HOUSTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Apache Corporation (NYSE:APANASDAQ:APA) has declared regular cash dividends on the company's common shares and Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock. The dividend on the common shares is payable on May 22, 2009, to stockholders of record on April 22, 2009, at the rate of 15 cents per share. The dividend on the Series B preferred stock is payable April 30, 2009, to holders of record on April 15, 2009. The payment will be $14.20 per share, which is equivalent to $1.42 per depository share, each representing 1/10th of a share of Series B preferred stock. The Series B preferred is not currently listed on any exchange. Apache Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Canada, Egypt, the United Kingdom North Sea, Australia and Argentina. Apache posts announcements, updates and investor information, in addition to copies of all recent press releases, on its Web site, http://www.apachecorp.com/. APA-F DATASOURCE: Apache Corporation CONTACT: Media, Bill Mintz, +1-713-296-7276, or Investors, Robert Dye, +1-713-296-6662, or David Higgins, +1-713-296-6690, all of Apache Corporation Web Site: http://www.apachecorp.com/

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