PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B LTD
10-Q, 1996-05-13
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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 March 31, 1996, 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 No. 33-12244-02


                           PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B, LTD.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


                Texas                                   75-2185706
    (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)               Identification Number)

        303 West Wall, Suite 101,
             Midland, Texas                               79701
(Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip code)

       Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code: (915)683-4768

                                 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 / /

                               Page 1 of 14 pages.
                             There are no exhibits.


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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)
                          PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

                                 BALANCE SHEETS

                                                    March 31,    December 31,
                                                      1996           1995
                                                  ------------   ------------
                                                  (Unaudited)
              ASSETS
Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents, including
  interest bearing deposits of
  $213,954 at March 31 and $184,717
  at December 31                                  $    215,880   $    186,643
 Accounts receivable - oil and gas sales               171,640        164,219
                                                   -----------    -----------
     Total current assets                              387,520        350,862

Oil and gas properties - at cost, based
 on the successful efforts accounting
 method                                             15,267,202     15,255,391
  Accumulated depletion                            (10,261,878)   (10,152,372)
                                                   -----------    -----------
     Net oil and gas properties                      5,005,324      5,103,019
                                                   -----------    -----------
                                                  $  5,392,844   $  5,453,881
                                                   ===========    ===========
  LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
Current liabilities:
 Accounts payable - affiliate                     $    110,192   $     82,627
Partners' capital:
 Limited partners (20,089 interests)                 5,230,104      5,317,608
 Managing general partner                               52,548         53,646
                                                   -----------    -----------
                                                     5,282,652      5,371,254
                                                   -----------    -----------
                                                  $  5,392,844   $  5,453,881
                                                   ===========    ===========

         The financial information included herein has been prepared by
           management without audit by independent public accountants.

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                       Three months ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                       1996          1995
                                                    ----------    ----------
Revenues:
 Oil and gas sales                                  $  413,646    $  432,767
 Interest income                                         2,658         2,305
 Salvage income from equipment disposals                13,120            -
                                                     ---------     ---------
     Total revenues                                    429,424       435,072

Costs and expenses:
 Production costs                                      187,570       209,970
 General and administrative expenses                    12,409        12,983
 Depletion                                             109,506       167,502
 Abandoned property costs                                6,202            -
                                                     ---------     ---------
     Total costs and expenses                          315,687       390,455
                                                     ---------     ---------
Net income                                          $  113,737    $   44,617
                                                     =========     =========
Allocation of net income:
 Managing general partner                           $    1,138    $      446
                                                     =========     =========
 Limited partners                                   $  112,599    $   44,171
                                                     =========     =========
Net income per limited partnership
 interest                                           $     5.60    $     2.20
                                                     =========     =========
Distributions per limited partnership
 interest                                           $     9.96    $     9.73
                                                     =========     =========


         The financial information included herein has been prepared by
          management without audit by independent public accountants.

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                         STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL
                                   (Unaudited)


                                       Managing
                                       general       Limited
                                       partner       partners       Total
                                     -----------   -----------   -----------


Balance at January 1, 1995           $    72,216   $ 7,153,753   $ 7,225,969

Distributions                             (1,975)     (195,504)     (197,479)

Net income                                   446        44,171        44,617
                                      ----------    ----------    ----------
Balance at March 31, 1995            $    70,687   $ 7,002,420   $ 7,073,107
                                      ==========    ==========    ==========


Balance at January 1, 1996           $    53,646   $ 5,317,608   $ 5,371,254

Distributions                             (2,236)     (200,103)     (202,339)

Net income                                 1,138       112,599       113,737
                                      ----------    ----------    ----------
Balance at March 31, 1996            $    52,548   $ 5,230,104   $ 5,282,652
                                      ==========    ==========    ==========




         The financial information included herein has been prepared by
           management without audit by independent public accountants.

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                       Three months ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                       1996          1995
                                                    ----------    ----------
Cash flows from operating activities:
 Net income                                         $  113,737    $   44,617
 Adjustments to reconcile net income
  to net cash provided by operating
  activities:
   Depletion                                           109,506       167,502
   Salvage income from equipment disposals             (13,120)           -
 Changes in assets and liabilities:
  Increase in accounts receivable                       (7,421)      (27,866)
  Increase in accounts payable                          25,460        23,685
                                                     ---------     ---------
   Net cash provided by operating
    activities                                         228,162       207,938
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 (Additions) disposals of oil and gas
  properties                                            (9,706)        2,276
 Proceeds from salvage income on equipment
  disposals                                             13,120            -
                                                     ---------     ---------
   Net cash provided by investing activities             3,414         2,276

Cash flows from financing activities:
 Cash distributions to partners                       (202,339)     (197,479)
                                                     ---------     ---------
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents               29,237        12,735
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
 of period                                             186,643       131,056
                                                     ---------     ---------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period           $ 215,880     $ 143,791
                                                     =========     =========

         The financial information included herein has been prepared by
           management without audit by independent public accountants.

