LUBRIZOL CORP
10-Q, 1997-11-13
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS
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                                 UNITED STATES

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM 10-Q


             [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                       OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

              For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1997
                                       
                                      OR

             [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                 For the transition period from ..... to .....

                         Commission File Number 1-5263

                            THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           Ohio                                            34-0367600          
(State or other jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                       Identification No.)


                          29400 Lakeland Boulevard
                         Wickliffe, Ohio  44092-2298     
                  (Address of principal executive offices)
                                 (Zip Code)



                              (440) 943-4200                   
           (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                    Yes   [ X ]         No   [   ]

Number of the registrant's common shares, without par value, outstanding, as of 
October 31, 1997:  57,154,682

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                              PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                                Item 1 Financial Statements
                                 THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands of Dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            September 30      December 31
                                                                1997             1996      
                                                            ------------      -----------
<S>                                                         <C>               <C>
ASSETS
Cash and short-term investments.......................      $   92,196        $   55,073
Receivables...........................................         285,074           238,401
Inventories:
  Finished products...................................          91,597            88,176
  Products in process.................................          60,769            77,910
  Raw materials.......................................          82,780            66,590
  Supplies and engine test parts......................          18,552            19,229
                                                            ----------        ----------
                                                               253,698           251,905
                                                            ----------        ----------
Other current assets..................................          28,474            39,720
                                                            ----------        ----------
                   Total current assets...............         659,442           585,099
Property and equipment - net..........................         701,881           707,314
Investments in nonconsolidated companies..............          22,818            29,821
Intangible and other assets...........................          89,427            79,881
                                                            ----------        ----------
                       TOTAL..........................      $1,473,568        $1,402,115
                                                            ==========        ==========
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt.      $   53,577        $   40,871
Accounts payable......................................         121,397            99,676
Income taxes and other current liabilities............         119,864            86,563
                                                            ----------        ----------
                  Total current liabilities...........         294,838           227,110
Long-term debt........................................         157,291           157,628
Postretirement health care obligation.................         106,694           105,463
Noncurrent liabilities................................          47,196            47,284
Deferred income taxes.................................          43,859            45,254
                                                            ----------        ----------
                  Total liabilities...................         649,878           582,739
                                                            ----------        ----------
Contingencies and commitments
Shareholders' equity:
  Preferred stock without par value - authorized
   and unissued:
    Serial Preferred Stock - 2,000,000 shares
    Serial Preferred Shares - 25,000,000 shares
  Common Shares without par value:
   Authorized 120,000,000 shares
   Outstanding - 57,451,221 shares as of September 30,
    1997 after deducting 28,744,673 treasury shares,
    58,522,676 shares as of December 31, 1996
    after deducting 27,673,218 treasury shares........          83,055            78,534
  Retained earnings...................................         776,857           744,310
  Accumulated translation adjustment..................         (36,222)           (3,468)
                                                            ----------        ----------
                   Total shareholders' equity.........         823,690           819,376
                                                            ----------        ----------
                       TOTAL..........................      $1,473,568        $1,402,115

                                                            ==========        ==========
</TABLE>
Amounts shown are unaudited.
<PAGE>
                                 THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In Thousands Except Per Share Data)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             Third Quarter               Nine Months 
                                          Ended September 30         Ended September 30   
                                         --------------------      -----------------------
                                           1997        1996           1997         1996   
                                         --------    --------      ----------   ----------
<S>                                      <C>         <C>           <C>          <C>
Net sales...........................     $426,824    $392,114      $1,247,129   $1,218,057
Royalties and other revenues........          912         811           3,137        3,338
                                         --------    --------      ----------   ----------
          Total revenues............      427,736     392,925       1,250,266    1,221,395
Cost of sales.......................      290,284     267,183         831,404      829,302
Selling and administrative expenses.       43,259      39,064         125,603      119,290
Research, testing and development
  expenses..........................       36,772      39,815         107,861      119,360
                                         --------    --------      ----------   ----------
          Total cost and expenses...      370,315     346,062       1,064,868    1,067,952
Net gain on investments.............                                                53,280
Other income (expense) - net........        2,749         921           5,085        4,342
Interest income.....................        1,307       1,378           3,081        5,798
Interest expense....................       (2,840)     (2,838)         (7,873)      (8,246)
                                         --------    --------      ----------   ----------
Income before income taxes..........       58,637      46,324         185,691      208,617
Provision for income taxes..........       19,985      14,591          61,278       67,578
                                         --------    --------      ----------   ----------
Net income..........................     $ 38,652    $ 31,733      $  124,413   $  141,039
                                         ========    ========      ==========   ==========
Net income per share................        $ .67       $ .53           $2.14        $2.31
                                            =====       =====           =====        =====

Dividends per share.................        $ .25       $ .24           $ .75        $ .72
                                            =====       =====           =====        =====

Average number of shares outstanding       57,620      59,979          58,078       61,166

</TABLE>
Amounts shown are unaudited.
<PAGE>

                                 THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In Thousands of Dollars
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      Nine Months Ended
                                                                        September 30      
                                                                  ------------------------
                                                                     1997           1996  
                                                                  ---------      ---------
<S>                                                               <C>            <C>
Cash provided from (used for):
Operating activities:
Net income...................................................     $ 124,413      $ 141,039
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided
  by operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization............................        63,716         60,921
    Deferred income taxes....................................           742          4,800
    Equity (earnings) losses, net of distributions...........        (3,409)           311
    Gain on investments......................................                      (53,280)
    Change in current assets and liabilities:
      Receivables............................................       (55,528)         3,931
      Inventories............................................        (9,454)        40,499
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses..................        61,968          8,768
      Other current assets...................................        10,039          5,393
    Other items - net........................................        (6,101)        (9,212)
                                                                  ---------      ---------
          Total operating activities.........................       186,386        203,170
Investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of investments and assets.................        12,117        148,960
Capital expenditures.........................................       (72,218)       (71,538)
Businesses acquired - net of cash............................       (22,885)        (1,718)
Other - net..................................................         5,789          3,296
                                                                  ---------      ---------
          Total investing activities                                (77,197)        79,000
Financing activities:
Short-term borrowing (repayment) - net.......................        13,517        (82,914)
Long-term borrowing..........................................         5,572         28,425
Long-term debt repayment.....................................        (2,864)       (17,757)
Dividends paid...............................................       (43,636)       (44,161)
Common shares purchased, net of options exercised............       (43,709)       (95,523)
                                                                  ---------      ---------
          Total financing activities.........................       (71,120)      (211,930)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash......................          (946)        (1,584)
                                                                  ---------      ---------
Net increase in cash and short-term investments..............        37,123         68,656
Cash and short-term investments at the beginning of period...        55,073         30,579
                                                                  ---------      ---------
Cash and short-term investments at the end of period.........     $  92,196      $  99,235
                                                                  =========      =========
</TABLE>
Amounts shown are unaudited.
<PAGE>

                           THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

                              September 30, 1997


1.  The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain
    all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals)
    necessary to present fairly the financial position as of September 30,
    1997 and December 31, 1996, and the results of operations and cash
    flows for the applicable periods ended September 30, 1997 and 1996.

2.  In 1996, the company sold its investments in Mycogen Corporation and
    Agrigenetics, Inc., for cash of $126.2 million.  The company also sold
    certain rights to its SVO oil seed technology for $8 million, of which
    $2 million was received in 1996; $2.5 million was received in 1997; and
    $3.5 million is due in 1998. These transactions resulted in pretax
    gains of $57.3 million.  Losses recognized on other investment activity
    reduced the gain on investments in 1996 to $53.3 million.
   
3.  The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued several new
    pronouncements during 1997 that have future effective dates. In
    February 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Standards
    (SFAS) 128 - Earnings Per Share which becomes effective for the
    company's December 31, 1997 financial statements. SFAS 128 simplifies
    the current standard for computing earnings per share (EPS) found in
    APB No. 15 and requires the dual presentation on the face of the income
    statement of "Basic" and "Diluted" EPS. Adoption of this standard will
    not significantly change the company's historically reported EPS.  

    In June 1997, the FASB issued SFAS 130 - Reporting Comprehensive Income
    which becomes effective for the company in 1998.  SFAS 130 requires
    presentation of comprehensive income(net income plus all other changes
    in net assets from non owner sources)and its components in the
    financial statements. SFAS 130 will result in a change in reporting
    format for certain changes in shareholders' equity that are already
    reported by the company in its financial statements.  The company has
    yet to determine which of the reporting formats permitted by SFAS 130
    it will use to report comprehensive income in future periods.

    In June 1997, the FASB issued SFAS 131 - Disclosures About Segments
    of an Enterprise and Related Information which becomes effective
    for the company in 1998. SFAS 131 redefines how operating segments
    are determined and requires disclosure of certain financial and
    descriptive information about a company's operating segments. 
    Under currently effective accounting standards, the company's
    operations are considered to be a single reportable segment. The
    company has not yet completed its analysis of SFAS 131 and
    accordingly has not yet determined what effect, if any, it may have
    on future financial statement disclosures. 
<PAGE>

                          THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

                 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

                             September 30, 1997


4.  The company is involved in patent litigation with Exxon Corporation
    and/or its affiliates in various countries.  The company has prevailed
    in a case brought in Canada against Exxon's Canadian affiliate,
    Imperial Oil, Ltd., for infringement of the company's patent pertaining
    to dispersants, the largest additive component used in motor oils.  A
    1990 trial court verdict in favor of the company regarding the issue of
    liability was upheld by the Federal Court of Appeals of Canada in
    December 1992, and in October 1993, the Supreme Court of Canada
    dismissed Imperial Oil's appeal of the Court of Appeals' decision. The
    case has been returned to the trial court for an assessment of
    compensation damages, but no date has been set for a determination of
    such damages.  In October 1994, the trial court judge determined that
    Imperial Oil had violated an earlier injunction for the manufacture or
    sale of the dispersant which is the subject of this case.  The
    determination of penalty damages, if any, on account of this violation
    will be made only after the compensation damages for patent
    infringement have been determined by the court.  A reasonable
    estimation of the company's potential recovery for compensation and
    penalty damages cannot be made at this time and no amount has been
    recorded in the company's financial statements.
    
    In November 1996, a patent trial court in London declared a
    Lubrizol United Kingdom patent invalid, which patent is the subject
    of litigation brought by the company against Exxon in that country.
    The company is appealing this decision, which appeal is expected to
    be heard in March 1998.  Although the trial court decision does not
    involve any damage payments, the court awarded Exxon its
    recoverable legal costs in the case, as is customary under U.K.
    practice. Exxon has filed with the court a request for legal costs
    of approximately $12 million.  The determination of which of those
    costs may be recoverable will be subject to a separate proceeding. 
    The company has obtained a stay of this separate proceeding pending
    the outcome of the appeal of the trial court decision.  As a court
    ordered condition to obtain the stay, the company made a $3.0
    million contingent payment to Exxon in July 1997.  This amount was
    fully accrued for and expensed as of June 30, 1997.  Management
    believes that the November 1996 trial court decision will not be
    upheld on appeal, in which case the recoverable legal costs would
    be reduced or eliminated, and amounts paid contingently by the
    company could be refunded in whole or in part.
<PAGE>

                        THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

            Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of
              Financial Condition and Results of Operations 


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The company made significant progress during the first nine months of
1997 in growing its business at targeted accounts and in managing its
cost structure.  Significantly higher sales volume coupled with lower raw
material and operating costs, more than offset the unfavorable effects of
continued competitive pricing, changing product mix and currency. 
Revenues increased 9% and 2% for the three-month and nine-month periods
ended September 30, 1997, respectively, as compared with the same prior
year periods. Earnings per share increased 26% for the third quarter and
22% for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, as compared with the
same periods of the prior year, excluding from 1996 the gain on sale of
investments.  More detailed comments relating to the company's results of
operations and financial position follow below.

