ENRON OIL & GAS CO
8-K, 1997-10-27
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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C. 20549
                              
                          FORM 8-K


       CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
           OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): September 29, 1997

                    ____________________


                   ENRON OIL & GAS COMPANY
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            Delaware                  1-9743                47-0684736
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File       (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation or organization)   Number)              Identification No.)



        1400 Smith Street
        Houston, Texas                                          77002
(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 853-6161




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Item 5.   Other Events

      On  September 29, 1997, Enron Oil & Gas  Company  sold
$100  million  principal  amount  of  its  6.50%  Notes  due
September  15,  2004  pursuant  to  an  underwritten  public
offering.


Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro-Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits

          1.1  Underwriting  Agreement dated  September  24,
               1997  between  Enron Oil &  Gas  Company  and
               Salomon Brothers Inc, Goldman, Sachs  &  Co.,
               Lehman Brothers Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co.
               Incorporated.

          1.2  Certificate  of  Senior  Vice  President  and
               Chief  Financial Officer of Enron Oil  &  Gas
               Company  establishing the terms of the  6.50%
               Notes due September 15, 2004.

          1.3  Specimen  of  6.50% Notes due  September  15,
               2004 in book-entry form.

          1.4  Computation  of Ratios of Earnings  to  Fixed
               Charges   (incorporated   by   reference   to
               Exhibit  12 to Form 10-Q of Enron Oil  &  Gas
               Company for quarter ended June 30, 1997).


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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.

                              ENRON OIL & GAS COMPANY



Date:   September  29,  1997      By:  /s/ W. C. Wilson
                                     Walter C. Wilson
                                     Senior  Vice President and
                                     Chief Financial Officer


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                        EXHIBIT INDEX

1.1  Underwriting Agreement dated September 24, 1997 between
     Enron  Oil  &  Gas  Company and Salomon  Brothers  Inc,
     Goldman,  Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc. and  Morgan
     Stanley & Co. Incorporated.

1.2  Certificate   of  Senior  Vice  President   and   Chief
     Financial   Officer  of  Enron  Oil   &   Gas   Company
     establishing the terms of the 6.50% Notes due September
     15, 2004.

1.3  Specimen of 6.50% Notes due September 15, 2004 in book-entry form.

1.4  Computation  of  Ratios of Earnings  to  Fixed  Charges
     (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 to  Form  10-Q
     of  Enron Oil & Gas Company for quarter ended June  30,
     1997).



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                                                                EXHIBIT 1.1
                   Enron Oil & Gas Company

                   Underwriting Agreement


                                          September 24, 1997


Enron Oil & Gas Company
1400 Smith Street
Houston, Texas  77002

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      Salomon  Brothers Inc, Goldman, Sachs  &  Co.,  Lehman
Brothers  Inc.  and  Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated  (the
"Underwriters") understand that Enron Oil & Gas  Company,  a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue  and
sell  $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.50% Notes
due   September   15,  2004  (the  "Purchased  Securities"),
registered on Registration Statement No. 333-18511.  Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated
by  reference  herein  and referred to  below,  the  Company
hereby  agrees  to  sell  and  the  Underwriters  agree   to
purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amount of
such  Purchased  Securities set forth below  opposite  their
names  at a purchase price equal to 99.119% of the principal
amount   thereof,  plus  accrued  interest,  if  any,   from
September 29, 1997:

           Name                         Principal Amount
     Salomon Brothers Inc                 $ 25,000,000
     Goldman, Sachs & Co.                 $ 25,000,000
     Lehman Brothers Inc.                 $ 25,000,000
     Morgan Stanley & Co.                 $ 25,000,000
     Incorporated
          Total                           $100,000,000

     The Underwriters will pay for such Purchased Securities
upon  confirmation  of delivery thereof at  the  offices  of
Bracewell  & Patterson, L.L.P., South Tower Pennzoil  Place,
711  Louisiana Street, Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002-2781
at 9:00 a.m. (Houston time) on September 29, 1997.

