Occidental Petroleum

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 38
Rank among all TRI companies: 64
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 880,321
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 2,545,985
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 1,003,902
Percentage of national total 2022 toxic air and incineration score: 0.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 72%

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This company is rank 73 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 57 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	68,625	444,226	493,984	49.21%	17.4%	72.5%
Vinyl chloride	51,437	191,021	188,452	18.77%	17.6%	76.1%
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether	145	88,366	185,202	18.45%	18.2%	76.8%
Chlorine	47,044	0	55,666	5.54%	18.4%	58.7%
Chloroform	8,910	148,256	22,617	2.25%	14.9%	51.9%
Carbon tetrachloride	33,664	529,702	16,567	1.65%	14.0%	43.3%
Acetaldehyde	13,918	46,825	15,248	1.52%	18.0%	78.4%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	124	65,644	10,326	1.03%	17.8%	74.5%
Pentachloroethane	52	46,596	3,313	0.33%	18.0%	75.5%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	170,746	0	3,071	0.31%	17.2%	72.6%
Formaldehyde	34,531	0	2,717	0.27%	16.9%	73.8%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	1,768	422,887	2,003	0.20%	17.6%	73.1%
Hexachlorobenzene	10	1,800	1,254	0.12%	16.7%	66.8%
Benzene	6,048	79	1,046	0.10%	15.4%	63.8%
Chloroprene	5	0	615	0.06%	18.3%	76.8%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (Hexachlorobutadiene)	1,971	145,787	354	0.04%	14.1%	45.9%
Chloromethane	17,054	791	296	0.03%	13.2%	35.2%
1,3-Butadiene	677	0	226	0.02%	15.6%	63.9%
Trichloroethylene	243	3,259	214	0.02%	16.9%	67.1%
Hexachloroethane	375	146,772	164	0.02%	15.1%	53.8%
Naphthalene	2	8,901	147	0.01%	18.3%	77.3%
Tetrachloroethylene	5,360	46,949	146	0.01%	14.8%	51.7%
Asbestos (friable)	0	0	101	0.01%	12.4%	39.7%
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)	142,429	0	67	0.01%	17.6%	61.5%
Acetophenone	18,449	33	31	0.00%	18.3%	79.1%
Hydrogen sulfide	21,442	0	30	0.00%	14.2%	53.9%
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane)	457	267	14	0.00%	16.3%	64.9%
Cumene	7,311	3	10	0.00%	18.4%	79.2%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	11,751	56,888	9	0.00%	13.7%	41.0%
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	2	2	0.00%	17.7%	69.3%
Ethylbenzene	193	0	1	0.00%	14.3%	63.4%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	168	0	1	0.00%	17.4%	73.8%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	50,837	0	1	0.00%	15.1%	69.1%
Ethylene	111,427	1,028	1	0.00%	15.7%	59.2%
1,2-Dichloropropane	2	0	1	0.00%	14.1%	45.9%
Chlorine dioxide	1	0	1	0.00%	13.0%	32.2%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene)	1,213	1,432	1	0.00%	14.5%	50.4%
Propylene	23,484	129,697	0	0.00%	17.5%	73.5%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane	6	0	0	0.00%	15.3%	62.7%
Ethylene glycol	121	0	0	0.00%	17.3%	73.7%
Methanol	14,984	72	0	0.00%	17.5%	74.0%
Chlorobenzene	23	16,747	0	0.00%	18.0%	75.5%
Chloroethane	4,114	1,904	0	0.00%	14.6%	49.7%
Toluene	4,770	0	0	0.00%	16.9%	67.7%
Cyclohexane	3,909	0	0	0.00%	14.5%	69.1%
Zinc compounds	3	0	0	0.00%	14.1%	45.9%
Styrene	49	0	0	0.00%	14.8%	61.8%
Polychlorinated biphenyls	0	49	0	0.00%	18.0%	75.5%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers)	2	1	0	0.00%	15.7%	63.6%
Isoprene	467	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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