Consolidated revenues increased $34.8 million for the third quarter of
1997 compared with the third quarter of 1996, and increased $28.9 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 as compared with the same
1996 period. The volume gains achieved in the first half of 1997
accelerated in the third quarter with specialty chemical product
shipments increasing 22% over the third quarter of 1996. However, average
selling prices continued to recede in the third quarter of 1997 and were
11% below those in the third quarter of 1996.  The change in revenue for
the comparative nine-month periods ended September 30, 1997 and 1996 was
due to a 15% increase in the sales volume of specialty chemicals
partially offset by a 10% decline in average selling prices.  For both
the comparative quarter and year-to-date periods, approximately 50% of
the decline in average selling price was due to changing product mix, 25%
was due to unfavorable currency effects and 25% was due to lower product
pricing.  In addition, the net effect of acquisition/divestiture activity
between the comparative 1997 and 1996 periods increased consolidated
revenues by $5.1 million or 1% for the third quarter and decreased
consolidated revenues by $8.5 million or 1% for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997.

The company has had success in its strategy of building global and
regional alliances with targeted customers and is actively pursuing
strategic relationships with finished lubricant suppliers.  Higher sales 
volumes were realized in all geographic zones and across a broad customer
base.  For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30,
1997, respectively, sales volume increased 22% and 12% to North American
customers and 22% and 17% to international customers, primarily in Asia-
Pacific, Western Europe and Latin America, as compared with the same
periods of the prior year. The company believes its growth in sales
volume is derived principally from market share gains within established
markets rather than overall industry growth. The company believes sales
volume for the full year 1997 will be approximately 15% higher than the
full year 1996.  The company anticipates the annual sales volume in 1998
will be greater than the annual sales volume in 1997, but the rate of
growth will be less than the high rate of growth in 1997.
<PAGE>

                         THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

                 Management's Discussion and Analysis of
              Financial Condition and Results of Operations 


Acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures within the lubricant industry
announced during 1996 coupled with customers searching for stronger,
longer-term relationships with a few key suppliers and the low growth
rate of finished lubricants is causing a very competitive marketplace
within certain product lines.  These factors along with lower raw
material costs are causing continuing pressure on prices for the
company's lubricant additive products. The company expects competitive
pressures in the lubricant additives industry to continue.

Cost of sales reflects the higher sales volume as well as lower average
raw material costs and conversion costs. For the three-month and nine-
month periods ended September 30, 1997, average raw material costs,
including favorable currency effects and the impact of less expensive
product mix, decreased by approximately 7% and 9%, respectively, compared
with the same periods of the prior year. However, commencing early in the
third quarter, the company experienced an increase in its raw material
costs of approximately 2%, as compared to the second quarter of 1997. 
Also in the third quarter, delays in connection with scheduled
maintenance of several production units at the company's Texas facility
caused temporary increases in material costs as component production was
shifted to other plants or materials were purchased from other suppliers.
In addition, rail transportation disruptions in the Southwest United
States caused higher freight costs as more materials were moved by truck.
These items increased cost of sales by approximately $4.0 million in the
third quarter of 1997 and, to a lesser extent, are expected to continue
in the fourth quarter of 1997.

The company's manufacturing costs do not fluctuate significantly with
production volume.  The effects of the company's ongoing manufacturing
rationalization program and other cost initiatives have improved
manufacturing efficiency as the company is operating fewer manufacturing 
units at higher capacity levels. Even though production activity was
significantly higher, manufacturing costs were relatively flat for the
quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 1997 compared with
the same prior year periods.

Gross profit (sales less cost of sales) increased $11.6 million or 9% for
the third quarter of 1997, compared with the third quarter of 1996, and
increased $27.0 million or 7% for the nine-month period ended September
30, 1997 versus the same 1996 period.  This improvement in gross profit
amount was after unfavorable currency effects of $5.1 million and $15.1
million, respectively, for the three-month and nine-month periods ended
September 30, 1997.  Acquisition/divestiture activity contributed $4.5
million and $9.0 million to the increase in gross profit amount for the
quarter and year-to-date periods, respectively.  Gross profit percent of
32.0% in the third quarter of 1997 (which compares to 31.9% for the same
period of 1996) was lower than the 34.6% achieved in the second quarter
of 1997 as a result of the continued decline in average selling prices
coupled with sequentially higher material costs.  For the nine-month
period ended September 30, 1997, manufacturing efficiencies and lower
material costs more than offset lower average selling prices as the gross
profit percentage improved to 33.3% from 31.9% for the same 1996 period.
<PAGE>

                      THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

              Management's Discussion and Analysis of
           Financial Condition and Results of Operations 


Selling and administrative expenses were $4.2 million or 11% higher in
the third quarter of 1997 compared with the third quarter of 1996 and
$6.3 million or 5% higher for nine-month period ended September 30, 1997 
compared with the same period of 1996.  These increases were primarily
due to higher litigation-related expenses, higher depreciation and higher
accrued variable compensation reflective of greater earnings. 

Research, testing and development (technical) expenses were $3.0 million 
or 8% lower in the third quarter of 1997 and $11.5 million or 10% lower
for the first nine months of 1997 compared with the same 1996 periods.
This lower level of spending was due to a reduction in workforce, greater
internalization of testing activity that reduced outside testing
requirements and timing of testing programs, particularly within the
engine oil product lines. 

During the first quarter of 1996, the company recognized a gain of $53.3 
million ($.55 per share after taxes) primarily from the sale of its
investment in Mycogen Corporation and the sale of certain rights of its
SVO oilseed technology. Interest income for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 1996 was higher than in the same period of the current year
as proceeds from the sale of investments were temporarily invested in
interest bearing instruments until such proceeds were used in the
company's share repurchase program.

The company transacts business in over 100 countries.  As the U.S. dollar
strengthens or weakens against other international currencies in which
the company transacts business, the financial results of the company will
be affected.  The principal currencies, other than the U.S. dollar, in
which the company transacts business are the French franc, German
deutsche mark, British pound sterling and Japanese yen. The U.S. dollar
continued to strengthen during 1997, particularly in the second quarter.
As compared with exchange rates in effect during the comparable 1996
periods, currency fluctuations had an unfavorable effect of $.04 and $.12
on net income per share for the three-month and nine-month periods ended
September 30, 1997, respectively.

During the third quarter of 1997, the company adjusted its tax provision
to reflect a legislated increase in the statutory tax rate applicable to
its earnings in France, where the company has significant operations. 
This adjustment resulted in an effective tax rate of 34.1% for the third
quarter, and increased its overall effective tax rate to 33.0% for the
nine-month period ended September 30, 1997.

Primarily as a result of the above factors, net income in the third
quarter of 1997 was $38.7 million, or $.67 per share, which was a 22%
increase (26% on a per share basis) over the $31.7 million or $.53 per
share for the third quarter of 1996.  Net income for the first nine
months of 1997 was $124.4 million or $2.14 per share and, after excluding
from 1996 the gain on investments, was 17% higher (22% on a per share
basis) over the $106.4 million or $1.76 per share for the first nine
months of 1996.  Including the investment gain, net income for the first
nine months of 1996 was $141.0 million, or $2.31 per share.
<PAGE>

                        THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

                 Management's Discussion and Analysis of
             Financial Condition and Results of Operations 


WORKING CAPITAL, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Cash provided from operating activities was $186.4 million for the first
nine months of 1997 as compared with $203.2 million for the first nine
months of 1996.  The working capital change reflected in the cash flow
statement increased cash flow from operations by $7.0 million for the nine-
month period ended September 30, 1997 and increased cash flow from
operations by $58.6 million for the nine-month period ended September 30,
1996.  The cash flow from operations in the 1996 period was unusually high
as it included approximately $22.0 million related to liquidating
inventories and receivables prior to the sale of the company's former
specialty vegetable oil (SVO) business and approximately $21 million
resulting from management efforts to reduce specialty chemical inventory
levels.  During 1997 inventory turns have improved significantly as
inventory levels remained flat compared with the prior year period despite
higher sales volumes. Receivable balances increased in line with the higher
revenues of the third quarter of 1997 versus the fourth quarter of 1996. 
The increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses reflect the timing of
the change in operating levels of the company.  In 1996, purchases of goods
were low as inventories were being managed down as compared with 1997, when
purchases of goods have increased to meet the higher sales demand.   

Proceeds from the sale of investments in the nine-month period ended
September 30, 1997 reflect $9.6 million from the sale of a non-strategic
investment and $2.5 million collected on a promissory note from the 1996
sale of certain SVO technology rights.  Proceeds from the sale of
investments for the same period of 1996 were principally comprised of $126.2
million from the sale of Mycogen and $22.8 million from the sale of SVO
assets, as described in Note 2 to the financial statements.

Capital expenditures in the nine-month period ended September 30, 1997 were
$72.2 million as compared with $71.5 million for same 1996 period.
Approximately 25% of the capital expenditures in the 1997 period relate to
the company's multi-year project to implement an enterprise-wide system
which will fully integrate the company's information management systems on a
global basis.  Capital expenditures for the full year 1997 are expected to
approximate $110 million.

During 1997, the company invested $22.9 million to make several acquisitions
and to fund joint venture investments in China.  The acquisitions were in
the company's existing business areas of metalworking additives and
performance systems.

<PAGE>
                        THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

                 Management's Discussion and Analysis of
              Financial Condition and Results of Operations 


The company maintains an active share repurchase program. In June 1997,
the company's Board of Directors authorized an additional 4 million
shares under the company's share repurchase program.  During the first
nine months of 1997, the company repurchased 1,312,600 of its common
shares for $50.0 million and the company currently plans to expend at
least $70 million during 1997 in its share repurchase program. There were
5.2 million shares remaining under the company's repurchase authorization
at September 30, 1997. In addition, approximately $6.3 million was
collected from the exercise of stock options during nine-months ended
September 30, 1997.  In 1996, the share repurchase program was escalated
to utilize the after-tax proceeds from the sale of investments as the
company repurchased 3,230,000 of its shares for $96.4 million for the
nine months ended September 30, 1996.  The company intends to continue
its share repurchase program into 1998 at or above the current level.

Debt increased during 1997 primarily due to timing of commercial paper
borrowings and to finance several small acquisitions.  During the
comparable 1996 period, improved cash flow from operations, lower capital
expenditures and the utilization of approximately $36 million of cash
proceeds from the sales of the company's Mycogen investment and its
specialty vegetable oil assets until such proceeds were used in the
company's common share repurchase program, enabled $72.2 million of cash 
to be used to reduce debt.  Debt as a percent of capitalization
(shareholders' equity plus short-term and long-term debt) was 20% at
September 30, 1997, the same as at December 31, 1996.

Primarily as a result of these activities and the payment of dividends,
the balance of cash and short-term investments increased 67% or $37.1
million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 1997 and
amounted to $92.2 million at September 30, 1997.

The company's financial position continues to be strong with a ratio of
current assets to current liabilities of 2.2 to 1 at September 30, 1997, 
compared to 2.6 to 1 at December 31, 1996.  Management believes the
company's credit facilities and internally generated funds will be
sufficient to meet its future capital needs.

The company is involved in patent litigation with Exxon Corporation in
various countries.  Please refer to Note 4 to the financial statements
for further discussion regarding the company's patent litigation with
Exxon.
<PAGE>

                      THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

               Management's Discussion and Analysis of
            Financial Condition and Results of Operations 


CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR SAFE HARBOR PURPOSES

This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations (MD&A) contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the federal securities laws.  As a general matter,
forward-looking statements are those focused upon future plans,
objectives or performance as opposed to historical items and include
statements of anticipated events or trends and expectations and beliefs
relating to matters not historical in nature.  Such forward looking
statements are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to the
company's operations and business environment, all of which are difficult
to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the company, that
could cause actual results of the company to differ materially from those
matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements.  The
company identified certain, but not necessarily all, of these
uncertainties and factors in its MD&A contained on page 21 of its 1996
Annual Report to its shareholders, to which reference is made and which
are incorporated by reference herein.
<PAGE>

                         PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION


Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

         (a)  Exhibits

              (10)(d)*  The Lubrizol Corporation Excess Defined Benefit
                        Plan, as amended.

