APA Corporation · Earnings release

NEWS RELEASE

APA Corporation Announces Third-Quarter 2024

Financial and Operational Results

Key Takeaways

•

Reported production of 467,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day; adjusted production, excluding Egypt

noncontrolling interest and tax barrels, was 395,000 BOE per day;

•

Announced final investment decision (FID) on 220,000 barrels per day oil development project in Suriname;

•

Streamlined Permian footprint with announcement of $950 million, non-core divestiture package;

•

Signed agreement that raises the contractual price for natural gas production in Egypt and incentivizes

increased gas exploration and development activity; and

•

Returned $406 million of free cash flow to shareholders year-to-date through dividends and share buybacks.

HOUSTON, Nov. 6, 2024 – APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) today announced its financial and operational results for the third quarter of 2024.

APA reported a loss attributable to common stock of $223 million or $0.60 per diluted share, which was primarily driven bynon-cash impairments of assets in the U.K. and assets held for sale in the Permian Basin. When adjusting for this and other items that impact the comparability of results, APA’s third-quarter

earnings were $370 million, or $1.00 per diluted share. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.3 billion, and adjusted EBITDAX was $1.6 billion.

“Third-quarter results were strong across our operating areas, driven by higher-than-expected production and lower costs,” said John J. Christmann

IV, APA’s CEO. “Adjusted global oil production exceeded the high-end of our guidance range and was up nearly 30% year-over-year. The integration of Callon is effectively complete, and we expect to

capture most of the cost synergies by year-end. This, combined with the non-core Permian Basin asset sale, will significantly lower per unit costs as we move into next

year.

“We also achieved an important milestone in Suriname with the announcement of GranMorgu, the first offshore development in the country,”

he said. “This large-scale project offers the best returns in APA’s portfolio, has a very low break-even oil price, and will contribute significant oil production and cash-flow growth beginning in 2028 and continuing for many

years.”

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Third-Quarter Summary

Third-quarter reported production was 467,000 BOE per day. Adjusted production, excluding Egypt noncontrolling interest and tax barrels, was 395,000 BOE per

day, approximately 2% ahead of guidance.

A number of positive factors influenced the third-quarter results, including significant free cash flow from

U.S. third-party gas trading activities and the Cheniere gas supply contract; cash flow resilience to lower oil prices in Egypt under the revised PSC structure; the successful integration of Callon and associated cost synergies; and organic oil

production growth. As a result, APA’s third-quarter cash flow from operations and free cash flow increased when compared to the second quarter, despite lower commodity prices.

Subsequent to quarter-end, the company received a credit rating increase toBBB- from Standard & Poor’s and has obtained investment grade status at all three rating agencies. During the quarter, APA reduced net debt by $275 million and returned $94 million of

free cash flow to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks.

2024 Fourth-Quarter Capital and Production Guidance

The company expects total fourth-quarter production on a BOE basis will be the highest of the year despite ongoing curtailments in the Permian Basin in

response to weak regional natural gas prices.

G1APA’s upstream capital investment in the fourth quarter is expected to be approximately

$645 million, which includes $80 million of incremental capital for Suriname, Alaska and Egypt.

2025 Preliminary Capital Budget and

Production Outlook

G2In 2025, as a result of a softer oil price outlook, APA plans to reduce capital to $2.5 to $2.6 billion, of which,

$200 million is allocated to Suriname development activity and $100 million to other exploration, primarily in Alaska. At this investment level, the company expects to run an eight-rig program in the

Permian Basin and a 12-rig program in Egypt, which includes one rig dedicated to natural gas following the signing of a new gas pricing agreement. The company expects this program will roughly sustain adjusted

oil production in the U.S. and Egypt, while delivering mid-single digit adjusted BOE growth.

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Conference Call

APA will host a conference call to discuss its third-quarter 2024 results at 10 a.m. Central time, Thursday, Nov. 7. The conference call will be webcast from

APA’s website at www.apacorp.com and investor.apacorp.com. Following the conference call, a replay will be available for one year on the “Investors” page of the company’s website.

About APA

APA Corporation owns consolidated subsidiaries

that explore for and produce oil and natural gas in the United States, Egypt and the United Kingdom and that explore for oil and natural gas offshore Suriname and elsewhere. APA posts announcements, operational updates, investor information and

press releases on its website, www.apacorp.com.