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      The  Purchased  Securities shall  have  the  following
terms:

       Maturity:  September 15, 2004
       Initial Price to Public:  99.744
       Interest Rate: 6.50% per annum
       Redemption Provisions:  None
       Interest Payment Dates:  March 15 and September 15
         of each year, commencing March 15, 1998
       Sinking Fund:  None
       Date  referred to in Section 6(1) of the  Standard
         Provisions:  September 29, 1997
       Purchase  Price:  99.119% of the principal  amount thereof
       Listing:  None
       Other   Items:    References  in   the   Standard
         Provisions to settlement in next business day  funds
         shall  refer to settlement in immediately  available
         funds  pursuant  to  settlement  procedures  of  The
         Depository Trust Company.  In addition, the  Company
         is   making   the  representations  and   warranties
         attached hereto as Annex A.

      All statements, requests, notices, communications  and
agreements  hereunder shall be in writing,  and  if  to  the
Underwriters  shall be delivered or sent by mail,  telex  or
facsimile  transmission  to  the  Underwriters  in  care  of
Salomon Brothers Inc at 7 World Trade Center, New York,  New
York    10048,  Attention:   Transaction  Group,   Facsimile
No. (212) 783-2274; and if to the Company shall be delivered
or  sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to  it  at
1400  Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Walter
Wilson,  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial  Officer,
Facsimile No. (713) 646-2113.

      Unless  otherwise provided herein, all the  provisions
contained  in the document entitled Enron Oil & Gas  Company
Debt  Securities Underwriting Agreement Standard  Provisions
dated  December 20, 1996, a copy of which was  filed  as  an
exhibit  to, or incorporated by reference into, Registration
Statement  No. 333-18511, are hereby incorporated herein  by
reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part
of  this  Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions
had been set forth in full herein.

      Please  confirm your agreement by having an authorized
officer sign a copy of this Agreement in the space set forth
below  and returning the signed copy to us, and in  addition
have  an authorized officer send us no later than 5:00  p.m.
(New  York  time)  on  September 24, 1997  by  wire,  telex,
facsimile transmission or other written means, the following
message:

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     We  have  entered into the Underwriting  Agreement
     dated September 24, 1997 relating to the Purchased
     Securities referred to therein by signing  a  copy
     of  the  Underwriting Agreement and returning  the
     same or depositing the same in the mail to you.

                         Very truly yours,

                         SALOMON BROTHERS INC
                         GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
                         LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
                         MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

                         By:  SALOMON BROTHERS INC


                              By:  /s/ Vaties C. V. Rogers
                                  Name: Vaties C. V. Rogers
                                  Title:   Vice President

Accepted:

ENRON OIL & GAS COMPANY


By: /s/ Cedric W. Burgher
    Name:  Cedric W. Burgher
    Title: Vice President, Finance and
           Treasurer


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                           Annex A


The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter,  as
of  the  date of the Underwriting Agreement and  as  of  the
Closing referred to in the Underwriting Agreement, that:

      (a)  no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened by the Commission;

      (b)   the financial statements, and the related  notes
thereto,  included  or  incorporated  by  reference  in  the
Registration  Statement and the Prospectus,  present  fairly
the  consolidated financial position of the Company and  its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and  the
results  of  their  operations  and  the  changes  in  their
consolidated cash flows for the periods specified; and  said
financial  statements have been prepared in conformity  with
generally  accepted  accounting  principles  applied  on   a
consistent  basis, and the supporting schedules included  or
incorporated  by  reference  in the  Registration  Statement
present  fairly  the  information  required  to  be   stated
therein;

     (c)  since the respective dates as of which information
is  given  in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
there  has  not  been any material adverse  change,  or  any
development involving a prospective material adverse change,
in  or  affecting the general affairs, business,  prospects,
management,  financial  position,  stockholders'  equity  or
results  of  operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken   as   a  whole,  otherwise  than  as  set  forth   or
contemplated in the Prospectus; and except as set  forth  or
contemplated in the Prospectus neither the Company  nor  any
of  its  subsidiaries has entered into  any  transaction  or
agreement  (whether  or  not  in  the  ordinary  course   of
business)  material  to  the Company and  its  subsidiaries,
taken as a whole;

      (d)   the  Company has been duly incorporated  and  is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws  of  the  state of its incorporation,  with  power  and
authority  (corporate and other) to own its  properties  and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has
been  duly  qualified  as  a  foreign  corporation  for  the
transaction  of business and is in good standing  under  the
laws  of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or  leases
properties, or conducts any business, so as to require  such
qualification,  other  than  where  the  failure  to  be  so
qualified  or  in  good standing would not have  a  material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole;

