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10+ Years of Economic Permian Inventory Reflects Current Cost Structure Economic Inventory Breakeven Distribution (Gross)1 100 1,700 locations achieve Gross Locations by Basin More than 1,000 10% return at 75 locations achieve 10% Delaware return at 50 Basin 80 WTI oil price for 10% IRR ( / bbl)(1) Midland Basin 60 40 20 - - 500 1,000 1,500 Location Count (1) Breakeven defined as oil price required to achieve a 10% rate of return; Assumes 2.50 Waha gas price APA CORPORATION 12
APA Corp.
February 2026

EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY THE NEXT BIG OIL PLAY Eastern Howard County projected wells compare favorably with Western Howard County wells Western vs. Eastern Howard County (Wolfcamp A 10,000) Howard County Map Western Eastern HighPeak Howard Howard Energy EUR (MBbls/1,000) (1) 58 62 68 Avg. Net Thickness 200 300 200 250 Avg. Net to Gross 82% 89% % Developed 32% 8% % Oil 71% 85-90% Total Well Cost (/ft) 573/ft 649/ft 530/ft (2) Western Howard NPV/Well (MM) (3) 9.4mm 8.0mm 10.6mm Avg. Breakeven (/Bbl, 20:1) (3) 33/Bbl 36/Bbl 28/Bbl HighPeak planned average lateral length of 12,500 in the WCA has a projected per well NPV of 13.6mm (4) Source: Enverus. (3) Based on average Hz WCA well from 2017-2020 using stated D&C costs for a 10,000 lateral. Eastern Howard based on (1) WCA average for 2017-2020, Eastern Howard results based on HighPeak performance for wells with greater than 6 months HighPeak WCA YE20 audited type curve. NPV assumes 63/Bbl (WTI) & 3.00/Mcf (Henry Hub). of production data. (4) Based on average CGA provided HighPeak type curve for the Wolfcamp A. 13 (2) Represents HighPeaks average development costs for a 10,000 lateral length well.
HighPeak Energy
March 2021

DJ Basin: Analysts See the Value of the Basin Competitive with all other basins 90 70 % 63 % 83 Breakeven (PV-10, 20:1 WTI:HH Ratio, US / bbl) 80 74 60 % 54 % 70 70 67 64 50 % 58 59 60 55 50 50 48 48 48 48 40 % 41 % 41 % 45 46 IRR 41 30 % 38 39 39 40 30 % 34 31 % 34 % 30 25 % 23 % 20 % 20 % 19 % 20 17 % 10 % 10 11 % 11 % 5% 3% 4% 7% 0% 6% 0 0% (1) Piceance Basin Permian STACK Eagle Ford Powder River Basin SCOOP Haynesville TMS Marcellus Cotton Valley Barnett Gulf Coast Arkoma Woodford DJ Basin Bakken SK Bakken Utica Montney Fayetteville Uinta Basin Half Cycle: Excludes Acreage Acquisition Costs Source: RS Energy Group. Note: Basin breakeven reflect single well economics. (1) Permian basin breakeven represents Midland basin breakeven.
Extraction Oil and Gas
May 2019
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