PENNZOIL CO /DE/
11-K, 1998-06-30
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549


                      ____________________


                            FORM 11-K
                          ANNUAL REPORT

                      ____________________


                Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the

                 Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                      ____________________


           For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1997


                      _____________________


          PENNZOIL COMPANY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
                      FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES

                   Commission File No. 1-5591

                     ______________________

                        PENNZOIL COMPANY

                 Pennzoil Place, P. O. Box 2967
                   Houston, Texas  77252-2967
   (Name of issuer of securities held pursuant to the plan and
           address of its principal executive office)

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             REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS





To the Administrative Committee,
Pennzoil Company Savings and
Investment Plan for Hourly Employees:

We  have  audited the accompanying statements of net  assets
available  for benefits of the Pennzoil Company Savings  and
Investment  Plan  for  Hourly Employees  (the  Plan)  as  of
December  31,  1997 and 1996, and the related  statement  of
changes  in net assets available for benefits for  the  year
ended December 31, 1997.  These financial statements and the
schedules  referred to below are the responsibility  of  the
Plan's administrative committee.  Our responsibility  is  to
express  an  opinion  on  these  financial  statements   and
schedules based on our audits.

We   conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally
accepted  auditing standards.  Those standards require  that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about  whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence  supporting  the amounts  and  disclosures  in  the
financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing  the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
the  Plan's  administrative committee, as well as evaluating
the  overall financial statement presentation.   We  believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In  our opinion, the financial statements referred to  above
present  fairly, in all material respects,  the  net  assets
available for benefits of the Plan as of December  31,  1997
and  1996,  and the changes in its net assets available  for
benefits for the year ended December 31, 1997, in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.

Our  audits were made for the purpose of forming an  opinion
on  the  basic financial statements taken as a  whole.   The
supplemental   schedules  of  assets  held  for   investment
purposes  as  of December 31, 1997, included as Schedule  I,
and    reportable   transactions   (series   of   investment
transactions) for the year ended December 31, 1997, included
as  Schedule  II, are presented for purposes  of  additional
analysis  and are not a required part of the basic financial
statements but are supplementary information required by the
Department  of  Labor's Rules and Regulations for  Reporting
and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act  of 1974.  The Fund Information in the statements of net
assets  available for benefits and  statement of changes  in
net  assets available for benefits is presented for purposes
of additional analysis rather than to present the net assets
available  for benefits and changes in net assets  available
for   benefits of each fund.  The supplemental schedules and
Fund   Information  have  been  subjected  to  the  auditing
procedures  applied  in the audits of  the  basic  financial
statements  and, in our opinion, are fairly  stated  in  all
material   respects  in  relation  to  the  basic  financial
statements taken as a whole.


                                        ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Houston, Texas
June 25, 1998

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                                           PENNZOIL COMPANY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
                                                       FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES

                                          STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
                                                      (WITH FUND INFORMATION)
                                                         DECEMBER 31, 1997

<CAPTION>
                                                                           Participant Directed Funds
                                               ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Merrill             J. P.           Fidelity          Dreyfus/           Davis
                                                  Lynch             Morgan           Advisor           Laurel              New
                                                Retirement      Institutional        Income &          Equity              York
                                               Preservation          Bond             Growth            Index             Venture
                                                  Trust              Fund              Fund             Trust              Fund
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
<S>                                            <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>
ASSETS:

  Investments, at current value-
    Pennzoil Company common stock               $      -          $      -          $      -          $      -          $      -
    Battle Mountain Gold Company
      common stock                                     -                 -                 -                 -                 -
    Merrill Lynch Retirement
      Preservation Trust                         3,867,164               -                 -                 -                 -
    Mutual funds                                       -             209,355           405,708         4,678,558         1,542,380
    Participant loans                                  -                 -                 -                 -                 -
    Cash and temporary investments                  51,760               -                 -                 339               -

  Receivables-
    Employee contributions                          20,960             1,627             4,679            24,702             9,845
    Employer contributions                             -                 -                 -                 -                 -
    Investment income                                5,243             2,542            27,663               -                 -
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
       Total assets                              3,945,127           213,524           438,050         4,703,599         1,552,225

