PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Occidental Petroleum

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 35
Rank among all TRI companies: 63
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 680,589
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 3,860,771
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 1,033,289
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 0.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 70%

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This company is rank 77 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 56 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company is rank 97 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
1,2-Dichloroethane	64,394	635,370	480,969	46.55%	17.2%	69.8%
Vinyl chloride	59,665	218,930	203,716	19.72%	18.3%	73.8%
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether	128	52,435	116,126	11.24%	17.9%	74.2%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	121	256,286	72,809	7.05%	17.9%	74.2%
Chlorine	37,057	0	48,826	4.73%	18.9%	58.6%
Chloroform	13,978	100,858	36,919	3.57%	15.2%	50.4%
Carbon tetrachloride	47,649	315,585	24,786	2.40%	14.3%	42.3%
Hexachlorobenzene	7	11,931	19,213	1.86%	17.8%	73.9%
Acetaldehyde	13,299	35,318	14,652	1.42%	19.0%	77.7%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	2,073	1,418,535	11,102	1.07%	17.8%	73.7%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	68,129	0	751	0.07%	17.1%	67.5%
Chloroprene	5	0	657	0.06%	17.5%	72.6%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (Hexachlorobutadiene)	1,971	69,285	376	0.04%	14.4%	43.5%
Benzene	1,910	75	369	0.04%	14.7%	62.8%
Chlorine dioxide	572	0	349	0.03%	13.6%	28.9%
Tetrachloroethylene	3,755	281,124	339	0.03%	17.0%	66.2%
Hexachloroethane	386	82,557	309	0.03%	16.4%	61.5%
1,3-Butadiene	714	0	296	0.03%	14.1%	62.4%
Chloromethane	11,608	1,146	230	0.02%	13.7%	31.8%
Trichloroethylene	198	5,352	197	0.02%	16.8%	65.0%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	73,296	40,641	69	0.01%	14.2%	40.9%
Asbestos (friable)	0	0	66	0.01%	13.3%	37.5%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing)	128,361	0	62	0.01%	17.8%	60.5%
Acetophenone	17,038	0	30	0.00%	19.2%	78.4%
1,2-Dichloropropane	79	0	28	0.00%	14.2%	41.7%
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane)	539	442	20	0.00%	16.5%	64.0%
Cumene	6,700	4	10	0.00%	19.2%	78.4%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene)	11,708	2,461	5	0.00%	14.4%	44.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.)	0	8	2	0.00%	16.7%	67.7%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	213	0	2	0.00%	17.3%	71.0%
Lead	24	0	1	0.00%	18.0%	54.2%
Ethylene	86,551	1,028	1	0.00%	15.6%	57.8%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	53	0	1	0.00%	14.6%	62.5%
Propylene	14,346	95,250	0	0.00%	16.8%	70.5%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane	10	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	61.9%
Chlorobenzene	54	59,830	0	0.00%	17.9%	74.3%
Ethylene glycol	173	0	0	0.00%	17.0%	69.8%
Methanol	6,891	0	0	0.00%	18.6%	74.0%
Naphthalene	4	1,251	0	0.00%	16.7%	67.8%
Chloroethane	3,440	628	0	0.00%	15.0%	49.1%
Zinc compounds	11	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	43.5%
Toluene	2,927	0	0	0.00%	16.0%	66.1%
Polychlorinated biphenyls	0	57	0	0.00%	17.9%	74.4%
Styrene	55	0	0	0.00%	13.6%	61.3%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers)	3	1	0	0.00%	14.6%	62.3%
Pentachloroethane	54	173,985	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Isoprene	440	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0	397	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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