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Environmental Liabilities and Expenditures (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract]  
Schedule of Current and Non-Current Environmental Remediation Reserves by Categories of Sites
Occidental’s environmental remediation sites are grouped into four categories: sites listed or proposed for listing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL) and three categories of non-NPL sites—third-party sites, Occidental-operated sites and closed or non-operated Occidental sites.

millions, except number of sites Number of SitesRemediation Balance
NPL sites30 $427 
Third-party sites69 298 
Occidental-operated sites16 131 
Closed or non-operated Occidental sites50 267 
Total165 $1,123