OREANDA-NEWS. Fitch Ratings has affirmed Occidental Petroleum Corporation's (NYSE: OXY) ratings as follows:

--Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A';
--Senior Unsecured Revolver at 'A';
--Senior Unsecured Notes at 'A';
--Commercial Paper at 'F1';
--Short-Term IDR at 'F1'.

The Rating Outlook is Stable. Approximately $8.4 billion in debt is affected by this rating action.