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 March 31, 1996
                                   (Unaudited)


NOTE 1.

Parker  &  Parsley  87-B,  Ltd.  (the  "Registrant")  is a  limited  partnership
organized in 1987 under the laws of the State of Texas.

The Registrant  engages  primarily in oil and gas  development and production in
Texas and Colorado and is not  involved in any industry  segment  other than oil
and gas.

NOTE 2.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial statements as of March 31,
1996 of the Registrant  include all adjustments and accruals  consisting only of
normal recurring accrual adjustments which are necessary for a fair presentation
of the results for the interim  period.  However,  these interim results are not
necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

The  financial  statements  should  be read in  conjunction  with the  financial
statements and the notes thereto  contained in the  Registrant's  Report on Form
10-K for the year ended  December 31,  1995,  as filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission,  a copy of which is  available  upon request by writing to
Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice President,  303 West Wall, Suite 101, Midland, Texas
79701.

NOTE 3.

On May 25,  1993,  a final  settlement  agreement  was  negotiated,  drafted and
finally  executed,  ending litigation which had begun on September 5, 1989, when
the Registrant  filed suit along with other parties against Dresser  Industries,
Inc.;  Titan  Services,  Inc.;  BJ-Titan  Services  Company;  BJ- Hughes Holding
Company;  Hughes Tool Company;  Baker Hughes Production  Tools,  Inc.; and Baker
Hughes  Incorporated  alleging that the defendants had  intentionally  failed to
provide the materials and services  ordered and paid for by the  Registrant  and
other parties in connection with the fracturing and acidizing of 523 wells,  and
then  fraudulently  concealed  the  shorting  practice  from  Parker  &  Parsley
Development L.P. ("PPDLP").  The May 25, 1993 settlement  agreement called for a
payment  of  $115  million  in  cash  by  the  defendants,   and  Southmark, the

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Registrant,  and the other  plaintiffs  indemnified  the defendants  against the
claims of Jack N.  Price.  The  managing  general  partner  received  the funds,
deducted  incurred  legal  expenses,  accrued  interest,  determined the general
partner's portion of the funds and calculated any inter-partnership allocations.

On May 3, 1993,  Jack N. Price,  the  attorney  who  represented  Gary G. "Zeke"
Lancaster in the Federal  Court  lawsuit,  filed suit in State Court in Beaumont
against all of the plaintiff partnerships,  including the Registrant and others,
alleging his  entitlement to 12% of the  settlement  proceeds.  Price's  lawsuit
claim for  approximately  $13.8 million is  predicated  on a purported  contract
entered  into with  Southmark  Corporation  in August 1988 in which he allegedly
binds the Registrant and the other  defendants,  as well as Southmark.  Although
PPDLP  believes the lawsuit was without  merit and has  vigorously  defended it,
PPDLP  has held in  reserve  approximately  12.5% of the total  settlement  (the
"Reserve") pending final resolution of the litigation.

A distribution of $91,000,000 was made to the working interest owners, including
the  Registrant,   on  July  30,  1993.  The  limited  partners  received  their
distribution  of $5,741,966,  or $285.83 per limited  partnership  interest,  in
September 1993. The allocation of the lawsuit settlement amount was based on the
original  verdict  entered on October 26, 1990.  The  allocation  to the working
interest  owners in each well (including the Registrant) was based on a ratio of
the relative  amount of damages due to  overcharges  for services and  materials
("Materials") and damages for loss of past and future production ("Production"),
each as determined in that initial judgment. Within the Registrant,  damages for
Materials  were allocated  between the partners based on their original  sharing
percentages for costs of acquiring and/or drilling of wells. Similarly,  damages
related to Production were allocated to the partners in the Registrant  based on
their respective share of revenues from the subject wells.

