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Texas operator and buyer · P-5 027200

Apache Corporation

The Railroad Commission lists Apache Corporation as operator number 027200, P-5 active, in Houston, TX. Its leases reported 56,657,274 barrels of oil and 300,166,833 mcf of gas in the last twelve months. The newest filings list it as a buyer or gatherer on 301 producing leases in 15 counties.
How to reach themGot a letter from them?

Facts and their sources. No rating, no opinion.

Where Apache Corporation has wells

Every well the state's map puts on a lease it operates now, and its drilling permits of the last 24 months.
Map of the wells of Apache Corporation in Texas: 6,055 wells and 312 recent drilling locations, in a picture about 532 miles across.
  • Drilling locations312Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells3,954On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing939Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged1,162The state's wellbore record says plugged

Each dot is a well on a lease Apache Corporation operates now, where the Railroad Commission's map puts it, or one of its drilling permits of the last 24 months. Wells of other operators are not on this map. The picture is about 532 miles across. The white counties are the ones with a well or drilling permit of its own on the map. 13 more wells have no location on the state's map. Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and drilling permit files, US Census Bureau county outlines, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/operators/apache-corporation-027200">Oil and gas wells of Apache Corporation in Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

For owners

Reaching Apache Corporation, and what the state's files show

Owner relations, checked

How to reach Apache Corporation as an owner

Owner relations, checked

APA Corporation

U.S. Owner Relations

Call 713-296-6054
Write to
APA CorporationAPA Corporation2000 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S, Ste. 200Houston, TX 77042

How to

  • Change your mailing address

    Written change request, signed by the owner or owner's representative.

Checked on Nov 10, 2026. Source: Owners.

Before you call or write, have these in hand

  1. Your owner numberIt is printed on every check stub and on the 1099, near your name.
  2. The property name or numberThe lease or well as the stub prints it, with the company's own property number.
  3. The date and amount of your last checkSo the desk can find your account and see what has been paid.

Older names, newer names

Where Apache Corporation's leases came from, and where some went

The state's monthly reports list 3,190 leases under Apache Corporation at some point. Of those, 871 are reported by another operator today (272 by Formentera Operations LLC, 180 by Hilcorp Energy Company, 99 by Crossroads Operating, LLC, 320 by others); 1,581 still report production under Apache Corporation; 235 stopped reporting while it was the operator.

Reported today by

If your old stub says Apache Corporation, your lease is most likely with one of these companies now.

48 more with other operators, each with fewer leases.

Came to it from

Older stubs for the same wells may carry one of these names.

Counted from the operator named on each lease’s monthly production report, Jan 2020 to Aug 2026. A date is the month the reports changed, not the day of a sale. A lease can move without the company being sold, and the company that pays you is not always the operator.

Check it against your own leaseSorting out a family estate? Start here

Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, production data query, operator on each monthly report, as of August 1, 2026.

The name on your check

Whose oil and gas Apache Corporation buys or moves

The newest state filings list Apache Corporation as a purchaser or gatherer on 301 producing leases of 7 operators in 15 Texas counties.

Why a buyer pays you

On many leases the company that buys the oil or gas pays the royalty owners directly, under a division order, in place of the operator. Your check and your 1099 then carry the buyer’s name.

Who to ask about what

Ask the buyer about the check: price, deductions, your decimal, a missing payment. Ask the operator about the well: whether it is producing, new drilling, a shut-in.

Is my lease one of them?

Searches only the leases the state lists with Apache Corporation. Nothing you type is saved.

By county

By operator

Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, P-4 gatherer and purchaser filings, the newest for each lease, as of October 24, 2026.

Railroad Commission record

Who the state lists, and its standing

The Railroad Commission lists this company as an operator, and the state's records list it as a purchaser or gatherer.

  • Railroad Commission P-5ActiveLast filing received December 3, 2025RRC P-5 file
  • Right to do business in TexasActiveComptroller franchise tax file
  • Secretary of StateActiveSince February 23, 1959Comptroller franchise tax file
  • Registered in TexasFebruary 23, 1959Formed in DEComptroller franchise tax file
Name on file
APACHE CORPORATION
Operator number (P-5)
027200
Organization type
Corporation
Location
Houston, TX
Mailing city
Houston, TX
Activities filed
Casinghead Gas Gatherer, Casinghead Gas Purchaser, Gas Purchaser, Gas Gatherer, Oil Gatherer, Gas Operator, Oil Operator
Record built
June 22, 1977
Refiling required
Yes

Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, P-5 Organization Report data set, as of October 22, 2026.

Got a letter?

Does your letter match the record?

Hold the letter, division order or offer next to these lines. Company names in oil and gas are often one word apart, and a close name can be a different company.

  • The exact nameAPACHE CORPORATIONEvery word, with LLC, LP, Inc. or Corp. as printed here.
  • The state operator number027200Not every letter prints it. A division order usually does.
  • The city it mails fromHouston, TX 77042A return address in another city is common for a payment office. Ask if it is not one you can find.
  • The phone on file(713) 954-5500Call the number on file, not only the one in the letter, before you sign anything.
  • Its standing todayP-5 active; right to do business in Texas: active

The name is close but not the same: search itHave the letter read

Comptroller and Secretary of State

The business entity on file

Legal name
APACHE CORPORATION
Taxpayer number
14107478688
Entity type
Foreign profit corporation
Secretary of State file number
0001941806
Secretary of State status
Active (February 23, 1959)
Right to transact business in Texas
Active
Formed
February 23, 1959
Formed in
DE
Registered office
Dallas, TX
Registered agent
C T CORPORATION SYSTEM
Mailing city
Houston, TX

Source: Texas Comptroller, franchise tax permit holder file (data.texas.gov), as of September 26, 2026.

