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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;10, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER 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">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>No.&nbsp;41-0747868</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)</TD>
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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</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 9.5pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 First Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation<BR>
Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 Second Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation<BR>
Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation</B><BR>
(Full Title of Plans)</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>P. Anthony Lannie, Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
APACHE CORPORATION<BR>
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(713)&nbsp;296-6000</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><br>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="center">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value
$0.625 per share, and
associated Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
(3)&nbsp;to be issued under
the Apache Corporation
November&nbsp;10, 2010 First
Non-Qualified Stock
Option Agreements for
Certain Employees of
Apache Corporation</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">128,548</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">57.51</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7,392,795.48</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$527.11</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value
$0.625 per share, and
associated Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
(3)&nbsp;to be issued under
the Apache Corporation
November&nbsp;10, 2010
Second Non-Qualified
Stock Option Agreements
for Certain Employees
of Apache Corporation
(4)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">15,576</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">57.51</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$895,755.76</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$63.87</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value
$0.625 per share, and
associated Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
(3)&nbsp;to be issued under
the Apache Corporation
November&nbsp;10, 2010
Non-Statutory Stock
Option Agreements for
Certain Employees of
Apache Corporation (4)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,314</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">47.61</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$62,559.54</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.46</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">145,438</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$8,351,110.78</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$595.44</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), the number of shares of common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) of Apache Corporation
(&#147;Apache&#148;) to be registered hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock as may be issued under the employee benefit plans to prevent dilution
by reason of any stock split, stock dividend or other similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) of the Securities Act. The maximum offering price per share is based on the price
at which the options may be exercised.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registration statement also covers the associated preferred stock purchase rights
(the &#147;Rights&#148;) issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;31, 1996, between
Apache Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A.), as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto dated as of January&nbsp;31, 2006. Until
the occurrence of certain events, the Rights will not be exercisable for or evidenced
separately from the shares of Common Stock of Apache.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding options under the
respective agreements at fixed exercise prices.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On November&nbsp;10, 2010, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April&nbsp;14, 2010, as
amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto dated August&nbsp;2, 2010 (the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;), by and among
Apache Corporation (&#147;Apache&#148;), Apache Deepwater LLC (formerly known as ZMZ Acquisition LLC), a
Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Apache (&#147;Merger Sub&#148;) and
Mariner Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#147;Mariner&#148;), Mariner merged with and into Merger Sub,
with Merger Sub surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Apache. Pursuant to the
Merger Agreement, each outstanding option to purchase Mariner common stock was converted into a
fully exercisable option to purchase the number of shares of Apache common stock obtained by
multiplying the number of Mariner shares subject to the option by the 0.24347 exchange ratio set
forth in the Merger Agreement, with a per share exercise price equal to the existing per-Mariner
share exercise price divided by the 0.24347 exchange ratio (with any resulting exercise price that
contains a fraction of a cent being increased to the next whole cent).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement has been filed for the purpose of registering the 145,438 shares
of Apache common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the (1)
Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 First Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements for Certain
Employees of Apache Corporation, (2)&nbsp;Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 Second Non-Qualified
Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation and (3)&nbsp;Apache Corporation
November&nbsp;10, 2010 Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache
Corporation.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 have been or
will be sent or given to participants in the Plans as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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
(other than information furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form
8-K or exhibits filed under Item&nbsp;9.01 relating to those Items, unless expressly stated otherwise
therein):
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K and 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-Q/A for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2010,
June&nbsp;30, 2010 and September&nbsp;30, 2010.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K and 8-K/A filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;14, 2010,
January&nbsp;19, 2010, April&nbsp;15, 2010, April&nbsp;16, 2010, May&nbsp;11, 2010, July&nbsp;20, 2010, July&nbsp;21,
2010 (2 filings), July&nbsp;28, 2010, August&nbsp;3, 2010, August&nbsp;11, 2010, August&nbsp;16, 2010, August
20, 2010, October&nbsp;12, 2010, November&nbsp;5, 2010 and November&nbsp;9, 2010.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any description of Apache&#146;s Common Stock contained in a registration statement filed
pursuant to the Exchange Act and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed by Apache pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 the filing of such documents.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in any amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B><B><I>.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Apache&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws provide that, to the full extent permitted
