Occidental Petroleum (OXY) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.03 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.77 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.68 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 33.77%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this oil and gas exploration and production company would post earnings of $0.56 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.65, delivering a surprise of 16.0 ...