior Vice President and President, International Oil and Gas Operations | $834.21K | $3.71M | $1.05M | $431.81K | $6.03M | -3% |
| Jeff F. Simmons Senior Vice President and Chief Petrotechnical Officer | $750.49K | $3.21M | $1.00M | $406.36K | $5.37M | -0% |
Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“The table below shows the regional distribution of the Company’s employees working in continuing operations as of December 31, 2025: … Total 6,793 3,441 67 111 10,412 (a) Other headcount included North Africa, Europe and Asia.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
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