AMOCO CO
10-Q, 1994-05-12
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                      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 March 31, 1994 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 1-8888


                                  AMOCO COMPANY                              
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                 DELAWARE                                    36-3353184      
         (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
          incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)


   200 EAST RANDOLPH DRIVE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS                   60601        
    (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)


                                312-856-6111                          
    (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                   NOT APPLICABLE                            
    (Former  name, former address,  and former fiscal year,  if changed since
  last report)

  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 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 shares outstanding as of March 31, 1994--100.

  Registrant meets the conditions  set forth in General  Instructions H(1)(a)
  and  (b) of  Form  10-Q and  is  therefore filing  this  form  with reduced
  disclosure format.

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                         PART I--FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  Item 1.  Financial Statements

  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income
  (millions of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Three Months       
                                                           Ended         
                                                          March 31,          
                                                      1994         1993      
  <S>                                               <C>          <C>
  Revenues:
    Sales and other operating revenues............. $ 5,251      $ 5,623   
    Consumer excise taxes..........................     799          642
    Other income...................................      86           31
        Total revenues.............................   6,136        6,296

  Costs and Expenses:
    Purchased crude oil, petroleum
      products and merchandise.....................   2,583        2,962
    Operating expenses.............................   1,006        1,096
    Petroleum exploration expenses,
      including exploratory dry holes..............     105           84
    Selling and administrative expenses............     445          424
    Taxes other than income taxes..................     972          842
    Depreciation, depletion, amortization,
      and retirements and abandonments.............     459          454
    Interest expense...............................      34           55 
        Total costs and expenses...................   5,604        5,917

  Income before income taxes.......................     532          379

  Income taxes.....................................     155          102  

  Net income....................................... $   377      $   277    
</TABLE>

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   Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
   (millions of dollars) 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    March 31,   December 31, 
                                                      1994          1993  
   <S>                                               <C>           <C>
                         ASSETS       
   Current Assets:
     Cash and marketable securities--at cost,
       which approximates fair value................ $   548       $   582
     Accounts and notes receivable (less allowances 
       of $62 at March 31, 1994, and $62 at
       December 31, 1993)...........................   2,558         2,443
     Inventories....................................     879           947 
     Prepaid expenses and income taxes..............     515           411
       Total current assets.........................   4,500         4,383

   Investments and Other Assets.....................   1,172         1,027

   Properties--at cost, less accumulated
     depreciation, depletion and amortization of
     $20,995 at March 31, 1994, and $20,589
     at December 31, 1993 (The successful efforts       
     method of accounting is followed for costs
     incurred in oil and gas producing activities)..  18,060        18,103
       Total assets................................. $23,732       $23,513

         LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY

   Current Liabilities:
     Current portion of long-term obligations....... $    49       $    51
     Short-term obligations.........................     403           652
     Accounts payable...............................   1,924         2,056
     Accrued liabilities............................     905           722
     Taxes payable (including income taxes).........     452           495
       Total current liabilities....................   3,733         3,976
   Long-Term Obligations:
     Debt...........................................   1,977         1,964
     Capitalized leases.............................       2             3
                                                       1,979         1,967
   Deferred Credits and Other Non-Current Liabilities:
     Income taxes...................................   2,411         2,372
     Other..........................................   2,099         2,069
                                                       4,510         4,441

   Shareholder's Equity.............................  13,510        13,129 
       Total liabilities and shareholder's equity... $23,732       $23,513
</TABLE>
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   Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
   (millions of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             Three Months
                                                                Ended
                                                               March 31,    
                                                            1994       1993 
   <S>                                                     <C>        <C>
   Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
     Net income........................................... $  377     $  277 
       Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
        cash provided by operating activities:        
        Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and              
          retirements and abandonments....................    459        454
        Other.............................................   (308)      (139)
         Net cash provided by operating activities........    528        592


                                                              
   Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
     Capital expenditures.................................   (414)      (514)
     Proceeds from dispositions of property and
       other assets.......................................     59        136 
     Other................................................     (8)       (32)
         Net cash used in investing activities............   (363)      (410)



   Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
     New long-term obligations............................     65         41
     Repayment of long-term obligations...................    (15)      (287)
     Distributions to Amoco Corporation...................      -       (531)
     Increase (decrease) in short-term obligations........   (249)        99 
         Net cash used in financing activities............   (199)      (678)

   Decrease in Cash and Marketable Securities.............    (34)      (496)
   Cash and Marketable Securities-Beginning of Period.....    582        975
   Cash and Marketable Securities-End of Period........... $  548     $  479
</TABLE>

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  Basis of Financial Statement Preparation

  Amoco  Company  (the  "Company")  is a  wholly  owned  subsidiary of  Amoco
  Corporation, an Indiana corporation  ("Amoco"), and is the  holding company
  for all petroleum and chemical operating subsidiaries of Amoco except Amoco
  Canada Petroleum  Company  Ltd.  ("Amoco Canada").   Amoco  guarantees  the
  outstanding public debt obligations of the Company.

  The condensed financial statements contained herein  are unaudited and have
  been prepared from the books and records of the Company.  In the opinion of
  management, the financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of
  only  normal recurring adjustments,  necessary for a fair  statement of the
  results for the  interim periods.  The condensed financial  statements have
  been  prepared  in  accordance  with the  instructions  to  Form 10-Q  and,
  therefore,  do  not  include  all information  and  notes  necessary for  a
  complete presentation of results of operations, financial position and cash
  flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.  

  Item 2.  Management's Narrative Analysis of Results of Operations

  Results of Operations

  Net  income  for  the first  three  months of  1994  totaled  $377 million,
  compared with  $277 million for the  like 1993 period.   Included in first-
  quarter  1993 earnings  were charges  of $170  million associated  with the
  writedown of  the Congo  exploration and  production operations  to current
  recoverable  value.  Also  included in first-quarter 1993  results were tax
  benefits of $56 million related to the disposition of certain operations.

  Excluding these items, earnings declined slightly from $391 million to $377
  million.    The  earnings  decrease  was  primarily attributable  to  lower
  exploration  and  production earnings  mainly  reflecting  lower crude  oil
  prices, which  averaged $4 to $5  per barrel below the  prior year's level.
  Partly  offsetting  were  higher   chemical  and  refining,  marketing  and
  transportation  earnings as  a result  of cost-cutting  efforts  and higher
  sales volumes and margins. 

  Sales and other operating revenues  for the first quarter of 1994 were $5.3
  billion,   7  percent  lower   than  the  $5.6  billion   reported  in  the
  corresponding period  of 1993.  Crude  oil revenues of  $1 billion were  32
  percent below last year's first quarter mainly as a result of lower prices.
  Refined product  revenues for  the first three  months of 1994  decreased 9
  percent compared with 1993.  Lower prices for all  major products more than
  offset  higher sales volumes.  Partly offsetting were increased natural gas
  and  chemical revenues of 32 percent and 10 percent, respectively, compared
  with the  prior year.   The improvements reflected higher  U.S. natural gas
  volumes,  and  higher chemical  sales  volumes,  particularly for  purified
  terephthalic acid ("PTA") and olefins.

  Purchased crude oil, petroleum products and merchandise for the first three
  months of 1994  totaled $2.6 billion, 13 percent below  the comparable 1993
  level of $3 billion.  The decrease was attributed to lower crude oil prices

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  and  volumes,  offset in  part by  higher natural  gas volumes.   Operating
  expenses of $1 billion for  the first quarter of 1994 were  8 percent lower
  than the year-ago period, reflecting the absence of charges associated with
  the writedown  of Congo  exploration  and production  operations.    Partly
  offsetting were higher production expense related to  increased activity in
  Europe.   Petroleum  exploration expenses  of $105  million in  the current
  quarter  were $21 million higher than the  1993 level, mainly due to higher
  overseas activity.  Interest expense  for the first quarter of 1994 was $21
  million below the corresponding 1993 period, reflecting the effects of 1993
  debt refinancing.

