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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;21, 2007</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration
No.&nbsp;333 - </B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Apache Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>No.&nbsp;41-0747868<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400<BR>
(713)&nbsp;296-6000<BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s<BR>
principal executive offices)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>APACHE CORPORATION<BR>
2007 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>P. ANTHONY LANNIE, Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
APACHE CORPORATION<BR>
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400<BR>
(713)&nbsp;296-6000<BR>
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)</B></DIV>

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                    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par
value $0.625 per
share, and
associated
Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights (4)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">15,000,000 shares
</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">75.85</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,137,750,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">34,929</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein be reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization, or other similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rules
457(c) and 457(h), the offering price and registration fee are computed on the basis of the
average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, as reported on The New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. Composite Transactions Reporting System for May&nbsp;17, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are evidenced by certificates for shares of the Common Stock
and automatically trade with the Common Stock. Value attributable to such Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed by the registrant, Apache Corporation
(&#147;Apache&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), for the purpose of registering 15,000,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.625 per share (&#147;Apache Common Stock&#148;), for issuance under the terms of the Apache
Corporation 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Such 15,000,000 shares of Apache Common Stock
have been reserved and authorized for issuance from Apache&#146;s authorized and unissued capital stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed by Apache with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2007, filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;18, 2007,
January&nbsp;26, 2007, March&nbsp;21, 2007, March&nbsp;30, 2007, April&nbsp;12, 2007, April&nbsp;16, 2007, and
April&nbsp;18, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The descriptions set forth below of the common stock of Apache, par value $0.625 per share (&#147;Apache
Common Stock&#148;), the preferred stock and the Rights (as defined below) constitute brief summaries of
certain provisions of Apache&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Apache&#146;s Bylaws and the
Rights Agreement between Apache and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (&#147;Wells Fargo&#148;), formerly Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A., and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the relevant provisions of
such documents, all of which are listed under Item&nbsp;8 as exhibits to this Registration Statement and
are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Apache Common Stock</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All outstanding shares of Apache Common Stock are fully paid and nonassessable, and all holders of
Apache Common Stock have full voting rights and are entitled to one vote for each share held of
record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The Board of Directors of Apache is
classified into three groups of approximately equal size, one-third elected each year.
Stockholders do not have the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors and have no
preemptive or subscription rights. Apache Common Stock is neither redeemable nor convertible, and
there are no sinking fund provisions relating to such stock.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the
time, holders of Apache Common Stock are entitled to dividends when and as declared by the Board of
Directors from funds legally available therefor and are entitled, in the event of liquidation, to
share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Apache&#146;s current policy is to reserve one ten-thousandth (1/10,000) of a share of Series&nbsp;A
Preferred Stock (as defined below) for each share of Apache Common Stock issued in order to provide
for possible exercises of Rights (as defined below) under Apache&#146;s existing Rights Agreement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The currently outstanding Apache Common Stock and the Rights (as defined below) under Apache&#146;s
existing Rights Agreement are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange
and quoted on the NASDAQ National Market. Wells Fargo is the transfer agent and registrar for
Apache Common Stock.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Apache typically mails its annual report to stockholders within 120&nbsp;days after the end of its
fiscal year. Notices of stockholder meetings are mailed to record holders of Apache Common Stock
at their addresses shown on the books of the transfer agent and registrar.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Preferred Stock</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Apache has five million shares of no par preferred stock authorized, of which (i)&nbsp;100,000 shares
have been designated Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (&#147;Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock&#148;) and
authorized for issuance pursuant to the Rights (as defined below) that trade with Apache Common
Stock, and (ii)&nbsp;100,000 shares have been designated 5.68% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series&nbsp;B
(&#147;Series&nbsp;B Preferred Stock&#148;). A total of 100,000 shares of Series&nbsp;B Preferred Stock are currently
outstanding, and shares of Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock have been reserved for issuance in accordance
with the Rights Agreement relating to the Rights. Additional shares of preferred stock may be
authorized for issuance and issued by the Board of Directors with such voting powers and in such
classes and series, and with such designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional
or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof (including conversion
into or exchange for Apache Common Stock or other securities of Apache or its subsidiaries), as may
be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such
preferred stock adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such preferred
stock.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Rights</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In December&nbsp;1995, Apache declared a dividend of one right (a &#147;Right&#148;) for each 2.31 shares
(adjusted for subsequent stock dividends and a two-for-one stock split) of Apache Common Stock
outstanding on January&nbsp;31, 1996. Each full Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from
Apache one ten-thousandth (1/10,000) of a share of Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock at a price of $100 per
one ten-thousandth of a share, subject to adjustment. The Rights are exercisable ten calendar days
following a public announcement that certain persons or groups have acquired 20&nbsp;percent or more of
the outstanding shares of Apache Common Stock or ten business days following commencement of an
offer for 30&nbsp;percent or more of the outstanding shares of Apache Common Stock. Unless and until
the Rights become exercisable, they will be transferred with and only with the shares of Apache
Common Stock.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, if a person or group becomes the beneficial owner of 20&nbsp;percent or more of the
outstanding shares of Apache Common Stock (a &#147;flip in event&#148;), each Right will become exercisable
for shares of Apache Common Stock at 50&nbsp;percent of the then market price of Apache Common Stock.
