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letter from the ceo

letter
from the ceo
Apache Corporation is pleased to present our
second annual Sustainability Report for 2011.
Apache continually strives to achieve responsible and
sustainable operations across its worldwide asset base
spanning five continents. We empower our employees
to seek innovative solutions that create value to our
operations while also incorporating sustainability
initiatives, including reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, protecting biodiversity in environmentally
sensitive areas, providing a safe operating environment
and giving back to the communities where we operate.

Among the past year’s sustainability highlights:

Apache and partner Encana received the 2011 Environmental

Performance Award from the Canadian Association
of Petroleum Producers for developing infrastructure
designed to reduce the environmental impact of natural gas
development in British Columbia’s Horn River Basin.

Apache employees worked safer. In an analysis of the

company’s safety performance including joint venture
operations over a three-year period ending in 2010,
employee recordable injuries declined by 88 percent
and work-restricting injuries by 90 percent.

Apache kicked off its “Give Where We Live” program,

presenting $100,000 in grants to non-profit organizations
in the Lafayette / Acadiana, La. area. The popular
Facebook campaign is a grassroots effort to unite
Apache employees and their local communities.

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At Apache, we believe increased use of
natural gas should play an important role in
any practical carbon policy because it emits
significantly less GHG than other fossil fuels.
In the United States, ample domestic supplies
make natural gas the only fossil fuel than can
simultaneously reduce the country’s trade
imbalance and improve the environment with
lower emissions.
For a growth company like Apache, reducing
our absolute GHG emissions can be a challenge,
but we have been successful at identifying
and implementing many initiatives that both
improve operations and reduce emissions
across the company’s operational regions.
In the North Sea and in Egypt, we replaced
fuel oil with natural gas to generate power to
substantially reduce costs and emissions.
In Canada, Apache sequesters carbon dioxide
from a coal-fired electric plant to increase
oil recovery at our Midale field. In the United
States, we built seven compressed natural gas
(CNG) fueling stations and converted 246 field
vehicles to operate on CNG with the goal of
converting the majority of our field vehicles
within five years. These and other efforts have
led to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
in 2010.
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Apache derives its benefit from the Earth and therefore we take our environmental responsibility
very seriously. This book highlights our efforts toward a sustainable future.
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Apache is a leader in protecting biodiversity in
several environmentally sensitive areas around
the world, including nearly 270,000 acres of
wetlands in south Louisiana that are subjected
to continual coastal erosion. Apache spends
considerable resources to maintain freshwater
marsh habitats and ecosystems that support
substantial plant, wildlife and fish populations.
Safety is not negotiable at Apache, and we
demand high standards from our regular
and contract employees. All workers
are empowered to ensure a safe and
environmentally responsible operation.
Apache gives back to the communities
where we operate by providing monetary and
volunteer support to hundreds of civic and
philanthropic organizations. Apache supports
education through the Fund for Teachers
and Springboard: Educating the Future
and the arts through support of the Ucross
Foundation. We have donated more than two
million trees to local communities across the
United States.
Apache’s operations are underpinned with
identifiable programs that balance exploration
and production activities with environmental
stewardship, safety and corporate outreach.
Our employees are empowered, encouraged
and committed to deliver a sustainable future.
G. Steven Farris
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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vision

vision
Apache’s commitments to
the environment, safety and
community are sustained by our mission
to build value for our shareholders.
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At Apache, our mission statement is a sustainability Governance

Apache’s governance policies and practices
statement: Our mission is to grow a profitable global exploration and reflect our belief that accountability and
production company in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for the transparency, and not just stability, promote
long-term benefit of our shareholders. Each year, we renew our unwavering sustainability. Good ideas come from many
commitment to these standards. sources, external and internal, and policies
and procedures that provide for the informed
Taking a long-term view means that finding sustainable answers to the challenges
exchange of ideas that accountability and
we face is an integral part of the business. It’s our culture, our values, how things transparency encourage are prominent in
are done at the company, and what it takes to get the most out of our assets. Apache’s governance profile.

