THE SPIN-OFF AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
THE SPIN-OFF AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
THE SPIN-OFF AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION	NOTE 1 THE SPIN-OFF AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION The Separation and Spin-off We are an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company operating properties within California. We were incorporated in Delaware as a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) on April 23, 2014, and remained a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental until November 30, 2014. On November 30, 2014, Occidental distributed shares of our common stock on a pro-rata basis to Occidental stockholders and we became an independent, publicly traded company (the Spin-off). Occidental initially retained approximately 18.5% of our outstanding shares of common stock, which it distributed to Occidental stockholders on March 24, 2016. Except when the context otherwise requires or where otherwise indicated, all references to ‘‘CRC,’’ the ‘‘company,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to California Resources Corporation and its subsidiaries, and all references to ‘‘Occidental’’ refer to Occidental Petroleum Corporation, our former parent, and its subsidiaries. Basis of Presentation In the opinion of our management, the accompanying financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to fairly present our financial position as of September 30, 2017 and the statements of operations, comprehensive income, and cash flows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, as applicable. We have eliminated all of our significant intercompany transactions and accounts. We have prepared this report pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States (U.S.) Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to interim financial information, which permit omission of certain disclosures to the extent they have not changed materially since the latest annual financial statements. We believe our disclosures are adequate to make the information not misleading. This Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated and combined financial statements and the notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2017 presentation. On the statements of operations, we reclassified gains on asset divestitures out of other expenses, net. We also moved interest and debt expense, net out of operating income (loss) and into non-operating income (loss).

NOTE 1 THE SPIN-OFF AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The Separation and Spin-off

We are an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company operating properties within California. We were incorporated in Delaware as a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) on April 23, 2014, and remained a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental until November 30, 2014. On November 30, 2014, Occidental distributed shares of our common stock on a pro-rata basis to Occidental stockholders and we became an independent, publicly traded company (the Spin-off). Occidental initially retained approximately 18.5% of our outstanding shares of common stock, which it distributed to Occidental stockholders on March 24, 2016.

Except when the context otherwise requires or where otherwise indicated, all references to ‘‘CRC,’’ the ‘‘company,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to California Resources Corporation and its subsidiaries, and all references to ‘‘Occidental’’ refer to Occidental Petroleum Corporation, our former parent, and its subsidiaries.

Basis of Presentation

In the opinion of our management, the accompanying financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to fairly present our financial position as of September 30, 2017 and the statements of operations, comprehensive income, and cash flows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, as applicable. We have eliminated all of our significant intercompany transactions and accounts.

We have prepared this report pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States (U.S.) Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to interim financial information, which permit omission of certain disclosures to the extent they have not changed materially since the latest annual financial statements. We believe our disclosures are adequate to make the information not misleading. This Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated and combined financial statements and the notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2017 presentation. On the statements of operations, we reclassified gains on asset divestitures out of other expenses, net. We also moved interest and debt expense, net out of operating income (loss) and into non-operating income (loss).