PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM CO
10-Q, 1996-11-13
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549


                                    FORM 10-Q


       / x /    Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1996

                                       or

       /   /   Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
              For the transition period from ________ to _________


                           Commission File No. 1-10695


                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                                     74-2570602
    (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                    Identification Number)

303 West Wall, Suite 101, Midland, Texas                       79701
(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip code)

       Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code : (915) 683-4768

                                 Not applicable
              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                          if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  Registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                                Yes / x / No / /

Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
  as of November 1, 1996............................................. 35,637,059


                               Page 1 of 24 pages.
                            Exhibit index on page 23.


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                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS




                                                                         Page

                          PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.   Financial Statements

          Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 1996 and
             December 31, 1995   .......................................   3

          Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine
            months ended September 30, 1996 and 1995....................   5

          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the nine
            months ended September 30, 1996.............................   6

          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three and nine
            months ended September 30, 1996 and 1995....................   7

          Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements....................   8

Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
            Condition and Results of Operations.........................  12


                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.   Legal Proceedings.............................................  23

Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K..............................  23

          Signatures....................................................  24




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                          PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.      Financial Statements

                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                        (in thousands, except share data)

                                                   September 30,   December 31,
                                                       1996            1995
                                                   ------------    -----------
                                                   (Unaudited)
              ASSETS

Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                        $   67,639      $   19,940
  Restricted cash                                       1,769          15,572
  Accounts receivable:
      Trade, net                                       28,192          49,257
      Affiliates                                          498           2,369
      Oil and gas sales                                30,742          37,358
  Assets held for resale                                  -             3,677
  Inventories                                           4,451           9,880
  Deferred income taxes                                 4,200           1,600
  Other current assets                                  2,364           2,757
                                                    ---------       ---------
              Total current assets                    139,855         142,410
                                                    ---------       ---------
Property, plant and equipment, at cost:
  Oil and gas properties, using the successful 
      efforts method of accounting:
          Proved properties                         1,358,463       1,450,290
          Unproved properties                           5,394          14,574
  Natural gas processing facilities                    58,580          63,395
  Accumulated depletion, depreciation and
      amortization                                   (424,123)       (406,513)
                                                    ---------       ---------
                                                      998,314       1,121,746
                                                    ---------       ---------
Restricted investments                                    -             5,345
Other property and equipment, net                      25,516          31,755
Other assets, net                                      15,005          17,973
                                                    ---------       ---------
                                                   $1,178,690      $1,319,229
                                                    =========       =========

 The financial information included as of September 30, 1996 has been prepared
         by management without audit by independent public accountants.

        The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
                             financial statements.

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                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY

                     CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)
                        (in thousands, except share data)

                                                   September 30,   December 31,
                                                       1996           1995
                                                   ------------    -----------
                                                   (Unaudited)

                      LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current  liabilities:
    Current maturities of long-term debt           $    1,379      $    2,608
    Distributable litigation settlement                   -            13,633
    Undistributed unit purchases                        1,769           1,939
    Accounts payable:
      Trade                                            66,867          58,263
      Affiliates                                        3,252             574
    Domestic and foreign income taxes                     122           2,875
    Other current liabilities                          18,896          31,017
                                                    ---------       ---------
              Total current liabilities                92,285         110,909
                                                    ---------       ---------
Long-term debt, less current maturities               316,246         586,549
Other noncurrent liabilities                            8,958          16,656
Deferred income taxes                                  48,100           5,300

Preferred stock of subsidiary                         188,820         188,820

Stockholders' equity:
    Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 20,000,000 
      shares authorized; none issued and outstanding      -               -
    Common stock, $.01 par value; 180,000,000
      shares authorized; 36,622,495 and
      36,387,960 shares issued at September 30,
      1996 and December 31, 1995, respectively            366             364
    Additional paid-in capital                        456,840         452,718
    Treasury stock, at cost; 1,016,501 and
      1,004,684 shares at September 30, 1996
      and December 31, 1995, respectively              (7,084)         (6,844)
    Unearned compensation                              (1,631)         (2,055)
    Retained earnings (deficit)                        75,790         (36,491)
    Cumulative translation adjustment                      -            3,303
                                                    ---------       ---------
              Total stockholders' equity              524,281         410,995

Commitments and contingencies (Note C)
                                                   $1,178,690      $1,319,229
                                                    =========       =========

 The financial information included as of September 30, 1996 has been prepared
         by management without audit by independent public accountants.

        The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
                             financial statements.
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                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                 (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                   (Unaudited)

                                Three months ended         Nine months ended
                                   September 30,             September 30,
                              -----------------------   ----------------------
                                 1996         1995         1996         1995
                              ----------   ----------   ----------   ---------
Revenues:
  Oil and gas                 $   91,313   $   88,261   $  283,327   $  281,221
  Natural gas processing           5,706        9,196       16,810       28,625
  Gas marketing                      -         22,736          -         73,936
  Interest and other              12,573        6,088       14,996        9,696
  Gain (loss) on disposition
     of assets                     1,638       (4,106)      96,887       16,736
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
                                 111,230      122,175      412,020      410,214
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
Costs and expenses:
  Oil and gas production          24,829       31,671       82,233      101,807
  Natural gas processing           3,088        7,979        9,123       22,549
  Gas marketing                      -         22,678          -         73,226
  Depletion, depreciation and
     amortization                 26,590       39,193       86,228      124,809
  Impairment of oil and gas
     properties                      -            -            -        101,268
  Exploration and abandonments     3,410        5,972       14,171       19,135
  General and administrative       6,430        6,576       19,420       30,807
  Interest                        10,053       15,812       36,105       50,770
  Other                              365        1,802        1,709        8,932
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
                                  74,765      131,683      248,989      533,303
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
Income (loss) before income
   taxes                          36,465       (9,508)     163,031     (123,089)
Income tax benefit (provision)   (15,500)       2,600      (47,200)      39,000
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
Net income (loss)             $   20,965   $   (6,908)  $  115,831   $  (84,089)
                               =========    =========    =========    =========
Net income (loss) per share:
     Primary                  $      .58   $     (.20)  $     3.24   $    (2.39)
                               =========    =========    =========    =========
     Fully Diluted            $      .54   $     (.20)  $     2.86   $    (2.39)
                               =========    =========    =========    =========
Dividends declared per share  $      .05   $      .05   $      .10   $      .10
                               =========    =========    =========    =========
Weighted average shares
   outstanding                35,881,167   35,333,343   35,762,877   35,224,135
                              ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========
           The financial information included herein has been prepared
         by management without audit by independent public accountants.

