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    <periodOfReport>2013-12-17</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001407463</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Pioneer Southwest Energy Partners L.P.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PSE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001238881</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BERG MARK STEPHEN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>5205 N. O'CONNOR BLVD., SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>IRVING</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75039</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP, General Counsel</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-12-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>11426</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On December 17, 2013, the Issuer merged with a subsidiary of Pioneer Natural Resources Company (&quot;PXD&quot;) and each publicly held common unit of the Issuer was converted into the right to receive 0.2325 of a share of PXD common stock. Pursuant to the merger, common units of the Issuer held by the reporting person were converted into 2,657 shares of PXD common stock. On December 17, 2013, the closing price of Issuer common units was $42.50 and the closing price of shares of PXD common stock was $182.43.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Mark H. Kleinman, Attorney-in-Fact For Mark S. Berg</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-12-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
