PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM CO
10-Q, 1996-08-09
CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
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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 June 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 August 1, 1996.... 35,601,025

                               Page 1 of 25 pages.
                             There are no exhibits.


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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 June 30, 1996 and
             December 31, 1995   .......................................    3

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

          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the six
            months ended June 30, 1996..................................    6

          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three and six
            months ended June 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.........................   13



                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

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


Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders...........   23


Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K..............................   24


          Signatures....................................................   25



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                          PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.      Financial Statements

                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                        (in thousands, except share data)

                                                    June 30,       December 31,
                                                      1996            1995
                                                   -----------     -----------
                                                   (Unaudited)
                                     ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                        $    60,066     $    19,940
  Restricted cash                                        1,862          15,572
  Accounts receivable:
    Trade, net                                          33,845          49,257
    Affiliates                                           1,247           2,369
    Oil and gas sales                                   32,216          37,358
  Assets held for resale                                   178           3,677
  Inventories                                            5,818           9,880
  Deferred income taxes                                  3,900           1,600
  Other current assets                                   2,424           2,757
                                                    ----------      ----------
         Total current assets                          141,556         142,410
                                                    ----------      ----------
Property, plant and equipment, at cost:
  Oil and gas properties, using the successful
    efforts method of accounting:
      Proved properties                              1,294,880       1,450,290
      Unproved properties                                1,020          14,574
  Natural gas processing facilities                     58,206          63,395
  Accumulated depletion, depreciation and
    amortization                                      (398,692)       (406,513)
                                                    ----------      ----------
                                                       955,414       1,121,746
                                                    ----------      ----------
Restricted investments                                      -            5,345
Other property and equipment, net                       26,523          31,755
Other assets, net                                       15,119          17,973
                                                    ----------      ----------
                                                   $ 1,138,612     $ 1,319,229
                                                    ==========      ==========
   The financial information included as of June 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)

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

                      LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current  liabilities:
  Current maturities of long-term debt             $      1,615   $      2,608
  Distributable litigation settlement                        -          13,633
  Undistributed unit purchases                            1,862          1,939
  Accounts payable:
    Trade                                                55,208         58,263
    Affiliates                                            2,045            574
  Domestic and foreign income taxes                          97          2,875
  Other current liabilities                              23,661         31,017
                                                    -----------    -----------
         Total current liabilities                       84,488        110,909
                                                    -----------    -----------
Long-term debt, less current maturities                 316,532        586,549
Other noncurrent liabilities                             11,465         16,656
Deferred income taxes                                    32,900          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; 36,604,829 and 36,387,960 shares
    issued at June 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995,
    respectively                                            366            364
  Additional paid-in capital                            456,269        452,718
  Treasury stock, at cost; 1,012,729 and 1,004,684
    shares at June 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995,
    respectively                                         (7,026)        (6,844)
  Unearned compensation                                  (1,807)        (2,055)
  Retained earnings (deficit)                            56,605        (36,491)
  Cumulative translation adjustment                          -           3,303
                                                    -----------    -----------
         Total stockholders' equity                     504,407        410,995

Commitments and contingencies (Note C)
                                                     ----------     ----------
                                                    $ 1,138,612    $ 1,319,229
                                                     ==========     ==========
   The financial information included as of June 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        Six months ended
                                      June 30,                  June 30,
                              -----------------------   -----------------------
                                 1996         1995         1996         1995
                              ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------
Revenues:
  Oil and gas                 $   93,989   $   98,419   $  192,014   $  192,960
  Natural gas processing           5,685       10,005       11,104       19,429
  Gas marketing                       -        24,508           -        51,200
  Interest and other               1,256        2,087        2,423        3,608
  Gain on disposition of assets   81,578       23,602       95,249       20,842
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
                                 182,508      158,621      300,790      288,039
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
Costs and expenses:
  Oil and gas production          26,910       35,383       57,404       70,136
  Natural gas processing           2,837        7,365        6,035       14,570
  Gas marketing                       -        24,248           -        50,548
  Depletion, depreciation and
    amortization                  28,459       40,507       59,638       85,616
  Impairment of oil and gas
    properties                        -       101,268           -       101,268
  Exploration and abandonments     5,775        6,591       10,761       13,163
  General and administrative       6,630       11,679       12,990       24,231
  Interest                        11,370       17,391       26,052       34,958
  Other                              971        6,192        1,344        7,130
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
                                  82,952      250,624      174,224      401,620
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
Income (loss) before income
  taxes                           99,556      (92,003)     126,566     (113,581)
Income tax benefit (provision)   (19,400)      29,600      (31,700)      36,400
                               ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
Net income (loss)             $   80,156   $  (62,403)  $   94,866   $  (77,181)
                               =========    =========    =========    =========
Net income (loss) per share:
     Primary                  $     2.24   $    (1.77)  $     2.66   $    (2.19)
                               =========    =========    =========    =========
     Fully Diluted            $     1.93   $    (1.77)  $     2.32   $    (2.19)
                               =========    =========    =========    =========
Dividends declared per share  $       -    $       -    $      .05   $      .05
                               =========    =========    =========    =========
Weighted average shares
  outstanding                 35,803,093   35,235,011   35,699,560   35,174,227
                              ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========
         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 STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                 (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                   (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<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                        192,611        2        2,557         -            -            -             -            2,559
Tax benefits related to
 stock options                       -        -           400         -            -            -             -              400
Purchase of treasury stock       (8,045)      -            -        (182)          -            -             -             (182)
Shares awarded                   24,258       -           594         -          (702)          -             -             (108)
Amortization of unearned
 compensation                        -        -            -          -           950           -             -              950
Net income                           -        -            -          -            -        94,866            -           94,866
Dividends ($.05 per share)           -        -            -          -            -        (1,770)           -           (1,770)
Currency translation
 adjustment                          -        -            -          -            -            -         (3,303)         (3,303)
                            -----------    -----    ---------    -------     --------      -------     ---------      ----------