              (10)(e)*  The Lubrizol Corporation Excess Defined
                        Contribution Plan, as amended.

              (10)(g)*  The Lubrizol Corporation Executive Death Benefit
                        Plan, as amended.

              (10)(j)*  The Lubrizol Corporation Officers' Supplemental
                        Retirement Plan, as amended.

              (10)(k)*  The Lubrizol Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
                        for Officers, as amended.

              (10)(l)*  The Lubrizol Corporation Executive Council Deferred
                        Compensation Plan, as amended.

              (11)      Computation of Per Share Earnings

              (27)      Financial Data Schedule

* Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

         (b)  Reports on Form 8-K

              During the quarter ended September 30, 1997,
              The Lubrizol Corporation filed a Current
              Report on Form 8-K dated September 22, 1997,
              reporting under "Item 5 - Other Events," the
              adoption of a Rights Agreement dated as of
              October 13, 1997, between The Lubrizol
              Corporation and American Stock Transfer and
              Trust Company.

                                 Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                          THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION


                                                /s/Gregory P. Lieb        
                                          --------------------------------
                                          Gregory P. Lieb
                                          Chief Accounting Officer and
                                            Duly Authorized Signatory of
                                            The Lubrizol Corporation
Date: November 13, 1997

                                                            Exhibit (10)(d)

                          THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                        EXCESS DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN
                                (As Amended)

      The Lubrizol Corporation hereby establishes, effective as of January 1,
1986, The Lubrizol Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Plan (the "Plan") for
the purpose of providing supplemental benefits to certain employees, as
permitted by Section 3(36) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
l974.

                                 ARTICLE I

                       DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

      1.1 Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning is
plainly required by the context:

      (a) Code. the term "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code as
amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the Code shall include
such section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation
that amends, supplements, or supersedes such section.

      (b) Company. The term "Company" shall mean The Lubrizol Corporation, an
Ohio corporation, its corporate successors and the surviving corporation
resulting from any merger of The Lubrizol Corporation with any other
corporation or corporations.
      
      (c) Lubrizol Pension Plan. The term "Lubrizol Pension Plan" shall mean
The Lubrizol Corporation Revised Pension Plan as the same shall be in effect
on the date of a Participant's retirement, death, or other termination of
employment.

      (d) Participant. Effective June 22, 1992, the term "Participant" shall
mean any person employed by the Company who is listed on Appendix A attached
hereto, or who is designated by the Board of Directors as an officer for the
purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or whose
benefits under the Lubrizol Pension Plan are limited by the application of
Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

      (e) Plan. The term "Plan" shall mean the excess defined benefit pension
plan as set forth herein, together with all amendments hereto, which Plan
shall be called "The Lubrizol Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Plan."

      (f) Trust. The term "Trust" shall mean The Lubrizol Corporation Excess
Defined Benefit Plan Trust established pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

      (g) Trust Agreement. The term "Trust Agreement" shall mean The Lubrizol
Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Plan Trust Agreement.
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      1.2. Additional Definitions.  All other words and phrases used herein
shall have the meanings given them in the Lubrizol Pension Plan, unless a
different meaning is clearly required by the context.

                            ARTICLE II

                   SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION BENEFIT

      2.1 Eligibility.  Effective January 1, 1997, A Participant who retires,
dies, or otherwise terminates his employment with the Company and its
subsidiaries and 

      (a)  whose benefits under the Lubrizol Pension Plan are limited by the
provisions of Section 401(a)(17) or 415 of the Code,

      (b)  who either was a Participant on January 1, 1989 or had attained age
55 on January 1, 1989, and thereafter became a Participant, and whose benefits
under the Lubrizol Pension Plan are curtailed due to the revision of the
pension benefit formula, effective as of January 1, 1989, to comply with the
requirements of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, as amended,

      (c)  who participated in The Lubrizol Corporation Deferred Compensation
Plan for Officers (which was adopted effective July 25, 1994), or

      (d)  who participated in The Lubrizol Corporation Executive Council
Deferred Compensation Plan (which was adopted effective January 1, 1997)
shall be eligible for a supplemental pension benefit determined in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.2.

      2.2  Amount.  Effective January 1, 1997, subject to the provisions of
Article III, the monthly supplemental pension benefit payable to an eligible
Participant shall be an amount which when added to the monthly pension payable
to such Participant under the Lubrizol Pension Plan (prior to any reduction
applicable to an optional method of payment) equals the monthly pension
benefit which would have been payable under the Lubrizol Pension Plan (prior
to any reduction applicable to an optional method of payment and adjusted for
any amount payable under The Lubrizol Corporation Excess Defined Contribution
Plan which is attributable to The Lubrizol Corporation Employees' Profit-
Sharing Plan and which would have affected the benefit that the Participant
would have received under the Lubrizol Pension Plan had it been payable from
The Lubrizol Corporation Employees' Profit-Sharing Plan) if the limitations of
Section 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Code were not in effect and, (if he is a
Participant described in Section 2.1(ii)), his benefits had not been curtailed
due to the revision of the Lubrizol Pension Plan effective as of January 1989,
to comply with the provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, as amended, and,
(if he is a Participant described in Section 2.1(iii)),  if he did not
participate in The Lubrizol Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers (which was adopted effective July 25, 1994) or in The Lubrizol
Corporation Executive Council Deferred Compensation Plan (which was adopted
effective January 1, 1997).

      2.3 Payment.  The terms of payment of the supplemental pension benefit
shall be identical to those specified in the Lubrizol Pension Plan for the
type of benefit the Participant receives under the Lubrizol Pension Plan.

      2.4  Vesting.  Each Participant as of December 31, 1993, shall be 100
percent vested in his supplemental pension benefit determined in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.2.  Each new Participant after December 31,
1993, shall be vested in his supplemental pension benefit under this Plan as
determined in accordance with the vesting provisions of the Lubrizol Pension
Plan.

                                ARTICLE III

                            PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

      3.1  Payment to Participant.  (Effective November 27, 1995)

      (a)   Each Participant who terminates employment with the Company and
its related corporations shall receive payment of his supplemental pension
benefit under the Plan determined as of his date of termination of employment
in the standard form of benefit of a monthly retirement benefit commencing
within 30 days following employment termination and payable to such
Participant for his lifetime following such employment termination, with the
continuance to his Beneficiary of such amount after his death for the
remainder, if any, of the 120-month term that commenced with the date as of
which the first payment of such monthly benefit is made, and with any such
monthly benefits remaining unpaid upon the death of the survivor of the
Participant and his Beneficiary to be made to the estate of such survivor.

      (b)   Participants may instead elect within a 60 day period commencing
90 days prior to employment termination to receive the actuarial equivalent of
the standard form of benefit determined under paragraph (a), on the date of
employment termination, in accordance with any one of the following options:

            (i)   for Participants hired prior to February 1, 1984, a single
lump-sum payment payable within 30 days following employment termination;

            (ii)  for Participants hired prior to February 1, 1984, a single
lump-sum payment payable within 30 days following the end of the calendar year
in which the Participant's employment terminated.  Interest on the lump-sum
deferral shall accrue and be paid with the lump-sum; such interest to be
computed at the PBGC interest rate in effect of the date of employment
termination.

            (iii) a reduced monthly retirement benefit commencing within 30
days following employment termination and payable to such Participant for his
lifetime following such employment termination, with the continuance of a
monthly benefit equal to fifty percent (50%) of such reduced amount after his
death to the Participant's Beneficiary during the lifetime of the Beneficiary,
provided that such Beneficiary is living at the time of such Participant's
employment termination and survives such Participant;

            (iv)  a reduced monthly retirement benefit commencing within 30
days following employment termination and payable to such Participant during
his lifetime following his termination, with the continuance of a monthly
benefit equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such reduced amount after his
death to the Participant's Beneficiary during the lifetime of the Beneficiary,
provided such Beneficiary is living at the time of such Participant's
termination and survive such Participant.

      Such optional forms of payment described above shall be calculated using
the same actuarial factors and interest rates used under The Lubrizol
Corporation Pension Plan (or its successor) as in effect on the date of
employment termination; provided, however, that for any person who was a
Participant as of December 31, 1993, who elects to have his supplemental
pension benefit paid in a single lump-sum payment, the interest rate used to
discount the portion of the Participant's supplemental pension benefit which
represents his accrued benefit as of December 31, 1993, shall be the
arithmetic average of the 7-day compound yield rates for the six full calendar
months prior to the month of termination as published in Donoghue's Tax-Free
MONEY FUND AVERAGE which is reported weekly in Barron's; provided further that
such rate with respect to any month shall be the rate reported in the first
issue of Barron's published during such month.
      
      Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of the Plan to the contrary, if
the present actuarial value of any retirement benefit or survivor benefit
under the Plan to any person, determined as described above, is less than
$25,000, such benefit shall be paid in a single lump-sum payment to such
person within 30 days following employment termination.

      3.2 Payment in the Event of Death Prior to Commencement of Distribution.
If a Participant dies prior to commencement of benefits under the Plan, his
surviving spouse, if any, shall be eligible for a survivor benefit which is
equal to one-half of the reduced monthly benefit the Participant would have
received under the Plan if the Participant had retired on the day before his
death and had elected to receive his benefit under the Lubrizol Pension Plan
in a 50 percent joint and survivor annuity form. In making the determinations
and reductions required in this Section 3.2, the Company shall apply the
assumptions then in use under the Lubrizol Pension Plan. For purposes hereof,
a surviving spouse shall only be eligible for a benefit under this Section
3.2, if such spouse had been married to the deceased Participant for at least
one year as of the date of the Participant's death.

      3.3  Special Form of Benefit for E. Victor Luoma.  Notwithstanding the
first sentence of Section 3.1, E. Victor Luoma may elect prior to his
retirement or other termination of employment to receive payment of his
supplemental pension benefit under the Plan in the form of a single sum
amount, determined and payable in accordance with the second and third
sentences of Section 3.1.

      3.4  Lump Sum Form of Benefit for Roger Y. K. Hsu.  Effective January 1,
1996, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1(b), Roger Y. K. Hsu shall
receive payment of his supplemental pension benefit under the Plan in the form
of a single sum amount.
<PAGE>
                              ARTICLE IV

                            ADMINISTRATION

      The Company shall be responsible for the general administration of the
Plan, for carrying out the provisions hereof, and for making, or causing the
Trust to make, any required supplemental benefit payments. The Company shall
have all such powers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Plan, including the power to determine all questions relating to eligibility
for and the amount of any supplemental pension benefit and all questions
pertaining to claims for benefits and procedures for claim review; to resolve
all other questions arising under the Plan, including any questions of
construction; and to take such further action as the Company shall deem
advisable in the administration of the Plan. The Company may delegate any of
its powers, authorities, or responsibilities for the operation and
administration of the Plan to any person or committee so designated in writing
by it and may employ such attorneys, agents, and accountants as it may deem
necessary or advisable to assist it in carrying out its duties hereunder. The
actions taken and the decisions made by the Company hereunder shall be final
and binding upon all interested parties.

                               ARTICLE V

                       AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

      The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan in whole
or in part at any time and to suspend operation of the Plan, in whole or in
part, at any time, by resolution or written action of its Board of Directors
or by action of a committee to which such authority has been delegated by the
Board of Directors; provided, however, that no amendment shall result in the
forfeiture or reduction of the interest of any Participant or person claiming
under or through any one or more of them pursuant to the Plan.  Any amendment
of the Plan shall be in writing and signed by authorized individuals.