      (e)   each of the Company's subsidiaries has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation  under
the  laws  of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with  power
and  authority  (corporate and other) to own its  properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and
has  been  duly qualified as a foreign corporation  for  the
transaction  of business and is in good standing  under  the
laws       of      each      jurisdiction      in      which
it  owns or leases properties, or conducts any business,  so
as  to  require  such qualification, other  than  where  the
failure  to  be so qualified or in good standing  would  not
have  a  material  adverse effect on  the  Company  and  its
subsidiaries,  taken  as a whole; and  all  the  outstanding
shares  of  capital stock of each subsidiary of the  Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully-paid
and  non-assessable,  and (except in  the  case  of  foreign
subsidiaries, for directors' qualifying shares) are owned by
the  Company, directly or indirectly, free and clear of  all
liens, encumbrances, security interests and claims;

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       (f)    the  Underwriting  Agreement  has  been   duly
authorized,  executed  and  delivered  by  the  Company  and
constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the  Company,
except  as  rights to indemnity and contribution  thereunder
may be limited by applicable law;

       (g)    the   Purchased  Securities  have  been   duly
authorized, and, when issued and delivered pursuant  to  the
Underwriting  Agreement,  will  have  been  duly   executed,
authenticated,  issued  and delivered  and  will  constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits  provided by the Indenture; the Indenture has  been
duly  authorized, executed and delivered by the Company  and
the  Trustee, constitutes a valid and binding instrument and
has  been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;  and
the  Purchased  Securities will,  and  the  Indenture  does,
conform to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus;

      (h)   neither  the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
is,  or  with the giving of notice or lapse of time or  both
would  be,  in  violation  of  or  in  default  under,   its
Certificate  of  Incorporation or By-Laws or any  indenture,
mortgage,  deed of trust, loan agreement or other  agreement
or   instrument  to  which  the  Company  or  any   of   its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them or any
of   their  respective  properties  is  bound,  except   for
violations  and  defaults  which  individually  and  in  the
aggregate   are  not  material  to  the  Company   and   its
subsidiaries,  taken as a whole, or to the  holders  of  the
Purchased  Securities; the issue and sale of  the  Purchased
Securities and the performance by the Company of all of  the
provisions   of   its   obligations  under   the   Purchased
Securities, the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement and
the  consummation  of the transactions therein  contemplated
will  not conflict with or result in a breach of any of  the
terms  or provisions of, or constitute a default under,  any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or  other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
of  its  subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company  or
any  of  its  subsidiaries is bound or to which any  of  the
property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is subject, nor will any such action result in any violation
of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the
By-Laws  of the Company or any applicable law or statute  or
any  order,  rule or regulation of any court or governmental
agency  or  body having jurisdiction over the  Company,  its
subsidiaries or any of their respective properties;  and  no
consent,  approval,  authorization, order,  registration  or
qualification  of  or  with any such court  or  governmental
agency  or  body is required for the issue and sale  of  the
Purchased  Securities or the consummation by the Company  of
the       transactions       contemplated       by       the
Underwriting  Agreement  or  the  Indenture,   except   such
consents,   approvals,  authorizations,   registrations   or
qualifications  as have been obtained under  the  Securities
Act,  the  Trust Indenture Act and as may be required  under
state  securities  or Blue Sky laws in connection  with  the
purchase and distribution of the Purchased Securities by the
Underwriters; and

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      (i)   other than as set forth or contemplated  in  the
Prospectus,  there are no legal or governmental  proceedings
pending  or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened  to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be  a
party or to which any property of the Company or any of  its
subsidiaries  is or may be the subject which, if  determined
adversely  to  the  Company, could individually  or  in  the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material  adverse
effect   on   the  general  affairs,  business,   prospects,
management,  financial  position,  stockholders'  equity  or
results  of  operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken  as  a  whole,  and,  to the  best  of  the  Company's
knowledge,   no   such   proceedings   are   threatened   or
contemplated  by governmental authorities or  threatened  by
others; and there are no contracts or other documents  of  a
character  required  to  be  filed  as  an  exhibit  to  the
Registration  Statement or required to be described  in  the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed
or described as required.


