Pioneer Natural Resources

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Pioneer Natural Resources Company
NYSE: PXD
Industry Petroleum industry
Founded1997;28 years ago (1997)
DefunctMay 3, 2024;16 months ago (2024-05-03)
FateAcquired by ExxonMobil
Headquarters Irving, Texas, U.S.
Key people
 Richard P. Dealy, President & CEO
Products
Production output
617 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (3,770,000 GJ) per day (2022)
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$24.294 billion (2022)
Increase2.svg US$7.845 billion (2022)
Total assets Decrease2.svg US$35.740 billion (2022)
Total equity Decrease2.svg US$22.541 billion (2022)
Number of employees
2,213 (December 2023)
Website pxd.com
Footnotes /references
[1]

Pioneer Natural Resources Company, headquartered in Irving, Texas, was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It operated in the Cline Shale, which is part of the Spraberry Trend of the Permian Basin, where the company was the largest acreage holder. [1] In May 2024, the company was acquired by ExxonMobil.

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As of December 31, 2022, the company had 2.376  billion barrels of oil equivalent (1.454×1010 GJ) of proved reserves, of which 41% was petroleum, 23% was natural gas liquids, and 28% was natural gas. In 2022, the company produced 649 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (3,970,000 GJ) per day, of which 58% was petroleum, 23% was natural gas liquids, and 19% was natural gas. [1]

History

Pioneer Natural Resources was created in 1997 by the merger of Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company and MESA Inc., owned by Thomas Boone Pickens. [2]

In May 2016, CEO and chairman Scott D. Sheffield was succeeded by Timothy Dove. [3] Sheffield returned to the roles in 2019 after Dove's retirement. [4] In January 2024, Richard P. Dealy was named as CEO. [5]

Divestitures and acquisitions

#YearAcquisition / DivestitureBuyer / SellerPriceDescription of AssetsRef(s).
1May 2004AcquisitionEvergreen Resources Inc.$2.1 billion in cash and stockNatural gas assets in Colorado [6] [7]
2April 2012AcquisitionCarmeuse Industrial Sands$297 millionProducer of Hickory frac sand [8]
3May 2013Divestiture Sinochem Group $1.7 billion40% interest in approximately 207,000 net acres (84,000 net hectares) leased in horizontal Wolfcamp Shale [9]
4October 2013DivestitureCaelus Energy Alaska$550 millionInterests in Alaska. 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. [10] [11]
5August 2014Divestiture Linn Energy $340 millionNon-producing assets in the Hugoton Basin [12]
6June 2015Divestiture Enterprise Products Partners $2.15 billionMidstream joint venture with Reliance Industries for assets in the Eagle Ford Group. JV was formed in 2010. [13] [14]
7September 2016Acquisition Devon Energy $435 million28,000 acres in the Midland Basin [15]
8March 2017DivestitureUndisclosed$266 million2,000 acres in Martin County, Texas [16]
9January 2021AcquisitionParsley Energy$7 billion in stockAssets in the Permian Basin [17]
10April 2021AcquisitionDoublePoint Energy$6.4 billion in cash and stockAssets in the Midland Basin [18]

Acquisition by ExxonMobil

In May 2024, in the largest merger in the petroleum industry in 20 years, Pioneer was acquired by ExxonMobil, making ExxonMobil the largest producer of shale gas in the Permian Basin. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

Approval for the transaction from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was accompanied by a consent decree alleging that former Pioneer CEO Scott D. Sheffield colluded with OPEC to raise oil prices and making the merger conditional on Sheffield's being barred from joining ExxonMobil's board of directors or serving as an advisor to Exxon after the merger. [28] [29]

Antitrust lawsuit

In January 2024, a class action lawsuit was filed by drivers in three US states accusing Pioneer, along with seven other oil and gas producers, of an illegal price fixing scheme to constrain production of shale oil that led to American drivers paying more for gasoline than they would have in a competitive market. [30] [31] In May 2024, plaintiffs asked for the communications records of former CEO Scott Sheffield. [32] Philanthropy Pioneer Natural Resources operated an extensive philanthropic program focused on education, disaster relief, and community development through various charitable initiatives and partnerships. In 2022, the company contributed nearly $8 million in social investments and employee-led giving to hundreds of charities in the Permian Basin and Dallas-Fort Worth area. [33]

Philanthropy

In March 2022, Pioneer made a $20 million humanitarian aid donation to relief organizations operating in Ukraine and surrounding regions following Russia's invasion. [34] A portion of these funds, totaling $2.1 million, was directed through the Ukrainian-American Stanford Alumni Society to purchase critical medical equipment including anesthesia machines, portable X-ray machines, and ventilators for over 20 hospitals throughout Ukraine. [35]

The company was a founding member of the Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP), an unprecedented coalition of oil and gas companies formed in 2017 to address community challenges in the Permian Basin. [36] The partnership committed over $100 million in member company contributions, leveraging approximately $125 million in member funds into $1 billion in collaborative investments with other stakeholders to improve healthcare, education, infrastructure, affordable housing, and workforce development in West Texas and New Mexico. [37]

In education, Pioneer made substantial contributions to Texas A&M University's College of Engineering, including a $600,000 donation in 2014 to support petroleum and mechanical engineering departments and establish the Pioneer Natural Resources Company Resource Room and scholarship fund. [38] The company also contributed to nine endowments across multiple engineering departments at Texas A&M, funding scholarships, fellowships, and faculty development programs. [39]