       The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
                             financial statements.
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<TABLE>
                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY

                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                 (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                   (Unaudited)

<CAPTION>

                                 Common
                                 Stock                 Additional                             Retained    Cumulative      Total
                                 Shares       Common    Paid-in     Treasury     Unearned     Earnings    Translation  Stockholders'
                               Outstanding    Stock     Capital       Stock    Compensation   (Deficit)   Adjustment      Equity
                               -----------   -------   ----------   --------   ------------   ---------   -----------   ------------

<S>                            <C>           <C>       <C>          <C>         <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>
Balance at January 1, 1996      35,383,276   $   364   $  452,718   $(6,844)    $   (2,055)   $(36,491)   $    3,303   $    410,995
Exercise of long-term
 incentive plan stock options      206,111         2        2,755       -              -           -             -            2,757
Tax benefits related to stock
 options                               -         -            700       -              -           -             -              700
Purchase of treasury stock          (9,837)      -            -        (227)           -           -             -             (227)
Shares awarded                      28,424       -            702       -             (810)        -             -             (108)
Restricted shares forfeited         (1,980)      -            (35)      (13)            48         -             -              -
Amortization of unearned
 compensation                          -         -            -         -            1,186         -             -            1,186
Net income                             -         -            -         -              -       115,831           -          115,831
Dividends ($.10 per share)             -         -            -         -              -        (3,550)          -           (3,550)
Currency translation
 adjustment                            -         -            -         -              -           -          (3,303)        (3,303)
                               -----------    ------    ---------    ------      ---------     -------     ---------     ----------

Balance at September 30, 1996   35,605,994   $   366   $  456,840   $(7,084)    $   (1,631)   $ 75,790    $      -     $    524,281
                               ===========    ======    =========    ======      =========     =======     =========    ===========


</TABLE>





         The financial information included herein has been prepared by
           management without audit by independent public accountants.

              The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
                       consolidated financial statements.

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                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (in thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)
<TABLE>
                                                                 Three months ended         Nine months ended
                                                                    September 30,              September 30,
                                                               -----------------------    -----------------------
                                                                  1996         1995          1996         1995
                                                               ----------   ----------    ----------   ----------
                                                               <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
   Net income (loss)                                           $   20,965   $   (6,908)   $  115,831   $  (84,089)
   Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss)
    to net cash provided by operating activities:
      Depletion, depreciation and amortization                     26,590       39,193        86,228      124,809
      Impairment of oil and gas properties                            -            -             -        101,268
      Exploration and abandonments                                  2,139        4,951        10,386       16,403
      Deferred income taxes                                        15,200       (1,400)       46,900      (38,000)
      Loss (gain) on disposition of assets                         (1,638)       4,106       (96,887)     (16,736)
      Other noncash items                                          (3,993)       2,062        (2,316)      17,892
                                                                ---------    ---------     ---------    ---------
                                                                   59,263       42,004       160,142      121,547
   Change in operating assets and liabilities, net
    of effects from acquisitions and dispositions:
      Accounts receivable                                           1,979        3,480        21,357       16,821
      Inventory                                                     1,336        1,399           782        1,204
      Other current assets                                            (66)        (451)           88          700
      Accounts payable                                              7,953          284         4,941       (3,155)
      Accrued income taxes and other current liabilities           (1,622)       4,120         2,057        3,255
   Other                                                              -            (51)          -           (603)
                                                                ---------    ---------     ---------    ---------
       Net cash provided by operating activities                   68,843       50,785       189,367      139,769
                                                                ---------    ---------     ---------    ---------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Payment for acquisitions, net of cash acquired                      (93)         (71)         (170)      (1,315)
  Proceeds from disposition of wholly-owned
    subsidiaries, net of cash disposed                              4,365          -         183,102          -
  Proceeds from disposition of assets                               5,317       24,190        51,194      162,606
  Additions to oil and gas properties                             (65,595)     (52,881)     (139,540)    (143,243)
  Additions to natural gas processing facilities                     (374)        (499)       (2,247)      (6,019)
  Additions to other property and equipment and other assets       (1,187)      (5,441)       (2,284)     (13,779)
                                                                ---------    ---------     ---------    ---------
       Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities        (57,567)     (34,702)       90,055       (1,750)
                                                                ---------    ---------     ---------    ---------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Borrowings under long-term debt                                     -        151,235           782      316,097
  Principal payments on long-term debt                               (523)    (172,046)     (229,806)    (454,058)
  Payments on noncurrent liabilities                               (1,646)      (1,420)       (2,035)      (1,862)
  Issuance of common stock, net                                       -             (1)          -            (23)
  Deferred loan fees/issuance costs                                   -            551           (43)      (2,855)
  Dividends                                                        (1,780)      (1,755)       (3,550)      (3,501)
  Purchase of treasury stock                                          (45)         (67)         (227)        (201)
  Exercise of long-term incentive plan stock options                  198          298         2,757        1,704
  Distributable litigation settlement - receipts                      -            154         5,290          323
  Distributable litigation settlement - payments                      -            -         (18,876)         -
  Other                                                               -            -            (108)         -
                                                                ---------    ---------     ---------    ---------
       Net cash used in financing activities                       (3,796)     (23,051)     (245,816)    (144,376)
                                                                ---------    ---------     ---------    ---------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents          -           382           290         (237)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and
  restricted cash                                                   7,480       (6,968)       33,606       (6,357)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period    61,928       39,894        35,512       39,902
                                                                ---------    ---------     ---------    ---------
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period      $   69,408   $   33,308    $   69,408   $   33,308
                                                                =========    =========     =========    =========
</TABLE>
   The financial information included herein has been prepared by management
                without audit by independent public accountants.

              The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
                       consolidated financial statements.
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                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                               September 30, 1996
                                   (Unaudited)


NOTE A.     Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

In the opinion of management, the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
Parker & Parsley  Petroleum Company (the "Company") as of September 30, 1996 and
for the three and nine months  ended  September  30,  1996 and 1995  include all
adjustments  and  accruals,   consisting  only  of  normal   recurring   accrual
adjustments,  which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the
interim periods. These interim results are not necessarily indicative of results
for a full year.  Certain amounts in the prior period financial  statements have
been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Certain  information  and footnote  disclosures  normally  included in financial
statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting  principles
have been  condensed  or  omitted  in this Form 10-Q  pursuant  to the rules and
regulations  of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission.  These  consolidated
financial  statements  should  be  read  in  connection  with  the  consolidated
financial  statements  and notes thereto  included in the Company's  1995 Annual
Report.

NOTE B.     Disposition of Australasian Assets

On March 28,  1996,  the  Company  completed  the sale of  certain  wholly-owned
Australian  subsidiaries  to Santos  Ltd.,  and on June 20,  1996,  the  Company
completed  the sale of another  wholly-owned  subsidiary,  Bridge Oil Timor Sea,
Inc., to Phillips Petroleum  International  Investment Company.  During the nine
months ended September 30, 1996, the Company received aggregate consideration of
$237.5  million for these  combined  sales which  consisted of $186.6 million of
proceeds for the equity of such  entities,  $21.8 million for  reimbursement  of
certain intercompany cash advances, and the assumption of such subsidiaries' net
liabilities,  exclusive  of oil  and  gas  properties,  of  $29.1  million.  The
accompanying  Consolidated  Statement  of  Operations  for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 includes a pre-tax gain of $83.2 million from the disposition
of these  subsidiaries  (net of  transaction  expenses of $8.7  million)  and an
income tax provision of $16.2  million.  The income tax provision  includes $6.4
million  related to the  write-off of certain net operating  loss  carryforwards
which,  with the sale of the  income  producing  assets  in the  Australian  tax
jurisdiction, will not be utilized in the future.

