Occidental’s U.S. business is focused in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico. Oxy USA Inc. ranks #6 in wells drilled in 2022 with 288 wells drilled in the Mid Continent of the US. OXY USA operated 22 drilling rigs and drilled 132 wells in North America in Q1 2023.
Williams to Build Pipeline for Occidental subsidiary $1.1B Deer Park chemical expansion
OxyChem, a top global manufacturer of chlorine and caustic soda, is contemplating a strategic initiative to modernize and expand its existing chlorine and caustic soda manufacturing complex with more efficient and effective technology. Last week Williams Pipeline Partners had a 14 mile pipeline approved to connect OxyChem Deer Park plant to Bayer plant.
Occidental Air Permit Approved for Mud Plant Located in the Permian
Oxy was approved for an air permit by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a new mud plant located in Odessa. A mud plant is used to manipulate (mix, dilute, treat, adjust) various drilling fluids to be used in wells supported by this Supply Base.
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures
and Weyerhaeuser reach lease agreement for a carbon capture and sequestration project in Louisiana
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) subsidiary and Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced an agreement for the evaluation and potential development of a carbon capture and sequestration project in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
Oxy Permian Basin Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Strategy
Occidental uses EOR processes such as carbon dioxide (CO2) flooding to significantly extend the economic life of producing fields
Occidental U.S. Offshore Facts
Occidental is the No. 4 producer in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico with expansive infrastructure that includes 10 operated deepwater facilities strategically located 600 miles across the Outer Continental Shelf.
Occidental planning to build the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) technology facility in the Permian Basin
Occidental, through its development joint venture 1PointFive, is planning to build the world’s largest DAC facility in the Permian Basin using technology developed by Carbon Engineering. Occidental has been safely and permanently
OXY CEO Rejects USA Carbon Tax
A carbon tax would be bad for a lot of the industry, a carbon tax would be bad for the consumers and especially for those consumers who are more disadvantaged from an economic standpoint
Occidental Petroleum Unused Pipeline Capacity from Permian
Occidental Petroleum Pipeline Permian decline in Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s oil production in the Permian Basin has left the company with so much unused capacity on pipelines to the Gulf Coast that the problem will drive a midstream loss of as much as $750 million this year. Occidental said that total…