  The Company and the oil industry  will continue to be affected by the price
  volatility  of crude  oil  and natural  gas.   Also affecting  chemical and
  refining, marketing and transportation activities are crude  oil prices and
  the  overall industry product  supply and demand balance.   Amoco Company's
  future performance is expected to be affected  by ongoing efforts to reduce
  costs, the  divestment of  marginal properties and  underperforming assets,
  new technologies and new governmental regulation.

  In March  1994, management  of Amoco  announced to  its employees  that the
  organizational structure of  Amoco will be changed  in an effort  to reduce
  costs and  increase effectiveness.   Management currently  anticipates that
  plans for the new structure will be finalized in the last half of 1994.  At
  present, the impact of the restructuring has not been determined.

  Liquidity and Capital Resources

  Cash flows from operating activities amounted to $528 million  in the first
  quarter  of 1994 compared  with $592 million in  last year's first quarter.
  Working  capital totaled  $767  million at  March  31, 1994,  up from  $407
  million at year-end 1993.  The Company's current ratio increased to 1.21 to
  1 at  March  31, 1994,  from 1.10  to  1 at  year-end  1993.   The  Company
  practices  asset and  liability management techniques that  are designed to
  minimize its investment in non-cash working capital.  This does  not impair
  operational capability or flexibility since the Company has ready access to
  both short-term and long-term debt markets.

  The Company's debt to debt-plus-equity was 15.2  percent at March 31, 1994,
  compared with  16.8 percent at  year-end 1993.   The ratio  of earnings  to
  fixed charges was  14.4 to 1 for 1994's first quarter compared with 13.2 to
  1 for the year ended December 31, 1993.

  The Company believes that  its strong financial position will  permit it to
  finance  business needs and opportunities  in an orderly manner.   Amoco is
  rated  AAA  by  Standard &  Poor's  Corporation.   In  April  1994, Moody's
  Investors Services,  Inc. ("Moody's") changed its  rating on Amoco's  long-
  term debt from Aaa to Aa1.  The rating change affects the debt issuances of
  Amoco Canada that are guaranteed by the Company and Amoco.  The decision by
  Moody's is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's business
  or  cost of debt.  To maintain  flexibility, a shelf registration statement
  for $500 million in debt securities remains on file with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission to permit ready access to capital markets.

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  Amoco Oil Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amoco Corporation and Amoco
  Company, announced in April 1994  that it had signed a letter  of intent to
  negotiate a contract  with subsidiaries of Associates  Corporation of North
  America  ("Associates")  whereby Associates would  issue and  process Amoco
  Oil's  consumer credit  cards.    Associates would  become the  grantor  of
  credit, owner  of  the  receivables  and  manager  of  credit  risks.    In
  connection with the transaction, Amoco Oil Company plans to sell certain of
  its assets related to consumer credit cards to the Associates.

  Capital  and exploration  expenditures totaled $519  million for  the first
  three months  of 1994 compared  to the $598  million spent  during the same
  period of 1993.  Expenditures for the year 1993 were $3 billion.

  The  Company  has provided  in  its accounts  for the  reasonably estimable
  future costs of probable  environmental remediation obligations relating to
  various oil and  gas operations,  refineries, marketing sites and  chemical
  locations, including multiparty  sites at which the Company and  certain of
  its subsidiaries have been identified as potentially responsible parties by
  the U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency.   Such estimated  costs will  be
  refined over  time as  remedial requirements and regulations  become better
  defined.  However,  any additional costs cannot be reasonably  estimated at
  this time  due to uncertainty  of timing, the  magnitude of  contamination,
  future  technology, regulatory changes and other  factors.  Although future
  costs could have a significant  effect on the results of operations  in any
  one  period,  they  are not  expected to  be  material in  relation  to the
  Company's  liquidity or  consolidated financial  position.   In  total, the
  accrued liability represents a  reasonable best estimate  of the  Company's
  remediation liability.

                          PART II--OTHER INFORMATION

  Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

  Reference  is made to the description of  legal proceedings in Part I, Item
  3. of the  Company's 1993 Annual  Report on Form  10-K.  Reference is  also
  made to the  current report on Form 8-K  dated April 25, 1994.  See  Item 6
  (b).

