PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A LTD
10-Q, 1998-08-06
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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, 1998

                                       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. 33-11193-1


                PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


                 Texas                                     75-2195512
    (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 / /




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                PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                                                        Page
                          Part I. Financial Information

Item 1.    Financial Statements

           Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1998 and
              December 31, 1997  .....................................    3

           Statements of Operations for the three and six
             months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997......................    4

           Statement of Partners' Capital for the six months
             ended June 30, 1998......................................    5

           Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended
             June 30, 1998 and 1997...................................    6

           Notes to Financial Statements..............................    7

Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
             Condition and Results of Operations......................    7


                           Part II. Other Information

Item 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K...........................   11

           27.1   Financial Data Schedule

           Signatures.................................................   12




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                PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                          Part I. Financial Information

Item 1.   Financial Statements

                                 BALANCE SHEETS

                                                      June 30,     December 31,
                                                        1998           1997
                                                    -----------    -----------
                                                    (Unaudited)
                 ASSETS

Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents, including interest
     bearing deposits of $209,360 at June 30 and
     $219,315 at December 31                        $   209,560    $   219,515
  Accounts receivable - affiliate                        73,954        163,949
                                                     ----------     ----------
        Total current assets                            283,514        383,464
                                                     ----------     ----------
Oil and gas properties - at cost, based on the
  successful efforts accounting method                5,874,605      6,060,618
Accumulated depletion                                (4,578,755)    (4,619,483)
                                                     ----------     ----------
        Net oil and gas properties                    1,295,850      1,441,135
                                                     ----------     ----------
                                                    $ 1,579,364    $ 1,824,599
                                                     ==========     ==========
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL

Partners' capital:
    Managing general partner                        $    17,035    $    19,487
    Limited partners (24,426 interests)               1,562,329      1,805,112
                                                     ----------     ----------
                                                    $ 1,579,364    $ 1,824,599
                                                     ==========     ==========



   The financial information included as of June 30, 1998 has been prepared by
           management without audit by independent public accountants.

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


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                PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                   (Unaudited)



                                   Three months ended       Six months ended
                                        June 30,                June 30,
                                 ---------------------   ----------------------
                                    1998        1997        1998         1997
                                 ---------   ---------   ----------   ---------
Revenues:
  Oil and gas                    $ 211,467   $ 296,477   $  433,040   $ 654,246
  Interest                           3,304       5,786        6,704      10,691
                                  --------    --------    ---------    --------
                                   214,771     302,263      439,744     664,937
                                  --------    --------    ---------    --------
Costs and expenses:
  Oil and gas production           176,577     193,103      360,313     420,665
  General and administrative        15,117       9,249       21,764      19,877
  Depletion                         59,005      40,623       99,488      81,222
  Loss on disposition of assets     44,930      79,010        9,441      68,002
  Abandoned property                18,767      27,877       65,758      30,843
                                  --------    --------    ---------    --------
                                   314,396     349,862      556,764     620,609
                                  --------    --------    ---------    --------
Net income (loss)                $ (99,625)  $ (47,599)  $ (117,020)  $  44,328
                                  ========    ========    =========    ========
Allocation of net income (loss):
  Managing general partner       $    (996)  $    (476)  $   (1,170)  $     443
                                  ========    ========    =========    ========
  Limited partners               $ (98,629)  $ (47,123)  $ (115,850)  $  43,885
                                  ========    ========    =========    ========
Net income (loss) per limited
  partnership interest           $   (4.03)  $   (1.93)  $    (4.74)  $    1.80
                                  ========    ========    =========    ========
Distributions per limited
  partnership interest           $    1.18   $    5.90   $     5.20   $   15.65
                                  ========    ========    =========    ========



         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 financial statements.

