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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;30, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333 - &#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;</B>
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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: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT 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"><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 incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>No.&nbsp;41-0747868<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;100</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Houston, Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77056-4400</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>APACHE CORPORATION<BR>
2011 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<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Apache Corporation<BR>
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Houston, Texas 77056-4400<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(713)&nbsp;296-6000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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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 (4)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">25,500,000  shares</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" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$115.88</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,954,940,000</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" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$343,069</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 by 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) of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 June
27, 2011.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#H83181001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#H83181002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#H83181009"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>
</DIV>

<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 25,500,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.625 per share (&#147;Apache Common Stock&#148;), for issuance under the terms of the Apache
Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Such 25,500,000 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="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<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">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (plan information
and registrant information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 and the
requirements of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this registration statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. Apache shall
maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule&nbsp;428(a)(2) of the
Securities Act. Upon request, Apache shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy of any or
all of the documents included in the file.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed by Apache with the Commission 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, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 10-K/A, for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 2011 and
April&nbsp;7, 2011, respectively.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2011, filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2011.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K and Form 8-K/A, filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;13, 2011, February&nbsp;14, 2011, February&nbsp;25, 2011, March&nbsp;8, 2011, April&nbsp;15, 2011,
May&nbsp;9, 2011, and May&nbsp;11, 2011.</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 (excluding any information furnished pursuant
to Item&nbsp;2.02 and Item&nbsp;7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K), 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">Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference 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 document that also is,
or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<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, as amended, Apache&#146;s Bylaws
and the Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;31, 1996, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto, dated
January&nbsp;31, 2006 (as amended, the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;), between Apache and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
(&#147;Wells Fargo&#148;) (as successor-in-interest to 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">Apache has 860,000,000 shares of Apache Common Stock authorized for issuance. 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<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 2.31 shares of Apache Common Stock issued in order to
provide for possible exercises of Rights under the Rights Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The currently outstanding Apache Common Stock and the Rights under the 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.
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<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 10,000,000 shares of no par preferred stock authorized for issuance, of which (i)
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 that trade with Apache Common
Stock, and (ii)&nbsp;1,265,000 shares have been designated 6.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series&nbsp;D (&#147;Series&nbsp;D Preferred Stock&#148;). A total of 1,265,000 shares of Series&nbsp;D 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. Issuances of additional shares of preferred stock are subject in each case
to the limitation set forth in the April&nbsp;15, 2011 resolutions of the executive committee of
Apache&#146;s Board of Directors, in accordance with which Apache may not issue more than an aggregate
of 7,500,000 of the 10,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, without further stockholder
approval.
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<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 preferred stock purchase 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
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.
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<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 a
price of $.01 per Right at any time until ten business days after public announcement of a flip in
event. The 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 Apache Common Stock and the expiration of the
Rights was extended to January&nbsp;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 2011 Omnibus
Equity Compensation Plan.
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<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: 6pt">Apache&#146;s Restated 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">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#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, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, 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 is 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.
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<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 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 the officers and
directors of Apache and its subsidiaries against specified liabilities for actions taken in their
capacities as officers and directors, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
</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, Article&nbsp;Seventeen 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="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" 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="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" 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>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for acts or omissions by a director involving intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of the law;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, which relates to the declaration of dividends and
purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the DDGCL; 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="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" 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>

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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 width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <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>
    <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="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 Registrant, dated February&nbsp;23, 2010, as filed with
the Secretary of State of Delaware on February&nbsp;23, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, SEC File No.
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">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designations of the 6.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series&nbsp;D
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A,
dated July&nbsp;29, 2010, SEC 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 Registrant, as amended August&nbsp;6, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009, SEC File No.
