BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
10-Q, 1994-05-12
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                                   FORM 10-Q
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
  
               QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
         For the quarterly period ended        March 31, 1994       
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         Commission File Number        1-10243                      
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                           BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST             
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  
  
  
                  Delaware                         13-6943724       
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         (State or other jurisdiction         (I.R.S. Employer 
          of incorporation or                  Identification No.)
          organization)
  
  
  
                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                       101 Barclay Street
                       New York, New York
                       Attention:  Walter N. Gitlin       10286  
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           (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)
  
  
                               (212) 815-5084                    
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              (Registrants telephone number, including area code)
  
  
  
  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    .
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  Indicate the number of shares  outstanding  of  each  of  the  Registrant's 
  classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
  
  As  of  May  12,  1994 -- 21,400,000 Units of Beneficial Interest in the BP 
  Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust were outstanding. 
  
  
  PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
  
  Item 1.  Financial Statements
           (See pages 3 - 9  below)
  






































  
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                         BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
  
                             Financial Statements
  
                                March 31, 1994
  
  
  
                                  (Unaudited)
  








































  
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                         BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
  
               Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Trust Corpus
  
                                March 31, 1994
  
                       (In thousands, except unit data)
  
  
                                  (Unaudited)
  
  
  
  <CAPTION>
                                                 March 31,    December 31,
                      Assets                      1994           1993    
                      ------                   ------------   ------------
  <S>                                          <C>            <C>
  Royalty Interest (notes 1 and 2)             $   535,000        535,000
    Less: accumulated amortization                (144,337)      (127,859)
                                                  ---------      ---------
  
            Total assets                       $   390,663        407,141
                                                  =========      =========
  
  
  
          Liabilities and Trust Corpus
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  Accrued expenses                                     236             84
  
  Trust corpus (40,000,000 units of beneficial
    interest authorized, 21,400,000 units
    issued and outstanding)                        390,427        407,057
  
  Contingencies (note 3)                          ---------      ---------
  
            Total liabilities and
              Trust corpus                     $   390,663        407,141
                                                  =========      =========
  
  <FN>
  
  See accompanying notes to financial statements.
  </TABLE>



  
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  <TABLE>
                         BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
  
                 Statement of Cash Earnings and Distributions
  
                       (In thousands, except unit data)
  
  
                                  (Unaudited)
  
  
  
  <CAPTION>
                                                       Three months ended
                                                            March 31,   
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                                                         1994       1993
                                                         ----       ----
  <S>                                              <C>          <C>
  Royalty revenues                                 $     9,172     15,209
  Trust administrative expenses                            100         84
                                                       -------    -------
  
  Cash earnings                                    $     9,072     15,125
                                                       -------    -------
  
  Cash distributions                               $     9,072     15,125
                                                       -------    -------
  
  Cash distributions per unit                      $      .424       .707
                                                       -------    -------
  
  Units outstanding                                 21,400,000  21,400,000
                                                    ==========  ==========
  
  <FN>
  
  See accompanying notes to financial statements.
  </TABLE>












  
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  <TABLE>
  
                         BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
  
                     Statement of Changes in Trust Corpus
  
                                (In thousands)
  
  
                                  (Unaudited)
  
  
  
  <CAPTION>
                                                       Three months ended
                                                            March 31,   
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                                                         1994       1993
                                                         ----       ----
  <S>                                              <C>          <C>
  Trust corpus at beginning of period              $   407,057    437,666
  Cash Earnings                                          9,072     15,125
  Increase in accrued Trust expenses                      (152)      (141)
  Cash distributions                                    (9,072)   (15,125)
  Amortization of Royalty Interest                     (16,478)    (7,548)
                                                       -------    -------
  
  Trust corpus at end of period                    $   390,427    429,977
                                                       =======    =======
  
  <FN>
  
  See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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                         BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
  
                         Notes to Financial Statements
  
                                March 31, 1994
  
  
                                  (Unaudited)
  
  
  
  (1)  Formation of the Trust and Organization
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  BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (the "Trust") was formed pursuant to  a  Trust 
  Agreement,   dated  February  28,  1989  among  The  Standard  Oil  Company 
  ("Standard Oil"), BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (the "Company"), The Bank of 
  New  York and a co-trustee (collectively, the "Trustee").  Standard Oil and 
  the Company are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of The British Petroleum 
  Company p.l.c. ("BP").
  
  On  February  28,  1989,  Standard  Oil  conveyed  a  royalty interest (the 
  "Royalty Interest") to the Trust.   The  Trust  was  formed  for  the  sole 
  purpose  of  owning  and  administering  the Royalty Interest.  The Royalty 
  Interest represents the right to receive, effective February  28,  1989,  a 
  per  barrel royalty (the "Per Barrel Royalty") on 16.4246% of the lesser of 
  (a) the first 90,000 barrels of the average actual daily net production  of 
  oil  and  condensate  per  quarter  or  (b)  the  average  actual daily net 
  production of oil and condensate per quarter  from  the  Company's  working 
  interest  in the Prudhoe Bay Field (the "Field") located on the North Slope 
  of Alaska.
  
