Occidental conducts its operations through various subsidiaries and affiliates. Occidental has made its disclosures in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as they apply to interim reporting, and condensed or omitted, as permitted by the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), certain information and disclosures normally included in Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto. These unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto in the 2023 Form 10-K.

In the opinion of Occidental’s management, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in this report reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary to fairly present Occidental’s results of operations and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 and Occidental’s financial position as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The income and cash flows for the periods ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the income or cash flows to be expected for the full year.

Occidental considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents or restricted cash equivalents. The cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents balances for the periods presented include investments in government money market funds in which the carrying value approximates fair value.

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents as reported in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows as of June 30, 2024 and 2023:



millions	2024		2023
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,845	$	486
Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents included in other current assets	35		29
Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents included in other long-term assets, net	15		18
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents	$	1,895	$	533

The following table represents U.S. federal, state and international income taxes paid and interest paid during the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively:

WES is a publicly traded limited partnership with its limited partner units traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "WES". As of June 30, 2024, Occidental owned all of the 2.3% non-voting general partner interest, 48.7% of the WES limited partner units, and a 2% non-voting limited partner interest in WES Operating, a subsidiary of WES. As of June 30, 2024, Occidental's combined share of net income from WES and its subsidiaries was 50.9%.

In 2023, Occidental and BlackRock formed a joint venture for the continued development of the first commercial scale direct air capture facility in Ector County, Texas. The joint venture is a VIE and Occidental consolidates the VIE as it is the primary beneficiary. BlackRock’s investment is accounted for as an NCI. Each party has committed to make additional investments towards the completion of the direct air capture facility, with BlackRock committed to invest up to $550 million.

In addition, Occidental has entered into agreements with the joint venture related to project management, operations and maintenance and carbon removal offtake. Occidental may incur additional payments if certain construction and operational thresholds are not met.

Occidental may call the NCI on June 30, 2035 or earlier if the plant does not achieve commercial operations or ceases and permanently discontinues operations. Dividends from the joint venture will be distributed preferentially to the NCI up to a return threshold, then preferentially to Occidental thereafter. The NCI receives preferential distributions in liquidation.