If a 20-percent stockholder of Apache acquires Apache, by merger or otherwise, in a transaction
where Apache does not survive or in which Apache Common Stock is changed or exchanged (a &#147;flip over
event&#148;), the Rights become exercisable for shares of the common stock of the company acquiring
Apache at 50&nbsp;percent of the then market price of Apache Common Stock. Any Rights that are or were
beneficially owned by a person who has acquired 20&nbsp;percent or more of the outstanding shares of
Apache Common Stock, and who engages in certain transactions or realizes the benefits of certain
transactions with Apache, will become void. If an offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares
of Apache Common Stock is determined to be fair by Apache&#146;s board of directors, the transaction
will not trigger a flip in event or a flip over event. Apache may also redeem the Rights at $.01
per Right at any time until ten business days after public announcement of a flip in event. These
rights were originally scheduled to expire on January&nbsp;31, 2006. Effective as of that date, the
rights were reset to one right per share of common stock and the expiration was extended to January
31, 2016. Unless the Rights have been previously redeemed, all shares of Apache Common Stock
issued by Apache after January&nbsp;31, 1996, will include Rights, including the Apache Common Stock
issuable under the terms of the Apache Corporation 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;), <I>inter alia, </I>authorizes a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar
indemnity is authorized against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably
incurred in defense or settlement of any pending, completed or threatened action or suit if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court of competent
jurisdiction otherwise provides) the person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation.
The indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by
the stockholders or disinterested directors that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee
has met the applicable standard of conduct.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
in any capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would
otherwise have the power to indemnify him. Apache maintains policies insuring the officers and
directors of Apache and its subsidiaries against certain liabilities for actions taken in their
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VII of Apache&#146;s Bylaws provides, in substance, that directors, officers, employees and
agents of Apache shall be indemnified to the extent permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL.
Additionally, the Seventeenth Article of Apache&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates
in certain circumstances the monetary liability of directors of Apache for a breach of their
fiduciary duty as directors. These provisions do not eliminate the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for
a breach of a director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or
omissions by a director not in good faith; (iii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions by a director involving
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (iv)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL
(relating to the declaration of dividends and purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the
DGCL); and (v)&nbsp;for transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following exhibits are filed herewith unless otherwise indicated:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apache Corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Apache&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, as
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;12, 2004, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Apache&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K dated January&nbsp;31, 2006, as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;3, 2006, Commission File
No.&nbsp;001-4300)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Apache Corporation, as amended December&nbsp;14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Apache&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, as
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2007, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate for Registrant&#146;s Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to Apache&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004, as filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2004, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;31, 1996, between Apache Corporation and Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A., as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)&nbsp;to Apache&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, as filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;24, 1996,
Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of January&nbsp;31, 2006, to the Rights Agreement dated as of December
31, 1996, between Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
(successor to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to
Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated January&nbsp;31, 2006,
as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;3, 2006, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-4300)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Apache Corporation 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Appendix&nbsp;B to the Proxy Statement relating to Apache&#146;s 2007 annual meeting of stockholders,
as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2007, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-4300)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP regarding legality of securities being registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement relating to the securities offered herein
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in
reliance upon Rule&nbsp;430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424(b)(1) or (4), or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of
this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>The Registrant</I>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Houston, State of Texas.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>APACHE CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date: May 18, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ G. Steven Farris
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">G. Steven Farris,&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President, Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
and Chief Operating Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned directors and officers of Apache Corporation do hereby constitute and appoint G.
