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2 Nov 2023quarterly activities report● Neutral
Pioneer filed an 8-K on November 2, 2023 furnishing its news release on third-quarter 2023 financial and operating results, which included an operations update and outlook. The filing itself gave no figures.
ExxonMobil agreed to acquire Pioneer in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion ($253/share, or 2.3234 ExxonMobil shares per Pioneer share) - about $64.5 billion including debt - by far the largest deal in Pioneer's history, more than doubling ExxonMobil's Permian Basin footprint.
ExxonMobil framed the merger as combining Pioneer's 850,000+ net Permian acres with its own 570,000, creating roughly 16 billion barrels of combined Permian resource, and said it would pull forward Pioneer's net-zero target from 2050 to 2035.
Pioneer previewed its second-quarter 2023 results, expecting a net derivative loss of $1 million, a $18 million noncash gain on its ProPetro stake, and a $59 million loss from third-party oil and gas purchases and sales.
Pioneer amended its revolving credit agreement to switch its benchmark interest rate from LIBOR to Term SOFR as LIBOR was phased out; other loan terms were unchanged.
Ahead of its first-quarter 2023 results, Pioneer said it expected a net derivative loss of $44 million, a noncash loss of $53 million on its ProPetro stake, and a $54 million net loss from third-party oil and gas purchases and sales.
Pioneer raised $1.1 billion in new notes due 2026 at 5.10% - a far higher coupon than its 2020 pandemic-era borrowing, reflecting the much higher interest-rate environment of 2023.