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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FERLIC RANDOLPH M 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol APACHE CORP [APA] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 2000 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100 3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2010 (Street) HOUSTON, TX 77056 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (check applicable line) _X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock (1) 04/30/2010   J(2) 4,977.126 A $ 0 373,990.126 D   Common Stock (1) 04/30/2010   J(2) 4,977.126 D $ 0 8,882.874 I By Ferlic Invstmts, Ltd. Common Stock (1) 04/30/2010   J(2) 90.09 D $ 0 8,792.784 I By Ferlic Invstmts, Ltd. Common Stock (1) 04/30/2010   J(2) 8,792.784 D $ 0 0 I By Ferlic Invstmts, Ltd. Common Stock (1) 04/30/2010   J(2) 90.09 A $ 0 90.09 I By Spouse Common Stock (1)             17,964 I Held by IRA

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FERLIC RANDOLPH M 2000 POST OAK BLVD. SUITE 100 HOUSTON, TX 77056	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

Cheri L. Peper, Attorney-in-Fact		01/20/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The shares of common stock of Apache are deemed to also represent certain preferred stock purchase rights ('Rights'). The Rights are not currently exercisable or separately tradable and presently are evidenced by certificates for shares of the common stock. Value attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the common stock.
(2)	The reporting person has previously reported, as direct beneficially owned securities, 100% of the shares of Apache common stock held by Ferlic Investments, Ltd., a family limited partnership of which the reporting person is the general and managing partner. On 04/30/2010, the partnership distributed on a pro rata basis, in accordance with each partner's pencuniary interest, all 13,860 shares owned by the partnership. Of the shares distributed, the reporting person now directly beneficially owns 4,977.126 of such shares distributed to the reporting person and indirectly owns 90.09 of such shares distributed to the reporting peron's spouse. The reportng person no longer has a reportable beneficial interest in 8,792.784 of such shares distributed by the partnership to the reporting person's adult children.
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