LIABILITIES:
    Payable to brokers                               4,985               -                 -                 -                 -
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
    FOR BENEFITS                                $3,940,142        $  213,524        $  438,050        $4,703,599        $1,552,225
                                               ============      ============      ============      ============      ============
<FN>
 See notes to financial statements.
</FN>

<CAPTION>

                                                                                      Non-
                                                                                   Participant
                                                Participant Directed Funds           Directed
                                               ------------------------------      ------------
                                                                    Company           Company
                                                   Loan              Stock             Stock
                                                   Fund              Fund              Fund              Total
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
<S>                                            <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>
ASSETS:

  Investments, at current value-
    Pennzoil Company common stock               $      -          $2,196,879        $5,945,421        $8,142,300
    Battle Mountain Gold Company
      common stock                                     -               6,485             5,751            12,236
    Merrill Lynch Retirement
      Preservation Trust                               -                 -                 -           3,867,164
    Mutual funds                                       -                 -                 -           6,836,001
    Participant loans                            1,032,917               -                 -           1,032,917
    Cash and temporary investments                     -                 -              50,040           102,139

  Receivables-
    Employee contributions                             -              13,210               -              75,023
    Employer contributions                             -                 -              24,473            24,473
    Investment income                                  -                 -               3,563            39,011
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
       Total assets                              1,032,917         2,216,574         6,029,248        20,131,264

LIABILITIES:
    Payable to brokers                                 -                 -              18,072            23,057
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
    FOR BENEFITS                                $1,032,917        $2,216,574        $6,011,176       $20,108,207
                                               ============      ============      ============      ============
<FN>
 See notes to financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>



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<TABLE>

                                           PENNZOIL COMPANY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
                                                       FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES

                                          STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
                                                      (WITH FUND INFORMATION)
                                                         DECEMBER 31, 1996

<CAPTION>
                                                                           Participant Directed Funds
                                               ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Merrill             J. P.           Fidelity          Dreyfus/           Davis
                                                  Lynch             Morgan           Advisor           Laurel              New
                                                Retirement      Institutional        Income &          Equity              York
                                               Preservation          Bond             Growth            Index             Venture
                                                  Trust              Fund              Fund             Trust              Fund
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
<S>                                            <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>
ASSETS:

  Investments, at current value-
    Pennzoil Company common stock               $      -          $      -          $      -          $      -          $      -
    Battle Mountain Gold Company
      common stock                                     -                 -                 -                 -                 -
    Merrill Lynch Retirement
      Preservation Trust                         3,073,475               -                 -                 -                 -
    Mutual funds                                       -             176,778           244,802         2,949,961           606,905
    Participant loans                                  -                 -                 -                 -                 -
    Cash and temporary investments                  60,407               -                 -                 -                 -

  Receivables-
    Employee contributions                          46,309             3,353             5,249            37,379            11,433
    Employer contributions                             -                 -                 -                 -                 -
    Investment income                                   91               -                 -                 -                 -
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
       Total assets                              3,180,282           180,131           250,051         2,987,340           618,338

LIABILITIES:
    Payable to brokers                                 -              18,934             3,386            20,535             7,267
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
    FOR BENEFITS                                $3,180,282        $  161,197        $  246,665        $2,966,805        $  611,071
                                               ============      ============      ============      ============      ============
<FN>
 See notes to financial statements.
</FN>

<CAPTION>

                                                                                      Non-
                                                                                   Participant
                                                Participant Directed Funds           Directed
                                               ------------------------------      ------------
                                                                    Company           Company
                                                   Loan              Stock             Stock
                                                   Fund              Fund              Fund              Total
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
<S>                                            <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>
ASSETS:

  Investments, at current value-
    Pennzoil Company common stock               $      -          $2,242,279        $5,224,705        $7,466,984
    Battle Mountain Gold Company
      common stock                                     -               7,892             6,999            14,891
    Merrill Lynch Retirement
      Preservation Trust                               -                 -                 -           3,073,475
    Mutual funds                                       -                 -                 -           3,978,446
    Participant loans                              692,157               -                 -             692,157
    Cash and temporary investments                     -                 -              35,489            95,896

  Receivables-
    Employee contributions                             -              27,083               -             130,806
    Employer contributions                             -                 -              57,403            57,403
    Investment income                                  -                 -                  36               127
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
       Total assets                                692,157         2,277,254         5,324,632        15,510,185

