UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 18, 2003
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-13245 75-2702753
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(State or other jurisdiction of Commission (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) File Number Identification Number)
5205 N. O'CONNOR BLVD., SUITE 1400, IRVING, TEXAS 75039
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code : (972) 444-9001
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
Information and Exhibits:
(c) Exhibits............................................ 3
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure................................. 3
Signatures........................................................ 4
Exhibit Index..................................................... 5
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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
99.1 News Release dated August 18, 2003
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
The information in this document includes forward-looking statements that
are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements, and the business
prospects of Pioneer Natural Resources Company (the "Company"), are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties which may cause the Company's actual results
in future periods to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, volatility of oil and
gas prices, product supply and demand, competition, international operations and
associated international political and economic instability, government
regulation or action, litigation, the costs and results of drilling and
operations, the Company's ability to replace reserves or implement its business
plans, access to and cost of capital, uncertainties about estimates of reserves,
quality of technical data, environmental and weather risks, acts of war or
terrorism. These and other risks are described in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q that are available from the Company
or the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On August 18, 2003, the Company issued a news release that is attached
hereto as exhibit 99.1. In the news release, the Company announced, together
with other related information, (i) that oil production has commenced from the
Sable field offshore South Africa and that the Company's first oil sales from
South Africa are anticipated in September or October 2003; (ii) a discovery on
the Company's Tomahawk prospect in the Falcon Corridor in the East Breaks area
of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico; and (iii) that the Company participated in a
successful development well in the Adam field in Tunisia.
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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
S I G N A T U R E S
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
Date: August 18, 2003 By: /s/ RICHARD P. DEALY
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Richard P. Dealy
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
99.1* News Release dated August 18, 2003
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* filed herewith
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