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                PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                         STATEMENT OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL
                                   (Unaudited)




                                      Managing
                                      general       Limited
                                      partner       partners        Total
                                     ---------     ----------     ----------

Balance at January 1, 1998           $  19,487     $1,805,112     $1,824,599

    Distributions                       (1,282)      (126,933)      (128,215)

    Net loss                            (1,170)      (115,850)      (117,020)
                                      --------      ---------      ---------

Balance at June 30, 1998             $  17,035     $1,562,329     $1,579,364
                                      ========      =========      =========







         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 financial statements.

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                PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                         Six months ended
                                                              June 30,
                                                     -------------------------
                                                        1998           1997
                                                     ----------     ----------
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)                                  $ (117,020)    $   44,328
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
     cash provided by operating activities:
       Depletion                                         99,488         81,222
       Loss on disposition of assets                      9,441         68,002
  Changes in assets and liabilities:
       Accounts receivable                               89,995        142,873
                                                      ---------      ---------
         Net cash provided by operating activities       81,904        336,425
                                                      ---------      ---------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Additions to oil and gas properties                    (5,454)        (2,944)
  Proceeds from asset dispositions                       41,810         25,131
                                                      ---------      ---------
         Net cash provided by investing activities       36,356         22,187
                                                      ---------      ---------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Cash distributions to partners                       (128,215)      (386,126)
                                                      ---------      ---------
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                (9,955)       (27,514)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period        219,515        327,443
                                                      ---------      ---------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period           $  209,560     $  299,929
                                                      =========      =========



         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 financial statements.


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                PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                  June 30, 1998
                                   (Unaudited)


Note 1.     Organization and nature of operations

Parker & Parsley  Producing  Properties  87-A,  Ltd.  (the  "Partnership")  is a
limited partnership organized in 1987 under the laws of the State of Texas.

The Partnership  engages primarily in oil and gas production in Texas and is not
involved in any industry segment other than oil and gas.

Note 2.     Basis of presentation

In  the  opinion  of  management,  the  unaudited  financial  statements  of the
Partnership  as of June 30, 1998 and for the three and six months ended June 30,
1998 and 1997 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  period.  These  interim  results  are not  necessarily
indicative of results for a full year.

Certain  information  and  footnote  disclosure  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.  The financial statements
should  be read in  conjunction  with the  financial  statements  and the  notes
thereto  contained in the  Partnership's  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  a copy
of which is available upon request by writing to Rich Dealy,  Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer,  5205 North O'Connor  Boulevard,  1400 Williams Square
West, Irving, Texas 75039-3746.

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

Results of Operations

Six months ended June 30, 1998 compared with six months ended
  June 30, 1997

Revenues:

The Partnership's  oil and gas revenues  decreased 34% to $433,040 from $654,246
for the six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997,  respectively.  The decrease in
revenues  resulted from lower average prices received,  offset by an increase in
production. For the six months ended June 30, 1998, 25,655 barrels of oil, 6,204
barrels  of natural  gas liquids ("NGLs") and  29,158 mcf of  gas were sold,  or

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36,719  barrel of oil  equivalents  ("BOEs").  For the six months ended June 30,
1997, 27,364 barrels of oil and 54,351 mcf of gas were sold, or 36,423 BOEs.

As of September 30, 1997, the Partnership began accounting for processed natural
gas   production  as  processed   natural  gas  liquids  and  dry  residue  gas.
Consequently,  separate  product volumes will not be comparable to periods prior
to September 30, 1997.  Also,  prices for gas products will not be comparable as
the price per mcf for  natural  gas for the three and six months  ended June 30,
1998 is the price received for dry residue gas and the price per mcf for natural
gas for the  three and six  months  ended  June 30,  1997 is a price for wet gas
(i.e., natural gas liquids combined with dry residue gas).

The average  price  received per barrel of oil  decreased  $5.84,  or 29%,  from
$19.85 for the six months  ended June 30,  1997 to $14.01 for the same period in
1998.  The average price received per barrel of NGLs during the six months ended
June 30, 1998 was $6.00. The average price received per mcf of gas decreased 39%
from $2.04 for the six months  ended June 30,  1997 to $1.25 for the same period
in 1998.  The market  price for oil and gas has been  extremely  volatile in the
past decade,  and management  expects a certain amount of volatility to continue
in the foreseeable future. The Partnership may therefore sell its future oil and
gas production at average  prices lower or higher than that received  during the
six months ended June 30, 1998.