LIABILITIES:
    Payable to brokers                                 -                 -                 -              50,122
                                               ------------      ------------      ------------      ------------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
    FOR BENEFITS                                $  692,157        $2,277,254        $5,324,632       $15,460,063
                                               ============      ============      ============      ============
<FN>
 See notes to financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>



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                                  PENNZOIL COMPANY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
                                              FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES

                            STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
                                             (WITH FUND INFORMATION)
                                       FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997

<CAPTION>

                                                                      Participant Directed Funds
                                        ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Merrill             J.P.             Fidelity           Dreyfus/            Davis
                                           Lynch             Morgan            Advisor             Laurel              New
                                         Retirement       Institutional        Income &            Equity              York
                                        Preservation          Bond              Growth             Index              Venture
                                           Trust              Fund               Fund              Trust               Fund
                                        -----------        -----------        -----------        -----------        -----------
<S>                                     <C>                <C>                <C>                <C>                <C>
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
  beginning of year                     $3,180,282         $  161,197         $  246,665         $2,966,805         $  611,071

CONTRIBUTIONS:
  Employee                                 539,951             40,628            121,210            660,983            254,637
  Employer                                     -                  -                  -                  -                  -

INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends                                    -               14,896             34,151            121,645             66,503
  Interest                                 217,789                -                  -                  -                  -
  Loan Repayment Interest                   24,225              1,368              1,350             19,005              7,324

NET APPRECIATION IN FAIR VALUE
  OF INVESTMENTS                               -                3,173             24,947            928,117            209,835

NET TRANSFERS (Note 1)
  Among Funds                              393,719              6,224             37,343            320,547            462,257
  To Salaried Plan                         (39,557)            (3,764)           (16,111)          (113,657)           (25,491)

PARTICIPANT LOANS (Note 1)
  New Loans Issued                        (142,410)           (14,327)           (12,438)          (116,309)           (66,761)
  Principal Received                        90,518              5,351              7,617             76,485             39,623

EXPENSES                                    (1,247)               (81)               (86)              (786)              (357)

DISTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS             (323,128)            (1,141)            (6,598)          (159,236)            (6,416)
  (Note 1)
                                        -----------        -----------        -----------        -----------        -----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
  end of year                           $3,940,142         $  213,524         $  438,050         $4,703,599         $1,552,225
                                        ===========        ===========        ===========        ===========        ===========

<FN>
 See notes to financial statements
</FN>

<CAPTION>                                                                        Non-
                                                                              Participant
                                          Participant Directed Funds           Directed
                                        ------------------------------        -----------


                                                              Company           Company
                                            Loan               Stock             Stock
                                            Fund                Fund              Fund              Total
                                        -----------        -----------        -----------        -----------
<S>                                     <C>                <C>                <C>                <C>
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
  beginning of year                     $  692,157         $2,277,254         $5,324,632        $15,460,063

CONTRIBUTIONS:
  Employee                                     -              334,233                -            1,951,642
  Employer                                     -                  -              805,278            805,278

INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends                                    -               35,969             90,474            363,638
  Interest                                     -                  348                874            219,011
  Loan Repayment Interest                      -               15,907                -               69,179

NET APPRECIATION IN FAIR VALUE
  INVESTMENTS                                  -              440,324          1,107,559          2,713,955

NET TRANSFERS (Note 1)
  Among Funds                              (30,248)          (430,551)          (759,291)               -
  To Salaried Plan                         (22,820)           (18,834)          (111,985)          (352,219)

PARTICIPANT LOANS (Note 1)
  New Loans Issued                         682,598           (330,353)               -                  -
  Principal Received                      (288,770)            69,176                -                  -

EXPENSES                                       -                  -                 (684)            (3,241)

DISTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS                  -             (176,899)          (445,681)        (1,119,099)
  (Note 1)
                                        -----------        -----------        -----------        -----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
  end of year                           $1,032,917         $2,216,574         $6,011,176         $20,108,207
                                        ===========        ===========        ===========        ===========



<FN>
 See notes to financial statements
</FN>
</TABLE>

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             PENNZOIL COMPANY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

                         FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES


                     NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



1.   DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN:

General

The  Pennzoil Company Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly Employees
(the Plan) was established effective January 1, 1989 (effective date),
by  Pennzoil Company.  The purpose of the Plan is to encourage  hourly
employees  of  Pennzoil  Company  and participating  subsidiaries  and
affiliated companies (Pennzoil) to save, and invest systematically,  a
portion  of their current compensation in order that they may have  an
additional  source of income upon their retirement or  disability,  or
for  their  family  in the event of their death.  Upon  changing  wage
status  to  salary,  a  participant's account balance  is  transferred
between the Plan and the Pennzoil Company Savings and Investment Plan.

