By Sarfaraz A. Khan and Mehreen Tanveer
Apache Corporation (APA) is one of the leading oil and gas exploration and production
companies of America. After divesting all non-energy related investments in 1988,
Apache expanded its operations through acquisitions in America, Europe, Canada,
Australia and Egypt. But now, Apache has been undergoing massive restructuring
and is narrowing its focus on its home market.
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After spending more
than $16 billion on acquisitions since 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico
(GoM), Permian basin, Canada and Egypt, Apache announced
that it will sell $4 billion of its non-core assets by the end
of the current year, nearly doubling its previous divestiture target. The
company will use the proceeds to reduce its leverage, buyback 30 million
shares, and fund its capital expenditure.
More recently, Apache is now planning to
sell its Canadian assets through two separate transactions for $112
million. These assets are mainly dry gas properties in Saskatchewan, and
Alberta, that include 4,000 operated and 1,300 non-operated wells with recent
production of 38 million cubic feet per day and 750 barrels of oil and other
liquids per day.
In July 2013, Apache agreed to sell Gulf of Mexico operations, which it
acquired from Occidental Petroleum (OXY) in 1986, to
Riverstone Holdings' Fieldwood
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