Apache explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas through operations
in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea, Advocacy
Egypt, Australia and Argentina. Our commitments to the environment, safety
Over the course of several years, Apache
and community are sustained by the primary motivations of the business: has developed an extensive network of
Building value for our shareholders, developing a talented and motivated team relationships within the industry and is an active
of employees, operating more efficiently and maintaining positive connections member of several state and national industry
with essential stakeholders. advocacy groups, with company representation
on the leadership level. The primary focus of
most industry advocacy groups is to promote
We’ve learned that the right decisions for our business match up well with the right decisions for positive legislative and regulatory decisions.
the environment, the safety of our employees and our stakeholders: This is best accomplished by ensuring decision-
makers at the local, state and federal levels are
We substitute natural gas for diesel We empower workers to step in when informed about what the company does and
how it does it. These organizations work to
fuel to power our operations, reducing a danger appears present, reducing
raise awareness and advocate for sound energy
both costs and emissions. costly accidents and making sure our
policies and pro-business economic solutions.
people get home safely from work.
We seek non-potable sources for the
volumes of water necessary to find We help build sustainable communities
and produce oil and gas, and we through employment, taxes and
recycle a significant amount. royalties and involvement through
monetary and volunteer support.
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Linking environmental responsibility
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biodiversity
Protecting and restoring
Louisiana marshlands
Apache has owned nearly 270,000 acres of
land along the coast of Louisiana since 2002.
The state is losing about 34 square miles of
freshwater coastal marsh land each year, and
land ownership often is in dispute.
The causes of marsh erosion are complex
and subject to fierce debate. But for a land
owner like Apache, the potential financial
consequences are simple enough: If a marsh
turns into open water, it becomes public land
with mineral rights reverting to the state of
Louisiana.
Apache’s business goal—maintaining the
marshes and recovering more of the oil and gas
resource beneath the acreage—is aligned with
broader environmental goals. The marshes are
a nursery for many of the most valuable fish
and shrimp catches in the Gulf of Mexico.
Shrimp spawned in fresh waters grow in
the grasses on the edges of marshlands in
the transition zone between fresh and salty
water. Vegetation provides nutrition and
protection for shrimp—a major money maker
for fisherman and a key food source for many
other species, including drum and snapper that
also seek protection in the marsh vegetation
when young. If open saltwater encroaches
on the freshwater marsh, the shrimp lose the
fragile ecosystem so crucial to their survival.
By protecting and restoring the marshes,
Apache protects its business assets and the
surrounding ecosystem, creating a win-win
situation for the environment and the company.
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Helping nature heal
marsh land
Since the 1930s, nearly 1,000 wells have been
drilled in the Golden Meadow field in South
Louisiana’s LaFourche Parish, some standing in
the water only about 40 feet apart. Apache has
been operating in Golden Meadow since 2002.
Here the marsh has suffered from subsidence,
saltwater intrusion, erosion mainly from
hurricanes and extensive canal building from
the early days of oil exploration.
What is left of the freshwater marsh is in the
form of islands of grass on the borders of the
wide channels in a field where Apache has
been drilling wells and upgrading facilities to
extend the life of an oil field that has had many
operators over the years.
A visitor can spot the areas where there’s been
recent drilling—there’s more vegetation around
it. Apache uses the “spoil” that is dredged up to
allow drilling rigs on barges to move onto a well
site to rebuild the banks along the channels.
Using the spoil, or the soil removed during
an excavation, the goal is to create as much,
if not more, marsh than was lost. Grasses are
planted to hold the soil in place. Old channels
are closed off when they are no longer needed.
Pipelines are routed through open water rather
than disturbing marsh.
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Lake DeCade: Rebuilding the
banks, defending against
saltwater intrusion
The south bank of Lake DeCade is a low dirt
levee topped by a bristling barrier of oyster
grass and bullwhips. A handmade billboard on
a sheet of plywood proclaims that this is
“The Kajun Bahamas.” Every year on the Fourth
of July this is the home of a unique celebration
with grills, coolers and lawn chairs set up for a
party in the shallow water.
A closer look shows how the choppy waters
have gouged the bank that divides the lake
from the increasingly salty marshlands to the
south. It’s a weak spot in an unbroken line
of defenses against salt water intrusions,
stretching nearly 18 miles from east to west
across Apache land.
Without reinforcement a strong storm could
wipe out the bank allowing salt water to pour
into the lake, threatening freshwater marshes
to the north. In 2010, Apache picked up 15
percent of the cost of a $3 million project to
line an 8,450-foot stretch of the south banks
with rocks. The federal government is covering
the balance of the cost. In a short period, salt
water can kill the vibrant vegetation found in
a freshwater marsh and drive out alligators,
bass, frogs and many of the types of ducks that
winter here.
The lake is at the heart of Apache’s largest
Louisiana land holding known as La Terre,
French for “the land,” in Terrebonne Parish.
This property combines marshes that are
breeding grounds for the fish and shrimp in the
Gulf of Mexico on top of oil and gas deposits.
An aerial photograph from 1945 shows an
hourglass-shaped lake with a nearly solid marsh
around it. A comparable shot of Lake DeCade
now would show a roughly oval shaped lake
with a lace work of ponds nearby.
environment
Apache and the previous owners have backed
projects creating barriers and water control
rigs to reefs
systems to preserve freshwater marshes in the Apache supports the “Rigs to Reefs”
face of forces destroying marshes to the south. program, which is the heart of the Texas
Artificial Reef Program. It involves the
Lake DeCade has gotten saltier during some
recycling of obsolete petroleum platforms
periods because it’s linked by navigation
into permanent artificial reefs rather than
channels to the Houma Industrial Canal.
allowing them to be taken ashore as scrap.
When the winds and tides are aligned, this
Rigs make ideal artificial reefs because they
large canal to the Gulf of Mexico is an avenue
are environmentally safe, made of highly
for salt water incursions.
durable and stable material and already
Every year Apache rebuilds the bank of support a thriving reef ecosystem.
Lake DeCade by dredging up dirt from the lake.
This low levee includes water control devices To date, more than 100 offshore
that keep out salty water but allow shrimp petroleum structures have been donated
and fish in this natural nursery to move out by cooperating oil and gas companies.
to the lake. Currently, the Artificial Reef Program
receives 50 percent of an oil company’s
savings from converting the jacket to a reef
wheatstone lng instead of taking the structure to shore
Apache and its partners are developing where it is salvaged. The funds received are
the Wheatstone LNG project in used to finance research, administration,
Western Australia under the strictest of maintenance, liability and construction of
environmental conditions. The project, new artificial reefs. The funds also make the
a joint venture between the Australian Texas Artificial Reef Program self-sufficient
subsidiaries of Apache, Chevron, Kuwait with no need for taxpayer dollars.
Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company
and Shell, received approval under national
environmental law in 2011. The project
partners will adhere to 70 environmental
conditions, including submitting plans
on how they will protect matters of
environmental significance and implement
a biodiversity offset strategy. The strict
conditions will help protect threatened and
migratory species such as dugongs, marine
turtles, sawfish, dolphins, whales and the
marine environment.
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greenhouse gases
Improved operations
bring lower costs,
reduced emissions
Managing greenhouse gas emissions at
Apache has become an integral part of
improving operations.
These improvements come from projects large
and small. Apache has built regional electric
grids for its facilities in Egypt and Argentina;
replaced diesel generators with high-efficiency,
natural-gas powered units; installed advanced
metering and monitoring systems; and
extended the life of its fields by injecting
carbon dioxide into underground reservoirs
that otherwise would have been emitted by
smokestacks. Some large reductions come
from improving basic operational efficiency.
“We look for opportunities to run our
business better, and in the process we reduce
emissions,” said Cal Cooper, Apache’s
manager of Worldwide Greenhouse Gas.
Some businesses have fixed operational
facilities and can measure GHG reductions
by direct measurements year on year.
On the other hand, purchasing facilities can
sometimes make year-to-year comparisons
difficult. Even during a period of rapid
expansion, Apache is looking for ways to
reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2)
emitted per barrel of oil equivalent produced.
Removing CO2 one tree at a time
Apache’s results-oriented approach to reducing emissions reaches to its advocacy for increased
use of cleaner-burning natural gas for electric generation and transportation, as well as its
charitable activities. Through the nonprofit Apache Foundation, the company has awarded
communities more than two million trees since 2005. We estimate that each tree will remove
110 pounds (50kg) of carbon dioxide per year for 50 years, or about 2.5 tonnes, during the life of
each tree.
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CO2-e Detail 2010 In Canada, Apache is among the leaders in
using carbon-dioxide rich exhaust gas from
(in metric tonnes) electrical generation plants to extend the life of
2010 GHG Emissions by Region aging oil fields.
Argentina 1,050,000 In 2010, Apache reduced its emissions by
Australia 850,000 805,000 metric tonnes of C02 equivalent.
This figure isn’t the product of some algorithm
Canada 1,600,000
Egypt 3,400,000 or clever rework of numbers, but rather a
straightforward and tangible amount. It comes
North Sea 400,000
from projects large and small within our
Central 500,000
existing facilities across a variety of regions.
GOM Onshore 400,000 Our feeling is that the numbers, as well as the
GOM Shelf 1,700,000 work they represent, speak for themselves.
Permian 1,000,000 Even in the midst of an impressive growth
TOTAL 10,900,000 spurt we have been able to reduce emissions in
our facilities by 800,000 tonnes.
Recently, with oil production climbing, Apache’s All of these projects have been paid for
Egypt Region spent millions to convert with benefits such as lower fuel costs,
inefficient diesel-burning generators to more greater energy efficiency and reduced
efficient electric generators burning lower-cost, downtime and maintenance expenses,
cleaner-burning natural gas. with cleaner air as a bonus.
The project in Egypt points to the company’s
biggest target for emissions management—the
fuel burned to power this growing, energy-
Carbon Disclosure Project
intensive business. Apache participates in the Carbon Disclosure
Project, an independent not-for-profit
There’s also a steady flow of smaller ideas
organization holding the largest database of
being put into action for more efficiencies.
primary corporate climate change information
At the Forties Field in the United Kingdom
in the world. Thousands of organizations from
sector of the North Sea, installing control
across the world’s major economies measure
units in the compressors allows operators
and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions,
to slow the speed of the fans during warm-up
water use and climate change strategies
to save energy.
through CDP.
Scan with your smart phone
to visit the Carbon Disclosure
Project.
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environment

