Pioneer Natural Resources
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| Public company | |
| Traded as |
NYSE: PXD S&P 500 Component |
| Industry | Petroleum industry |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Irving, Texas |
Key people | Scott D. Sheffield, Chairman & CEO[1] |
| Products | petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids |
Production output | 204 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (1,250,000 GJ) per day[1] |
| Revenue |
 US$4.825 billion (2015)[1] |
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-US$421 million (2015)[1] | |
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-US$273 million (2015)[1] | |
| Total assets |
 US$15.154 billion (2015)[1] |
| Total equity |
US$8.375 billion (2015)[1] |
Number of employees | 3,732[1] |
| Website |
www |
Pioneer Natural Resources Company is a petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids exploration and production company based in Irving, Texas.
Current Operations
As of December 31, 2015, the company had 664 million barrels of oil equivalent (4.06×109 GJ) of proved reserves, of which 47% was petroleum, 19% was natural gas liquids, and 34% was natural gas. All of the company's reserves are in the United States.[1]
In 2015, the company produced 204 million barrels of oil equivalent (1.25×109 GJ) per day, of which 61% was in the Permian Basin, 22% was in the Eagle Ford shale, 9% was in the Raton Basin, and 4% was in the Western Panhandle of Texas.[1]
History
The company was created in 1997 by the merger of Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company and MESA Inc., owned by T. Boone Pickens[2]
In 2002, Pioneer made discoveries in its offshore Oooguruk field, west of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. In 2008, Pioneer became the first independent operator to produce oil on the Alaska North Slope. These holdings were sold for $550 million in 2013.[3]
In 2004, Pioneer Natural Resources acquired Evergreen Resources, Inc. in a $2.1 billion transaction.[4]
In June 2010, Pioneer Natural Resources announced a $1.15 billion Eagle Ford Shale midsteam joint venture with Reliance Industries.[5] The business was sold to Enterprise Products Partners for $2.15 billion in 2015.[6]
In March 2012, Pioneer Natural Resources announced the $297 million acquisition of Carmeuse Industrial Sands, a silica sand manufacturer the company renamed Premier Silica.[7]
In January 2013, Pioneer Resources announced the sale of a 40 percent interest in approximately 207,000 net acres (84,000 net hectares) leased in horizontal Wolfcamp Shale to Sinochem Petroleum USA LLC (a subsidiary of Sinochem Group) for $1.7 billion. Pioneer continues as the operator of the project.[8]
In 2014, the company sold non-producing assets in the Hugoton Basin to Linn Energy for $340 million.[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pioneer Natural Resources Company 2015 Form 10-K Annual Report
- ↑ "Mesa Is to Merge With Parker & Parsley". New York Times. April 8, 1997.
- ↑ "Pioneer sells Alaska holdings for $550M". Alaska Journal of Commerce. October 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Pioneer and Evergreen Announce $2.1 Billion Merger". Business Wire. May 4, 2004.
- ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces $1.15 Billion Eagle Ford Shale Joint Venture with Reliance Industries". June 24, 2010.
- ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces Sale of Eagle Ford Shale Midstream Business for $2.15 Billion". Business Wire. June 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces Acquisition of Carmeuse Industrial Sands". Business Wire. March 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces $1.7 Billion Horizontal Wolfcamp Shale Transaction with Sinochem". Business Wire. January 30, 2013.
- ↑ "LINN Energy Announces $340 Million Acquisition From Pioneer Natural Resources". Globe Newswire. August 4, 2014.