Balance at June 30, 1996     35,592,100   $  366   $  456,269   $ (7,026)   $  (1,807)    $ 56,605     $      -      $   504,407
                            ===========    =====    =========    =======     ========      =======     =========      ==========

</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)

                                         Three months ended   Six months ended
                                              June 30,            June 30,
                                        -------------------- ------------------
                                          1996       1995      1996     1995
                                        --------- ---------- -------- ---------
Cash flows from operating activities:
 Net income (loss)                      $  80,156 $ (62,403) $ 94,866 $ (77,181)
 Adjustments to reconcile net income
  (loss) to net cash provided by
  operating activities:
   Depletion, depreciation and
    amortization                           28,459    40,507    59,638    85,616
   Impairment of oil and gas properties        -    101,268        -    101,268
   Exploration and abandonments             4,339     5,782     8,247    11,452
   Deferred income taxes                   19,400   (29,800)   31,700   (36,600)
   Gain on disposition of assets          (81,578)  (23,602)  (95,249)  (20,842)
   Other noncash charges                    1,417    13,219     1,677    15,830
                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
                                           52,193    44,971   100,879    79,543
 Change in operating assets and
  liabilities, net of effects from
  acquisitions:
   Accounts receivable                     10,730     6,122    19,378    13,341
   Inventory                                 (500)      533      (554)     (195)
   Other current assets                      (360)      470       154     1,151
   Accounts payable                         1,881       881    (3,012)   (3,439)
   Accrued income taxes and other current
    liabilities                           (10,144)     (872)    3,679      (865)
   Other                                       -       (552)       -       (552)
                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
   Net cash provided by operating
    activities                             53,800    51,553   120,524    88,984
                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
 Payment for acquisitions, net of cash
  acquired                                    (18)     (252)      (77)   (1,244)
 Proceeds from disposition of wholly-owned
  subsidiaries, net of cash disposed       70,456        -    178,737        -
 Proceeds from disposition of assets       42,075   123,024    45,877   138,416
 Additions to oil and gas properties      (32,270)  (52,532)  (73,945)  (90,362)
 Additions to natural gas processing
  facilities                               (1,031)     (353)   (1,873)   (5,520)
 Additions to other property and
  equipment and other assets                 (310)   (4,156)   (1,097)   (8,338)
                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
   Net cash provided by investing
    activities                             78,902    65,731   147,622    32,952
                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
 Borrowings under long-term debt              614   150,118       782   164,862
 Principal payments on long-term  debt   (101,005) (275,020) (229,283) (282,012)
 Payment of noncurrent liabilities           (279)     (188)     (389)     (442)
 Issuance of common stock, net                 -        (22)       -        (22)
 Deferred loan fees/issuance costs            (43)   (3,406)      (43)   (3,406)
 Dividends                                      -        -     (1,770)   (1,746)
 Purchase of treasury stock                  (109)      (58)     (182)     (134)
 Exercise of long-term incentive plan
  stock options                             1,823     1,018     2,559     1,406
 Distributable litigation settlement -
  receipts                                    356        -      5,290        -
 Distributable litigation settlement -
  payments                                (18,876)       -    (18,876)       -
 Other                                         -         60      (108)      169
                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
   Net cash used in financing activities (117,519) (127,498) (242,020) (121,325)
                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
 and cash equivalents                          -        (94)      290      (619)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash
 equivalents and restricted cash           15,183   (10,214)   26,126       611
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted
 cash, beginning of period                 46,745    50,202    35,512    39,902
                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted
 cash, end of period                    $  61,928 $  39,894 $  61,928 $  39,894
                                         ========  ========  ========  ========
         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
                                  June 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 June 30,
1996 and for the three and six months  ended June 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 six
months ended June 30, 1996,  the Company  received  aggregate  consideration  of
$239.5  million for these  combined  sales which  consisted of $188.6 million of
proceeds  for the equity of such  entities  ($6.6  million of which is  escrowed
pending final purchase adjustments),  $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 six months ended June
30, 1996 includes a pre-tax gain of $85.2 million from the  disposition of these
subsidiaries (net of transaction  expenses of approximately $8.5 million) and an
income tax provision of $16.9  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

