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Updated Aug 6, 2026
OXY targets $4B annual sustainable cash flow uplift by 2030 on structural cost cuts, declining sustaining capital, and accelerated deleveraging.
Occidental's Q2 2026 earnings call centered on a new long-term cash flow improvement framework targeting $4 billion in annual sustainable cash flow growth by 2030 relative to 2025, driven by operational cost efficiencies, a projected decline rate reduction from 25% to 20%, and $740 million in annualized interest savings from debt reduction — not production growth. Free cash flow of approximately $3 billion in Q2 was the highest since Q3 2022, and principal debt fell to $11.8 billion, the lowest since Q2 2019. Management explicitly subordinated share repurchases to preferred equity redemption in August 2029, reframing the capital return hierarchy with unusual specificity.
Tone: bullishRevenue
$21.6B
OXY 10-K · FY 2025
Revenue FY2024
$26.7B
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Profile
OXY 10-K Item 1 · Feb 18, 2026Occidental Petroleum is a Houston-based integrated energy company operating oil and gas exploration and production alongside midstream and marketing assets. The company also develops carbon management and storage solutions, including direct air capture and CCUS technologies. In January 2026, Occidental completed the sale of its chemicals subsidiary OxyChem to Berkshire Hathaway for $9.7 billion, sharpening its focus on upstream and low-carbon businesses.
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The Company is focused on delivering a unique shareholder value proposition with its portfolio of oil and gas and midstream and marketing assets, as well as its ongoing development of carbon management and storage solutions and GHG emissions reduction efforts. The Company conducts its operations with a priority on HSE, sustainability and social responsibility. In order to maximize shareholder returns, the Company will: Maintain production base to preserve asset base integrity and longevity; Deliver a sustainable and growing dividend; Prioritize excess cash flow and proceeds from divestitures, including the OxyChem Transaction, for deleveraging until principal debt is approximately $14.3 billion, after which available cash will be allocated to opportunistic share repurchases and/or further net debt reduction; Enhance its asset base with investments in its cash-generative oil and gas business; and Advance integrated technologies in CO2, power and midstream to enable differentiated resource recovery and value. The Company believes that carbon removal technologies, including DAC and CCUS, can, with incentives necessary for their development and deployment, provide essential CO2 reductions to assist the world's transition to a lower carbon-intensive economy.
Primary products
- Oil
- NGL
- Natural gas
- Midstream and marketing services
- Carbon management and storage (DAC, CCUS)
Business segments
End markets
Geographies
Revenue commentary · FY 2025
Net sales declined from $22.6 billion in 2024 to $22.2 billion in 2025, driven primarily by lower average WTI and Brent crude oil prices year-over-year.
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