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                                                   EXHIBIT 1.2
                   ENRON OIL & GAS COMPANY
                              
Certificate of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


      I,  Walter C. Wilson, Senior Vice President and  Chief
Financial  Officer  of Enron Oil & Gas Company,  a  Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby establish  the  terms
of   certain  debt  securities  of  the  Company  under  the
Indenture,  dated as of September 1, 1991 (the "Indenture"),
between   the  Company  and  Texas  Commerce  Bank  National
Association, as Trustee, as follows:

           1.    The  title of the securities shall  be
     "6.50% Notes Due 2004" (the "Notes");
     
           2.   The aggregate principal amount of Notes
     which may be authenticated and delivered under the
     Indenture  shall  be  limited  to  a  maximum   of
     $100,000,000,  except for Notes authenticated  and
     delivered upon registration of transfer of, or  in
     exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes;
     
           3.   The final maturity of the principal  of
     the Notes shall be September 15, 2004;
     
           4.    The Notes shall bear interest  at  the
     rate  of  6.50%  per annum, which  interest  shall
     accrue  from September 29, 1997, or from the  most
     recent  Interest Payment Date (as defined  in  the
     Indenture) to which interest has been paid or duly
     provided  for, which dates shall be March  15  and
     September 15 of each year, and such interest shall
     be payable semi-annually on March 15 and September
     15  of  each year, commencing March 15,  1998,  to
     holders  of  record at the close  of  business  on
     March   1  or  September  1,  respectively,   next
     preceding each such Interest Payment Date;
     
           5.    The principal of, and interest on, the
     Notes shall be payable at the office or agency  of
     the Company maintained for that purpose in Dallas,
     Texas, or at the option of the holder of the Note,
     at  the office or agency of the Company maintained
     for  that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The
     City  of  New  York, State of New York;  provided,
     however, that at the option of the Company payment
     of  interest  may be made by check mailed  to  the
     address  of  the person entitled thereto  as  such
     address shall appear in the Security Register  (as
     defined in the Indenture);
     
           6.   There is no obligation or option of the
     Company  to  redeem, purchase or repay  the  Notes
     prior to maturity;

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          7.   Texas Commerce Bank National Association
     is  appointed  to be trustee for  the  Notes,  and
     Texas    Commerce   Bank   National   Association,
     and   any   other  banking  institution  hereafter
     selected  by  the  officers of  the  Company,  are
     appointed  agents  of the Company  (a)  where  the
     Notes   may  be  presented  for  registration   of
     transfer  or  exchange,  (b)  where  notices   and
     demands to or upon the Company in respect  of  the
     Notes  or the Indenture may be made or served  and
     (c)  where the Notes may be presented for  payment
     of principal and interest;
     
           8.   The Notes shall be issued upon original
     issuance  in  whole in the form of a single  book-
     entry   Global   Security  (as  defined   in   the
     Indenture), and the Depository (as defined in  the
     Indenture) shall be The Depository Trust  Company,
     New York, New York.
     
           9.   The price to be received by the Company
     from  the  Underwriter  for  the  Notes  shall  be
     99.119%,  plus  accrued  interest,  if  any,  from
     September 29, 1997.
     
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this
24th day of September, 1997.

                              ENRON OIL & GAS COMPANY



                              /s/  W. C. Wilson
                              Walter C. Wilson
                              Senior Vice President and
                              Chief Financial Officer

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      THIS  SECURITY IS A BOOK-ENTRY GLOBAL SECURITY  WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND  IS
REGISTERED  IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A  NOMINEE  OF  A
DEPOSITORY.   THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE  FOR  SECURITIES
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY
OR  ITS  NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
BELOW,  AND  NO  TRANSFER  OF THIS SECURITY  (OTHER  THAN  A
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO  A
NOMINEE  OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY
THE  DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY  TO  A
SUCCESSOR   DEPOSITORY  OR  A  NOMINEE  OF  SUCH   SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY)  MAY  BE  REGISTERED  EXCEPT  IN  SUCH   LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.

      UNLESS  THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A  NEW  YORK
CORPORATION  ("DTC"),  TO  THE  COMPANY  OR  ITS  AGENT  FOR
REGISTRATION  OF  TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR  PAYMENT,  AND  ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE  &  CO.
OR  IN  SUCH  OTHER  NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY  AN  AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO.
OR  TO  SUCH  OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR  OTHER  USE
HEREOF  FOR  VALUE  OR  OTHERWISE BY OR  TO  ANY  PERSON  IS
WRONGFUL  INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER  HEREOF,  CEDE  &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.