under the Delaware General Corporation Law, Apache&#146;s directors shall not be personally liable for
monetary damages. Apache&#146;s bylaws provide that Apache shall indemnify its officers, directors,
employees and agents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as 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 him in
connection with such suit or proceeding if he 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 for such persons against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, actually and reasonably
incurred in defense or settlement of any such pending, completed or threatened action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation 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, such person shall not have been
adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law 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 such 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 its and its subsidiaries&#146; officers and directors against specified liabilities for actions
taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Delaware
General Corporation Law. Additionally, Article&nbsp;Seventeenth of Apache&#146;s restated certificate of
incorporation eliminates in specified 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:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for a breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to Apache or its stockholders;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for acts or omissions by the director not in good faith;</TD>
</TR>


</TABLE>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>or acts or omissions by a director involving intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of the law;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which relates to the
declaration of dividends and purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the Delaware
General Corporation Law; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B><I>.</I>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B><B><I>.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following exhibits are filed herewith unless otherwise indicated:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <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>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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, dated February
23, 2010, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February&nbsp;23,
2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Apache Corporation&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, SEC File No.
001-4300).</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Apache Corporation, as amended August&nbsp;6, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Apache Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate for Apache Corporation&#146;s Common Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Apache Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;31, 1996, between Apache Corporation and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank Minnesota,
N.A.), rights agent, relating to the declaration of a rights dividend to
Apache Corporation&#146;s common stockholders of record on January&nbsp;31, 1996
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)&nbsp;to Apache Corporation&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated January&nbsp;24, 1996, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</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&nbsp;31, 1996, between Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to Apache
Corporation&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated
January&nbsp;31, 2006, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 First Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 Second Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 Non-Statutory Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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>
</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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>
</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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>
</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith</TD>
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</DIV>

<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:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(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: 4%">(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: 4%">(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"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, 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 Apache 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 <I>bona fide </I>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 Apache&#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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>
<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 Apache pursuant to the foregoing
provisions or otherwise, Apache 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 Apace of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of Apache 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, Apache 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="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<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.
</DIV>


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>APACHE CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 10, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Roger B. Plank
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Roger B. Plank&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints G. Steven Farris, Roger B. Plank, P. Anthony Lannie and Rebecca A. Hoyt, and each of them,
any of whom may act without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and to file any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, with
all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing, ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any of
them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>


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

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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ G. Steven Farris
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
G. Steven Farris
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Executive
Officer<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roger B. Plank
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger B. Plank
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rebecca A. Hoyt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rebecca A. Hoyt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Frederick M. Bohen</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">A. D. Frazier, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" 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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Patricia Albjerg Graham</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John A. Kocur</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George D. Lawrence</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">F. H. Merelli</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rodman D. Patton</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charles J. Pitman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
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    <TD 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, dated February
23, 2010, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February&nbsp;23,
2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Apache Corporation&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, SEC File No.
