LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) will hold a conference call on Friday, October 14, 2005, to discuss its acquisition of Vintage Petroleum. The conference call, which will begin at 6:00 a.m. Pacific, may be accessed by calling 1-888-873-8496. The conference call also can be heard live on the company's website, www.oxy.com.
All remarks made during the conference call will be current at the time of the call and will not be updated to reflect subsequent material developments.
Access to presentation materials to be reference in the conference call may be viewed by clicking on the following web link:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=76816&eventID=1149174
An archived edition of the conference call also will be available on the website within several hours after the call is completed.