Pioneer Natural Resources Co. completed on Dec. 21 the multibillion-dollar divestiture of its Delaware Basin assets in the Permian to Continental Resources Inc.
“Pioneer’s fourth quarter and full-year guidance assumed that the Delaware Basin assets would be included in the company’s financial results for the entire quarter. However, with the completion of the divestiture today, Pioneer will not include any operating or financial results attributable to the Delaware Basin assets after December 20, 2021 in its fourth-quarter results,” the company said in a release on Dec. 21.
Pioneer had previously announced the sale to Continental Resources on Nov. 3, marking the Oklahoma City-based company’s entry into the Permian Basin. At the time, Pioneer valued the all-cash transaction at approximately $3.25 billion. Although, after normal adjustments, the company said Dec. 21 the divestiture had resulted in cash proceeds closer to $3.1 billion.
Closing of the transaction completes Pioneer’s exit from the Delaware side of the Permian Basin, where it held a position covering approximately 92,000 net acres and net production of approximately 50,000 boe/d, mostly acquired through its purchase of Parsley Energy.
“This transaction returns Pioneer to being 100% focused on its high-margin, high-return Midland Basin assets, where we have the largest acreage position and drilling inventory,” CEO Scott D. Sheffield said in a Nov. 3 release by the company.
At the time, Sheffield said proceeds from the sale would be used to strengthen the Pioneer balance sheet including supplementing the company’s “industry leading base and variable dividend program.”
Citi Global Market Inc. was Continental’s financial adviser and White & Case LLP was the company’s legal adviser with respect to the transaction. Pioneer retained BofA Securities Inc. as a financial adviser and Vinson & Elkins LLP as legal adviser for the transaction.
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