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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Statement Trading Symbol of Original
ENCAP EQUITY 1996 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Month/Day/Year) TEXOIL, INC. (TXLI) (Month/Day/Year)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 11/11/99 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
1100 LOUISIANA AVENUE, SUITE 3150 ---------------------------- Person(s) to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
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(Street) Number of Reporting Director X 10% Owner Applicable Line)
Person, if an entity ----- ----- Form filed by
HOUSTON TX 77002 (voluntary) Officer Other (specify --- One Reporting
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(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- (give title below) X Form filed by
--- More than One
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE 106,968(1) D
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE 320,904(2) D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (3-99)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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COMMON STOCK,
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK IMMEDIATE PAR VALUE $.01 $187,500(1) 2-FOR-1 D
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COMMON STOCK,
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK IMMEDIATE PAR VALUE $.01 $287,364(2) 2-FOR-1 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These securities are owned solely by Energy Capital Investment Company PLC ("ENERGY PLC"), who may be deemed a member of a
"group" with EnCap Equity 1996 Limited Partnership ("EnCap LP") for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Energy PLC
disclaims any beneficial ownership of EnCaP LP's securities and disclaims membership in a group with EnCap LP.
(2) These securities are owned solely by EnCap LP.
EnCap Equity 1996 Limited Partnership
By: EnCap Investments, L.L.C., its General
Partner
/s/ ROBERT L. ZORICH 12-14-99
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- -------------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Name: Robert L. Zorich
Title: Managing Director
Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2
If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (3-99)
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JOINT FILER INFORMATION
Name: Energy Capital Investment Company PLC
Address: 1100 Louisiana Avenue, Suite 3150
Houston, Texas 77002
Designated Filer: EnCap Investments L.L.C.
Issuer & Ticker Symbol: Texoil, Inc. (TXLI)
Date of Event Requiring Statement: 11/11/99
Signature: Energy Capital Investment Company PLC
By: EnCap Investments L.L.C., its
Investment Advisor
By: /s/ ROBERT L. ZORICH
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Name: Robert L. Zorich
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Title: Managing Director
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