  The co-trustees of the  Trust  are  The  Bank  of  New  York,  a  New  York 
  corporation  authorized  to do a banking business, and The Bank of New York 
  (Delaware),  a  Delaware  banking  corporation.   The  Bank  of  New   York 
  (Delaware) serves as co-trustee in order to satisfy certain requirements of 
  the Delaware Trust Act.  The Bank of New York alone is able to exercise the 
  rights and powers granted to the Trustee in the Trust Agreement.
  
  The  Trust  is  passive,  with  the  Trustee having only such powers as are 
  necessary for the collection and distribution of revenues, the  payment  of 
  Trust liabilities and the protection of the Royalty Interest.









  
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                         BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
  
                         Notes to Financial Statements
  
  
                                  (Unaudited)
  
  
  (2)  Basis of Accounting
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  The financial statements of the Trust are prepared on a modified cash basis 
  and reflect the Trust's assets, liabilities and results  of  operations  as 
  follows:
  
  (a)   Revenues  are recorded when received (generally within 15 days of the 
  end of the preceding quarter) and distributions to Trust Unit  holders  are 
  recorded when paid.
  
  (b)   Trust  expenses  (which  include  accounting, engineering, legal, and 
  other professional fees, trustees' fees  and  out-of-pocket  expenses)  are 
  recorded when incurred.
  
  (c)  Amortization of the Royalty Interest is calculated based on the units-
  of-production attributable to the Trust over the  production  of  estimated 
  proved reserves attributable to the Trust (approximately 43,200,000 barrels 
  at December 31, 1993), is charged directly to the Trust  corpus,  and  does 
  not  affect  cash  earnings.   The rate for amortization per net equivalent 
  barrel of oil and condensate was $12.39 for the three  months  ended  March 
  31,  1994  and  $5.67  for  the  three  months  ended  March 31, 1993.  The 
  remaining unamortized balance of the net  overriding  Royalty  Interest  at 
  March  31,  1994  is not necessarily indicative of the fair market value of 
  the interest held by the Trust.
  
  
  While  these  statements  differ  from  financial  statements  prepared  in 
  accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the cash basis of 
  reporting  revenues  and  distributions  is  considered  to  be  the   most 
  meaningful because quarterly distributions to the Unit holders are based on 
  net  cash  receipts.   The  accompanying  modified  cash  basis   financial 
  statements  contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the assets, 
  liabilities and Trust corpus of the Trust as of March 31, 1994 and December 
  31,  1993  and  the modified cash earnings and distributions and changes in 
  Trust corpus for the three months ended March 31, 1994 and 1993.
  
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                         BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
  
                         Notes to Financial Statements
  
  
                                  (Unaudited)
  
  
  
  (3)  Income Taxes
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  The Trust files its federal tax return as a grantor trust  subject  to  the 
  provisions  of  subpart E of Part I of Subchapter J of the Internal Revenue 
  Code  of  1986,  as  amended  rather  than  an  association  taxable  as  a 
  corporation.   The  Unit  holders are treated as the owners of Trust income 
  and corpus, and the entire taxable income of the Trust will be reported  by 
  the Unit Holders on their respective tax returns.
  
  If the Trust were determined to be an association taxable as a corporation, 
  it would be treated as an entity taxable as a corporation  on  the  taxable 
  income  from  the Royalty Interest, the Trust Unit holders would be treated 
  as shareholders, and distributions to  Trust  Unit  holders  would  not  be 
  deductible  in  computing  the  Trust's  tax  liability  as an association.

























  
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  Item 2.  Management's Discussion And Analysis
           of Financial Condition and Results
           of Operations.
  
           Financial Condition.
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        The Trust is a passive entity  with  the  Trustee  having  only  such 
  powers  as  are  necessary  for the collection and distribution of revenues 
  from the Royalty Interest, the payment of Trust  liabilities  and  expenses 
  and  the protection of the Royalty Interest.  All royalty payments received 
  by the Trustee are distributed,  net  of  Trust  expenses,  to  Trust  Unit 
  Holders.   Accordingly,  a  discussion of liquidity or capital resources is 
  not applicable.
  