  With respect to  the Rubicon/Amoco Production matter, the case  was settled
  on April 8, 1994,  and has been submitted to the court for  dismissal.  The
  terms of the settlement are confidential, but the settlement did not have a
  material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or
  cash flows of Amoco Company.

  Nine  proceedings instituted  by  governmental authorities  are  pending or
  known  to  be   contemplated  against  the  Company  and  certain   of  its
  subsidiaries  under federal,  state and  local environmental laws,  each of
  which  could result  in  monetary  sanctions in  excess  of  $100,000.   No
  individual proceeding is, nor are  the proceedings as a group,  expected to
  have  a material adverse  effect on the Company's  consolidated cash flows,
  financial position or results of operations.  The Company estimates that in
  the aggregate the  monetary sanctions reasonably likely to be  imposed from

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  these proceedings amount to approximately $4.1 million.

  The Company  has various other  suits and claims  pending against it  among
  which are several  class actions for substantial monetary damages  which in
  the  Company's opinion  are not  meritorious.   While it  is  impossible to
  estimate with  certainty  the  ultimate legal  and financial  liability  in
  respect  to these  other suits  and claims, the  Company believes  that the
  aggregate  amount  will not  be  material in  relation to  its consolidated
  financial position.
   
  Item 2.  Changes in Securities
  Not applicable.

  Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities
  Not applicable.

  Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  Not applicable.

  Item 5.  Other Information
  Not applicable.

  Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
  (a) Exhibits
                                                                 Sequentially
      Exhibit                                                      Numbered
      Number                                                         Page    

        12    Statement Setting Forth Computation of Ratio of 
              Earnings to Fixed Charges.                             

  (b)   Current reports on Form 8-K dated February 8, 1994 and April 25, 1994
        were filed.  The filing of February 8, 1994 announced that a judgment
        was entered  on January 21,  1994 for approximately  $413 million  in
        favor  of  Amoco  Chemical  Company  and  Amoco  Reinforced  Plastics
        Company,  subsidiaries  of the  Company  and  Amoco, against  certain
        underwriters and  insurance carriers relating to  wrongful refusal to
        pay for defense and settlement of product liability lawsuits.

        The current report on Form 8-K dated April 25,  1994 announced that a
        new judgment  was entered on April 15, 1994 which revised the January
        21, 1994 judgment to approximately $108 million.

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                                   Signature

  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.

                                             Amoco Company
                                              (Registrant)
  Date: May 12, 1994



                                             J. R. Reid                   
                                             J. R. Reid    
                                             Vice President and Controller
                                             (Duly Authorized and Chief
                                             Accounting Officer)













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                                                                  EXHIBIT 12
                                    AMOCO COMPANY

                   STATEMENT SETTING FORTH COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF
                              EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
                         (millions of dollars, except ratios)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           Three Months 
                              Ended           Year Ended December 31,       
                             Mar. 31,    
                               1994     1993    1992    1991    1990    1989  
 <S>                          <C>      <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
 Determination of Income:
   Consolidated earnings
    before income taxes
    and minority interest..   $  532   $2,427  $1,823  $2,093  $3,456  $3,048
   Fixed charges expensed by
    consolidated companies.       42      193     238     231     266     298
   Adjustments for certain
    companies accounted for
    by the equity method...        1        9      18      12      24      22

   Adjusted earnings plus
    fixed charges..........   $  575   $2,629  $2,079  $2,336  $3,746  $3,368


 Determination of Fixed Charges:
   Consolidated interest on
    indebtedness (including
    interest capitalized)..   $   30   $  162  $  219  $  216  $  232  $  254
   Consolidated rental
    expense representative
    of an interest factor..        9       31      20      22      30      30
   Adjustments for certain
    companies accounted for
    by the equity method...        1        6      12      17      15      21

   Total fixed charges.....   $   40   $  199  $  251  $  255  $  277  $  305

   Ratio of earnings to
    fixed charges..........     14.4     13.2     8.3     9.2    13.5    11.1
</TABLE>

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