The assets sold to Santos Ltd. consisted  primarily of properties located in the
Cooper Basin in Central Australia,  the Surat Basin in Northeast Australia,  the
Carnarvon Basin on the Northwest Shelf off the coast of Western  Australia,  the
Otway Basin off the coast of Southeast  Australia and the Central  Sumatra Basin

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in Indonesia.  At December 31, 1995, the Company's interests in these properties
contained 32.1 million BOE of proved  reserves  (consisting of 12.4 million Bbls
of oil and 118.3 Bcf of gas),  representing  $133.8 million of SEC 10 value. The
accompanying  Consolidated  Statement  of  Operations  for the nine months ended
September  30, 1996  includes the results of  operations  from these  properties
prior to their sale on March 28, 1996.  During 1996, these  properties  produced
349,500 Bbls of oil and  1,927,000  Mcf of gas. The Company  received an average
price of $19.55 per Bbl and $1.95 per Mcf from such  production or $10.6 million
in total revenues.  Total production costs associated with these properties were
$3.3 million ($4.92 per equivalent  Bbl) and depletion  expense was $3.9 million
($5.84 per equivalent Bbl).

The wholly-owned subsidiary sold to Phillips Petroleum International  Investment
Company, Bridge Oil Timor Sea, Inc., has a wholly-owned  subsidiary,  Bridge Oil
Timor Sea Pty Ltd.,  which owns a 22.5% interest in the ZOCA 91-13 permit in the
offshore  Bonaparte  Basin  in the Zone of  Cooperation  between  Australia  and
Indonesia.

NOTE C.     Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is party to various legal actions  arising in the ordinary course of
its business.  The Company does not currently believe that it has a probable and
estimable  loss with  respect  to any such  litigation  in  excess of  currently
provided for reserves. If such a loss becomes probable and estimable, the amount
of any recorded  liability could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
results  of  operations  for the  period in which such  liability  is  recorded.
However,  the  Company  does not  expect  that any such  liability  would have a
material adverse effect on its consolidated  financial position as a whole or on
its  liquidity or capital  resources.  The Company will continue to evaluate its
litigation matters on a quarter-by-quarter  basis and will adjust the litigation
reserve as appropriate to reflect the then current status of its litigation.

NOTE D.     Derivative Financial Instruments

Commodity  hedges.  The Company  utilizes  various swap and option  contracts to
reduce the effect of adverse commodity price  fluctuations on future oil and gas
production.

Natural Gas. The Company employs a policy of hedging gas production based on the
index price upon which the gas is actually  sold in order to mitigate  the basis
risk between  NYMEX prices and actual index  prices.  The  following  table sets
forth the  Company's  outstanding  gas swap  contracts  as of October 15,  1996.
Prices included herein represent the Company's  weighted average index price per
MMBtu and, as an additional  point of reference,  the weighted average price for
the portion of the Company's gas which is hedged based on NYMEX.

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                              First     Second      Third     Fourth
                             Quarter    Quarter    Quarter    Quarter     Total
                             -------    -------    -------    -------    -------
Gas production:
  1996 - Swap Contracts
    Volume (Bcf)                   -          -          -        8.7        8.7
    Index price per MMBtu    $     -    $     -    $     -    $  2.05    $  2.05
    NYMEX price per MMBtu    $     -    $     -    $     -    $  2.29    $  2.29

  1997 - Swap Contracts
    Volume (Bcf)                 8.5        6.0        2.9        2.6       20.0
    Index price per MMBtu    $  2.04    $  2.01    $  1.89    $  1.86    $  1.98
    NYMEX price per MMBtu    $  2.29    $  2.27    $  2.15    $  2.03    $  2.23

  1998 - Swap Contracts
    Volume (Bcf)                 2.5        1.8        1.4        1.4        7.1
    Index price per MMBtu    $  1.86    $  1.86    $  1.86    $  1.86    $  1.86
    NYMEX price per MMBtu    $  2.03    $  2.03    $  2.03    $  2.03    $  2.03

  1999 - Swap Contracts
    Volume (Bcf)                 1.4         .4          -          -        1.8
    Index price per MMBtu    $  1.86    $  1.86    $     -    $     -    $  1.86
    NYMEX price per MMBtu    $  2.03    $  2.03    $     -    $     -    $  2.03

The  Company  reports  average gas prices per Mcf  including  the effects of Btu
content,  gathering and  transportation  costs, gas processing and shrinkage and
the net effect of the gas hedges.  The Company  reported an average gas price of
$2.12 per Mcf for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  1996.  The  Company's
average  realized price for physical gas sales (excluding hedge results) for the
same period was $2.19 per Mcf. The comparable average NYMEX prompt month closing
for the first nine months of 1996 was $2.33 per Mcf.

Crude  Oil.  All  material  purchase  contracts   governing  the  Company's  oil
production are tied directly or indirectly to NYMEX prices.  The following table
sets forth the Company's outstanding oil swap and option contracts as of October
15, 1996.
                        First    Second     Third      Fourth
                       Quarter   Quarter   Quarter     Quarter         Total
                       -------   -------   -------   ------------   ------------
Oil production:
 1996 - Swap Contracts
  Volume (MMBbl)             -         -         -           1.6            1.6
  Price per Bbl        $     -   $     -   $     -   $      20.58   $      20.58

 1996 - Collar Options
  Volume (MMBbl)             -         -         -            .6             .6
  Price per Bbl        $     -   $     -   $     -   $17.00-19.80   $17.00-19.80

 1997 - Swap Contracts
  Volume (MMBbl)           1.9       1.5       1.2            .7            5.3
  Price per Bbl        $ 20.05   $ 19.56   $ 19.28   $     18.56    $     19.53

 1998 - Swap Contracts
  Volume (MMBbl)            .2        .2        .3            .2             .9
  Price per Bbl        $ 18.53   $ 18.53   $ 18.53   $     18.53    $     18.53

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The  Company  reports  average oil prices per Bbl  including  the effects of oil
quality,  gathering  and  transportation  costs  and the net  effect  of the oil
hedges. The Company reported an average oil price of $19.62 per Bbl for the nine
months ended  September  30, 1996.  The  Company's  average  realized  price for
physical oil sales  (excluding hedge results) for the same period was $20.40 per
Bbl. The comparable average NYMEX prompt month closing for the first nine months
of 1996 was $21.18 per Bbl.

