EXHIBIT 23.2

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THIS REPORT IS A COPY OF A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ANDERSEN REPORT AND THAT THE REPORT
HAS NOT BEEN REISSUED BY ANDERSEN.
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report dated June 22, 2001, included in this Form 11-K for the year ended of
December 31, 2000, into Occidental Petroleum Corporation's previously filed
Registration Statement No. 333-72719.


/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLPs

ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Los Angeles, California
June 28, 2001


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Arthur Andersen LLP has not issued a new consent to the incorporation of its
report, dated June 22, 2001,a copy of which is included in this Form 11-K for
the year ended December 31, 2001, into Registration Statement 333-79613. As a
result, Andersen may not be among the persons having civil liability under
Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if such Registration
Statement is found to be false and misleading.
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