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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 
______________________________
FORM 10-Q 
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013
or 
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from  ________ to ________                     
Commission File Number: 1-13245
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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
______________________________
Delaware
 
75-2702753
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
5205 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite 200, Irving, Texas
 
75039
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(972) 444-9001
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) 
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   ý    No   ¨
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Non-accelerated filer
 
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Smaller reporting company
 
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Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 2, 2013                                 136,578,089


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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
 
 
 
Item 3.
 
 
 
Item 4.
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
Item 1A.
 
 
 
Item 2.
 
 
 
Item 4.
 
 
 
Item 6.
 
 
 
 

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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
The information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the "Report") contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. When used in this document, the words "believes," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "intends," "continue," "may," "will," "could," "should," "future," "potential," "estimate" or the negative of such terms and similar expressions as they relate to Pioneer Natural Resources Company ("Pioneer" or the "Company") are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and the industry in which the Company operates. Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, they involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and, in many cases, beyond the Company's control.
These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, volatility of commodity prices, product supply and demand, competition, the ability to obtain environmental and other permits and the timing thereof, other government regulation or action, the ability to obtain approvals from third parties and negotiate agreements with third parties on mutually acceptable terms, the receipt of approvals required to consummate the Company's Southern Wolfcamp joint interest transaction, litigation, the costs and results of drilling and operations, availability of equipment, services, resources and personnel required to complete the Company's operating activities, access to and availability of transportation, processing, fractionation and refining facilities, Pioneer's ability to replace reserves, implement its business plans or complete its development activities as scheduled, access to and cost of capital, the financial strength of counterparties to Pioneer's credit facility and derivative contracts and the purchasers of Pioneer's oil, NGL and gas production, uncertainties about estimates of reserves and the ability to add proved reserves in the future, the assumptions underlying production forecasts, quality of technical data, environmental and weather risks, including the possible impacts of climate change, the risks associated with the ownership and operation of an industrial sand mining business and acts of war or terrorism. These and other risks are described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, this Report and other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). In addition, the Company may be subject to currently unforeseen risks that may have a materially adverse effect on it. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that the actual events and results will not be materially different than the anticipated results described in the forward-looking statements. See "Part I, Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Part 1, Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" and "Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors" in this Report and "Part I, Item 1. Business — Competition, Markets and Regulations," "Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors," "Part II, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Part II, Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 for a description of various factors that could materially affect the ability of Pioneer to achieve the anticipated results described in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no duty to publicly update these statements except as required by law.

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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
Definitions of Certain Terms and Conventions Used Herein
Within this Report, the following terms and conventions have specific meanings:
"BBL" means a standard barrel containing 42 United States gallons.
"BOE" means a barrel of oil equivalent and is a standard convention used to express oil and gas volumes on a comparable oil equivalent basis. Gas equivalents are determined under the relative energy content method by using the ratio of six thousand cubic feet of gas to one BBL of oil or natural gas liquid.
"BOEPD" means BOE per day.
"BTU" means British thermal unit, which is a measure of the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit.
"Conway" means the daily average natural gas liquids components as priced in Oil Price Information Service ("OPIS") in the table "U.S. and Canada LP – Gas Weekly Averages" at Conway, Kansas.
"DD&A" means depletion, depreciation and amortization.
"GAAP" means accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States of America.
"LIBOR" means London Interbank Offered Rate, which is a market rate of interest.
"MCF" means one thousand cubic feet and is a measure of gas volume.
"MMBTU" means one million BTUs.
"MMBTUPD" means MMBTU per day.
"Mont Belvieu" means the daily average natural gas liquids components as priced in OPIS in the table "U.S. and Canada LP – Gas Weekly Averages" at Mont Belvieu, Texas.
"NGL" means natural gas liquid.
"NYMEX" means the New York Mercantile Exchange.
"Pioneer" or the "Company" means Pioneer Natural Resources Company and its subsidiaries.
"Pioneer Southwest" means Pioneer Southwest Energy Partners L.P. and its subsidiaries.
"Proved reserves" mean the quantities of oil and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible – from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations – prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time.
(i) The area of the reservoir considered as proved includes: (A) The area identified by drilling and limited by fluid contacts, if any, and (B) Adjacent undrilled portions of the reservoir that can, with reasonable certainty, be judged to be continuous with it and to contain economically producible oil or gas on the basis of available geoscience and engineering data.
(ii) In the absence of data on fluid contacts, proved quantities in a reservoir are limited by the lowest known hydrocarbons ("LKH") as seen in a well penetration unless geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establishes a lower contact with reasonable certainty.
(iii) Where direct observation from well penetrations has defined a highest known oil ("HKO") elevation and the potential exists for an associated gas cap, proved oil reserves may be assigned in the structurally higher portions of the reservoir only if geoscience, engineering or performance data and reliable technology establish the higher contact with reasonable certainty.
(iv) Reserves which can be produced economically through application of improved recovery techniques (including, but not limited to, fluid injection) are included in the proved classification when: (A) Successful testing by a pilot project in an area of the reservoir with properties no more favorable than in the reservoir as a whole, the operation of an installed program in the reservoir or an analogous reservoir, or other evidence using reliable technology establishes the reasonable certainty of the engineering analysis on which the project or program was based; and (B) The project has been approved for development by all necessary parties and entities, including governmental entities.
(v) Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average during the 12-month period prior to the ending date of the period covered by the report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions.
"U.S." means United States.
With respect to information on the working interest in wells, drilling locations and acreage, "net" wells, drilling locations and acres are determined by multiplying "gross" wells, drilling locations and acres by the Company's working interest in such wells, drilling locations or acres. Unless otherwise specified, wells, drilling locations and acreage statistics quoted herein represent gross wells, drilling locations or acres.
Unless otherwise indicated, all currency amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.    Financial Statements
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
 
 
 
March 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
ASSETS
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
430,298

 
$
229,396

Accounts receivable:
 
 
 
 
Trade, net
 
355,093

 
316,854

Due from affiliates
 
4,124

 
3,299

Income taxes receivable
 
1,394

 
7,447

Inventories
 
233,402

 
197,056

Prepaid expenses
 
13,337

 
13,438

Other current assets:
 

 

Derivatives
 
151,431

 
279,119

Other
 
7,335

 
3,746

Total current assets
 
1,196,414

 
1,050,355

Property, plant and equipment, at cost:
 
 
 
 
Oil and gas properties, using the successful efforts method of accounting:
 
 
 
 
Proved properties
 
15,007,980

 
14,259,708

Unproved properties
 
218,404

 
231,555

Accumulated depletion, depreciation and amortization
 
(4,633,359
)
 
(4,412,913
)
Total property, plant and equipment
 
10,593,025

 
10,078,350

Goodwill
 
298,142

 
298,142

Other property and equipment, net
 
1,228,108

 
1,217,694

Other assets:
 
 
 
 
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate
 
216,369

 
204,129

Derivatives
 
95,121

 
55,257

Other, net
 
134,118

 
165,103

 
 
$
13,761,297

 
$
13,069,030








The financial information included as of March 31, 2013 has been prepared by management
without audit by independent registered public accountants.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)
(in thousands, except share data)
 
 
 
March 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable:
 
 
 
 
Trade
 
$
780,395

 
$
729,942

Due to affiliates
 
39,968

 
96,935

Interest payable
 
37,494

 
68,083

Income taxes payable
 
292

 
208

Deferred income taxes
 
51,783

 
86,481

Other current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Derivatives
 
20,413

 
13,416

Other
 
41,521

 
39,725

Total current liabilities
 
971,866

 
1,034,790

Long-term debt
 
3,017,280

 
3,721,193

Derivatives
 
13,372

 
12,307

Deferred income taxes
 
2,202,637

 
2,140,416

Other liabilities
 
290,071

 
293,016

Equity:
 
 
 
 
Common stock, $.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 145,799,929 and 134,966,740 shares issued at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
 
1,458

 
1,350

Additional paid-in capital
 
4,898,318

 
3,683,934

Treasury stock at cost: 9,337,865 and 11,611,093 at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
 
(420,947
)
 
(510,570
)
Retained earnings
 
2,609,801

 
2,514,640

Total equity attributable to common stockholders
 
7,088,630

 
5,689,354

Noncontrolling interests in consolidating subsidiaries
 
177,441

 
177,954

Total equity
 
7,266,071

 
5,867,308

Commitments and contingencies
 


 


 
 
$
13,761,297

 
$
13,069,030








The financial information included as of March 31, 2013 has been prepared by management
without audit by independent registered public accountants.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited) 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Revenues and other income:
 
 
 
 
Oil and gas
 
$
787,855

 
$
718,956

Interest and other
 
19,315

 
21,908

Gain on disposition of assets, net
 
24,417

 
43,596

 
 
831,587

 
784,460

Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
Oil and gas production
 
169,140

 
131,781

Production and ad valorem taxes
 
54,297

 
45,796

Depletion, depreciation and amortization
 
230,763

 
181,418

Exploration and abandonments
 
27,627

 
53,287

General and administrative
 
63,751

 
63,067

Accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations
 
3,153

 
2,430

Interest
 
50,735

 
46,858

Derivative (gains) losses, net
 
42,243

 
(91,750
)
Other
 
21,349

 
23,607

 
 
663,058

 
456,494

Income from continuing operations before income taxes
 
168,529

 
327,966

Income tax provision
 
(59,329
)
 
(117,703
)
Income from continuing operations
 
109,200

 
210,263

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
 
(465
)
 
10,695

Net income
 
108,735

 
220,958

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
(8,072
)
 
(6,339
)
Net income attributable to common stockholders
 
$
100,663

 
$
214,619

 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders
 
$
0.77

 
$
1.65

Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders
 

 
0.08

Net income attributable to common stockholders
 
$
0.77

 
$
1.73

Diluted earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders
 
$
0.75

 
$
1.60

Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders
 

 
0.08

Net income attributable to common stockholders
 
$
0.75

 
$
1.68

Weighted average shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
128,940

 
122,480

Diluted
 
132,751

 
126,247

Dividends declared per share
 
$
0.04

 
$
0.04

 
 
 
 
 
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
 
$
101,128

 
$
203,924

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
 
(465
)
 
10,695

Net income
 
$
100,663

 
$
214,619




The financial information included herein has been prepared by management
without audit by independent registered public accountants.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Net income
 
$
108,735

 
$
220,958

Other comprehensive activity:
 
 
 
 
Net hedge losses included in continuing operations
 

 
2,508

Income tax benefit
 

 
(928
)
Other comprehensive activity
 

 
1,580

Comprehensive income
 
108,735

 
222,538

Comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interests
 
(8,072
)
 
(6,339
)
Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders
 
$
100,663

 
$
216,199




















The financial information included herein has been prepared by management
without audit by independent registered public accountants.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY
(in thousands, except dividends per share)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Equity Attributable To Common Stockholders
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares
Outstanding
 
Common
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Noncontrolling
Interests
 
Total Equity
Balance as of December 31, 2012
 
123,356

 
$
1,350

 
$
3,683,934

 
$
(510,570
)
 
$
2,514,640

 
$
177,954

 
$
5,867,308

Issuance of common stock
 
10,350

 
103

 
1,280,813

 

 

 

 
1,280,916

Dividends declared ($0.04 per share)
 

 

 

 

 
(5,502
)
 

 
(5,502
)
Exercise of long-term incentive plan stock options
 
41

 

 
(791
)
 
1,838

 

 

 
1,047

Treasury stock purchases
 
2,232

 

 

 
(19,202
)
 

 

 
(19,202
)
Conversion of 2.875% senior convertible notes
 

 

 
(106,989
)
 
106,987

 

 

 
(2
)
Tax benefit related to conversion of 2.875% senior convertible notes
 

 

 
22,524

 

 

 

 
22,524

Tax benefit related to stock-based compensation
 

 

 
1,688

 

 

 

 
1,688

Compensation costs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vested compensation awards, net
 
484

 
5

 
(5
)
 

 

 

 

Compensation costs included in net income
 

 

 
17,144

 

 

 
300

 
17,444

Cash distributions to noncontrolling interests
 

 

 

 

 

 
(8,885
)
 
(8,885
)
Net income
 

 

 

 

 
100,663

 
8,072

 
108,735

Balance as of March 31, 2013
 
136,463

 
$
1,458

 
$
4,898,318

 
$
(420,947
)
 
$
2,609,801

 
$
177,441

 
$
7,266,071







The financial information included herein has been prepared by management
without audit by independent registered public accountants.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
108,735

 
$
220,958

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depletion, depreciation and amortization
 
230,763

 
181,418

Exploration expenses, including dry holes
 
7,954

 
27,163

Deferred income taxes
 
51,894

 
105,871

Gain on disposition of assets, net
 
(24,417
)
 
(43,596
)
Accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations
 
3,153

 
2,430

Discontinued operations
 
(158
)
 
1,577

Interest expense
 
4,844

 
9,870

Derivative related activity
 
95,884

 
(27,243
)
Amortization of stock-based compensation
 
17,395

 
15,086

Amortization of deferred revenue
 

 
(10,459
)
Other noncash items
 
(2,922
)
 
(9,516
)
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions:
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net
 
(41,803
)
 
(20,663
)
Income taxes receivable
 
6,053

 
1,407

Inventories
 
825

 
(31,027
)
Prepaid expenses
 
101

 
1,413

Other current assets
 
(636
)
 
2,488

Accounts payable
 
(57,572
)
 
19,326

Interest payable
 
(30,589
)
 