Interest rate swap  agreements.  During the second  quarter of 1996, the Company
entered into a series of interest rate swap  agreements for an aggregate  amount
of $150 million with four counterparties. These agreements, which have a term of
three  years,   effectively  convert  a  portion  of  the  Company's  fixed-rate
borrowings into floating-rate obligations. The weighted average fixed rate being
received by the  Company  over the term of these  agreements  is 6.62% while the
weighted average variable rate being paid by the Company for the first six month
period is 5.64%. The variable rate will be redetermined  approximately every six
months based upon the London  interbank  offered rate at that point in time. The
accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months
ended  September  30,  1996  include a  reduction  in  interest  expense of $350
thousand and $461 thousand, respectively, to account for the settlement of these
interest rate swap agreements.

NOTE E.     Gas Marketing

Effective January 1, 1996, the Company,  along with Apache  Corporation and Oryx
Energy Company, formed Producers Energy Marketing, LLC ("ProEnergy"),  a natural
gas  marketing  company  organized to create a direct link between gas producers
and purchasers.  The venture is structured to flow through the benefits  arising
out of the expanded  services and the economies of scale from the aggregation of
substantial  volumes of gas. The Company is  obligated to sell to ProEnergy  all
gas production  (subject to certain exclusions  relative to immaterial  volumes)
for a period of five years that is owned or  controlled  by the Company,  or any
affiliate,  in North America  (onshore and offshore),  which is not subject to a
binding  and  enforceable  gas sales  contract  in effect on July 1,  1996.  The
Company currently owns approximately 9% of ProEnergy which markets approximately
1.5 MMBtu per day. As a result, as of January 1, 1996, the Company no longer has
any revenues or expenses associated with third party gas marketing activities.

NOTE F.     Odd-Lot Repurchase Program

In October  1996,  the  Company  announced  an odd-lot  repurchase  program  for
shareholders who, as of October 7, 1996,  individually  owned 99 or fewer shares
of Parker & Parsley  Petroleum  Company Common Stock.  The Company will purchase
all shares submitted for sale under this program and the shares will be added to
the Company's shares held in treasury. Shareholders who participate will receive
a price per share equal to the average of the five highest closing market prices
as reported by the New York Stock Exchange from October 8, 1996 through November
22, 1996. A processing fee of seventy-five cents per share will be deducted from
the sales proceeds to defray the program's costs.  This program is not available
to those shareholders who own 99 or fewer shares through their  participation in
the  Company's  401(k) plan.  The program is scheduled to expire on November 22,
1996 unless extended by the Company.

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Item 2.     Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
             Results of Operations(1)

General

Operating Performance.  The Company reported operating earnings of $15.3 million
($.43 per  share)  and $35.6  million  ($1.00  per share) for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 1996,  respectively.  The operating  earnings exclude
the  nonoperating  items and their  related  tax effects  described  below under
"Financial Performance".  Average daily oil production increased 12% from 25,087
Bbls for the nine months  ended  September  30, 1995 to 28,028 Bbls for the nine
months ended September 30, 1996, and average daily gas production  increased 12%
from 173,384 Mcf to 193,757 Mcf for the same period.  These  production  volumes
have been  adjusted to  eliminate  production  from the  Company's  Australasian
assets which were sold in 1996 and production from nonstrategic  domestic assets
which were sold in 1995 and 1996.  In  addition  to  increased  production,  the
Company's  operating  performance  for the three and nine months ended September
30, 1996 was positively  affected by the following  items:  (i) improved oil and
gas prices,  (ii)  decreases in production  costs due to certain cost  reduction
efforts   initiated  in  1995  and  1996,   (iii)  a  decrease  in  general  and
administrative  expenses primarily resulting from the implementation during 1995
of measures intended to reduce overall general and administrative  expenses, and
(iv) a  decrease  in  interest  expense  due  to a  decrease  in  the  Company's
outstanding long-term indebtedness.

Net cash provided by operating  activities,  before changes in operating  assets
and liabilities, increased 41% to $59.3 million and 32% to $160.1 million during
the three and nine months ended  September 30, 1996,  respectively,  compared to
$42 million and $121.5  million for the same periods in 1995.  This increase was
primarily  attributable  to  improved  commodity  prices  during  1996  and  the
improvements  made in the overall cost  structure of the Company during 1995 and
1996.

In  addition,  long-term  debt has been  reduced by $270.3  million  from $586.5
million at December 31, 1995 to $316.2  million at September 30, 1996 due to the
application of proceeds from the disposition of the Company's  Australasian  and
certain  domestic  assets,  as  described  below.  Consequently,  the  Company's
long-term debt to total capitalization,  each net of unrestricted cash, has been
reduced to 26% at September 30, 1996 from 49% at December 31, 1995.

Financial Performance.  The Company reported net income of $21 million ($.58 per
share) for the quarter ended  September 30, 1996 and $115.8  million  ($3.24 per
share) for the nine months ended  September  30, 1996, as compared to a net loss
of  $6.9  million  ($.20  per  share)  and  $84.1  million  ($2.39  per  share),
respectively, for the comparable periods in 1995. Net income for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996 includes the following  after-tax  nonoperating  items:
(i) a gain of $67 million related to the  disposition of Australasian  assets as
described  below,  (ii) a gain of $8.9  million  related to the  disposition  of
certain  nonstrategic  domestic assets (see "Asset  Dispositions"  below), (iii)
income of $7.4 million related to the settlement of several  litigation  matters
involving the Hooker Plant and related assets (see "Legal Actions" below),  (iv)
a  loss  of  $2.8  million associated  with  certain tax  attributes  related to

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litigation  contingencies that are no longer  deductible,  and (v) a net loss of
$300,000 from the  operations of the  Australasian  assets and the  nonstrategic
domestic assets prior to their sale in 1996.

Disposition of Australasian Assets. On March 28, 1996, the Company completed the
sale of certain wholly-owned Australian subsidiaries to Santos Ltd., and on June
20, 1996,  the Company  completed the sale of another  wholly-owned  subsidiary,
Bridge Oil Timor Sea,  Inc.,  to  Phillips  Petroleum  International  Investment
Company.  During the nine months ended September 30, 1996, the Company  received
aggregate  consideration  of $237.5  million  for  these  combined  sales  which
consisted of $186.6 million of proceeds for the equity of such  entities,  $21.8
million  for  reimbursement  of  certain  intercompany  cash  advances,  and the
assumption  of such  subsidiaries'  net  liabilities,  exclusive  of oil and gas
properties,  of $29.1 million. The proceeds,  after payment of certain costs and
expenses,  were utilized to reduce the Company's  outstanding bank  indebtedness
and  for  general  working  capital  purposes.  The  accompanying   Consolidated
Statement of Operations for the nine months ended  September 30, 1996 includes a
pre-tax gain of $83.2 million from the disposition of these subsidiaries (net of
transaction  expenses  of $8.7  million)  and an income tax  provision  of $16.2
million. The income tax provision includes $6.4 million related to the write-off
of certain net operating loss  carryforwards  which, with the sale of the income
producing assets in the Australian tax jurisdiction, will not be utilized in the
future.

