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                                                                    EXHIBIT 11.1

                      APACHE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                       COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)




                                                            1995              1994               1993     
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Weighted Average Calculation:
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Net income                                             $      20,207      $      45,583       $     46,755
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Weighted average shares outstanding                           71,792             69,715             62,013
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Net income per share,
  based on weighted average
  shares outstanding                                   $         .28      $        .65        $        .75
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Primary Calculation:
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Net income                                             $      20,207      $      45,583       $     46,755

Assumed conversion of
  3.93-percent debentures                                      2,162              2,121              2,145
                                                       -------------      -------------       ------------  

Net income, as adjusted                                $      22,369      $      47,704       $     48,900
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Common stock equivalents:
Weighted average shares outstanding                           71,792             69,715             62,013

Stock options, using the treasury
   stock method                                                  106                115                242

Common stock equivalents
  assuming conversion of 3.93-percent
  debentures                                                   2,778              2,778              2,778
                                                       -------------      -------------       ------------  

                                                              74,676             72,608             65,033
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Net income per common share primary                    $         .28      $         .65       $        .75
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The assumed conversion of other convertible debt would be insignificant or
antidilutive for all the periods presented above.