TEXACO INC
10-K, 1997-03-27
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
                                    Form 10-K
                ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996          Commission file number 1-27

                             T e x a c o   I n c .

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                        Delaware                               74-1383447
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation               (I.R.S. Employer
                    or organization)                       Identification No.)

        2000 Westchester Avenue
        White Plains, New York                                   10650
(Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (914) 253-4000

                                   ----------

         Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    Name of each exchange
           Title of each class                                                      on which registered
           -------------------                                                      -------------------
<S>                                                                                <C>                  
        Common Stock, par value $6.25                                              New York Stock Exchange
                                                                                   Chicago Stock Exchange
                                                                                   The Stock Exchange, London
                                                                                   Antwerp and Brussels Exchanges
                                                                                   Swiss Stock Exchange
        Rights to Purchase  Series D Junior  Participating  Preferred  Stock       New York Stock Exchange 
        Cumulative  Adjustable Rate Monthly Income Preferred Shares,  Series B*    New York Stock Exchange 
        6 7/8%  Cumulative  Guaranteed Monthly Income Preferred Shares, Series A*  New York Stock Exchange 
        8 1/2% Notes, due February 15, 2003**                                      New York Stock Exchange 
        8 5/8% Debentures, due June 30, 2010**                                     New York Stock Exchange
        8.65% Notes, due January 30, 1998**                                        New York Stock Exchange 
        9% Notes,  due November  15,  1997**                                       New York Stock Exchange 
        9% Notes,  due December  15,  1999**                                       New York Stock Exchange
        9 3/4% Debentures,  due March 15, 2020**                                   New York Stock Exchange
        Extendible  Notes,  due June 1, 1999 (8 1/2% to June 1,  1998)**           New York Stock Exchange
        Extendible  Notes,  due March 1, 2000 (9.45% to March 1, 2000)**           New York Stock Exchange

<FN>
___________________
*  Issued by Texaco Capital LLC and the payments of dividends and payments on liquidation or redemption are
   guaranteed by Texaco Inc.
** Issued by Texaco Capital Inc. and unconditionally guaranteed by Texaco Inc.
</FN>
</TABLE>

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     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
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
     No disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K
is contained  herein,  and will not be contained to the best of the Registrant's
knowledge,  in  definitive  proxy  or  information  statements  incorporated  by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
     The  aggregate  market  value of the voting  stock of Texaco  Inc.  held by
non-affiliates  at the close of business on February 28, 1997,  based on the New
York Stock Exchange  composite sales price, was  approximately  $26,050,000,000.
The market  value of the  voting  stock of Series B ESOP  Convertible  Preferred
Stock held in the Employees  Thrift Plan of Texaco Inc. at the close of business
on February 28, 1997, totaled  approximately  $910,893,000.  The market value of
the  voting  stock of  Series F ESOP  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  held in the
Employees  Savings  Plan of Texaco Inc. at the close of business on February 28,
1997, totaled approximately $56,446,000.
     As of February  28,  1997,  there were  263,651,162  outstanding  shares of
Texaco Inc. Common Stock.


                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
                        (to the extent indicated herein)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                       Part of
                                                                                                      Form 10-K
                                                                                                      ---------
<S>                                                                                                     <C>        
        Texaco Inc. Annual Report to Stockholders for the year 1996.................................    I, II
        Proxy Statement of Texaco Inc. relating to the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders..........     III 
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        Page
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                                                                                     Texaco Inc.
                                                                   Texaco Inc.        Year 1996       Texaco Inc.
                                                                    Year 1996       Annual Report   March 27, 1997
Form 10-K Item                                                      Form 10-K      To Stockholders  Proxy Statement
- --------------                                                      ---------      ---------------  ---------------


                                     PART I

<S>                                                                   <C>        <C>                 <C>          
  1. and 2. Business and Properties
         Development and Description of Business...................     1               33-34               --
         Certain Factors Which May Affect Business.................    2-4               --                 --
         Worldwide Operations......................................     5        12-24, 41 and 67-68        --
         Supplementary Exploration and Production Information......    6-8          71-74 and 78            --
  3.     Legal Proceedings.........................................   9-10               67                 --
  4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.......    10                --                 --

  Executive Officers of Texaco Inc.................................    11                --                 --


