Comprehensive Income (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Capital Stock [Abstract]

Components of Apache's comprehensive income

     The following table presents the components of Apache’s comprehensive income for the quarter and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

	For the Quarter Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
				(In millions)
Net income	$	1,002		$	778		$	3,395		$	2,343
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Commodity hedges		397			29			324			492
Income tax related to commodity hedges		(135	)		(2	)		(121	)		(152	)
Total comprehensive income	$	1,264		$	805		$	3,598		$	2,683