X0303 4 2010-05-07 0 0000006769 APACHE CORP APA 0001240568 FARRIS G STEVEN 2000 POST OAK BLVD. SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77056 1 1 0 0 Chairman and CEO Option (Buy $99.30) 99.30 2010-05-07 4 M 0 102539. 0 A 2020-05-05 Common Stock 102539. 102539. D With tandem tax withholding right Stock option granted 05/05/2010 under employer plan - data received from the plan administrator on 05/07/2010. Exercisable ratably over four years beginning 05/05/2011. The shares of common stock of Apache are deemed to also represent certain preferred stock purchase rights ('Rights'). The Rights are not currently exercisable or separately tradable and presently are evidenced by certificates for shares of the common stock. Value attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the common stock. Since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report, he transferred 300,066 shares of Apache common stock, 26,130.784 shares held by the trustee of the 401(k) plan, 11,023.8015 shares held by the trustee of the non-qualified plan, employee stock options to purchase 141,437 shares of Apache common stock, restricted stock units relating to 13,488 shares of Apache common stock, and conditional grants relating to 16,204 shares of Apache common stock to his ex-wife pursuant to a domestic relations order. The reporting person no longer reports as beneficially owned any securities owned by his ex-wife. Cheri L. Peper, Attorney-in-Fact 2010-05-11