                              ARTICLE VI

                            MISCELLANEOUS

      6.1 Non-Alienation of Retirement Rights or Benefits. No Participant
shall encumber or dispose of his right to receive any payments hereunder,
which payments or the right thereto are expressly declared to be non-
assignable and non-transferable. If a Participant attempts to assign,
transfer, alienate or encumber his right to receive any payment hereunder
or permits the same to be subject to alienation, garnishment, attachment.
execution, or levy of any kind, then thereafter during the life of such
Participant, and also during any period in which any Participant is
incapable in the judgment of the Company of attending to his financial
affairs, any payments which the Company is required to make hereunder may
be made, in the discretion of the Company, directly to such Participant
or to any other person for his use or benefit or that of his dependents,
if any, including any person furnishing goods or services to or for his
use or benefit or the use or benefit of his dependents, if any. Each such
payment may be made without the intervention of a guardian, the receipt
of the payee shall constitute a complete acquittance to the Company with
respect thereto, and the Company shall have no responsibility for the
proper allocation thereof.

      6.2 Plan Non-Contractual.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed
as a commitment or agreement on the part of any person employed by the Company
to continue his employment with the Company, and nothing herein contained
shall be construed as a commitment on the part of the Company to continue the
employment or the annual rate of compensation of any such person for any
period, and all Participants shall remain subject to discharge to the same
extent as if the Plan had never been established.

      6.3 Trust. In order to provide a source of payment for its obligations
under the Plan, the Company has established the Trust, the terms of which are
governed by the Trust Agreement.

      6.4 Interest of a Participant. Subject to the provisions of the Trust
Agreement, the obligation of the Company under the Plan to provide a
Participant with a supplemental pension benefit constitutes the unsecured
promise of the Company to make payments as provided herein, and no person
shall have any interest in, or a lien or prior claim upon, any property of the
Company.

      6.5 Controlling Status. No Participant shall be eligible for a benefit
under the Plan unless such Participant is a Participant on the date of his
retirement, death, or other termination of employment.

      6.6 Claims of Other Persons.  The provisions of the Plan shall in no
event be construed as giving any person, firm or corporation any legal or
equitable right as against the Company, its officers, employees, or directors,
except any such rights as are specifically provided for in the plan or are
hereafter created in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan.

      6.7 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular
provision of the Plan shall not affect any other provision hereof, and the
Plan shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable
provision were omitted herefrom.

      6.8 Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
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                                  APPENDIX A
                                      TO
                           THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                          EXCESS DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN

Participants                                          Effective Date

1. W. G. Bares                                        December 31, 1986
2. G. R. Hill                                         December 31, 1986
3. W. R. Jones                                        December 31, 1986
4. R. A. Andreas                                      December 31, 1986
5. J. R. Ahern                                        April 1, 1990
6. K. H. Hopping                                      April 21, 1991
7. J. W. Bauer                                        April 27, 1992
8. D. A. Muskat                                       April 27, 1992
9. S. F. Kirk                                         April 26, 1993
10. Y. Le Couedic                                     April 26, 1993
11. J. E. Hodge                                       April 26, 1993
12. M. W. Meister                                     April 26, 1993
13. S. A. Di Biase                                    April 26, 1993
14. G. P. Lieb                                        April 25, 1994
15. J. A. Thomas                                      April 25, 1994
16. L. M. Reynolds                                    April 24, 1995
17. R. D. Robins                                      April 22, 1996


This listing of Participants is limited to those Participants who are also
officers for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


                                                      Exhibit (10)(e)

                          THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                      EXCESS DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN
                               (As Amended)

      The Lubrizol Corporation hereby establishes, effective as of December
31, 1986, The Lubrizol Corporation Excess Defined Contribution Plan (the
"Plan") for the purpose of supplementing the benefits of certain employees, as
permitted by Section 3(36) of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

                                 ARTICLE I

                                DEFINITIONS

      1.1 Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning is
plainly required by the context: 

      (a) Beneficiary. The term "Beneficiary" shall mean the person or persons
who shall be designated by a Participant to receive distribution of such
Participant's interest under the Plan in the event such Participant dies
before full distribution of his interest.

      (b) Code The term "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code as
amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the Code shall include
such section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation
that amends, supplements, or supersedes such section.

      (c) Company. Effective December 30, 1994, the term "Company" shall
mean The Lubrizol Corporation, an Ohio corporation, its corporate successors
and the surviving corporation resulting from any merger of The Lubrizol
Corporation with any other corporation or corporations, and any subsidiaries
of The Lubrizol Corporation which adopt the Plan.

      (d) Fund. The term "Fund" shall mean each separate investment fund
established and maintained under the Trust Agreement.

      (e)  Lubrizol Profit-Sharing Plan. The term "Lubrizol Profit-
Sharing Plan" shall mean The Lubrizol Corporation Employees' Profit-Sharing
Plan as the same shall be in effect on the date of a Participant's retirement,
death, or other termination of employment.

      (f) Participant. Effective September 30, 1994, The term
"Participant" shall mean any person employed by the Company who is listed on
Appendix A attached hereto, or who is designated by the Board of Directors as
an officer for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or whose benefits under the Profit-Sharing Plan are limited by the
application of Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

      (g) Plan. The term "Plan" shall mean the excess defined contribution
retirement plan as set forth herein, together with all amendments hereto,
which Plan shall be called "The Lubrizol Corporation Excess Defined
Contribution Plan."

      (h) Plan Year.  The term "Plan Year" shall mean the calendar year.

      (i)  Supplemental Company Contributions.  The term "Supplemental Company
Contributions" shall mean the contributions made by the Company under the Plan
in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2.

      (j) Trust Agreement. The term "Trust Agreement" shall mean The Lubrizol
Corporation Excess Defined Contribution Plan Trust Agreement.

      (k) Trust Assets. The term "Trust Assets" shall mean all property held
by the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

      (l) Trustee. The term "Trustee" shall mean the trustee of The Lubrizol
Corporation Excess Defined Contribution Trust.

      (m) Valuation Date. The term "Valuation Date" shall mean the last day of
each Plan Year and any other date as may be agreed upon by the Company and the
Trustee.

      (n)  Separate Accounts.  The term "Separate Accounts" shall mean each
account established on behalf of a Participant under the Plan and credited
with Supplemental Company Contributions in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.3.

      (o)  Lubrizol Deferred Compensation Plan.  Effective July 1, 1994, the
term "Lubrizol Deferred Compensation Plan" shall mean The Lubrizol Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers (which was adopted effective July 1,
1994), as shall be in effect on the date of the Participant's retirement,
death, or other termination of employment.

      (p)  Executive Council Deferred Compensation Plan.  Effective January 1,
1997, the term "Executive Council Deferred Compensation Plan" shall mean The
Lubrizol Corporation Executive Council Deferred Compensation Plan, as shall be
in effect on the date of the Participant's retirement, death, or other
termination of employment.

      1.2  Additional Definitions.  All other words and phrases used herein
shall have the meanings given them in the Lubrizol Profit-Sharing Plan, unless
a different meaning is clearly required by the context.

                              ARTICLE II

                       SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

      2.1   Eligibility.  Effective January 1, 1997, a Participant whose
benefits under the Lubrizol Profit-Sharing Plan are limited with respect to
any Plan Year by Section 401(a)(17) or 415 of the Code, or who participated in
the Lubrizol Deferred Compensation Plan or the Executive Council Deferred
Compensation Plan, shall be eligible to have contributions made with respect
to him under the Plan in accordance with the provisions of this Article II.

      2.2   Supplemental Company Contributions.  Effective January 1, 1997, in
the event that Company contributions under the Lubrizol Profit-Sharing Plan
with respect to a Participant are limited for any Plan Year due to the
provisions of Section 401(a)(17) or 415 of the Code, or due to the
Participant's participation in the Lubrizol Deferred Compensation Plan or the
Executive Council Deferred Compensation Plan, the amounts by which such
contributions are limited shall be credited under the Plan by the Company and
shall be designated as Supplemental Company Contributions.

      2.3   Allocation of Contributions.  Effective September 30, 1994,
Supplemental Company Contributions shall be allocated among the Separate
Accounts of the Participants on whose behalf such contributions are made.
 
      2.4  Administration of Separate Accounts.  Effective September 30, 1994,
each Separate Account to which contributions under Sections 2.2 and 2.3 are
credited and allocated shall be credited monthly with the net monthly increase
experienced by the General Fund of the Lubrizol Profit-Sharing Plan.

                              ARTICLE III

                             DISTRIBUTION

      3.1  Vesting.  Each Participant as of December 31, 1993, shall be 100
percent vested in the value of his Separate Accounts.  Each new Participant
after December 31, 1993, shall be vested in the value of his Separate Accounts
under this Plan as determined in accordance with the vesting provisions of the
underlying qualified plans.

      3.2  Distribution.  (Effective November 27, 1995)

      (a)   Each Participant who terminates employment with the Company and
its related corporations shall receive payment of the balance in his Separate
Account in the standard form of payment of a single lump-sum payment payable  
within 30 days following employment termination;

      (b)   Participants may instead elect within a 60 day period commencing
90 days prior to employment termination to receive the balance of his Separate
Account in any one of the following payment options:
      
            (i)   a single lump-sum payment payable within 30 days following
the calendar year in which the Participant's employment terminated.  Interest
shall accrue and be paid with the lump-sum; such interest to be computed at
the PBGC interest rate in effect of the date of employment termination.

            (ii)  annual installments of up to ten payments, the first of which
shall be paid within 30 days of the Participant's employment termination, and
subsequent installments of which shall be paid on the anniversary date of the
payment of the first installment.  Such installments shall be determined by
dividing the value of the Participant's Separate Account (determined in the same
manner as under the Lubrizol Profit-Sharing Plan by the number of installments
to be paid and adjusting for interest based on the PBGC interest rate in effect
on the date of employment termination.  Installments after the first installment
shall include such interest which accrues during the 12-month period occurring
since the date the prior installment was paid.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of the Plan to the contrary, if
the present value of the Separate Account is less than $25,000, such benefit
shall be paid in a single lump-sum payment to such person within 30 days
following employment termination.

      3.3   Distribution in the Event of Death.  Effective September 30, 1994,
in the event of the death of a Participant prior to distribution in full of
his interest under the Plan, his Beneficiary shall receive distribution of
such interest.  In the event of death of a Participant prior to making an
election for benefits, such Beneficiary shall receive distribution of such
interest as soon as practicable after such Participant's death in the form
elected by such Beneficiary pursuant to Section 3.2.  The Beneficiary under
this Section 3.3 shall be the person designated as the Participant's
beneficiary under the Lubrizol Profit-Sharing Plan.  If no Beneficiary
survives such Participant or if no Beneficiary has been designated by such
Participant, the estate of such Participant shall be the Beneficiary and
receive distribution thereof.  If any Beneficiary dies after becoming entitled
to receive distribution hereunder and before such distribution is made in
full, and if no other person or persons have been designated to receive the
balance of such distribution upon the happening of such contingency, the
estate of such deceased Beneficiary shall become the Beneficiary as to such
balance.  

                                ARTICLE IV

                              ADMINISTRATION

      The Company shall be responsible for the general administration of the
Plan, for carrying out the provisions hereof, and for making any required
supplemental benefit payments. The Company shall have all such powers as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Plan, including the power to
determine all questions relating to eligibility for and the amount of any
supplemental retirement benefits and all questions pertaining to claims for
benefits and procedures for claim review; to resolve all other questions
arising under the Plan, including any questions of construction; and to take
such further action as the Company shall deem advisable in the administration
of the Plan. The Company may delegate any of its powers, authorities, or
responsibilities for the operation and administration of the Plan to any
person or committee so designated in writing by it and may employ such
attorneys, agents, and accountants as it may deem necessary or advisable to
assist it in carrying out its duties hereunder. The actions taken and the
decisions made by the Company hereunder shall be final and binding upon all
interested parties.  

                                ARTICLE V

                        AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

      The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan in whole
or in part at any time and to suspend operation of the Plan, in whole or in
part, at any time, by resolution or written action of its Board of Directors
or by action of a committee to which such authority has been delegated by the
Board of Directors; provided, however, that no amendment shall result in the
forfeiture or reduction of the interest of any Participant or person claiming
under or through any one or more of them pursuant to the Plan.  Any amendment
of the Plan shall be in writing and signed by authorized individuals.

