New or amended laws and regulations, or new or different applications or interpretations of existing laws and regulations, including those related to drilling, flaring, flaring, and production techniques, such as hydraulic fracturing and acidization pipelines, labor and employment taxes, royalty rates, import/export rates, raw materials, equipment or products, use of land water and natural resources, manufacturing of chemicals, marketing or exporting commodities, environmental protection, and sustainability initiatives, all have the potential to increase Occidental's costs or demand for Occidental's products.