(21,917
)
Income taxes payable
 
84

 
16,941

Other current liabilities
 
(9,514
)
 
(15,441
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
360,074

 
426,086

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from disposition of assets
 
46,184

 
58,514

Additions to oil and gas properties
 
(697,191
)
 
(678,339
)
Additions to other assets and other property and equipment, net
 
(56,169
)
 
(59,841
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(707,176
)
 
(679,666
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
Borrowings under long-term debt
 
304,922

 
134,000

Principal payments on long-term debt
 
(1,012,253
)
 
(49,000
)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
 
1,280,916

 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
(8,885
)
 
(8,957
)
Borrowings (payments) of other liabilities
 
(210
)
 
458

Exercise of long-term incentive plan stock options
 
1,047

 
1,008

Purchases of treasury stock
 
(19,202
)
 
(56,129
)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
 
1,688

 
12,938

Payments of convertible senior note conversions and financing fees
 
(2
)
 
(1,261
)
Dividends paid
 
(17
)
 
(43
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
 
548,004

 
33,014

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
200,902

 
(220,566
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
 
229,396

 
537,484

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
430,298

 
$
316,918



The financial information included herein has been prepared by management
without audit by independent registered public accountants.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)


NOTE A. Organization and Nature of Operations
Pioneer Natural Resources Company ("Pioneer" or the "Company") is a Delaware corporation whose common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company is a large independent oil and gas exploration and production company operating in the United States, with field operations in the Permian Basin in West Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas, the Barnett Shale Combo play in North Texas, the Raton field in southeastern Colorado, the Hugoton field in southwest Kansas, the West Panhandle field in the Texas Panhandle and Alaska.
NOTE B. Basis of Presentation
Presentation. In the opinion of management, the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of March 31, 2013 and for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 include all adjustments and accruals, consisting only of normal recurring accrual adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. These interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") have been condensed in or omitted from this report pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). These consolidated financial statements should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2012 financial statement and footnote amounts in order to conform to the 2013 presentation.
Issuance of common stock. In February 2013, the Company issued 10.35 million shares of its common stock and realized $1.3 billion of proceeds, net of associated underwriting and offering expenses.
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries. The Company owns a 0.1 percent general partner interest and a 52.4 percent limited partner interest in Pioneer Southwest Energy Partners L.P. ("Pioneer Southwest"). The Company owns and controls Pioneer Natural Resources GP LLC (the "General Partner"), which manages Pioneer Southwest. Pioneer Southwest owns interests in certain oil and gas properties in the Spraberry field in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Pioneer Southwest are consolidated with those of the Company. Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries includes $163.9 million attributable to outstanding Pioneer Southwest common units held by unitholders other than Pioneer or its subsidiaries as of March 31, 2013.

NOTE C. Acquisitions and Divestitures

Premier Silica Business Combination

On April 2, 2012, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company acquired an industrial sand mining business that is now called Premier Silica LLC ("Premier Silica"). Premier Silica's primary mine operations are in Brady, Texas. The Brady mine facilities primarily produce, process and provide sand to the Company for use as proppant in its fracture stimulation of oil and gas wells in Texas. Excess sand and sand not useable for fracture stimulation is sold to third parties for use as proppant or other industrial and recreational purposes. The aggregate purchase price of Premier Silica was $297.1 million, including closing adjustments.

Divestitures Recorded in Continuing Operations

Sales of unproved oil and gas properties. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company's pretax gain on disposition of assets from continuing operations of $24.4 million was primarily associated with the sale of its interest in unproved oil and gas properties adjacent to the Company's West Panhandle field operations to an unaffiliated third party for cash proceeds of $37.4 million, which resulted in a pretax gain of $21.7 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company's pretax gain on disposition of assets of $43.6 million was primarily associated with the sale of a portion of its interest in an unproved oil and gas property in the Eagle Ford Shale field to unaffiliated third parties for cash proceeds of $54.7 million, which resulted in a pretax gain of $42.6 million.


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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

Divestitures Recorded as Discontinued Operations

South Africa. During the first quarter of 2012, the Company agreed to sell its net assets in South Africa ("Pioneer South Africa") to an unaffiliated third party, effective January 1, 2012, for $60.0 million of cash proceeds before normal closing and other adjustments, and the buyer's assumption of certain liabilities of the Company's South Africa subsidiaries. In August 2012, the Company completed the sale of Pioneer South Africa for net cash proceeds of $15.9 million, including normal closing adjustments for cash revenues and costs and expenses from the effective date through the date of the sale, resulting in a third quarter 2012 pretax gain of $28.6 million. The Company classified Pioneer South Africa's results of operations as income from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company recognized revenues and other income and pretax earnings of $19.6 million and $17.4 million, respectively, associated with discontinued operations, principally related to the results of operations of Pioneer South Africa prior to its divestiture in August 2012.

Pending Divestitures
Southern Wolfcamp. In January 2013, the Company signed an agreement with Sinochem Petroleum USA LLC ("Sinochem"), a U.S. subsidiary of the Sinochem Group, an unaffiliated third party, to sell 40 percent of Pioneer's interest in 207,000 net acres leased by the Company in the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play in the southern portion of the Spraberry field in West Texas for total consideration of $1.7 billion. Sinochem will pay $522.0 million in cash to Pioneer at closing, before normal closing adjustments, and will pay the remaining $1.2 billion by carrying 75 percent of Pioneer's portion of future drilling and facilities costs attributable to the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play. This transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013, subject to governmental approvals.

NOTE D. Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or the price paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements are based upon inputs that market participants use in pricing an asset or liability, which are characterized according to a hierarchy that prioritizes those inputs based on the degree to which they are observable. Observable inputs represent market data obtained from independent sources, whereas unobservable inputs reflect a company's own market assumptions, which are used if observable inputs are not reasonably available without undue cost and effort. The three input levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 1 – quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 – quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates) and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3 – unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The fair value input hierarchy level to which an asset or liability measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement in its entirety.
 
The following table presents the Company's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value as of March 31, 2013: 
 
 
Fair Value Measurement at the End of the
Reporting Period Using
 
 
 
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Fair Value at March 31, 2013
 
 
(in thousands)
Recurring fair value measurements
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trading securities
 
$
158

 
$
142

 
$

 
$
300

Commodity derivatives
 

 
246,552

 

 
246,552

Deferred compensation plan assets
 
53,768

 

 

 
53,768

Total assets
 
53,926

 
246,694

 

 
300,620

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity derivatives
 

 
28,001

 

 
28,001

Interest rate derivatives
 

 
5,784

 

 
5,784

Total liabilities
 

 
33,785

 

 
33,785

Total recurring fair value measurements
 
$
53,926

 
$
212,909

 
$

 
$
266,835

Trading securities and deferred compensation plan assets. The Company's trading securities are comprised of securities that are both actively traded and not actively traded on major exchanges. The Company's deferred compensation plan assets represent investments in equity and mutual fund securities that are actively traded on major exchanges. These investments are measured based on observable prices on major exchanges. As of March 31, 2013, substantially all of the significant inputs to these asset exchange values represented Level 1 independent active exchange market price inputs. Inputs for certain trading securities that are not actively traded on major exchanges were classified as Level 2 inputs.
Commodity derivatives. The Company's commodity derivatives represent oil, natural gas liquids ("NGL") and gas swap contracts, collar contracts and collar contracts with short puts. The asset and liability measurements for the Company's oil, NGL and gas swap, collar and collar contracts with short puts represent Level 2 inputs in the hierarchy. The Company utilizes discounted cash flow and option-pricing models for valuing its commodity derivatives.

The asset and liability values attributable to the Company's commodity derivatives were determined based on inputs that include (i) the contracted notional volumes, (ii) independent active market price quotes, (iii) the applicable estimated credit-adjusted risk-free rate yield curve and (iv) the implied rate of volatility inherent in the collar and collar contracts with short puts, which is based on active and independent market-quoted volatility factors.
Interest rate derivatives. The Company's interest rate derivative liabilities as of March 31, 2013 represent interest rate swap contracts. The Company utilizes discounted cash flow models for valuing its interest rate derivatives. The net derivative values attributable to the Company's interest rate derivative contracts as of March 31, 2013 are based on (i) the contracted notional amounts, (ii) active market-quoted London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") yield curves and (iii) the applicable credit-adjusted risk-free rate yield curve. The Company's interest rate derivative liability measurements represent Level 2 inputs in the hierarchy.


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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

Financial instruments not carried at fair value. Carrying values and fair values of financial instruments that are not carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows: 

 
 
March 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
Carrying
Value
 
Fair
Value
 
Carrying
Value
 
Fair
Value
 
 
(in thousands)
Long-term debt
 
$
3,017,280

 
$
3,768,884

 
$
3,721,193

 
$
4,555,770

Long-term debt includes the Company's credit facility, the Pioneer Southwest credit facility and the Company's senior notes. The fair value of debt is determined utilizing inputs that are Level 2 measurements in the fair value hierarchy.
Credit facilities. The fair values of the Company's and Pioneer Southwest's credit facilities are calculated using a discounted cash flow model based on (i) forecasted contractual interest and fee payments, (ii) forward active market-quoted United States Treasury Bill rate (in the case of the Company's credit facility) or LIBOR (in the case of the Pioneer Southwest credit facility) yield curves and (iii) the applicable credit-adjustments.
Senior notes. The Company's senior notes represent debt securities that are not actively traded on major exchanges. The fair values of the Company's senior notes are based on their periodic values as quoted on the major exchanges.
The Company has other financial instruments consisting primarily of cash equivalents, receivables, prepaid expenses, payables and other current assets and liabilities that approximate fair value due to the nature of the instrument and relatively short maturities. Non-financial assets and liabilities initially measured at fair value include certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, goodwill and asset retirement obligations.
NOTE E. Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company utilizes commodity swap contracts, collar contracts and collar contracts with short puts to (i) reduce the effect of price volatility on the commodities the Company produces and sells or consumes, (ii) support the Company's annual capital budgeting and expenditure plans and (iii) reduce commodity price risk associated with certain capital projects. The Company also, from time to time, utilizes interest rate contracts to reduce the effect of interest rate volatility on the Company's indebtedness.
Oil production derivative activities. All material physical sales contracts governing the Company's oil production are tied directly to, or are highly correlated with, New York Mercantile Exchange ("NYMEX") West Texas Intermediate ("WTI") oil prices.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

The following table sets forth the volumes per day in barrels ("BBLs") associated with the Company's outstanding oil derivative contracts as of March 31, 2013 and the weighted average oil prices per BBL for those contracts: 
 
 
Nine Months Ending December 31,
 
Year Ending December 31,
 
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
Collar contracts with short puts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volume (BBL)
 
72,430

 
69,000

 
26,000

Average price per BBL:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ceiling
 
$
119.89

 
$
114.05

 
$
104.45

Floor
 
$
92.26

 
$
93.70

 
$
95.00

Short put
 
$
74.36

 
$
77.61

 
$
80.00

Swap contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volume (BBL)
 
3,000

 

 

Average price per BBL
 
$
81.02

 
$

 
$

Rollfactor swap contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volume (BBL)
 
6,000

 
15,000

 

NYMEX roll price (a)
 
$
0.43

 
$
0.38

 
$

Basis swap contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Midland-Cushing index swap volume (BBL)
 
1,655

 

 

Average price per BBL (b)
 
$
(5.75
)
 
$

 
$

Cushing-LLS index swap volume (BBL)
 
669

 

 

Average price per BBL (c)
 
$
(9.30
)
 
$

 
$

 ____________________
(a)
Represents swaps that fix the difference between (i) each day's price per BBL of WTI for the first nearby month less (ii) the price per BBL of WTI for the second nearby NYMEX month, multiplied by .6667; plus (iii) each day's price per BBL of WTI for the first nearby month less (iv) the price per BBL of WTI for the third nearby NYMEX month, multiplied by .3333.
(b)
Basis differential price between Midland WTI and Cushing WTI.
(c)
Basis differential price between Cushing WTI and Louisiana Light Sweet crude "LLS".
NGL production derivative activities. All material physical sales contracts governing the Company's NGL production are tied directly or indirectly to either Mont Belvieu or Conway fractionation facilities' NGL product component prices.
The following table sets forth the volumes per day in BBLs associated with the Company's outstanding NGL derivative contracts as of March 31, 2013 and the weighted average NGL prices per BBL for those contracts: 
 
 
Nine Months Ending December 31,
 
Year Ending December 31,
 
 
2013
 
2014
Collar contracts with short puts:
 
 
 
 
Volume (BBL)
 
1,064

 
1,000

Average price per BBL:
 
 
 
 
Ceiling
 
$
105.28

 
$
109.50

Floor
 
$
89.30

 
$
95.00

Short put
 
$
75.20

 
$
80.00



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

Subsequent to March 31, 2013, the Company entered into additional NGL collar contracts for (i) 2,000 BBLs per day of the Company's May through December 2013 ethane production with a ceiling price of $12.60 per BBL and a floor price of $10.50 per BBL, (ii) 500 BBLs per day of the Company's July through December 2013 ethane production with a ceiling price of $13.02 per BBL and a floor price of $10.50 per BBL and (iii) 3,000 BBLs per day of the Company's 2014 ethane production with a ceiling price of $13.72 per BBL and a floor price of $10.78 per BBL.
Gas production derivative activities. All material physical sales contracts governing the Company's gas production are tied directly or indirectly to NYMEX Henry Hub ("HH") gas prices or regional index prices where the gas is sold. The Company uses derivative contracts to manage gas price volatility and reduce basis risk between HH prices and actual index prices at which the gas is sold.
The following table sets forth the volumes per day in millions of British thermal units ("MMBTU") associated with the Company's outstanding gas derivative contracts as of March 31, 2013 and the weighted average gas prices per MMBTU for those contracts: 
 