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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 six
months  ended  June 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

       Severance  agreements.  On January  1, 1996,  the  Company  entered  into
severance  agreements with its officers to replace their  employment  agreements
that expired at the end of 1995. Salaries and bonuses for the Company's officers
are set by the  Compensation  Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the
"Committee")  independent  of this  severance  agreement,  and the Committee can
grant  increases or  reductions  to base salary at its  discretion.  The current
annual salaries for the officers  covered under such severance  agreements total
approximately $2.7 million.

       Either the Company or the officer may terminate the officer's  employment
under the severance  agreement at any time.  The Company must pay the officer an
amount equal to one year's base salary if employment  is  terminated  because of
death,  disability,  or normal  retirement.  The Company must pay the officer an
amount equal to one year's base salary and  continue  health  insurance  for the
officer  and his  immediate  family  for  one  year  if the  Company  terminates
employment  without  cause or if the  officer  terminates  employment  with good
reason,  which occurs when reductions in the officer's base annual salary exceed
specified limits or when the officer's  responsibilities have been significantly
reduced.  If within  one year  after a change of  control  of the  Company,  the
Company  terminates  the  officer  without  cause or if the  officer  terminates
employment with good reason, the Company must pay the officer an amount equal to
2.99 times the sum of the  officer's  base salary plus target bonus for the year
and continue health  insurance for the officer and his immediate  family for one
year. If the officer terminates  employment with the Company without good reason
between six months and one year after a change in control, or at any time within
one year after a change in control if the officer is required to move,  then the
Company  must pay the  officer  one  year's  base  salary  and  continue  health
insurance  for the officer and his immediate  family for one year.  Officers are
also entitled to additional  payments for certain tax liabilities that may apply
to severance payments following a change of control.

       Indemnifications.  The Company has  indemnified its directors and certain
of its officers, employees and agents with respect to claims and damages arising
from  acts or  omissions  taken in such  capacity,  as well as with  respect  to
certain litigation.
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       Legal actions. The following is a brief description of certain litigation
to which the Company is subject.  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.

       Damson Master Limited Partnership ("DMLP"), a wholly-owned  subsidiary of
the  Company,  owns a natural  gas  processing  plant  located in Texas  County,
Oklahoma  known as the "Hooker  Plant" and the gas gathering  system  associated
therewith (the "Hooker Gathering  System").  Prior to 1993,  Dorchester Hugoton,
Ltd.  ("DHL") and DMLP were parties to a gas  processing  agreement (the "Hooker
Processing  Agreement")  pursuant to which DMLP  gathered and  processed the gas
produced  from certain oil and gas  properties  owned by DHL (the "Texas  County
Properties").  Under the terms of the Hooker Processing Agreement, DMLP retained
the  extracted  natural gas liquids and returned  the residue gas to DHL,  which
sold the residue gas to Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America ("NGPL") under a gas
purchase contract that had been entered into in 1946 (the "NGPL  Contract").  As
compensation for the amount of Btu content extracted from the natural gas stream
during  process ing, DMLP was  obligated to make a "keep-whole  payment" to DHL,
the amount of which was related to the price that DHL  received  for residue gas
under the NGPL Contract. DMLP, by that certain Assignment of Undivided Interests
in Oil and Gas  Leaseholds  and Bill of Sale  dated  June 20,  1986  (the  "1986
Assignment"),  conveyed to DHL its  remaining  20%  interest in the Texas County
Properties and reserved a production payment and the right to a 5% participation
interest in certain future wells.  Several related  litigation matters involving
DMLP and DHL have  arisen  in  connection  with the  Hooker  Plant,  the  Hooker
Gathering  System,  the terms of the 1986  Assignment and the Hooker  Processing
Agreement.  On August 1, 1996, DHL, DMLP and their related entities entered into
a settlement agreement resolving all outstanding litigation between the parties.
The settlement provides for a $7.0 million cash payment to the Company, together
with annual  formula based  production  payments  beginning in February 1997 and
continuing  through  February 2026. The Company  estimates that the 1997 payment
will be at least $800 thousand,  and although dependent on future gas prices and
related  transportation  costs,  the  Company  estimates  the total value of the
production payments to be at least $5.0 million.