North Sea: A payoff for Tracking emissions in declining field emissions

converting to gas real time (2008–2010)
The Forties Field is the largest and among the Apache’s Australian operations are required Tonnes c02
oldest discoveries in the North Sea, dating to report emissions monthly to regulators, but per 1,000 barrels
to 1970. At year-end 2010, it was the second an engineer in the regional office in Perth can
total field of oil equivalent
year c02 emissions (MBOE)
biggest producer in the United Kingdom sector now see what’s happening on the company’s
2008 8,887,549 30
of the North Sea. platforms in real time.
2009 11,542,000 29
Maintaining production requires water floods, What began as a way to reduce the labor
2010 10,900,000 27
natural gas injection, ongoing drilling and other needed to comply with Australia’s National
* Gross production from Apache-operated fields
strategies. The energy needed to power all Green House Emission Reporting Scheme,
those activities could easily translate into high or NGERS, is being used to find new ways to
emissions of CO2, but that’s not the case. reduce emissions and operating costs.

This single field represents approximately The emissions report is based on a variety of A cleanup operation with a
8 percent of Apache’s worldwide production, indicators of electric generator performance, long-term reward
but only 3 percent of the company’s including fuel use, downtime and power output. Apache’s Midale Field in Canada, which was
greenhouse gas emissions. discovered 57 years ago, has become a test bed
The data is being used to identify opportunities
Since Apache bought the field in 2003, it has to improve performance. For example, the data for ways to extend the life of oil fields while
invested more than $3 billion to drill wells and indicated that a turbine on an offshore platform reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
improve operations. One key project called the had suboptimal efficiency and after further The field in Saskatchewan just north of the
Ring Main improved the efficiency of power investigation, it was discovered that a bit of U.S. border is expected to produce an
generation in the face of increased power cleaning restored its output to optimal levels. additional 60 million barrels of oil, extending
requirements as oil output increased. Most of its productive life, due to injections of carbon
the field’s power now comes from natural gas dioxide (CO2) that otherwise would have gone
that previously had been flared instead of diesel up a smokestack.
delivered by boat from onshore refineries.
The payoff could go far beyond the value of
another couple decades of oil production.
Investing in cleaner growth This is one of the first fields in the world where
Explosive growth in oil output in Egypt has quickly moved it to the top of the list of Apache’s carbon dioxide emissions from a coal-fired
highest producing regions. electric generation facility are being used for
enhanced oil recovery. And when all the oil is
The growth of Apache’s carbon emissions in Egypt tracks the rise in its oil production; the
gone, the CO2 will remain underground.
region represented about one-fourth of the company’s 2010 oil and gas output and also its
CO2 emissions. Apache’s Qarun Petroleum Co. joint venture with the Egyptian government Midale and the nearby Weyburn field operated
has been driving output higher using diesel generator sets to power the pumps that produce by Cenovus are both part of the Plains CO2
the oil. Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, a cross-
border, government/business effort to test
Apache has been moving to limit emissions by replacing many of the widely dispersed
the feasibility of using industrial emissions
diesel generators with a far more efficient electrical generation plants fired by
for enhanced oil recovery and ultimately
natural gas and linked to the wells by 75 miles (120 kilometers) of overhead
sealing them in the ground for the
power lines.
long term.
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resources
Conserving nature’s
resources as we
provide energy
From efforts to preserve and restore
marshes in South Louisiana to developing
oil fields near a pristine reef of the Western
Australia coast, Apache works to develop
oil and gas resources in ways that match
its economic goals with what’s best for the
environment and communities.
Water—an essential commodity for people,
agriculture and many industries—also is
important in drilling and producing oil and gas.
Across its operations, Apache is using new
and proven technologies to reduce our draw
on freshwater supplies. For example, we have
invested in a new water plant to process non-
potable water sources to limit the freshwater
impact of drilling and completion operations
in the Horn River Basin of northeastern British
Columbia, an abundant shale gas play.
Also at Horn River, pad-drilling techniques
enable Apache to tap large areas from a small
location, minimizing the impact on the surface.
The wells drilled there are clustered in a
relatively small area, allowing Apache to reach
out more than mile in each direction without
disturbing the land. To protect drinking water
aquifers close to the surface, Apache’s wells are
lined with corrosion-resistant steel and sealed
off from the surrounding rocks by cement to
prevent leaks.
Developing abundant natural gas resources
often requires hydraulic fracturing—the
process that uses water and sand to crack
gas-bearing formations and allow gas to flow
to the surface. Apache has been using this
technique in tight and unconventional natural
gas reservoirs in Oklahoma and Texas for more
than 30 years, and we are committed to safe
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and environmentally responsible operations
in shale formations in the Horn River Basin,
Argentina and new areas where we are
exploring.
As a significant producer of natural gas in
North America, Egypt, Argentina and Australia,
Apache is increasing its use of the fuel to
reduce its own emissions and operating costs.
We are also encouraging more reliance of gas
in the transportation and electric generation
sectors in North America, and developing LNG
resources that will help rapidly growing Asian
economies meet their soaring energy demand
with the cleanest-burning fossil fuel.
Apache’s nearly 270,000 acres along the
Louisiana coast present special challenges—
the impact of years of subsidence, salt water
intrusion, erosion, and the lasting impact
of extensive canal building in earlier years
when the importance of the marshes
to the ecosystem was not understood.
Today, Apache’s goal is to create as much,
if not more, marsh than was lost through a
range of strategies.
Apache’s business is developing resources
that can be used to improve the standard of
living for people and communities all over
the world. Our obligation is to preserve the
natural environment as best we can so that
it will continue to provide benefits to these
same communities.
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Producing oil and gas and
protecting water resources
Securing large volumes of water needed to
develop unconventional formations like the
Horn River Basin in northeast British Columbia
is a key issue for Apache and other oil and gas
producers, along with the imperative to use
great care to prevent contamination of drinking
water aquifers penetrated on the way to
productive formations.
Applying two well-known and proven
technologies, horizontal drilling and hydraulic
fracturing, has unlocked previously untapped
natural gas resources in North America.
Environmentally responsible operations
and innovative solutions to water issues are
essential if natural gas is to fulfill its promise as
a means to reduce carbon emissions from the
electric generation and transportation sectors.
Apache has years of experience dealing
with water issues in drilling and production
operations and seeking solutions that rely
on non-potable water in its operations. This
reduces the impact on regional aquifers, lakes
and rivers used for local water supplies. In
mature oil fields, like Apache’s fields in the
Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico,
the largest component of what comes out of
the well is salt water that is separated from
the oil and frequently pumped right back into
the reservoir, enhancing the recovery of oil and
gas reserves while minimizing the disposal of
production by-products.
Eighty percent of the water used in hydraulic
fracturing operations required to complete
Apache’s shale gas wells at Horn River will
come from an aquifer sealed deep in the earth
and filled with non-potable water.
environment
Apache and partner Encana have gone to
extraordinary lengths to find a way to avoid
apache global water usage
using water from nearby rivers and lakes.
And the investment includes doing what
it takes to ensure drilling and completing
wells won’t contaminate underground fresh-
water resources.
88 percent
comes from non-potable
water sources
Tapping the plentiful supply of non-potable
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water in the Debolt aquifer required drilling
more than 2,600 feet deep and designing
and building a water treatment plant to percent
remove the hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a is recycled or reused in secondary
poisonous gas commonly found in oil recovery operations
Canadian gas, in the salt water.
Apache developed the water treatment
method and designed the plant that was built
by Encana. The $75 million project ensures
adequate supplies of water in a region where
droughts can lead to restrictions on surface
water use that shut down drilling.
Apache is taking lessons learned at the
Debolt aquifer and applying it to operations
in other areas.
2011 Environmental
Performance Award—
Debolt Water
Treatment Plant
Apache and Encana were recognized for
developing infrastructure designed to
Scan with your
reduce the environmental impact of natural
smart phone to
gas development in British Columbia’s learn more about the
Horn River Basin. 2011 Environmental
Performance Award.
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Water Detail 2010

