SOUTHWEST DEVELOPMENTAL DRILLING FUND 92-A LP
10-Q, 1998-05-14
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                                 10 of 13
                                FORM 10-Q



                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

(MARK ONE)

(X)  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1998

                                    OR

( )  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

Commission File Number 33-38511

             SOUTHWEST DEVELOPMENTAL DRILLING PROGRAM 1991-92
             Southwest Developmental Drilling Fund 92-A, L.P.
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified
                  in its limited partnership agreement)

Delaware                                     75-2387816
(State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                Identification No.)


                       407 N. Big Spring, Suite 300
                           Midland, Texas 79701
                 (Address of principal executive offices)

                             (915) 686-9927
                     (Registrant's telephone number,
                           including area code)

Indicate  by  check  mark  whether 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

        The total number of pages contained in this report is 13.

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                     PART I. - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1.   Financial Statements

The  unaudited  condensed financial statements included  herein  have  been
prepared  by  the Registrant (herein also referred to as the "Partnership")
in  accordance  with generally accepted accounting principles  for  interim
financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01
of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information
and  footnotes  required  by generally accepted accounting  principles  for
complete   financial  statements.   In  the  opinion  of  management,   all
adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of
a  normal  recurring nature.  The financial statements should  be  read  in
conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto for
the  year ended December 31, 1997 which are found in the Registrant's  Form
10-K  Report  for  1997 filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission.
The December 31, 1997 balance sheet included herein has been taken from the
Registrant's 1997 Form 10-K Report.  Operating results for the three  month
period  ended March 31, 1998 are not necessarily indicative of the  results
that may be expected for the full year.

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             Southwest Developmental Drilling Fund 92-A, L.P.

                              Balance Sheets


                                                  March 31,     December 31,
                                                     1998           1997
                                                  ---------     ------------
                                                 (unaudited)
  Assets

Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents                    $      4,984          7,887
 Receivable from Managing General Partner           18,278         36,334
                                                 ---------      ---------
  Total current assets                              23,262         44,221
                                                 ---------      ---------
Oil and gas properties - using the
 full-cost method of accounting                  1,315,359      1,315,352
  Less accumulated depreciation,
   depletion and amortization                      692,000        677,000
                                                 ---------      ---------
  Net oil and gas properties                       623,359        638,352
                                                 ---------      ---------
                                              $    646,621        682,573
                                                 =========      =========

  Liabilities and Partners' Equity

Current liability - Accounts payable          $         85             98
                                                 ---------      ---------
Partners' equity:
 Managing General Partner                          620,810        654,446
 Investor partners                                  25,726         28,029
                                                 ---------      ---------
  Total partners' equity                           646,536        682,475
                                                 ---------      ---------
                                              $    646,621        682,573
                                                 =========      =========

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             Southwest Developmental Drilling Fund 92-A, L.P.

                         Statements of Operations
                               (unaudited)


                                                        Three Months Ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                          1998      1997
                                                          ----      ----
    Revenues

Oil and gas                                   $         59,954     89,119
Interest                                                   160        166
                                                       -------    -------
                                                        60,114     89,285
                                                       -------    -------

  Expenses

Production                                              31,018     35,964
General and administrative                               9,535      8,628
Depreciation, depletion and amortization                15,000     17,184
                                                       -------    -------
                                                        55,553     61,776
                                                       -------    -------
Net income                                    $          4,561     27,509
                                                       =======    =======
Net income allocated to:

 Managing General Partner                     $          2,152      4,916
                                                       =======    =======
 Investor partners                            $          2,409     22,593
                                                       =======    =======
  Per investor partner unit                   $           1.72      16.06
                                                       =======    =======

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             Southwest Developmental Drilling Fund 92-A, L.P.