 
Nine Months Ending December 31,
 
Year Ending December 31,
 
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
Collar contracts with short puts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volume (MMBTU) (a)
 

 
65,000

 
235,000

 
20,000

Price per MMBTU:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ceiling
 
$

 
$
4.70

 
$
5.09

 
$
5.36

Floor
 
$

 
$
4.00

 
$
4.00

 
$
4.00

Short put
 
$

 
$
3.00

 
$
3.00

 
$
3.00

Collar contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volume (MMBTU) (a)
 
150,000

 

 

 

Price per MMBTU:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ceiling
 
$
6.25

 
$

 
$

 
$

Floor
 
$
5.00

 
$

 
$

 
$

Swap contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volume (MMBTU)
 
170,282

 
175,000

 
20,000

 

Price per MMBTU
 
$
5.07

 
$
4.02

 
$
4.31

 
$

Basis swap contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volume (MMBTU) (a)
 
162,500

 
10,000

 

 

Price per MMBTU
 
$
(0.22
)
 
$
(0.19
)
 
$

 
$

____________________
(a)
Subsequent to March 31, 2013, the Company entered into additional (i) collar contracts for 2,500 MMBTUs per day of the Company's June through December 2013 production with a ceiling price of $4.50 per MMBTU and a floor price of $4.00 per MMBTU, (ii) collar contracts with short puts for 50,000 MMBTUs per day of the Company's 2014 production with a ceiling price of $4.70 per MMBTU, a floor price of $4.00 per MMBTU and a short put price of $3.00 per MMBTU, (iii) collar contracts with short puts for 50,000 MMBTUs per day of the Company's 2015 production with a ceiling price of $5.03 per MMBTU, a floor price of $4.00 per MMBTU and a short put price of $3.00 per MMBTU, (iv) basis swap contracts for 22,500 MMBTU per day of the Company's 2014 production with a negative price differential of $0.18 per MMBTU between the relevant index price and the NYMEX price and (v) basis swap contracts for 7,500 MMBTU per day of the Company's 2015 production with a negative price differential of $0.13 per MMBTU between the relevant index price and the NYMEX price.
Marketing and basis transfer derivative activities. Periodically, the Company enters into buy and sell marketing arrangements to utilize unused firm pipeline transportation commitments. Associated with these marketing arrangements, the Company may enter into index swaps to mitigate the related price risk.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

The following table sets forth the contract volumes associated with the Company's outstanding marketing derivative contracts as of March 31, 2013 and the weighted average prices for those contracts: 
 
Nine Months Ending December 31,
 
2013
Average Daily Gas Production Associated with Marketing Derivatives:
 
Basis swap contracts:
 
Index swap volume (MMBTU)
4,364

Price differential ($/MMBTU)
$
0.34

     Interest rates. As of March 31, 2013, the Company was a party to interest rate derivative contracts that lock in a fixed forward annual interest rate of 3.21 percent, for a 10-year period ending in December 2025, on a notional amount of $250 million. These derivative contracts mature and settle by their terms in December 2015.
Tabular disclosure of derivative financial instruments. All of the Company's derivatives are accounted for as non-hedge derivatives as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and therefore all changes in the fair values of its derivative contracts are recognized as gains or losses in the earnings of the periods in which they occur. The Company classifies the fair value amounts of derivative assets and liabilities executed under master netting arrangements, which, in an event of default, allows the Company to offset payables to and receivables from the defaulting counterparty, as net current or noncurrent derivative assets or net current or noncurrent derivative liabilities, whichever the case may be, by commodity and counterparty.
The aggregate fair value of the Company's derivative instruments reported in the consolidated balance sheets by commodity and counterparty, including the classification between current and noncurrent assets and liabilities, consists of the following:
 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of March 31, 2013
Type
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
Net Fair Value Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset Derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivatives - current
 
$
160,149

 
$
(8,718
)
 
$
151,431

Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivatives - noncurrent
 
$
100,090

 
$
(4,969
)
 
95,121

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
246,552

Liability Derivatives:
 

 
 
 
 
Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivatives - current
 
$
29,131

 
$
(8,718
)
 
$
20,413

Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivatives - noncurrent
 
$
12,557

 
$
(4,969
)
 
7,588

Interest rate derivatives
 
Derivatives - noncurrent
 
$
5,784

 
$

 
5,784

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
33,785



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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2012
Type
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
Net Fair Value Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset Derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivatives - current
 
$
286,805

 
$
(7,686
)
 
$
279,119

Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivatives - noncurrent
 
$
61,618

 
$
(6,361
)
 
55,257

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
334,376

Liability Derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivatives - current
 
$
21,102

 
$
(7,686
)
 
$
13,416

Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivatives - noncurrent
 
$
8,944

 
$
(6,361
)
 
2,583

Interest rate derivatives
 
Derivatives - noncurrent
 
$
9,724

 
$

 
9,724

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
25,723


The Company uses credit and other financial criteria to evaluate the credit standing of, and to select, counterparties to its derivative instruments. Although the Company does not obtain collateral or otherwise secure the fair value of its derivative instruments, associated credit risk is mitigated by the Company's credit risk policies and procedures.
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging
 
Location of (Gain)/Loss Reclassified from
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Relationships
 
AOCI into Earnings
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(a)
 
 
Commodity price derivatives
 
Oil and gas revenue
 
$

 
$
809

Interest rate derivatives
 
Interest expense
 

 
1,699

Total
 
 
 
$

 
$
2,508

____________________
(a)
During 2012, all remaining Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("AOCI") related to hedging was transferred to earnings.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging
 
Location of (Gain) Loss Recognized in
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Instruments
 
Earnings on Derivatives
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity price derivatives
 
Derivative (gains) losses, net
 
$
46,183

 
$
(88,130
)
Interest rate derivatives
 
Derivative (gains) losses, net
 
(3,940
)
 
(3,620
)
Total
 
 
 
$
42,243

 
$
(91,750
)
NOTE F. Exploratory Costs
The Company capitalizes exploratory well and project costs until a determination is made that the well or project has either found proved reserves, is impaired or is sold. After an exploratory well has been completed and found oil and gas reserves, a determination may be pending as to whether the oil and gas reserves can be classified as proved. In those circumstances, the Company continues to capitalize the well or project costs pending the determination of proved status if (i) the well has found a sufficient quantity of reserves to justify its completion as a producing well and (ii) the Company is making sufficient progress assessing the reserves and the economic and operating viability of the project. The Company's capitalized exploratory well and project costs are presented in proved properties in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. If the exploratory well or project is determined to be impaired, the impaired costs are charged to exploration and abandonments expense.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

The following table reflects the Company's capitalized exploratory well and project activity during the three months ended March 31, 2013:
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Beginning capitalized exploratory costs
$
212,670

Additions to exploratory costs pending the determination of proved reserves
351,575

Reclassification due to determination of proved reserves
(262,754
)
Exploratory well costs charged to exploration expense
(7,734
)
Ending capitalized exploratory costs
$
293,757


The following table provides an aging, as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, of capitalized exploratory costs and the number of projects for which exploratory costs have been capitalized for a period greater than one year based on the date drilling was completed:
 
March 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
(in thousands, except project counts)
Capitalized exploratory costs that have been suspended:
 
 
 
One year or less
$
174,841

 
$
190,678

More than one year
118,916

 
21,992

 
$
293,757

 
$
212,670

 
 
 
 
Number of projects with exploratory costs that have been suspended for a period greater than one year
2

 
1

Alaska - Oooguruk. As of each of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had $22.0 million of suspended well costs recorded for the K-13 well in the Alaska Oooguruk field. Drilling on the K-13 well was completed during September 2011. During well completion operations, subsurface damages were sustained. The Company plans to recomplete the well during 2013. The well may require additional stimulation work that, if required, will be done during the first quarter of 2014 to initiate production.
Alaska - Nuna. The Company's Nuna project, which has $96.9 million of suspended project costs as of March 31, 2013, includes the Nuna-1 exploration well that was drilled during 2012 to test the Torok formation and a second appraisal well that was drilled and logged during the first quarter of 2013. The Company flow-tested the Nuna-1 well during the second quarter of 2012 and again in the first quarter of 2013. The second appraisal well encountered a mechanical problem and could not be flow-tested before the end of the winter drilling season. The results of the flow-tests on the Nuna-1 well and the log data from the second Nuna well are both very encouraging. The Company is currently conducting a front-end engineering design ("FEED") study to evaluate the potential for onshore production facilities to support the project.
NOTE G. Long-term Debt
The Company's long-term debt consists of senior notes and revolving credit facilities, including the effects of net deferred fair value hedge losses and issuance discounts. As of March 31, 2013, the Company and Pioneer Southwest were in compliance with all of their debt covenants.
Credit facility. The Company maintains a Credit Agreement (the "Credit Facility") with a syndicate of financial institutions that has aggregate loan commitments of $1.5 billion that expires in December 2017. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility.
Pioneer Southwest credit facility. Pioneer Southwest maintains a Credit Agreement (the "Pioneer Southwest Credit Facility") with a syndicate of financial institutions that has aggregate loan commitments of $300 million that expires in March 2017. As of

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

March 31, 2013, Pioneer Southwest had outstanding borrowings of $154.0 million under the Credit Facility, leaving $146.0 million of unused borrowing capacity.
Convertible senior notes. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had $218.6 million and $479.9 million of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2038 ("Convertible Senior Notes") outstanding. The Convertible Senior Notes are convertible at the option of the holders under certain circumstances, using a net share settlement process, into a combination of cash and the Company's common stock based on a formula set forth in the indenture supplement pursuant to which the Convertible Senior Notes were issued and, as of January 15, 2013, are redeemable by the Company at any time for cash at a price equal to the full principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.
During December 2012, the Company's stock price met the price threshold that causes the Convertible Senior Notes to be convertible at the option of the holders for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Associated therewith, during the three months ended March 31, 2013, holders of $274.1 million principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes exercised their right to convert their Convertible Senior Notes into cash and shares of the Company's common stock and the Company paid the tendering holders $261.3 million of cash and issued to the tendering holders 2.4 million shares of the Company's common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2013, in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Senior Notes indenture agreement. The remaining $12.8 million principal amount was settled in cash and the issuance of 115 thousand shares of the Company's common stock in April 2013.
The Company's stock prices during March 2013 and 2012 also met the price threshold that causes the Convertible Senior Notes to be convertible at the option of the holders for the following three month period. In addition, on April 15, 2013, the Company announced that it would exercise its option to redeem all Convertible Senior Notes that have not been converted by the holders before May 16, 2013.
If all of the remaining Convertible Senior Notes had been converted on March 31, 2013, the note holders would have received $218.6 million of additional cash and approximately 2.1 million shares of the Company's common stock, which were valued at $259.7 million on March 31, 2013. Holders of the Convertible Senior Notes who present their notes for conversion prior to May 16, 2013 will be subject to a 20 consecutive day cash settlement averaging period that will encompass the trading days from April 16, 2013 through May 13, 2013. The Company has the intent and ability to fund cash payments that will be required upon the conversion or redemption of the Convertible Senior Notes with borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility. Accordingly, the Convertible Senior Notes are classified as long-term debt in the accompanying balance sheets.
Interest on the principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year. The trading price of the Convertible Senior Notes for the five consecutive trading days preceding January 15, 2013 exceeded 120 percent of the principal amount of the note and, in accordance with the indenture supplement, the interest rate in effect during the January 15, 2013 to July 14, 2013 period was reduced to 2.375 percent.
NOTE H. Incentive Plans
Stock-based compensation
For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company recorded $27.6 million of stock-based compensation expense for all plans, as compared to $21.3 million for the same period of 2012. As of March 31, 2013, there was $198.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested share- and unit-based compensation plan awards, including $47.5 million attributable to stock-based awards that are expected to be settled in cash on their vesting date, rather than in equity shares ("Liability Awards"). This compensation will be recognized over the remaining vesting periods of the awards, which is a period of less than three years on a weighted average basis. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, accounts payable – due to affiliates includes $5.8 million and $18.8 million, respectively, of liabilities attributable to Liability Awards.