During  most of 1997,  the  Partnership  benefitted  from  higher  oil prices as
compared to previous  years.  However,  during the fourth  quarter of 1997,  oil
prices began a downward  trend that has  continued  into 1998. On July 29, 1998,
the market  price for West Texas  intermediate  crude was $11.58 per  barrel.  A
continuation of the oil price environment  experienced  during the first half of
1998 will have an adverse  effect on the  Partnership's  revenues and  operating
cash flow and could result in additional  decreases in the carrying value of the
Partnership's oil and gas properties.

Costs and Expenses:

Total costs and expenses decreased to $556,764 for the six months ended June 30,
1998 as compared to $620,609 for the same period in 1997, a decrease of $63,845,
or 10%.  This  decrease was due to a reduction in  production  costs and loss on
disposition  of  assets,  offset  by  increases  in  abandoned  property  costs,
depletion and general and administrative expenses ("G&A").

Production  costs  were  $360,313  for the six months  ended  June 30,  1998 and
$420,665 for the same period in 1997,  resulting in a $60,352 decrease,  or 14%.
The decrease was  attributable to declines in well maintenance  costs,  workover
expenses and production taxes.

G&A's  components are independent  accounting and engineering  fees and managing
general  partner  personnel  and  operating  costs.   During  this  period,  G&A
increased,  in aggregate, 9% from $19,877 for the six months ended June 30, 1997
to $21,764 for the same period in 1998.

Depletion was $99,488 for the six months ended June 30, 1998 compared to $81,222
for the same  period in 1997.  This  represented  an increase  in  depletion  of

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$18,266,  or 22%. This increase was due to a decrease in oil reserves during the
six months ended June 30, 1998 as a result of lower commodity prices,  offset by
a reduction in the  Partnership'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"  ("SFAS  121")  during the fourth  quarter  of 1997 and a  reduction  in oil
production  of 1,709  barrels for the period ended June 30, 1998 compared to the
same period in 1997.

A loss on disposition of assets of $9,441 and $68,002 was recognized for the six
months ended June 30, 1998 an 1997, respectively,  on the abandonment of two and
four oil and gas wells during each  period.  Expenses  incurred  during 1998 and
1997 to plug and abandon these wells totaled $65,758 and $30,843, respectively.

Three months ended June 30, 1998 compared with three months ended
  June 30, 1997

Revenues:

The Partnership's  oil and gas revenues  decreased 29% to $211,467 from $296,477
for the three months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The decrease in
revenues  resulted from lower average prices received,  offset by an increase in
production.  For the three months ended June 30,  1998,  13,131  barrels of oil,
2,945 barrels of NGLs and 14,644 mcf of gas were sold,  or 18,517 BOEs.  For the
three months ended June 30,  1997,  13,389  barrels of oil and 27,668 mcf of gas
were sold, or 18,000 BOEs.

The average  price  received per barrel of oil  decreased  $5.15,  or 28%,  from
$18.52 for the three months ended June 30, 1997 to $13.37 for the same period in
1998.  The average  price  received  per barrel of NGLs during the three  months
ended  June 30,  1998 was  $5.95.  The  average  price  received  per mcf of gas
decreased 28% from $1.75 during the three months ended June 30, 1997 to $1.26 in
1998.

Costs and Expenses:

Total costs and  expenses  decreased to $314,396 for the three months ended June
30,  1998 as compared  to  $349,862  for the same period in 1997,  a decrease of
$35,466,  or 10%.  This  decrease  was  due to  declines  in  loss on  abandoned
properties,  production costs and abandoned property costs,  offset by increases
in depletion and G&A.

