What is the prediction for midstream assets?
Seems that the "stock market doesn't understand midstream and their associated debt situation resulting in APC stock penalty"? (something along these lines anyway)
"We (new Oxy) will have superb midstream assets"?
At the end, from all statements made, besides the above, it seems that Oxy views as better approach to sell midstream assets, lower debt and use proceeds to drill more wells as better value.
If that's the case then a long-term plan to stay with new OXy, if your role is heavily midstream asset related, is not going to work. Regardless if one gets a job offer or not maybe better to ring the register now in these cases. I would not expect that the Oxy change of control provisions will match APC's if one needs to exercise them in couple of years from now.