CDP Water
Country Argentina Australia Canada Egypt UK US TOTAL
Units ML/YR ML/YR ML/YR ML/YR ML/YR ML/YR ML/YR
Municipal Water 0 128 0 0 1 82 211
Waste Water 0 3,263 27 0 0 132 3,422
Rainwater 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ground Water 4,396 291 16,623 12,874 25,304 75,551 135,039
Surface Water 0 0 1,898 101 4,052 20 6,071
TOTAL 4,396 3,682 18,548 12,975 29,357 75,785 144,743

Water Recycled/Reused 2010/2009

(total volume of water recycled and reused)
Total volume
Total Volume recycled/reused as a
reused/recycled percentage of
Volume recycled (ML3/YR) Volume reused (ML3/YR) (ML3/YR) withdrawals (%)
2010
15,695 76,894 92,589 64%

2009
32,116 52,948 85,064 35%
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Hydraulic Fracturing:
Unlocking resources,
emphasizing safety
Developing gas resources trapped in low-
permeability shale formations has pushed
the oil and gas industry into areas beyond
traditional oil patch states and provinces and
into communities where the local population is
less familiar with the industry’s practices.
As shale plays draw the industry into unfamiliar
areas, residents in many communities have
become concerned about the possibility for
contaminating drinking water supplies and
drawing down water supplies currently
used for household, manufacturing and
agricultural uses.
Apache has been drilling wells in tight and
unconventional natural gas reservoirs in
Oklahoma and Texas for more than 30
years. We are applying this experience,
our commitment to safe and environmentally
responsible operations and proven
technologies to unlock gas in shale
formations in the Horn River Basin in
northeast British Columbia and Argentina.
When we plan wells in new areas, Apache
reaches out to elected and other governmental
officials, non-governmental organizations,
First Nations, other indigenous groups and
community leaders to explain Apache’s
practices and describe what the community
should expect during the process of drilling
and completing a well and the subsequent
production period.
environment
At the center of recent concerns is hydraulic
fracturing, the process of cracking the hard
rocks to release natural gas and allow it to
flow to the surface. The industry has been
“fracing” wells safely and successfully for
nearly 60 years. Combining the procedure
with another proven technology—horizontal
drilling—provided the breakthrough that has
enabled widespread, economic development
of shale formations with potentially
abundant reservoirs of gas and oil.
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hydraulic fracturing.
What is hydraulic fracturing?
Hydraulic fracturing is a procedure that stimulates production from oil and gas wells,
particularly in shales and other tight or high density formations with low permeability.
The formation is cracked open by pumping a fluid that is almost all water and sand under
high permeability pressure into formations far below the surface and beneath potable
drinking water aquifers. The sand, or “propant,” stays in the cracks to keep them open and
create a channel for gas to escape to the surface. The more fractures in a well, the greater the
volume of gas that will flow to the surface.
What are the ingredients in frac fluid?
Water and sand constitute 99 percent of most frac fluids. In addition, there are small amounts
of other chemicals that each plays a critical role in the process. While some are potentially
dangerous, they make up a small percentage of the mixture.
Can these chemicals reach the drinking water supply?
Drinking water aquifers generally are located close to the surface a few hundred feet
deep while gas-bearing formations are found at much deeper levels, up to one to two miles.
After wells are drilled through a drinking water aquifer, steel casing and cement are set in
the wellbore to prevent contamination.
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about Sustainable
Shale Development in
the Horn River Basin.
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Hydraulic fracturing: Paper recycling efforts