Steven Farris, Roger B. Plank, P. Anthony Lannie, and Jeffrey B. King, and each of them, with full
power of substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to sign and execute, on behalf of the
undersigned, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement; and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys-in-fact shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons, in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ G. Steven Farris
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
G. Steven Farris
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director;<BR>
President, Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
and Chief Operating Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roger B. Plank
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger B. Plank
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rebecca A. Hoyt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rebecca A. Hoyt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and<br>
Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Raymond Plank
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Raymond Plank
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and <BR>
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frederick M. Bohen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frederick M. Bohen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Randolph M. Ferlic
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Randolph M. Ferlic</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eugene C. Fiedorek
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Eugene C. Fiedorek</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ A. D. Frazier, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
A. D. Frazier, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patricia Albjerg Graham
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patricia Albjerg Graham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John A. Kocur
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John A. Kocur
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George D. Lawrence
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George D. Lawrence
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ F. H. Merelli
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
F. H. Merelli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rodman D. Patton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rodman D. Patton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles J. Pitman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles J. Pitman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jay A. Precourt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jay A. Precourt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apache Corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Apache&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, as
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;12, 2004, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Apache&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K dated January&nbsp;31, 2006, as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;3, 2006, Commission File
No.&nbsp;001-4300)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Apache Corporation, as amended December&nbsp;14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Apache&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, as
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2007, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate for Registrant&#146;s Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to Apache&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004, as filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2004, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;31, 1996, between Apache Corporation and Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A., as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)&nbsp;to Apache&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, as filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;24, 1996,
Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04300)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of January&nbsp;31, 2006, to the Rights Agreement dated as of December
31, 1996, between Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
(successor to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to
Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated January&nbsp;31, 2006,
as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;3, 2006, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-4300)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Apache Corporation 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Appendix&nbsp;B to the Proxy Statement relating to Apache&#146;s 2007 annual meeting of stockholders,
as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2007, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-4300)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP regarding legality of securities being registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2007
Registration
No. 333 -
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Apache Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
No. 41-0747868
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400
(713) 296-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's
principal executive offices)
APACHE CORPORATION
2007 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
P. ANTHONY LANNIE, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
APACHE CORPORATION
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400
(713) 296-6000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of Registration
Registered (1)
Registered (2)
Per Share (3)
Price (3)
Fee (3)
Common Stock, par
value $0.625 per
share, and
associated
Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights (4)
15,000,000 shares
$
75.85
$
1,137,750,000
$
34,929
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein be reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization, or other similar transaction.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rules
457(c) and 457(h), the offering price and registration fee are computed on the basis of the
average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, as reported on The New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. Composite Transactions Reporting System for May 17, 2007.
(4)
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are evidenced by certificates for shares of the Common Stock
and automatically trade with the Common Stock. Value attributable to such Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed .
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Andrew Kurth LLP
Consent of Ernst and Young LLP
Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
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INTRODUCTION
This registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed by the registrant, Apache Corporation
("Apache" or the "Registrant"), for the purpose of registering 15,000,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.625 per share ("Apache Common Stock"), for issuance under the terms of the Apache
Corporation 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Such 15,000,000 shares of Apache Common Stock
have been reserved and authorized for issuance from Apache's authorized and unissued capital stock.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Apache with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
Commission File No. 001-04300, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(1)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the
Commission on March 1, 2007.
(2)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed with
the Commission on May 10, 2007.
(3)
Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 18, 2007,
January 26, 2007, March 21, 2007, March 30, 2007, April 12, 2007, April 16, 2007, and
April 18, 2007.
(4)
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
The descriptions set forth below of the common stock of Apache, par value $0.625 per share ("Apache
Common Stock"), the preferred stock and the Rights (as defined below) constitute brief summaries of
certain provisions of Apache's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Apache's Bylaws and the
Rights Agreement between Apache and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo"), formerly Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A., and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the relevant provisions of
such documents, all of which are listed under Item 8 as exhibits to this Registration Statement and
are incorporated herein by reference.
Apache Common Stock
All outstanding shares of Apache Common Stock are fully paid and nonassessable, and all holders of
Apache Common Stock have full voting rights and are entitled to one vote for each share held of
record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The Board of Directors of Apache is
classified into three groups of approximately equal size, one-third elected each year.
Stockholders do not have the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors and have no
preemptive or subscription rights. Apache Common Stock is neither redeemable nor convertible, and
there are no sinking fund provisions relating to such stock.
Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the
time, holders of Apache Common Stock are entitled to dividends when and as declared by the Board of
Directors from funds legally available therefor and are entitled, in the event of liquidation, to
share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities.