                                     PART II


  5.     Market for the Registrant's Common Equity
           and Related Stockholder Matters.........................    12                82                 --
  6.     Selected Financial Data...................................    12                81                 --
  7.     Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
           Condition and Results of Operations.....................    12               26-40               --
  8.     Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
                     -- Financial Statements.......................    12               41-68               --
                     -- Report of Independent Public Accountants...    12                70                 --
                     -- Oil and Gas Information....................    12               71-79               --
                     -- Selected Quarterly Financial Data..........    12                80                 --
  9.     Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
           on Accounting and Financial Disclosure...................   12                --                 --


                                    PART III


10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.............    13                --                3-12
11. Executive Compensation.........................................    13                --          6-7, 31-35 and 37
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
      and Management...............................................    13                --              2 and 8
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.................    13                --                 --


                                     PART IV


14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K  14-16              --                 --


</TABLE>

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                                     PART I
                                   TEXACO INC.



Items 1 and 2. Business and Properties


                     DEVELOPMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

         Texaco Inc. was  incorporated  in Delaware on August 26,  1926,  as The
Texas Corporation. Its name was changed in 1941 to The Texas Company and in 1959
to Texaco Inc. It is the  successor of a  corporation  incorporated  in Texas in
1902.  As used herein and within the portions of the documents  incorporated  by
reference,  the term  Texaco  Inc.  refers  solely to Texaco  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation.   The  use  of  such  terms  as  "Texaco,"  "company,"  "division,"
"organization,"  "unit," "we," "us," "our" and "its," when  referring  either to
Texaco Inc. and its consolidated  subsidiaries or to subsidiaries and affiliates
either individually or collectively, is for convenience only and is not intended
to describe legal relationships.

         Texaco Inc. and its  subsidiary  companies,  together  with  affiliates
owned 50% or less,  represent a  vertically  integrated  enterprise  principally
engaged  in  the  worldwide  exploration  for  and  production,  transportation,
refining and marketing of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products.

Research Expenditures

     Worldwide   expenditures  of  Texaco  Inc.  and  subsidiary  companies  for
research,  development and technical support for continuing  operations amounted
to approximately $139 million in 1996, $154 million in 1995, and $175 million in
1994. These expenditures  exclude amounts applicable to discontinued  operations
of  approximately  $6 million in 1996,  $14  million in 1995 and $20  million in
1994.

Environmental Expenditures

         Information regarding capital environmental expenditures of Texaco Inc.
and  subsidiary  companies,  including  equity in  affiliates,  during 1996, and
projections  for 1997 and  1998,  for  air,  water  and  solid  waste  pollution
abatement,  and related environmental  projects and facilities,  is incorporated
herein by reference  from pages 33 and 34 of Texaco Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report to
Stockholders.

Employees

     The number of employees of Texaco Inc. and subsidiary  companies engaged in
continuing  operations  as of  December  31,  1996 and 1995  totaled  28,957 and
28,247, respectively.

     The 1995 total excludes  approximately 300 employees involved in supporting
discontinued operations sold during 1996.




                                       1

<PAGE>

                    CERTAIN FACTORS WHICH MAY AFFECT BUSINESS

     In recent years, a number of changes affecting the petroleum  industry have
occurred  both in the United  States and abroad.  In the United States and other
countries in which Texaco operates,  various laws and regulations are either now
in force, in standby status or under consideration, dealing with such matters as
production  restrictions,  import and export controls, price controls, crude oil
and refined product allocations, refined product specifications,  environmental,
health  and safety  regulations,  retroactive  and  prospective  tax  increases,
cancellation  of contract  rights,  expropriation  of property,  divestiture  of
certain  operations,  foreign  exchange  rate  changes  and  restrictions  as to
convertibility   of   currencies,   tariffs   and  other   international   trade
restrictions.  The industry may also be affected by strikes and other industrial
disputes.

     A number of legislative  proposals are currently under consideration by the
U.S.  Congress and various  State  legislatures.  Although it is not possible at
this time to predict the ultimate  form that any such  proposals  might take, or
the likelihood of their enactment, such legislation,  if passed, could adversely
affect the petroleum industry and Texaco.

