• The owner number can be located on your Revenue Statement, Division Orders or JIB Statement.
• It can also be referred to as the Transferor, Transferee and BA number.
• Apache assigns each of its interest owners a unique owner number for internal identification purposes. Please always include your owner number when communicating or corresponding with Apache.

Apache takes the privacy of our interest owners very seriously. If you are unable to provide your owner number, you will be required to verify your identity by providing the amounts of your last three checks, along with your tax ID or Social Security number.

For your protection, all address changes must be submitted in writing with a physical signature from the owner or the owner’s representative. Electronic signatures will not be accepted. Please download and fill out the Apache Owner Address Change Form and email it to [email protected].

To receive your revenue/royalty payments directly into your checking or savings account:

• Complete and sign with a physical signature the Apache Direct Deposit Form
• Please include either a voided check from your account or a letter from your financial institution. The letter must be printed on official letterhead and signed by a representative of the institution. It should include the following information:
  • Your name
  • Type of account
  • Account number
  • Routing number
• The application cannot be processed without a voided check or a letter from your financial institution
• You may return the form to [email protected]

• A Division Order is a document issued by the operator that includes the property, legal description, owner’s remittance address, interest type and interest decimal in the property. Owners are asked to sign and return the Division Order. Apache uses this information to remit funds to the owner.
• A Transfer Order contains the same information as a Division Order but also identifies the grantor of a transferred interest.

Both executed copies of these documents should be sent to our Land Department at:

Apache Corporation
ATTN: Land Department
2000 W. Sam Houston Pkwy South, Suite 200
Houston, TX 77042

Or they can be faxed to 713-296-6482

For an individual name change, provide legal documentation that proves the name change request. Acceptable documents include marriage certificates, divorce decrees or court-approved documents.  A driver’s license or passport is not acceptable.

For a company name change, please provide a copy of the Certificate of Merger, including tax ID or the Certificate of Name Change, including tax ID.

• Your monthly check for both oil and gas is mailed on or before the last business day of the month. Oil revenue is typically paid within 30 days following the sales month. Gas revenue is typically paid within 60 days following the sales month.
• Apache has a minimum release of $100 each month.
• Annually, Apache has a minimum release of balances greater than $1.

• Your payment history can be downloaded free of charge from Energylink.
• If you have not already registered, please register. You will need:
  • Your eight-digit owner number
  • Recent payment information
• Registered owners have access to four years of payment details. Unregistered owners have access to 1 ½ years of payment details.

• Apache has a $100 minimum pay each month. We conduct an annual minimum release process, issuing payments to eligible recipients with balances of $1 or more.
• Negative payable balances – previous overpayments to owners can result in a balance due (negative balance). In such an event, the negative balance will be carried forward until the owner’s account returns to a positive balance. At that time, a check will be issued during our normal payment cycle.
• Payments in suspense – occasionally, payments are held due to matters that create uncertainty as to ownership, such as notice of death, bad address, transfer of property, assignment of interest or legal dispute. Payments due are accumulated and released when the matter has been resolved.

• If you have not received your check and have waited 15 business days from the date the check was originally mailed, please notify us at [email protected]. Apache will void the original check and reissue the lost, stolen or stale-dated check on the next revenue distribution date.
• Please provide the check date and your owner number to request a reissuance check.
• Once we void the original check, please do not attempt to cash it.
  We recommend enrolling in direct deposit to have your disbursements paid directly into your bank account to eliminate the chance of lost or stolen checks. To enroll, complete the Apache Direct Deposit Form.

Many factors affect your payment amount, including market conditions, fluctuating commodity prices, regulatory or contractual changes, production volumes, weather conditions and well downtime.

If Apache does not have a valid tax identification or Social Security number for an owner, the Internal Revenue Service requires us to withhold a percentage of the revenues owed. This is referred to as federal withholdings and will appear on your Revenue Statement as “NRA/Back-up Withholding.” To update your information, please download and complete a W-9 form from the IRS website and return it to [email protected].

The sale of interest

• Provide a copy of the recorded deed, assignment or other legal instrument of conveyance and any other relevant information, the new owner’s mailing address and a completed W-9 Form. The conveyance must be recorded in the county where the property is located.

Death of owner – ownership as joint tenants with rights of survivorship:  

• Provide a copy of a death certificate and a W-9 for the surviving joint tenant

A deceased owner – if the owner’s estate has been probated in Texas:

• Copy of death certificate
• Order Admitting Will to Probate
• Letters Testamentary
• Last Will and Testament as accepted by the court
• Executed Distribution Deed from the executor of the estate to the devisees
• Complete list of heirs with addresses and tax IDs

*** Copies of the probate proceedings and distribution deeds should be recorded in the counties where the property is located

A deceased owner – if the owner’s estate was not probated in Texas (probate proceedings outside of Texas)

• Copy of death certificate
• Exemplified copies of the Last Will and Testament and the foreign order admitting the will to probate, recorded in the deed records of the Texas county clerk’s office where the property is located
• If the foreign probate proceedings include a final order or Distribution Deed, those should also be filed for record in the county where the property is located
• Complete list of heirs with addresses and tax IDs

A deceased owner – if the owner’s estate will not be probated or the owner has no will

• Copy of death certificate
• Judicial determination of heirship or proof of death and heirship fully executed by a disinterested third party filed of record in the county where the property is located
• Complete list of heirs with addresses and tax IDs

***Please contact Apache directly with questions concerning proof of death and heirship for owners with no will at [email protected]

Transferring owner interest to a trust

• Please provide a copy of the Trust Agreement along with a recorded deed from the individual(s) into the trust. The Trust Agreement should name a trustee. The deed should be recorded in the county where the property is located.

Trustee changes

• Please provide a copy of the trust document naming the successor trustee.

• Apache reports gross revenue to the IRS. The net, taxes and deduction amounts are listed on the back of the 1099 form.
• The amounts reported on the 1099 form reflect the check issuance date.
• If a 1099 has been issued, it will be mailed to the address we have on file. Additionally, you can download a copy free of charge through Energylink.
• If a 1099 was not issued, please provide a completed W-9 with the correct entity type to ensure our records are correct.
• The minimum threshold for reporting is $10 for a 1099-MISC or 1099-INT form and $600 for a 1099-NEC form. If you did not reach the minimum threshold for either form, a 1099 form will not be issued.
• If an owner had federal withholding during the current year, Apache will issue a 1099 form.
• 1099-INT forms are used to report interest payments.
• 1099-NEC forms are used to report working interest payments.
• 1099-MISC forms are used to report royalty interest payments.