Occidental Petroleum and the Republic of Ecuador Reach Understanding on Terms of Payment of ICSID Award
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) announced today that it has reached an understanding on the terms of payment for the amount payable to Occidental by the Republic of Ecuador under a November 2015 International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitration award. This award relates to the country’s 2006 expropriation of the company’s Participation Contract for Block 15.
Ecuador will pay Occidental a total of approximately $1 billion. The country has made initial payments of approximately $200 million to Occidental, with full payment expected this year.
Occidental ended 2015 with approximately $4.4 billion of cash on hand.
About Occidental Petroleum
Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Middle East region and Latin America. Headquartered in Houston, Occidental is one of the largest U.S. oil and gas companies, based on equity market capitalization. Occidental’s midstream and marketing segment gathers, processes, transports, stores, purchases and markets hydrocarbons and other commodities in support of Occidental’s businesses. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary OxyChem manufactures and markets chlor-alkali products and vinyls.
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