     In addition,  operations and  investments in some foreign areas are subject
to political and business  risks.  The nature of these risks varies from country
to country and from time to time.  The overall effect of the foregoing on Texaco
cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Industry Review of 1996


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                             WORLD PETROLEUM DEMAND
                          (MILLIONS OF BARRELS A DAY)

                           1996        1995        1994
                           ----        ----        ----
<S>                        <C>         <C>         <C>
INDUSTRIAL NATIONS         41.2        40.3        40.0

DEVELOPING NATIONS         24.9        23.7        22.6

FORMER SOVIET BLOC          5.7         6.1         6.2
                            ---         ---         ---
        TOTAL              71.8        70.1        68.8

</TABLE>

     The  world  economy  grew at a strong  3.8% rate in 1996.  However,  growth
patterns  were mixed among  regions.  Economic  expansion in the  industrialized
world as a whole was relatively  modest.  While the pivotal U.S. economy enjoyed
another year of steady  advance,  the adoption of fiscal  austerity  measures in
Western  Europe led to a slowing of  economic  expansion.  A large  increase  in
governmental  spending in the first quarter boosted Japanese GDP growth in 1996,
but the  recovery  has yet to become  deep-rooted.  On the other hand,  economic
expansion in the  developing  world was generally  robust,  particularly  in the
Pacific Rim countries.  One major  disappointment in 1996 was the failure of the
former Soviet bloc to turn around.  Although some of the former Eastern European
"satellite"  countries  enjoyed  relatively  strong growth,  the Russian economy
registered another decline, pulling down the region as a whole.

     World demand for petroleum  products continued to attain new highs in 1996,
spurred by the global economic expansion and cold winter conditions early in the
year. Oil  consumption  averaged 71.8 million barrels per day (BPD), an increase
of 1.7  million BPD from the 1995 level.  Growth in the  industrialized  nations
rose sharply, up 900,000 BPD, boosted by the very cold winter weather across the
Northern Hemisphere.  In the developing countries,  buoyant economic conditions,
particularly in the Pacific Rim region,  led to a robust increase of 1.2 million
BPD in oil consumption.  However,  the contraction in the Russian economy offset
gains in several Eastern European  countries,  leading to an overall 400,000 BPD
demand decline for the former Soviet bloc.

     Crude oil  supplies  also rose  sharply  during  the  year.  However,  very
ambitious gains that had been expected from non-OPEC sources did not materialize
fully.  In the North Sea, for example,  extended  field  maintenance  during the
summer,  underperformance  by several  old fields and delayed  projects  limited
production  increases.  Even with these  constraints,  output from the North Sea
contributed  significantly  to non-OPEC's  near 1 million BPD gain from the 1995
level.

                                       2

<PAGE>

     Latin  America also posted  significant  increases,  resulting  from higher
output levels from Argentina,  Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Likewise, there were
significant gains from countries such as Angola, Australia and Canada, but these
were partially offset by production  losses from the former Soviet Union and the
United States.

     The step-up in world oil demand and lower than anticipated  non-OPEC output
combined  to boost  world  requirements  for OPEC oil  during  1996,  the  first
substantial  output  gain for the  organization  in  several  years.  Crude  oil
production   averaged  25.9  million  BPD,  a  900,000  BPD  increase  over  its
year-earlier  level.  Cash  strapped  countries  such as Nigeria  and  Venezuela
substantially  exceeded  OPEC  quotas and  accounted  for more than half of this
increase.  Iraqi exports remained embargoed until near year-end,  when agreement
was reached allowing so-called "oil-for-food" flows under U.N. Resolution 986.

     World petroleum prices were surprisingly  strong  throughout 1996.  Special
factors,  such as exceptionally cold weather early in 1996, the absence of Iraqi
exports  and the  delayed  start-up  of new  North Sea  production,  had a major
impact.  At the same time,  crude oil and petroleum  product stocks were lean by
historical  standards,  thus contributing to price strength and volatility.  The
spot price of U.S.  benchmark West Texas  Intermediate (WTI) averaged $22.16 per
barrel, which was $3.73 per barrel higher than the previous year and a level not
seen since the Gulf War.