Full disclosure Apache works to protect the environment on many fronts, including paper recycling.
In the United States, Apache has taken a lead The company was recognized for its efforts by Cintas Corporation.
role encouraging the development of a national
According to Cintas, Apache’s environmentally responsible paper shredding operations at
chemical registry for hydraulic fracturing that is
its Houston headquarters helped save 814 trees, 96 barrels of oil, 335,160 gallons of water and
now available online at www.fracfocus.org.
144 cubic yards of landfill in 2010.
This web-based system publishes detailed
information concerning chemicals used in
hydraulic fracturing and their application on Apache Energy recognized for
a well-by-well basis. The project to protect
environmental performance
groundwater was initiated jointly by the
Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Apache Energy’s Devil Creek Development Project was a nominee in the prestigious 2011 Golden
and the Ground Water Protection Council. Gecko Award sponsored by the Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum.
“Transparency and full disclosure are very
Apache’s nomination was for environmental and community activities undertaken at
important in this process,” said Cal Cooper,
Gnoorea Point on the Pilbara coast, close to Apache’s Devil Creek Gas Plant, where horizontal
manager of Worldwide Greenhouse Gas.
directional drilling techniques were used to minimize the impact on an environmentally
“Apache has committed to placing all of its
sensitive area and maintain access to a popular stretch of beach during the construction
U.S. hydraulic fracturing jobs in the registry
phase of the plant’s gas pipeline shore crossing.
and fully disclosing the chemicals we use as
much as we can.”

Apache was a leader in successful legislative

efforts in several states to make disclosure
of hydraulic fracturing fluids mandatory. In
Texas, the company supported efforts by state
regulators who adopted rules requiring oil and
gas companies beginning in 2012 to disclose
on the national registry the chemicals used in
hydraulic fracturing. Apache also is encouraging
vendors and trade groups across the country to
participate in the voluntary registry.
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environment

Natural gas: An ideal Apache Builds CNG Station

alternative fuel to meet for Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport
today’s challenges
Apache Corporation announced in early 2011 that it was building a compressed natural gas
Natural gas has gained widespread acceptance
(CNG) refueling station for the ecoparkfleet of buses that carry passengers to and from the
as a transportation fuel with more than 12
city’s economy parking lots at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport.
million natural gas-fueled vehicles worldwide.
It is anticipated that more than 20 million will “At Apache, we are convinced that clean-burning natural gas must be a bigger part of
be natural gas powered by year 2016. the solution to America’s ever increasing reliance on imported crude oil, while reducing
In the United States—where advances in pollution caused by other, more carbon-intensive fuels used in transportation and power
drilling and completion techniques have generation,” said G. Steven Farris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Apache.
unlocked 100 years of gas resources at current
Farris said the new CNG station is a win-win solution. It provides for a better environment in
rates of consumption—only about 120,000
Houston as natural gas burns cleaner than diesel or gasoline. It’s an abundant, domestic fuel
compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles are in
source with estimates of a 100-year supply. Developing domestic supplies also provides for local
use, and the lack of refueling infrastructure
jobs that produce a more economic fuel. Filling up a tank with CNG is a fraction of the cost
limits opportunities to expand the fleet.
compared with gasoline or diesel.
As a significant producer of natural gas in
North America, Egypt, Argentina and Australia,
Apache has engaged policymakers and In the United States, Apache has seven Scan with your smart phone to
communities to increase their awareness of the operating CNG fueling stations with many learn more about compressed
benefits of increased utilization of natural gas. more planned. These stations enable its fleet natural gas.
Apache has taken a leadership role in America’s of 246 natural gas-powered field vehicles to
Natural Gas Alliance, the leading industry operate on this cleaner-burning and more
organization advocating for greater use of economical alternative to gasoline. Apache
gas in transportation and power generation. also has rebranded its trucks in the Gulf Coast
Region, adorning vehicles with Apache decals
Natural gas is an extremely important source of
identifying them as powered by natural gas.
energy for reducing pollution and maintaining
The company is exploring the feasibility of
a clean and healthy environment. In addition
expanding the CNG program to its worldwide
to being a domestically abundant and secure
operations.
source of energy, the use of natural gas also
offers a number of environmental benefits
over other sources of energy, particularly other
fossil fuels, in the transportation and electric
generation sectors.
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Apache Employee “I think that generally the prospect of getting more

CNG Vehicle Incentive natural gas out of the ground here in the United States
Program
and allowing us to replace imports is something that we
Expanding the CNG focus to its employees,
Apache launched the Apache Employee should be pursuing. And we’ve got a lot of natural gas
CNG Vehicle Incentive Program in 2011. This
program provides two significant incentives: deposits. So I am very interested in finding out how we
Free CNG for the first $5,000 of CNG fuel
do, in an environmentally sound way, extract all that
purchases at Apache CNG stations or natural gas.” President Barack Obama during WTAE
any public-access stations, and
Pittsburgh television interview July 11, 2011.
Reimbursement for half of the
additional cost of the CNG-dedicated
or CNG-converted vehicle from either
Apache or state incentives.
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health and safety

health
and safety
At Apache, safety is not negotiable
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Individual initiative and sense Spill Response

of responsibility shape health Apache’s spill response capability has been
and safety programs greatly enhanced by its membership in various
response organizations, including the Marine
Working in the oil and gas production industry
Well Containment Company, Helix Well
can be intense so situational awareness is
Containment Group, Clean Gulf, Oil Ltd. and
critical, proper training is essential and safety
the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory
is not negotiable.
Group in the UK.
Rules, regulations, policies and procedures
Apache subsidiary Apache Deepwater LLC has
have been designed to protect workers and the
joined the Marine Well Containment Company
environment, but merely knowing the rules will
(MWCC), a not-for-profit, independent
not ensure safety and prevent incidents and
organization committed to being continuously
injuries unless this knowledge is translated into
ready to respond to a well control incident in
action on a constant basis.
the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
As Apache’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico
“We recognize we must be vigilant in
expands, the Apache culture of performing
managing risks properly,” said G. Steven
tasks with a sense of urgency is embraced,
Farris, chairman and chief executive officer.
but not at the sake of safety or risk to the
“We also recognize that it is essential to have
environment.
the capability to respond rapidly to a subsea
The essential elements of Apache’s operating well control incident even as we expect the
culture—individual initiative and sense of equipment will never be used.”
responsibility—infuse environmental, health and
In the event of an incident, MWCC will
safety (EH&S) programs across the company’s
global operations. support equipment mobilization. An interim
containment system is ready for deployment
Apache has established Worldwide EH&S with the capacity to contain up to 60,000
Standards of performance across the company barrels per day of fluid in up to 8,000 feet of
that permit each region to adapt programs water. Work is also under way on an expanded
and procedures to fit local rules and culture containment system for delivery in 2012 to
while establishing high standards for training, handle up to 100,000 barrels per day of fluid in
compliance, maintenance and environmentally up to 10,000 feet of water.
responsible operation. Apaches also plan and
prepare to respond to extraordinary events.
Scan with your smart phone
To raise the bar for safety standards in the to see Apache’s Worldwide
Gulf, Apache’s Gulf of Mexico Shelf Region is EH&S Standards.
deploying company personnel to lead crews
of contractors on each manned platform.
Like many Gulf operators, Apache has relied
on contractors to operate most offshore
production facilities.
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health and safety