As a condition of the purchase by Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company of Parker &
Parsley Development Company ("PPDC"),  which was merged into PPDLP on January 1,
1995,  from its former  parent in May 1989,  PPDC's  interest in the lawsuit and
subsequent  settlement was retained by the former parent.  Consequently,  all of
PPDC's share of the settlement  related to its separately  held interests in the
wells and its partnership  interests in the sponsored  partnerships (except that
portion allocable to interests  acquired by PPDC after May 1989) was paid to the
former parent.

On September  20,  1995,  the Beaumont  trial judge  entered a summary  judgment
against Southmark for the $13,790,000  contingent fee sought by Price,  together
with prejudgment  interest,  and also awarded Price an additional  $5,498,525 in
attorneys' fees.  On  January 22, 1996, the trial judge entered an interlocutory

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summary judgment  against Dresser  Industries and Baker Hughes for an amount yet
to be  determined.  Pursuant to their  indemnity  obligations,  the  Registrant,
Southmark,  PPDLP and other original  plaintiffs have  vigorously  protected the
rights of both Dresser and Baker Hughes.  Southmark has  vigorously  pursued its
appeal of the judgment,  and has posted a supersedeas  bond using the Reserve as
collateral. On April 29, 1996, all of the parties,  including the Registrant and
Southmark,  entered  into a $7.4 million  settlement  with Price which fully and
finally  resolves  all of the  litigation  and  disputes  between  the  parties,
including the Registrant's indemnity obligations to Dresser and Baker Hughes.

Pursuant to the settlement agreement,  all of the pending lawsuits and judgments
will be dismissed,  the supersedeas  bond released,  and the Reserve released as
collateral.  It is  expected  that  before  the end of the  third  quarter,  the
necessary dismissals and releases will be effected, the managing general partner
will conduct an accounting of income and expenses among the parties, and a final
distribution  will  be  made  to the  working  interest  owners,  including  the
Registrant and its partners.

ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
          AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS(1)

The  Registrant  was formed  November  25,  1987.  On January 1, 1995,  Parker &
Parsley Development L.P. ("PPDLP"), a Texas limited partnership, became the sole
managing general partner of the Registrant, by acquiring the rights and assuming
the obligations of Parker & Parsley Development Company ("PPDC"). PPDLP acquired
PPDC's rights and  obligations as managing  general partner of the Registrant in
connection  with  the  merger  of  PPDC,  P&P  Producing,   Inc.  and  Spraberry
Development  Corporation  into MidPar  L.P.,  which  survived  the merger with a
change of name to PPDLP.  The sole general  partner of PPDLP is Parker & Parsley
Petroleum  USA, Inc.  PPDLP has the power and  authority to manage,  control and
administer all Registrant affairs. The limited partners contributed  $20,089,000
representing  20,089  interests  ($1,000 per interest)  sold to a total of 1,603
subscribers.

Since its formation,  the Registrant  invested  $17,562,270 in various prospects
that were drilled in Texas and  Colorado.  One well was  determined  to be a dry
hole in a previous year and four wells have been plugged and  abandoned;  one in
1990,  one in 1994 and two in 1995.  Three wells have been sold; one in 1994 and
two in 1995.  At March 31, 1996,  the  Registrant  had 56 producing  oil and gas
wells.

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Results of Operations

Revenues:

The  Registrant's  oil and gas revenues  decreased to $413,646 from $432,767 for
the three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively,  a decrease of 4%.
The decrease in revenues  resulted from a 16% decline in barrels of oil produced
and sold and a 15% decline in mcf of gas produced and sold,  offset by increases
in the average  prices  received per barrel of oil and mcf of gas. For the three
months ended March 31, 1996,  15,826 barrels of oil were sold compared to 18,885
for the same period in 1995, a decrease of 3,059  barrels.  For the three months
ended  March 31,  1996,  51,852 mcf of gas were sold  compared to 61,308 for the
same period in 1995, a decrease of 9,456 mcf. The decrease in production volumes
was due to the  decline  characteristics  of the  Registrant's  oil  properties.
Management  expects a certain amount of decline in production to continue in the
future  until  the  Registrant's  economically  recoverable  reserves  are fully
depleted.

The average  price  received per barrel of oil  increased  $1.90,  or 11%,  from
$17.12 for the three  months  ended March 31, 1995 to $19.02 for the same period
in 1996 while the average price received per mcf of gas increased 21% from $1.79
during the three months ended March 31, 1995 to $2.17 in 1996.  The market price
for oil and gas has been extremely  volatile in the past decade,  and management
expects a certain  amount of volatility to continue in the  foreseeable  future.
The  Registrant  may therefore sell its future oil and gas production at average
prices  lower or higher than that  received  during the three months ended March
31, 1996.