The assets sold to Santos Ltd. consisted  primarily of properties located in the
Cooper Basin in Central Australia,  the Surat Basin in Northeast Australia,  the
Carnarvon Basin on the Northwest Shelf off the coast of Western  Australia,  the
Otway Basin off the coast of Southeast  Australia and the Central  Sumatra Basin
in Indonesia.  At December 31, 1995, the Company's interests in these properties
contained 32.1 million BOE of proved  reserves  (consisting of 12.4 million Bbls
of oil and 118.3 Bcf of gas),  representing  $133.8 million of SEC 10 value. The
accompanying  Consolidated  Statement  of  Operations  for the nine months ended
September  30, 1996  includes the results of  operations  from these  properties
prior to their sale on March 28, 1996.  During 1996, these  properties  produced
349,500 Bbls of oil and  1,927,000  Mcf of gas. The Company  received an average
price of $19.55 per Bbl and $1.95 per Mcf from such  production or $10.6 million
in total revenues.  Total production costs associated with these properties were
$3.3 million ($4.92 per equivalent  Bbl) and depletion  expense was $3.9 million
($5.84 per equivalent Bbl).

The wholly-owned subsidiary sold to Phillips Petroleum International  Investment
Company, Bridge Oil Timor Sea, Inc., has a wholly-owned  subsidiary,  Bridge Oil
Timor Sea Pty Ltd.,  which owns a 22.5% interest in the ZOCA 91-13 permit in the
offshore  Bonaparte  Basin  in the Zone of  Cooperation  between  Australia  and
Indonesia.

Asset  Dispositions.  From time to time,  the Company  disposes of  nonstrategic
assets in order to raise capital for other activities,  reduce debt or eliminate
costs  associated  with  nonstrategic  assets.  During  the  nine  months  ended

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September 30, 1996, the Company sold certain  domestic  nonstrategic oil and gas
properties,  gas  plants and other  related  assets for  aggregate  proceeds  of
approximately  $51.2  million.  The proceeds  from the asset  dispositions  were
initially  used to  reduce  the  Company's  outstanding  bank  indebtedness  and
subsequently  to provide  funding for a portion of the  Company's  1996  capital
expenditures,  including  purchases of oil and gas  properties  in the Company's
core areas.

Cost Reductions.  As a result of the Company's  emphasis on cost control efforts
and the  disposition  of certain  domestic  nonstrategic  oil and gas properties
during 1995 and 1996, production costs per BOE declined 9% (from $4.79 to $4.37)
and 6% (from $4.94 to $4.63), respectively,  for the three and nine months ended
September  30, 1996, as compared to the same periods in 1995.  During 1995,  the
Company  initiated  programs to study  specific  opportunities  for  significant
future reductions in its entire cost structure. These programs have continued in
1996, and the Company expects production costs per BOE to continue to decline as
specific programs for further cost reductions are implemented.

Commodity Prices.   The Company  utilizes  various swap  and option contracts to
reduce  the effect of adverse commodity price fluctuations on future oil and gas
production.

Natural Gas. The Company employs a policy of hedging gas production based on the
index price upon which the gas is actually  sold in order to mitigate  the basis
risk between  NYMEX prices and actual index  prices.  The  following  table sets
forth the  Company's  outstanding  gas swap  contracts  as of October 15,  1996.
Prices included herein represent the Company's  weighted average index price per
MMBtu and, as an additional  point of reference,  the weighted average price for
the portion of the Company's gas which is hedged based on NYMEX.

                              First     Second      Third     Fourth
                             Quarter    Quarter    Quarter    Quarter     Total
                             -------    -------    -------    -------    -------
Gas production:
  1996 - Swap Contracts
    Volume (Bcf)                   -          -          -        8.7        8.7
    Index price per MMBtu    $     -    $     -    $     -    $  2.05    $  2.05
    NYMEX price per MMBtu    $     -    $     -    $     -    $  2.29    $  2.29

  1997 - Swap Contracts
    Volume (Bcf)                 8.5        6.0        2.9        2.6       20.0
    Index price per MMBtu    $  2.04    $  2.01    $  1.89    $  1.86    $  1.98
    NYMEX price per MMBtu    $  2.29    $  2.27    $  2.15    $  2.03    $  2.23

  1998 - Swap Contracts
    Volume (Bcf)                 2.5        1.8        1.4        1.4        7.1
    Index price per MMBtu    $  1.86    $  1.86    $  1.86    $  1.86    $  1.86
    NYMEX price per MMBtu    $  2.03    $  2.03    $  2.03    $  2.03    $  2.03

  1999 - Swap Contracts
    Volume (Bcf)                 1.4         .4          -          -        1.8
    Index price per MMBtu    $  1.86    $  1.86    $     -    $     -    $  1.86
    NYMEX price per MMBtu    $  2.03    $  2.03    $     -    $     -    $  2.03

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The  Company  reports  average gas prices per Mcf  including  the effects of Btu
content,  gathering and  transportation  costs, gas processing and shrinkage and
the net effect of the gas hedges.  The Company  reported an average gas price of
$2.12 per Mcf for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  1996.  The  Company's
average  realized price for physical gas sales (excluding hedge results) for the
same period was $2.19 per Mcf. The comparable average NYMEX prompt month closing
for the first nine months of 1996 was $2.33 per Mcf.

Crude  Oil.  All  material  purchase  contracts   governing  the  Company's  oil
production are tied directly or indirectly to NYMEX prices.  The following table
sets forth the Company's outstanding oil swap and option contracts as of October
15, 1996.
                        First    Second     Third      Fourth
                       Quarter   Quarter   Quarter     Quarter         Total
                       -------   -------   -------   ------------   ------------
Oil production:
 1996 - Swap Contracts
  Volume (MMBbl)             -         -         -           1.6            1.6
  Price per Bbl        $     -   $     -   $     -   $      20.58   $      20.58

 1996 - Collar Options
  Volume (MMBbl)             -         -         -            .6             .6
  Price per Bbl        $     -   $     -   $     -   $17.00-19.80   $17.00-19.80

 1997 - Swap Contracts
  Volume (MMBbl)           1.9       1.5       1.2            .7            5.3
  Price per Bbl        $ 20.05   $ 19.56   $ 19.28   $     18.56    $     19.53

 1998 - Swap Contracts
  Volume (MMBbl)            .2        .2        .3            .2             .9
  Price per Bbl        $ 18.53   $ 18.53   $ 18.53   $     18.53    $     18.53

The  Company  reports  average oil prices per Bbl  including  the effects of oil
quality,  gathering  and  transportation  costs  and the net  effect  of the oil
hedges. The Company reported an average oil price of $19.62 per Bbl for the nine
months ended  September  30, 1996.  The  Company's  average  realized  price for
physical oil sales  (excluding hedge results) for the same period was $20.40 per
Bbl. The comparable average NYMEX prompt month closing for the first nine months
of 1996 was $21.18 per Bbl.

