Company:Apache Corporation
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| Type | Public company |
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| NYSE: APA S&P 500 Index component | |
| Industry | Petroleum industry |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founder | Truman Anderson Charles Arnao Raymond Plank |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
Key people | John J. Christmann IV, CEO |
| Products | Petroleum Natural gas |
Production output | 465 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (2,840,000 GJ) per day |
| Revenue |  $7.348 billion (2018) |
 $0.040 billion (2018) | |
| Total assets | $21.582 billion (2018) |
| Total equity | $8.812 billion (2018) |
Number of employees | 3,420 (2018) |
| Website | apachecorp |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Apache Corporation is a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It is organized in Delaware and headquartered in Houston. The company is ranked 438th on the Fortune 500 .[2]
| % of total | |||
| Area | Proved Reserves as of year-end 2018[1] | 2018 Production[1] | Areas of Operation[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 72% | 56% | Permian Basin, western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and south Texas . |
| Egypt | 17% | 32% | Libyan Desert |
| North Sea | 11% | 12% | Forties oilfield |
History
In 1954, the Apache Oil Corporation was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Truman Anderson, Raymond Plank and Charles Arnao with $250,000 in funding.[3]
In 1955, the first wells were drilled in the Cushing field, between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.[4]
In 1960, the company acquired interests in the Foshay Tower, a Minneapolis landmark. The 32-story imitation of the Washington Monument, became Apache's headquarters from the early 1960s until 1984.[4]
In 1967, the oil well Fagerness #1 was drilled, yielding the company's first major discovery.[4]
In 1969, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.[4]
In 1970, the company diversified into agriculture with the acquisition of the S&J Ranch in California. The ranch produced citrus fruit, figs, pistachios, olives, and almonds.[5]
In 1971, the company formed Apache Exploration Company (subsequently "Apexco") as its oil and gas operating company.[4]
In 1977, the company sold Apexco and its non-petroleum holdings, including the ranch, and reinvested into a farm-in agreement with GHK to operate its wells in the Anadarko Basin.[4]
In 1980, the company acquired a non-operating interest, via a participation in a Royal Dutch Shell joint venture, in operations in the Gulf Of Mexico.[6]
In 1981, the company created Apache Petroleum Company (APC), the first public master limited partnership in the United States .[7]
In 1985, the company acquired oil and gas wells in 8 states from David Holdings for $200 million. In 1986, the company acquired oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico from Occidental Petroleum.[8]
In 1987, the company moved its headquarters from Minneapolis to Denver.[6]
In 1991, the company doubled its reserves by acquiring assets from Amoco, including a position in the Permian Basin of West Texas, for $515 million and 2 million shares of Apache.[9][10]
In 1992, the company moved its headquarters to Houston, Texas and signed a lease for 220,000 square feet of office space.[11]
In 1993, the company acquired Hadson Energy Resources in a $58 million transaction, expanding its assets to offshore Western Australia.[12]
In 1994, the company began operations in Egypt by acquiring a 25 percent non-operated interest in the Qarun Concession, operated by the Phoenix Resource Companies. Production began in December 1995.[13]
In 1995, the company acquired Dekalb Energy Canada, marking Apache's return to Canada , in a $285 million stock transaction.[14]
In 1995, the company also acquired 315 oil and gas fields in the Permian Basin, the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast, western Oklahoma, East Texas, the Rocky Mountains and the Gulf of Mexico from Texaco.[15]
In 1996, the company acquired Phoenix Resources and took over operations of the Qarun Concession in Egypt.[16]
In 1999, the company acquired fields and leases in the Gulf of Mexico from Royal Dutch Shell for $715 million in cash, plus 1 million shares of stock.[17]
In 2001, the company acquired operations in the Libyan Desert of Egypt from Repsol YPF for $410 million.[18]
In 2002, the company drilled its first deepwater wells in the West Mediterranean Concession of offshore Egypt.[19]
In 2003, the company acquired the Forties oilfield, the largest field ever discovered in the United Kingdom North Sea as well as assets in the Gulf of Mexico from BP for $1.3 billion.[20]
In May 2005, Apache and ExxonMobil completed a series of agreements that provided for transfers and joint ventures across a broad range of properties in Western Canada.[21]
In October 2005, the company partially sold its stake in the deepwater section of Egypt's concession.[22]
In April 2006, the company acquired Gulf of Mexico Shelf properties from BP.[23]
In June 2006, the company sold its oil production interest in China to Australia-based ROC Oil Company Limited for US$260 million.[24]
In 2007, A test horizontal well at the Van Gogh project, in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, produced 9,694 barrels per day.[25]
