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FRANKLIN MYERS
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
COOPER CAMERON CORPORATION
515 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1200
Houston, Texas 77027
(713) 513-3300
July 22, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Mr. Jeffrey P. Riedler, Branch Chief
Mr. Hugh Fuller, Examiner
Re: Cooper Cameron Corporation
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-4283
Gentlemen:
On behalf of Cooper Cameron Corporation (the "Registrant"), the
undersigned hereby respectfully requests, for the reasons set forth in Comment
No. 2 to the Staff's comment letter dated June 24, 1996 and Comment No. 1 to the
Staff's comment letter dated July 9, 1996, that the Commission issue an order
withdrawing Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-4283. It is anticipated
that upon the issuance of such order, a registration statement covering the same
transaction will immediately be refiled on Form S-3, for which the Registrant is
now eligible. Thank you.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Franklin Myers
Franklin Myers,
As Attorney for Service