RNS Number:4920H
Occidental Petroleum Corp
13 February 2003

Letter to: New York Stock Exchange

Dated February 13, 2003

We wish to advise you that on February 13, 2003, Occidental's Board of Directors
approved the time and date for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as 10:30
a.m. Friday, April 25, 2003. The meeting will be held at the St. Regis,  2055
Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, California. The close of business on March 3,
2003, has been approved as the record date for the determination of stockholders
entitled to notice of and to vote at this meeting. Our fiscal year ends
December, 2003.

Letter from:  Occidental Petroleum Corporation



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