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Occidental Petroleum

Rank in Toxic 100: 34
Rank among all TRI companies: 57
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 609,924
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 4,002,188
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 1,044,798
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 70%

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This company is rank 80 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 46 on the Greenhouse 100 list.
This company is rank 97 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list.

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Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 110,651 0 48 0.00% 17.8% 57.9%
Ethylene 74,057 6,171 1 0.00% 16.0% 60.1%
Vinyl chloride 67,078 168,678 227,194 21.75% 18.4% 74.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 61,835 0 639 0.06% 17.0% 66.7%
Carbon tetrachloride 58,117 375,805 30,167 2.89% 14.4% 42.5%
1,2-Dichloroethane 55,404 630,090 440,199 42.13% 17.2% 69.7%
Chlorine 37,593 4 49,506 4.74% 18.7% 58.3%
Acetophenone 18,025 11 31 0.00% 19.2% 78.4%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 15,869 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 61.9%
Acetaldehyde 15,562 19,207 16,849 1.61% 18.8% 77.3%
Propylene 14,378 211,939 1 0.00% 17.3% 72.3%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 13,819 1,958 6 0.00% 14.4% 44.2%
Chloroform 13,716 57,503 36,024 3.45% 15.1% 49.8%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 12,166 57,453 10 0.00% 13.7% 36.0%
Methanol 7,227 11 0 0.00% 18.7% 74.4%
Cumene 7,138 1 10 0.00% 19.2% 78.4%
Chloromethane 5,380 714 93 0.01% 13.9% 36.1%
Chloroethane 5,117 2 0 0.00% 14.8% 47.4%
Tetrachloroethylene 4,404 313,275 442 0.04% 17.1% 66.9%
Toluene 3,845 0 0 0.00% 16.2% 66.5%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 2,178 1,429,957 13,215 1.26% 17.9% 73.9%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (Hexachlorobutadiene) 2,010 70,079 378 0.04% 14.4% 43.4%
Benzene 1,974 39 359 0.03% 14.8% 63.0%
1,3-Butadiene 599 0 234 0.02% 14.1% 62.5%
Hexachloroethane 404 50,660 339 0.03% 16.5% 62.2%
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane) 234 414 16 0.00% 17.2% 70.7%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 211 0 2 0.00% 17.2% 70.9%
Ethylene glycol 194 0 0 0.00% 17.0% 69.8%
Trichloroethylene 160 1,494 141 0.01% 16.6% 63.6%
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether 129 56,186 124,643 11.93% 17.9% 74.3%
1,2-Dichloropropane 117 0 40 0.00% 14.2% 41.7%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 110 276,028 91,353 8.74% 17.9% 74.4%
Pentachloroethane 54 205,975 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Styrene 48 0 0 0.00% 13.6% 61.3%
Lead 30 0 2 0.00% 18.1% 53.6%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 26 0 0 0.00% 15.9% 65.7%
Zinc compounds 17 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 43.5%
Chlorobenzene 14 63,344 0 0.00% 17.9% 74.5%
Lead compounds 11 0 22 0.00% 17.5% 71.9%
Hexachlorobenzene 11 5,085 12,134 1.16% 17.8% 73.2%
Chloroprene 5 0 670 0.06% 17.5% 72.6%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 4 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 61.9%
Chlorine dioxide 2 0 1 0.00% 13.6% 28.9%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers) 2 0 0 0.00% 14.7% 62.7%
Asbestos (friable) 0 0 29 0.00% 13.3% 37.5%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like 0 9 0 0.00% 16.8% 66.9%
Polychlorinated biphenyls 0 98 0 0.00% 17.9% 74.5%

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