001-4300).</TD>
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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">4.4
</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;001-4300).</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">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">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.), rights agent, relating to
the declaration of a rights dividend to Registrant&#146;s common shareholders of record on January
31, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)&nbsp;to Apache&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A, dated January&nbsp;24, 1996, 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">4.6
</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. (as
successor-in-interest to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.4 to Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated January&nbsp;31,
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 2011 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, dated May&nbsp;5, 2011, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2011, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</TD>
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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">*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>
</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">*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 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>
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    <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:
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<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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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
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<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">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes 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 this registration statement 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">(h)&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, on June&nbsp;30,
2011.
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    <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">&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">Chairman of the Board and <BR>
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><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 Thomas P. Chambers, 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.
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<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.
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    <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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<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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">G. Steven Farris
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Chief Executive Officer</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ Thomas P. Chambers
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Thomas P. Chambers
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ Rebecca A. Hoyt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer&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">Rebecca A. Hoyt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Controller</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&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">Frederick M. Bohen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 0x solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</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="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">&nbsp;</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">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ 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">&nbsp;</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">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&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">A. D. Frazier, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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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/ Patricia Albjerg Graham
<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">&nbsp;</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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ Scott D. Josey
<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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Scott D. Josey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ Chansoo Joung
<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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chansoo Joung
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</TD>
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    <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>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&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">John A. Kocur
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ George D. Lawrence
<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">&nbsp;</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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ F. H. Merelli
<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">&nbsp;</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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ Rodman D. Patton
<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">&nbsp;</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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</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/ Charles J. Pitman
<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">&nbsp;</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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2011</TD>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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>
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    <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 Registrant, dated
February&nbsp;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 Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</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 Designations of the 6.00% Mandatory Convertible
Preferred Stock, Series&nbsp;D (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.3 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated July
29, 2010, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Registrant, as amended August&nbsp;6, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</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;001-4300).</TD>
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    <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 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 Registrant&#146;s common
shareholders of record on January&nbsp;31, 1996 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (a)&nbsp;to Apache&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;8-A, dated January&nbsp;24, 1996, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</TD>
</TR>
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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&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 Registrant&#146;s
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated
January&nbsp;31, 2006, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</TD>
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    <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 2011 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, dated May&nbsp;5, 2011, filed with the Commission
on May&nbsp;11, 2011, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-4300).</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 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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</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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    <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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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2011
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
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
APACHE CORPORATION
2011 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
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
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of Registration
Registered (1)
Registered (2)
Share (3)
Price (3)
Fee (3)
Common Stock, par
value $0.625 per
share, and
associated
Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights (4)
25,500,000  shares
$115.88
$2,954,940,000
$343,069
(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 by 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) of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 June
27, 2011.
(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.
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
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-23.2
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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 25,500,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.625 per share ("Apache Common Stock"), for issuance under the terms of the Apache
Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Such 25,500,000 shares of Apache Common Stock
have been reserved and authorized for issuance from Apache's authorized and unissued capital stock.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 (plan information
and registrant information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with Rule 428 and the
requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this registration statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Apache shall
maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the
Securities Act. Upon request, Apache shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy of any or
all of the documents included in the file.
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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 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, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A, for
the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2011 and
April 7, 2011, respectively.
(2)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, filed with
the Commission on May 9, 2011.
(3)
Current Reports on Form 8-K and Form 8-K/A, filed with the Commission on
January 13, 2011, February 14, 2011, February 25, 2011, March 8, 2011, April 15, 2011,
May 9, 2011, and May 11, 2011.
(4)
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished pursuant
to Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K), 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.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference 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 document that also is,
or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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, as amended, Apache's Bylaws
and the Rights Agreement, dated January 31, 1996, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated
January 31, 2006 (as amended, the "Rights Agreement"), between Apache and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
("Wells Fargo") (as successor-in-interest to 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
Apache has 860,000,000 shares of Apache Common Stock authorized for issuance. 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
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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 2.31 shares of Apache Common Stock issued in order to
provide for possible exercises of Rights under the Rights Agreement.