During the three  months  ended March 31,  1996,  $13,120 in salvage  income was
derived  from  equipment  credits  received  from  the  disposal  of oil and gas
equipment on one well abandoned in a prior year.

Costs and Expenses:

Total costs and expenses  decreased to $315,687 for the three months ended March
31,  1996 as compared  to  $390,455  for the same period in 1995,  a decrease of
$74,768,  or  19%.  This  decrease  was due to  declines  in  production  costs,
depletion and general and administrative expenses ("G&A"), offset by an increase
in abandoned property costs.

Production  costs were  $187,570  for the three  months ended March 31, 1996 and
$209,970 for the same period in 1995,  resulting in a $22,400 decrease,  or 11%.
The decrease  was  attributable  to  reductions  in well repair and  maintenance
expenses.

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G&A's  components are  independent  accounting and  engineering  fees,  computer
services,  postage and managing  general partner  personnel  costs.  During this
period, G&A decreased,  in aggregate, 4% from $12,983 for the three months ended
March 31, 1995 to $12,409 for the same period in 1996. The Partnership agreement
limits G&A to 3% of gross oil and gas revenues.

Abandoned  property costs totaled $6,202 during the three months ended March 31,
1996. These costs were incurred on one well plugged and abandoned during 1995.

Depletion  was $109,506  for the three  months ended March 31, 1996  compared to
$167,502 for the same period in 1995.  This  represented a decrease in depletion
of $57,096, or 35%, primarily  attributable to the adoption of the provisions of
Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  121,  "Accounting  for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of" the
fourth quarter of 1995 and the reduction of net depletable  basis resulting from
the charge taken upon such adoption. Depletion was computed property-by-property
utilizing  the  unit-of-production   method  based  upon  the  dominant  mineral
produced,  generally oil. Oil production  decreased  3,059 barrels for the three
months ended March 31, 1996 from the same period in 1995,  while oil reserves of
barrels were revised downward by 12,813 barrels.

On May 25,  1993,  a final  settlement  agreement  was  negotiated,  drafted and
finally  executed,  ending litigation which had begun on September 5, 1989, when
the Registrant  filed suit along with other parties against Dresser  Industries,
Inc.;  Titan  Services,  Inc.;  BJ-Titan  Services  Company;  BJ- Hughes Holding
Company;  Hughes Tool Company;  Baker Hughes Production  Tools,  Inc.; and Baker
Hughes  Incorporated  alleging that the defendants had  intentionally  failed to
provide the materials and services  ordered and paid for by the  Registrant  and
other parties in connection with the fracturing and acidizing of 523 wells,  and
then  fraudulently  concealed the shorting practice from PPDLP. The May 25, 1993
settlement  agreement  called  for a  payment  of  $115  million  in cash by the
defendants,  and Southmark, the Registrant, and the other plaintiffs indemnified
the defendants against the claims of Jack N. Price. The managing general partner
received  the  funds,  deducted  incurred  legal  expenses,   accrued  interest,
determined  the  general  partner's  portion  of the  funds and  calculated  any
inter-partnership allocations.

On May 3, 1993,  Jack N. Price,  the  attorney  who  represented  Gary G. "Zeke"
Lancaster in the Federal  Court  lawsuit,  filed suit in State Court in Beaumont
against all of the plaintiff partnerships,  including the Registrant and others,
alleging his  entitlement to 12% of the  settlement  proceeds.  Price's  lawsuit
claim for  approximately  $13.8 million is  predicated  on a purported  contract
entered into with Southmark Corporation  in  August  1988  in which he allegedly

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binds the Registrant and the other  defendants,  as well as Southmark.  Although
PPDLP  believes the lawsuit was without  merit and has  vigorously  defended it,
PPDLP  has held in  reserve  approximately  12.5% of the total  settlement  (the
"Reserve") pending final resolution of the litigation.

A distribution of $91,000,000 was made to the working interest owners, including
the  Registrant,   on  July  30,  1993.  The  limited  partners  received  their
distribution  of $5,741,966,  or $285.83 per limited  partnership  interest,  in
September 1993. The allocation of the lawsuit settlement amount was based on the
original  verdict  entered on October 26, 1990.  The  allocation  to the working
interest  owners in each well (including the Registrant) was based on a ratio of
the relative  amount of damages due to  overcharges  for services and  materials
("Materials") and damages for loss of past and future production ("Production"),
each as determined in that initial judgment. Within the Registrant,  damages for
Materials  were allocated  between the partners based on their original  sharing
percentages for costs of acquiring and/or drilling of wells. Similarly,  damages
related to Production were allocated to the partners in the Registrant  based on
their respective share of revenues from the subject wells.