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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

The following table summarizes the activity that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2013, for each type of share-based incentive award issued by Pioneer: 
 
 
Restricted
Stock Equity
Awards
 
Restricted
Stock
Liability
Awards
 
Performance
Units
 
Stock
Options
 
Pioneer
Southwest
LTIP
Restricted
Units
 
Pioneer
Southwest
LTIP
Phantom
Units
Outstanding at December 31, 2012
 
1,512,762

 
405,916

 
91,370

 
467,486

 
7,496

 
102,644

Awards granted
 
397,439

 
238,269

 
94,917

 

 

 
32,242

Awards vested
 
(476,717
)
 
(178,143
)
 

 

 

 
(35,118
)
Options exercised
 

 

 

 
(12,818
)
 

 

Awards forfeited
 
(3,834
)
 
(5,015
)
 

 

 

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2013
 
1,429,650

 
461,027

 
186,287

 
454,668

 
7,496

 
99,768

Postretirement Benefit Obligations
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had $9.1 million and $9.7 million, respectively, of unfunded accumulated postretirement benefit obligations, the current and noncurrent portions of which are included in other current liabilities and other liabilities, respectively, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. These obligations are comprised of five unfunded plans, of which four relate to predecessor entities that the Company acquired in prior years, and one funded plan that the Company assumed sponsorship for in conjunction with the acquisition of Premier Silica.
The unfunded plans had no assets as of March 31, 2013 or December 31, 2012. The Company's funding policy for the Premier Silica plan is to contribute amounts sufficient to meet legal funding requirements, plus any additional amounts that the Company may determine to be appropriate considering the funded status of the plan, tax deductibility, the cash flow generated by the Company, and other factors. The Company continually reassesses the amount and timing of any discretionary contributions and may elect to make such contributions in future periods.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

NOTE I. Asset Retirement Obligations
The Company's asset retirement obligations primarily relate to the future plugging and abandonment of wells and facilities. The following table summarizes the Company's asset retirement obligation activity during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012: 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
(in thousands)
Beginning asset retirement obligations
 
$
197,754

 
$
136,742

New wells placed on production
 
2,468

 
830

Changes in estimates (a)
 
(5,597
)
 

Dispositions
 
(4,079
)
 

Liabilities settled
 
(2,849
)
 
(5,688
)
Accretion of discount
 
3,153

 
2,430

Accretion of discount from integrated services (b)
 
11

 

Ending asset retirement obligations
 
$
190,861

 
$
134,314

_____________________
(a)
The change in estimate during the three months ended March 31, 2013 is attributable to lengthening the economic life of certain wells, which reduced the present value of the associated asset retirement obligation.
(b)
Accretion of discount from integrated services includes Premier Silica accretion expense, which is recorded as a reduction in third-party income from vertical integration services in interest and other income in the Company's accompanying consolidated statements of operations. See Note K for more information about interest and other income.
The Company records the current and noncurrent portions of asset retirement obligations in other current liabilities and other liabilities, respectively, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the current portions of the Company's asset retirement obligations were $12.8 million and $13.3 million, respectively.
NOTE J. Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is a party to various proceedings and claims incidental to its business. While many of these matters involve inherent uncertainty, the Company believes that the amount of the liability, if any, ultimately incurred with respect to such proceedings and claims will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position as a whole or on its liquidity, capital resources or future annual results of operations. The Company records reserves for contingencies when information available indicates that a loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

NOTE K. Interest and Other Income
The following table provides the components of the Company's interest and other income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(in thousands)
Alaskan Petroleum Production Tax credits and refunds (a)
 
$
19,408

 
$
11,846

Equity interest in income of unconsolidated affiliate
 
3,536

 
441

Other income
 
1,876

 
1,641

Deferred compensation plan income
 
1,627

 
1,374

Interest income
 
93

 
57

Income (loss) from vertical integration services (b)
 
(7,225
)
 
6,549

Total interest and other income
 
$
19,315

 
$
21,908

 ____________________
(a)
The Company earns Alaskan Petroleum Production Tax ("PPT") credits on qualifying capital expenditures. The Company recognizes income from PPT credits when they are realized through cash refunds or as reductions in production and ad valorem taxes if realizable as offsets to PPT expense.
(b)
Income (loss) from vertical integration services represent net margins that result from Company-provided fracture stimulation, drilling and related service operations, which are ancillary to and supportive of the Company's oil and gas joint operating activities, and do not represent intercompany transactions. For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, these net margins include $56.1 million and $75.4 million of gross vertical integration revenues, respectively, and $63.3 million and $68.9 million of total vertical integration costs and expenses, respectively.

 NOTE L. Other Expense
The following table provides the components of the Company's other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(in thousands)
Transportation commitment charge (a)
 
$
9,377

 
$
8,453

Other
 
4,565

 
2,911

Above market and idle drilling and well services equipment rates (b)
 
3,507

 
4,986

Inventory impairment (c)
 
1,587

 
6,041

Contingency and environmental accrual adjustments
 
1,294

 
1,216

Terminated drilling rig contract charges (d)
 
1,019

 

Total other expense
 
$
21,349

 
$
23,607

 ____________________
(a)
Primarily represents firm transportation payments on excess pipeline capacity commitments.
(b)
Primarily represents expenses attributable to the portion of Pioneer's contracted drilling rig rates that are above current market rates and idle drilling rig fees, neither of which are charged to joint operations.
(c)
Represents valuation charges on excess materials and supplies inventories.
(d)
Primarily represents charges to terminate a drilling rig contract that is not required to meet planned activities.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

NOTE M. Income Taxes
The Company's income tax provisions attributable to income from continuing operations consisted of the following for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(in thousands)
Current
 
$
(7,435
)
 
$
(11,832
)
Deferred
 
(51,894
)
 
(105,871
)
Income tax provision
 
$
(59,329
)
 
$
(117,703
)
    
For each of the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company's effective tax rate, excluding income attributable to the noncontrolling interest, was 37 percent. The Company's effective tax rate differed from the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent due to state income taxes and nondeductible expenses.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal and various state and foreign jurisdictions. The Internal Revenue Service has closed examinations of the 2011 and prior tax years and, with few exceptions, the Company believes that it is no longer subject to examinations by state and foreign tax authorities for years before 2008. As of March 31, 2013, no adjustments had been proposed in any jurisdiction that would have a significant effect on the Company's liquidity, future results of operations or financial position.
NOTE N. Net Income Per Share
The Company uses the two-class method of calculating net income per share because certain of the Company's and its consolidated subsidiaries' unvested share-based awards qualify as participating securities. Participating securities participate in the Company's dividend or partnership distributions and are assumed to participate in the Company's undistributed income proportionate to their share of the weighted average outstanding common shares, but are not assumed to participate in the Company's net losses because they are not contractually obligated to do so. Accordingly, allocations of earnings to participating securities are included in the Company's calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, discontinued operations and net income attributable to common stockholders.
During periods in which the Company realizes a loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders, securities or other contracts to issue common stock would be dilutive to loss per share from continuing operations; therefore, conversion into common stock is assumed not to occur.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

The following tables reconcile the Company's net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders to basic net income attributable to common stockholders and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
 
 
Continuing
Operations
 
Discontinued
Operations
 
Total
 
 
(in thousands)
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
 
$
101,128

 
$
(465
)
 
$
100,663

Participating basic earnings
 
(1,270
)
 

 
(1,270
)
Basic net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
 
99,858

 
(465
)
 
99,393

Reallocation of participating earnings
 
35

 

 
35

Diluted income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
 
$
99,893

 
$
(465
)
 
$
99,428


 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
 
Continuing
Operations
 
Discontinued
Operations
 
Total
 
 
(in thousands)
Net income attributable to common stockholders
 
$
203,924

 
$
10,695

 
$
214,619

Participating basic earnings
 
(2,326
)
 
(122
)
 
(2,448
)
Basic income attributable to common stockholders
 
201,598

 
10,573

 
212,171

Reallocation of participating earnings
 
68

 
3

 
71

Diluted income attributable to common stockholders
 
$
201,666

 
$
10,576

 
$
212,242

The following table is a reconciliation of basic weighted average common shares outstanding to diluted weighted average common shares outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012: 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(in thousands)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
128,940

 
122,480

Dilutive common stock options (a)
 
157

 
150

Convertible Senior Notes dilution
 
3,534

 
3,460

Contingently issuable performance unit shares
 
120

 
157

Diluted
 
132,751

 
126,247

 ____________________
(a)
Options to purchase 98,819 shares of the Company's common stock were excluded from the diluted income per share calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 because they would have been anti-dilutive to the calculation.

NOTE O. Subsequent Event
In April 2013, Pioneer Southwest declared a cash distribution of $0.52 per common unit for the period from January 1 to March 31, 2013. The distribution is payable on May 10, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on May 3, 2013. Associated therewith, Pioneer Southwest expects to pay $18.6 million of aggregate distributions.
On April 15, 2013, the Company announced that it would exercise its option to redeem all Convertible Senior Notes that have not been converted by the holders before May 16, 2013 for cash at a price equal to the full principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, in accordance with the indenture agreement. The Convertible Senior Notes are convertible at the option of

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

the holders prior to May 16, 2013, using a net share settlement process, into a combination of cash and shares of the Company's common stock based on a formula set forth in the indenture supplement. See Note G for additional information about the Convertible Senior Notes.
On May 7, 2013, the Company delivered a proposal to the chairman of the Conflicts Committee (the "Conflicts Committee") of the General Partner to acquire all of the outstanding common units of Pioneer Southwest that are held by unitholders other than Pioneer or its subsidiaries for consideration of .2234 of a share of common stock of Pioneer for each outstanding common unit of Pioneer Southwest held by such unitholders in a transaction to be structured as a merger of Pioneer Southwest with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pioneer.  In proposing the .2234 exchange ratio, the Company stated that it has assumed that a regular quarterly common unit distribution of $0.52 per common unit will be declared by Pioneer Southwest in July 2013 and that, thereafter, common unit distributions will be suspended while the transaction is pending.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Company's proposal is subject to approval of the Company's board of directors, approval of the Conflicts Committee and the negotiation of a definitive agreement.  There can be no assurance that a definitive agreement will be executed or that any transaction will be approved or consummated.

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Financial and Operating Performance
The Company's financial and operating performance for the first quarter of 2013 included the following highlights:
Net income attributable to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2013 was $100.7 million ($0.75 per diluted share), as compared to $214.6 million ($1.68 per diluted share) for the first quarter of 2012. The decrease in net income attributable to common stockholders is primarily comprised of a $101.1 million decrease in net income from continuing operations and an $11.2 million decline in income from discontinued operations, net of tax, as a result of completing the sale of Pioneer South Africa during the third quarter of 2012 and no longer recognizing the results of operations for Pioneer South Africa as discontinued operations. The primary components of the decrease in net income from continuing operations include:
a $134.0 million change in net derivative activity, principally comprised of increases in gas derivative losses, partially offset by increases in oil derivative gains, as a result of cash settlements and changes in forward commodity prices and the Company's portfolio of derivatives;
a $49.3 million increase in DD&A expense, primarily due to increased sales volumes and an increase in the carrying value of proved oil and gas properties; and
a $37.4 million increase in oil and gas production costs, primarily due to increases in variable lease operating expenses and third-party transportation fees due to higher sales volumes; partially offset by
a $68.9 million increase in oil and gas revenues as a result of an increase in sales volumes and average gas prices, partially offset by lower average oil and NGL prices; and
a $58.4 million decrease in the Company's income tax provision.
During the first quarter of 2013, average daily sales volumes from continuing operations increased by 16 percent to 170,900 BOEPD, as compared to 146,727 BOEPD during the first quarter of 2012. The increase in first quarter 2013 average daily sales volumes, as compared to the first quarter of 2012, was primarily due to the Company's successful drilling program during the last nine months of 2012 and the first three months of 2013.
Average reported oil and NGL prices decreased during the first quarter of 2013 to $88.57 per BBL and $30.36 per BBL, respectively, as compared to $100.99 per BBL and $41.81 per BBL, respectively, in the first quarter of 2012. Average reported gas prices increased during the first quarter of 2013 to $3.14 per MCF, as compared to $2.51 per MCF in the first quarter of 2012.
Average oil and gas production costs per BOE increased to $10.99 for the first quarter of 2013, as compared to $9.87 for the first quarter of 2012, primarily due to increases in lease operating expenses and third-party transportation charges. The increase in lease operating expenses is primarily due to inflation of field services costs and the increase in third-party transportation fees is primarily due to gathering, treating and transportation costs associated with increasing sales volumes in the Permian Basin and South Texas asset areas.
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased to $360.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $426.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The $66.0 million decrease in net cash provided by operating activities is primarily due to working capital changes.
In January 2013, the Company signed an agreement with Sinochem, an unaffiliated third party to sell 40 percent of Pioneer's interest in 207,000 net acres leased by the Company in the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play in the southern portion of the Spraberry field for total consideration of $1.7 billion. Sinochem will pay $522.0 million in cash to Pioneer at closing, before normal closing adjustments, and will pay the remaining $1.2 billion by carrying 75 percent of Pioneer's portion of future drilling and facilities costs attributable to the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play. This transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013, subject to governmental approvals.
During February 2013, the Company completed an offering of 10.35 million shares of its common stock at a per-share price, after underwriting and offering expenses, of $123.76 and realized $1.3 billion of associated net proceeds. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering to reduce outstanding debt under the Credit Facility and to increase cash and cash equivalents. The Company intends to use the increase in cash and cash equivalents for general corporate purposes, including funding the acceleration of horizontal appraisal drilling in the northern portion of the Company's highly prospective Wolfcamp/Spraberry acreage position in West Texas.
During the first three months of 2013, certain holders of the Company's Convertible Senior Notes exercised their right to convert their Convertible Senior Notes. Associated therewith, the Company paid $261.3 million of cash and issued 2.4 million shares of the Company's common stock during the first quarter of 2013. In April 2013, the Company announced

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that it would exercise its option to redeem all Convertible Senior Notes that have not been converted by the holders before May 16, 2013 for cash at a price equal to the full principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, in accordance with the indenture agreement. The Convertible Senior Notes are convertible at the option of the holders prior to May 16, 2013, using a net share settlement process, into a combination of cash and shares of the Company's common stock for the Convertible Senior Note's conversion value in excess of the principal amount. See Note G of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for additional information about the Convertible Senior Notes.
As of March 31, 2013, the Company's net debt to book capitalization was 26 percent, as compared to 37 percent as of December 31, 2012. The Company was upgraded to investment grade by one of its debt rating agencies during the first quarter of 2013. Three of the major debt rating agencies have now upgraded the Company to investment grade.
Recent Developments
On May 7, 2013, the Company delivered a proposal to the chairman of the Conflicts Committee of the General Partner to acquire all of the outstanding common units of Pioneer Southwest that are held by unitholders other than Pioneer or its subsidiaries for consideration of .2234 of a share of common stock of Pioneer for each outstanding common unit of Pioneer Southwest held by such unitholders in a transaction to be structured as a merger of Pioneer Southwest with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pioneer.  In proposing the .2234 exchange ratio, the Company stated that it has assumed that a regular quarterly common unit distribution of $0.52 per common unit will be declared by Pioneer Southwest in July 2013 and that, thereafter, common unit distributions will be suspended while the transaction is pending.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Company's proposal is subject to approval of the Company's board of directors (the "Board"), approval of the Conflicts Committee and the negotiation of a definitive agreement.  There can be no assurance that a definitive agreement will be executed or that any transaction will be approved or consummated.
The consolidation of the properties of Pioneer and Pioneer Southwest in the Midland Basin in West Texas through this proposed transaction would facilitate the Company's plans to fully and optimally develop the area and would provide organizational, operational and administrative efficiencies. Pioneer owns 100 percent of the General Partner and owns approximately 52.4 percent of the 35,713,700 outstanding common units of Pioneer Southwest. See Notes B and O of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for more information about Pioneer Southwest.