Each  person  employed  by Pennzoil who is a member  of  a  collective
bargaining unit which has agreed to participate in the Plan and who is
receiving remuneration on an hourly basis on or after January 1, 1989,
is  eligible to participate in the Plan on the later of the  effective
date  or  the  entry  date  coinciding with or  next  following  their
completion of one year of service.

In  addition, an eligible employee could, independently of his  pretax
contribution,  elect to make after-tax contributions to  the  Plan  in
whole  percentages  of  not  less than 1 percent  and  not  more  than
6  percent of annual compensation. Effective April 1, 1994,  the  Plan
was amended to increase the maximum pretax and after-tax contributions
for  eligible  employees  from 6 percent  of  annual  compensation  to
12  percent of annual compensation.  In addition, the maximum combined
contribution  rates  of  pretax and after-tax contributions  based  on
years  of  participation  in the Plan were  increased  to  9  percent,
10 percent and 12 percent, respectively, for those employees.  The sum
of  the rates of pretax and after-tax contributions are subject to the
following limitations:


Years of Participation(a)       Maximum Combined Contribution Rate
- ------------------------        ----------------------------------

    Less than 5 years                           9%
    5 - 10 years                               10%
    More than 10 years                         12%

For  each  Plan  year,  Pennzoil contributes an amount  on  behalf  of
participating  employees  equal to the following  percentages  of  the
aggregate  pretax  and  after-tax  contribution  rates  shown   above.
Pennzoil's contributions on behalf of participating employees were not
changed by the amendment.

                                Applicable
                               Percentage -
       Years of              Employer Matching
   Participation (a)           Contribution
   -----------------         -----------------
   Less than 5 years                50%
   5 - 10 years                     75%
   More than 10 years              100%

(a)  Includes years of participation in the Plan, the Prior Plan or
     the Pennzoil Company and Participating Companies Employees Stock
     Purchase Plan.

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Investment Choices

Employer  contributions  are  invested primarily  in  Pennzoil  common
stock.   At Pennzoil's discretion, employer contributions may be  made
either  in  cash or in Pennzoil common stock.  Employer  contributions
are  invested  in  either  Pennzoil common  stock  or  in   the  other
investment funds as designated by the participant.  The statements  of
net  assets  available for benefits and statement of  changes  in  net
assets  available for benefits present participant directed  and  non-
participant  directed  activity  separately.   During  1997,  Pennzoil
contributed 13,226 shares of its common stock valued at the average of
the  high and low market prices on the date of the contribution.   All
employee  and employer contributions (other than stock) are  initially
invested in interest-bearing short-term, highly liquid investments and
are  classified in the accompanying statement of net assets  available
for benefits under the caption "Cash and temporary investments."


Employee contributions are invested as designated by participating
employees in the following investment funds:

      Fund Name              Type of Investment(s)

I.   Merrill Lynch         Invests primarily in guaranteed
     Retirement            investment contracts (generally with
     Preservation Trust    insurance companies or banks which
                           agree to return principal and a stated
                           rate of return over a specified period
                           of time) and U.S. Government and U.S.
                           Government Agency securities.
II.  J. P. Morgan          Normally, at least 65% of the fund's
     Institutional Bond    assets will be represented by
     Fund                  investment in securities rated "A" or
                           better by a major ratings agency.  The
                           fund's duration (a measure of average
                           maturity) ranges between 3-1/2 and 5-
                           1/2 years.
III. Fidelity Advisor      Invests in a diversified portfolio of
     Income & Growth Fund  equity and fixed-income securities
                           with income, growth of income and
                           capital appreciation potential.
IV.  Dreyfus/Laurel        Consists of common stocks that, to the
     Equity Index Trust    extent possible, duplicate the
                           composition of Standard & Poor's Index
                           of 500 stocks.
V.   Davis New York        Invests primarily in common stock and
     Venture Fund          securities convertible into common
     (formerly New York    stock.  The fund ordinarily invests in
     Venture Fund)         securities which management believes
                           have above-average appreciation
                           potential.
VI.  Company Stock         Common stock of Pennzoil.
     Fund

Loans

A participant may apply to the administrative committee of the Plan to
borrow from his accounts, subject to certain limitations.  Such  loans
will  be  for a term not to exceed five years (up to 20 years  in  the
case  of  loans  to  purchase a primary residence). The  minimum  loan
amount  is $1,000 and the maximum loan amount is the lesser of $50,000
or 50 percent of the participant's account balances. Interest rates on
loans are fixed at the Prime Rate plus one percent.

