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Occidental Petroleum Declares Dividend

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10, 2000 -- Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) said today that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.25 per share of common stock payable April 15, 2000, to stockholders of record on March 10, 2000.

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