In February 2010, the company started production from the Van Gogh development offshore Western Australia.[26]
In March 2010, a Federal judge upheld the company's decision to exclude from its annual meeting ballot a corporate governance proposal from a person who had not proven on a timely basis that he actually was one of the company's shareholders.[27]
In June 2010, the company acquired assets in the Gulf of Mexico from Devon Energy for $1.05 billion.[28]
In July 2010, the company acquired assets from BP in Texas, southeast New Mexico, western Canada, and Egypt for $7 billion.[29]
In November 2010, the company acquired Mariner Energy for $2.7 billion.[30]
In 2011, the company discovered eight oil wells in Egypt's Faghur Basin.[31]
In January 2012, the company acquired assets in the Beryl field in the North Sea from ExxonMobil.[32]
In May 2012, the company acquired Cordillera Energy Partners for $2.5 billion in cash and 6.3 million shares of common stock. The acquisition added approximately 71 million barrels of oil equivalent (430,000,000 GJ) to Apache's reserves and strengthened its position across western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.[33]
In November 2013, the company sold a non-controlling 1/3 share of its Egyptian assets to Sinopec [34]
In 2015, the company sold its assets in Western Australia for $2.1 billion.[35]
In 2016, the company sold its interest in the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation pipeline.[36]
In 2017, the company sold its assets in Canada to Paramount Resources for C$459.5 million.[37]
Controversies
2013 toxic waste spill
On June 1, 2013 an Apache pipeline in northern Alberta, Canada was noticed to have ruptured, spilling 60,000 barrels (9.5 million litres) of toxic waste in what was cited as one of the largest of such disasters in recent history in North America.[38][39]
Pipeline explosion
In June 2008, the natural gas pipeline explosion at Apache's processing hub on Varanus Island led to the 2008 Western Australian gas crisis. The Australian government was forced to drop charges as a result of a technicality.[40][41]
In 2007, Apache CEO G. Steven Farris wrote to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in favor of limits on nonbinding shareholder proposals at public company annual meetings.[42]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Apache Corporation 2018 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6769/000173303719000004/apa10-k2018.htm.
- ↑ "Fortune 500: Apache". Fortune. http://fortune.com/fortune500/apache/.
- ↑ "Forbes: Apache". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/companies/apache/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Apache Corporation History: 1954-1979". Apache. http://www.apachecorp.com/About_Apache/History/1954-1979.aspx.
- ↑ "Apache: Alternate Paths". Apache. http://www.apachecorp.com/Resources/Upload/PrevArticleFiles/files/Apache_Alternate_Paths.pdf.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Apache Corporation History: 1980s". Apache. http://www.apachecorp.com/About_Apache/History/1980s.aspx.
- ↑ Metz, Robert (March 5, 1981). "Market Place: The Apache Partnership". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/05/business/market-place-the-apache-partnership.html.
- ↑ Biddle, Fred Marc (May 22, 1986). "Oil Partnership To Buy 4 Firms Of Occidental". Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-05-22-8602060729-story.html.
- ↑ "Amoco Unit in Deal To Sell U.S. Reserves". The New York Times. Reuters. May 3, 1991. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/03/business/company-news-amoco-unit-in-deal-to-sell-us-reserves.html.
- ↑ "Apache to Double Reserves with Amoco Deal". Oil and Gas Journal. May 13, 1991. https://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-89/issue-19/in-this-issue/drilling/apache-to-double-reserves-with-amoco-deal.html.
- ↑ Stuart, Lettice (April 15, 1992). "Real Estate; Office Space In Houston: Plenty of It". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/15/business/real-estate-office-space-in-houston-plenty-of-it.html.
- ↑ "Apache to Buy 68% Stake in Hadson Energy". The New York Times. June 19, 1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/19/business/company-news-apache-to-buy-68-stake-in-hadson-energy.html.
- ↑ "Egypt western desert activity hits high gear". Oil and Gas Journal. November 4, 1996. https://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-94/issue-45/in-this-issue/exploration/egypt-western-desert-activity-hits-high-gear.html.
- ↑ "Apache to Acquire Dekalb Energy". The New York Times. December 22, 1994. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/22/business/company-news-apache-to-acquire-dekalb-energy.html.
- ↑ SALPUKAS, AGIS (November 30, 1994). "Apache To Buy Fields From Texaco". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/30/business/apache-to-buy-fields-from-texaco.html.
- ↑ "Apache Agrees to Acquire Phoenix Resources". Associated Press. The New York Times. March 29, 1996. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/30/business/company-news-apache-is-buying-fields-and-leases-from-shell-unit.html.
- ↑ "Apache is Buying Fields and Leases from Shell Unit". Bloomberg News. The New York Times. April 30, 1999. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/29/business/company-news-apache-agrees-to-acquire-phoenix-resource.html.