Repayment of loans are made each pay period by payroll deductions,  or
a loan may be prepaid in full by a lump sum payment.  Upon retirement,
death  or  termination of employment, participants have 60 days  after
the next-payment due date to pay the loan in full.

Participant  loans  are reported as an asset  of  the  Loan  Fund  and
principal  and  interest  payments received  are  transferred  to  the
investment  funds  based  on  the participant's  current  contribution
elections.

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Vesting and Disposition of Forfeitures

Participants  are  always  fully  vested  in  employee  contributions.
Participants  vest in employer contributions at a rate of  25  percent
per  year beginning at the end of two years of service, becoming fully
vested after five years of service.  Any nonvested portion of employer
contributions shall be forfeited upon termination.  Forfeitures  shall
be   allocated   as  follows:   first,  to  reinstate   any   employer
contribution  amounts  of  participants who  return  to  service  and,
second,  to  restore  any  amounts previously forfeited  as  unclaimed
benefits.   Any  remaining amounts are applied  to  reduce  succeeding
employer contributions.   Forfeitures  available,  plus  earnings, for
utilization as  of  December  31, 1997 and 1996 had market  values  of
$3,683 and $3,071, respectively.  No forfeitures were utilized  during
1997.

Withdrawals

Withdrawals may be made from either an employee's previous  pretax  or
after-tax  contributions,  net of previous withdrawals,  upon  written
notice  to  the  administrative  committee  of  the  Plan.   After-tax
withdrawals  result in the participant's forfeiture of  the  right  to
participate in the Plan for 180 days.  Pretax withdrawals are  allowed
only when the participant's age is 59-1/2 or older, unless a financial
hardship exists.  Hardship withdrawals will cause the participants  to
be   suspended  from  making  further  contributions  for  365   days.
Withdrawals  may  be  made  from employer contributions  only  if  the
participant has been a member of the Plan for five full Plan years and
will  cause an employee to be suspended from participation in the Plan
for 180 days.

Distribution of Benefits

Benefits  that  are  vested  are  payable  to  participants  or  their
beneficiaries   at   retirement,  permanent   disability,   death   or
termination of service.

Plan Administration

The Plan is administered by an administrative committee consisting  of
at  least  three  members  appointed by  the  Board  of  Directors  of
Pennzoil.   The  sole trustee of the Plan is Mellon  Bank,  N.A.   All
administrative  expenses are borne by Pennzoil with the  exception  of
fees   for   investment  management  and  loan  processing  fees   for
participant loans.

The Plan is subject to reporting and regulations pursuant to the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

Termination or Amendment of the Plan

The  Plan  may  be  terminated, amended or modified by  the  Board  of
Directors  of  Pennzoil  at  any  time.   Upon  complete  or   partial
termination  of  the Plan, all amounts credited to the  accounts  with
respect  to  which  the Plan has been terminated  shall  become  fully
vested and nonforfeitable.

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2.   SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

Basis of Accounting

The  financial  statements of the Plan are presented  on  the  accrual
basis  of  accounting, except that amounts allocated  to  accounts  of
persons  who  have  withdrawn from participation in the  earnings  and
operations of the Plan are not recorded as a liability of the Plan but
are  classified as a component of net assets available  for  benefits.
There  were no such amounts outstanding at December 31, 1997 and 1996.
A  separate account is maintained for each participant which  reflects
the   participant's  contributions,  net  of  withdrawals,   and   the
participant's allocable share of Pennzoil contributions and the Plan's
investment earnings.

Management's Use of Estimates

The  preparation of financial statements in conformity with  generally
accepted accounting principles requires the Plan's management  to  use
estimates  and  assumptions  that affect  the  accompanying  financial
statements  and disclosures.  Actual results could differ  from  those
estimates.

