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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 1998
Registration No. 333-36923
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMOCO COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 200 E. Randolph Drive 36-3353184
(State or other jurisdiction of Chicago, Illinois 60601 (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) (312-856-6111) Identification No.)
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
AMOCO CORPORATION
(Exact name of additional registrant as specified in its charter)
INDIANA 200 E. Randolph Drive 36-1812780
(State or other jurisdiction of Chicago, Illinois 60601 (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) (312-856-6111) Identification No.)
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
S. F. GATES , ESQ.
Vice President and General Counsel
Amoco Corporation
200 E. Randolph Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312-856-5474)
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service for registrants)
Copy for:
GLENN M. REITER, ESQ.
JOHN E. RILEY, ESQ.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement shall
hereinafter become effective in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(c)
of the Securities Act of 1933.
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Amoco Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Amoco Corporation, an Indiana corporation ("Amoco"), hereby file
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, filed by the
Registrants under Registration File No. 333-36923 (the
"Registration Statement"), which was declared effective on
November 10, 1997, for the purpose of removing from registration
the $500,000,000 of Guaranteed Debt Securities and Warrants to
Purchase Guaranteed Debt Securities and the related Guarantees of
such Debt Securities which were registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement, but have not been offered or sold.
Amoco and the Company no longer intend to offer the registered
securities under the Registration Statement and therefore desire
to remove such securities from registration.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 to Registration Statement on Form
S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on May 21,1998.
AMOCO COMPANY (Registrant)
By /s/ J. L. CARL
J. L. Carl
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-3 has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
May 21,1998.
Signature Title
/s/ J. L. CARL* President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
(J. L. Carl)
/s/ W. R. HUTCHINSON* Vice President, Treasurer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
(W. R. Hutchinson)
/s/ A. J. NOCCHIERO Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
(A. J. Nocchiero)
/s/ D. B. PINKERT* Vice President, Assistant
Secretary and Director
(D. B. Pinkert)
*By /s/ J. L. CARL Individually and as Attorney-in-Fact
J. L. Carl
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 to Registration Statement on Form
S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on May 21,1998.
AMOCO CORPORATION (Registrant)
By /s/ J. L. CARL
J. L. Carl
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-3 has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
May 21,1998.
Signature Title
/s/ H. L. FULLER* Chairman of the board, Chief Executive
Office and Director
(H. L. Fuller) (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ W. G. LOWRIE* President and Director
(W. G. Lowrie)
/s/ J. L. CARL* Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
(J. L. Carl)
/s/ A. J. NOCCHIERO Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
(A. J. Nocchiero)
/s/ D. R. BEALL* Director
(D. R. Beall)
/s/ RUTH BLOCK* Director
(Ruth Block)
/s/ J. H. BRYAN* Director
(J. H. Bryan)
/s/ E. B. DAVIS, JR* Director
(E. B. Davis, Jr.)
/s/ RICHARD FERRIS* Director
(Richard Ferris)
/s/ F. A. MALJERS* Director
(F. A. Maljers)
/s/ A. C. MARTINEZ* Director
(A. C. Martinez)
/s/ W. E. MASSEY* Director
(W. E. Massey)
/s/ MARTHA R. SEGER* Director
(Martha R. Seger)
/s/ T. M. SOLSO* Director
(T. M. Solso)
/s/ MICHAEL WILSON* Director
(Michael Wilson)
*By /s/ J. L. CARL Individually and as Attorney-in-Fact
J. L. Carl
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