001-4300).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Apache Corporation, as amended August&nbsp;6, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Apache Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate for Apache Corporation&#146;s Common Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Apache Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;31, 1996, between Apache Corporation and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank Minnesota,
N.A.), rights agent, relating to the declaration of a rights dividend to
Apache Corporation&#146;s common stockholders of record on January&nbsp;31, 1996
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)&nbsp;to Apache Corporation&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated January&nbsp;24, 1996, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</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&nbsp;31, 1996, between Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to Apache
Corporation&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated
January&nbsp;31, 2006, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 First Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 Second Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Apache Corporation November&nbsp;10, 2010 Non-Statutory Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 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 the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2010
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
No. 41-0747868
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400
(713) 296-6000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 First Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation
Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 Second Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation
Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation
(Full Title of Plans)
P. Anthony Lannie, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
APACHE CORPORATION
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(713) 296-6000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee (2)
Common Stock, par value
$0.625 per share, and
associated Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
(3) to be issued under
the Apache Corporation
November 10, 2010 First
Non-Qualified Stock
Option Agreements for
Certain Employees of
Apache Corporation
128,548
57.51
$7,392,795.48
$527.11
Common Stock, par value
$0.625 per share, and
associated Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
(3) to be issued under
the Apache Corporation
November 10, 2010
Second Non-Qualified
Stock Option Agreements
for Certain Employees
of Apache Corporation
(4)
15,576
57.51
$895,755.76
$63.87
Common Stock, par value
$0.625 per share, and
associated Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
(3) to be issued under
the Apache Corporation
November 10, 2010
Non-Statutory Stock
Option Agreements for
Certain Employees of
Apache Corporation (4)
1,314
47.61
$62,559.54
$4.46
Total
145,438
$8,351,110.78
$595.44
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), the number of shares of common stock ("Common Stock") of Apache Corporation
("Apache") to be registered hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock as may be issued under the employee benefit plans to prevent dilution
by reason of any stock split, stock dividend or other similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) of the Securities Act. The maximum offering price per share is based on the price
at which the options may be exercised.
(3)
The registration statement also covers the associated preferred stock purchase rights
(the "Rights") issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated January 31, 1996, between
Apache Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A.), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of January 31, 2006. Until
the occurrence of certain events, the Rights will not be exercisable for or evidenced
separately from the shares of Common Stock of Apache.
(4)
Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding options under the
respective agreements at fixed exercise prices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
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
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.6
EX-4.7
EX-4.8
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-23.2
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On November 10, 2010, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 14, 2010, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 2, 2010 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among
Apache Corporation ("Apache"), Apache Deepwater LLC (formerly known as ZMZ Acquisition LLC), a
Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Apache ("Merger Sub") and
Mariner Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Mariner"), Mariner merged with and into Merger Sub,
with Merger Sub surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Apache. Pursuant to the
Merger Agreement, each outstanding option to purchase Mariner common stock was converted into a
fully exercisable option to purchase the number of shares of Apache common stock obtained by
multiplying the number of Mariner shares subject to the option by the 0.24347 exchange ratio set
forth in the Merger Agreement, with a per share exercise price equal to the existing per-Mariner
share exercise price divided by the 0.24347 exchange ratio (with any resulting exercise price that
contains a fraction of a cent being increased to the next whole cent).
This Registration Statement has been filed for the purpose of registering the 145,438 shares
of Apache common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the (1)
Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 First Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements for Certain
Employees of Apache Corporation, (2) Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 Second Non-Qualified
Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation and (3) Apache Corporation
November 10, 2010 Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache
Corporation.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or
will be sent or given to participants in the Plans as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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
(other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form
8-K or exhibits filed under Item 9.01 relating to those Items, unless expressly stated otherwise
therein):
(1)
Annual Report on Form 10-K and 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
(2)
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-Q/A for the quarters ended March 31, 2010,
June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010.
(3)
Current Reports on Form 8-K and 8-K/A filed with the Commission on January 14, 2010,
January 19, 2010, April 15, 2010, April 16, 2010, May 11, 2010, July 20, 2010, July 21,
2010 (2 filings), July 28, 2010, August 3, 2010, August 11, 2010, August 16, 2010, August
20, 2010, October 12, 2010, November 5, 2010 and November 9, 2010.
