ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

2. ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

2013 Activity

Gulf of Mexico Shelf

On July 18, 2013, Apache announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell its Gulf of Mexico Shelf operations and properties to Fieldwood Energy LLC (Fieldwood), an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings. Under the terms of the agreement, Apache will receive cash proceeds of $3.75 billion and Fieldwood will assume liabilities estimated at $1.5 billion related to future abandonment of the assets (discounted asset retirement obligation as of June 30, 2013). Apache will retain a 50-percent ownership interest in all exploration blocks and in horizons below existing production in developed blocks. The effective date of the agreement is July 1, 2013, and the transaction is expected to close September 30, 2013, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.

Kitimat LNG Project

In February 2013, Apache completed a transaction with Chevron Canada Limited (Chevron Canada) to build and operate the Kitimat LNG project and develop shale gas resources at the Liard and Horn River basins in British Columbia. Chevron Canada and Apache Canada are now each a 50-percent owner of the Kitimat LNG plant, the Pacific Trail Pipelines Limited Partnership (PTP), and 644,000 gross undeveloped acres in the Horn River and Liard basins. As part of the transaction, Apache Canada increased its ownership in the LNG plant and PTP pipeline from 40 percent, sold portions of its existing interests in Horn River and Liard, and purchased other additional interests in Horn River. Chevron Canada will operate the LNG plant and pipeline while Apache Canada will continue to operate the upstream assets. Apache’s net proceeds from the transaction were $405 million.

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 included approximately 312,000 net acres in the Granite Wash, Tonkawa, Cleveland, and Marmaton plays in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.

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 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 final estimates of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition.

	(In millions)
Current assets	$	39
Proved properties		1,040
Unproved properties		2,299
Gathering, transmission, and processing facilities		1
Goodwill(1)		173
Deferred tax asset		64
Total assets acquired	$	3,616
Current liabilities		88
Deferred income tax liabilities		237
Other long-term obligations		5
Total liabilities assumed	$	330
Net assets acquired	$	3,286

⁽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.

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. 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.