PXP Announces Offering of Senior Notes Due 2021

HOUSTON, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Plains Exploration & Production Company (NYSE: PXP) announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, senior notes due in 2021 in an underwritten public offering. The offering will be made under PXP's shelf registration statement, which became effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2010.

Net proceeds from the offering are expected to be used to repay indebtedness under PXP's senior revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. are acting as book-running managers of the offering. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10179 (phone: 212-270-6366); Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Ave., Edgewood, NY 11717 (phone: 888-603-5847; e-mail: [email protected]); BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 787 Seventh Avenue, Floor 7, New York, NY 10019 (phone: 800-854-5674); BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attention: Maya Patel, 3 Times Square, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10036 (phone: 212-702-1882; e-mail: [email protected]); Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attn: Client Support, MAC D1086-070, 550 South Tryon Street, 7th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202 (phone: 800-326-5897; e-mail: [email protected]); and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., One Liberty Plaza, 165 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10006 (phone: 212-225-5501).

An electronic copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained at no charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.  

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

PXP is an independent oil and gas company primarily engaged in the activities of acquiring, developing, exploring and producing oil and gas in California, Texas and Louisiana. PXP is headquartered in Houston, Texas

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking information regarding PXP that is intended to be covered by the safe harbor "forward-looking statements" provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that PXP expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements.  These include statements regarding:

* completion of proposed offering,

* the value and completion of the separation of our Gulf of Mexico deepwater assets,

* reserve and production estimates,

* oil and gas prices,

* the impact of derivative positions,

* production expense estimates,

* cash flow estimates,

* future financial performance,

* capital and credit market conditions,

* planned capital expenditures, and

* other matters that are discussed in PXP's filings with the SEC.

These statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results and performance to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Please refer to our filings with the SEC, including our Form 10-K, for a discussion of these risks.

All forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and you should not place undue reliance on these statements without also considering the risks and uncertainties associated with these statements and our business that are discussed in this press release and our other filings with the SEC. Moreover, although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that we will attain these expectations or that any deviations will not be material. Except as required by law, we do not intend to update these forward-looking statements and information.

SOURCE Plains Exploration & Production Company

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