Production  costs were  $176,577  for the three  months  ended June 30, 1998 and
$193,103 for the same period in 1997,  resulting in a $16,526  decrease,  or 9%.
The decrease was  attributable to less workover  expenses and production  taxes,
offset by an increase in well maintenance costs.

G&A's  components are independent  accounting and engineering  fees and managing
general  partner  personnel  and  operating  costs.   During  this  period,  G&A
increased,  in  aggregate,  63% from $9,249 for the three  months ended June 30,
1997 to $15,117 for the same period in 1998.

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Depletion  was $59,005  for the three  months  ended June 30,  1998  compared to
$40,623 for the same period in 1997.  This  represented an increase in depletion
of $18,382,  or 45%. This increase was primarily  attributable to a reduction in
oil  reserves  during the three  months ended June 30, 1998 as a result of lower
commodity prices.

A loss on  disposition  of assets of $44,930 and $79,010 was  recognized for the
three months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997,  respectively,  on the abandonment of
two and four oil and gas wells during each period.  Expenses incurred during the
three  months  ended  June 30,  1998 and 1997 to plug and  abandon  these  wells
totaled $18,767 and $27,877, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Net cash  provided by operating  activities  decreased  $254,521  during the six
months  ended  June 30,  1998 from the same  period in 1997.  The  decrease  was
attributable  to a decrease  in oil and gas sales  receipts  and an  increase in
abandoned property costs paid, offset by a decrease in production costs paid.

Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities

The  Partnership's  principal  investing  activities during the six months ended
June 30, 1998 and 1997 were related to expenditures for oil and gas equipment on
active properties.

Proceeds of $41,810 and $25,131 were  received  during the six months ended June
30,  1998 and  1997,  respectively,  from the sale of oil and gas  equipment  on
properties abandoned in current and prior years.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

Cash  was   sufficient  for  the  six  months  ended  June  30,  1998  to  cover
distributions to the partners of $128,215 of which $1,282 was distributed to the
managing  general  partner and  $126,933 to the limited  partners.  For the same
period  ended  June 30,  1997,  cash was  sufficient  for  distributions  to the
partners of $386,126 of which $3,861 was  distributed  to the  managing  general
partner and $382,265 to the limited partners.

It is expected  that future net cash  provided by operating  activities  will be
sufficient for any capital expenditures and any distributions. As the production
from the properties declines, distributions are also expected to decrease.

Information systems for the year 2000

The managing general partner will be required to modify its information  systems
in order to  accurately  process  Partnership  data  referencing  the year 2000.
Because of the importance of occurrence  dates in the oil and gas industry,  the
consequences of not pursuing these  modifications  could be very  significant to

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the Partnership's ability to manage and report operating activities.  Currently,
the managing general partner plans to contract with third parties to perform the
software  programming  changes  necessary to correct any existing  deficiencies.
Such  programming  changes are  anticipated  to be completed  and tested by June
1999. The managing  general  partner will allocate a portion of the costs of the
year 2000 programming  charges to the Partnership when they are incurred,  along
with recurring general and administrative  expenses.  Although the costs are not
estimable at this time, they should not be significant to the Partnership.

- ---------------

(1)  "Item 2.  Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition and
     Results of Operations"  contains  forward  looking  statements that involve
     risks and uncertainties.  Accordingly,  no assurances can be given that the
     actual  events  and  results  will  not be  materially  different  than the
     anticipated results described in the forward looking statements.




                           Part II. Other Information

Item 6.     Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)      Exhibits

         27.1   Financial Data Schedule

(b)      Reports on Form 8-K - none


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                PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)



                               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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                         PARKER & PARSLEY PRODUCING
                                            PROPERTIES 87-A, LTD.

                                  By:    Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.,
                                           Managing General Partner





Dated:  August 6, 1998            By:    /s/ Rich Dealy
                                         ------------------------------------
                                         Rich Dealy, Vice President and
                                         Chief Accounting Officer



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