 Second Quarter 2013 Outlook
Based on current estimates, the Company expects the following operations and financial results from continuing operations for the quarter ending June 30, 2013:
Production is forecasted to average 174,000 to 179,000 BOEPD.
Production costs (including production and ad valorem taxes and transportation costs) are expected to average $14.00 to $16.00 per BOE based on current NYMEX strip commodity prices. DD&A expense is expected to average $14.00 to $16.00 per BOE.
Total exploration and abandonment expense is expected to be $25 million to $35 million. General and administrative expense is expected to be $62 million to $67 million. Interest expense is expected to be $50 million to $55 million, and other expense is expected to be $25 million to $35 million. Accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations is expected to be $2 million to $4 million.
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries' net income, excluding noncash mark-to-market adjustments, is expected to be $8 million to $11 million, primarily reflecting the public ownership in Pioneer Southwest.
The Company's effective income tax rate, excluding the effect of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, is expected to range from 35 percent to 40 percent assuming current capital spending plans and no significant mark-to-market changes in the Company's derivative position. Cash income taxes are expected to range from $5 million to $10 million, attributable to federal alternative minimum tax and state taxes.

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Operations and Drilling Highlights
The following table summarizes the Company's average daily oil, NGL, gas and total production by asset area during the three months ended March 31, 2013:
 
 
Oil (BBLs)
 
NGLs (BBLs)
 
Gas (MCF)
 
Total (BOE)
Permian Basin
 
52,763

 
13,303

 
62,116

 
76,418

South Texas - Eagle Ford Shale
 
12,741

 
10,133

 
86,305

 
37,257

Raton Basin
 

 

 
138,358

 
23,060

Mid-Continent
 
3,202

 
6,511

 
41,250

 
16,588

South Texas - Edwards and Austin Chalk
 
79

 
2

 
31,609

 
5,349

Barnett Shale
 
1,445

 
3,038

 
24,159

 
8,510

Alaska
 
3,707

 

 

 
3,707

Other
 
2

 
2

 
39

 
11

 
 
73,939

 
32,989

 
383,836

 
170,900

During 2013 and 2012, the Company has focused its capital budgets and expenditures on oil and liquids-rich-gas drilling activities due to low gas prices. As a result of these capital activities, the Company's total liquids production from continuing operations increased to 63 percent of total production, on a BOE basis, for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to 58 percent for the same period last year. Despite the increase in liquids production, the Company's liquids revenue, as a percent of total commodity sales, decreased to 86 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to 88 percent for the same period last year, due to a 25 percent increase in the average reported gas price and declines of 12 percent and 27 percent in reported oil and NGL prices, respectively, as compared to the first quarter of 2012.
 The following table summarizes by geographic area the Company's finding and development costs incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2013: 
 
 
Acquisition Costs
 
Exploration
 
Development
 
Asset
Retirement
 
 
 
 
Proved
 
Unproved
 
Costs
 
Costs
 
Obligations
 
Total
 
 
(in thousands)
Permian Basin
 
$
266

 
$
3,531

 
$
170,876

 
$
313,455

 
$
1,339

 
$
489,467

South Texas - Eagle Ford Shale
 

 
763

 
121,520

 
39,910

 
776

 
162,969

Raton Basin
 

 

 
1,728

 
1,009

 

 
2,737

Mid-Continent
 

 
59

 
712

 
861

 

 
1,632

South Texas - Edwards and Austin Chalk
 

 

 
292

 
72

 

 
364

Barnett Shale
 
1,071

 
1,452

 
22,612

 
(1,413
)
 
168

 
23,890

Alaska
 

 

 
41,326

 
52,827

 
(5,434
)
 
88,719

Other
 
4

 
360

 
9,176

 

 
22

 
9,562

 
 
$
1,341

 
$
6,165

 
$
368,242

 
$
406,721

 
$
(3,129
)
 
$
779,340


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The following table summarizes the Company's development and exploration/extension drilling activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013: 
 
 
Development Drilling
 
 
Beginning Wells
in Progress
 
Wells
Spud
 
Successful
Wells
 
Unsuccessful
Wells
 
Ending Wells
in Progress
Permian Basin
 
136

 
72

 
143

 

 
65

South Texas - Eagle Ford Shale
 
11

 
7

 
11

 

 
7

Alaska
 
4

 
1

 
1

 

 
4

 
 
151

 
80

 
155

 

 
76

 
 
 
Exploration/Extension Drilling
 
 
Beginning Wells
in Progress
 
Wells
Spud
 
Successful
Wells
 
Unsuccessful
Wells
 
Ending Wells
in Progress
Permian Basin
 
17

 
23

 
14

 

 
26

South Texas - Eagle Ford Shale
 
21

 
30

 
26

 

 
25

Barnett Shale
 
9

 
8

 
7

 
2

 
8

Alaska
 
2

 
1

 

 

 
3

Other
 

 
3

 

 

 
3

 
 
49

 
65

 
47

 
2

 
65

Permian Basin area. The Company completed 157 wells in the Permian Basin area during the first three months of 2013, all of which were successful.
The Company currently has 24 rigs operating in the Spraberry field, of which 15 are drilling vertical wells and nine are drilling horizontal Wolfcamp Shale wells. During 2013, the Company expects to drill approximately 290 vertical wells and 120 horizontal wells, with the horizontal wells being principally in the Wolfcamp Shale horizon. Excluding the southern Wolfcamp joint interest area, the Company expects to incur $1.2 billion of drilling capital in the Spraberry field during 2013.
In the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play, the Company believes it has significant resource potential within its acreage based on its extensive geologic data covering the Wolfcamp A, B, C and D intervals and its drilling results to-date. The Company's horizontal drilling activity for 2013 will be focused on both the northern and southern portions of the play. During 2013, the Company expects to drill 30 to 40 horizontal wells in the northern portion of the play and 86 horizontal wells in the southern portion of the play.
During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company initiated horizontal Wolfcamp Shale drilling activities to delineate the northern portion of its Spraberry acreage position by drilling in Midland County. During 2013, the Company plans to also test the Wolfcamp Shale potential in Martin County, Glasscock County and possibly Gaines County. Wells drilled in these areas are expected to benefit from greater original oil in place and higher reservoir pressures associated with deeper drilling depths. In addition, during 2013, the Company plans to drill several Spraberry Shale and Jo Mill horizontal wells. The Company expects to utilize five horizontal rigs in its northern acreage during 2013 to delineate the area's resource potential.
Specifically, during the second quarter of 2013, the Company's five-rig northern Spraberry drilling program will be focused in Midland and Martin counties and will consist of two horizontal rigs drilling Wolfcamp Shale appraisal wells, two horizontal rigs drilling Jo Mill and Spraberry Shale appraisal wells and one rig drilling Wolfcamp wells on the DL Hutt lease. Current plans are for all wells to be drilled on two-well pads to gain efficiencies; therefore, the wells will not be completed until after the second well on each pad is drilled.
The Company continues to drill vertically to deeper intervals in the Spraberry field below the Wolfcamp interval. This deeper drilling includes the Strawn, Atoka and Mississippian intervals. Production from these deeper intervals contributed to the Company's production growth during 2012. The 2013 drilling program reflects 90 percent of the wells being deepened below the Wolfcamp interval. Based on results to-date, the Company estimates that 85 percent of its Spraberry acreage position is prospective for the Strawn interval, that 40 percent to 50 percent of its acreage position is prospective for the Atoka interval and that the Mississippian interval is prospective in 20 percent of the Company's Spraberry acreage.
In January 2013, the Company signed an agreement with Sinochem, an unaffiliated third party, to sell 40 percent of Pioneer's interest in 207,000 net acres leased by the Company in the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play in the southern portion of the Spraberry field for consideration of $1.7 billion. Sinochem will pay $522.0 million in cash to Pioneer at closing, before normal closing adjustments, and will pay the remaining $1.2 billion by carrying 75 percent of Pioneer's portion of future drilling and facilities

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costs attributable to the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play. This transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013, subject to governmental approvals.
The Company and Sinochem have agreed to a plan to drill 86 horizontal Wolfcamp Shale wells during 2013, 120 wells in 2014 and 165 wells in 2015. Associated therewith, the Company expects to incur $425.0 million of drilling and facilities capital during 2013. To the extent the joint interest partner elects to participate in any vertical wells that are drilled in the joint interest area after the December 1, 2012 effective date, the joint interest partner will receive its share of production and costs from the Wolfcamp and deeper horizons based on the anticipated reserve contribution from the Wolfcamp and deeper intervals relative to anticipated reserves from all completed intervals. Pioneer's and the joint interest owner's participation in vertical wells will be based on each party's interest without any drilling carry being applied. Pioneer will retain 100 percent of its vertical production in the joint interest area for wells drilled before the December 1, 2012 effective date. Pioneer will also retain its current working interests in all horizons shallower than the Wolfcamp horizon and will continue as operator of the properties in the joint interest area.
The southern joint interest area includes defined portions of Upton, Reagan, Irion, Crockett and Tom Green counties in Texas. The thickness of the Wolfcamp B interval in the southern joint interest area provides opportunities for completions in laterally stacked Upper B and Lower B intervals. The Company is also assessing opportunities to optimize completion techniques in the joint interest area, including the testing of slickwater fracture stimulation techniques. The Company performed five Wolfcamp B slickwater fracture stimulations during the first four months of 2013 in the southern Wolfcamp joint interest area with encouraging results. Slickwater fracture stimulations are expected to result in significant cost savings, as compared to the hybrid fracture stimulations that the Company has been utilizing in the area. The Company operated seven rigs in the southern joint interest area during the first quarter of 2013 and plans to continue at this level of utilization throughout 2013.
The Company continues to expand its integrated services to control drilling and operating costs and support the execution of its drilling and production activities in the Spraberry field. The Company owns 15 vertical drilling rigs and is presently utilizing three Company-owned vertical fracture stimulation fleets totaling approximately 60,000 horsepower and three Company-owned horizontal fracture stimulation fleets totaling approximately 105,000 horsepower in the Spraberry field. To support its growing operations, the Company also owns other field service equipment, including pulling units, fracture stimulation tanks, water transport trucks, hot oilers, blowout preventers, construction equipment and fishing tools. In addition, Premier Silica (the Company's wholly-owned sand mining subsidiary) is supplying the majority of the Company's brown sand requirements for proppant that is being used to fracture stimulate vertical and horizontal wells in the Spraberry and Wolfcamp Shale intervals.
Eagle Ford Shale area. The Company's drilling activities in the South Texas area during 2013 continue to be primarily focused on delineation and development of Pioneer's substantial acreage position in the Eagle Ford Shale play. The 2013 drilling program has been focused on liquids-rich drilling, with only 10 percent of the wells designated to hold strategic dry gas acreage.
The Company completed 37 horizontal Eagle Ford Shale wells during the first three months of 2013, all of which were successful, with average lateral lengths of approximately 5,100 feet and, on average, 13-stage fracture stimulations. The Company plans to incur $575 million of drilling capital and utilize 10 drilling rigs in 2013 to drill approximately 130 Eagle Ford Shale wells. The Company plans to primarily use two Pioneer-owned fracture stimulation fleets during 2013 in the Eagle Ford Shale area.
The Company's drilling operations in the Eagle Ford Shale continue to have a focus on efficiencies. The number of wells drilled from pads, as opposed to single-well locations, is expected to increase from about 45 percent of the Eagle Ford Shale wells during 2012 to about 80 percent in 2013, reflecting that most of the Company's acreage is now held by production. Pad drilling saves the Company a significant amount of capital costs per well, as compared to single-well location drilling.
The Company has been using lower-cost white sand instead of ceramic proppant to fracture stimulate wells drilled in shallower areas of the field. The Company is expanding the use of white sand proppant to deeper areas of the field to further define its performance limits. Early well performance has been similar to direct offset ceramic-stimulated wells. The Company fracture stimulated 22 wells with white sand proppant in the first quarter of 2013, with significant capital savings per well. The Company is continuing to monitor the performance of these wells and expects that greater than 70 percent of its 2013 drilling program will use lower-cost white sand proppant.
The unconsolidated affiliate formed by the Company to operate gathering facilities in the Eagle Ford Shale area, EFS Midstream LLC ("EFS Midstream"), is obligated to construct midstream assets in the Eagle Ford Shale area. Eleven of the 13 planned central gathering plants ("CGPs") had been completed as of March 31, 2013. EFS Midstream is providing gathering, treating and transportation services for the Company during a 20-year contractual term.