Asset Valuation

The  Plan's  investments  are reflected in the accompanying  financial
statements  at year-end current values, which represent  fair  values.
For  the  Company Stock Fund, fair value was determined by  using  the
applicable  closing price of the funds listed on the  New  York  Stock
Exchange  on  the last trading day of the Plan year.  For  all  mutual
funds  at December 31, 1997 and 1996, fair value was determined  based
on  the closing price of the securities held by the collective fund as
listed on the applicable stock exchange on the last trading day of the
Plan year and the  number  of participating  units held by the Plan in
each fund. The Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust Fund  is  a
common/collective  trust  fund  investing  primarily   in   guaranteed
investment  contracts and U.S. Government securities.  The  guaranteed
investment contracts are fully benefit responsive and are recorded  at
contract value, which approximates fair value.  Effective yields  were
approximately 6.6% and 6.4% and crediting interest rates  approximated
6.1%  and  5.9%  for  the  years ended December  31,  1997  and  1996,
respectively.   Contract  value  for  the  Merrill  Lynch   Retirement
Preservation  Trust was determined based on contributions  made  under
the  investment  contract plus interest earned at the contract's  rate
less  funds  used  to  pay investment fees charged  by  the  insurance
companies.

Investments  in  the Stock Fund are assigned units  of  participation.
The unit value is determined daily based upon the fair market value of
the  underlying  net assets, which consist of Pennzoil  Common  Stock,
cash  and  temporary investments. The total units of  Pennzoil  Common
Stock assigned to participants at December 31, 1997 were 280,554.  The
unit  value for Pennzoil Common Stock at December 31, 1997 was $29.14.
The  total units of Pennzoil Common Stock assigned to participants  at
December  31,  1996 were 308,776.  The unit value for Pennzoil  Common
Stock at December 31, 1996 was $24.29.

Net  appreciation  in fair value of investments consists  of  realized
gains   on   sale  of  investments  and  unrealized  appreciation   of
investments.  Realized gains are calculated based on proceeds from the
sale  of  assets and the value of the assets at the beginning  of  the
Plan  year or at time of purchase if acquired during the current  Plan
year.   Unrealized appreciation of investments is calculated based  on
the  market  value of the assets at the end of the Plan year  and  the
market  value of the assets at the beginning of the Plan  year  or  at
time of purchase if acquired during the current Plan year.

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3.   FEDERAL INCOME TAXES:

The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on October 26, 1994,
in  which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan,  as  then
designed,  was in compliance with the applicable requirements  of  the
Internal Revenue Code.  The Plan administrator believes that the  Plan
is  currently  designed  and being operated  in  compliance  with  the
applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.  Therefore,  the
Plan  administrator  believes that the  Plan  was  qualified  and  the
related trust was tax-exempt as of December 31, 1997 and 1996.


4.   SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:

On  April  15,  1998, Pennzoil announced a comprehensive restructuring
that  will  result in the separation of Pennzoil's motor oil,  refined
products  and  franchise operations (which generally include  Pennzoil
Products  Company  ("PPC"),  Jiffy Lube  International,  Inc.  ("Jiffy
Lube")  and  their  respective subsidiaries  (collectively,  "Pennzoil
Products   Group"))   from  Pennzoil's  exploration   and   production
operations.   The restructuring includes the pro rata distribution  of
Pennzoil Products Group (i.e., the common stock of PPC (which will  at
such time hold  the  motor oil and refined products operations of  PPC
and the common stock of  Jiffy Lube)) to holders  of  Pennzoil  common
stock.  As  a  result  of  the  restructuring,  the Plan will be split
between the Pennzoil Products Group and Pennzoil.  Each plan after the
split will have similar provisions as the existing Plan. At this time,
Pennzoil is  unable  to determine the amounts to be transferred to the
new plans.
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                                                                                     SCHEDULE I


                               PENNZOIL COMPANY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
                                           FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES

                               SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
                                             DECEMBER 31, 1997