Apache's current policy is to reserve one ten-thousandth (1/10,000) of a share of Series A
Preferred Stock (as defined below) for each share of Apache Common Stock issued in order to provide
for possible exercises of Rights (as defined below) under Apache's existing Rights Agreement.
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The currently outstanding Apache Common Stock and the Rights (as defined below) under Apache's
existing Rights Agreement are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange
and quoted on the NASDAQ National Market. Wells Fargo is the transfer agent and registrar for
Apache Common Stock.
Apache typically mails its annual report to stockholders within 120 days after the end of its
fiscal year. Notices of stockholder meetings are mailed to record holders of Apache Common Stock
at their addresses shown on the books of the transfer agent and registrar.
Preferred Stock
Apache has five million shares of no par preferred stock authorized, of which (i) 100,000 shares
have been designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock") and
authorized for issuance pursuant to the Rights (as defined below) that trade with Apache Common
Stock, and (ii) 100,000 shares have been designated 5.68% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B
("Series B Preferred Stock"). A total of 100,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are currently
outstanding, and shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been reserved for issuance in accordance
with the Rights Agreement relating to the Rights. Additional shares of preferred stock may be
authorized for issuance and issued by the Board of Directors with such voting powers and in such
classes and series, and with such designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional
or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof (including conversion
into or exchange for Apache Common Stock or other securities of Apache or its subsidiaries), as may
be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such
preferred stock adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such preferred
stock.
Rights
In December 1995, Apache declared a dividend of one right (a "Right") for each 2.31 shares
(adjusted for subsequent stock dividends and a two-for-one stock split) of Apache Common Stock
outstanding on January 31, 1996. Each full Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from
Apache one ten-thousandth (1/10,000) of a share of Series A Preferred Stock at a price of $100 per
one ten-thousandth of a share, subject to adjustment. The Rights are exercisable ten calendar days
following a public announcement that certain persons or groups have acquired 20 percent or more of
the outstanding shares of Apache Common Stock or ten business days following commencement of an
offer for 30 percent or more of the outstanding shares of Apache Common Stock. Unless and until
the Rights become exercisable, they will be transferred with and only with the shares of Apache
Common Stock.
In addition, if a person or group becomes the beneficial owner of 20 percent or more of the
outstanding shares of Apache Common Stock (a "flip in event"), each Right will become exercisable
for shares of Apache Common Stock at 50 percent of the then market price of Apache Common Stock.
If a 20-percent stockholder of Apache acquires Apache, by merger or otherwise, in a transaction
where Apache does not survive or in which Apache Common Stock is changed or exchanged (a "flip over
event"), the Rights become exercisable for shares of the common stock of the company acquiring
Apache at 50 percent of the then market price of Apache Common Stock. Any Rights that are or were
beneficially owned by a person who has acquired 20 percent or more of the outstanding shares of
Apache Common Stock, and who engages in certain transactions or realizes the benefits of certain
transactions with Apache, will become void. If an offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares
of Apache Common Stock is determined to be fair by Apache's board of directors, the transaction
will not trigger a flip in event or a flip over event. Apache may also redeem the Rights at $.01
per Right at any time until ten business days after public announcement of a flip in event. These
rights were originally scheduled to expire on January 31, 2006. Effective as of that date, the
rights were reset to one right per share of common stock and the expiration was extended to January
31, 2016. Unless the Rights have been previously redeemed, all shares of Apache Common Stock
issued by Apache after January 31, 1996, will include Rights, including the Apache Common Stock
issuable under the terms of the Apache Corporation 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.
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Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"),
inter alia,
authorizes a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar
indemnity is authorized against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred in defense or settlement of any pending, completed or threatened action or suit if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court of competent
jurisdiction otherwise provides) the person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation.
The indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by
the stockholders or disinterested directors that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee
has met the applicable standard of conduct.
Section 145 of the DGCL further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
in any capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would
otherwise have the power to indemnify him. Apache maintains policies insuring the officers and
directors of Apache and its subsidiaries against certain liabilities for actions taken in their
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act").
Article VII of Apache's Bylaws provides, in substance, that directors, officers, employees and
agents of Apache shall be indemnified to the extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL.
Additionally, the Seventeenth Article of Apache's Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates
in certain circumstances the monetary liability of directors of Apache for a breach of their
fiduciary duty as directors. These provisions do not eliminate the liability of a director (i) for
a breach of a director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or
omissions by a director not in good faith; (iii) for acts or omissions by a director involving
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (iv) under Section 174 of the DGCL
(relating to the declaration of dividends and purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the
DGCL); and (v) for transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed .