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 arenon-GAAP measures. This non-GAAP information should be considered

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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,” “goals,” “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 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 APA’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 its subsidiaries 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,”

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“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 APA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2023

available from APA at www.apacorp.com or by writing APA at: 2000 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S, Ste. 200, Houston, TX 77042 (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

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Website: www.apacorp.com

Clickhere for the full release with quarterly financial statements.

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APA CORPORATION

STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In millions, except

per share data)

For the Quarter Ended

For the Nine Months Ended

REVENUES AND OTHER:

Oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production revenues

Oil revenues

$

$

$

$

Natural gas revenues

Natural gas liquids revenues

Purchased oil and gas sales

Total revenues

Derivative instrument gain (loss), net

)

—

)

Gain on divestitures, net

1

1

7

Loss on previously sold Gulf of Mexico properties

—

—

)

—

Other, net

—

OPERATING EXPENSES:

Lease operating expenses

Gathering, processing, and transmission

Purchased oil and gas costs

Taxes other than income

Exploration

General and administrative

Transaction, reorganization, and separation

5

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization:

Oil and gas property and equipment

Other assets

7

Asset retirement obligation accretion

Impairments

—

Financing costs, net

NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES

)

Current income tax provision

Deferred income tax benefit

)

)

)

)

NET INCOME (LOSS) INCLUDING NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

)

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCK

$

)

$

$

$

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE:

Basic

$

)

$

$

$

Diluted

$

)

$

$

$

WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:

Basic

Diluted

DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER COMMON SHARE

$

$

$

$

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APA CORPORATION

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

For the Quarter Ended

% Change

For the Nine Months Ended

OIL VOLUME - Barrels per day

United States

3

%

%

5

%

4

%

North Sea

%

%

International (1)

-1

%

-9

%

Total (1)

1

%

%

NATURAL GAS VOLUME - Mcf per day

United States

-8

%

3

%

%

0

%

North Sea

%

%

International (1)

-2

%

%

Total (1)

-6

%

-4

%

NGL VOLUME - Barrels per day

United States

1

%

%

North Sea

%

%

Total (1)

-1

%

%

BOE per day

United States

-1

%

%

6

%

2

%

North Sea

%

%

International (1)

-2

%

%

Total (1)

-1

%

%

Total excluding noncontrolling interests

-2

%

%

(1) Includes net production

volumes attributed to our noncontrolling partner in Egypt below:

Oil (b/d)

Gas (Mcf/d)

BOE per day

(2) Egypt Gross Production

Oil (b/d)

Gas (Mcf/d)

BOE per day

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APA CORPORATION

ADJUSTED PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Adjusted

production excludes certain items that management believes affect the comparability of operating results for the periods presented. Adjusted production excludes production attributable to 1) noncontrolling interest in Egypt and 2) Egypt tax barrels.

Management uses adjusted production to evaluate the company’s operational trends and performance and believes it is useful to investors and other third parties.

For the Quarter Ended

% Change

For the Nine Months Ended

OIL VOLUME - Barrels per day

United States

3

%

%

Egypt

4

%

5

%

North Sea

%

%

International

-5

%

%

Total

0

%

%

NATURAL GAS VOLUME - Mcf per day

United States

-8

%

3

%

Egypt

9

%

1

%

North Sea

%

%

International

%

%

Total

-9

%

-5

%

NGL VOLUME - Barrels per day

United States

1

%

%

North Sea

%

%

Total

-1

%

%

BOE per day

United States

-1

%

%

Egypt

5

%

4

%

North Sea

%

%

International

-8

%

%

Total

-3

%

%

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APA CORPORATION

PRICE INFORMATION

For the Quarter Ended

For the Nine Months Ended

AVERAGE OIL PRICE PER BARREL

United States

$

$

$

$

$

Egypt

North Sea

International

Total

AVERAGE NATURAL GAS PRICE PER MCF

United States

$

$

$

$

$

Egypt

North Sea

International

Total

AVERAGE NGL PRICE PER BARREL

United States

$

$

$

$

$

North Sea

Total

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APA CORPORATION

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(Unaudited)

(In millions)

SUMMARY EXPLORATION EXPENSE INFORMATION

For the Quarter Ended

For the Nine Months Ended

Unproved leasehold impairments

$

1

$

9

$

$

Dry hole expense

8

Geological and geophysical expense

6

1

3

Exploration overhead and other

$

$

$

$

SUMMARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION

For the Quarter Ended

For the Nine Months Ended

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

$

$

$

Additions to upstream oil and gas property

)

)

)

)

Leasehold and property acquisitions

(1

)

(1

)

)

)

Proceeds from asset divestitures

(5

)

