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Occidental Signs Long-Term CO Offtake Agreements to Support Enhanced Oil Recovery Ops

Occidental signed long-term agreements for carbon dioxide (CO₂) offtake, meaning contracted purchases or supply, to support its enhanced oil recovery operations, which use CO₂ to help extract more oil. The supplied article provides no further details about the agreements.

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What happened

Occidental Petroleum signed long-term agreements with two companies to receive carbon dioxide from natural gas processing sites in the Delaware Basin. The gas is intended to help extract more oil in the Permian Basin. The projects still need final investment decisions, and first deliveries are expected in 2029.

Global impact / market context

If completed, the agreements could provide carbon dioxide for Occidental’s oil recovery work. Developers are expected to fund and build nearly 100 miles of pipelines, but the projects are not yet confirmed to proceed. No market reaction is provided.

What to watch

  1. Check whether the projects receive final investment decisions; this will show whether they are moving ahead.
  2. Check whether developers build the planned pipelines; they are needed to transport the carbon dioxide.
  3. Check whether deliveries remain expected in 2029 and whether the stated annual volume remains about 2 million metric tons, with possible expansion to 4 million.

Affected assets

  • Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Evidence