APA : 2021 Q1 Earnings Release

NEWS RELEASE

APA Corporation Announces First-Quarter 2021

Financial and Operational Results

Key Takeaways

• Reported production of 382,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day; adjusted production, which excludes Egypt noncontrolling interest and tax barrels, was 326,000 BOE per day;
• Generated net cash from operating activities of $671 million, adjusted EBITDAX of $1.14 billion, and free cash flow of more than $500 million;
• Delivered upstream capital investment and LOE below guidance;
• Announced in January fourth consecutive discovery in Block 58 offshore Suriname at Keskesi East-1 well;
• Modernized company's legal structure with formation of holding company APA Corporation; and
• Reached agreement in principle in May to modernize Egypt Production Sharing Contracts.

HOUSTON, May 5, 2021 - APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) today announced its financial and operational

results for the first-quarter 2021.

APA reported net income attributable to common stock of $388 million, or $1.02 per diluted share.

When adjusted for items that impact the comparability of results, APA's first-quarter earnings were

$346 million, or $0.91 per diluted share. Net cash provided by operating activities was $671 million, and

adjusted EBITDAX was $1.14 billion. The company generated $502 million in free cash flow during the

quarter.

"We made excellent progress during the first quarter with regard to our top priority of free cash flow

generation and net debt reduction," said John J. Christmann IV, APA's CEO and president. "We

performed well relative to our production expectations, demonstrated good capital and cost discipline,

delivered excellent safety performance across the organization despite challenging weather events, and

made significant progress on our ESG goals, which are focused on air, water, people and communities."

First-Quarter Summary

First-quarter reported production was 382,000 BOE per day, and adjusted production, which excludes

Egypt noncontrolling interest and tax barrels, was 326,000 BOE per day. U.S. production of 210,000 BOE

per day benefitted from a faster-than-expected recovery following winter storm Uri. This more than

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offset slightly lower-than-expected international adjusted volumes of 116,000 BOE per day, which were impacted by the effect of higher oil prices on Egypt PSC cost recovery barrels and some extended operational downtime in the North Sea. APA delivered first-quarter upstream capital investment of $243 million and Lease Operating Expense (LOE) was $264 million for the quarter, both below expectations.

"I'm very pleased with our first-quarter performance. We are seeing encouraging early results from our Permian Basin well completion program, and in Suriname, we have successfully transitioned Block 58 operatorship to Total and are currently running two rigs offshore. This week, we also announced a very significant agreement in principle with Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation with regard to a modernized Production Sharing Contract. Looking ahead, our full-year 2021 guidance is unchanged, and we have clear visibility into at least $1 billion of free cash flow generation for the year, the vast majority of which will be directed to reducing net debt," Christmann concluded.

Conference Call

APA will host a conference call to discuss its first-quarter 2021 results at 10 a.m. Central time, Thursday, May 6. The conference call will be webcast from APA's website at www.apacorp.comand investor.apacorp.com, and the webcast replay will be archived there as well. The conference call will also be available for playback by telephone for one week beginning at approximately 4 p.m. Central time May 6. The number for the replay is 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406 for international calls. The conference access code is 5490148. Sign up for email alerts to be reminded of the webcast at investor.apacorp.com/alerts/email-alerts-subscription.

About APA

APA Corporation owns consolidated subsidiaries that explore for and produce oil and gas in the United States, Egypt and the United Kingdom and that explore for oil and gas offshore Suriname. APA posts announcements, operational updates, investor information and press releases on its website, www.apacorp.com. Specific information concerning Suriname, ESG performance and other investor- related topics are posted at investor.apacorp.com.

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Additional Information

Additional information follows, including reconciliations of adjusted earnings, adjusted EBITDAX, upstream capital investment, net debt, cash flows from operations before changes in operating assets and liabilities and free cash flow (non-GAAP financial measures) to GAAP measures and information regarding adjusted production. APA's quarterly supplement is available at http://www.apacorp.com/financialdata.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

APA's financial information includes information prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as well as non-GAAP financial information. It is management's intent to provide non-GAAP financial information to enhance understanding of our consolidated financial information as prepared in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted earnings, adjusted EBITDAX, upstream capital investment, net debt, cash flows from operations before changes in operating assets and liabilities and free cash flow are non-GAAP measures. This non-GAAP information should be considered by the reader in addition to, but not instead of, the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Each non-GAAP financial measure is presented along with the corresponding GAAP measure so as not to imply that more emphasis should be placed on the non-GAAP measure.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "seeks," "believes," "continues," "could," "estimates," "expects," "guidance," "may," "might," "outlook," "possibly," "potential," "projects," "prospects," "should," "will," "would," and similar references to future periods, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future plans, expectations, and objectives for operations, including statements about our capital plans, drilling plans, production expectations, asset sales, and monetizations. While forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and analyses made by us that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, whether actual results

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and developments will meet our expectations and predictions depend on a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause our actual results, performance, and financial condition to differ materially from our expectations. See "Risk Factors" in Apache Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2021, and in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for a discussion of risk factors that affect our business. Any forward-looking statement made in this news release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. APA and Apache Corp. undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future development or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

Cautionary Note to Investors

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission permits oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved, probable, and possible reserves that meet the SEC's definitions for such terms. APA may use certain terms in this news release, such as "resources," "potential resources," "resource potential," "estimated net reserves," "recoverable reserves," and other similar terms that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit APA from including in filings with the SEC. Such terms do not take into account the certainty of resource recovery, which is contingent on exploration success, technical improvements in drilling access, commerciality and other factors, and are therefore not indicative of expected future resource recovery and should not be relied upon. Investors are urged to consider carefully the disclosure in Apache Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2020 available from APA at www.apacorp.comor by writing APA at: 2000 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 100, Houston, TX 77056 (Attn: Corporate Secretary). You can also obtain this report from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330 or from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Contacts
Investor:	[phone]	Gary Clark
Media:	[phone]	Phil West
Website:	www.apacorp.com

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APA CORPORATION

STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In millions, except per share data)

		For the Quarter
		Ended March 31,
		2021	2020
REVENUES AND OTHER:
Oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production revenues
Oil revenues	$	991	$	1,032
Natural gas revenues		312			123
Natural gas liquids revenues		128			81
		1,431			1,236
Purchased oil and gas sales		440			108
Total revenues		1,871			1,344
Derivative instrument gain (loss), net		158			(103)
Gain on divestitures, net		2			25
Other, net		61			13
		2,092			1,279
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Lease operating expenses		264			335
Gathering, processing and transmission		58			71
Purchased oil and gas costs		494			86
Taxes other than income		44			33
Exploration		49			57
General and administrative		83			68
Transaction, reorganization and separation		‐			27
Depreciation, depletion and amortization:
Oil and gas property and equipment		312			531
Other assets		30			35
Asset retirement obligation accretion		28			27
Impairments		‐			4,472
Financing costs, net		110			103
		1,472			5,845
NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES		620			(4,566)
Current income tax provision		149			89
Deferred income tax provision (benefit)		21			(33)
NET INCOME (LOSS) INCLUDING NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS		450			(4,622)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest ‐ Egypt		42			(151)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest ‐ Altus		1			(9)
Net income attributable to Altus Preferred Unit limited partners		19			18
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCK	$	388	$	(4,480)
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE:
Basic	$	1.02	$	(11.86)
Diluted	$	1.02	$	(11.86)
WEIGHTED‐AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic		378			378
Diluted		379			378
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER COMMON SHARE	$	0.025	$	0.025

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