Legal Actions.  On August 1, 1996,  Dorchester  Hugoton,  Ltd.  ("DHL"),  Damson
Master Limited Partnership  ("DMLP"), a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company,
and their related  entities  entered into a settlement  agreement  resolving all
outstanding  litigation  between the parties that had arisen in connection  with
DMLP's Hooker Plant, the Hooker Gathering System and certain other matters.  The
accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months
ended  September 30, 1996 include other income of $11.4 million ($7.0 million of
which was received in cash)  associated with the settlement of these  litigation

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matters.   Additionally,  the  Company  will  receive  an  annual  formula-based
production  payment with the first annual  payment to begin in February 1997 and
to  continue thereafter  annually through  February 2026.  The Company estimates
the total value of the production payments to be at least $5.0 million, although
such  payments  are  dependent  on future gas prices and related  transportation
costs. The production  payments will be recognized as other income over the term
of the production payment contract.

The agreement further provides confirmation of the Company's ownership in a high
pressure gas pipeline system and three solar  compressors which form an integral
part of the value of the Company's  Hooker Gas Plant.  The Company is to receive
DHL's 32%  working  interest  in 14 wells  located  in Kansas  and  operated  by
Anadarko Petroleum in exchange for Parker & Parsley's 20% working interest in 18
wells,  also in Kansas,  operated by DHL. DHL will receive  ownership of the low
pressure gas gathering system which presently  services its own Oklahoma Hugoton
wells and confirmation of its right to process the gas from those same wells.

All  pending  litigation  and  appeals  between  the  parties are to be vacated,
including the $6.5 million  judgment  previously  entered against the Company by
the  District  Court of Texas  County,  Oklahoma.  Other than  DHL's  continuing
obligation to Parker & Parsley for the  production  payment  through  2026,  the
settlement severs all business ties between the companies.

Odd-Lot  Repurchase  Program.  In October 1996, the Company announced an odd-lot
repurchase  program for  shareholders  who, as of October 7, 1996,  individually
owned 99 or fewer shares of Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company Common Stock. The
Company will  purchase all shares  submitted for sale under this program and the
shares will be added to the Company's shares held in treasury.  Shareholders who
participate  will  receive a price per share  equal to the  average  of the five
highest  closing  market prices as reported by the New York Stock  Exchange from
October 8, 1996 through  November 22,  1996.  A processing  fee of  seventy-five
cents per share will be deducted from the sales proceeds to defray the program's
costs.  This program is not available to those  shareholders who own 99 or fewer
shares through their  participation in the Company's 401(k) plan. The program is
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Results of Operations
 Oil and Gas Production.
                                  Three months ended       Nine months ended
                                     September 30,           September 30,
                                 --------------------    ----------------------
                                   1996        1995        1996         1995
                                 --------    --------    ---------    ---------
                                     (in thousands, except per unit amounts)
Revenues:
  Oil and gas                    $ 91,313    $ 88,261    $ 283,327    $ 281,221
  Gain (loss) on disposition
   of oil and gas properties (a)      186      (2,144)       7,939       19,171
                                  -------     -------     --------     --------
                                   91,499      86,117      291,266      300,392
                                  -------     -------     --------     --------
Costs and expenses:
  Oil and gas production          (24,829)    (31,671)     (82,233)    (101,807)
  Depletion                       (24,284)    (35,705)     (79,057)    (114,253)
  Impairment of oil and gas
   properties                         -           -            -       (101,268)
  Exploration and abandonments     (1,810)     (3,661)      (6,396)     (10,902)
  Geological and geophysical       (1,600)     (2,311)      (6,451)      (8,233)
                                  -------     -------     --------     --------
                                  (52,523)    (73,348)    (174,137)    (336,463)
                                  -------     -------     --------     --------
     Operating profit (loss)
      (excluding general and
      administrative expenses
      and income taxes)          $ 38,976    $ 12,769    $ 117,129    $ (36,071)
                                  =======     =======     ========     ========
- - ----------
(a) The 1996  amount does not include  the gain  related to the  disposition  of
Australasian assets.

Worldwide:
  Production:
    Oil (MBbls)                     2,577       3,066        8,297        9,778
    Gas (MMcf)                     18,630      21,291       56,825       65,028
    Total (MBOE)                    5,682       6,614       17,768       20,616
  Average daily production:
    Oil (Bbls)                     28,008      33,323       30,282       35,818
    Gas (Mcf)                     202,497     231,419      207,392      238,197
  Average oil price (per Bbl)    $  20.34    $  16.75    $   19.62    $   16.91
  Average gas price (per Mcf)        2.09        1.73         2.12         1.78
  Costs:
    Production costs (per BOE)   $   4.37    $   4.79    $    4.63    $    4.94
    Depletion (per BOE)              4.27        5.40         4.45         5.54

Domestic:
  Production:
    Oil (MBbls)                     2,571       2,654        7,918        8,592
    Gas (MMcf)                     18,630      18,757       54,898       58,437
    Total (MBOE)                    5,676       5,781       17,068       18,332
  Average daily production:
    Oil (Bbls)                     27,948      28,852       28,898       31,474
    Gas (Mcf)                     202,497     203,877      200,359      214,056
  Average oil price (per Bbl)    $  20.32    $  16.49    $   19.63    $   16.65
  Average gas price (per Mcf)        2.09        1.72         2.13         1.77
  Costs:
    Production costs (per BOE)   $   4.37    $   4.96    $    4.62    $    5.04
    Depletion (per BOE)              4.28        5.12         4.40         5.36

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Oil and Gas Revenues. Revenues from oil and gas operations totaled $91.3 million
and $283.3  million  for the three and nine months  ended  September  30,  1996,
respectively, as compared to $88.3 million and $281.2 million for the comparable
periods  in  1995,  representing  increases  of 3% and 1%,  respectively.  These
increases are primarily attributable to the higher average prices being received
for both oil and gas production,  offset by the decreased  production  resulting
from the sale of the Company's  Australasian  assets and the 1995 and 1996 sales
of certain  domestic  assets.  The average oil price  received for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 1996 increased 21% and 16%, respectively,  while
the average gas price received increased 21% and 19%, respectively,  as compared
to the same periods in 1995.

Average daily oil production  increased 12% from 25,087 Bbls for the nine months
ended  September 30, 1995 to 28,028 Bbls for the nine months ended September 30,
1996 and average daily gas production  increased 12% from 173,384 Mcf to 193,757
Mcf for the  same  period.  These  production  volumes  have  been  adjusted  to
eliminate  production from the Company's  Australasian assets which were sold in
1996 and production  from the  nonstrategic  domestic  assets which were sold in
1995 and 1996.

