Occidental, widely known as Oxy, is an international energy company with a long operating history and a portfolio that connects some of the world's most technically demanding oil and gas environments. Its assets are concentrated primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa, with major activity in the Permian Basin, U.S. offshore Gulf operations, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria and regional gas infrastructure through Dolphin Energy. Across these operations, Oxy's public materials emphasise reliable energy production, disciplined execution, environmental stewardship and a strong safety culture.
That operating footprint makes Oxy a natural fit for the DROPS Forum community. Dropped-object prevention is most effective when it is embedded into everyday work: drilling and completions, lifting and hoisting, platform maintenance, logistics, warehousing, inspections, contractor interfaces and work at height. These are not side issues for a company like Oxy. They are part of the daily rhythm of safely operating wells, platforms, plants, yards, pipelines, maintenance hubs and field infrastructure across multiple regions.
In the Permian Basin, Oxy is one of the leading producers and one of the largest acreage holders, with operations across West Texas and southeast New Mexico. Its Permian position includes conventional and unconventional production, extensive CO2 enhanced oil recovery expertise, and integrated logistics and maintenance capability. Oxy's Aventine logistics-and-maintenance hub near Carlsbad brings sand, drilling services, equipment and cement functions together in one regional operating centre. For dropped-object prevention, this kind of scale matters: large movements of equipment, high-frequency maintenance, drilling support and field logistics all benefit from consistent expectations for securing tools, inspecting equipment, controlling lift areas and managing handovers between teams.
Oxy's offshore business adds another important dimension. The company describes itself as a major deepwater Gulf operator, producing from strategically situated floating platforms and active fields. Offshore production facilities operate in environments where weather, motion, corrosion, confined layouts, crane operations and simultaneous work can increase exposure to dropped-object hazards. In this context, prevention depends on reliable securing, disciplined lifting plans, exclusion zones, platform inspections, close-out of findings and strong coordination between operators and contractors.
Oxy's safety-management language aligns well with that prevention mindset. Its public sustainability reporting describes an Operating Management System built around leadership, risk management, continuous improvement and implementation, with elements that include asset integrity and design, assurance, review and improvement. Oxy also states that the OMS is globally applied and designed to support communication of expectations, knowledge sharing and alignment with contractors and suppliers. For DROPS practice, that is a valuable foundation: dropped-object controls only work when engineering, operations, maintenance, vendors, supervisors and the workforce understand the same standards and apply them consistently.
The company's public safety materials also emphasise risk assessment, safe work systems, training, stop-work authority, process safety, asset integrity, emergency preparedness and contractor engagement. These are the same management disciplines that support effective dropped-object prevention. A dropped-object programme is not simply a collection of tool lanyards or checklists. It is a structured way to identify what could fall, understand who could be exposed, prevent the object from falling in the first place, and verify that controls remain effective during real work. Oxy's public focus on risk-based training, asset integrity and service-provider partnership supports that broader view.
Oxy's Oman operations provide a strong DROPS connection. Occidental Oman has been part of the DROPS member community, bringing major operator experience from oil and natural gas exploration and production across the United States, Middle East and Latin America. In Muscat, Occidental of Oman hosted and supported a DROPS Train-the-Trainer event at Al Assalah Towers. The course objectives included understanding dropped-object hazards, identifying potential dropped objects, reviewing prevention methods and clarifying roles and responsibilities. That points to practical engagement with DROPS awareness and capability building in a region where Oxy has operated for decades.
Oxy's current connection to the DROPS Forum is also visible through the DROPS Forum sponsors page, which lists Oxy as a sponsor of the Monthly DROPS Wells Forum. That forum brings operators, contractors, OEMs and vendors together around wells-related dropped-object learning. For a company with significant drilling, well service, production and maintenance interfaces, participation in this kind of forum supports the cross-industry learning that has always been central to DROPS: sharing what works, discussing recurring gaps, and improving prevention practices before incidents occur.
The relevance extends beyond one region. In Oman, Oxy has been operating for decades and is described in company materials as the largest independent oil producer in the country. Its operations include major fields and facilities, certified management systems, and a large local workforce and contractor base. In the UAE, Oxy participates in Al Hosn Gas and onshore blocks with ADNOC. In Algeria, Oxy is a partner in major projects with Sonatrach, where facilities support mission-critical energy operations, engineering, maintenance, logistics and HSE stewardship. Each setting brings its own regulatory and cultural context, but the dropped-object fundamentals remain consistent: plan the work, secure the equipment, inspect elevated items, control red zones, learn from observations and ensure contractors are fully included.
Industry guidance reinforces why this matters. DROPS recommended practice treats dropped-object prevention as an integrated scheme rather than a single control. IOGP lifting and hoisting guidance highlights planning, hazard identification, risk assessment, competent lift teams, equipment inspection, load integrity and keeping people clear of overhead loads and impact areas. These principles are highly relevant to offshore platforms, drilling rigs, yards, construction areas, warehouses and maintenance sites. For Oxy, whose assets include offshore platforms, Permian logistics and maintenance hubs, processing facilities and international field operations, dropped-object prevention is directly connected to protecting people, safeguarding equipment and maintaining reliable operations.
Oxy's profile within DROPS Forum can therefore be told as a story of scale, discipline and shared learning. The company operates complex energy assets where dropped-object risk is a credible, high-consequence exposure. Its public safety systems emphasise risk management, asset integrity, contractor alignment and workforce capability. Its Oman business has visible historical involvement with DROPS training, and Oxy is currently listed as a sponsor of the Monthly DROPS Wells Forum. Together, these points support a positive and credible member profile: Oxy contributes to the DROPS community not through slogans, but through the practical relevance of its operations and the importance of prevention across the work its people and partners perform every day.