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Occidental Petroleum (OXY · NYSE)

Large independent — HQ United States. Oil & gas valuation, proved reserves, production, break-even, net-asset-value and jurisdiction-risk screen.
Category Large independentRegion N. AmericaCEO Vicki Hollub (2016)Jurisdiction risk Low (28)

Overview

Assets span a US onshore/offshore core plus MENA: Permian Delaware and Midland (expanded by the ~$12bn CrownRock deal, 2024), DJ Basin, and a long-life Gulf of Mexico position; internationally Oman, UAE Al Hosn sour-gas JV, and Algeria. Beyond upstream, OxyChem is a top-tier US chlor-alkali/PVC producer (~$1bn+/yr) and 1PointFive is building the Stratos direct air capture facility.

Balance sheet is the central story: heavy debt from Anadarko + CrownRock leaves net debt ~$24bn, with active deleveraging; a ~$8.5bn Berkshire preferred (8% coupon) and Berkshire's ~28% common stake shape capital allocation and cap buybacks. Under CEO Vicki Hollub the priority is debt reduction and Permian FCF; valuation screens mid-single-digit EV/EBITDA on leverage/preferred overhang.

Valuation snapshot (FY2025)

Market cap
$57.0bn
Enterprise value
$69.8bn
EV / EBITDA
6.0x
P / E
35.6x
FCF yield
7.2%
Dividend yield
1.8%
ROACE
9%
Debt / equity
81%
Net debt / EBITDA
1.7x
EV / reserves
$15.17/boe
EV / flowing
$49k/boe/d
Free cash flow
$4.1bn

Its EV/EBITDA of 6.0x is above the 5.9x median across the 142-company universe, the free-cash-flow yield of 7.2% is higher than the 6.5% median, and at $15.17/boe of proved reserves it is richer than the $13.51/boe median.

On a balanced screen across the universe, Occidental Petroleum scores 40/100, strongest on asset quality (50/100). Sub-scores: value 32, quality 50, growth 39, risk 61 (higher = riskier).

Reserves & production

Occidental Petroleum holds approximately 4.6 billion boe of proved (1P) reserves with FY2025 production of about 1,434 thousand boe/d (72% liquids), a reserve life of roughly 8.8 years. Break-even: ~$40/bbl (WTI breakeven (sustain production + base dividend)) — Permian Delaware/CrownRock low-cost inventory; corporate cash-flow breakeven near $40 WTI including capital and common dividend, higher when servicing preferred and debt.

Net asset value (public-source floor)

Using Occidental Petroleum's SEC-disclosed after-tax standardized measure of proved reserves ($30.0bn) less net debt ($20.4bn) gives an equity-NAV floor of about $9.6bn — the current market capitalisation sits +494% versus that floor. Disclosed pre-tax PV-10: $45.0bn. This is a floor: proved reserves only, excluding undeveloped inventory, downstream and other business lines. Omits OxyChem chemicals value, midstream/marketing, 1PointFive DAC optionality, and undeveloped Permian inventory beyond booked proved.

Jurisdiction risk · production-weighted country risk

28 /100
Low jurisdiction risk
Production-weighted average of the country scores below (0 = safest, 100 = riskiest).
Country / regionProd. shareCountry riskKey jurisdiction risk
United States80%23Stable, deep; federal-lands leasing and permitting policy swings.
Oman8%41Stable Gulf; mature fields, EOR-dependent, fiscal reform.
UAE6%26Stable; ADNOC-led concessions, limited foreign equity share.
Algeria6%71State-dominated Sonatrach; nationalist fiscal terms, contract renegotiation risk.
How this is scored. Each country's risk (0–100) is anchored to two named public indices — the OECD Country Risk Classification (0–7 official export-credit country risk) and the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (Political Stability & Absence of Violence percentile) — blended 55/45 and rescaled to 0–100. A company's jurisdiction risk is the production-weighted average across the countries where it operates. This is a pure country measure, kept separate from company & financial risk (leverage, governance). Source: OECD Country Risk Classification (CRC) as of 24 July 2025, sourced via the German Federal Export Credit Guarantees (exportkreditgarantien.de) which applies the OECD consensus country risk category directly (values 0-7; 0 = lowest risk). High-income OECD members are not individually rated by the OECD and are set to crc=0 per the model spec (US, UK, Norway, Canada, Australia, Japan, NZ, and most of Europe incl. OECD members Israel, Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Lithuania, Ireland). 'ps' = World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) 'Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism' percentile rank, latest available (2023 vintage), 0-100 with higher = more stable; ps values are best sourced estimates rounded to the WGI percentile scale. Yemen not on OECD list ('./.') so crc estimated at 7. Iraq-Kurdistan and Falklands are non-standard model rows using judgment, not official OECD entries..

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Key assets & projects

AssetLocationTypeNotes
Permian Delaware BasinUnited StatesUnconventional oilCore low-cost growth engine, primary FCF driver
CrownRock (Midland Basin)United StatesUnconventional oil~$12bn acquisition closed Aug 2024; ~170k boe/d added
DJ Basin / RockiesUnited StatesUnconventional oil/gasColorado; subject to regulatory constraints
Gulf of Mexico (Caesar/Tonga)United StatesDeepwater oilLong-life, high-margin offshore barrels
Oman Blocks 9/53/62OmanConventional oilLong-standing international cash flow
Al Hosn / Shah GasUnited Arab EmiratesSour gas/condensateJV with ADNOC; expansion underway
Algeria (Berkine)AlgeriaConventional oilContract renewed/expanded in recent years
Stratos DACUnited StatesDirect air capture1PointFive; first large-scale DAC, phased startup

Five-year trend (FY2021–FY2025)

Metric20212022202320242025
Production (mboe/d)11691177123413341434
Proved reserves (bnboe)3.503.804.004.604.60
Revenue ($bn)26.337.028.326.921.6
EBITDA ($bn)12.018.512.512.011.7
Net income ($bn)1.512.53.42.41.6
Free cash flow ($bn)4.012.34.53.64.1

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Sources

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