     Refiners' margins during 1996 were higher than 1995's very depressed levels
in key U.S. and European  markets.  Despite the run-up in  underlying  crude oil
costs,  special factors  contributed to strong  light-end  product  prices.  For
instance,  the extreme cold winter within the Atlantic basin boosted heating oil
prices and delayed the refinery  switchover  to  gasoline,  leading to low stock
levels prior to the summer driving season. In addition,  on the U.S. West Coast,
refinery  outages  and  dislocations  resulting  from the  introduction  of CARB
reformulated  gasoline  also  pushed up margins  during  the spring and  summer.
Marketing  margins,   however,   decreased  relative  to  1995  due  to  intense
competitive pressures and oversupply in the marketplace, especially in the U.S.,
the United Kingdom and the Asia-Pacific area.

Near-Term Outlook

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      NEAR-TERM WORLD SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE
                           (MILLIONS OF BARRELS A DAY)

                                  1997        1996
                                  ----        ----
<S>                               <C>         <C>
DEMAND                            73.8        71.8

SUPPLY

     NON-OPEC CRUDE               38.3        37.1

     OPEC CRUDE                   26.7        25.9

     OTHER LIQUIDS                 9.3         9.0
                                  ----        ----
TOTAL SUPPLY                      74.3        72.0
                                  ----        ----
     STOCK CHANGE                  0.5         0.2

</TABLE>


     World  economic  growth is projected to remain strong in 1997, as continued
powerful  expansion  in  the  developing  world  and  modest  increases  in  the
industrialized nations are reinforced by an anticipated turnaround in the former
Soviet bloc. The United States is forecast to continue to enjoy modest growth in
1997, and economic expansion in Western Europe is expected to pick up. In Japan,
growth should weaken  somewhat  from the  artificially  high rate created by the
stimulative  government spending in 1996. Within the developing world, expansion
in Asia may also  moderate  somewhat,  but will remain  relatively  strong.  The
former Soviet bloc as a whole is anticipated to register positive GDP growth for
the first time in eight  years,  as the Russian  economy  shows signs of turning
around.

     Strong  economic  conditions  should  result in one of the highest rates of
growth for world oil  consumption  witnessed  over the last two  decades.  World
demand is  projected  to average  73.8  million  BPD, a 2.0 million BPD, or 2.8%
increase over 1996 levels.  Growth in the industrialized  nations is expected to
slow to 500,000 BPD in 1997, as normal winter  conditions are projected.  In the
developing  countries,  demand is expected to rise by 1.4 million BPD, fueled by
the ongoing  economic  expansion.  Also,  in the former  Soviet bloc,  demand is
expected  to rise by 100,000 BPD from the 1996 level,  as  consumption  rises in
Central Europe.

                                       3

<PAGE>

     Despite the strength in demand,  anticipated increases in non-OPEC and OPEC
production   may  actually  run  ahead  of   consumption,   causing  the  global
supply/demand  balance  to loosen  and  prices  to  weaken.  Non-OPEC  crude oil
production  has been on an  uptrend  over the last few years  and,  despite  the
somewhat disappointing  performance in 1996, output in 1997 is expected to climb
to 38.3 million BPD, a dramatic 1.2 million BPD gain. As in the past,  the North
Sea will be the major contributor, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Australia, India,
Angola and some other African nations. By year-end, output from Colombia's giant
Cusiana/Cupiagua fields is expected to rise significantly as the Ocensa pipeline
nears  completion.  Even output from the former Soviet Union may increase  after
many years of decline.  Among the major  producers,  only the United States will
continue to slip, and very slowly, as declining  production from Prudhoe Bay and
other North Slope fields is offset by new flows from the Gulf of Mexico.

     OPEC  production is also expected to rise in 1997,  given the resumption in
Iraqi oil exports.  The agreed partial  lifting of the U.N.  embargo will likely
add about 600,000 BPD to the market. In addition, ongoing capacity expansions in
Venezuela,  Algeria and Nigeria may  translate  into a further  increase in OPEC
production.  This could occur at a time when market  fundamentals  point  toward
weaker crude oil and product prices.

     U.S.  natural gas  consumption  in 1996 rose to over 22 trillion cubic feet
(TCF),  up 0.6 TCF from the  prior-year  level.  The  extreme  cold  weather and
growing industrial usage boosted demand to a level that has not been experienced
since the early 1970's.  In 1997,  demand should  continue to grow,  despite the
assumption of more normal winter conditions.