                         Statements of Cash Flows
                               (unaudited)


                                                        Three Months Ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                          1998      1997
                                                          ----      ----
Cash flows from operating activities:

 Cash received from oil and gas sales               $    71,010    108,034
 Cash paid to suppliers                                (33,552)   (44,937)
 Interest income                                            160        166
                                                        -------    -------
  Net cash provided by operating activities              37,618     63,263
                                                        -------    -------
Cash flows used in investing activities:

 Additions to oil and gas properties                        (8)          -
                                                        -------    -------
Cash flows used in financing activities:

 Distribution to investor partners                     (40,513)   (71,000)
                                                        -------    -------
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents               (2,903)    (7,737)

 Beginning of period                                      7,887     17,730
                                                        -------    -------
 End of period                                      $     4,984      9,993
                                                        =======    =======

                                                               (continued)

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             Southwest Developmental Drilling Fund 92-A, L.P.

                   Statements of Cash Flows, continued
                               (unaudited)


                                                        Three Months Ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                          1998      1997
                                                          ----      ----
Reconciliation of net income to net
 cash provided by operating activities:

Net income                                          $     4,561     27,509

Adjustments to reconcile net income to
 net cash provided by operating activities:

  Depreciation, depletion and amortization               15,000     17,184
  Decrease in receivables                                11,056     18,915
  Increase (decrease) in payables                         7,001      (345)
                                                        -------    -------
Net cash provided by operating activities           $    37,618     63,263
                                                        =======    =======

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             Southwest Developmental Drilling Fund 92-A, L.P.
                     (a Delaware limited partnership)

                      Notes to Financial Statements


1.   Organization
     Southwest  Developmental Drilling Fund 92-A, L.P. was organized  under
     the  laws of the state of Delaware on May 5, 1992, for the purpose  of
     engaging  primarily  in  the  business of drilling  developmental  and
     exploratory  wells, to produce and market crude oil  and  natural  gas
     produced  from  such  properties, and  acquire  leases  which  contain
     drilling prospects.  The activities of the Partnership should continue
     for  a  term  of  50 years, unless terminated at an  earlier  date  as
     provided   for   in   the  Partnership  Agreement.   The   Partnership
     anticipates  selling  its  oil and gas  production  to  a  variety  of
     purchasers  with the prices it receives being dependent upon  the  oil
     and  gas  economy.  Southwest Royalties, Inc. serves as  the  Managing
     General  Partner.   Revenues,  costs and  expenses  are  allocated  as
     follows:

                                                    Managing
                                                    General        General
                                                    Partner        Partners
                                                    --------       --------
     Interest income on capital contributions            -          100%
     Oil and gas sales*                                11%           89%
     All other revenues*                               11%           89%
     Organization and offering costs (1)                 -          100%
     Syndication costs                                   -          100%
     Amortization of organization costs                  -          100%
     Lease acquisition costs                            1%           99%
     Gain/loss on property disposition*                11%           89%
     Operating and administrative costs*(2)            11%           89%
     Depreciation, depletion and amortization
      of oil and gas properties                          -          100%
     Intangible drilling and development costs           -          100%
     All other costs*                                  11%           89%

     *After the Investor Partners have received distributions totaling 150%
     of  their  capital contributions, the allocation will  change  to  15%
     Managing General Partner and 85% Investor Partners.

          (1)   All  organization costs in excess of 4% of initial  capital
          contributions  will be paid by the Managing General  Partner  and
          will  be treated as a capital contribution.  The Partnership paid
          the  Managing  General Partner an amount equal to 4%  of  initial
          capital contributions for such organization costs.

          (2)   Administrative costs in any year which exceed 2% of capital
          contributions shall be paid by the Managing General  Partner  and
          will be treated as a capital contribution.

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
     The  interim financial information as of March 31, 1998, and  for  the
     three  months ended March 31, 1998, is unaudited.  Certain information
     and  footnote  disclosures normally included in  financial  statements
     prepared  in accordance with generally accepted accounting  principles
     have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules
     and  regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.   However,
     in  the  opinion  of  management, these interim  financial  statements
     include all the necessary adjustments to fairly present the results of
     the interim periods and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring
     nature.  The interim consolidated financial statements should be  read
     in  conjunction  with the audited financial statements  for  the  year
     ended December 31, 1997.