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith unless otherwise indicated:
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apache Corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Apache's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as
filed with the Commission on March 12, 2004, Commission File No. 001-04300)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Apache's Current Report on Form
8-K dated January 31, 2006, as filed with the Commission on February 3, 2006, Commission File
No. 001-4300)
4.3
Bylaws of Apache Corporation, as amended December 14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to Apache's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as
filed with the Commission on March 1, 2007, Commission File No. 001-04300)
4.4
Form of Certificate for Registrant's Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to Apache's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, as filed with
the Commission on May 10, 2004, Commission File No. 001-04300)
4.5
Rights Agreement, dated January 31, 1996, between Apache Corporation and Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A., as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a) to Apache's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on January 24, 1996,
Commission File No. 001-04300)
4.6
Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 31, 2006, to the Rights Agreement dated as of December
31, 1996, between Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
(successor to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to
Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated January 31, 2006,
as filed with the Commission on February 3, 2006, Commission File No. 001-4300)
4.7
Apache Corporation 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Appendix B to the Proxy Statement relating to Apache's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders,
as filed with the Commission on March 30, 2007, Commission File No. 001-4300)
*5.1
Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP regarding legality of securities being registered
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
*23.2
Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
*23.3
Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement relating to the securities offered herein
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(5) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in
reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(1) or (4), or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of
this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(6) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Houston, State of Texas.
APACHE CORPORATION
Date: May 18, 2007
By:
/s/ G. Steven Farris
G. Steven Farris,
President, Chief Executive Officer,
and Chief Operating Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers of Apache Corporation do hereby constitute and appoint G.
Steven Farris, Roger B. Plank, P. Anthony Lannie, and Jeffrey B. King, and each of them, with full
power of substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to sign and execute, on behalf of the
undersigned, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement; and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys-in-fact shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons, in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ G. Steven Farris
G. Steven Farris
Director;
President, Chief Executive Officer,
and Chief Operating Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 18, 2007
/s/ Roger B. Plank
Roger B. Plank
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 18, 2007
/s/ Rebecca A. Hoyt
Rebecca A. Hoyt
Vice President and
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 18, 2007
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Raymond Plank
Raymond Plank
Director and
Chairman of the Board
May 18, 2007
/s/ Frederick M. Bohen
Frederick M. Bohen
Director
May 18, 2007
/s/ Randolph M. Ferlic
Director
May 18, 2007
Randolph M. Ferlic
/s/ Eugene C. Fiedorek
Director
May 18, 2007
Eugene C. Fiedorek
/s/ A. D. Frazier, Jr.
A. D. Frazier, Jr.
Director
May 18, 2007
/s/ Patricia Albjerg Graham
Patricia Albjerg Graham
Director
May 18, 2007
/s/ John A. Kocur
John A. Kocur
Director
May 18, 2007
/s/ George D. Lawrence
George D. Lawrence
Director
May 18, 2007
/s/ F. H. Merelli
F. H. Merelli
Director
May 18, 2007
/s/ Rodman D. Patton
Rodman D. Patton
Director
May 18, 2007
/s/ Charles J. Pitman
Charles J. Pitman
Director
May 18, 2007
/s/ Jay A. Precourt
Jay A. Precourt
Director
May 18, 2007
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apache Corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Apache's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as
filed with the Commission on March 12, 2004, Commission File No. 001-04300)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Apache's Current Report on Form
8-K dated January 31, 2006, as filed with the Commission on February 3, 2006, Commission File
No. 001-4300)
4.3
Bylaws of Apache Corporation, as amended December 14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to Apache's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as
filed with the Commission on March 1, 2007, Commission File No. 001-04300)
4.4
Form of Certificate for Registrant's Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to Apache's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, as filed with
the Commission on May 10, 2004, Commission File No. 001-04300)
4.5
Rights Agreement, dated January 31, 1996, between Apache Corporation and Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A., as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a) to Apache's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on January 24, 1996,
Commission File No. 001-04300)
4.6
Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 31, 2006, to the Rights Agreement dated as of December
31, 1996, between Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
(successor to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to
Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated January 31, 2006,
as filed with the Commission on February 3, 2006, Commission File No. 001-4300)
4.7
Apache Corporation 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Appendix B to the Proxy Statement relating to Apache's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders,
as filed with the Commission on March 30, 2007, Commission File No. 001-4300)
*5.1
Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP regarding legality of securities being registered
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
*23.2
Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
*23.3
Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith