ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

2. ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

2012 Activity

Cordillera Energy Partners III, LLC

On April 30, 2012, Apache completed the acquisition of Cordillera Energy Partners III, LLC (Cordillera), a privately-held exploration and production company, in a stock and cash transaction. Cordillera’s properties include approximately 312,000 net acres in the Granite Wash, Tonkawa, Cleveland, and Marmaton plays in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The effective date of the transaction was September 1, 2011.

Apache issued 6,272,667 shares of common stock and paid approximately $2.7 billion of cash to the sellers as consideration for the transaction. The cash paid at closing was funded with a portion of the proceeds from the Company’s April 2012 public note offering. For further discussion of this equity issuance, please see Note 9—Capital Stock of this Form 10-Q. For further discussion of the note offering, please see Note 6—Debt and Financing Costs of this Form 10-Q.

The transaction was accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting, which requires, among other things, that assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date. The following table summarizes the preliminary estimates of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition. The final determination of fair value for certain assets and liabilities will be completed as soon as the information necessary to complete the analysis is obtained, but no later than one year from the acquisition date.

	(In millions)
Current assets	$	56
Proved properties		1,040
Unproved properties		2,288
Gathering, transmission and processing facilities		1
Total assets acquired	$	3,385
Current liabilities		86
Non-current obligations		5
Total liabilities assumed	$	91
Net assets acquired	$	3,294

Yara Pilbara Holdings Pty Limited

On January 31, 2012, a subsidiary of Apache Energy Limited completed the acquisition of a 49-percent interest in Yara Pilbara Holdings Pty Limited (YPHPL, formerly Burrup Holdings Limited) for $439 million, including working capital adjustments. The transaction was funded with debt. YPHPL is the owner of an ammonia plant on the Burrup Peninsula of Western Australia. Apache has supplied gas to the plant since operations commenced in 2006. Yara Australia Pty Ltd (Yara) owns the remaining 51 percent of YPHPL and operates the plant. In addition, Apache also acquired an interest in a planned technical ammonia nitrate plant to be developed with Yara. The investment in YPHPL is accounted for under the equity method of accounting, with the balance recorded as a component of “Deferred charges and other” in Apache’s consolidated balance sheet and results of operations recorded as a component of “Other” under “Revenues and Other” in the Company’s statement of consolidated operations.

2011 Activity

Mobil North Sea Limited Acquisition

On December 30, 2011, Apache completed the acquisition of Mobil North Sea Limited (Mobil North Sea). The assets acquired include: operated interests in the Beryl, Nevis, Nevis South, Skene and Buckland fields; operated interest in the Beryl/Brae gas pipeline and the SAGE gas plant; non-operated interests in the Maclure, Scott and Telford fields; and Benbecula (west of Shetlands) exploration acreage. This acquisition was funded with existing cash on hand.

The transaction was accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. The following table summarizes the preliminary estimates of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition. The final determination of fair value for certain assets and liabilities will be completed as soon as the information necessary to complete the analysis is obtained, but no later than one year from the acquisition date.

	(In millions)
Current assets	$	208
Proved properties		2,341
Unproved properties		476
Gathering, transmission and processing facilities		338
Goodwill(1)		82
Total assets acquired	$	3,445
Current liabilities		148
Asset retirement obligation		517
Deferred income tax liabilities		1,533
Other long-term obligations		1
Total liabilities assumed	$	2,199
Net assets acquired	$	1,246

⁽¹⁾  Goodwill was the excess of the consideration transferred over the net assets recognized and represents the future economic benefits arising from assets acquired that could not be individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.