As a condition  of the purchase by Parker & Parsley  Petroleum  Company of PPDC,
which was merged  into PPDLP on January 1, 1995,  from its former  parent in May
1989,  PPDC's interest in the lawsuit and subsequent  settlement was retained by
the former parent.  Consequently,  all of PPDC's share of the settlement related
to its separately held interests in the wells and its  partnership  interests in
the sponsored  partnerships (except that portion allocable to interests acquired
by PPDC after May 1989) was paid to the former parent.

On September  20,  1995,  the Beaumont  trial judge  entered a summary  judgment
against Southmark for the $13,790,000  contingent fee sought by Price,  together
with prejudgment  interest,  and also awarded Price an additional  $5,498,525 in
attorneys'  fees. On January 22, 1996, the trial judge entered an  interlocutory
summary judgment  against Dresser  Industries and Baker Hughes for an amount yet
to be  determined.  Pursuant to their  indemnity  obligations,  the  Registrant,
Southmark,  PPDLP and other original  plaintiffs have  vigorously  protected the
rights of both Dresser and Baker Hughes.  Southmark has  vigorously  pursued its
appeal of the judgment,  and has posted a supersedeas  bond using the Reserve as
collateral. On April 29, 1996, all of the parties,  including the Registrant and
Southmark,  entered  into a $7.4 million  settlement  with Price which fully and
finally  resolves  all of the  litigation  and  disputes  between  the  parties,
including the Registrant's indemnity obligations to Dresser and Baker Hughes.


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Pursuant to the settlement agreement,  all of the pending lawsuits and judgments
will be dismissed,  the supersedeas  bond released,  and the Reserve released as
collateral.  It is  expected  that  before  the end of the  third  quarter,  the
necessary dismissals and releases will be effected, the managing general partner
will conduct an accounting of income and expenses among the parties, and a final
distribution  will  be  made  to the  working  interest  owners,  including  the
Registrant and its partners.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

Net cash provided by operating activities increased to $228,162 during the three
months ended March 31, 1996, a $20,224 increase from the same period ended March
31, 1995. This increase was primarily  attributable to a decline in expenditures
for production costs, resulting from reductions in well repair and maintenance.

Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities:

The Registrant's  investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 1996
included  $9,706 in expenditures  related to repair and maintenance  activity on
various oil and gas  properties.  For the three  months  ended  March 31,  1995,
$2,276  was  received  from the  disposal  of oil and gas  equipment  on  active
properties.

Proceeds from salvage  income of $13,120 were  received  during the three months
ended March 31, 1996 from the sale of oil and gas equipment on a well  abandoned
in a prior year.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities:

Cash  was  sufficient  for the  three  months  ended  March  31,  1996 to  cover
distributions  to the partners of $202,339 of which $200,103 was  distributed to
the limited partners and $2,236 to the managing  general  partner.  For the same
period  ended March 31,  1995,  cash was  sufficient  for  distributions  to the
partners of $197,479 of which $195,504 was  distributed to the limited  partners
and $1,975 to the managing general partner.


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It is expected  that future net cash  provided by operating  activities  will be
sufficient for any capital expenditures and any distributions. As the production
from the properties declines, distributions are also expected to decrease.

- - ---------------

(1)      "Item 2.  Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition
         and Results of Operations"  contains  forward  looking  statements that
         involve risks and  uncertainties.  Accordingly,  no  assurances  can be
         given  that the  actual  events  and  results  will  not be  materially
         different than the anticipated results described in the forward looking
         statements.




                        PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Registrant is a party to material litigation which is described in Note 3 of
Notes to Financial Statements above.

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)  Exhibits - none

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K - none


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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B, LTD.
                          (A Texas Limited Partnership)



                               S I G N A T U R E S



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.


                                PARKER & PARSLEY 87-B, LTD.

                                By: Parker & Parsley Development L.P.,
                                    Managing General Partner

                                    By:  Parker & Parsley Petroleum USA, Inc.
                                         ("PPUSA"), General Partner




Dated: May 13, 1996             By: /s/ Steven L. Beal
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                    Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice
                                    President and Chief Financial
                                    Officer of PPUSA


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