Production Costs. Total production costs decreased 22% and 19% for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 1996, respectively, as compared to the three and
nine months ended  September  30, 1995.  Production  costs per BOE also declined
during  these  periods by 9% (from  $4.79 in 1995 to $4.37 in 1996) and 6% (from
$4.94 in 1995 to $4.63 in 1996),  respectively.  These  decreases are due to the
sale of certain high  operating  cost domestic  properties  sold during 1995 and
1996 and a concentrated effort to evaluate and reduce all operating costs.

Depletion Expense. Depletion expense per BOE decreased 21% and 20% for the three
and nine months ended  September  30,  1996,  as compared to the same periods in
1995. These decreases are primarily the result of the following factors: (i) the
significant increase in oil and gas reserves during 1995 and 1996 resulting from
the  Company's  exploration  and  development  drilling  activities,   including
revisions,  and (ii) a reduction  in the  Company's  net  depletable  basis from
charges taken in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
121,  "Accounting  for the  Impairment of Long-Lived  Assets and for  Long-Lived
Assets to be Disposed Of."

Exploration and  Abandonments/Geological  and Geophysical Costs. Exploration and
abandonments/geological and geophysical costs decreased significantly during the
three and nine months ended  September  30, 1996 as compared to the same periods
in 1995.  This  decrease is largely the result of  decreased  activity,  both in
exploratory drilling and geological and geophysical activity, resulting from the
sale in March 1996 of the Company's Australian subsidiaries (see "Disposition of
Australasian  Assets"  above  and  Note B of  Notes  to  Consolidated  Financial
Statements included in "Item 1. Financial  Statements"),  offset by increases in
geological and  geophysical  activity in the United States.  The following table
sets forth the  components  of the 1996 and 1995  expense for the three and nine
months ended September 30:
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                                    Three months ended      Nine months ended
                                       September 30,           September 30,
                                   -------------------     -------------------
                                     1996        1995        1996        1995
                                   -------     -------     -------     -------
                                                  (in thousands)
Exploratory dry holes:
   United States                   $ 1,012     $ 1,203     $ 1,736     $ 1,952
   Australia and other foreign         201       1,600         781       5,543
Geological and geophysical costs:
   United States                     1,413         673       4,712       1,413
   Australia and other foreign         187       1,638       1,739       6,820
Leasehold abandonments and other       597         858       3,879       3,407
                                    ------      ------      ------      ------
                                   $ 3,410     $ 5,972     $12,847     $19,135
                                    ======      ======      ======      ======

Approximately  15% of the  Company's  1996  capital  budget  will  be  spent  on
exploratory  projects  compared  to 9.3% in 1995 and  10.5%  in 1994,  excluding
activity related to Australia.  During the nine months ended September 30, 1996,
the Company drilled 22 domestic  exploratory  wells, 13 of which were successful
and three of which are in progress.

Natural Gas Processing.  Natural gas processing revenues and costs decreased 41%
and 60%, respectively,  for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 as compared
to the nine months ended  September 30, 1995.  These decreases are primarily due
to the sale of four gas plants  during 1995.  The average price per Bbl of NGL's
increased 17% during the nine months ended September 30, 1996 as compared to the
nine months  ended  September  30, 1995 (from $11.77 in 1995 to $13.77 in 1996),
and the  average  price per Mcf of gas  residue  increased  51%  during the same
period (from $1.34 in 1995 to $2.02 in 1996).  Average daily NGL  production was
2,353 Bbls for the nine months ended  September 30, 1996.  The majority of these
volumes were processed  through the Company's  Spraberry  natural gas processing
facilities.  In addition, the accompanying  Consolidated Statement of Operations
for the nine months ended  September 30, 1996 includes  expenses of $1.3 million
related to the  abandonment  of a processing  facility  and certain  inventoried
processing equipment.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expense was $6.4
million  and $19.4  million for the three and nine months  ended  September  30,
1996, respectively,  as compared to $6.6 million and $30.8 million for the three
and nine months ended  September 30, 1995.  The nine months ended  September 30,
1995 amount includes charges of approximately $9.9 million consisting  primarily
of (i) $4.5 million of severance  costs in the first quarter of 1995  associated
with staff reductions made in the Company's Midland, Texas and Sydney, Australia
offices which resulted from  organizational  changes  effected in March 1995 and
(ii) $5.4  million in the second  quarter  of 1995  related to certain  measures
implemented  by the Company  during the first quarter of 1995 to reduce  overall
general  and   administrative   expenses  and  the   amortization   of  deferred
compensation awarded in 1993.
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Interest Expense. Interest expense for the three and nine months ended September
30, 1996 decreased to $10.1 million and $36.1 million, respectively, as compared
to $15.8  million and $50.8  million  for the  comparable  periods in 1995.  The
decrease  is due to (i) a decrease of $266.7  million and $224.6  million in the
weighted average outstanding balance of the company's indebtedness for the three
and nine months  ended  September  30,  1996,  respectively,  as compared to the
comparable periods in 1995, resulting primarily from the application of proceeds
from the sale of the Company's  Australasian  assets and the 1995 and 1996 sales
of certain domestic assets, and (ii) a decrease in the weighted average interest
rate on the  Company's  indebtedness  to 7.86%  and 7.82% for the three and nine
months ended  September 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to 8.09% and 8.07%
for the comparable periods in 1995.

During the second quarter of 1996, the Company entered into a series of interest
rate  swap  agreements  for an  aggregate  amount  of  $150  million  with  four
counterparties.  These agreements, which have a term of three years, effectively
convert a portion of the  Company's  fixed-rate  borrowings  into  floating-rate
obligations.  The weighted average fixed rate being received by the Company over
the term of these  agreements is 6.62% while the weighted  average variable rate
being paid by the Company for the first six month period is 5.64%.  The variable
rate will be redetermined  approximately  every six months based upon the London
interbank  offered  rate at that point in time.  The  accompanying  Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended  September 30, 1996
include a reduction  in interest  expense of $350  thousand  and $461  thousand,
respectively,  to  account  for the  settlement  of  these  interest  rate  swap
agreements.

At September 30, 1996,  the Company's  outstanding  long-term  indebtedness  was
principally  comprised of  approximately  $300 million of fixed rate senior note
obligations.  These  senior  note  obligations  have a  weighted  average  fixed
interest rate of 8.56%.

Income  Taxes.  The  Company's  income tax  provision of $15.5 million and $47.2
million for the three and nine months  ended  September  30, 1996 and its income
tax benefit of $2.6  million and $39 million for the three and nine months ended
September  30,  1995  reflect  the  net  provision  and  benefit,  respectively,
resulting from the separate tax calculation  prepared for each tax  jurisdiction
in which the  Company is  subject to income  taxes.  For the nine  months  ended
September  30,  1996,  the  Company  had an  effective  total  tax  rate of 29%,
including  a  provision  of $16.2  million  related  to the  disposition  of the
Company's Australasian assets ($6.4 million of which relates to the write-off of
certain net  operating  loss  carryforwards  which,  with the sale of the income
producing assets in the Australian tax jurisdiction, will not be utilized in the
future).  See Note B of Notes to Consolidated  Financial  Statements included in
"Item 1. Financial Statements".