       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

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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.

       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 the  litigation.  The Company is party to
other legal  actions  arising in the ordinary  course of its  business,  none of
which  management  believes  will  result in a  material  adverse  effect on the
Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.

NOTE D.   Derivative Financial Instruments

        Commodity hedges. The Company utilizes various swap and option contracts
to hedge the  effect of price  changes  on future  oil and gas  production.  The
following  table sets forth the future  volumes  hedged by year and the weighted
average price to be received based upon the fixed price of the  individual  swap
and option contracts outstanding at June 30, 1996:

                                                 Gas      Oil
                                               Volume    Volume      Price
        Year                                    (Bcf)   (MMBbls)   per Mcf/Bbl
        ----                                   ------   --------   -----------
 Gas production:
  1996 - Swap Contracts.....................    15.5        -         $ 2.04
  1997 - Swap Contracts.....................    14.6        -         $ 1.99
  1998 - Swap Contracts.....................     1.8        -         $ 1.86

 Oil production:
  1996 - Collar Option and Swap Contracts...      -        1.9     $17.81-19.41
  1997 - Swap Contracts.....................      -        1.1        $18.04

       During July and August 1996, the Company  entered into  additional  hedge
positions for 1996,  1997 and 1998 gas production and 1997 oil  production.  The
additional gas swap contracts have provided the Company with hedge positions for
an  additional  1.5 Bcf of gas at a  weighted  average  price of  $2.18  for the
six-month  period ending December 31, 1996, 5.5 Bcf of gas at a weighted average
price of $1.98 for the twelve-month  period ending December 31, 1997 and 1.6 Bcf
of gas at a weighted  average  price of $1.85 for the  four-month  period ending
April 30, 1998. The additional oil swap contracts have provided the Company with
hedge  positions for an additional  1.1 million Bbls of oil at a price of $18.56
for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 1997.

       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

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months based upon the London  interbank  offered rate at that point in time. The
interest rate differential to be received or paid is recognized over the term of
the agreements as an adjustment to interest expense.

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) 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.  As a result,  as of
January 1, 1996,  the Company no longer has any revenues or expenses  associated
with third party gas marketing activities.


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

General

Financial  Performance.  The Company reported net income of $80.2 million ($2.24
per share) for the  quarter  ended June 30,  1996 and $94.9  million  ($2.66 per
share) for the six months  ended June 30,  1996,  as  compared  to a net loss of
$62.4  million   ($1.77  per  share)  and  $77.2  million   ($2.19  per  share),
respectively,  for the comparable periods in 1995. During the quarter ended June
30, 1996, the Company reported net income from continuing operations,  excluding
the after tax net gain on  disposition  of  assets  of $68.4  million,  of $11.8
million,  or $.33 per  share.  During the six months  ended June 30,  1996,  the
Company reported net income from continuing operations,  excluding the after tax
net gain on disposition of assets of $74.8  million,  of $20.1 million,  or $.56
per share.  The  Company's  financial  performance  for the three and six months
ended June 30, 1996 was also  positively  affected by the following  items:  (i)
improved oil and gas prices,  (ii) decreases in production costs due to the sale
of  certain  high  operating  cost  properties  in 1995 and  certain  other cost
reduction efforts initiated in 1995, (iii) decreases in depletion, depreciation,
and amortization expenses as a result of a significant increase in the Company's
oil and gas reserves during 1995 and a reduction in the Company's net depletable
basis  from  charges  taken  in  accordance  with  the  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  No. 121,  "Accounting  for the  Impairment  of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived  Assets to be Disposed Of," (iv) 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 (v) 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 16% to $52.2 million and 27% to $100.9 million during
the three and six months  ended June 30,  1996,  respectively,  compared  to $45
million  and $79.5  million  for the same  periods in 1995.  This  increase  was
primarily attributable to the improvements made in the overall cost structure of
the Company during 1995 and improved  commodity prices realized during the first
half of 1996.

In addition, long-term debt has been reduced by $270 million from $586.5 million
at December 31, 1995 to $316.5  million at June 30, 1996 due to the  application
of  proceeds  from the  disposition  of  Australasian  assets  and  other  asset
dispositions  described  below.  Consequently,  the Company's  long-term debt to
total capitalization, net of cash, has been reduced to 27% at June 30, 1996 from
47% at December 31, 1995.

