PXP
Plains Exploration & Production Company
April 8, 2009
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-0405
Attention: Mr. H. Roger Schwall
| Re: | Plains Exploration & Production Company |
| Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2008 |
| Filed February 26, 2009 |
| File No. 1-31470 |
Dear Mr. Schwall:
In accordance with the conversation with the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2009, Plains Exploration & Production Company anticipates responding by April 30, 2009, to the comments of the Staff regarding the above referenced filing set forth in the letter dated March 31, 2009.
If you have any questions with respect to the foregoing, please call the undersigned at (713) 579-6123.
| Very truly yours, |
/s/ John F. Wombwell |
| John F. Wombwell |
| Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