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                   ENRON OIL & GAS COMPANY

             6.50% Notes due September 15, 2004

No. BE-2  CUSIP No. 293562 AB 0

      ENRON  OIL & GAS COMPANY, a corporation duly organized
and  existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called  the
"Company",  which term includes any successor  Person  under
the  Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns,
the   principal   sum   of  ONE  HUNDRED   MILLION   DOLLARS
($100,000,000)  on September 15, 2004, and to  pay  interest
thereon  from  September 29, 1997 or from  the  most  recent
Interest  Payment Date to which interest has  been  paid  or
duly  provided for, semiannually in arrears on March 15  and
September 15 in each year, commencing March 15, 1998, at the
rate  of 6.50% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid
or   made   available   for  payment.    The   interest   so
payable,  and punctually paid or duly provided for,  on  any
Interest  Payment Date will, as provided in such  Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more  Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close  of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which
shall  be  the  March 1 or September 1  (whether  or  not  a
Business  Day),  as  the case may be,  next  preceding  such
Interest  Payment Date.  Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable
to  the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be
paid  to the Person in whose name this Security (or  one  or
more  Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close  of
business  on a Special Record Date for the payment  of  such
Defaulted  Interest  to  be fixed  by  the  Trustee,  notice
whereof  shall  be  given to Holders of Securities  of  this
series  not  less than 10 days prior to such Special  Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner  not
inconsistent   with  the  requirements  of  any   securities
exchange  on  which  the Securities of this  series  may  be
listed,  and  upon  such notice as may be required  by  such
exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

      Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)  and
interest  on  this Security will be made at  the  office  or
agency  of the Company maintained for that purpose  pursuant
to  the  Indenture hereinafter referred to in Dallas, Texas,
in  such immediately available funds of the United States of
America  as  at  the time of payment are  legal  tender  for
payment of public and private debts.

      Reference is hereby made to the further provisions  of
this  Security  set  forth below, which  further  provisions
shall  for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth
in this place.

      Unless  the certificate of authentication  hereon  has
been  executed  by the Trustee referred to below  by  manual
signature of an authorized officer, this Security shall  not
be  entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be  valid
or obligatory for any purpose.

      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Company  has  caused  this
instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: September 29, 1997

                                   ENRON OIL & GAS COMPANY

                                   By: W. C. Wilson
                                       Title: Senior Vice President
                                              and Chief Financial Officer
ATTEST:

/s/ Angus H. Davis
         Secretary


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           TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION


      This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

               TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
               as Trustee


               By   /s/ Wayne Mentz
                    Authorized Signatory

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      This  Security  is one of a duly authorized  issue  of
securities  of the Company (herein called the "Securities"),
issued  and  to  be issued in one or more  series  under  an
Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1991 (herein called  the
"Indenture"),  between the Company and Texas  Commerce  Bank
National   Association,  as  Trustee  (herein   called   the
"Trustee", which term includes any  successor trustee  under
the  Indenture),  to  which  Indenture  and  all  indentures
supplemental  thereto  reference  is  hereby  made   for   a
statement  of the respective rights, limitation  of  rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee
and  the  Holders of the Securities and of  the  terms  upon
which  the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated  and
delivered.    This   Security  is  a   Book-Entry   Security
representing  the  entire principal  amount  of  the  series
designated   on  the  face  hereof,  limited  in   aggregate
principal amount to $100,000,000.

     The Securities of this series shall not be subject to a
sinking fund requirement.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any
time  of  the  entire indebtedness of the  Company  on  this
Security  upon  compliance  by  the  Company  with   certain
conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this
Security.

      If  an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of  this  series shall occur and be continuing,  the  unpaid
principal  of the Securities of this series may be  declared
due  and  payable in the manner and with the effect provided
in the Indenture.

