PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES CO | 2013 | FY | 3


NOTE M.    Interest and Other Income    

The following table provides the components of the Company's interest and other income during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
(in thousands)
Other income
$
8,282

 
$
5,382

 
$
9,125

Equity interest in income of EFS Midstream
7,266

 
2,183

 
1,925

Deferred compensation plan income
5,954

 
1,872

 
1,657

Interest income
321

 
1,465

 
697

Income (loss) from vertical integration services (a)
(4,862
)
 
(11,934
)
 
15,978

Total interest and other income
$
16,961

 
$
(1,032
)
 
$
29,382

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(a)
Income (loss) from vertical integration services represent net margins that result from Company-provided fracture stimulation, drilling and related service operations, which are ancillary to and supportive of the Company's oil and gas joint operating activities, and do not represent intercompany transactions. For the three years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, these net margins include $284.9 million, $247.8 million and $50.9 million of gross vertical integration revenues, respectively and $289.8 million, $259.7 million and $34.9 million of total vertical integration costs and expenses, respectively.

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