Apache Corporation
Apache is an independent American oil and gas corporation that was founded in 1954 by Charles Arnao, Raymond Plank and Truman Anderson. Its headquarters are in 1 Post Oak Central in Texas. Its mission is to grow a profitable company for the benefit of its shareholders and provide a long-term growth opportunity (Apache Corporation, 2013). The main idea that dominated the minds of the founders was to exploit the oil that was in Minnesota and meet the oil demand since oil was considered to be a major source of energy that was quite necessary in steering the economy forward. It operates ...