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Forward-Looking Statements

     Part I of this Form 10-K may contain  forward-looking  statements  that are
based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industries in
which Texaco operates,  management's beliefs and assumptions made by management.
Words  such  as  "expects,"   "anticipates,"   "intends,"  "plans,"  "believes,"
"estimates,"  variations of such words and similar  expressions  are intended to
identify  such   forward-looking   statements.   These   statements   constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of  1933,  and are  subject  to the  safe  harbors  created  thereby.  These
statements  are based on a number of  assumptions  that could  ultimately  prove
inaccurate and, therefore,  there can be no assurance that they will prove to be
accurate. Factors which could affect performance include estimation of reserves,
inaccurate  seismic  data,  mechanical  failures,   unilateral  cancellation  of
concessions by host governments,  decreased demand for motor fuels,  natural gas
and other products,  above-average temperatures,  pipeline failures, oil spills,
increasing  price and product  competition,  higher or lower costs and expenses,
domestic  and  foreign   governmental   and  public  policy  changes   including
environmental  regulations,  the  outcome of pending and future  litigation  and
governmental  proceedings  and continued  availability  of financing.  These are
representative of factors which could affect the outcome of the  forward-looking
statements.  In addition,  such statements could be affected by general industry
and market  conditions  and growth  rates,  general  domestic and  international
economic   conditions   including  interest  rate  and  currency  exchange  rate
fluctuations  and other  factors.  Texaco  undertakes  no  obligation  to update
publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.

                                       4

<PAGE>

                              WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS

         Texaco  owns,  leases,  or  has  interests  in  extensive   production,
manufacturing,  marketing,  transportation  and other facilities  throughout the
world. A description of the company's  worldwide  operations appears on pages 12
through  24, and  information  regarding  sales to  significant  affiliates  and
geographical  financial  data  appear on pages 41 and  67-68,  respectively,  of
Texaco Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders,  applicable  portions of which
are incorporated  herein by reference.  Except as indicated under Items 1, 2, 3,
5, 6, 7, 8 and 14, no other data and  information  appearing  in the 1996 Annual
Report to  Stockholders  are deemed to be filed as part of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.

     In 1993,  Texaco announced its intention to dispose of substantially all of
its worldwide chemical  operations,  including its lubricant additives business,
and entered into a memorandum of  understanding  with an affiliate of the Jon M.
Huntsman Group of Companies for the sale of Texaco Chemical  Company and related
international  chemical  operations.  On April 21, 1994,  Texaco  received  from
Huntsman  Corporation  $850  million,  consisting of $650 million in cash and an
11-year subordinated note with a face amount of $200 million,  which was prepaid
in January, 1996.

     On February 29, 1996,  Texaco  completed the  disposition  of its worldwide
chemical  operations by completing the sale of its worldwide lubricant additives
business,  which  included  manufacturing  facilities,  as  well  as  sales  and
marketing  offices  in  various  locations  in the  U.S.  and  abroad  to  Ethyl
Corporation,  a fuel and lubricant additives manufacturer.  Ethyl purchased this
business  for $196  million,  comprised of $136 million in cash and a three year
note of $60 million.

     On March 21, 1997, Texaco completed the sale of its propylene  oxide/methyl
tertiary butyl ether (PO/MTBE) business to a subsidiary of Huntsman Corporation,
for approximately $600 million.

     On March 18, 1997,  Texaco announced that it and Shell Oil Company signed a
memorandum of  understanding  to combine the major elements of their  midwestern
and  western  U.S.  refining  and  marketing  activities  and their  total  U.S.
transportation, trading and lubricants businesses. The new company will continue
to market  gasoline under both the Texaco and Shell brands through the thousands
of independent wholesalers and retailers.

     Under the terms of the memorandum of  understanding,  Texaco and Shell will
form a  limited  liability  company  comprising  their  midwestern  and  western
refining and marketing  activities and nationwide  transportation and lubricants
businesses.  Shell will own 56 percent and Texaco 44 percent of the new company,
which is expected to be formed as soon as practical following  regulatory review
and the signing of definitive agreements.

     The two companies also  announced that they and Saudi Refining Inc.  (SRI),
have made significant  progress in discussions  toward a separate  memorandum of
understanding  to combine Star Enterprise (a 50/50 joint venture between SRI and
Texaco in the eastern  U.S.) with Shell's  eastern U.S.  refining and  marketing
business. An agreement could be reached in the second quarter of 1997.