      The  Indenture  permits, with  certain  exceptions  as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification
of  the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights
of  the  Holders  of  the Securities of each  series  to  be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company  and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of more than 50%
in   principal  amount  of  the  Securities  at   the   time
Outstanding  of each series to be affected.   The  Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages  in principal amount of the Securities  of  each
series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders  of
all  the  Securities of such series, to waive compliance  by
the  Company  with certain provisions of the  Indenture  and
certain   past  defaults  under  the  Indenture  and   their
consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the  Holder  of
this  Security  shall be conclusive and  binding  upon  such
Holder  and upon all future Holders of this Security and  of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof
or  in  exchange  hereof or in lieu hereof, whether  or  not
notation  of  such  consent  or waiver  is  made  upon  this
Security.

      As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the
Indenture,  no Holder of any Security of this  series  shall
have  any right to institute any proceeding with respect  to
the  Indenture  or  for any remedy thereunder,  unless  such
Holder  shall  have previously given to the Trustee  written
notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to  the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than  25%
in  principal amount of the Outstanding Securities  of  this
series   shall  have  made  written  request,  and   offered
reasonable  indemnity,  to  the Trustee  to  institute  such
proceeding  as  trustee,  and the  Trustee  shall  not  have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal  amount
of  the  Outstanding Securities of this series  a  direction
inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee  shall  have
failed   to  institute  such  proceeding  within  60   days;
provided, however, that such limitations shall not apply  to
a  suit  instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement
of  payment  of  the principal of (or premium,  if  any)  or
interest  on  this Security on or after the  respective  due
dates expressed herein.


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      No  reference herein to the Indenture and no provision
of  this  Security  or of the Indenture shall,  without  the
consent  of  the Holder, alter or impair the  right  of  the
Holders,  which  is absolute and unconditional,  to  receive
payment  of  the  principal of (and  premium,  if  any)  and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate,  and
in  the  coin  or  currency, herein prescribed,  except  for
Section 113 of the Indenture (which limits interest  to  the
maximum amount permissible by law), the provisions of  which
are incorporated herein by reference.

      This Security shall be exchangeable for Securities  of
this  series registered in the names of Persons  other  than
the  Depository with respect to such series or  its  nominee
only as provided in this paragraph.  This Security shall  be
so  exchangeable if (x) such Depository notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for
this Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be
a  clearing  agency registered as such under the  Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934, (y) the Company executes and delivers
to  the Trustee a written order providing that this Security
shall  be  so exchangeable or (z) there shall have  occurred
and  be  continuing an Event of Default with respect to  the
Securities of this series.  Securities so issued in exchange
for  this Security shall be of the same series and  of  like
tenor,  in  authorized denominations and  in  the  aggregate
having the same unpaid principal amount as this Security and
registered in such names as such Depository shall direct.

      As  provided in the Indenture and subject  to  certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security
is  registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender  of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office  or
agency  of  the Company in any place where the principal  of
(and  premium,  if  any) and interest on this  Security  are
payable,  duly  endorsed  by, or accompanied  by  a  written
instrument  of transfer in form satisfactory to the  Company
and  the  Security Registrar duly executed  by,  the  Holder
hereof  or  its  attorney duly authorized  in  writing,  and
thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, and  of
like  tenor,  of authorized denominations and for  the  same
aggregate  unpaid principal amount, shall be issued  to  the
designated transferee or transferees.

      No  service charge shall be made for any such exchange
or  registration  of transfer, but the Company  may  require
payment  of  a  sum  sufficient to cover any  tax  or  other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

       Prior  to  due  presentment  of  this  Security   for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee  and  any
agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person  in
whose  name this Security is registered as the owner  hereof
for  all  purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue,
and  neither  the Company, the Trustee nor  any  such  agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.


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       Pursuant  to  a  recommendation  promulgated  by  the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the
Company  has  caused a CUSIP number to be  printed  on  this
Security  as  a  convenience  to  the  Holder  hereof.    No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such number and
reliance  may  be  placed  only  on  the  other  identifying
information printed hereon.

      All  terms used in this Security which are defined  in
the  Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to  them  in
the Indenture.

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                       ASSIGNMENT FORM


I or we assign and transfer this Security to___________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee or transferee)


______________________________________________________________________________
(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)

and irrevocably appoint ______________________________________________________
as agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company.  The agent may 
substitute another to act for him.


Dated:__________________________   Signed:____________________________
                                   (Sign exactly as name appears above or on
                                    the other side of this Security)



Signature Guarantee:______________________________________
                    Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee
                    Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor
                    program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)








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