Barnett Shale. The Company completed nine Barnett Shale Combo wells during the first three months of 2013, of which seven were successful. During 2013, the Company increased from one drilling rig to two drilling rigs late in the first quarter. The Company expects to drill 55 wells in 2013 and incur capital expenditures of $185.0 million.

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Alaska. The Company owns a 70 percent working interest in, and is the operator of, the Oooguruk development project. Since inception, the Company has drilled 19 production wells and ten injection wells to develop this project. During the first quarter of 2012, the Company drilled the Nuna-1 exploration well from an onshore location to evaluate the productivity of the Torok formation and the feasibility of future development expansion.  The Company flow-tested the well during April 2012 until production could no longer be transported along the ice road being utilized. During the first quarter of 2013, the Company re-entered and performed a second flow-test of the well at a facility-limited average rate of approximately 2,800 BOEPD. In addition, the Company drilled and logged a second appraisal well in the Torok formation to further evaluate its resource potential. The second appraisal well encountered a mechanical problem and could not be flow-tested before the end of the winter drilling season. The results of the flow-tests on the Nuna-1 well and the log data from the second Nuna well are both encouraging. The Company is currently evaluating the results of the first two Torok wells and the potential for permanent onshore production facilities, for which a FEED study has been initiated.

The Company completed one Oooguruk development well during the three months ended March 31, 2013, which was successful. The Company also successfully completed mechanically-diverted fracture stimulations of four wells from the Oooguruk island facilities during the first quarter of 2013. Three of these wells were in the Nuiqsut interval and one was in the Torok interval. All of the wells are scheduled to be placed on production during the second quarter of 2013. The Company plans to incur $190 million of capital expenditures in Alaska during 2013.
Results of Operations from Continuing Operations
Oil and gas revenues. Oil and gas revenues totaled $787.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $719.0 million for the same period in 2012.
 
The increase in oil and gas revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, is reflective of 28 percent, 20 percent and four percent increases in daily oil, NGL and gas sales volumes, respectively, and a 25 percent increase in reported gas prices. Partially offsetting the effects of these increases were declines of 12 percent and 27 percent in reported oil and NGL prices, respectively.
The following table provides average daily sales volumes for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012: 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Oil (BBLs)
 
73,939

 
57,671

NGLs (BBLs)
 
32,989

 
27,485

Gas (MCF)
 
383,836

 
369,422

Total (BOE)
 
170,900

 
146,727

Average daily BOE sales volumes increased by 16 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, principally due to the Company's successful drilling programs.
Production growth for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the first quarter of 2012, was negatively impacted by gas processing capacity limitations in the Spraberry field as a result of wet gas production for the Company and other industry participants growing faster than anticipated. The gas processing capacity limitations resulted in reduced recoveries of ethane, negatively impacting sales volumes for the first quarter of 2013 by approximately 2,700 BOEPD. New Spraberry field gas processing facilities were recently completed and began processing gas in mid-April 2013, which is expected to alleviate the Spraberry gas processing capacity limitations.

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The oil, NGL and gas prices that the Company reports are based on the market prices received for the commodities. The following table provides the Company's average prices for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012: 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Oil (per BBL)
 
$
88.57

 
$
100.99

NGL (per BBL)
 
$
30.36

 
$
41.81

Gas (per MCF)
 
$
3.14

 
$
2.51

Total (per BOE)
 
$
51.22

 
$
53.85

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(a)
For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company's average realized oil price per BBL and total price per BOE were $99.15 and $53.12, respectively. The average realized prices do not include the impact of transfers of the Company's deferred hedge losses, net from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income from hedging activities ("AOCI-Hedging") and the amortization of deferred volumetric production payment ("VPP") revenue. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company transferred $809 thousand of deferred oil hedge gains from AOCI-Hedging to oil revenue. During 2012, all remaining AOCI-Hedging was transferred to earnings. Amortization of deferred VPP revenue increased oil revenues by $10.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2012. As of December 31, 2012, all VPP production volumes had been delivered and there were no further obligations under VPP contracts or deferred revenue.
 
Interest and other income. Interest and other income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $19.3 million, as compared to $21.9 million for the same period in 2012. The $2.6 million decrease in interest and other income during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, was primarily due to a $13.8 million decrease in earnings from third-party vertical integration services, primarily due to under-utilized services capacity, partially offset by a $7.6 million increase in Alaskan PPT credit recoveries and a $3.1 million increase in equity in earnings of EFS Midstream. See Note K of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for additional information regarding interest and other income.
Gain on disposition of assets, net. The Company recorded net gains on the disposition of assets of $24.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to net gains on the disposition of assets of $43.6 million for the same period of 2012. The net gains for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are primarily associated with the sale of the Company's interest in unproved oil and gas properties adjacent to the Company's West Panhandle field operations to an unaffiliated third party for cash proceeds of $37.4 million, which resulted in a pretax gain of $21.7 million. The net gain for the three months ended March 31, 2012 includes the first quarter sale of a portion of the Company's interest in an unproved oil and gas property in the Eagle Ford Shale field to unaffiliated third parties for cash proceeds of $54.7 million, which resulted in a pretax gain of $42.6 million. See Note C of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for additional information regarding the Company's gains and losses on the disposition of assets.
Oil and gas production costs. The Company recorded oil and gas production costs of $169.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $131.8 million during the same period in 2012. In general, lease operating expenses and workover costs represent the components of oil and gas production costs over which the Company has management control, while third-party transportation charges represent the cost to transport volumes produced to a sales point. Net natural gas plant/gathering charges represent the net costs to gather and process the Company's gas, reduced by net revenues earned from the gathering and processing of third-party gas in Company-owned facilities.
Total oil and gas production costs per BOE for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased by 11 percent, as compared to the same period in 2012. The increase in production costs per BOE during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the first quarter of 2012, is primarily reflective of increases in lease operating expenses and third-party transportation charges. The increase in per BOE lease operating costs during the three months ended March 31, 2013 was primarily due to inflation of field services costs, increases in salt-water disposal costs and sales volumes lost due to the aforementioned gas processing capacity constraints in the Spraberry field. The increase in third-party transportation charges during the three months ended March 31, 2013 is primarily due to gathering, treating and transportation costs associated with increasing sales volumes from the Company's successful drilling program in the Permian Basin and South Texas asset areas.

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The following table provides the components of the Company's oil and gas production costs per BOE for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012: 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Lease operating expenses
 
$
8.34

 
$
7.69

Third-party transportation charges
 
1.67

 
1.25

Net natural gas plant charges
 
0.17

 
0.24

Workover costs
 
0.81

 
0.69

Total production costs
 
$
10.99

 
$
9.87

Production and ad valorem taxes. The Company's production and ad valorem taxes were $54.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $45.8 million for the same period in 2012. In general, production and ad valorem taxes are directly related to commodity price changes; however, Texas ad valorem taxes are based upon prior year commodity prices, whereas production taxes are based upon current year commodity prices.
The following table provides the Company's production and ad valorem taxes per BOE for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Production taxes
 
$
2.11

 
$
2.32

Ad valorem taxes
 
1.42

 
1.11

Total production and ad valorem taxes
 
$
3.53


$
3.43

Depletion, depreciation and amortization expense. The Company's DD&A expense was $230.8 million ($15.00 per BOE) for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $181.4 million ($13.59 per BOE) during the same period in 2012. The increase in per BOE depletion expense during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same periods of 2012, is primarily due to increases in depletion expense per BOE on oil and gas properties.
Depletion expense on oil and gas properties was $14.34 per BOE during the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $12.99 per BOE during the same period in 2012. The 10 percent increase in per BOE depletion expense during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, is primarily due to capital expenditures to develop proved undeveloped locations, primarily in the Spraberry field, partially offset by the impairment effects of reducing the carrying value of proved properties for the Barnett Shale field during 2012.
Impairment of oil and gas properties. The Company performs assessments of its long-lived assets to be held and used, including oil and gas properties, whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of those assets may not be recoverable.
It is reasonably possible that the estimate of undiscounted future net cash flows attributable to these or other properties may change in the future resulting in the need to impair their carrying values. The primary factors that may affect estimates of future cash flows are (i) future reserve adjustments, both positive and negative, to proved reserves and appropriate risk-adjusted probable and possible reserves (ii) results of future drilling activities, (iii) management's commodity price outlooks and (iv) increases or decreases in production and capital costs associated with these fields.
Exploration and abandonments expense. The following table provides the Company's geological and geophysical costs, exploratory dry holes expense and lease abandonments and other exploration expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands): 
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Geological and geophysical
 
$
19,623

 
$
26,035

Exploratory dry holes
 
7,745

 
26,879

Leasehold abandonments and other
 
259

 
373

 
 
$
27,627

 
$
53,287


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The Company's geological and geophysical costs decreased by $6.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily as a result of decreased seismic and seismic interpretation expenditures supportive of drilling activities in the Spraberry field. The Company's exploratory dry holes decreased by $19.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily due to dry hole provisions of $19.1 million related to an unsuccessful exploration well in Alaska that was drilled during the first quarter of 2012 and first quarter 2012 dry hole provisions associated with exploration wells completed in the South Texas Austin Chalk field and the Mid-Continent area, which were partially offset by first quarter 2013 dry hole provisions associated with exploration wells drilled in the Barnett Shale field.
During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company drilled and evaluated 49 exploration/extension wells, 47 of which were successfully completed as discoveries. During the same period in 2012, the Company drilled and evaluated 54 exploration/extension wells, 48 of which were successfully completed as discoveries.
General and administrative expense. General and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $63.8 million, as compared to $63.1 million for the same period in 2012.
Accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations. Accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations was $3.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $2.4 million during the same period in 2012. See Note I of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for information regarding the Company's asset retirement obligations.
 
Interest expense. Interest expense was $50.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $46.9 million during the same period in 2012. The weighted average interest rate on the Company's indebtedness for the three months ended March 31, 2013, including the effects of capitalized interest, was 5.9 percent, as compared to 7.7 percent for the same period in 2012. Interest expense increased by $3.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily due to an increase of $6.9 million in interest on credit facility and senior note borrowings due to higher average borrowings during January and early-February 2013, and a decrease of $2.2 million in capitalized interest, partially offset by a decrease of $5.0 million in noncash amortization of debt issuance discounts and deferred hedge losses.

Derivative (gains) losses, net. The primary purposes for which the Company utilizes commodity swap contracts, collar contracts and collar contracts with short puts are to (i) reduce the effect of price volatility on the commodities the Company produces, sells and consumes, (ii) support the Company's annual capital budgeting and expenditure plans and (iii) reduce commodity price risk associated with certain capital projects. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company recorded $42.2 million of net derivative losses on commodity price and interest rate derivatives, of which $95.9 million represented unrealized net losses and $53.7 million represented realized net gains. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company recorded $91.8 million of net derivative gains, of which $28.1 million represented unrealized net gains and $63.7 million represented realized net gains. Derivative gains and losses result from changes in the fair values of the Company's derivative contracts. See Notes D and E of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" and "Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" for additional information regarding the Company's derivative activities and market risks associated with those activities.
Other expense. Other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $21.3 million, as compared to $23.6 million for the same period in 2012. The decrease in other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, is primarily attributable to a $4.5 million decrease in inventory valuation charges, partially offset by $1.0 million and $924 thousand increases in rig contract termination fees and transportation commitment charges on excess pipeline capacity commitments, respectively. See Note L of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for additional information.
Income tax provision. The Company recorded an income tax provision from continuing operations of $59.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to an income tax provision of $117.7 million for the same period in 2012. The Company's effective tax rates, excluding net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, for the each of the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were 37 percent, as compared to the Company's combined United States federal and state statutory rate of 37 percent. See Note M of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for additional information regarding the Company's income taxes.
Income/loss from discontinued operations, net of tax. The Company reported a loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, of $465 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to income from discontinued operations, net of tax, of $10.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The decrease in earnings from discontinued operations is primarily the result of completing the sale of Pioneer South Africa during the third quarter of 2012 and no longer recognizing the results of operations for Pioneer South Africa as discontinued operations.