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

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Company.  During  the six months  ended  June 30,  1996,  the  Company  received
aggregate  consideration  of $239.5  million  from these  combined  sales  which
consisted of $188.6  million of proceeds for the equity of such  entities  ($6.6
million of which is escrowed pending final purchase adjustments),  $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 six months ended June 30, 1996  includes a pre-tax gain of $85.2 million
from the  disposition  of these  subsidiaries  (net of  transaction  expenses of
approximately  $8.5 million) and an income tax provision of $16.9  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 six months ended June
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 six months ended June 30,
1996, the Company sold certain domestic nonstrategic oil and gas properties, gas
plants and other related assets for aggregate  proceeds of  approximately  $45.9
million.  The proceeds from the asset dispositions were initially used to reduce
the Company's  outstanding bank  indebtedness  and subsequently  will be used 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

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during 1995 and 1996, production costs per BOE declined 6% (from $5.06 to $4.74)
and 5% (from $5.01 to $4.75),  respectively,  for the three and six months ended
June 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 decline as the benefits of
continuing to sell high cost  properties  are realized and as specific  programs
for further cost reductions are implemented.

During 1995, the Company  performed a comprehensive  internal  evaluation of its
general and administrative  cost structure and implemented  measures intended to
reduce overall  general and  administrative  expense.  These measures  primarily
involved    organizational    realignments,     streamlining    of    management
responsibilities  and implementation of Company-wide cost control policies.  The
benefits of these measures  continue to be realized  during 1996 as evidenced by
the reduction of general and administrative  expenses from $14.3 million for the
six  months  ended  June  30,  1995  (excluding  $9.9  million  in  nonrecurring
reorganization charges) to $13 million for the six months ended June 30, 1996.

Commodity  Prices.  The  Company  attempts  to reduce  its  exposure  to adverse
commodity price  fluctuations  through various hedging  techniques.  At June 30,
1996, the Company had entered into swap agreements  fixing the price of 15.5 Bcf
of remaining 1996 gas production, 14.6 Bcf of 1997 gas production and 1.8 Bcf of
1998 gas  production  at  weighted  average  prices of $2.04,  $1.99 and  $1.86,
respectively,  per Mcf. In addition, at June 30, 1996, the Company had fixed the
price of 1.9 million  Bbls of  remaining  1996 oil  production  in the  weighted
average price range of $17.81 to $19.41 per Bbl and 1.1 million Bbls of 1997 oil
production at a weighted  average price of $18.04 per Bbl through various collar
option and swap contracts. During July and August 1996, the Company entered into
additional  hedge  positions for 1996, 1997 and 1998 gas production and 1997 oil
production.  The  additional  gas swap  contracts have provided the Company with
hedge positions for an additional 1.5 Bcf of gas at a weighted  average price of
$2.18 for the  six-month  period ending  December 31, 1996,  5.5 Bcf of gas at a
weighted average price of $1.98 for the twelve-month  period ending December 31,
1997 and 1.6 Bcf of gas at a weighted  average price of $1.85 for the four-month
period ending April 30, 1998.  The  additional  oil swap contracts have provided
the Company with hedge  positions for an additional 1.1 million Bbls of oil at a
price of $18.56 for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 1997.

Legal  Actions.  Damson Master  Limited  Partnership  ("DMLP"),  a  wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company,  owns a natural gas processing plant located in Texas
County,  Oklahoma  known as the  "Hooker  Plant"  and the gas  gathering  system
associated therewith (the "Hooker Gathering System").  Prior to 1993, Dorchester
Hugoton,  Ltd. ("DHL") and DMLP were parties to a gas processing  agreement (the
"Hooker Processing Agreement") pursuant to which DMLP gathered and processed the
gas produced from certain oil and gas properties owned by DHL (the "Texas County
Properties").  Under the terms of the Hooker Processing Agreement, DMLP retained
the  extracted  natural gas liquids and returned  the residue gas to DHL,  which

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sold the residue gas to Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America ("NGPL") under a gas
purchase contract that had been entered into in 1946 (the "NGPL  Contract").  As
compensation for the amount of Btu content extracted from the natural gas stream
during processing, DMLP was obligated to make a "keep-whole payment" to DHL, the
amount of which was related to the price that DHL received for residue gas under
the NGPL Contract.  DMLP, by that certain  Assignment of Undivided  Interests in
Oil and Gas  Leaseholds  and  Bill  of Sale  dated  June  20,  1986  (the  "1986
Assignment"),  conveyed to DHL its  remaining  20%  interest in the Texas County
Properties and reserved a production payment and the right to a 5% participation
interest in certain future wells.  Several related  litigation matters involving
DMLP and DHL have  arisen  in  connection  with the  Hooker  Plant,  the  Hooker
Gathering  System,  the terms of the 1986  Assignment and the Hooker  Processing
Agreement.  On August 1, 1996, DHL, DMLP and their related entities entered into
a settlement agreement resolving all outstanding litigation between the parties.
The settlement provides for a $7.0 million cash payment to the Company, together
with annual  formula based  production  payments  beginning in February 1997 and
continuing  through  February 2026. The Company  estimates that the 1997 payment
will be at least $800 thousand,  and although dependent on future gas prices and
related  transportation  costs,  the  Company  estimates  the total value of the
production payments to be at least $5.0 million.