Safer workplace recordable injuries

Apache employees are working safer. (2008–2010)
Responding to an empowering environment set recordable injuries (including joint ventures)
forth by Chairman and CEO G. Steven Farris,
2008 2009 2010
Apache employees have displayed a continuing
Total Recordable Injuries 73 23 13
trend of reduced injuries and improved
Total Hours Worked 8,560,807 11,587,530 12,744,997
compliance over the past three years.
Injury Rate 1.71% 0.40% 0.20%
“Safety is not negotiable at Apache and
Injury Decrease 0.720545165% 0.76722903% -0.88141096%
we demand high standards from our
regular and contract employees,” Farris said. TOTAL injury rate decrease -88%

“All workers are empowered to ensure a safe

and environmentally responsible operation.” work-restricting injuries (including joint ventures)
In a recent analysis of the company’s safety 2008 2009 2010
performance over a three-year period ending Total Restricted Work Cases 20 12 3
in 2010, employee recordable injuries declined Total Hours Worked 8,560,807 11,587,530 12,744,997
by 88 percent and work-restricting injuries by Days Away, Restrictions and Transfers 0.47% 0.21% 0.05%
90 percent. The safety data from 2008 to 2010
Injury Decrease 0.335583004% 0.55672312% -0.77270434%
includes Apache’s joint venture operations.
TOTAL injury rate decrease -90%
John Williams, manager of Environmental,
Health and Safety, said the core elements of
the company’s safety culture are competence
and personal responsibility.

“Competence at Apache means not only

knowing how to do a job to achieve an
operational goal, but it also includes
knowing how to conduct work safely,”
Williams said.
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Apache’s unique culture: Honest dealing is a matter of respect for

Hard to describe,
harder to emulate
Apache’s record of creating shareholder value
is built on the contributions of a diverse and
motivated group of 4,770 employees and a
culture of empowerment across all levels of the
organization. Though we operate in six nations,
Apaches are united by our work ethic, sense of
urgency and values of integrity and respect for
human dignity.
The work is rewarding and turnover is low.
Apache’s technical teams have access to
seismic and other data, abundant acreage to
mine for opportunities, and adequate capital
to carry ideas through to drilling new wells
and adding production. Employees in the
field are encouraged to take ownership of
their wells, manage costs and seek ways to
increase production.
Our responsibility to our colleagues starts
with ensuring a safe workplace. Safety is not
negotiable and it will not be compromised.
our colleagues and others we encounter.
We conduct business fairly and ethically and
comply with applicable laws, regulations and
government requirements, including the
Foreign Corrupt Practices act.
Apache’s Code of Business Conduct sets out
our expectations.
Apache employees thrive in a culture that
values and rewards them for growth that
is both profitable and sustainable. We are
committed to long-term growth rather than
short-term gratification, and our compensation
systems include programs that align employees
with shareholder interests.
We provide competitive benefits packages
that are based on the laws and customs in
each of the countries in which we operate.
Our wellness programs encourage employees
to adopt a healthy lifestyle for themselves and
their families.
Scan with your smart phone
to see Apache’s Code of
Buisiness Conduct.

Apache is also committed to equal employment

opportunity throughout its work force. Our
core policy states that the company will base
all employment-related decisions and actions
exclusively on employment-related criteria.
Harassment is not tolerated.
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health and safety

Finding, keeping Staying healthy

talent in a competitive environment Our wellness programs encourage employees
to adopt a healthy lifestyle because it’s the
Apache is building the foundation for the future, developing the next generation of technical right thing to do for themselves and
and professional experts and field hands as senior employees move toward retirement. their families. From oral health to stress
management to weight control, Apache’s
“Apache trusts me with more responsibility, and with that comes more opportunities and
wellness program aims to give employees
experience,” said Collin Currell, a former Apache intern who joined the company in January
the tools needed to lead healthy lives. Our
2010 after graduating from the University of Texas. He is one of the young engineers in a
monthly newsletters and periodic updates
three-year development program, working alongside Apache’s veterans and experiencing a
provide information, authoritative sources
range of assignments.
and opportunities for Apaches to stay on a
“The development program is designed to give a broad range of experience in engineering and healthy track and participate in such programs
the Apache way of doing business,” said Chris Weatherl, one of the first to join the development as Workplace Partnership for Life, which
program after graduating from the University of Tulsa and currently a senior reservoir promotes organ donation.
engineer in Apache’s Egypt Region.

“I worked in reservoir, production and drilling engineering in the Southern and Central regions
and I still use those experiences,” Weatherl said. “Knowing what is required to be an Apache
production engineer or drilling engineer has made me a better reservoir engineer.”

Mark McClelland, improved recovery and resource assessment manager and leader of the
development program, said Apache is laying the foundation for the continued success of
the company.