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In August 2012, the Company completed the sale of Pioneer South Africa for net cash proceeds of $15.9 million, including normal post-closing adjustments. The sale resulted in a pretax gain of $28.6 million. See Note C of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for specific information regarding the Company's discontinued operations.
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest. Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $8.1 million, as compared to $6.3 million for the same period of 2012. The $1.8 million increase in income attributable to noncontrolling interests for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, is primarily due to decreases in Pioneer Southwest's mark-to-market derivative losses, offset by reduced revenues, higher production costs and higher depletion expense.
Capital Commitments, Capital Resources and Liquidity
Capital commitments. The Company's primary needs for cash are for capital expenditures and acquisition expenditures on oil and gas properties and related vertical integration assets and facilities, payment of contractual obligations, dividends/distributions and working capital obligations. Funding for these cash needs may be provided by any combination of internally-generated cash flow, cash and cash equivalents on hand, proceeds from the sale of joint interests and nonstrategic assets or external financing sources as discussed in "Capital resources" below.
The Company's capital budget for 2013 is focused on oil and liquids-rich-gas drilling activities with total expenditures of $3.0 billion (excluding effects of acquisitions, asset retirement obligations, capitalized interest and geological and geophysical administrative costs), consisting of $2.75 billion for drilling operations, including budgeted land capital for existing assets, and $240 million for buildings, expansion of the Company's principal sand mine in Brady, Texas and vertical integration additions. Based on results for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and management's commodity price outlooks, the Company expects its cash flows from operating activities, cash and cash equivalents on hand, proceeds from asset sales and/or joint ventures and availability under its Credit Facility to be sufficient to fund its planned capital expenditures and contractual obligations for the remainder of 2013.
Investing activities. Investing activities used $707.2 million of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $679.7 million of cash used in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2012. The $27.5 million increase in cash used in investing activities for the three months ending March 31, 2013, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012, is primarily due to (i) an $18.9 million increase in additions to oil and gas properties and (ii) a $12.3 million decrease in proceeds from the disposition of assets, partially offset by (iii) a $3.7 million decrease in additions to other assets and other property and equipment. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company's investing activities were funded by net cash provided by operating activities and a portion of the proceeds from the February issuance of 10.35 million shares of the Company's common stock.
Dividends/distributions. During February of both 2013 and 2012, the Board declared semiannual dividends of $0.04 per common share. Future dividends are at the discretion of the Board, and, if declared, the Board may change the current dividend amount based on the Company's liquidity and capital resources at the time.
During January 2013, the Pioneer Southwest board of directors (the "Pioneer Southwest Board") declared a quarterly distribution of $0.52 per limited partner unit, compared to the quarterly distribution of $0.51 per limited partner unit declared in January 2012. Associated therewith, Pioneer Southwest paid aggregate distributions to noncontrolling unitholders of $8.8 million and $8.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. During April 2013, the Pioneer Southwest Board declared a quarterly distribution of $0.52 per limited partner unit for unitholders of record on May 3, 2013, payable May 10, 2013. Future distributions by Pioneer Southwest are at the discretion of the Pioneer Southwest Board, and, if declared, the Pioneer Southwest Board may change the distribution amount based on Pioneer Southwest's liquidity and capital resources at the time.
Contractual obligations, including off-balance sheet obligations. The Company's contractual obligations include long-term debt, operating leases, drilling commitments (including commitments to pay day rates for drilling rigs), capital funding obligations, derivative obligations, firm transportation and fractionation commitments, minimum annual gathering, treating and transportation commitments and other liabilities (including postretirement benefit obligations). From time-to-time, the Company enters into arrangements and transactions that can give rise to material off-balance sheet obligations of the Company. As of March 31, 2013, the material off-balance sheet arrangements and transactions that the Company has entered into include (i) operating lease agreements, (ii) drilling commitments, (iii) firm transportation and fractionation commitments, (iv) open purchase commitments and (v) contractual obligations for which the ultimate settlement amounts are not fixed and determinable, such as derivative contracts that are sensitive to future changes in commodity prices or interest rates and gathering, treating, fractionation and

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transportation commitments on uncertain volumes of future throughput. Other than the off-balance sheet arrangements described above, the Company has no transactions, arrangements or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other parties that are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company's liquidity or availability of or requirements for capital resources. Since December 31, 2012, the material changes in the Company's contractual obligations include a $707.3 million decrease in the principal balances of outstanding long-term debt and a $95.9 million decrease in the Company's derivative net assets.
The Company's commodity and interest rate derivative contracts are periodically measured and recorded at fair value and continue to be subject to market or credit risk. As of March 31, 2013, these contracts represented net assets of $212.8 million. The ultimate liquidation value of the Company's commodity and interest rate derivatives will be dependent upon actual future commodity prices and interest rates, which may differ materially from the inputs used to determine the derivatives' fair values as of March 31, 2013. See Note E of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" and "Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" for additional information about the Company's derivative instruments and market risk.
Capital resources. The Company's primary capital resources are cash and cash equivalents, net cash provided by operating activities, proceeds from sales of joint interests and nonstrategic assets and proceeds from financing activities (principally borrowings under the Company's Credit Facility or issuances of debt or equity securities). If internal cash flows and cash on hand do not meet the Company's expectations, the Company may reduce its level of capital expenditures, and/or fund a portion of its capital expenditures using availability under its Credit Facility, issue debt or equity securities or obtain capital from other sources, such as through the sale of joint interests or nonstrategic assets.
Operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $360.1 million, as compared to $426.1 million during the same period of 2012. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012, is primarily due to working capital changes.
Asset divestitures. In January 2013, the Company signed an agreement with Sinochem, an unaffiliated third party, to sell 40 percent of Pioneer's interest in 207,000 net acres leased by the Company in the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play in the southern portion of the Spraberry field for total consideration of $1.7 billion. Sinochem will pay $522.0 million in cash to Pioneer at closing, before normal closing adjustments, and will pay the remaining $1.2 billion by carrying 75 percent of Pioneer's portion of future drilling and facilities costs attributable to the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play. This transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013, subject to governmental approvals.
During the first quarter of 2013, the Company completed a sale of its interest in unproved oil and gas properties adjacent to the Company's West Panhandle field operations for $37.4 million of cash proceeds, which resulted in a pretax gain of $21.7 million.
Financing activities. Net cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $548.0 million, as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $33.0 million during the three months ended 2012. The increase in net cash provided from financing activities during the first quarter of 2013 was primarily the result of the Company completing an offering of 10.35 million shares of its common stock in February 2013 at a per-share price, after underwriting and offering expenses, of $123.76 for a total of $1.3 billion of realized net proceeds. The increase was offset by net principal payments on long-term debt of $707.3 million.
The Convertible Senior Notes are convertible at the option of the holders under certain circumstances, using a net share settlement process, into a combination of cash and the Company's common stock based on a formula set forth in the indenture supplement pursuant to which the Convertible Senior Notes were issued. In the three months ended December 31, 2012, the Company's stock price met the price threshold that causes the Convertible Senior Notes to be convertible at the option of the holders for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Associated therewith, during the three months ended March 31, 2013, holders of $274.1 million principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes exercised their right to convert their Convertible Senior Notes into cash and shares of the Company's common stock and the Company paid the tendering holders $261.3 million of cash and issued to the tendering holders 2.4 million shares of the Company's common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2013, in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Senior Notes indenture agreement. The remaining $12.8 million principal amount was settled in cash and 115 thousand shares of the Company's common stock in April 2013. The Company's stock prices during March 2013 and 2012 also met the price threshold that causes the Convertible Senior Notes to be convertible at the option of the holders for the following three month period.
On January 15, 2013, the Convertible Senior Notes became redeemable by the Company at any time for cash at a price equal to the full principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. On April 15, 2013, the Company announced that it would exercise its option to redeem all Convertible Senior Notes that have not been converted by the holders before May 16, 2013. As a result of the Company's notice of intent to redeem, all of the remaining Convertible Senior Notes are convertible by the holders

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if a notice of intent to convert is provided by the holder prior to May 16, 2013. The Company expects that the holders will exercise their right to convert the Convertible Senior Notes rather than allow their securities to be redeemed by the Company. The Company has the intent and ability to fund cash payments that may be required upon the conversion or redemption of the Convertible Senior Notes with borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility. Accordingly, the Convertible Senior Notes are classified as long-term debt in the accompanying balance sheets.
If all of the remaining Convertible Senior Notes had been converted on March 31, 2013, the note holders would have received $218.6 million of cash and approximately 2.1 million shares of the Company's common stock, which were valued at $259.7 million on March 31, 2013. Holders of the Convertible Senior Notes who present their notes for conversion prior to May 16, 2013, will be subject to a 20 consecutive day cash settlement averaging period that will encompass the trading days from April 16, 2013 through May 13, 2013.
Interest on the principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year. The trading price of the Convertible Senior Notes for the five consecutive trading days preceding January 15, 2013 exceeded 120 percent of the principal amount of the note and, in accordance with the indenture supplement, the interest rate in effect during the January 15, 2013 to July 14, 2013 period was reduced to 2.375 percent.
As the Company pursues its strategy, it may utilize various financing sources, including, to the extent available, fixed and floating rate debt, convertible securities, preferred stock or common stock. The Company may also issue securities in exchange for oil and gas properties, stock or other interests in other oil and gas companies or related assets. Additional securities may be of a class preferred to common stock with respect to such matters as dividends and liquidation rights and may also have other rights and preferences as determined by the Board.
 Liquidity. The Company's principal sources of short-term liquidity are cash on hand and unused borrowing capacity under its Credit Facility. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under its Credit Facility and was in compliance with all of its debt covenants. The Company had $1.5 billion of unused borrowing capacity as of March 31, 2013. If internal cash flows and cash on hand do not meet the Company's expectations, the Company may reduce its level of capital expenditures, reduce dividend payments, and/or fund a portion of its capital expenditures using borrowings under its Credit Facility, issuances of debt or equity securities or other sources, such as the sale of joint interests or nonstrategic assets. The Company cannot provide any assurance that needed short-term or long-term liquidity will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Although the Company expects that internal operating cash flows, cash on hand, proceeds from sales of joint interests or nonstrategic assets and available capacity under the Company's Credit Facility will be adequate to fund 2013 capital expenditures and dividend/distribution payments and provide adequate liquidity to fund other needs, no assurances can be given that such funding sources will be adequate to meet the Company's future needs.
Debt ratings. The Company receives debt credit ratings from several of the major ratings agencies, which are subject to regular reviews. The Company believes that each of the rating agencies considers many factors in determining the Company's ratings including: production growth opportunities, liquidity, debt levels, asset composition and proved reserve mix. A reduction in the Company's debt ratings could increase the interest rates that the Company incurs on credit facility borrowings and could negatively impact the Company's ability to obtain additional financing or the interest rate, fees and other terms associated with such additional financing. The Company is rated as investment grade by three credit rating agencies, including one credit rating agency that upgraded the Company's credit rating during March 2013.
Book capitalization and current ratio. The Company's net book capitalization at March 31, 2013 was $9.9 billion, consisting of $430.3 million of cash and cash equivalents, debt of $3.0 billion and equity of $7.3 billion. The Company's net debt to net book capitalization was 26 percent and 37 percent at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The Company's ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 1.23 to 1.00 at March 31, 2013, as compared to 1.02 to 1.00 at December 31, 2012.
New accounting pronouncements. There are no new accounting pronouncements that are likely of having a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements. 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The following quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk are supplementary to the quantitative and qualitative disclosures provided in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. As such, the information contained herein should be read in conjunction with the related disclosures in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.
The primary objective of the following information is to provide forward-looking quantitative and qualitative information about the Company's potential exposure to market risks. The term "market risks," insofar as it relates to currently anticipated transactions of the Company, refers to the risk of loss arising from changes in commodity prices and interest rates. These disclosures are not meant to be precise indicators of expected future losses, but rather indicators of reasonably possible losses. This forward-looking information provides indicators of how the Company views and manages ongoing market risk exposures. None of the Company's market risk sensitive instruments are entered into for speculative purposes.
The following table reconciles the changes that occurred in the fair values of the Company's open derivative contracts during the three months ending March 31, 2013:
 
 
Derivative Contract Net Assets
 
 
Commodities
 
Interest Rates
 
Total
 
 
(in thousands)
Fair value of contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2012
 
$
318,377

 
$
(9,724
)
 
$
308,653

Changes in contract fair value
 
(46,183
)
 
3,940

 
(42,243
)
Contract maturities
 
(53,643
)
 

 
(53,643
)
Fair value of contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2013
 
$
218,551

 
$
(5,784
)
 
$
212,767

Interest rate sensitivity. See Note G of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" and Capital Commitments, Capital Resources and Liquidity included in "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" for information regarding debt transactions.

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The following table provides information about financial instruments to which the Company was a party as of March 31, 2013 and that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt obligations, the table presents maturities by expected maturity dates, the weighted average interest rates expected to be paid on the debt given current contractual terms and market conditions and the debt's estimated fair value. For fixed rate debt, the weighted average interest rate represents the contractual fixed rates that the Company was obligated to periodically pay on the debt as of March 31, 2013. For variable rate debt, the average interest rate represents the average rates being paid on the debt projected forward proportionate to the forward yield curve for LIBOR on May 2, 2013.
 
 
Nine Months Ending December 31,
 
Year Ending December 31,
 
 
 
 
 
Liability Fair Value at
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
Thereafter
 
Total
 
2013
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Total Debt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed rate principal maturities (a)
 
$
218,576

 
$

 
$

 
$
455,385

 
$
485,100

 
$
1,749,500

 
$
2,908,561

 
$
(3,618,532
)
Weighted average interest rate
 
6.20
%
 
6.15
%
 
6.15
%
 
6.17
%
 
6.11
%
 
6.28
%
 
 
 
 
Variable rate principal maturities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pioneer Southwest credit facility
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
154,000

 
$

 
$
154,000

 
$
(150,352
)
Weighted average interest rate
 
1.91
%
 
1.99
%
 
2.21
%
 
2.56
%
 
2.64
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Swaps:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notional debt amount
 
$

 
$

 
$
250,000

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
250,000

 
$
(5,784
)
Fixed rate payable (%)
 
%
 
%
 
3.21
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
 
 
 
Variable rate receivable (%)
 
%
 
%
 
2.66
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
 
 
 
 ____________________
(a)
Represents maturities of principal amounts excluding debt issuance discounts and net deferred fair value hedge losses.
Commodity derivative instruments and price sensitivity. The following table provides information about the Company's oil, NGL and gas derivative financial instruments that were sensitive to changes in oil, NGL and gas prices as of March 31, 2013. Although mitigated by the Company's derivative activities, declines in oil, NGL and gas prices would reduce the Company's revenues.
The Company manages commodity price risk with derivative contracts, such as swap contracts, collar contracts and collar contracts with short put options. Swap contracts provide a fixed price for a notional amount of sales volumes. Collar contracts provide minimum ("floor" or "long put") and maximum ("ceiling") prices on a notional amount of sales volumes, thereby allowing some price participation if the relevant index price closes above the floor price. Collar contracts with short put options differ from other collar contracts by virtue of the short put option price, below which the Company's realized price will exceed the variable market prices by the long put-to-short put price differential.
See Note E of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Item 1. Financial Statements" for a description of the accounting procedures followed by the Company relative to its derivative financial instruments and for specific information regarding the terms of the Company's derivative financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in oil, NGL or gas prices.






