Pioneer Natural Resources Company Receives Final $500 Million Payment from Enterprise for EFS Midstream

Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE:PXD) (“Pioneer” or “the Company”) today announced that it has received the second, and final, installment payment of $500 million from Enterprise Products Partners L.P. for the sale of the Company’s interests in EFS Midstream LLC (Eagle Ford Shale midstream business). The Company agreed to sell its 50.1% interest in EFS Midstream to Enterprise in June 2015 for $1,030 million after debt repayment. The initial $530 million payment from Enterprise was received at the closing in July 2015. Pioneer expects to use the proceeds from the sale for general corporate purposes, including funding of the drilling program across the Company’s extensive acreage position in the Spraberry/Wolfcamp play in the Permian Basin of West Texas.

Pioneer is a large independent oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with operations in the United States. For more information, visit www.pxd.com.

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