                                ARTICLE VI

                              MISCELLANEOUS


      6.1 Non-Alienation of Retirement Rights or Benefits. No Participant
shall encumber or dispose of his right to receive any payments hereunder,
which payments or the right thereto are expressly declared to be non-
assignable and non-transferable. If a Participant or Beneficiary attempts to
assign, transfer, alienate or encumber his right to receive any payment under
the Plan or permits the same to be subject to alienation, garnishment,
attachment, execution, or levy of any kind, then thereafter during the life of
such Participant or Beneficiary and also during any period in which any
Participant or Beneficiary is incapable in the judgment of the Company of
attending to his financial affairs, any payments which the Company is required
to make hereunder may be made, in the discretion of the Company, directly to
such Participant or Beneficiary or to any other person for his use or benefit
or that of his dependents, if any, including any person furnishing goods or
services to or for his use or benefit or the use or benefit of his dependents,
if any. Each such payment may be made without the intervention of a guardian,
the receipt of the payee shall constitute a complete acquittance to the
Company with respect thereto, and the Company shall have no responsibility for
the proper allocation thereof.

      6.2 Plan Non-Contractual. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as
a commitment or agreement on the part of any person employed by the Company to
continue his employment with the Company, and nothing herein contained shall
be construed as a commitment on the part of the Company to continue the
employment or the annual rate of compensation of any such person for any
period, and all Participants shall remain subject to discharge to the same
extent as if the Plan had never been established.

      6.3 Trust. In order to provide a source of payment for its obligations
under the Plan, the Company has established The Lubrizol Corporation Excess
Defined Contribution Plan Trust.

      6.4  Interest of a Participant. Subject to the provisions of the Trust
Agreement, the obligation of the Company under the Plan to provide a
Participant or Beneficiary with supplemental retirement benefits merely
constitutes the unsecured promise of the Company to make payments as provided
herein, and no person shall have any interest in, or a lien or prior claim
upon, any property of the Company.

      6.5 Controlling Status. No Participant shall be eligible for a benefit
under the Plan unless such Participant is a Participant on the date of his
retirement, death, or other termination of employment.

      6.6 Claims of Other Persons. The provisions of the Plan shall in no
event be construed as giving any person, firm or corporation any legal or
equitable right as against the Company, its officers, employees, or directors,
except any such rights as are specifically provided for in the Plan or are
hereafter created in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan.

      6.7 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular
provision of the Plan shall not affect any other provision hereof, and the
Plan shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable
provision were omitted herefrom.

      6.8 Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
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                                  APPENDIX A
                                      TO
                           THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                       EXCESS DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

Participants                                          Effective Date

1. W. G. Bares                                        December 31, 1986
2. G. R. Hill                                         December 31, 1986
3. W. R. Jones                                        December 31, 1986
4. R. A. Andreas                                      December 31, 1986
5. J. R. Ahern                                        April 1, 1990
6. K. H. Hopping                                      April 21, 1991
7. J. W. Bauer                                        April 27, 1992
8. D. A. Muskat                                       April 27, 1992
9. S. F. Kirk                                         April 26, 1993
10. Y. Le Couedic                                     April 26, 1993
11. J. E. Hodge                                       April 26, 1993
12. M. W. Meister                                     April 26, 1993
13. S. A. Di Biase                                    April 26, 1993
14. G. P. Lieb                                        April 25, 1994
15. J. A. Thomas                                      April 25, 1994
16. L. M. Reynolds                                    April 24, 1995
17. R. D. Robins                                      April 22, 1996





This listing of Participants is limited to those Participants who are also
officers for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


                                                      Exhibit (10)(g)

                           THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                         EXECUTIVE DEATH BENEFIT PLAN
                                 (As Amended)

      The Lubrizol Executive Death Benefit Plan (hereinafter referred to
as the "Plan") shall provide death benefits to the designated
beneficiaries of certain executives of The Lubrizol Corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") in accordance with the
provisions hereinafter set forth.

      Section 1.  Eligibility.  Participation in the Plan shall be
limited to those executives of the Corporation who are designated by the
Organization and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") to participate
in the Plan; who complete a physical examination to the satisfaction of
the Corporation as soon as reasonably possible after being so
designated; and who waive participation and benefits in the basic term-
life insurance coverage sponsored by the Corporation or any of its
affiliates, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation.  Any executive so
designated shall be listed in Appendix A attached hereto and shall
hereinafter be referred to as a "Participant".

      Section 2.  Benefits.   Effective July 25, 1994, upon the death of
a Participant, a death benefit shall be made to the Participant's
Beneficiary (as defined in Section 5) equal to a percentage of the
Participant's bi-weekly salary multiplied by 26, plus quarterly pay,
including any such bi-weekly salary or quarterly pay which is deferred
under The Lubrizol Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers
(hereinafter referred to as "Covered Pay") rounded to the nearest
$1,000.00.  Covered Pay for the Participants designated by the Board to
participate in the Plan shall have the meaning as described in Appendix
A, attached hereto.  The Committee will periodically review the Plan and
may, at its discretion, change the level of Covered Pay for any
Participant.  A death benefit shall be calculated in accordance with
Paragraph (a) or (b) below, whichever is applicable.

      (a)   The amount of the death benefit payable with respect to a
            Participant, who at the time of his death, (i) is employed
            by the Corporation, or (ii) has retired under the normal
            retirement provisions of a qualified defined benefit plan
            maintained by the Corporation, shall be as follows:

               Age of Participant
                       at Death                 Death Benefit
            -------------------------     ------------------------
            Less than age 70              250% of Covered Pay

            At least age 70, but
               less than age 75           150% of Covered Pay

            Age 75 and over               100% of Covered Pay


      (b)   The amount of the death benefit payable with respect to a
            Participant who (i) has retired under the early retirement
            provisions of a qualified defined benefit plan maintained by
            the Corporation, or (ii) has voluntarily terminated his
            employment with the Corporation but has not obtained
            competitive employment with another employer, shall be as
            follows:

            Years after
            Early Retirement or
            Voluntary Termination         Death Benefit
            ---------------------         -------------------

            0 through 5                   250% of Covered Pay

            6 through 10                  150% of Covered Pay

            11 or more                    100% of Covered Pay

      Section 3.  Funding.  The obligation of the Corporation to pay
benefits provided hereunder shall be satisfied by the Corporation out of
its general funds.  In order to provide a source of payment for its
obligations under the Plan, the Corporation will cause a trust fund to
be maintained and/or arrange for insurance contracts.  Subject to the
provisions of the trust agreement governing any such trust fund or the
insurance contract, the obligation of the Corporation under the Plan to
provide a benefit shall nonetheless constitute the unsecured promise of
the Corporation to make payments as provided herein, and no person shall
have any interest in, or a lien or prior claim upon, any property of the
Corporation.

      Section 4.  Payment of Benefits.  Payment of any death benefit
under the Plan shall be made to the decreased Participant's beneficiary
in a single lump sum as soon as practicable after the Participant's
death.

      Section 5.  Beneficiaries.  A Participant may designate any person
or person as a beneficiary (hereinafter referred to as a "Beneficiary")
to receive payment of the death benefit provided under the Plan.  Such
designation shall be made in writing in the form prescribed by the plan
administrator and shall become effective only when filed by the
Participant with the Corporation.  A Participant may change or revoke
his Beneficiary designation at any time by completing and filing with
the Corporation a new Beneficiary designation.  If at the time of the
Participant's death there is no Beneficiary designation on file with the
Corporation, or the Beneficiary does not survive to the date of
distribution, the death benefit provided hereunder shall be paid to the
Participant's estate.

      Section 6.  Plan Administrator.  The Corporation shall be the
administrator of the Plan.  The plan administrator shall perform all
ministerial functions with respect to the Plan.  The plan administrator
shall employ such advisors or agents as it may deem necessary or
advisable to assist it in carrying out its duties hereunder.  The plan
administrator shall have full power and authority to interpret and
construe the Plan and shall determine all questions arising in the
administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan.  Any such
determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

      Section 7.  Reduction or Termination of Benefits.  The Committee
reserves the right to reduce or eliminate the benefit of any Participant
who is dismissed for cause, or who voluntarily terminates employment to
obtain competitive employment.

      For Plan purposes, "Cause" means (i) willful violation of a
Corporation policy, or (ii) willful misconduct or gross negligence in
the performance of duties, as determined by the Corporation in good
faith consistently, if applicable, with its existing personnel
practices.

      For Plan purposes, "Competitive employment" shall include
employment with any employer (firm, business, or individual) engaged in
selling or furnishing any product similar to that available from the
Corporation at the time of termination of employment with the
Corporation.

      Section 8.  Employment.  This Plan shall not constitute a contract
of employment.

      Section 9.  Severability.  In the event any provision of the Plan
is deemed invalid, such provision shall be deemed to be severed from the
Plan, and the remainder of the Plan shall continue in full force and
effect.

      Section 10.  Governing Law.  The provisions of the Plan shall be
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.

      Section 11.  Effective Date.  The Plan is effective as of June 1,
1990.
<PAGE>
                           THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                         EXECUTIVE DEATH BENEFIT PLAN

                                  APPENDIX A
                                January 1, 1996


PARTICIPANT                         COVERED PAY

1.    R. A. Andreas                 January 1, 1996 Covered Pay
2.    W. G. Bares                   January 1, 1996 Covered Pay
3.    L. E. Coleman                 January 1, 1996 Covered Pay
4.    G. R. Hill                    January 1, 1996 Covered Pay
5.    R. Y. K. Hsu                  January 1, 1993 Covered Pay
6.    W. D. Manning                 January 1, 1993 Covered Pay
7.    R. J. Senz                    January 1, 1993 Covered Pay
8.    W. T. Beargie                 June 1, 1990 Covered Pay
9.    P. L. Krug                    June 1, 1990 Covered Pay
10.   J. A. Studebaker              June 1, 1990 Covered Pay


                                                      Exhibit (10)(j)

                          THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                           OFFICERS' SUPPLEMENTAL
                              RETIREMENT PLAN
                               (As Amended)

      The Lubrizol Corporation hereby establishes, effective as of
January 1, 1993, The Lubrizol Corporation Officers' Supplemental
Retirement Plan (the "Plan") for the purpose of providing deferred
compensation benefits to a select group of management or highly
compensated employees.

      Section 1.  Definitions.  For the purposes hereof, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different
meaning is plainly required by the context:

      (a)   Beneficiary.  The term "Beneficiary" shall mean a person who
is designated by a Participant to receive benefits payable upon his
death pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.

      (b)   Code.  The term "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code
as amended from time to time.  Reference to a section of the Code shall
include such section and any comparable section or sections of any
future legislation that amends, supplements, or supersedes such section.

      (c)   Company.  The term "Company" shall mean The Lubrizol
Corporation, an Ohio corporation, its corporate successors and the
surviving corporation resulting from any merger of The Lubrizol
Corporation with any other corporation or corporations.

      (d)   Credited Service.  The term "Credited Service" shall mean a
Participant's years of service with the Company equal to the number of
full and fractional years of service (to the nearest twelfth of a year)
beginning on the date the Participant first performed an hour of service
for the Company and ending on the date he is no longer employed by the
Company.

      (e)   Final Average Pay.  Effective, January 1, 1997, the term
"Final Average Pay" shall mean the aggregated amount of Basic
Compensation (as that term is defined in the Lubrizol Pension Plan
modified to add deferrals, if any, under The Lubrizol Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers (which was adopted effective
July 25, 1994) and deferrals, if any, under The Lubrizol Corporation
Executive Council Deferred Compensation Plan (which was adopted
effective January 1, 1997), received by the Participant during the three
consecutive calendar years during which such Participant received the
greatest aggregate amount of Basic Compensation, as defined above,
within the most recent ten years of employment, divided by 36.

