Exhibit 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Occidental Petroleum Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-83124) on Form S-8 of Occidental Petroleum Corporation and the Occidental
Petroleum Corporation Savings Plan of our report dated April 25, 2003, with
respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits as of December
31, 2002, and supplemental schedule H, line 4i - schedule of assets (held at end
of year) as of December 31, 2002, which report appears in the December 31, 2002
annual report on Form 11-K of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation Savings Plan.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California
June 24, 2003


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