     On March 1,  1995,  Texaco  completed  the sale of more than 300  scattered
producing fields to Apache Corporation.  The sale included properties located in
the Permian Basin of Texas, offshore Gulf of Mexico, onshore Louisiana, East and
South Texas, the Rocky Mountains and the Mid-Continent area of the United Sates.

                                       5

<PAGE>

              SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION INFORMATION

     The following information concerns the oil and gas exploration, development
and producing activities of Texaco Inc. and consolidated  subsidiaries,  as well
as Texaco's equity in P.T. Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CPI), a 50%-owned affiliate
operating in Other Eastern Hemisphere:

     Estimates of Total  Proved  Net  Oil and Gas Reserve Data Provided to Other
         Governmental Bodies and Availability of Oil and Gas

     Information  concerning  estimates  of total proved net oil and gas reserve
data provided to other  governmental  bodies and  availability of oil and gas is
incorporated  herein by  reference  from  pages 71 to 74 of Texaco  Inc.'s  1996
Annual Report to Stockholders.

     Average Sales Prices and Production Costs--Per Unit

     Information  concerning  average sales prices and production costs on a per
unit basis is  incorporated  herein by reference  from page 78 of Texaco  Inc.'s
1996 Annual Report to Stockholders.


                                       6

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Oil and Gas Acreage
                                                                                      As of December 31, 1996
                                                                                      -----------------------
         Thousands of acres                                                       Gross                      Net
         ------------------                                                       -----                      ---
<S>                                                                               <C>                       <C>   
     Producing
         Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
              United States................................................        3,147                     1,835
              Other Western Hemisphere  ...................................          518                       169
              Europe  .....................................................          122                        29
              Other Eastern Hemisphere  ...................................          794                       199
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                  Total Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries..........        4,581                     2,232

         Equity in an Affiliate-Other Eastern Hemisphere...................          206                       103
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                  Total worldwide .........................................        4,787                     2,335
                                                                                  ------                    ------
     Undeveloped
         Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
              United States................................................        7,042                     5,235
              Other Western Hemisphere  ...................................        3,800                     3,062
              Europe  .....................................................        7,066                     2,831
              Other Eastern Hemisphere.....................................       59,755                    31,104
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                  Total Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries..........       77,663                    42,232

         Equity in an Affiliate-Other Eastern Hemisphere...................        2,240                     1,120
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                               Total worldwide.............................       79,903                    43,352
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                           Total Oil and Gas Acreage.......................       84,690                    45,687
                                                                                  ======                    ======

</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Number of Wells Capable of Producing*
                                                                                       As of December 31, 1996
                                                                                       -----------------------
     Oil wells                                                                    Gross                      Net
     ---------                                                                    -----                      ---
<S>                                                                               <C>                       <C>   
         Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
              United States................................................       29,439                    14,377
              Other Western Hemisphere  ...................................        1,912                       227
              Europe  .....................................................          238                        61
              Other Eastern Hemisphere  ...................................        1,574                       558
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                  Total Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries..........       33,163                    15,223

         Equity in an Affiliate-Other Eastern Hemisphere...................        4,334                     2,167
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                               Total worldwide**...........................       37,497                    17,390
                                                                                  ======                    ======

     Gas wells
         Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
              United States................................................        6,838                     3,119
              Other Western Hemisphere  ...................................          273                        69
              Europe  .....................................................           44                        10
              Other Eastern Hemisphere  ...................................           22                         7
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                  Total Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries..........        7,177                     3,205

         Equity in an Affiliate-Other Eastern Hemisphere...................           32                        16
                                                                                  ------                    ------
                               Total worldwide** ..........................        7,209                     3,221
                                                                                  ======                    ======

