HOUSTON, March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apache Corporation (NYSE,
Nasdaq: APA) reported today's closing on the previously announced $1
billion acquisition of controlling interest in 28 producing oil and natural
gas fields on more than 218,000 gross acres (approximately 143,000 net
acres) with over 300 drilling locations in the Permian Basin of West Texas
from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC).
Apache will book net reserves of 70 million barrels of oil equivalent
(57 million barrels of oil and 78 billion cubic feet of natural gas); net
daily production from the fields is estimated at 9,000 barrels of oil and
19 million cubic feet of gas. The acquisition adds 31 percent to the
company's existing Permian oil production and 24 percent to its gas
production in the basin.
"These assets fit well with our existing Permian Basin position and
their long reserve life provides further balance for Apache's worldwide
portfolio," said G. Steven Farris, president, chief executive and chief
operating officer.
The effective date of the transaction is March 29, 2007.
Most of the asset value is concentrated in eight operated fields
comprising 81 percent of the proved reserves and 72 percent of the net
production.
Apache is funding the acquisition with debt; after the transaction, the
company's debt remains less than 30 percent of total capitalization.
Apache Corporation discovers and produces oil and natural gas in the
United States, Canada, the United Kingdom North Sea, Egypt, Australia and
Argentina.
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" as
defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including,
without limitation, expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives regarding
Apache's reserves and production. Any matters that are not historical facts
are forward-looking and, accordingly, involve estimates, assumptions and
uncertainties. There is no assurance that Apache's expectations will be
realized, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed in
the forward-looking statements. The press release also discusses probable
and possible reserves, which are categories not recognized for purposes of
Apache's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission.
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SOURCE Apache Corporation
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