Key Takeaways
- Reported production of 469,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day; adjusted production excluding Egypt noncontrolling interest and tax barrels, was 398,000 BOE per day;
- Notable efficiency gains, primarily in Permian drilling, enabling reduction of full-year development capital guidance by $150 million while remaining within original U.S. oil production guidance range;
- Increased 2025 expected savings to $130MM from $60MM previously; doubled annualized run-rate savings by the end of the year to $225 million with capital and overhead savings significantly ahead of schedule;
Increased 2025 Egypt gas price realization guidance due to continued outperformance in the gas drilling program; - Announced Sockeye-2 discovery well in Alaska; subsequent flow-test confirmed better rock quality vs. offset analogs; and
- Streamlined Permian footprint with announcement of $608 million New Mexico divestiture package.
HOUSTON, May 7, 2025 – APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) today announced its financial and operational results for the first quarter of 2025.
APA reported net income attributable to common stock of $347 million, or $0.96 per diluted share. When adjusted for items that impact the comparability of results, APA’s first-quarter earnings were $385 million, or $1.06 per diluted share. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.1 billion and adjusted EBITDAX was $1.5 billion.
First-Quarter summary
First-quarter reported production was 469,000 BOE per day and adjusted production, which excludes Egypt noncontrolling interest and tax barrels, was 398,000 BOE per day. In the Permian, oil production was delivered within guidance despite a 1,000 barrel-per-day impact from third-party and weather-related downtime. Capital came in below guidance largely due to significant improvements in drilling performance, particularly in the Permian Basin.
The company also announced a second Alaska discovery well at Sockeye-2, which encountered a high-quality reservoir with approximately 25 feet of net oil pay. Subsequent to the first quarter, the company conducted a successful flow test which indicated significantly higher reservoir quality compared to similar discoveries to the west. Technical evaluation is under way to determine next steps for appraisal and further exploration.
Cost initiatives progress
The company continued to make significant strides toward its cost savings targets for 2025. Capital savings driven by drilling efficiency gains in the Permian Basin are providing the majority of the uplift, complemented by Egypt drilling performance. Overhead savings are also being realized at a faster pace than previously anticipated, enabled by structural changes to simplify business operations. Total realized savings on controllable spend for 2025 are now expected to be $130 million, more than double previous estimates. On a run-rate basis, the company now targets $225 million by the end of the year, up from a prior range of $100-$125 million.
“We have achieved substantial capital savings, particularly due to efficiency gains in Permian drilling, and are also making good progress on both completions and facilities,” said John J. Christmann IV, APA’s CEO. “On the G&A front, we are streamlining our organizational structure and reducing discretionary third-party spend, as we simplify how we manage our assets.”
Second-Quarter and Full-Year update
Improved efficiencies and reduced activity will lower the company’s 2025 development capital by $150 million. Combined with a $25 million reduction in exploration capital, these steps will protect free cash flow amidst volatile commodity prices.
As the company integrated the Callon acquisition, activity was reduced to 8 rigs, a level capable of maintaining oil volumes in the Permian. With confidence in captured operating efficiencies, APA now expects to hold Permian oil volumes sustainably flat with 6.5 rigs. Given current market conditions the company is in the process of reducing activity to 6 rigs by the end of the second quarter and adjusting its completion schedule to align with this cadence. For 2025, APA is maintaining its full-year U.S. oil production guidance range of 125,000 to 127,000 barrels per day.
In Egypt, given early success in the gas appraisal and development programs, gas-focused drilling has increased to over a third of the activity. The company expects 2025 gas production volumes to continue on a strong growing trajectory, leading to higher average realized gas prices through the fourth quarter.
Hedging update
APA entered into certain natural gas basis swap agreements for the second through fourth quarters of 2025 on roughly two thirds of the company’s firm transport capacity from the Permian to the Gulf Coast. Full-year 2025 guidance for income from third party oil and gas marketing activities has been updated to $575 million, inclusive of these basis hedges.
New Mexico asset sale
Subsequent to the first quarter, APA entered into an agreement to sell its New Mexico Permian assets to Permian Resources Corporation (NYSE: PR) for $608 million, prior to customary closing adjustments. These properties are expected to produce 12.4 Mboe/d (46% oil) for the full year 2025, and the transaction is expected to close late in the second quarter. Proceeds from the sale are expected to be allocated primarily toward debt reduction.
“We remain committed to focusing our portfolio on core assets where we are actively investing for the long-term. The New Mexico package represents less than 5% of our Permian oil production and unconventional acreage,” Christmann continued.
Closing
“Our first quarter performance highlights the step-change improvements we are making across many aspects of our business. The strong delivery of our cost initiatives is enhancing our ability to respond decisively to the ongoing volatility in commodity prices while protecting free cash flow. Our focus remains on sustaining the asset base, providing returns to shareholders, strengthening our balance sheet, and creating long-term optionality through exploration,” he concluded.
Conference call
APA will host a conference call to discuss its first-quarter 2025 results at 10 a.m. Central time, Thursday, May 8. 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 are non-GAAP measures. This non-GAAP information should be considered 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, 2024, 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,” APA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FIRST-QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS — PAGE 6 of 6 “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, 2024 , 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.
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