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ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES AND EXPENDITURES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES AND EXPENDITURES  
Environmental remediation reserves by categories of sites

 

($ amounts in millions)

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

Number of Sites

 

Reserve

Balance

 

Number of Sites

 

Reserve Balance

 

Number of Sites

 

Reserve Balance

NPL sites

 

33 

 

 

$

461 

 

 

34 

 

 

$

27 

 

 

30 

 

 

$

23 

 

Third-party sites

 

68 

 

 

163 

 

 

66 

 

 

128 

 

 

67 

 

 

101 

 

Occidental-operated sites

 

17 

 

 

106 

 

 

18 

 

 

107 

 

 

17 

 

 

107 

 

Closed or non-operated Occidental sites

 

29 

 

 

140 

 

 

31 

 

 

124 

 

 

31 

 

 

103 

 

Total

 

147 

 

 

$

870 

 

 

149 

 

 

$

386 

 

 

145 

 

 

$

334 

 

 

Environmental cost for each segment

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and Gas

 

$

65 

 

 

$

93 

 

 

$

103 

 

Chemical

 

75 

 

 

74 

 

 

80 

 

Midstream and Marketing

 

11 

 

 

13 

 

 

11 

 

 

 

$

151 

 

 

$

180 

 

 

$

194 

 

Capital Expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and Gas

 

$

43 

 

 

$

122 

 

 

$

143 

 

Chemical

 

25 

 

 

41 

 

 

35 

 

Midstream and Marketing

 

 

 

 

 

11 

 

 

 

$

73 

 

 

$

167 

 

 

$

189 

 

Remediation Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate

 

$

61 

 

 

$

117 

 

 

$

79