The occurrence of severe weather events such as hurricanes floods freezes and heat waves droughts earthquakes or other acts of nature pandemics well blowouts fires explosions pipeline ruptures chemical releases oil releases including maritime releases releases into navigable waters and groundwater contamination material or mechanical failure power outages industrial accidents physical or cyber attacks abnormally pressured or structured formations and other events that cause operations to cease or be curtailed may negatively affect Occidental' businesses and the communities in which it operates Coastal operations are particularly susceptible to disruption from severe weather events Any of these risks could adversely affect our ability to conduct operations or result in substantial losses to us as a result of