APACHE CORPORATION (NYSE:APA) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item5.02.

On May11, 2017, the board of directors (the Board) of Apache
Corporation (the Company) appointed Mr.ReneR. Joyce as a new
director of the Companys Board. Mr.Joyce has been appointed to
the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the
Companys Board. On May11, 2017, the Company issued a press
release announcing this appointment, a copy of which is filed
herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

For his service, Mr.Joyce will receive compensation that is
commensurate with that received by the Companys other
non-employee directors. Such compensatory arrangements are
described under the caption Director Compensation in the Companys
definitive proxy statement relating to its 2017 annual meeting of
stockholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March28, 2017, and is incorporated by reference
herein.

Other than as disclosed herein, no material plan, contract, or
arrangement was entered into or materially amended, and there was
no grant or award to Mr.Joyce or modification thereto under any
such plan, contract, or arrangement, in connection with Mr.Joyces
appointment. Mr.Joyce has (i)no arrangements or understandings
with any other person to which he was selected as a director and
(ii)no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or
series of similar transactions contemplated by Item404(a) of
Regulation S-K.

Mr.Joyce currently serves as a director of the midstream company
Targa Resources Corporation (TRC). Mr.Joyce previously served as
executive chairman of the board of TRC between 2012 and 2014 and
as chief executive officer of TRC between 2005 and 2011. In
addition to his leadership roles with TRC and several of its
subsidiaries, Mr.Joyce previously served as president of onshore
pipeline operations of Coral Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Shell
Oil Company (Shell) and as president of energy services of Coral
Energy Holding, L.P. (Coral), a subsidiary of Shell which was the
gas and power marketing joint venture between Shell and Tejas Gas
Corporation (Tejas), a natural gas pipeline company. Prior to
Shells acquisition of Tejas in 1998, Mr.Joyce served as president
of various operating subsidiaries of Tejas. Mr.Joyce holds a
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana
State University and a J.D. from Loyola University School of Law.

(d) Exhibits.

About APACHE CORPORATION (NYSE:APA)

Apache Corporation (Apache) is an independent energy company. Both domestically and internationally, the Company explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. The Company has exploration and production interests in four countries: the United States, Canada, Egypt, and the United Kingdom (North Sea). Apache also pursues exploration interests in other countries. Apache’s North American assets are primarily located in the Permian Basin, the Anadarko basin in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, Gulf Coast and the offshore Gulf of Mexico areas of the United States, and in Western Canada. The Company has access to liquid hydrocarbons across its approximately 10.7 million gross acres onshore in the United States and Canada. Apache’s international assets are located in Egypt and offshore of the United Kingdom in the North Sea. Its international assets contribute approximately 40% of its production.

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