- ↑ "Apache to Acquire Repsol's Egypt Interests for US$410 Million; A 'Step Change' for Apache's Already Formidable Operations in Egypt" (Press release). PR Newswire. January 23, 2001.
- ↑ "Apache Reports Third Successful Gas Discovery in Deep Water Offshore Egypt". 2002. http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/NYS/APA/reports/APA_update_egypt.pdf.
- ↑ "Apache to buy North Sea Forties oil field stake, Gulf of Mexico assets from BP for $1.3 billion". Oil & Gas Journal. January 13, 2003. https://www.ogj.com/articles/2003/01/apache-to-buy-north-sea-forties-oil-field-stake-gulf-of-mexico-assets-from-bp-for-13-billion.html.
- ↑ "ExxonMobil and Apache Announce Program to Expand Exploration and Development in Western Canada" (Press release). PR Newswire. May 5, 2005.
- ↑ Baron, Michael (October 13, 2005). "Apache Corp., Amerada Hess to swap field assets". Marketwatch. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/apache-corp-amerada-hess-to-swap-field-assets.
- ↑ "Apache to buy BP Gulf of Mexico shelf assets". Oil & Gas Journal. April 20, 2006. https://www.ogj.com/articles/2006/04/apache-to-buy-bp-gulf-of-mexico-shelf-assets.html.
- ↑ "ROC Oil to buy Apache oil production in China". Oil & Gas Journal. June 27, 2006. https://www.ogj.com/articles/2006/06/roc-oil-to-buy-apache-oil-production-in-china.html.
- ↑ "Apache tests Exmouth basin well off W. Australia". Oil & Gas Journal. June 22, 2007. https://www.ogj.com/articles/2007/06/apache-tests-exmouth-basin-well-off-w-australia.html.
- ↑ Driver, Anna (February 10, 2010). "Apache has first oil from Van Gogh". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/apache/update-1-apache-has-first-oil-from-van-gogh-idUSN1621926120100216.
- ↑ Steffy, Loren (March 11, 2010). "Apache can reject proxy proposal, judge rules". Houston Chronicle. https://blog.chron.com/lorensteffy/2010/03/apache-can-reject-proxy-proposal-judge-rules/.
- ↑ "Apache Completes Acquisition of Devon's Gulf of Mexico Shelf Assets" (Press release). PR Newswire. June 10, 2010.
- ↑ Helman, Christopher (August 16, 2010). "Inside BP's $7 Billion Deal With Apache". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2010/08/16/inside-bps-7-billion-deal-with-apache/.
- ↑ "Apache, Mariner merger complete". American City Business Journals. November 10, 2010. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/11/10/apache-mariner-merger-complete.html.
- ↑ Petzet, Alan (March 26, 2012). "Apache presses Egypt Faghur basin discoveries, 3D". Oil & Gas Journal. https://www.ogj.com/articles/2012/03/apache-presses-egypt-faghur-basin-discoveries-3d.html.
- ↑ "Apache Completes Acquisition of ExxonMobil's Beryl Field, Other UK North Sea Assets" (Press release). PR Newswire. January 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Apache Completes Cordillera Energy Partners III, LLC Acquisition" (Press release). PR Newswire. May 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Apache Completes Egypt Partnership With Sinopec" (Press release). PR Newswire. November 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Apache agrees to sell Australian operations for $2.1 billion" (Press release). PR Newswire. April 8, 2015.
- ↑ WILLIAMSON, MARK (November 30, 2016). "US giant sells North Sea assets". The Herald. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14935812.US_giant_sellsNorth_Sea_assets/.
- ↑ CRYDERMAN, KELLY (July 6, 2017). "Apache joins foreign exit from Canada's energy sector". The Globe and Mail. https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/paramount-resources-to-buy-apache-oil-sands-assets-for-459-million/article35581223/.
- ↑ "Massive Alberta waste water spill will kill plants, says ecologist". CBC News. 13 June 2013. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/massive-alberta-waste-water-spill-will-kill-plants-says-ecologist-1.1352472.
- ↑ VANDERKLIPPE, NATHAN (June 12, 2013). "Toxic waste spill in northern Alberta biggest of recent disasters in North America". The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/apache-pipeline-leaks-60000-barrels-of-salty-water-in-northwest-alberta/article12494371/.
- ↑ Spooner, Rania; King, Rhianna (March 29, 2012). "State drops lawsuit over Varanus Island gas explosion". WAtoday. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/state-drops-lawsuit-over-varanus-island-gas-explosion-20120329-1w0ha.html.
- ↑ "Varanus gas explosion report slams Apache Energy". ABC News (Australia). 24 May 2012. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-24/varanus-gas-explosion-report-released/4031146.
- ↑ "Farris SEC letter dated October 2, 2007". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-16-07/s71607-465.pdf.
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