      (f)   Lubrizol Pension Plan.  The term "Lubrizol Pension Plan"
shall mean The Lubrizol Corporation Pension Plan as the same shall be in
effect on the date of a Participant's retirement, death, or other
termination of employment.

      (g)   Normal Retirement Date.  The term "Normal Retirement Date"
shall mean the first day of the month following the date on which a
Participant attains age sixty-five (65).

      (h)   Participant.  The term "Participant" shall mean the Chief
Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and any other officer of
the Company who is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company
and the Chief Executive Officer to participate in the Plan, and who has
not waived participation in the Plan.

      (i)   Plan.  The term "Plan" shall mean a deferred compensation
plan set forth herein, together with all amendments hereto, which Plan
shall be called "The Lubrizol Corporation Officers' Supplemental
Retirement Plan."

      Section 2.  Vesting.  The Participant shall be 100 percent vested
in his accrued supplemental retirement benefit hereunder.

      Section 3.  Normal Retirement Benefit.  Each Participant who
retires from employment with the Company on or after his Normal
Retirement Date shall receive, subject to the provisions of Sections 6
and 7, a monthly supplemental retirement benefit which shall be equal to
two percent (2%) of his Final Average Pay multiplied by his Credited
Service (up to 30 years) offset by the following amounts:

      (a)   Benefits payable to the Participant under the Lubrizol
            Pension Plan;

      (b)   Benefits payable to the Participant under The Lubrizol
Corporation Employees' Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, including
benefits attributable to Matching Contributions, but excluding benefits
attributable to CODA Contributions, Supplemental Contributions, Rollover
Contributions or Transferred Contributions, as defined thereunder;

      (c)   Benefits payable to the Participant under The Lubrizol
Corporation Employees' Profit-Sharing Plan;

      (d)   Benefits payable to the Participant under The Lubrizol
Corporation Excess Defined Contribution Plan;

      (e)   Benefits payable to the Participant under The Lubrizol
Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Plan;

      (f)   The Participant's Social Security benefits;

      (g)   Any other employer-provided benefits not specifically
excluded herein which are payable to the Participant pursuant to any
qualified or nonqualified retirement plan maintained by the Company.

      Such offsets shall be determined using the actuarial factors
provided in the Lubrizol Pension Plan.

      Section 4.  Early Retirement Eligibility and Determination of
Benefit.  Each Participant who retires from employment with the Company
at or after age 55, but prior to his Normal Retirement Date, shall
receive a percentage of his supplemental retirement benefit determined
under Section 3, in accordance with the early retirement schedule
provided in the Lubrizol Pension Plan.

      Section 5.  Termination of Employment.  If a Participant
terminates employment prior to age 55, he shall receive the actuarial
equivalent of his supplemental retirement benefit determined under
Section 3 in a single lump-sum payment; such actuarial equivalent of
which shall be calculated using the same actuarial factors and interest
rates used in the Lubrizol Pension Plan as in effect on the date the
Participant terminates employment in accordance with this Section 5. 

      Section 6.   Payment to Participant. (Effective November 27, 1995)

      (a)   Each Participant who retires in accordance with Sections 3
or 4 shall receive payment of his supplemental pension benefit under the
Plan determined as of his date of retirement in the standard form of
benefit of a monthly retirement benefit commencing within 30 days
following retirement and payable to such Participant for his lifetime
following such retirement, with the continuance to his Beneficiary of
such amount after his death for the remainder, if any, of the 120-month
term that commenced with the date as of which the first payment of such
monthly benefit is made, and with any such monthly benefits remaining
unpaid upon the death of the survivor of the Participant and his
Beneficiary to be made to the estate of such survivor.

      (b)   Participants may instead elect within a 60 day period
commencing 90 days prior to retirement to receive the actuarial
equivalent of the standard form of benefit determined under paragraph a,
on the date of retirement, in accordance with any one of the following
options:

            (i)   a single lump-sum payment payable within 30 days
following retirement;

            (ii)  a single lump-sum payment payable within 30 days
following the end of calendar year in which the Participant retired. 
Interest on the lump-sum deferral shall accrue and be paid with the
lump-sum; such interest to be computed at the PBGC interest rate in
effect of the date of retirement.

            (iii) a reduced monthly retirement benefit commencing within
30 days following retirement and payable to such Participant for his
lifetime following his retirement, with the continuance of a monthly
benefit equal to fifty percent (50%) of such reduced amount after his
death to his Beneficiary during the lifetime of the Beneficiary,
provided that such Beneficiary is living at the time of such
Participant's retirement and survives him;

            (iv)  a reduced monthly retirement benefit commencing within
30 days following retirement and payable to such Participant for his
lifetime following his retirement, with the continuance of a monthly
benefit equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such reduced amount after
his death to his Beneficiary during the lifetime of the Beneficiary,
provided such Beneficiary is living at the time of such Participant's
retirement and survives him.

            (v)   annual installments of up to ten payments, the first
of which shall be paid within 30 days following retirement, and
subsequent installments of which shall be paid on the anniversary date
of the payment of the first installment.  Such installments shall be
determined by dividing the commuted lump-sum equivalent of the
supplemental retirement benefit (determined in the same manner as under
the Lubrizol Pension Plan) by the number of installments to be paid and
adjusting for interest based on the interest rate used to determine the
commuted lump-sum payment.  Installments after the first installment
shall include such interest which accrues during the 12-month period
occurring since the date the prior installment was paid.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of the Plan to the
contrary, if the present actuarial value of any retirement benefit or
survivor benefit under the Plan to any person, determined as described
above, is less than $25,000, such benefit shall be paid in a single
lump-sum payment to such person within 30 days following retirement.

      Section 7.  Payment in the Event of Death Prior to Commencement of
Distribution.  If a Participant dies prior to commencement of benefits
under the Plan, his surviving spouse, if any, shall be eligible for a
survivor benefit which is equal to one-half of the reduced monthly
benefit the Participant would have received under the Plan if the
Participant had terminated employment on the day before his death and
had elected to receive his benefit hereunder in the form of a 50 percent
joint and survivor annuity.  In making the determinations and reductions
required in this Section 7, the Company shall apply the assumptions then
in use under the Lubrizol Pension Plan.  For purposes hereof, a
surviving spouse shall only be eligible for a benefit under this Section
7, if such spouse had been married to the deceased Participant for at
least one year as of the date of the Participant's death.

      Section 8.  Actuarial Factors.  All actuarial assumptions and
factors used in this Plan shall be the same as those used in the
Lubrizol Pension Plan.

      Section 9.  Funding.  The obligation of the Company to pay
benefits provided hereunder shall be unfunded and unsecured and such
benefits shall be paid by the Company out of its general funds.  In
order to provide a source of payment for its obligations under the Plan,
the Company may cause a trust fund to be maintained and/or arrange for
insurance contracts.  Subject to the provisions of the trust agreement
governing any such trust fund or the insurance contract, the obligation
of the Company under the Plan to provide a Participant with a benefit
shall nonetheless constitute the unsecured promise of the Company to
make payments as provided herein, and no person shall have any interest
in, or a lien or prior claim upon, any property of the Company.
<PAGE>
      Section 10.  Plan Administrator.  The Company shall be the plan
administrator of the Plan.  The plan administrator shall perform all
ministerial functions with respect to the Plan.  Further, the plan
administrator shall have full power and authority to interpret and
construe the Plan and shall determine all questions arising in the
administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan.  Any such
determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.  The plan
administrator shall employ such advisors or agents as it may deem
necessary or advisable to assist it in carrying out its duties
hereunder.

      Section 11.  Not a Contract of Continuing Employment.  Nothing
herein contained shall be construed as a commitment or agreement on the
part of the Participant to continue his employment with the Company, and
nothing herein contained shall be construed as a commitment or agreement
on the part of the Company to continue the employment or the annual rate
of compensation of the Participant for any period, and the Participant
shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent as if this Plan had
never been put into effect.

      Section 12.  Right of Amendment and Termination.  Effective
October 1, 1994, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate
the Plan in whole or in part at any time and to suspend operation of the
Plan, in whole or in part, at any time, by resolution or written action
of its Board of Directors or by action of a committee to which such
authority has been delegated by the Board of Directors; provided,
however,  that no amendment shall result in the forfeiture or reduction
of the interest of any Participant or person claiming under or through
any one or more of them pursuant to the Plan.  Any amendment of the Plan
shall be in writing and signed by authorized individuals.

      Section 13.  Termination and Distribution of Accrued Benefits. 
The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Company, and in that event
the amount of the accrued benefits as of the date of such termination
shall remain an obligation of the Company and shall be payable as if the
Plan had not been terminated.

      Section 14.  Construction.  Where necessary or appropriate to the
meaning hereof, the singular shall be deemed to include the plural, the
plural to include the singular, the masculine to include the feminine,
and the feminine to include the masculine.

      Section 15.  Severability.  In the event any provision of the Plan
is deemed invalid, such provision shall be deemed to be severed from the
Plan, and the remainder of the Plan shall continue to be in full force
and effect.

      Section 16.  Governing Law.  Except as otherwise provided, the
provisions of the Plan shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of Ohio.



                                                      Exhibit (10)(k)   
                                                      
                          THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                  DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR OFFICERS
                               (As Amended)



1.  Purpose.  The purpose of this Deferred Compensation Plan  For
Officers (the "Plan") is to permit an officer (as identified by the
Company for Section 16 purposes under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) (sometimes hereinafter referred to as "officer" or as the
"Participant") of The Lubrizol Corporation (the "Company"), who wishes,
to defer a portion of such officer's compensation until retirement or
other termination of employment all as provided in the Plan.  

2.  Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by the Organization
and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Committee").  The Committee's interpretation and construction of all
provisions of the Plan shall be binding and conclusive upon all
Participants and their heirs and/or successors.

3.  Right to Defer Compensation.  

      (a)   An officer of the Company may, at any time prior to January
1 of a given calendar year, elect, for one or more future successive
calendar years, to defer under the Plan a pre-selected amount of such
officer's cash compensation, including bonus, which such officer may
thereafter be entitled to receive for services performed during such
elected calendar year or years. 

      (b)   The election under this Section 3 shall take effect on the
first day of the calendar year following the date on which the election
is made and such election shall be irrevocable for any elected calendar
year after such elected calendar year shall have commenced.

      (c)   The pre-selected amount that an officer may elect to defer
shall be one or more of the following: 

      (i)   a fixed dollar amount or percentage of the officer's bi-
            weekly base salary;

      (ii)  a fixed dollar amount or percentage of the officer's
quarterly pay;

      (iii) a fixed dollar amount or percentage of the officer's share
            in the variable compensation component, if any;

      (iv)  a fixed dollar amount or percentage of the officer's
            participation in the performance pay plan (formerly the
            variable award plan), if any.

      (d)   Notwithstanding paragraphs (a),(b) and (c), where an officer
first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the newly eligible
officer may make the election under this Section 3 to defer the
specified compensation for services to be performed subsequent to the
election and for the remainder of the calendar year in which the
election under this Section 3 is made provided such election is made
within 30 days after the date the officer first becomes eligible.   

      (e)   Within such periods of time as the Committee shall
designate, and in addition to the provisions of paragraphs (a) through
(d), an officer may elect to defer that portion or all of the officer's 
cash and/or stock compensation (i) described in paragraphs (a) through
(d), (ii) the performance share program, and/or (iii) any other future
plan or program that provides for cash or stock compensation, to the
extent that such amounts would otherwise be nondeductible by the Company
pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the amount to be
deferred with respect to the performance share program shall be
determined by taking into consideration any fixed cash compensation
(including biweekly and quarterly pay) to be received subsequent to the
date on which shares are distributable under the performance share
program.  Any deferral of stock compensation shall be subject to the
procedures set forth in Section 5.