(4)
Any description of Apache's Common Stock contained in a registration statement filed
pursuant to the Exchange Act and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
In addition, all documents filed by Apache pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
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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 the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in any amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Apache's Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws provide that, to the full extent permitted
under the Delaware General Corporation Law, Apache's directors shall not be personally liable for
monetary damages. Apache's bylaws provide that Apache shall indemnify its officers, directors,
employees and agents.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as 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 him in
connection with such suit or proceeding if he 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 for such persons against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably
incurred in defense or settlement of any such pending, completed or threatened action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation 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, such person shall not have been
adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such 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 Delaware General Corporation Law 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 such 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 its and its subsidiaries' officers and directors against specified liabilities for actions
taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
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 Delaware
General Corporation Law. Additionally, Article Seventeenth of Apache's restated certificate of
incorporation eliminates in specified 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:
•
for a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to Apache or its stockholders;
•
for acts or omissions by the director not in good faith;
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•
or acts or omissions by a director involving intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of the law;
•
under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which relates to the
declaration of dividends and purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the Delaware
General Corporation Law; and
•
for transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
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, dated February
23, 2010, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 23,
2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Apache Corporation's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, SEC File No.
001-4300).
4.2
Bylaws of Apache Corporation, as amended August 6, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Apache Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for quarter ended June 30, 2009, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.3
Form of Certificate for Apache Corporation's Common Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Apache Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 31, 1996, between Apache Corporation and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank Minnesota,
N.A.), rights agent, relating to the declaration of a rights dividend to
Apache Corporation's common stockholders of record on January 31, 1996
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a) to Apache Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, dated January 24, 1996, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.5
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. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Apache
Corporation's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated
January 31, 2006, SEC File No. 001-4300).
*4.6
Form of Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 First Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.
*4.7
Form of Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 Second Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.
*4.8
Form of Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 Non-Statutory Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.
*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 the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration
Statement on Form S-8).
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*
Filed herewith
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 Apache 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 Apache'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.
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Apache pursuant to the foregoing
provisions or otherwise, Apache 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 Apace of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of Apache 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, Apache 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:  November 10, 2010
By:
/s/ Roger B. Plank
Roger B. Plank
President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints G. Steven Farris, Roger B. Plank, P. Anthony Lannie and Rebecca A. Hoyt, and each of them,
any of whom may act without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and to file any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, with
all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing, ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any of
them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ G. Steven Farris
Chairman of the Board and Chief
November 10, 2010
G. Steven Farris
Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Roger B. Plank
President
November 10, 2010
Roger B. Plank
(Principal
Financial Officer)
/s/ Rebecca A. Hoyt
Vice President and Controller
November 10, 2010
Rebecca A. Hoyt
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Frederick M. Bohen
Director
November 10, 2010
Frederick M. Bohen
/s/ Randolph M. Ferlic
Director
November 10, 2010
Randolph M. Ferlic
/s/ Eugene C. Fiedorek
Director
November 10, 2010
Eugene C. Fiedorek
/s/ A. D. Frazier, Jr.
Director
November 10, 2010
A. D. Frazier, Jr.
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Title
Date
/s/ Patricia Albjerg Graham
Director
November 10, 2010
Patricia Albjerg Graham
/s/ John A. Kocur
Director
November 10, 2010
John A. Kocur
/s/ George D. Lawrence
Director
November 10, 2010
George D. Lawrence
/s/ F. H. Merelli
Director
November 10, 2010
F. H. Merelli
/s/ Rodman D. Patton
Director
November 10, 2010
Rodman D. Patton
/s/ Charles J. Pitman
Director
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Charles J. Pitman
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apache Corporation, dated February
23, 2010, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 23,
2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Apache Corporation's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, SEC File No.
001-4300).
4.2
Bylaws of Apache Corporation, as amended August 6, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Apache Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for quarter ended June 30, 2009, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.3
Form of Certificate for Apache Corporation's Common Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Apache Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 31, 1996, between Apache Corporation and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank Minnesota,
N.A.), rights agent, relating to the declaration of a rights dividend to
Apache Corporation's common stockholders of record on January 31, 1996
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a) to Apache Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, dated January 24, 1996, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.5
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. (as successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Apache
Corporation's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated
January 31, 2006, SEC File No. 001-4300).
*4.6
Form of Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 First Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.
*4.7
Form of Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 Second Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.
*4.8
Form of Apache Corporation November 10, 2010 Non-Statutory Stock Option
Agreements for Certain Employees of Apache Corporation.
*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 the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration
Statement on Form S-8).
*
Filed herewith