Apache is walking away from its exploration project in the Goodland Lime play in the US’s East Texas without drilling a well to concentrate on its holdings in the Permian basin.

The US independent is marketing 23,300 gross acres (10,723 net) in Smith and Van Zandt counties in Texas through divestiture consultancy EnergyNet, comprising 8375 net acres in Smith and 2348 in Van Zandt.