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.


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Results of Operations

Oil and Gas Production.
                                       Three months ended     Six months ended
                                            June 30,              June 30,
                                     --------------------  --------------------
                                        1996       1995       1996       1995
                                     ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                      (in thousands, except per unit amounts)
Revenues:
 Oil and gas                         $  93,989  $  98,419  $ 192,014  $ 192,960
 Gain on disposition of oil and gas
  properties (a)                         7,290     24,169      7,753     21,315
                                      --------   --------   --------   --------
                                       101,279    122,588    199,767    214,275
                                      --------   --------   --------   --------
Costs and expenses:
 Oil and gas production                (26,910)   (35,383)   (57,404)   (70,136)
 Depletion                             (26,177)   (36,887)   (54,773)   (78,549)
 Impairment of oil and gas properties       -    (101,268)        -    (101,268)
 Exploration and abandonments           (3,062)    (3,791)    (4,586)    (7,241)
 Geological and geophysical             (2,025)    (2,800)    (4,851)    (5,922)
                                      --------   --------   --------   --------
                                       (58,174)  (180,129)  (121,614)  (263,116)
                                      --------   --------   --------   --------
   Operating profit (loss) (excluding
    general and administrative
    expenses and income taxes)       $  43,105  $ (57,541) $  78,153  $ (48,841)
                                      ========   ========   ========   ========
- - ---------------
(a) The 1996  amount does not include  the gain  related to the  disposition  of
Australasian assets.

Worldwide:
  Production:
    Oil (MBbls)                          2,604      3,370      5,721      6,713
    Gas (MMcf)                          18,460     21,753     38,196     43,798
    Total (MBOE)                         5,681      6,996     12,087     14,013
  Average daily production:
    Oil (Bbls)                          28,621     37,030     31,432     37,086
    Gas (Mcf)                          202,862    239,046    209,866    241,979
  Average oil price (per Bbl)        $   20.41  $   17.33  $   19.30  $   16.98
  Average gas price (per Mcf)             2.21       1.84       2.14       1.80
  Costs:
    Production costs (per BOE)       $    4.74  $    5.06  $    4.75  $    5.01
    Depletion (per BOE)                   4.61       5.27       4.53       5.61

Domestic:
  Production:
    Oil (MBbls)                          2,580      2,972      5,347      5,938
    Gas (MMcf)                          18,460     19,669     36,269     39,742
    Total (MBOE)                         5,657      6,250     11,392     12,562
  Average daily production:
    Oil (Bbls)                          28,353     32,653     29,378     32,807
    Gas (Mcf)                          202,862    216,139    199,278    219,567
  Average oil price (per Bbl)        $   20.44  $   17.07  $   19.29  $   16.72
  Average gas price (per Mcf)             2.21       1.84       2.15       1.80
  Costs:
    Production costs (per BOE)       $    4.74  $    5.16  $    4.74  $    5.08
    Depletion (per BOE)                   4.62       5.09       4.46       5.46

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Oil and Gas Revenues.  Revenues from oil and gas operations  totaled $94 million
and $192 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 1996, respectively,
as compared  to $98.4  million and $193  million for the  comparable  periods in
1995,  representing  decreases of 5% and 1%,  respectively.  These decreases are
primarily  attributable to decreased  production  resulting from the sale of the
Australasian assets and the 1995 and 1996 domestic asset divestitures, offset by
an increase in the average price received for both oil and gas  production.  The
average  oil price  received  for the three and six months  ended June 30,  1996
increased  18% and 14%,  respectively,  while the  average  gas  price  received
increased 20% and 19%, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 1995.

Excluding  production from the  Australasian  assets which were sold in 1996 and
production  from the  nonstrategic  domestic  assets which were sold in 1995 and
1996,  average daily oil  production  increased 14% from 24,527 Bbls for the six
months ended June 30, 1995 to 28,075 Bbls for the six months ended June 30, 1996
and average daily gas  production  increased 11% from 170,192 Mcf to 189,580 Mcf
for the same period.

