Oxy's Mideast Strategy Post-Irani

摘要

Under pressure from shareholders irked over his industry-leading pay package and advancing years, Occidental Petroleum's Ray Irani is expected to announce in October that he will step down as chief executive to assume the lower-profile role of chairman (EIF Sept.8,p6). But what does that mean for the company's Mideast portfolio, which Irani has personally nurtured and expanded over the last decade?