<PAGE>

Item 2.   Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition  and
          Results of Operations

General

Southwest  Developmental  Drilling Fund 92-A, L.P.  (the  "Partnership"  or
"Registrant")  was organized as a Delaware limited partnership  on  May  5,
1992.   The offering of limited and general partner interests began  August
11,  1992  as part of a shelf offering registered under the name  Southwest
Developmental  Drilling Program 1991-92.  Minimum capital requirements  for
the Partnership were met on December 28, 1992, with the offering of limited
and  general  partner interests concluding December 31,  1992,  with  total
investor partner contributions of $1,407,000.  The Managing General Partner
made a contribution to the capital of the Partnership at the conclusion  of
the  offering  period  in  an  amount  equal  to  1%  of  its  net  capital
contributions.  The Managing General Partner contribution was $12,030,  for
total capital contributions of $1,419,030.

The  Partnership was formed to engage primarily in the business of drilling
developmental  and exploratory wells, to produce and market crude  oil  and
natural  gas produced from such properties, to distribute any net  proceeds
from  operations  to the general and limited partners  and  to  the  extent
necessary,  acquire leases which contain drilling prospects.  Net  revenues
will  not  be  reinvested in other revenue producing assets except  to  the
extent  that  performance of remedial work is needed to  improve  a  well's
producing capabilities.  The economic life of the Partnership thus  depends
on  the  period  over  which the Partnership's oil  and  gas  reserves  are
economically recoverable.

Based  on current conditions, management anticipates the Partnership  could
possibly  experience a normal decline of 5% to 7% a  year.   There  are  no
current plans to perform any workovers in the future.

<PAGE>
Results of Operations

A.  General Comparison of the Quarters Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997

The  following  table  provides certain information  regarding  performance
factors for the quarters ended March 31, 1998 and 1997.

                                               Three Months
                                                   Ended         Percentage
March 31,                                        Increase
                                            1998        1997    (Decrease)
                                            ----        ----    ----------
Average price per barrel of oil           $  14.65      24.05    (39%)
Average price per mcf of gas              $   1.88       1.97     (5%)
Oil production in barrels                    3,260      3,100       6%
Gas production in mcf                        6,500      7,400    (13%)
Gross oil and gas revenue                 $ 59,954     89,119    (33%)
Net oil and gas revenue                   $ 28,936     53,155    (46%)
Partnership distributions                 $ 40,500     71,000    (43%)
Limited partner distributions             $ 36,045     63,190    (43%)
Per unit distribution to limited
 partners                                 $  25.62      44.91    (43%)
Number of limited partner units              1,407      1,407

Revenues

The  Partnership's oil and gas revenues decreased to $59,954  from  $89,119
for the quarters ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, a decrease of
33%.   The principal factors affecting the comparison of the quarters ended
March 31, 1998 and 1997 are as follows:

1.  The  average  price  for a barrel of oil received  by  the  Partnership
    decreased  during the quarter ended March 31, 1998 as compared  to  the
    quarter ended March 31, 1997 by 39%, or $9.40 per barrel, resulting  in
    a decrease of approximately $29,100 in revenues.  Oil sales represented
    80%  of total oil and gas sales during the quarter ended March 31, 1998
    as compared to 84% during the quarter ended March 31, 1997.

    The  average  price  for  an  mcf of gas received  by  the  Partnership
    decreased during the same period by 5%, or $.09 per mcf, resulting in a
    decrease of approximately $700 in revenues.

    The  total  decrease in revenues due to the change in  prices  received
    from oil and gas production is approximately $29,800.  The market price
    for  oil  and gas has been extremely volatile over the past decade  and
    management  expects a certain amount of volatility to continue  in  the
    foreseeable future.

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2.  Oil  production increased approximately 160 barrels or  6%  during  the
    quarter ended March 31, 1998 as compared to the quarter ended March 31,
    1997, resulting in an increase of approximately $2,300 in revenues.

    Gas  production decreased approximately 900 mcf or 13% during the  same
    period, resulting in a decrease of approximately $1,700 in revenues.