Apache is committed to being a good corporate

citizen by operating responsibly, safely and
by building enduring relationships
with our communities.
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community
Respecting our communities and
building relationships
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Innovative, local solutions
for stakeholders across
the world
Across six nations on five continents,
Apache develops resources essential to
economic growth and improved living
standards. Along this path, we build enduring
relationships with the communities in which
we operate through our commitments to
environmental stewardship, sustainable
development, education, civic improvement
and philanthropic causes.
community
Give Where We Live Apache Foundation
kicks off in 2011 Tree Grant Program
In an effort to give back to the communities in Since 2005, Apache has awarded more than
which the company operates, Apache kicked two million trees to nonprofit institutions
off its “Give Where We Live” program, offering and communities across 14 states through
$100,000 in grants to non-profit organizations grants from the Apache Foundation, our
in the Lafayette/Acadiana, La. area. philanthropic affiliate. These trees will improve
the environment and the quality of life in
“Give Where We Live” is a grassroots effort
these communities for decades to come.
to unite Apache employees and their local
The company has set a goal to plant three
communities. Apache’s Gulf of Mexico Deep
million trees and is encouraging more
Water, Shelf and Onshore regions sponsored
communities to participate.
the first challenge.
Apache’s corporate giving program is region-
Non-profit organizations submitted
based and employee-driven. In each of our
applications and were narrowed to five finalists
communities, Apache employee committees
by employee committees. Voting via Facebook,
determine which programs and high-impact
employees and the public cast their ballots for
projects will receive funding from the company.
the five contenders, which competed for grants
of $50,000, $25,000, $10,000 and two $5,000
grants. The remaining $5,000 was divided trees awarded by year
equally among the five semifinalists that did not
year trees
qualify for the final voting round.
2005 1,521
The campaign drew fans from across the globe 2006 3,949
and more than 20,000 votes. “Thank you,
2007 204,778
Apache. You deserve a huge round of applause!
2008 132,521
May God bless your company. Hopefully, others
2009 696,805
will follow in your footsteps,” fan Tami Stiteler
said on Facebook. “Thanks Apache. Your 2010 461,533
generosity will touch so many lives,” said fan 2011 522,824
Donielle Gaubert Watkins.
Scan with your smart phone to
see television coverage of the
“Give Where We Live” campaign.

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Investing in education and
building our future
During the past 11 years, Fund for Teachers has
given more than $17.2 million in grants to some
4,500 teachers, enabling them to travel the
world to enrich the experiences they bring to
their classrooms. In 2010, 455 teachers from
272 schools received fellowships to expand
their horizons, helping to make them more
passionate and effective teachers.
Fund for Teachers, which like Apache was
established by Raymond Plank, aims to enrich
the personal and professional growth of
teachers by recognizing and supporting them
as they pursue opportunities around the globe
that will have the greatest impact on their
vocation, the academic lives of their students
and in their schools.
“Our goal is to inspire the inspirers,” says
Karen Kovach Webb, Fund for Teachers
executive director. “We believe that teachers
are the catalyst to make change for their
students, their schools, their districts and
their communities.”
Fund for Teachers’ projects range from
language and cultural immersion to art and
web design to math and science.
Two teachers from Deer Park, TX., Terri
See and Sheila Schatzke, spent two weeks
in Europe creating lesson plans for art and
technology classes. They also created virtual
field trips to provide students a closer
experience with many historical places,
priceless works of art and stunning
architecture found in Rome and Paris.
The teachers’ odysseys typify a Fund for
Teachers fellowship: Providing opportunities
and experiences outside the confines of
a textbook. Other teachers used their
opportunities to engage in service learning,
spending time in other classrooms or with
groups such as Global Volunteers and
Earthwatch.
Supporting Fund For Teachers is one element
of Apache’s wide-ranging commitment to
the communities in which it operates, and
reflects the specific emphasis on education.
The company also supports Ucross
Foundation, an artist-in-residence program
in Wyoming, and Springboard: Educating the
Future, which funded construction of schools
for young girls in poor rural villages in Egypt.
Scan with your smart phone
to learn more about Fund
for Teachers.
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springboard:
educating the future
In Egypt, Apache continues to enhance the
educational opportunities for 7,000 young
girls attending more than 200 Apache-
built one-room schools in remote rural
areas, where girls traditionally have been
deprived of educational opportunities
due to geographic, social and economic
realities, and have little opportunity for a
better future.
These schools provide girls with an
opportunity learn to read and write, to
add numbers and to learn skills that
will help them make life better for them,
their families and their villages. Apache
and Springboard: Educating the Future
have partnered with Egypt’s National
Council for Childhood and Motherhood
and the Sawiris Foundation for Social
Development to continue to enhance the
girls’ educational experience.
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community

Supporting Helping those in need

our neighbors
Apache’s Australia Region helped the
youngest victims of the Japan earthquake
At MD Anderson Cancer Center in
and tsunami by presenting a $150,000
Houston, Apache has made a long-term
check to Save the Children Australia’s
commitment to support a new state-
relief efforts in Japan. About 74,000
of-the-art advanced imaging center as
children were left homeless when the giant
well as to provide funds for its critically
tsunami struck the northeast coast of
important data management efforts
Japan following a massive 9.0 magnitude
and preventative care.
earthquake. The disaster prompted a
In Perth, Western Australia, Apache worldwide relief response to help the
Energy is providing funding for research earthquake victims.
to investigate a rare, very aggressive and
Apache’s Australia Region also donated
almost invariably fatal form of tumor
$100,000 to help boost tourism efforts in
called NUT midline carcinoma.
Mission Beach, a popular tourist attraction
In Argentina’s Mendoza Province, along the Coral Sea in Queensland that
Latin America’s most prolific wine- was hit hard when Cyclone Yasi, one of the
producing region, Apache employed a most powerful cyclones on record, slammed
new cableless imaging technology for into Australia’s northeast coast.
a 3-D seismic survey in order to avoid
disrupting extensively cultivated areas
with irrigation systems, factories and
settlements.
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Apache lends a helping hand

to local firefighters
As wildfires raged across the Southwest United
States during the hot summer months, Apache
stepped up to help firefighters by donating
much-needed fire trucks, equipment and cash.

In the Midland, Texas., area, Apache donated

fire trucks to the Northeast Midland County
Volunteer Fire Department and the Greenwood
Volunteer Fire Department.

In Elk City, Okla., the company donated a

Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD four-wheel drive
truck to the Elk City Fire Department.

Apache also donated $50,000 to help rural

Oklahoma firefighters stretched to their limits
by the scores of wildfires.

