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10-K/A - FORM 10-K AMENDMENT - PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COd464712d10ka.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COd464712dex311.htm
EX-23.3 - EXHIBIT 23.3 - PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COd464712dex233.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COd464712dex322.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COd464712dex312.htm

EXHIBIT 32.1

SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION - CEO

In connection with the Annual Report of Plains Exploration & Production Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-K/A for the period ending December 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James C. Flores, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

To the best of my knowledge, after reasonable investigation:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: February 25, 2013

 

/s/ James C. Flores

James C. Flores
Chief Executive Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.