U.S. oil producer Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit Aug. 8 on rising crude prices and production.
The company posted net income of $848 million, or $1.10 per share, compared to $507 million, or 66 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
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Excluding one-time items, the company earned $1.22 per share. By that measure, analysts expected earnings of $1.21 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Production rose 6% to 639,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Output jumped in the Permian and Oman, a key international area of operations for the company.
Shares of the company, the largest oil producer in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, fell 2% to $79.42 in after-hours trading.
Houston-based Oxy also said it would sell its Ingleside, Texas, crude export facilities in a deal worth about $2.6 billion.
The company plans to hold a conference call to discuss quarterly results on Aug. 9.
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