<FN>
_______________
  * Producible well counts include active wells and wells  temporarily  shut-in.
    Consistent with general  industry  practice,  injection or service wells and
    wells shut-in that have been  identified for plugging and  abandonment  have
    been excluded from the number of wells capable of producing.
 ** Includes 98 gross and 36 net multiple completion oil wells and 5 gross and 3
    net multiple completion gas wells.
</FN>
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Oil, Gas and Dry Wells Completed                                     For the years ended December 31,
- --------------------------------                       ------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             1996                  1995                 1994
                                                             ----                  ----                 ----
                                                        Oil   Gas   Dry      Oil   Gas   Dry        Oil   Gas   Dry
                                                        ---   ---   ---      ---   ---   ---        ---   ---   ---
<S>                                                    <C>   <C>     <C>     <C>   <C>    <C>      <C>    <C>   <C>
Net exploratory wells*
   Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
     United States.................................     29    28     29       12   15     14        16    23    17
     Other Western Hemisphere......................     --     3      1       --    2      1        --    --     1
     Europe.......................................       3    --      1       14    1      3        --    --     2
     Other Eastern Hemisphere......................      1     2      2        1   --      5         2    --    11
       Total Texaco Inc. and Consolidated
         Subsidiaries..............................     33    33     33       27   18     23        18    23    31
                                                       ---   ---     --      ---   --     --       ---    --    --
   Equity in an Affiliate
     Other Eastern Hemisphere......................     --    --     --       --   --     --        --    --     1
                                                       ---   ---     --      ---   --     --       ---    --    --
         Total worldwide...........................     33    33     33       27   18     23        18    23    32
                                                       ===   ===     ==      ===   ==     ==       ===    ==    ==

Net development wells
   Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
     United States.................................    283   191     44      291   91     19       244    82     7
     Other Western Hemisphere......................     33     8     --        8    1     --         5     5     1
     Europe.......................................       1    --      1        2    1     --         7     2    --
     Other Eastern Hemisphere......................     44    --      1       23   --      1        13    --    --
                                                       ---   ---     --      ---   --     --       ---    --    --
       Total Texaco Inc. and Consolidated
         Subsidiaries..............................    361   199     46      324   93     20       269    89     8
   Equity in an Affiliate
     Other Eastern Hemisphere......................    259     1     --      135   --     --        98    --    --
                                                       ---   ---     --      ---   --     --       ---    --    --
         Total worldwide...........................    620   200     46      459   93     20       367    89     8
                                                       ===   ===     ==      ===   ==     ==       ===    ==    ==

<FN>
_____________
*Exploratory wells which identify oil and gas reserves, but have not resulted in
  recording of proved reserves  pending further  evaluation,  are not considered
  completed  wells.  Reserves which are identified by such wells are included in
  Texaco's proved reserves when sufficient information is available to make that
  determination. This is particularly applicable to deep exploratory areas which
  may require  extended time periods to assess,  such as the U.K.  sector of the
  North Sea and in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
</FN>
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Additional Well Data                                                            As of December 31, 1996
                                                         ----------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Wells in the                  Pressure Maintenance
                                                         process of          ------------------------------------
                                                          drilling                                  Projects in
                                                        ------------          Installations         the process of
                                                       Gross      Net         in operation          being installed
                                                       -----      ---         ------------          ---------------
<S>                                                      <C>      <C>               <C>                   <C>
Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
   United States...................................      103       67               250                    -- 
   Other Western Hemisphere........................        2        1                13                    --
   Europe..........................................       35       17                 8                    --
   Other Eastern Hemisphere........................       22        7                 5                     1
                                                         ---      ---               ---                   ---
     Total Texaco Inc. and Consolidated
       Subsidiaries................................      162       92               276                     1

Equity in an Affiliate
   Other Eastern Hemisphere........................        7       4                  6                    --
                                                         ---      ---               ---                   ---
       Total worldwide.............................      169       96               282                     1
                                                         ===      ===               ===                   ===

</TABLE>

                                       8
<PAGE>


Item 3. Legal Proceedings

     Litigation--Information  relative  to  legal  proceedings  pending  against
Texaco  Inc.  and  subsidiary  companies  is  presented  in Note 16,  Contingent
Liabilities,  on page 67 of Texaco  Inc.'s 1996 Annual  Report to  Stockholders,
which note is incorporated herein by reference.

