HOUSTON, Feb. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Apache Corporation
(NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) will provide a comprehensive presentation at
its investor conference in Houston
today on the company's global operations and its 2014 plans for
attractive production growth and competitive returns.
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Highlights of Today's Meeting:
"After significantly rebalancing the Apache portfolio in 2013,
Apache is repositioned for its next growth phase, which will be
driven by repeatable, predictable oil-levered growth from onshore
North America and major free cash
flow-generating assets operating internationally," said
G. Steven Farris, chairman, chief
executive officer and president of Apache.
"Since 2009 Apache has built a company-driving portfolio of
North American onshore plays. These provide strong returns with
visible growth," he said. "We accelerated liquids growth with
industry-leading positions in the Permian and Anadarko basins,
achieving a 34 percent increase in oil, condensate and natural gas
liquids production while replacing 200 percent of our produced
reserves in North America during
2013. On a pro-forma basis, North American onshore assets now
represent 60 percent of Apache's worldwide production."
Highlights of today's meeting will include:
- Expectations of 15 to 18 percent growth in North America onshore liquids production for
2014;
- An updated resource assessment in the Permian and Central
regions of 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent;
- A 2014 capital budget of $8.5
billion for exploration and production activities. This
budget is net of the non-controlling interest share in Egypt and excludes expenditures for integrated
liquefied natural gas projects;
- Continued momentum as the most active driller in North America; and
- Additional share re-purchases in 2014 under existing
$2 billion authorization.
Capital Investment for 2014
"Apache plans to invest $8.5
billion in exploration and production activities in 2014,
approximately equal to our expected operating cash flow," Farris
said. "Nearly two-thirds of these funds are allocated to Apache's
predictable, high-growth assets in North American onshore regions,
where we added daily production of 46,500 barrels of oil and
condensate in 2013."
During 2013, Apache was the most active driller in onshore
North America operating an average
of 79 rigs on a daily basis and completing nearly 1,300 wells.
Farris said that the company will continue this momentum into
2014.
Investor Day Webcast
Investor Day presentations will be webcast today on the
company's website, www.apachecorp.com, beginning at 8 a.m. Central time. The presentations and
webcast will be archived on Apache's website.
About Apache
Apache Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and production
company with operations in the United
States, Canada,
Egypt, the United Kingdom, Australia and Argentina. Apache posts announcements,
updates, investor information and all press releases on its
website, www.apachecorp.com.
Forward-looking statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking
statements can be identified by words such as "anticipates,"
"intends," "plans," "seeks," "believes," "estimates," "expects" and
similar references to future periods. These statements include, but
are not limited to, statements about future plans, expectations,
and objectives for Apache's operations, including statements about
our drilling plans and production expectations, resource estimates,
asset sales, monetizations and share repurchases. While
forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and analyses
made by us that we believe to be reasonable under the
circumstances, whether actual results and developments will meet
our expectations and predictions depend on a number of risks and
uncertainties which could cause our actual results, performance,
and financial condition to differ materially from our expectations.
See "Risk Factors" in our 2012 Form 10-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for a discussion of risk factors that
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Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may
emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict
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forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future development, or otherwise, except as may be required by
law.
Cautionary Note to Investors
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
permits oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to
disclose only proved, probable, and possible reserves that meet the
SEC's definitions for such terms. Apache may use certain terms in
this release, such as resources, potential resources, resource
estimate, reserves potential and other similar terms that the SEC
guidelines strictly prohibit Apache from including in filings with
the SEC. Such terms do not take into account the certainty of
resource recovery, which is contingent on exploration success,
technical improvements in drilling access, commerciality and other
factors, and are therefore not indicative of expected future
resource recovery and should not be relied upon. Investors are
urged to consider carefully the disclosure in Apache's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, available from Apache at
www.apachecorp.com or by writing Apache at: 2000 Post Oak
Blvd., Suite 100, Houston, Texas
77056 (Attn: Corporate Secretary). You can also obtain this report
from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330 or from the SEC's website
at www.sec.gov.
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