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Nine Months Ending December 31,
 
Year Ending December 31,
 
Asset (Liability) Fair Value at March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2013 (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Oil Derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average daily notional BBL volumes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Collar contracts with short puts
 
72,430

 
69,000

 
26,000

 

 
$
166,459

Weighted average ceiling price per BBL
 
$
119.89

 
$
114.05

 
$
104.45

 
$

 
 
Weighted average floor price per BBL
 
$
92.26

 
$
93.70

 
$
95.00

 
$

 
 
Weighted average short put price per BBL
 
$
74.36

 
$
77.61

 
$
80.00

 
$

 
 
Swap contracts
 
3,000

 

 

 

 
$
(12,900
)
Weighted average fixed price per BBL
 
$
81.02

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
Average forward NYMEX oil prices (b)
 
$
93.63

 
$
90.26

 
$
87.19

 
$

 
 
Rollfactor swap contracts
 
6,000

 
15,000

 

 

 
$
(156
)
Weighted average fixed price per BBL (c)
 
$
0.43

 
$
0.38

 
$

 
$

 
 
Average forward rollfactor prices (b)
 
$
0.38

 
$
0.41

 
$

 
$

 
 
Midland-Cushing index swap contracts
 
1,655

 

 

 

 
$
(2,510
)
Weighted average fixed price per BBL
 
$
(5.75
)
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
Average forward basis differential prices (d)
 
$
(0.11
)
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
Cushing-LLS index swap contracts
 
669

 

 

 

 
$
55

Weighted average fixed price per BBL
 
$
(9.30
)
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
Average forward basis differential prices (e)
 
$
(6.40
)
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
NGL Derivatives (f):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average daily notional BBL volumes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Collar contracts with short puts
 
1,064

 
1,000

 

 

 
$
2,766

Weighted average ceiling price per BBL
 
$
105.28

 
$
109.50

 
$

 
$

 
 
Weighted average floor price per BBL
 
$
89.30

 
$
95.00

 
$

 
$

 
 
Weighted average short put price per BBL
 
$
75.20

 
$
80.00

 
$

 
$

 
 
Average forward NGL prices (g)
 
$
84.29

 
$
79.25

 
$

 
$

 
 
Gas Derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average daily notional MMBTU volumes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Collar contracts with short puts (h)
 

 
65,000

 
235,000

 
20,000

 
$
543

Weighted average ceiling price per MMBTU
 
$

 
$
4.70

 
$
5.09

 
$
5.36

 
 
Weighted average floor price per MMBTU
 
$

 
$
4.00

 
$
4.00

 
$
4.00

 
 
Weighted average short put price per MMBTU
 
$

 
$
3.00

 
$
3.00

 
$
3.00

 
 
Collar contracts (h)
 
150,000

 

 

 

 
$
38,110

Weighted average ceiling price per MMBTU
 
$
6.25

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
Weighted average floor price per MMBTU
 
$
5.00

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
Swap contracts
 
170,282

 
175,000

 
20,000

 

 
$
30,629

Weighted average fixed price per MMBTU
 
$
5.07

 
$
4.02

 
$
4.31

 
$

 
 
Average forward NYMEX gas prices (b)
 
$
4.14

 
$
4.24

 
$
4.26

 
$
4.30

 
 
Basis swap contracts (h)
 
162,500

 
10,000

 

 

 
$
(4,458
)
Weighted average fixed price per MMBTU
 
$
(0.22
)
 
$
(0.19
)
 
$

 
$

 
 
Average forward basis differential prices (i)
 
$
(0.12
)
 
$
(0.20
)
 
$

 
$

 
 
 
___________________
(a)
In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 210-20 and ASC 815-10, the Company classifies the fair value amounts of derivative assets and liabilities executed under master netting arrangements as net derivative assets or net derivative liabilities, as the case may be. The net asset and liability amounts shown above have been provided on a commodity contract-type basis, which may differ from their master netting arrangements classifications.
(b)
The average forward NYMEX oil and gas prices are based on May 2, 2013 market quotes.

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(c)
Represents swaps that fix the difference between (i) each day's price per BBL of WTI for the first nearby month less (ii) the price per BBL of WTI for the second nearby NYMEX month, multiplied by .6667; plus (iii) each day's price per BBL of WTI for the first nearby month less (iv) the price per BBL of WTI for the third nearby NYMEX month, multiplied by .3333.
(d)
The average forward basis differential prices are based on May 2, 2013 market quotes for basis differentials between Midland WTI and Cushing WTI.
(e)
The average forward basis differential prices are based on May 2, 2013 market quotes for basis differentials between Cushing WTI and Louisiana Light Sweet crude "LLS".
(f)
Subsequent to March 31, 2013, the Company entered into additional NGL contracts for (i) 2,000 BBLs per day of the Company's May through December 2013 ethane production with a ceiling price of $12.60 per BBL and a floor price of $10.50 per BBL, (ii) 500 BBLs per day of the Company's July through December 2013 ethane production with a ceiling price of $13.02 per BBL and a floor price of $10.50 per BBL and (iii) 3,000 BBLs per day of the Company's 2014 ethane production with a ceiling price of $13.72 per BBL and a floor price of $10.78 per BBL.
(g)
Forward component NGL prices are derived from active-market NGL component price quotes as of May 2, 2013.
(h)
Subsequent to March 31, 2013, the Company entered into additional (i) collar contracts for 2,500 MMBTUs per day of the Company's June through December 2013 production with a ceiling price of $4.50 per MMBTU and a floor price of $4.00 per MMBTU, (ii) collar contracts with short puts for 50,000 MMBTUs per day of the Company's 2014 production with a ceiling price of $4.70 per MMBTU, a floor price of $4.00 per MMBTU and a short put price of $3.00 per MMBTU, (iii) collar contracts with short puts for 50,000 MMBTUs per day of the Company's 2015 production with a ceiling price of $5.03 per MMBTU, a floor price of $4.00 per MMBTU and a short put price of $3.00 per MMBTU, (iv) basis swap contracts for 22,500 MMBTU per day of the Company's 2014 production with a negative price differential of $0.18 per MMBTU between the relevant index price and the NYMEX price and (v) basis swap contracts for 7,500 MMBTU per day of the Company's 2015 production with a negative price differential of $0.13 per MMBTU between the relevant index price and the NYMEX price.
(i)
The average forward basis differential prices are based on May 2, 2013 market quotes for basis differentials between the relevant index prices and NYMEX-quoted forward prices.
Marketing and basis transfer derivative instruments and price sensitivity. The Company manages commodity price risk and mitigates firm transportation commitment costs with derivative contracts. Periodically, the Company enters into buy and sell marketing arrangements to fulfill firm pipeline transportation commitments. Associated with these marketing arrangements, the Company may enter into index swaps to mitigate price risk.
The following table provides information about the Company's marketing and basis transfer derivative financial instruments that were sensitive to changes in prices as of March 31, 2013:
 
 
Nine Months Ending December 31,
 
Asset Fair Value at
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2013
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Average Daily Gas Production Associated with Marketing Derivatives (MMBTU):
 
 
 
 
Basis swap contracts:
 
 
 
 
Index swap volume
 
4,364

 
$
13

Price differential ($/MMBTU)
 
$
0.34

 
 
Average forward basis differential prices (a)
 
$
0.17

 
 
 ____________________
(a)
The average forward basis differential prices are based on May 2, 2013 market quotes for basis differentials between the relevant index prices and NYMEX-quoted forward prices.


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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. The Company's management, with the participation of its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, have evaluated, as required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Report. Based on that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of the end of the period covered by this Report, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, including that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting. There have been no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2013 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 
Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The Company is party to various proceedings and claims incidental to its business. While many of these matters involve inherent uncertainty, the Company believes that the amount of the liability, if any, ultimately incurred with respect to such proceedings and claims will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position as a whole or on its liquidity, capital resources or future annual results of operations. 

Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the information set forth in this Report, you should carefully consider the risks discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, under the headings "Part I, Item 1. Business – Competition, Markets and Regulations," "Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors" and "Part II, Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk," which risks could materially affect the Company's business, financial condition or future results. There have been no material changes in the Company's risk factors from those described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
These risks are not the only risks facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Company or that it currently deems to be immaterial also may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition or future results.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
The following table summarizes the Company's purchases of treasury stock under plans or programs during the three months ended March 31, 2013: 
Period
 
Total Number of
Shares (or Units)
Purchased (a)
 
Average Price Paid per
Share (or Unit)
 
Total Number of
Shares (or Units)
Purchased As Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
 
Approximate Dollar
Amount of Shares that
May Yet Be  Purchased
under Plans or
Programs
January 2013
 

 
$

 

 
 
February 2013
 
148,258

 
$
129.52

 

 
 
March 2013
 

 
$

 

 
 
Total
 
148,258

 
$
129.52

 

 
$

 ____________________
(a)
Consists of shares purchased from employees in order for the employee to satisfy tax withholding payments related to share-based awards that vested during the period.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
The Company's sand mines are subject to regulation by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. Information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K is included in Exhibit 95.1 to this Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q.  

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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Number
  
 
  
Description
10.1
  
(a) —
  
Change in Control Agreement, dated March 4, 2013, between the Company and Scott D. Sheffield, together with a schedule identifying other substantially identical agreements between the Company and each of its executive officers identified on the schedule and identifying the material differences between each of those agreements and the filed Change in Control Agreement.
 
 
 
10.2
  
  
Indemnification Agreement, dated February 21, 2013, between the Company and  Thomas D. Arthur, together with a schedule identifying other substantially identical agreements between the Company and each of its non-employee directors identified on the schedule (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-13245, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2013).
 
 
 
10.3
  
 —
  
Indemnification Agreement, dated March 4, 2013, between the Company and Scott D. Sheffield, together with a schedule identifying other substantially identical agreements between the Company and each of its executive officers identified on the schedule (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-13245, filed with the SEC on March 8, 2013).
 
 
 
12.1
  
(a) —
  
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
 
 
 
 
 
31.1
  
(a) —
  
Chief Executive Officer certification under Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
 
 
31.2
  
(a) —
  
Chief Financial Officer certification under Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
 
 
32.1
  
(b) —
  
Chief Executive Officer certification under Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
 
 
32.2
  
(b) —
  
Chief Financial Officer certification under Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
 
 
95.1
 
(a) —
 
Mine Safety Disclosures
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Instance Document.
 
 
 
 
 
101.SCH
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
 
 
 
 
 
101.CAL
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
 
 
 
 
 
101.DEF
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
 
 
 
 
 
101.LAB
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
 
 
 
 
 
101.PRE
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
 _____________
(a)
Filed herewith.
(b)
Furnished herewith.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.
 
 
 
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 8, 2013
 
By:
 
/s/    RICHARD P. DEALY        
 
 
 
 
Richard P. Dealy
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 8, 2013
 
By:
 
/s/    FRANK W. HALL        
 
 
 
 
Frank W. Hall
 
 
 
 
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
 

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Exhibit Index 
Exhibit
Number
  
 
  
Description
 
 
 
10.1
  
(a) —
  
Change in Control Agreement, dated March 4, 2013, between the Company and Scott D. Sheffield, together with a schedule identifying other substantially identical agreements between the Company and each of its executive officers identified on the schedule and identifying the material differences between each of those agreements and the filed Change in Control Agreement.
 
 
 
10.2
  
  
Indemnification Agreement, dated February 21, 2013, between the Company and  Thomas D. Arthur, together with a schedule identifying other substantially identical agreements between the Company and each of its non-employee directors identified on the schedule (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-13245, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2013).
 
 
 
10.3
  
 —
  
Indemnification Agreement, dated March 4, 2013, between the Company and Scott D. Sheffield, together with a schedule identifying other substantially identical agreements between the Company and each of its executive officers identified on the schedule (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-13245, filed with the SEC on March 8, 2013).
 
 
 
12.1
  
(a) —
  
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
 
 
 
 
 
31.1
  
(a) —
  
Chief Executive Officer certification under Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
31.2
  
(a) —
  
Chief Financial Officer certification under Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
32.1
  
(b) —
  
Chief Executive Officer certification under Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
32.2
  
(b) —
  
Chief Financial Officer certification under Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
95.1
 
(a) —
 
Mine Safety Disclosures
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Instance Document.
 
 
 
101.SCH
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
 
 
 
101.CAL
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
 
 
 
101.DEF
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
 
 
 
101.LAB
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
 
 
 
101.PRE
  
(a) —
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
_____________ 
(a)
Filed herewith.
(b)
Furnished herewith.

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