1

Proceeds from sale of Kinetik shares

—

—

—

Other, net

)

)

Net cash used in investing activities

$

)

$

)

$

)

$

)

Proceeds from commercial paper and revolving credit facilities, net

6

Proceeds from term loan facility

—

—

—

Payments on term loan facility

)

—

)

—

Payment on Callon Credit Agreement

—

—

)

—

Payments on fixed-rate debt

—

—

)

)

Distributions to noncontrolling interest

)

)

)

)

Treasury stock activity, net

(2

)

)

)

)

Dividends paid to APA common stockholders

)

)

)

)

Other, net

(3

)

1

)

)

Net cash used in financing activities

$

)

$

)

$

)

$

)

SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION

Cash and cash equivalents

$

$

Assets held for sale

—

Other current assets

Property and equipment, net

Decommissioning security for sold Gulf of Mexico properties

Other assets

Total assets

$

$

Current debt

$

2

$

2

Liabilities held for sale

—

Current liabilities

Long-term debt

Decommissioning contingency for sold Gulf of Mexico properties

Deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities

APA shareholders’ equity

Noncontrolling interest

Total Liabilities and equity

$

$

Common shares outstanding at end of period

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APA CORPORATION

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

(In millions, except per share data)

Reconciliation of Costs incurred to Upstream capital investment

Management believes the presentation of upstream capital investments is useful for investors to assess APA’s expenditures related to our upstream capital

activity. We define capital investments as costs incurred for oil and gas activities, adjusted to exclude property acquisitions, asset retirement obligation revisions and liabilities incurred, capitalized interest, and certain exploration expenses,

while including amounts paid during the period for abandonment and decommissioning expenditures. Upstream capital expenditures attributable to a one-third noncontrolling interest in Egypt are also excluded.

Management believes this provides a more accurate reflection of APA’s cash expenditures related to upstream capital activity and is consistent with how we plan our capital budget.

For the Quarter Ended

For the Nine Months Ended

Costs incurred in oil and gas property:

Asset and leasehold acquisitions

$

(2

)

$

3

$

$

Exploration and development

Total Costs incurred in oil and gas property

$

$

$

$

Reconciliation of Costs incurred to Upstream capital investment:

Total Costs incurred in oil and gas property

$

$

$

$

Property acquisitions

4

(1

)

)

(1

)

Asset retirement obligations settled vs. incurred - oil and gas property

)

7

)

Capitalized interest

(8

)

(7

)

)

)

Exploration seismic and administration costs

)

)

)

)

Upstream capital investment including noncontrolling interest - Egypt

$

$

$

$

Less noncontrolling interest - Egypt

)

)

)

)

Total Upstream capital investment

$

$

$

$

Reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Cash flows from operations before changes in operating

assets and liabilities and Free cash flow

Cash flows from operations before changes in operating assets and liabilities and free cash flow are non-GAAP financial measures. APA uses these measures internally and provides this information because management believes it is useful in evaluating the company’s ability to generate cash to internally fund

exploration and development activities, fund dividend programs, and service debt, as well as to compare our results from period to period. We believe these measures are also used by research analysts and investors to value and compare oil and gas

exploration and production companies and are frequently included in published research reports when providing investment recommendations. Cash flows from operations before changes in operating assets and liabilities and free cash flow are additional

measures of liquidity but are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows from operating, investing, or financing activities. Additionally, this presentation of free cash flow may not

be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies in our industry.

For the Quarter Ended

For the Nine Months Ended

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

$

$

$

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

)

Cash flows from operations before changes in operating assets and liabilities

$

$

$

$

Adjustments to free cash flow:

Upstream capital investment including noncontrolling interest - Egypt

)

)

)

)

Decommissioning spend on previously sold Gulf of Mexico properties

)

—

)

—

Non oil and gas capital investment

)

)

)

)

Distributions to Sinopec noncontrolling interest

)

)

)

)

Free cash flow

$

$

$

$

Reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Adjusted EBITDAX

Management believes EBITDAX, or earnings before income tax expense, interest expense, depreciation, amortization and exploration expense is a widely accepted

financial indicator, and useful for investors, to assess a company’s ability to incur and service debt, fund capital expenditures, and make distributions to shareholders. We define adjusted EBITDAX, anon-GAAP financial measure, as EBITDAX adjusted for certain items presented in the accompanying reconciliation. Management uses adjusted EBITDAX to evaluate our ability to fund our capital expenditures, debt

services and other operational requirements and to compare our results from period to period by eliminating the impact of certain items that management does not consider to be representative of the Company’son-going operations. Management also believes adjusted EBITDAX facilitates investors and analysts in evaluating and comparing EBITDAX from period to period by eliminating differences caused by the existence

and timing of certain operating expenses that would not otherwise be apparent on a GAAP basis. However, our presentation of adjusted EBITDAX may not be comparable to similar measures of other companies in our industry.