      (f)   All elections under this Plan shall be made by written
notice delivered to the Vice President, Human Resources, of the Company
specifying (i) the number of calendar years, one or more, during which
the election shall apply, (ii) the portion, if any, determined under
paragraph (c), of each category of the Participant's compensation to be
deferred for such year or years, as described above, and (iii) the
periodic payment schedule selected subject to (x) the installment period
limitation and (y) the computation of each installment payment, as
provided in Section 6. 

      (g)   A Participant may designate that the election under this
Section  3 shall remain in effect until the Participant, on a
prospective basis, withdraws the election or changes the amount to be
deferred; provided that, if the Participant changes only the amount to
be deferred, the periodic payment schedule selected under paragraph
(f)(iii) shall continue to apply.  Any notice of the withdrawal of the
election shall be effective on the first day of the calendar year
following the date on which such notice is given to the Company's Vice
President, Human Resources; provided that, such notice shall not change,
alter or terminate the deferral of the officer's participation in the
performance pay plan for the year in which such notice of withdrawal is
given which, except for the deferral, would be payable in the calendar
year following the date on which such notice of withdrawal is given. 
Notwithstanding paragraph (f) and the first sentence of this paragraph
(g), any compensation earned after the end of the first month in which a
Participant under this Plan  no longer is an officer of the Company, as
defined in Section 1, but continues to be employed by the Company, shall
not be deferred, provided however, the balance in the Participant's
Accounts shall continue to be held and administered pursuant to the
Plan.

4. Cash Deferral Accounts.  

      (a)   On the last day of each month during which the cash
compensation deferred under the Plan would have become payable to the
Participant in the absence of an election under the Plan to defer
payment thereof, the amount of such deferred compensation shall be
credited to a Cash Deferral Account which shall be established and
maintained for each Participant in the Company's accounting books and
records.  To the extent that, at the time amounts are credited to a
Participant's Cash Deferral Account, any federal, state or local payroll
withholding tax applies (e.g., Medicare withholding tax), the
Participant shall be responsible for the payment of such amount to the
Company and the Company shall promptly remit such amount to the proper
taxing authority.

      (b)   Interest shall accrue on the month-end balance in each
Participant's Cash Deferral Account as of the last day of each month and
shall be computed at the Federal Reserve 90-day Composite Rate in effect
for the previous calendar quarter.  Such interest amount so determined
shall be credited monthly to such Participant's Cash Deferral Account;
provided that no interest shall be credited as to the cash compensation
for the month on the last day of which such cash compensation is first
credited to the Participant's Cash Deferral Account.

5.    Stock Deferral Accounts.

      (a)   At the time that Common Shares are distributable to a
Participant, who has elected to defer the receipt thereof under Section
3(e), in lieu of Common Shares being issued, there shall be credited to
a separate Stock Deferral Account for the Participant, full stock
equivalent units ("Units") which shall be established and maintained on
the Company's records.  One Unit shall be allocated to the Stock
Deferral Account for each such Common Share.

      (b)   As of each dividend record date established by the Company
for the payment of cash dividends with respect to its Common Shares, the
Company shall credit each separate Stock Deferral Account of a
Participant with an additional number of whole and/or fractional Units
equal to:

            (i)   the product of (x) the dividend per Common Share which
                  is payable with respect to such dividend record date,
                  multiplied by (y) the number of whole and fractional
                  Units credited to the separate Stock Deferral Account
                  of a Participant as of such record date;

                                    divided by

            (ii)  The closing price of a Common Share on the dividend
                  record date (or if Common Shares were not traded on
                  that date, on the next preceding day on which Common
                  Shares were so traded), as reported on the NYSE-
                  composite tape.

      (c)   At no time prior to actual delivery of Common Shares
pursuant to the Plan, shall the Company be obligated to purchase or
reserve Common Shares for delivery of a Participant and the Participant
shall not be a shareholder nor have any of the rights of a shareholder
with respect to the Units credited to the Participant's Stock Deferral
Account.

      (d)   To the extent that, at the time Units are credited to a
Stock Deferral Account of a Participant, any federal, state or local
payroll withholding tax applies (e.g., Medicare withholding tax), the
Participant shall be responsible for the payment of such amount to the
Company and the Company shall promptly remit such amount to the proper
taxing authority.

      (e)   In the event of any change in the number of outstanding
Company Common Shares by reason of any stock dividend, stock split up,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of shares or other
similar corporate change, the number of Units in each separate Stock
Deferral Account of a Participant shall be appropriately adjusted to
take into account any such event.

6.  Payment of Deferred Compensation.  

      (a)   The total amount standing as a credit in a Participant's
Cash Deferral Account shall, upon termination of employment, be payable
to the Participant either in a lump sum or in periodic installments over
such period,  not exceeding ten years, as the Participant shall have
selected pursuant to Section 3(f)(iii).  Such periodic payments shall
begin or the lump sum payment shall be made, as the case may be, from
the Participant's Cash Deferral Account, at such time, not more than
twelve (12) months after the Participant ceases to be an employee of the
Company, as the Participant shall have selected pursuant to Section 3
(f)(iii) .  All amounts payable in accordance with this Section 6(a)
shall be subject to applicable federal, state and/or local payroll
withholding taxes then in effect.

      (b)   The amount of each installment payable to a Participant
shall be determined by dividing the balance of such Participant's Cash
Deferral Account by the number of periodic installments (including the
current installment) remaining to be paid.  Until a Participant's Cash
Deferral Account has been completely distributed, the balance thereof
remaining, from time to time, shall bear interest on a monthly basis
calculated as provided in Section 4(b).  

      (c)   The total number of Units credited to the Participant's
Stock Deferral Account shall be payable to the Participant as set forth
in paragraph (e), either in a lump sum or in periodic installments, over
such period, not exceeding ten years, as the Participant shall have
selected pursuant to section 3(f)(Iii).  Such periodic payments shall
begin or the lump sum payment shall be made, as the case may be, at such
time, not more than twelve (12) months after the Participant ceased to
be an employee of the Company, as the Participant may have selected
pursuant to Section 3.  The Participant may, under Section 3, have
separate and distinct elections as to how the Participant's Cash
Deferral Account and Stock Deferral Account shall be distributed under
this Plan.  

      (d)   Payments from the Cash Deferral Account shall be in cash and
payments from the Stock Deferral Account shall be in the form of Company
Common Shares.

      (e)   The amount of any installment payable from the Stock
Deferral Account to a Participant shall be determined by dividing the
balance of the number of Units in the Participant's Stock Deferral
Account by the number of periodic installments (including the current
installment) remaining to be paid and the quotient shall be the number
of Company Common Shares that are payable.  If the determination of the
installment payable from the Participant's Stock Deferral Account
results in a fractional Common Share being payable, the installment
payment shall exclude any such fractional Common Share payment except
that, in the final installment payment, any such fractional Common Share
shall be paid in cash in an amount as determined by the Committee. 
Until the Participant's Stock Deferral Account has been completely
distributed, the balance in the Stock Deferral Account shall continue to
be credited with the dividend equivalents on such balance as provided in
Section 5(b).

      (f)   If the Participant elects to satisfy tax withholding with
Company Common Shares, then such withholding shall be from those Common
Shares otherwise issuable pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (e) above, and
shall be such number of Common Shares that will provide for the federal,
state and/or local income tax at the rates then applicable for
supplemental wages, unless otherwise requested by the Participant, but
in no event less than the statutory minimums for tax withholding.

      (g)   For purposes under paragraph (f) of determining the number
of Company Common Shares that are to be withheld to provide for the tax 
withholding, Company Common Shares shall be valued at the closing price
on the New York Stock Exchange of a Company Common Share on the date the
Common Shares are distributable (or if the Common Shares were not traded
on that date, on the next preceding day on which the Common Shares were
so traded).  If the determination of the tax withholding would require
the withholding of a fractional Company Common Share, the Participant
shall remit cash to the Company in lieu of the such fractional Share.

      (h)   In the event a Participant dies prior to receiving payment
of the entire amount in that Participant's Cash Deferral Account and/or
Stock Deferral Account, as the case may be, the unpaid balance shall be
paid to such beneficiary as the Participant may have designated in
writing to the Vice President, Human Resources, of the Company as the
beneficiary to receive any such post-death distribution under the Plan
or, in the absence of such written designation, to the Participant's
legal representative or to the beneficiary designated in the
Participant's last will as the one to receive such distributions. 
Distributions subsequent to the death of a Participant may be made
either in a lump sum or in periodic installments in such amounts and
over such period, not exceeding ten years from the date of death, as the
Committee may direct and the amount of each installment shall be
computed as provided in Section 6(a), (c) and (e) as the case may be. 

7.  Acceleration of Payments.  

      (a)   The Committee may accelerate the distribution of part or
all, in any or all, of a Participant's accounts for reasons of severe
financial hardship.  For purposes of the Plan, severe financial hardship
shall be deemed to exist in the event the Committee determines that a
Participant needs a distribution to meet immediate and heavy financial
needs resulting from a sudden or unexpected illness or accident of the
Participant or a member of the Participant's family, loss of the
Participant's property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary
and unforeseeable circumstance arising as a result of events beyond the
control of the Participant.  A distribution based on financial hardship
shall not exceed the amount required to meet the immediate financial
need created by the hardship. 

      (b)   Upon application by a Participant to the Committee, made no
later than thirty (30) days prior to the Participant's retirement or
other termination of employment (other than as a result of death), nor
earlier than ninety (90) days prior thereto, the Participant may request
that the Committee accelerate the Participant's distribution schedule
under Section 6 as previously selected by the Participant, including
accelerating to a lump sum payment.  The Committee shall have sole and
exclusive discretionary authority to grant or deny a Participant's
request.

8.  Non-assignability.  None of the rights or interests in any of the
Participant's accounts shall, at any time prior to actual payment or
distribution pursuant to the Plan, be assignable or transferable in
whole or in part, either voluntarily or by operation of law or
otherwise, and such rights and interest shall not be subject to payment
of debts by execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge, bankruptcy
or in any other manner; provided that, upon the occurrence of any such
assignment or transfer or the attempted assignment or transfer, all
payments under Section 6 shall be payable in the sole and unrestricted
judgment and discretion of the Committee, as to time and amount
(including a lump sum amount), and shall be distributable to the person
who would have received the payment but for this Section 8 only at such
time or times and in such amounts as the Committee, from time to time,
and in its sole and unrestricted judgment and discretion, shall
determine.  Should an event covered by this Section 8 occur prior to the
death of a Participant, the balance, if any, in the Participant's
accounts shall, after such death, be thereafter distributed as provided
in Section 6  subject to the provisions of this Section 8.

9.  Plan to be Unfunded.  The Company shall be under no obligation to
segregate or reserve any funds or other assets for purposes relating to
the Plan and, except as set forth in this Plan, no Participant shall
have any rights whatsoever in or with respect to any funds or other
assets held by the Company for purposes of the Plan or otherwise.  Each
Participant's accounts maintained for purposes of the Plan merely
constitute bookkeeping entries on records of the Company, constitute the
unsecured promise and obligation of the Company to make payments as
provided herein, and shall not constitute any allocation whatsoever of
any cash, shares or other assets of the Company or be deemed to create
any trust or special deposit with respect to any of the Company's
assets. 

10.  Amendment.  The Board of Directors of the Company, or the
Organization and Compensation Committee may, from time to  time, amend
or terminate the Plan, provided that no such amendment or termination of
the Plan shall adversely affect a Participant's accounts as they existed
immediately before such amendment or termination or the manner of
distribution thereof, unless such Participant shall have consented
thereto in writing.  Any reduction in the quarterly interest rate set
forth in Section 4(b), by amendment to the Plan, shall affect only
contributions made to the Plan for calendar years subsequent to the
adoption of the amendment. The balance in a Participant's Cash Deferral
Account prior to the effective date of any such interest rate reduction
shall continue to bear interest at the rate in effect prior to any such
reduction in interest rate.  Notice of any amendment or termination of
the Plan shall be given promptly to all Participants.