Look it up yourself: Secretary of State business filings (search for file number 0001941806), Comptroller account status.

Write to them

Three letters with Apache Corporation's address already on them

Copy or print one and fill the blanks. Each asks for one thing and gives the company what it needs to find your account. The address is the owner relations desk we checked.

Use this when you have moved, or when checks and tax forms go to an old address. Companies hold payments when mail comes back.

[Your name]
[Your mailing address]
[Date]

APA Corporation
Attn: U.S. Owner Relations
APA Corporation
2000 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S, Ste. 200
Houston, TX 77042

Re: Change of address, owner number [your owner number]

To whom it may concern:

Please update the mailing address on my owner account.

Owner name as it appears on your records: [name on the check stub]
Owner number: [your owner number]
Old address: [old address]
New address: [new address]
Phone or email: [how to reach you]

If you need a form of your own, a W-9 or a signature witnessed or notarized, please send it to the new address above or tell me where to find it.

Please confirm in writing when the change is made, and tell me if any payment is being held on this account.

Thank you.

[Signature]
[Printed name]
Fill the blanks in brackets before you send it.

In numbers

Production, permits and leases, in one line each

  • Production: 56,657,274 barrels of oil and 300,166,833 mcf of gas in the last 12 months, oil down 11.5% on the 12 months before.
  • Leases: 2,319 on the state record, 1,581 with production in the last 12 months. The largest is Yellow Belly, Midland County.
  • Drilling permits: 468 in the last three years (23 in 2023, 173 in 2024, 118 in 2025, 154 in 2026). A permit is permission to drill. It is not a well.

Every lease, month by month, and the well mapIts report card: find your lease, buyers, changes, inspections

Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, production data query and drilling permit records, as of August 1, 2026.

Public company

Filings that name this operator

  • APA Corporation (APA) lists this company as a subsidiary in its filing with the SEC. Read the filing

Use it

Follow this company, or check a paper it sent you

New permits and production

One email a week when Apache Corporation files a drilling permit, completes a well or reports first production. Free with an account.

Leases, counties and fields for Apache Corporation

A paper from this company

A division order, a lease, a buyout offer or a letter: upload it and we say what it is, what it asks and which terms deserve a question.

Read a letterCheck a buyout offerCheck a lease offer

FAQ

Questions people ask

Who is Apache Corporation?

The Railroad Commission lists Apache Corporation as operator number 027200, P-5 active, in Houston, TX. Its leases reported 56,657,274 barrels of oil and 300,166,833 mcf of gas in the last twelve months. The newest filings list it as a buyer or gatherer on 301 producing leases in 15 counties. The state's records also list it as a purchaser or gatherer.

How do I contact Apache Corporation about my royalties?

APA Corporation has an owner relations desk at 713-296-6054. We checked it on November 10, 2026 from the company's own page. Have your owner number, the property name from your stub and the date of your last check.

Which leases has Apache Corporation passed to other operators?

The state's monthly reports list 3,190 leases under Apache Corporation at some point. Of those, 871 are reported by another operator today (272 by Formentera Operations LLC, 180 by Hilcorp Energy Company, 99 by Crossroads Operating, LLC, 320 by others); 1,581 still report production under Apache Corporation; 235 stopped reporting while it was the operator. This is read from the operator named on each lease's monthly production report. A lease can move without the company being sold.

Is Apache Corporation a registered business in Texas?

The Comptroller's franchise tax file lists a business entity that matches the company: APACHE CORPORATION, a foreign profit corporation, Secretary of State status Active, right to transact business in Texas: Active. Confirm it in the Secretary of State's business search.

How much oil and gas did Apache Corporation report?

In the last twelve months the leases Apache Corporation operates reported 56,657,274 barrels of oil and 300,166,833 mcf of gas to the Railroad Commission, through August 1, 2026. It has 2,319 leases on the state record, 1,581 with production in that time.

How many drilling permits has Apache Corporation filed?

468 drilling permits in the last three years in the permit feed this site reads. A permit is permission to drill, not a well: many are never drilled.

Follow new permits by email

I got a letter or an offer from Apache Corporation: what should I do?

Do not sign or call yet. Keep every page and the envelope, compare the paper with your deed, lease and last statements, and answer in writing. You can upload the letter to have it read: it says what kind of paper it is, what it asks, and which terms deserve a question, quoting the words they come from.

Upload the letter

Where does this page's information come from, and how current is it?

The record is the Railroad Commission's P-5 Organization Report file, dated October 22, 2026. The entity is the Comptroller's franchise tax file. Production, permits and leases are the Commission's own reports. The page shows no rating and no opinion.

Related

Sources

Primary sources, opened on 29 September 2026. Statute text is the current version on statutes.capitol.texas.gov.