FLORES & RUCKS INC /DE/
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                                                 Registration No. 333-10365
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       to
                                    FORM S-3

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                          FLORES & RUCKS, INC., issuer
                         FLORES & RUCKS, INC., guarantor
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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<S>                                                 <C>                                               <C>   

          Delaware                                             1311                                              72-1277752
          Louisiana                                            1311                                              72-1210660
  (State or other jurisdiction                      (Primary Standard Industrial                           (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                    Classification Code Number)                      Identification Number)
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                        8440 Jefferson Highway, Suite 420
                          Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
                            Telephone: (504) 927-1450
                        (Address, including zip code and
                    telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)


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                                Robert K. Reeves
                         Senior Vice President, General
                              Counsel and Secretary
                         500 Dover Boulevard, Suite 300
                           Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
                                 (318) 988-9888
              (Name and address, including zip code, and telephone
               number, including area code, of agent for service)


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               copy to:                                        copy to:
           John F. Wombwell                                Carlos A. Fierro
        Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.                           Baker & Botts, L.L.P.
       4200 Texas Commerce Tower                           2001 Ross Avenue
         Houston, Texas 77002                            Dallas, Texas  75201
            (713) 220-4200                                  (214) 953-6500


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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

            Deregistration of 69,500 Unissued Shares of Common Stock
                        Subject to Over-Allotment Option

         Pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-10365) (the
"Registration  Statement"),  Flores & Rucks,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the
"Company"),  registered  1,750,000 shares of its common stock ("Common  Stock"),
which  included  200,000  shares of Common Stock subject to an option granted by
the  Company  to  the  Underwriters  to  cover  over-allotments,   if  any.  The
Underwriters exercised the over-allotment option and purchased 130,500 shares of
the 200,000 shares subject to such  over-allotment  option.  Accordingly,  after
consummation of the public  offering  described in the  Registration  Statement,
69,500 shares of the 200,000 shares of Common Stock subject to the Underwriters'
over-allotment option remain unissued.

         The Company  hereby  removes from  registration  such 69,500  shares of
Common Stock.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, THE
REGISTRANT CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS ALL
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS  POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED,  THEREUNTO DULY  AUTHORIZED,  IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE,  STATE OF
LOUISIANA, ON THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1997.

                              FLORES & RUCKS, INC., a Delaware
                                  corporation


                              By:     /s/ James C. Flores*
                                  ----------------------------      
                                         James C. Flores
                                   Chairman of the Board and
                                     Chief Executive Officer


         PURSUANT  TO THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF THE  SECURITIES  ACT OF  1933,  THIS
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY
THE FOLLOWING  PERSONS IN THE  CAPACITIES  INDICATED ON THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY,
1997.
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                    SIGNATURE                                            TITLE
<S>           <C>                                  <C>    


              /s/ James C. Flores *                Chairman of the Board of Directors and
                 ----------------------            Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
                  James C. Flores                  Officer)

              /s/ Robert L. Belk *                 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
                  ---------------------            Officer and Director (Principal Financial
                    Robert L. Belk                 and Accounting Officer)

         /s/ Richard G. Zepernick, Jr. *           Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
             --------------------------            Officer and Director
             Richard G. Zepernick, Jr. 

           /s/ William W. Rucks, IV *              Director
             --------------------------
             William W. Rucks, IV

             /s/ Donald W. Clayton *               Director
             --------------------------
               Donald W. Clayton


             /s/ Milton J. Womack *                Director
             --------------------------
                Milton J.Womack


            /s/ Charles F. Mitchell *              Director
            ---------------------------
              Charles F. Mitchell
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*By:     /s/ ROBERT K. REEVES
       ------------------------------------
       (Robert K. Reeves pursuant to a power of
       attorney filed with the Registration Statement,
       No. 333- 10365, filed with the Securities and
       Exchange Commission on August 16, 1996)

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                                   SIGNATURES

       PURSUANT TO THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
THE REGISTRANT CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS
ALL OF THE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  FILING  ON  FORM  S-3 AND HAS  DULY  CAUSED  THIS
POST-EFFECTIVE  AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THIS  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON
ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED,  THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED,  IN THE CITY OF BATON
ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, ON THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1997.

                                      FLORES & RUCKS, INC., a Louisiana
                                          corporation


                                      By:              /s/ James C. Flores *
                                                   -------------------------
                                                         James C. Flores
                                                   Chairman of the Board and
                                                     Chief Executive Officer


         PURSUANT  TO THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF THE  SECURITIES  ACT OF  1933,  THIS
POST-EFFECTIVE  AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEN SIGNED BY
THE FOLLOWING  PERSONS IN THE  CAPACITIES  INDICATED ON THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY,
1997.

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<CAPTION>

                     Signature                                            Title
<S>        <C>                                       <C>  

               /s/ James C. Flores *                 Chairman of the Board of Directors and
                 -------------------------           Chief Executive Officer (Principal
                    James C. Flores                  Executive Officer)

               /s/ Robert L. Belk *                  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
                 -------------------------           Officer and Director (Principal Financial
                    Robert L. Belk                   and Accounting Officer)

            /s/ William W. Rucks, IV *               Director
                -------------------------  
                William W. Rucks, IV

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*By:     /s/ ROBERT K. REEVES
       -------------------------  
       (Robert K. Reeves pursuant to a power
       of attorney filed with the Registration
       Statement, No. 333-10365, filed with the
       Securities and Exchange Commission on
       August 16, 1996)


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