Production Costs. Total production costs decreased 24% and 18% for the three and
six months ended June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to the three and six
months ended June 30, 1995.  Production costs per BOE also declined during these
periods by 6% (from  $5.06 in 1995 to $4.74 in 1996) and 5% (from  $5.01 in 1995
to  $4.75  in  1996)  for  the  three  and  six  months  ended  June  30,  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 13% and 19% for the three
and six months  ended June 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  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
six months  ended June 30, 1996 as compared to the same 1995 period  (from $13.2
million in 1995 to $9.4 million in 1996). This decrease is largely the result of
decreased activity,  both in exploratory drilling and geological and geophysical
activity, undertaken by the Company's Australian subsidiaries which were sold in
March 1996 (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 six months ended June 30:


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                                                    Six months ended
                                                        June 30,
                                                  1996            1995
                                                --------        --------
                                                     (in thousands)
Exploratory dry holes:
   United States                                $    724        $    749
   Australia and other foreign                       580           3,943
Geological and geophysical costs:
   United States                                   3,299             740
   Australia and other foreign                     1,552           5,182
Leasehold abandonments and other                   3,282           2,549
                                                 -------         -------
                                                $  9,437        $ 13,163
                                                 =======         =======

Approximately  10% 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 six months ended June 30, 1996,  the
Company drilled 11 exploratory wells, seven of which were successful. During the
second half of 1996, the Company anticipates drilling 24 additional  exploratory
wells, the majority of which will be in the onshore Gulf Coast area.

Natural Gas Processing.  Natural gas processing revenues and costs decreased 43%
and 59%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 1996 as compared to the
six months ended June 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 10%
during the six months  ended June 30, 1996 as  compared to the six months  ended
June 30, 1995 (from $12.10 in 1995 to $13.25 in 1996), and the average price per
Mcf of gas residue  increased  47% during the same period (from $1.37 in 1995 to
$2.01 in 1996).
 In addition, the accompanying  Consolidated Statement of Operations for the six
months  ended June 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 $6.6
million  and $13  million  for the three and six  months  ended  June 30,  1996,
respectively,  as compared to $11.7  million and $24.2 million for the three and
six  months  ended June 30,  1995.  The six months  ended June 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. In addition,  the 1996 amount reflects further  reductions  resulting from
the continued  implementation of measures intended to reduce overall general and
administrative   expenses.   These   measures   resulted   from  the   Company's

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comprehensive internal evaluation of its cost control structure performed during
1995 and primarily  consisted of  organizational  realignments,  streamlining of
management  responsibilities  and  implementation  of company-wide  cost control
policies.

Interest  Expense.  Interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30,
1996 decreased to $11.4 million and $26.1 million,  respectively, as compared to
$17.4 million and $35 million for the  comparable  periods in 1995. The decrease
is due to (i) a decrease of $208.7  million and $160.2  million in the  weighted
average outstanding balance of the company's  indebtedness for the three and six
months ended June 30, 1996, respectively,  as compared to the comparable periods
in 1995,  resulting  primarily from the application of proceeds from the sale of
the Australasian assets and the 1995 and 1996 asset divestitures, offset by (ii)
an increase in the weighted average interest rate on the Company's  indebtedness
to  7.92%  and  7.80%  for the  three  and  six  months  ended  June  30,  1996,
respectively, as compared to 7.68% and 7.39% 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 interest rate differential to
be  received  or paid is  recognized  over  the  term  of the  agreements  as an
adjustment to interest expense.

At  June  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 8.57%.

Income  Taxes.  The  Company's  income tax  expense of $19.4  million  and $31.7
million  for the three and six  months  ended  June 30,  1996 and its income tax
benefit of $29.6  million and $36.4  million for the three and six months  ended
June 30, 1995 reflect the net expense 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 six months ended June 30, 1996, the
Company had an effective  total tax rate of 25%,  including a provision of $16.9
million related to the disposition of 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".

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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
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 six months ended June 30, 1996 for additions to oil
and gas properties totaled $73.9 million.  This amount includes $8.6 million for
the  acquisition of properties and $65.3 million for development and exploratory
drilling.  Significant  drilling  expenditures  included  $31.9  million  in the
Spraberry Field of the Permian Basin  (including $14 million in the Driver unit,
$6.1 million in the North Pembrook  unit,  $2.5 million in the Merchant unit and
$9.3 million in other  portions of the  Spraberry  field),  $12.3 million in the
onshore Gulf Coast region and $1.1 million in Argentina.

In total,  the  Company  spudded  226  domestic  wells in the first half of 1996
including 186 wells in the Permian Basin,  24 wells in the Gulf Coast region and
16 wells in other  areas.  During the second  half of the year,  the Company has
targeted 350 wells to be drilled  including  25  horizontal  and 24  exploration
wells. 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 first half of 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 16% to $52.2 million  during the second quarter of 1996,
compared to $45 million for the same period in 1995, and increased 27% to $100.9
million during the six months ended June 30, 1996, compared to $79.5 million for
the same  period  in 1995.  This  increase  was  primarily  attributable  to the
improvements  made in the overall cost  structure of the Company during 1995 and
improved commodity prices realized during the first half of 1996.