<CAPTION>

                                                                                                    Current
Identity of Issue                          Description of Investment                 Cost            Value
- ---------------------                      -------------------------              -----------      -----------
<S>                                                                                <C>              <C>
EQUITY SECURITIES:
 Common stock-
  Pennzoil Company <F1>                      121,867 shares--$.83-1/3 par value    $ 6,606,341      $ 8,142,300
  Battle Mountain Gold Company               2,128 shares--$.10 par value                9,754           12,236
                                                                                   -----------      -----------
        Total equity securities                                                      6,616,095        8,154,536
                                                                                   -----------      -----------

INVESTMENT COMMON TRUSTS:
 Merrill Lynch Retirement
    Preservation Trust                       3,867,164 units of collective trust     3,867,164        3,867,164
                                                                                   -----------      -----------

MUTUAL FUNDS:
  Dreyfus/Laurel Equity
    Index Trust                              227,446 units of an equity fund         3,155,850        4,678,558
  Davis New York Venture Fund                69,072 units                            1,288,935        1,542,380
  Fidelity Advisor Income & Growth Fund      22,313 units                              375,991          405,708
  J.P. Morgan Institutional Bond Fund        20,998 units                              205,809          209,355
                                                                                   -----------      -----------
        Total mutual funds                                                           5,026,585        6,836,001
                                                                                   -----------      -----------

OTHER ASSETS:
  Cash <F1>                                                                                339              339
  Mellon Bank - EB temporary
    investment fund <F1>                     101,800 units                             101,800          101,800
                                                                                   -----------      -----------
        Total cash and temporary investments                                           102,139          102,139

  Participant Loans with interest
    rates ranging from 8.75% to 10% <F1>                                             1,032,917        1,032,917
                                                                                   -----------      -----------
        Total other assets                                                           1,135,056        1,135,056
                                                                                   -----------      -----------

        Total assets held for
          investment purposes                                                      $16,644,900      $19,992,757
                                                                                   ===========      ===========



<FN>
<F1> Represents party in interest.
</FN>
</TABLE>

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                                                                                     SCHEDULE II

                                  PENNZOIL COMPANY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
                                              FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES

                                      SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS
                                      (SERIES OF INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS)
                                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997

<CAPTION>

Number of
 Units or
Face Value        Identity of Party Involved         Purchase      Selling       Cost of          Net
  Amount          and Description of Assets          Price<F1>     Price<F1>      Asset          Gain
- ----------     -------------------------------      ----------    ----------    ----------     --------

<C>            <S>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>            <C>
               Pennzoil Company common stock,
                $.83-1/3 par value -
   24,552         Purchases (68 transactions)       $1,541,474    $     -       $1,541,474     $    -
   34,844         Sales (116 transactions)                -         2,414,041    1,838,812       575,229

               Mellon Bank - EB Temporary
                Investment Fund -
1,361,333         Purchases (152 transactions)       1,361,333          -        1,361,333          -
1,355,354         Sales (125 transactions)                 -        1,355,354    1,355,354          -

               Merrill Lynch Retirement
                Preservation Trust -
1,771,772         Purchases (74 transactions)        1,771,772          -        1,771,772          -
  978,083         Sales (74 transactions)                 -           978,083      978,083          -

               Dreyfus/Laurel Equity Index
                Trust -
   73,664         Purchases (94 transactions)        1,401,729          -        1,401,729          -
   31,634         Sales (72 transactions)                 -           601,249      401,523      199,726

               Davis New York Venture
                Fund -
   46,428         Purchases (97 transactions)          978,875          -          978,875          -
   12,036         Sales (42 transactions)                 -           253,235      199,374       53,861



<FN>
<F1> Current value of asset on transaction date is equal to the purchase or selling price.
     Prices are shown net of related expenses.

NOTE:  This schedule is a listing of a series of investment
       transactions in the same security which exceed 5% of the
       current value of the Plan's assets as of the beginning
       of the Plan year.

</FN>
</TABLE>

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                               SIGNATURE



      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act  of
1934,  the Administrative Committee has duly caused this report to  be
signed by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                 PENNZOIL COMPANY SAVINGS AND
                                 INVESTMENT PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES



                                 By     S/N JAMES W. SHADDIX
                                 James W. Shaddix
                                 Chairman of the Administrative Committee


June 29, 1998


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               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



      As  independent  public accountants, we hereby  consent  to  the
incorporation of our report dated June 25, 1998, included herein, into
Pennzoil Company's previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-
8 Nos. 33-24261 and  33-53783.


                                                   ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Houston, Texas
June 29, 1998














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