George D. Lawrence

GEORGE D. LAWRENCE , 61, a private investor, joined the Company’s Board of Directors in May 1996. Mr. Lawrence was president, chief executive officer, and a director of The Phoenix Resource Companies, Inc., a public oil and gas company, from 1990 until May 1996, when Phoenix merged with Apache.

At Apache, he is a member of the Executive Committee and chairman of the Management Development and Compensation Committee.