1、C O M M I T T E DApache Corporat ion 2006 SummaryAnnual ReportApaches employees are committed to our mission to build a dynamic,global exploration and production company to provide oiland natural gas for the purpose of advancing the quality of human lives.In the center spread of the Summary Annual R
2、eport,wehave reproduced the signatures of many of our colleagues affirming our commitments:Finding and producing essential energy supplies that contribute to improved living standards throughout the world;Preserving and strengthening our unique culture with its foundation of urgency,integrity and mu
3、tual respect;andPursuing Apaches long-term profitable growth and building wealth for our shareholders.We did not have space in this report for all of the signatures.Please visit Apaches Web site,to see all of them.Apache Corporat ion Prof il eEstablished in 1954 with$250,000 of investor capital,Apac
4、he Corporation has grown to$24 billion in assets and has become oneof the worlds top independent oil and gas exploration and production companies.Apaches U.S.operations are focused in someof the nations most important producing basins,including the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico,the A
5、nadarkoBasin of Oklahoma,the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico,the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast and East Texas.InCanada,Apache is active in British Columbia,Alberta,Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories.The company also hasexploration and production operations in the Carnarvon,Perth and
6、Gippsland basins offshore Australia,Egypts Western Desert,the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea and Argentina.ABBREVIATIONSMbbls Thousand BarrelsMMbbls Million barrelsMcf Thousand cubic feet(of gas)MMcfMillion cubic feetBcfBillion cubic feetTcfTrillion cubic feetBoeBarrel of oil equivalentMboeT