And Apache employees made donations

to help several different volunteer fire
departments northeast of Midland purchase
equipment for battling the fires. The donations
were made through the company’s matching
gift program.
Tulsa Transit gets donated Apache Matching
CNG vehicles Gift Program
Apache donated two new paratransit vans
The Apache Matching Gift Program is an
powered by compressed natural gas to the
essential part of an effective community
Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority.
outreach program. In 2010, Apache and
The MV-1 vans are the first factory-built its employees donated a total of $703,149
and assembled vehicles that meet or exceed in matching gift funds. Apache matches
the vehicle guidelines of the Americans employee contributions to charitable
with Disabilities Act (ADA). The vehicles organizations on a dollar-for-dollar basis
are powered by CNG, which costs less than up to $10,000 per employee per year until
gasoline and produces fewer greenhouse the annual match budget is depleted.
gas emissions. The program matches donations to
charitable organizations in social welfare,
Tulsa Transit plans to use the new wheelchair-
education, conservation and ecology, health
accessible vans as part of its door-to-door
and human services, arts and culture, and
Lift Program for disabled individuals.
civic improvements.
The donated vans were decorated in vivid
graphic designs depicting the ecologically
friendly nature of compressed natural gas
by graphic arts students at Tulsa Technology
Center.
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Human Rights
This is an excerpt of the letter written by
Sarah Teslik, senior vice president, Corporate
Governance, reflecting Apache policies on
human rights. It was written in response to an
inquiry received from an Apache shareholder.
“First, you note that human rights are most
at risk in countries with oppressive regimes,
weak governance and conflict. We agree
with you, and in general we avoid doing
business in such places. It is not without
reason that the bulk of our operations are in
the United States, Canada, Australia and the
United Kingdom.
In our two additional regions—Argentina and
Egypt—we are entwined with the interests
and needs of the people. It is not accidental
that, as the people of Egypt change their
government, our operations continue as
usual. We have built and fund hundreds
of schools for Egyptian girls, created jobs
for unskilled Bedouin as well as skilled
professionals and assisted some of the most
lowly paid textile workers in expanding their
markets. But we do much more helping
individual Egyptians individually.
Our activities in Argentina also reflect our
reluctance to rely exclusively on systems
to promote human rights. While we run
or support a large number of programs
whose reach is broad and deep, such
as providing scholarships for children in
situations of social vulnerability, running
social development projects in rural villages,
funding a variety of training and capacity
building programs for teachers, operating
programs that help indigenous peoples
and supporting programs for the
handicapped, it is many of the individual
projects in which our people engage of
which we are most proud.
When one of the local indigenous
communities needed a water well, we
drilled it. When the child of one of the
local indigenous leaders was burned in
an accident, the spouse of one of our
employees volunteered free care. We could
not operate a system that mandated that
we drill free wells and dispense free medical
care, but we can create a culture that keeps
the human in human rights.
In all of our regions we are known for
being committed to the place and the
people. Each region develops its own way
to be a good corporate citizen in its part of
the world.
Ultimately, our ability to make a difference
in the lives of others comes from our ability
to hire and retain the sorts of people who
want to make the world a better place while
making us a better company. To achieve
this, we consciously rely less on some of
the standard hiring systems that other
companies use and rely more on our own
employees to find and bring us the best.”
community
Respecting
Indigenous Culture
Apache’s efforts in Argentina and Egypt are
only part of the human rights initiatives the
company has forged in the communities where
it works. Two examples include:
Respecting the indigenous culture of
the Aboriginal traditional owners,
Apache chose to change the location
of its Devil Creek Gas Processing plant
in Australia, moving it 40 kilometers
away from the Burrup Peninsula
to avoid any impact to culturally
significant rock art.
Working closely with First Nations,
Apache Canada joined with the
governments of Canada and British
Columbia, EOG Resources and the
Haisla Nation Council to celebrate the
signing of an agreement to proceed
with a $4.5 billion Kitimat LNG
project on Haisla reserve land on the
Douglas Channel.
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indicators
Performing safely,
responsibly and socially
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indicators

our performance report sections ipieca gri

In Apache’s second sustainability report, Vision SE1, SE14

we have reported on our performance in a Advocacy SO5

number of areas including environmental Governance
responsibility, health and safety and social Environment E1, E2, E3, E5, E6, EN3, EN5, EN6,
involvement. We plan to continue the practice E8, E9 EN7, EN8, EN10,
En11, EN12,
and improve our reporting each year. Unless
EN13, EN14,
otherwise noted, the performance indicators EN16, EN18,
are 2010 data. EN23, EN26
Biodiversity
This report was prepared using the Oil
and Gas Industry Guidance on Voluntary Greenhouse Gases

Sustainability Reporting published in 2010 Resources

by the International Petroleum Industry Health and Safety HS1, HS2, HS3, LA7, LA8, LA11
Environmental Conservation Association SE5
(IPIECA) and the American Petroleum Safety
Institute. We also used as a reference the Building Careers
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability
Community SE1, SE2, SE4, SO1, SO5
Reporting Guidelines. SE5, SE8, SE11,
SE12, SE15, SE16,
For a look at our first sustainability report
SE17, SE18
available on the company web site, please
Education
visit www.apachecorp.com. Unless otherwise
noted, the performance indicators in our first Economic Performance SE11, SE12, SE13,
SE14
report are 2009 data.
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environmental indicators financial and operational indicators

Greenhouse Gas Emissions 10,900,000 Tax Expense ($millions) 2,174
(metric tons CO2 equivalent)
Revenues ($millions) 12,092
Flared and Vented Gas 3,042,000
(metric tons CO2 equivalent) Net Income ($millions) 3,000

Energy Use (Mwh) 15,800,000 Earnings per Diluted Common Share ($) 8.46

Water Use (ML/YR) 144,743 Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 6,726
($millions)
Hydrocarbon Spills to Environment (>1 barrel) 436
Exploration & Development Capital ($millions) 4,741
Barrels Spilled 8,248
Proved Reserves (MMboe)

Natural Gas 1,644

safety indicators Liquid Hydrocarbons 1,309
DART Injury Rate TOTAL 2,953
(lost-time and restricted-duty injuries
per 200,000 work hours) Production
Employees 0.05 Gas (MMcf per day) 1,889
(includes Joint Ventures)
0.09 Liquids (barrels per day) 343
(excludes Joint Ventures) TOTAL (Mmboe per day) 657,634
Contractors 0.85
Dividends paid ($millions) 206
(includes Joint Ventures)
1.13 Employment (full-time) 4,770
(excludes Joint Ventures)
United States 2,491
Recordable Injury Rate
(incidents requiring medical treatment per Canada 927
200,000 work hours (includes DART injuries)
Argentina 352
Employees 0.20
(includes Joint Ventures) Australia 312
0.34 Egypt 371
(excludes Joint Ventures)
United Kingdom 317
Contractors 1.59
(includes Joint Ventures)
1.91
(excludes Joint Ventures)

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