Reflecting its expanding worldwide operations, Apache Corporation has promoted executives to lead new growth initiatives.

Since 2010, Apache has completed more than $16 billion in acquisitions across its global portfolio. In addition, Chevron recently joined the Kitimat LNG project — a move that is expected to help Apache monetize two of the largest natural gas resources in North America — Horn River and Liard in British Columbia, Canada — through a planned liquefied natural gas project on the province's northwest coast.

"These events have significantly expanded the scope and breadth of Apache's operations," said G. Steven Farris, Apache's chairman and chief executive officer. "Simply put, we are bigger, stronger and more diverse than ever as we head into 2013."

To accommodate this growth, Thomas E. Voytovich will assume the newly created position of executive vice president of international operations, with responsibility for all of Apache's regional activities outside the U.S. Lower 48, excluding the Kitimat gas monetization project.

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