  
           Results of Operations.
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        The BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (the "Trust") was formed pursuant to 
  the  BP  Prudhoe  Bay Royalty  Trust Agreement dated February 28, 1989 (the 
  "Trust Agreement") and holds a royalty  interest  generally  entitling  the 
  Trust  to  a  per barrel royalty on 16.4246% of the first 90,000 barrels of 
  the average actual daily net production of oil and condensate per  calendar 
  quarter  from  the  BP  Exploration  (Alaska)  Inc. working interest in the 
  Prudhoe Bay Unit.
  
        Payments to the Trust  with  respect  to  the  Royalty  Interest  are 
  payable  on the fifteenth day after the end of the calendar quarter (or the 
  next succeeding business day if such fifteenth day is not a  business  day) 
  in  an  amount  equal  to  the per barrel WTI Price for each day during the 
  calendar quarter less the  sum  of  (i)  the  product  of  the  per  barrel 
  Chargeable  Costs and the Cost Adjustments Factor (such product hereinafter 
  referred to as  "Adjusted  Chargeable  Costs")  and  (ii)  the  per  barrel 
  Production Taxes.
  
        On  January  15,  1994 the Trust received its payment with respect to 
  the Royalty Interest for the period October 1, 1993  through  December  31, 
  1993  (the  "Fourth  Quarter").   Such  payment  was  in  the amount, after 
  rounding, of $6.74 per barrel.  During the Fourth Quarter the  average  WTI 
  Price  was  $16.43.   The  Adjusted Chargeable Costs per barrel were $7.96, 
  based on Chargeable Costs of $6.75 and a Cost Adjustment Factor  of  1.180, 
  and  per  barrel  Production  Taxes  were  $1.72.   After  payment of Trust 
  administrative expenses, the Trust distributed $.424 per Unit.  The payment 
  received  by  the Trust with respect to the Royalty Interest for the period 
  October 1, 1992  through  December  31,  1992  was  in  the  amount,  after 
  rounding,  of  $11.18 per barrel.  During such period the average WTI price 
  was $20.50, the Adjusted Chargeable Costs per barrel  were  $6.97  and  per 
  barrel  Production Taxes were $2.34.  After payment of Trust administrative 
  expenses, the Trust distributed $.707 per Unit for such period.
  
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        The per barrel royalty payable to the Trust for the period January 1, 
  1994  through  March  31,  1994  (the  "First Quarter") is, after rounding, 
  $3.88.  During the First Quarter the average WTI  price  was  $14.80.   The 
  Adjusted  Chargeable Costs per barrel were $9.44, based on Chargeable Costs 
  of $8.00 and a Cost Adjustment Factor of 1.1797, and per barrel  Production 
  Taxes  were  $1.48.   The payment received by the Trust with respect to the 
  Royalty Interest for the period January 1, 1993 through March 31, 1993  was 
  in the amount, after rounding, of $9.71 per barrel.  During such period the 
  average WTI price was $19.85, the Adjusted Chargeable Costs per barrel were 
  $7.90 and per barrel Production Taxes were $2.24.
  







































  
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  PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
  
  Item 1.  Legal Proceedings - None
  
  Item 2.  Changes in Securities - None
  
  Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities - None
  
  Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders - None
  
  Item 5.  Other Information - None 
  
  Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on 8-K
  
           a.  Exhibits 
  
               4.  -  Form  of  Trust Agreement (incorporated by reference to 
  Exhibit 6 to the Form 8-A Registration Statement of BP Prudhoe Bay  Royalty 
  Trust, Commission File No. 1-10243)
  
               27.  -  Financial  Data  Schedule - (see Exhibit 27.1 attached 
  hereto).
  
           b. Reports on Form 8-K - No reports on Form 8-K  have  been  filed 
  during the quarter for which this form is filed.


























  
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                               SIGNATURES
  
  
        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.
  
  
  
                                             BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST
  
                                                  THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                                   as Trustee
  
  
  
                                             By: /s/ WALTER N. GITLIN      
                                                --------------------------
                                             Name:   Walter N. Gitlin
                                             Title:  Vice President
  
  
  Date:  May 12, 1994
  
  
        The  Registrant,  BP  Prudhoe  Bay  Royalty  Trust,  has no principal 
  executive officer, principal  financial  officer,  board  of  directors  or 
  persons   performing   similar   functions.    Accordingly,  no  additional 
  signatures are available and none have been provided.
  




















  
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  THE SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY  FINANCIAL  INFORMATION  EXTRACTED  FROM  THE 
  STATEMENTS  OF  ASSETS,  LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS AND THE STATEMENTS OF 
  CHANGES IN TRUST CORPUS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY  BY  REFERENCE  TO 
  SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
  </LEGEND>
         
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  <PERIOD-TYPE>                  QTR-1
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  <PERIOD-END>                              MAR-31-1994
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  <SECURITIES>                                        0
  <RECEIVABLES>                                       0
  <ALLOWANCES>                                        0
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                                 0
                                           0
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