The currently outstanding Apache Common Stock and the Rights under the 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 10,000,000 shares of no par preferred stock authorized for issuance, 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 that trade with Apache Common
Stock, and (ii) 1,265,000 shares have been designated 6.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series D ("Series D Preferred Stock"). A total of 1,265,000 shares of Series D 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. Issuances of additional shares of preferred stock are subject in each case
to the limitation set forth in the April 15, 2011 resolutions of the executive committee of
Apache's Board of Directors, in accordance with which Apache may not issue more than an aggregate
of 7,500,000 of the 10,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, without further stockholder
approval.
Rights
In December 1995, Apache declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase 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.
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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 a
price of $.01 per Right at any time until ten business days after public announcement of a flip in
event. The 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 Apache Common Stock and the expiration of the
Rights 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 2011 Omnibus
Equity Compensation Plan.
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 Restated 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 (the "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, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, 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 is 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.
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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 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 the officers and
directors of Apache and its subsidiaries against specified liabilities for actions taken in their
capacities as officers and directors, 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 DGCL.
Additionally, Article Seventeen 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;
•
for acts or omissions by a director involving intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of the law;
•
under Section 174 of the DGCL, which relates to the declaration of dividends and
purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the DDGCL; and
•
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 Registrant, 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 Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2009, SEC File No.
001-4300).
4.2
Certificate of Designations of the 6.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
dated July 29, 2010, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.3
Bylaws of Registrant, as amended August 6, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2009, SEC File No.
001-4300).
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. 001-4300).
4.5
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.), rights agent, relating to
the declaration of a rights dividend to Registrant's common shareholders of record on January
31, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a) to Apache's Registration Statement on Form
8-A, dated January 24, 1996, Commission File No. 001-4300).
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. (as
successor-in-interest 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, Commission File No. 001-4300).
4.7
Apache Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 5, 2011, filed with the
Commission on May 11, 2011, 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.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes 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 this registration statement 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
(h) 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, on June 30,
2011.
APACHE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ G. Steven Farris
G. Steven Farris,
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive 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 Thomas P. Chambers, 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
Director;
G. Steven Farris
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 30, 2011
/s/ Thomas P. Chambers
Executive Vice President and
Thomas P. Chambers
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 30, 2011
/s/ Rebecca A. Hoyt
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Rebecca A. Hoyt
and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 30, 2011
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Signature
Title
Date
Director
Frederick M. Bohen
/s/ Randolph M. Ferlic
Director
Randolph M. Ferlic
June 30, 2011
/s/ Eugene C. Fiedorek
Director
Eugene C. Fiedorek
June 30, 2011
/s/ A. D. Frazier, Jr.
Director
A. D. Frazier, Jr.
June 30, 2011
/s/ Patricia Albjerg Graham
Director
Patricia Albjerg Graham
June 30, 2011
/s/ Scott D. Josey
Director
Scott D. Josey
June 30, 2011
/s/ Chansoo Joung
Director
Chansoo Joung
June 30, 2011
/s/ John A. Kocur
Director
John A. Kocur
June 30, 2011
/s/ George D. Lawrence
Director
George D. Lawrence
June 30, 2011
/s/ F. H. Merelli
Director
F. H. Merelli
June 30, 2011
/s/ Rodman D. Patton
Director
Rodman D. Patton
June 30, 2011
/s/ Charles J. Pitman
Director
Charles J. Pitman
June 30, 2011
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, 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 Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for year
ended December 31, 2009, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.2
Certificate of Designations of the 6.00% Mandatory Convertible
Preferred Stock, Series D (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated July
29, 2010, SEC File No. 001-4300).
4.3
Bylaws of Registrant, as amended August 6, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2009, SEC File No. 001-4300).
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. 001-4300).
4.5
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.), rights agent, relating to the
declaration of a rights dividend to Registrant's common
shareholders of record on January 31, 1996 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (a) to Apache's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, dated January 24, 1996, Commission File No. 001-4300).
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.
(as successor-in-interest 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, Commission File No. 001-4300).
4.7
Apache Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K, dated May 5, 2011, filed with the Commission
on May 11, 2011, 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).
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Filed herewith