-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, B+Zws+mh2Wn2Pj2o3uxkvN1rEwxdf/VKjVtMlrNtPtK1CLAaX+JxwAz8wZVlALMA /k+a9YZlnsjp+I42MxCT+w== 0000950129-04-004646.txt : 20040702 0000950129-04-004646.hdr.sgml : 20040702 20040702163101 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950129-04-004646 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040701 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20040702 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: APACHE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000006769 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 410747868 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04300 FILM NUMBER: 04900253 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2000 POST OAK BLVD STREET 2: ONE POST OAK CENTER STE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056-4400 BUSINESS PHONE: 7132966000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2000 POST OAK BLVD STREET 2: STE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056-4400 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: APACHE OIL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19660830 8-K 1 h16587e8vk.txt APACHE CORPORATION - DATED JULY 1, 2004 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 1, 2004 APACHE CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter) DELAWARE 1-4300 41-0747868 (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification Number) 2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD SUITE 100 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056-4400 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 296-6000 ================================================================================ ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS An international arbitrator hearing the claims made by Texaco China, B.V., against our subsidiaries Apache China Corporation LDC and Apache Bohai Corporation LDC, involving a 1998 farmout in Bohai Bay, People's Republic of China, issued an award against Apache China and Apache Bohai and in favor of Texaco China in the amount of $71 million, which includes interest. Apache believes that the finding of the arbitrator is unsupported by the facts and the law, and Apache expects to pursue an appeal of the award in federal court. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. APACHE CORPORATION Date: July 2, 2004 /s/ P. Anthony Lannie ----------------------------------------- P. Anthony Lannie Senior Vice President and General Counsel -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----