For the Quarter Ended

For the Nine Months Ended

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

$

$

$

$

Adjustments:

Exploration expense other than dry hole expense and unproved leasehold impairments

Current income tax provision

Other adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

)

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

)

Financing costs, net

Transaction, reorganization & separation costs

5

Adjusted EBITDAX (Non-GAAP)

$

$

$

$

$

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APA CORPORATION

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

(In millions)

Reconciliation of debt to

net debt

Net debt, or outstanding debt obligations less cash and cash equivalents, is a non-GAAP financial

measure. Management uses net debt as a measure of the Company’s outstanding debt obligations that would not be readily satisfied by its cash and cash equivalents on hand.

Current debt

$

2

$

2

$

2

$

2

Long-term debt

Total debt

Cash and cash equivalents

Net debt

$

$

$

$

Reconciliation of Income attributable to common stock to Adjusted earnings

Our presentation of adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share are non-GAAP measures because they exclude the

effect of certain items included in Income Attributable to Common Stock. Management believes that adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share provides relevant and useful information, which is widely used by analysts, investors and competitors

in our industry as well as by our management in assessing the Company’s operational trends and comparability of results to our peers.

Management

uses adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share to evaluate our operating and financial performance because it eliminates the impact of certain items that management does not consider to be representative of the Company’s on-going business operations. As a performance measure, adjusted earnings may be useful to investors in facilitating comparisons to others in the Company’s industry because certain items can vary substantially

in the oil and gas industry from company to company depending upon accounting methods, book value of assets, capital structure and asset sales and other divestitures, among other factors. Management believes excluding these items facilitates

investors and analysts in evaluating and comparing the underlying operating and financial performance of our business from period to period by eliminating differences caused by the existence and timing of certain expense and income items that would

not otherwise be apparent on a GAAP basis. However, our presentation of adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share may not be comparable to similar measures of other companies in our industry.

For the Quarter Ended

For the Quarter Ended

Before

Tax

Tax

Impact

After

Tax

Diluted

EPS

Before

Tax

Tax

Impact

After

Tax

Diluted

EPS

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests (GAAP)

$

)

$

$

)

$

)

$

$

)

$

$

Income attributable to noncontrolling interests

)

)

Net income (loss) attributable to common stock

)

)

)

)

Adjustments:*

Asset and unproved leasehold impairments

)

9

(6

)

3

Valuation allowance and other tax adjustments

—

—

—

—

—

)

)

)

Unrealized derivative instrument loss

(3

)

(3

)

Kinetik equity investmentmark-to-market gain

—

—

—

—

(6

)

Transaction, reorganization & separation costs

(2

)

5

(1

)

4

Gain on divestitures, net

(1

)

—

(1

)

—

(1

)

—

(1

)

—

Adjusted earnings (Non-GAAP)

$

$

)

$

$

$

$

)

$

$

For the Nine Months Ended

For the Nine Months Ended

Before

Tax

Tax

Impact

After

Tax

Diluted

EPS

Before

Tax

Tax

Impact

After

Tax

Diluted

EPS

Net income including noncontrolling interests (GAAP)

$

$

)

$

$

$

$

)

$

$

Income attributable to noncontrolling interests

)

)

Net income attributable to common stock

)

)

Adjustments:*

Asset and unproved leasehold impairments

)

)

Valuation allowance and other tax adjustments

—

—

7

7

Gain on extinguishment of debt

—

—

—

—

(9

)

2

(7

)

)

Unrealized derivative instrument (gain) loss

(4

)

)

)

)

Loss on previously sold Gulf of Mexico properties

)

—

—

—

—

Kinetik equity investmentmark-to-market (gain) loss

9

—

9

)

4

)

)

Drilling contract termination charges

—

—

—

—

)

3

Transaction, reorganization & separation costs

)

(3

)

8

Gain on divestitures, net

)

)

)

(7

)

1

(6

)

)

Adjusted Earnings (Non-GAAP)

$

$

)

$

$

$

$

)

$

$

*

The income tax effect of the reconciling items are calculated based on the statutory rate of the jurisdiction

in which the discrete item resides.

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