During the six months  ended June 30, 1996,  net cash  received  (excluding  the
subsidiaries'  cash on hand of $16.6  million)  from the sale of the  Australian
subsidiaries  totaled $178.7 million.  Such receipts were utilized to reduce the
Company's   outstanding  bank  indebtedness  and  for  general  working  capital

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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 six months ended June 30, 1996, the Company also
completed the sale of certain  nonstrategic  domestic properties for proceeds of
$45.9 million.  The proceeds from the asset  dispositions were initially used to
reduce the Company's outstanding bank indebtedness and subsequently will be used
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.

At  June  30,  1996,  the  Company's  outstanding  long-term   indebtedness  was
principally comprised of approximately $300 million of senior notes.

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 June 30,  1996,  the Company  had $60.1  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 1.68 at June 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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                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.   Legal Proceedings

The Company is a party to various legal  proceedings,  which are described under
"Legal actions" 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 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Company's annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 9, 1996 in Midland,
Texas. At the meeting, two proposals were submitted for vote of stockholders (as
described in the Company's Proxy Statement dated March 28, 1996).  The following
is a brief  description  of the  proposals  and the  results of the  stockholder
votes.

Election of directors.  Prior to the meeting,  the Company's  Board of Directors
designated  three  nominees as Class II directors  with their terms to expire at
the annual meeting in 1999 when their successors are elected and qualified. Each
such nominee was, at the time of such nomination and at the time of the meeting,
a director  of the  Company.  Each  nominee was  reelected  as a director of the
Company, with the results of the stockholder voting being as follows:

                                           Authority                Broker
                                For        Withheld     Abstain    Non-Votes
                             ----------    ---------    -------    ---------
   R. Hartwell Gardner       28,323,206     395,387        -           -
   Jerry P. Jones            28,317,748     400,845        -           -
   Charles E. Ramsey, Jr.    28,143,843     574,750        -           -

The term of office for the following directors continued after the meeting:  Mel
Fischer,  Scott D.  Sheffield,  James L.  Houghton,  Arthur L. Smith,  Edward O.
Vetter and Michael D. Wortley.

Ratification of selection of auditors. Prior to the meeting, the Company's Board
of Directors  selected  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as the auditors of the Company for
1996. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP has audited the Company's  financial  statements for
each of the last seven years. At the meeting, the selection of KPMG Peat Marwick
LLP was  submitted to the  stockholders  for  ratification.  Such  selection was
ratified, with the results of the stockholder voting being as follows:

                For                       28,466,598
                Against                       55,114
                Abstain                      196,881
                Broker non-votes                  -

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ITEM 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

Exhibits

(1)   None

Reports on Form 8-K

During the quarter ended June 30, 1996, the Company filed the following  Current
Reports on Form 8-K:

(1)  On April 11, 1995,  the Company filed a Current  Report on Form 8-K,  dated
     March 28,  1995 (the "Asset  Divestiture  - 8-K"),  reporting  under Item 2
     (Acquisition   or  Disposition  of  Assets)  the   divestiture  of  certain
     wholly-owned  Australian  subsidiaries  and the signing of an  agreement to
     sell an additional  wholly-owned  subsidiary  (Bridge Oil Timor Sea, Inc.).
     Such  Current  Report did not include  any  proforma  financial  statements
     relating to the divestiture.

(2)  On June  12,  1996,  the  Company  filed a  Current  Report  on Form  8-K/A
     (Amendment No. 1 to the Asset  Divestiture  8-K), dated March 28, 1996, (a)
     reporting   under  Item  2  (Acquisition  or  Disposition  of  Assets)  the
     divestiture of certain wholly-owned Australian subsidiaries and the signing
     of  agreements to sell an additional  wholly-owned  subsidiary  (Bridge Oil
     Timor  Sea,  Inc.)  and  certain  domestic  nonstrategic  assets,  and  (b)
     reporting  under Item 7 (Financial  Statements  and Exhibits) the following
     pro forma financial  information  for the Company,  taking into account (i)
     the sale of certain wholly-owned Australian subsidiaries,  (ii) the pending
     sale of Bridge  Oil Timor  Sea,  Inc.,  (iii) the  combined  effect of both
     completed  and pending sales of certain  nonstrategic  domestic oil and gas
     properties, gas plants and related assets during the period from January 2,
     1996 to May 31, 1996, and (iv) the aggregate  effect of completed  sales of
     certain  nonstrategic  domestic  oil and gas  properties,  gas  plants  and
     related assets during the year ended December 31, 1995.

        a.  Preliminary Statement
        b.  Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet as of March 31, 1996
        c.  Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations for the three 
            months ended March 31, 1996
        d.  Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations for the year 
            ended December 31, 1995
        e.  Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements



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                               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:    August 9, 1996                By:  /s/ Steven L. Beal
                                          -------------------------------
                                          Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice President
                                            and Chief Financial Officer


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