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The real price of Occidental's 'costless' oil hedge

The real price of Occidental's 'costless' oil hedge

In just 12 days, Occidental Petroleum Corp pulled off one of the biggest hedges against falling oil prices ever placed by a U.S. energy company. It characterized the transaction as "costless" but a Reuters review of regulatory filings, market data and interviews shows that's not the whole story.