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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
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TITAN EXPLORATION, INC.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $.01
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(Title of Class of Securities)
888289 10 5
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(CUSIP Number)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
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Schedule 13G
CUSIP No. 888289 10 5
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
R. Gamble Baldwin
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ]
(See Instructions) (b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States of America
5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 4,776,507
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING 0
PERSON
WITH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
4,776,507
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
4,776,507
10 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(See Instructions)
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
14.07%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) IN
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ITEM 1.
(a) Name of issuer: Titan Exploration, Inc.
(b) Address of issuer's principal executive offices:
500 West Texas, Suite 500
Midland, Texas 79701
ITEM 2.
(a) Name of person filing:
This report is filed by R. Gamble Baldwin ("Mr. Baldwin"). Mr.
Baldwin is the sole general partner of G.F.W. Energy, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership ("Energy"), which is the sole general partner of
Natural Gas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("NGP").
(b) Address of principal business office:
The address of the principal business office of Mr. Baldwin is
1130 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10128.
(c) Citizenship:
Mr. Baldwin is a citizen of the United States of America.
(d) Title of class of securities: Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share
(e) CUSIP Number: 888289 10 5
ITEM 3. STATUS AS PERSON FILING PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(B) OR 13D-2(B):
Not Applicable
ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP
(a) Amount beneficially owned: 4,776,507 shares. Mr. Baldwin may, as
the sole general partner of Energy, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all
4,767,407 shares of Common Stock of the issuer beneficially owned by NGP, of
which Energy is the sole general partner. In addition, Mr. Baldwin directly
owns 9,100 shares of Common Stock of the issuer in his individual capacity.
Thus, Mr. Baldwin may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of an aggregate of
4,776,507 shares, which constitute approximately 14.07% of the total number
outstanding.
(b) Percent of class: 14.07%.
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 4,776,507
shares
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
4,776,507 shares
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
None
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ITEM 5. OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON
Not applicable.
ITEM 7. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED
THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
Not applicable.
ITEM 9. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. CERTIFICATION
Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: February 5, 1997 /s/R. Gamble Baldwin
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R. Gamble Baldwin
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