11.  Plan Implementation.  This Plan is adopted and effective on the
25th day of July, 1994, as amended on June 17, 1995, as further amended
September 25, 1995, effective as of January 1, 1995 and further amended
on September 22, 1997.



                                                        Exhibit (10)(l)

                           THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
                               EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
                          DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                                 (As Amended)

1.  Purpose.  The purpose of this Executive Council Deferred
Compensation Plan  (the "Plan") is to permit a member of the Executive
Council (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Member" or as the
"Participant") who is employed by The Lubrizol Corporation (the
"Company"), to defer a portion of such Member's compensation as provided
in this Plan.  

2.  Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by the Organization
and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Committee").  The Committee's interpretation and construction of all
provisions of the Plan shall be binding and conclusive upon all
Participants and their heirs and/or successors.

3.  Right to Defer Compensation.  

         (a)     A Member may, at any time prior to January 1 of a given
calendar year, elect, for one or more future successive calendar years
commencing with the calendar year immediately following the election
(each a "Participation Year"), to defer under the Plan a pre-selected
fixed dollar amount or percentage of such Member's variable
compensation, if any (the "deferred compensation"), under The Lubrizol
Corporation Performance Pay Plan ("Performance Pay Plan"), which such
Participant may thereafter be entitled to receive for services performed
during each elected Participation Year. 

         (b)     The election under this Section 3 shall take effect on the
first day of the first elected Participation Year and such election
shall be irrevocable for any elected Participation Year once such
Participation Year shall have commenced.

         (c)     Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), when an individual
Member first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the newly
eligible Member may make the election under this Section 3 to defer the
specified compensation for services to be performed subsequent to the
date specified in the election and for the remainder of the calendar
year in which the election under this Section 3 is made, provided that
such election is made within 30 days after the date that the Member is
notified of the Member's eligibility.   

         (d)     All elections under this Plan shall be made by written
notice (on a form provided by the Company) specifying (i) the number of
calendar years, one or more, during which the election shall apply, and
(ii) the deferred compensation determined under paragraph (a). 
<PAGE>
         (e)     A Participant may designate that the election under this
Section  3 shall remain in effect until the Participant, on a
prospective basis, withdraws the election or changes the amount to be
deferred.  Any notice of the withdrawal or change in the amount of the
election shall be effective on the first day of the calendar year next
following the year in which such notice is given; provided that, such
notice shall not change, alter or terminate the deferral of the Member's
participation in the Performance Pay Plan for the year in which such
notice of withdrawal or change is given which, except for the deferral,
would be payable in the calendar year next following the year in which
such notice of withdrawal or change is given.  Notwithstanding paragraph
(b) and the first sentence of this paragraph (e), any variable
compensation earned after the end of the month in which a Participant
under this Plan ceases to be a Member, as defined in Section 1, but
continues to be employed by the Company, shall not be deferred, provided
however, the balance in the Participant's Stock Deferral Accounts shall
continue to be held and administered pursuant to the Plan.

         (f)     All notices by a Participant under the Plan shall be in
writing and shall be given to the Company's Vice President, Human
Resources.

4.  Stock Deferral Accounts.  

         (a)     At the close of business of the day on which the Performance
Pay Plan deferred compensation would have been payable to the
Participant in the absence of the election under the Plan to defer
payment thereof, there shall be credited to a separate Stock Deferral
Account for each Participant full and fractional stock equivalent units
("Units") which shall be established as hereinafter provided and shall
be maintained for each Participant on the Company's records.

         (b)     The number of full and fractional Units that shall be
credited to a separate Stock Deferral Account for a Participant shall be
equal to an amount determined by:
     
                 (i)     Dividing the Participant's deferred compensation for
                         the applicable Participation Year by the average
                         closing price for Lubrizol Common Shares ("Shares") on
                         the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") composite
                         transactions reporting system ("composite tape") for
                         the ten trading days immediately prior to the date
                         described in paragraph (a); and

                 (ii)    multiplying the quotient determined in subparagraph
                         (i) by 1.25.

         (c)     To the extent that, at the time Units are credited to a
Stock Deferral Account of a Participant, any federal, state or local
payroll withholding tax applies (e.g., Medicare withholding tax), the
Participant shall be responsible for the payment of such amount to the
Company and the Company shall promptly remit such amount to the proper
taxing authority.

         (d)     The amount of deferred compensation used in the formula set
forth in paragraph (b) shall not constitute a sum due and owing to a
Participant.  Such amount shall be used solely as part of the formula to
determine the number of full and fractional Units.

         (e)     As of each dividend record date established by the Company
for the payment of cash dividends with respect to its Shares, the
Company shall credit each separate Stock Deferral Account of a
Participant with an additional number of whole and/or fractional Units
equal to:

                 (i)     the product of (x) the dividend per Share which is
                         payable with respect to such dividend record date,
                         multiplied by (y) the number of whole and fractional
                         Units credited to the separate Stock Deferral Account
                         of the Participant as of such record date;

                                  divided by

                 (ii)    the closing price of a Share on the dividend record
                         date (or if Shares were not traded on that date, on
                         the next preceding day on which Shares were so
                         traded), as reported on the NYSE composite tape.

         (f)     At no time prior to actual delivery of Shares pursuant to
the Plan shall the Company be obligated to purchase or reserve Shares
for delivery to any Participant and a Participant shall not be a
shareholder or have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to
the Units credited to each separate Stock Deferral Account of a
Participant.

5.  Payment of Deferred Compensation.  

         (a)     All Units credited to a separate Stock Deferral Account of
Participant, including dividend equivalents thereon, shall be payable to
the Participant at the end of three years from the first date Units were
credited to such separate Stock Deferral Account of the Participant
under Section 4(a); provided, however, that if a Participant's
employment is terminated for any reason other than retirement or death,
the Units credited to each separate Stock Deferral Account of a
Participant as of the Participant's termination of employment date,
including all dividend equivalents thereon, shall be payable to the
Participant within 30 days of such termination of employment.

         (b)     All distributions or payments of Units to a Participant
shall be made in Shares equal to the number of whole Units credited to
the separate Stock Deferral Account(s) of the Participant which become
payable in accordance with Section 5(a).   Any fractional number of
Units shall be paid in cash in lieu of Shares.
<PAGE>
         (c)     To the extent that, at the time Shares are distributed to a
Participant, any federal, state or local payroll withholding tax
applies, the Participant shall be responsible for the payment of such
amount to the Company and the Company shall promptly remit such amount
to the proper taxing authority.  Such payment may be made in cash, in
Shares, or in any combination of cash and Shares, at the election of the
Participant.  All elections must be made in writing and be submitted to
the Vice President - Human Resources.  If no election is made prior to
the first distribution of Shares, the Company shall withhold a
sufficient number of Shares to pay the withholding taxes at the highest 
marginal tax rate in effect for such Participant.  In no event shall the
withholding be less than the statutory minimum for tax withholding.

         (d)     In the event a Participant dies prior to receiving payment
of the entire amount in each separate Stock Deferral Account of the
Participant, the unpaid balance shall be paid to such beneficiary as the
Participant may have designated in writing to the Vice President, Human
Resources, of the Company as the beneficiary to receive any such post-
death distribution under the Plan or, in the absence of such written
designation, to the Participant's legal representative or to the
beneficiary designated in the Participant's last will as the one to
receive such distributions.  Distributions subsequent to the death of a
Participant may be made either in accordance with Section 5(a) and (b)
or earlier, as determined by the Committee. 

         (e)     To the extent the Committee deems necessary, the Shares
distributed to a Participant pursuant to Section 5(a) and (b) or 6(a) or
to a successor pursuant to Section 5(d) may contain such restrictions on
the right of immediate transfer as the Committee may reasonably
determine.

6.  Acceleration of Payments.

         (a)     The Committee may accelerate the distribution of part or all
of one or more of a Participant's separate Stock Deferral Accounts for
reasons of severe financial hardship.  For purposes of the Plan, severe
financial hardship shall be deemed to exist in the event the Committee
determines that a Participant needs a distribution to meet immediate and
heavy financial needs resulting from a sudden or unexpected illness or
accident of the Participant or a member of the Participant's family,
loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or other similar
extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstance arising as a result of
events beyond the control of the Participant.  A distribution based on
financial hardship shall not exceed the amount required to meet the
immediate financial need created by the hardship. 

7.  Non-assignability.  None of the rights or interests in any of the 
Participant's separate Stock Deferral Accounts shall, at any time prior
to actual payment or distribution pursuant to the Plan, be assignable or
transferable in whole or in part, either voluntarily or by operation of
law or otherwise, and such rights and interest shall not be subject to
payment of debts by execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge,
bankruptcy or in any other manner; provided that, upon the occurrence of
any such assignment or transfer or the attempted assignment or transfer,
all payments under Section 5 shall be payable in the sole and
unrestricted judgment and discretion of the Committee, as to time and
amount, and shall be distributable to the person who would have received
the payment but for this Section 7 only at such time or times and in
such amounts as the Committee, from time to time, and in its sole and
unrestricted judgment and discretion, shall determine.  Should an event
covered by this Section 7 occur prior to the death of a Participant, the
balance, if any, in each of the Participant's Stock Deferral Accounts
shall, after such death, be thereafter distributed as provided in
Section 5(d) subject to the provisions of this Section 7.

8.  Plan to be Unfunded.  The Company shall be under no obligation to
segregate or reserve any funds or other assets for purposes relating to
the Plan and, except as set forth in this Plan, no Participant shall
have any rights whatsoever in or with respect to any funds or other
assets held by the Company for purposes of the Plan or otherwise.  Each
Participant's separate Stock Deferral Accounts maintained for purposes
of the Plan merely constitute a bookkeeping entry on records of the
Company, constitute the unsecured promise and obligation of the Company
to make payments as provided herein, and shall not constitute any
allocation whatsoever of any cash or other assets of the Company or be
deemed to create any trust or special deposit with respect to any of the
Company's assets. 

9.  Miscellaneous.  In the event of any change in the number of
outstanding Shares by reason of any stock dividend, stock split up,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of shares or other
similar corporate change, the number of Units credited to each separate
Stock Deferral Account of a Participant shall be appropriately adjusted
to take into account any such event.

      10.  Amendment.  The Board of Directors of the Company, or the
Organization and Compensation Committee, may, from time to  time, amend
or terminate the Plan, provided that no such amendment or termination of
the Plan shall adversely affect any Stock Deferral Account of a
Participant as it existed immediately before such amendment or
termination or the manner of distribution thereof, unless such
Participant shall have consented thereto in writing.  Notice of any
amendment or termination of the Plan shall be given promptly to all
Participants.

     11.  Plan Implementation.  This Plan is adopted and effective as of
the 1st day of January, 1997.







                                                                 EXHIBIT 11

                       THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION

                   Computation of Per Share Earnings

                          Third Quarter 1997



The computation of primary earnings per share and fully diluted earnings per
share is as follows:

            (In Thousands of Shares Except Per Share Data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended
                                    September 30,          September 30,  
                                 ------------------     -----------------
                                  1997       1996        1997       1996 
                                 ------     ------      ------     ------

<S>                              <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>
Average shares outstanding for
  computation of primary
  earnings per share             57,620     59,979      58,078     61,166

Add adjustment to treat shares
  for options exercised as if
  such shares were outstanding
  during the entire period           97         13         216         51

Add equivalent shares for
  unexercised options at end
  of period*                        876        148         800        178
                                 ------     ------      ------     ------
Average shares outstanding for
  computation of fully diluted
  earnings per share             58,593     60,140      59,094     61,395
                                 ======     ======      ======     ======

Primary earnings per share        $ .67      $ .53       $2.14      $2.31
                                  =====      =====       =====      =====
Fully diluted earnings per share  $ .66      $ .53       $2.11      $2.30
                                  =====      =====       =====      =====


</TABLE>
*Computed under the "Treasury Stock Method" using the higher of quoted
ending or average market price.



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This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from consolidated
balance sheet and consolidated statements of income and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements
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                                          0
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