Pioneer's charitable activities were administered through the Pioneer Natural Resources Foundation, a 501(c)(3) private foundation that distributed $781,387 in charitable disbursements during fiscal year 2024. [40] The foundation operated with all administrative costs covered by the company to ensure donations went directly to charitable organizations.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pioneer Natural Resources Company 2022 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. ↑ Cropper, Carol Marie (April 8, 1997). "Mesa Is to Merge With Parker & Parsley". New York Times .
  3. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources says CEO Scott Sheffield to retire". Reuters . May 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources CEO to retire" . American City Business Journals . February 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces that Richard P. Dealy Commences Role as Chief Executive Officer" (Press release). Business Wire. January 2, 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02.
  6. ↑ "Pioneer and Evergreen in $2.1 Billion Energy Merger". TheStreet.com . May 4, 2004.
  7. ↑ "Pioneer and Evergreen Announce $2.1 Billion Merger" (Press release). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. May 4, 2004.
  8. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Acquires Carmeuse Industrial Sands". Hart Energy . March 5, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces Closing of $1.7 Billion Horizontal Wolfcamp Shale Transaction with Sinochem" (Press release). Business Wire. May 31, 2013 – via Yahoo.
  10. ↑ "Pioneer to sell Alaska subsidiary for $550 million". Oil & Gas Journal . October 25, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Pioneer sells Alaska holdings for $550M". Alaska Journal of Commerce . October 25, 2013.
  12. ↑ "LINN Energy Announces $340 Million Acquisition From Pioneer Natural Resources" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. August 4, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Signs $1.15 Bln Eagle Ford Shale JV Deal With India's Reliance Industries - Update". RTT News. June 24, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces Sale of Eagle Ford Shale Midstream Business for $2.15 Billion" (Press release). Business Wire. June 1, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Pioneer Completes Acquisition of Midland Basin Acreage". Yahoo Finance . September 1, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Pioneer Natural announces sale of asset for $266 mln". Reuters . March 15, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Completes Acquisition of Parsley Energy Following Stockholder Approvals" (Press release). Business Wire. January 12, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces Bolt-On Acquisition of DoublePoint Energy in the Midland Basin" (Press release). Business Wire. April 1, 2021.
  19. ↑ "ExxonMobil Completes Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources" (Press release). Business Wire. May 3, 2024.
  20. ↑ Kumar, Arunima (May 3, 2024). "Exxon Mobil completes $60 billion deal for Pioneer Natural". Reuters .
  21. ↑ "Shale Firms Jump on Report of Exxon's Interest in Pioneer". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  22. ↑ "Exxon Mobil to buy Pioneer Natural for $59.5 billion, doubling down on fossil fuels as energy prices surge". PBS News Hour . 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  23. ↑ Morenne, Collin Eaton and Benoît. "Exxon to Buy Pioneer in $60 Billion Deal to Create Shale Giant". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  24. ↑ "Exxon Mobil to buy Pioneer Natural for $59.5 billion, doubling down on fossil fuels as energy prices surge". PBS News Hour . October 11, 2023.
  25. ↑ Eaton, Collin; Morenne, Benoît (October 11, 2023). "Exxon to Buy Pioneer in $60 Billion Deal to Create Shale Giant" . The Wall Street Journal .
  26. ↑ "Wolfcamp shale graduates to 'world class' play". Oil & Gas Journal . August 12, 2013.
  27. ↑ "Midland Basin Map". United States Geological Survey. November 15, 2016.
  28. ↑ "FTC bars former Pioneer CEO in Exxon Mobil deal, saying he colluded with OPEC". NPR . Associated Press. May 2, 2024.
  29. ↑ Pequeño IV, Antonio (May 2, 2024). "FTC Will Approve Exxon's $60 Billion Merger With Pioneer—With One Caveat". Forbes .
  30. ↑ Scarcella, Mike (2024-01-16). "Drivers sue US shale oil producers over alleged price-fixing scheme". Reuters . Archived from the original on 2024-01-21.
  31. ↑ Kennedy, Charles (2024-01-16). "Lawsuit Accuses U.S. Shale of Cartel Behavior". OilPrice.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-16.
  32. ↑ Scarcella, Mike (May 9, 2024). "Consumers demand ex-Pioneer CEO records in shale-oil antitrust lawsuit". Reuters .
  33. ↑ "2023 sustainability report" (PDF). Pioneer Natural Resources. July 23, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  34. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Announces $20 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine". Pioneer Natural Resources. March 16, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  35. ↑ "USAS Helped Secure $2.1M Donation from Pioneer Natural Resources and the Koret Foundation". Ukrainian-American Stanford Alumni Society. June 25, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  36. ↑ "2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Pioneer Natural Resources. February 25, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  37. ↑ "2023 sustainability report" (PDF). Pioneer Natural Resources. July 23, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  38. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources gives to petroleum, mechanical engineering". Texas A&M University College of Engineering. June 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  39. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources invests in engineering excellence". Texas A&M University College of Engineering. May 7, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  40. ↑ "Pioneer Natural Resources Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. August 20, 2025. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
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