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The Wall Street Publication > Blog > Markets > Berkshire Hathaway to purchase Occidental Petroleum’s chemical substances arm for $9.7B
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Berkshire Hathaway to purchase Occidental Petroleum’s chemical substances arm for $9.7B

Editorial Board Published October 2, 2025
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Occidental Petroleum will promote its chemical substances arm OxyChem to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway for $9.7 billion, the corporate mentioned on Thursday, marking its greatest divestment but to slash debt after years of pricey acquisitions.

Shares of the U.S. oil and gasoline producer, nonetheless, fell greater than 6% in morning buying and selling. Roth MKM analysts mentioned in a be aware the sale of OxyChem might weigh on free money circulate development in coming years, because the unit was anticipated to contribute considerably to growth. Scotiabank analyst Paul Cheng famous that the transaction value appeared low as he had beforehand estimated the division’s worth at $12 billion.

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OxyChem, which produces chemical substances used for treating swimming swimming pools and vinyl merchandise used for water provide piping and medical provides, generated mixed income of $2.42 billion within the first two quarters of this 12 months.

If the deal closes, it will be the largest buy for Berkshire since its $11.6 billion buyout of insurance coverage agency Alleghany Company in 2022, and develop its chemical portfolio past Lubrizol.Berkshire is Occidental’s largest shareholder and it started buying a stake within the firm in February 2022, across the time when Russia invaded Ukraine.

The divestment highlights the shut ties between the 2. In a 2019 assembly with Buffett, Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub secured a $10 billion funding that allowed her to make a suggestion for oil producer Anadarko Petroleum, outbidding rival Chevron to safe a number of the richest shale oilfields in Texas.However the $55 billion buy of Anadarko left Occidental saddled with debt. The burden was exacerbated after the corporate closed its $12 billion acquisition of privately held U.S. shale oil producer CrownRock final 12 months.

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To scale back its huge debt load, which stood at $23.34 billion by the top of June, Occidental has been steadily divesting belongings lately.

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The corporate had disclosed in August $950 million of further divestitures because the begin of the second quarter, of which $370 million had already closed, and it repaid $3 billion of debt year-to-date.Occidental mentioned on Thursday it will use $6.5 billion of the proceeds to cut back debt, bringing the full principal debt under the $15 billion goal set after the CrownRock deal.

The newest deal, anticipated to shut within the fourth quarter, additionally signifies that Occidental is refocusing on its oil and gasoline enterprise, which fashioned 75% of its complete earnings final 12 months.

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CEO Hollub mentioned OxyChem’s sale would enable Occidental to “unlock 20-plus years of low-cost resource runway” in oil and gasoline.

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