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Capital  Commitments.  The Company's primary needs for cash are for exploration,
development and  acquisitions of oil and gas properties,  repayment of principal

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and  interest  on  outstanding  indebtedness  and working  capital  obligations.
Funding for the Company's exploration and development activities and its working
capital obligations is provided primarily by internally-generated cash flow. The
Company  budgets  its capital  expenditures  based on  projected  cash flows and
routinely  adjusts  the  level  of  its  capital  expenditures  in  response  to
anticipated changes in cash flows.

Cash expenditures  during the nine months ended September 30, 1996 for additions
to oil and gas properties  totaled $139.5  million.  This amount  includes $13.9
million for the acquisition of properties and $125.6 million for development and
exploratory  drilling.  Significant drilling expenditures included $62.7 million
in the  Spraberry  Field of the Permian  Basin  (including  $27.3 million in the
Driver unit,  $8.5 million in the  Shackelford  unit,  $7.8 million in the North
Pembrook unit and $19.1 million in other portions of the Spraberry Field), $21.4
million in the onshore Gulf Coast region and $2.4 million in Argentina.

In total,  the Company  spudded 416 domestic  wells during the nine months ended
September  30, 1996  including 357 wells in the Permian  Basin,  28 wells in the
Gulf  Coast  region  and 31 wells in  other  areas.  The  Company  has  targeted
approximately  185 wells to be drilled  during the  remainder of the year.  This
drilling  program should result in aggregate  capital  expenditures  for 1996 of
approximately  $210  million  which  should  position the Company to achieve its
year-end  daily  production  target  of  approximately  34,000  Bbls  of oil and
approximately 220 MMcf of gas.

Additions  to natural gas  processing  facilities  during the nine months  ended
September 30, 1996  represented  costs  associated with the Company's  Spraberry
natural gas processing facilities.

Capital Resources. The Company's primary capital resources are net cash provided
by operating  activities,  proceeds from financing  activities and proceeds from
sales of nonstrategic  properties,  and the Company expects that these resources
will be sufficient to fund its remaining  capital  commitments in 1996. Net cash
provided  by  operating  activities,  before  changes  in  operating  assets and
liabilities,  increased 41% to $59.3  million  during the third quarter of 1996,
compared to $42 million for the same period in 1995, and increased 32% to $160.1
million  during the nine months ended  September  30,  1996,  compared to $121.5
million for the same period in 1995. This increase was primarily attributable to
improved  commodity  prices  realized during the nine months ended September 30,
1996 and the  improvements  made in the overall  cost  structure  of the Company
during 1995 and 1996.

During the nine months ended  September 30, 1996,  net cash received  (excluding
the subsidiaries' cash on hand of $16.6 million) from the sale of the Australian
subsidiaries  totaled $183.1 million.  Such receipts were utilized to reduce the
Company's   outstanding  bank  indebtedness  and  for  general  working  capital
purposes.  See Note B of Notes to Consolidated  Financial Statements included in
"Item 1. Financial  Statements."  In addition,  as mentioned above in "General -
Asset  Dispositions,"  during the nine months  ended  September  30,  1996,  the
Company also completed the sale of certain nonstrategic  domestic properties for
proceeds  of $51.2  million.  The  proceeds  from the  asset  dispositions  were
initially  used to  reduce  the  Company's  outstanding  bank  indebtedness  and
subsequently  to provide  funding for a portion of the  Company's  1996  capital
expenditures,  including  purchases of oil and gas  properties  in the Company's
core areas.
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                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY



At September 30, 1996,  the Company's  outstanding  long-term  indebtedness  was
principally  comprised  of  approximately  $300  million  of  senior  notes.  In
addition,  the Company has an  available  line of credit of $350  million with a
syndicate of banks on which no amounts were outstanding at September 30, 1996.

As the  Company  continues  to  pursue  its  growth  strategy,  it  may  utilize
alternative  financing  sources,  including  the issuance for cash of fixed rate
long-term  public debt,  convertible  securities or preferred stock. The Company
may also issue securities in exchange for oil and gas properties, stock or other
interests  in  other  oil  and  gas  companies  or  related  assets.  Additional
securities  may be of a class  preferred  to common  stock with  respect to such
matters as dividends and  liquidation  rights and may also have other rights and
preferences as determined by the Company's Board of Directors.

Liquidity. At September 30, 1996, the Company had $67.6 million of cash and cash
equivalents  on hand,  compared  to $19.9  million at  December  31,  1995.  The
Company's  ratio of current assets to current  liabilities was 1.52 at September
30, 1996 and 1.28 at December 31, 1995.
- - ---------------

(1)  The information in this document includes  forward-looking  statements that
     are  based on  assumptions  that in the  future  may prove not to have been
     accurate.  Those  statements,  and  Parker &  Parsley  Petroleum  Company's
     business  and  prospects,  are subject to a number of risks  including  the
     volatility of oil and gas prices,  environmental  risks,  operating hazards
     and risks,  risks  associated  with natural gas  processing  plants,  risks
     related  to  exploration  and  development  drilling,  uncertainties  about
     estimates of reserves, competition,  government regulation, and the ability
     of the Company to implement  its business  strategy.  These and other risks
     are described in the Company's 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other
     reports that are available  from the United States  Securities and Exchange
     Commission.


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                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY



                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

The Company is a party to various legal proceedings, which are described in Note
C of Notes to Consolidated  Financial  Statements included in "Item 1. Financial
Statements."  The Company is also party to other  litigation  incidental  to its
business  involving  claims in oil and gas leases or interests,  other claims or
damages in amounts not in excess of 10% of its current assets and other matters,
none of which the Company believes to be material.

Item 6.     Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

Exhibits

   10.1   Amended and Restated Credit Facility  Agreement,  dated as of July 31,
          1996,  between  Parker & Parsley  Petroleum  Company as  Borrower  and
          NationsBank of Texas, N.A., as Administrative  Agent, and CIBC Inc. as
          Documentation  Agent,  and Bank of America  National Trust and Savings
          Association,  The Chase Manhattan  Bank,  First Union National Bank of
          North  Carolina,  Morgan  Guaranty Trust Company of New York and Wells
          Fargo  Bank,  N.A.,  as  Co-Agents.  (In  accordance  with Rule 202 of
          Regulation  S-T, this Exhibit 10-1 to the September 30, 1996 Form 10-Q
          is being filed in paper pursuant to a continuing hardship  exemption.)

Reports on Form 8-K

   (1)    None



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                                        PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM 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 thereto duly authorized.


                                    PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY




Date:   November 12, 1996           By:   /s/ Steven L. Beal
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice President
                                          and Chief Financial Officer


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