    The  net total increase in revenues due to the change in production  is
    approximately $600.

Costs and Expenses

Total costs and expenses decreased to $55,553 from $61,776 for the quarters
ended  March  31,  1998  and 1997, respectively, a decrease  of  10%.   The
decrease is the result of lower lease operating costs and depletion expense
partially offset by general and administrative expense.

1.  Lease  operating  costs  and  production  taxes  were  14%  lower,   or
    approximately $4,900 less during the quarter ended March  31,  1998  as
    compared to the quarter ended March 31, 1997.

2.  General and administrative costs consist of independent accounting  and
    engineering  fees,  computer services, postage,  and  Managing  General
    Partner  personnel costs.    General and administrative costs increased
    11%  or  approximately $900 during the quarter ended March 31, 1998  as
    compared to the quarter ended March 31, 1997.

3.  Depletion expense remained $15,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 1998
    and $15,000 for the same period in 1997.  Depletion is calculated using
    the  units  of revenue method of amortization based on a percentage  of
    current  period  gross  revenues to total  future  gross  oil  and  gas
    revenues,  as  estimated  by  the Partnership's  independent  petroleum
    consultants.

<PAGE>
Liquidity and Capital Resources

The  primary source of cash is from operations, the receipt of income  from
interests in oil and gas properties.  The Partnership knows of no  material
change, nor does it anticipate any such change.

Cash  flows provided by operating activities were approximately $37,600  in
the  quarter ended March 31, 1998 as compared to approximately  $63,300  in
the quarter ended March 31, 1997.  The primary source of the 1998 cash flow
from operating activities was profitable operations.

Cash  flows used in financing activities were $40,500 in the quarter  ended
March  31, 1998 as compared to $71,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 1997.
The only use in financing activities was the distributions to partners.

Total distributions during the quarter ended March 31, 1998 were $40,500 of
which  $36,045 was distributed to the investor partners and $4,455  to  the
Managing  General Partner.  The per unit distribution to investor  partners
during  the  quarter ended March 31, 1998 was $25.62.  Total  distributions
during  the quarter ended March 31, 1997 were $71,000 of which $63,190  was
distributed  to  the investor partners and $7,810 to the  Managing  General
Partner.  The per unit distribution to investor partners during the quarter
ended March 31, 1997 was $44.91.

The source for the 1998 distributions of $40,500 was oil and gas operations
of  approximately $37,600, with the balance from available cash on hand  at
the  beginning  of  the period.  The source for the 1997  distributions  of
$71,000  was  oil  and gas operations of approximately  $63,300,  with  the
balance from available cash on hand at the beginning of the period.

Since  inception of the Partnership, cumulative monthly cash  distributions
of  $1,016,215  have  been made to the partners.  As  of  March  31,  1998,
$904,807 or $643.08 per investor partner unit has been distributed  to  the
investor partners, representing a 65% return of the capital contributed.

As  of March 31, 1998, the Partnership had approximately $23,200 in working
capital.   The  Managing  General Partner knows of no  unusual  contractual
commitments  and  believes  the  revenues  generated  from  operations  are
adequate to meet the needs of the Partnership.

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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 Matter to a Vote of Security Holders

          None

Item 5.   Other Information

          None

Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

          (a)  Exhibits:

               27  Financial Data Schedule

               (b)  Reports on Form 8-K:

                     No  reports on Form 8-K were filed during the  quarter
               for which this report 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.


                              SOUTHWEST DEVELOPMENTAL
                              DRILLING FUND 92-A, L.P.
                              a Delaware limited partnership


                              By:  Southwest Royalties, Inc.
                                   Managing General Partner


                              By:  /s/ Bill E. Coggin
                                   ------------------------------
                                   Bill E. Coggin, Vice President
                                   and Chief Financial Officer


Date:  May 15, 1998

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Balance Sheet at March 31, 1998 (Unaudited) and the Statement of Operations
for the Three Months Ended March 31, 1998 (Unaudited) and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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