Occidental Petroleum Is Seeing Green Under CEO Vicki Hollub


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Vicki Hollub

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Vicki Hollub’s first years as CEO of Occidental Petroleum were marked by a controversial megadeal. In 2019, she closed on the purchase of Anadarko and its choice West Texas shale deposits, beating out Chevron But critics said she overpaid, including Carl Icahn who launched an activist campaign. Then, Covid briefly crashed the oil market.