     Two purported stockholder derivative suits are pending against Texaco Inc.,
as nominal defendant, its directors, and certain current and former officers and
employees  alleging  among  other  things  that  the  directors  breached  their
fiduciary  duties to the corporation and its  stockholders by failing to oversee
Texaco's  compliance  with  the  employment  discrimination  laws  and  with the
discovery  obligations in a  discrimination  case.  The cases,  titled Kaplan v.
Beck,  et al.  and Citron v.  Murphy,  et al.,  seek money  damages on behalf of
Texaco Inc.,  attorneys  fees, and injunctive  relief.  The cases are pending in
federal court in White Plains, N.Y.

     As of December 31, 1996,  Texaco Inc. and its subsidiaries  were parties to
various  proceedings  instituted or  contemplated  by  governmental  authorities
arising under the provisions of applicable  laws or regulations  relating to the
discharge  of  materials  into the  environment  or  otherwise  relating  to the
protection  of the  environment,  none of which is material  to the  business or
financial  condition of the company.  The  following is a brief  description  of
pending  proceedings  and a settled  proceeding  which,  because of the  amounts
involved, require disclosure under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission
regulations.

              On June 9, 1992, an administrative  complaint was served on Texaco
        Chemical Company ("TCC")* by the U.S.  Environmental  Protection  Agency
        ("EPA"),   Region  VI,   alleging   certain   violations  of  the  State
        Implementation Plan at TCC's Port Neches,  Texas chemical plant. The EPA
        is seeking  civil  penalties  of  $149,000.  Texaco Inc.  is  contesting
        liability.

              On December 28, 1992,  an  administrative  complaint was served on
        TCC by the EPA,  Region  VI,  alleging  hazardous  waste,  PCB,  release
        notification  and  reporting  violations  at TCC's Port Neches  chemical
        plant. The EPA is seeking civil penalties of $3.8 million and corrective
        action.  Texaco Inc. is  contesting  liability.  The EPA and the company
        agreed to consolidate this complaint with the  above-referenced  June 9,
        1992  complaint,  and the  consolidated  matter is pending before an EPA
        administrative law judge.

              On May 23, 1994, the EPA, Region VII, instituted an administrative
        proceeding  alleging  that on 12  occasions  pipelines  owned by  Texaco
        Trading and Transportation Inc. ("TTTI"),  a wholly-owned  subsidiary of
        the  registrant,  released oil into  surface  waters in violation of the
        Federal  Clean Water Act. The agency is seeking a penalty of $10,000 for
        each release. TTTI is contesting liability.

              On February  22,  1996,  the Los  Angeles  Air Quality  Management
        District  ("AQMD")  issued a notice of violation to Texaco  Refining and
        Marketing Inc. ("TRMI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the registrant, in
        connection  with  refrigerant  use and maintenance at TRMI's Los Angeles
        refinery.  AQMD penalties for violation of certain air  regulations  may
        exceed $100,000.


_________________
*    Texaco Chemical Company was sold on April 21, 1994 to Huntsman  Corporation
and,  by  agreement,   Texaco  Inc.  retains  obligations  applicable  to events
occurring prior to the closing date.

                                       9

<PAGE>

              The  U.S.  Department  of  Justice  has  filed suit againt TTTI in
      connection  with  spills along Texaco Pipeline Inc.  systems in  Kansas in
      1991. The suit seeks  civil  penalties  of  approximately  $4,200,000  and
      injunctive  relief.  TTTI  has not been  served  with the   complaint, and
      the parties continue to discuss this matter.

            On June 6, 1995,  the Delaware  Department of Natural  Resources and
      Environmental   Control  ("DNREC")   informally  cited  Star  Enterprise's
      Delaware City refinery for emitting nitrogen oxide in quantities exceeding
      the refinery's  permit levels in 1993 and 1994.  Star Enterprise and DNREC
      settled the matter on March 6, 1996 for $175,000.

     Additionally,  Texaco Inc., on behalf of its  subsidiaries  and affiliates,
agreed in 1992 to participate in the EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act ("TSCA")
Section  8(e)  Compliance  Audit  Program.  There were 125  participants  in the
program. As a participant,  Texaco agreed to audit its files for materials which
under current EPA guidelines would be subject to reporting under Section 8(e) of
TSCA and to pay stipulated  penalties for each such report  submitted under this
program.  On December 17, 1996, an  Administrative  Order on Consent between the
EPA and  Texaco  was  finalized,  and  Texaco  paid  $237,000  to  finalize  its
participation in the program.


Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     Not applicable.





                                   ----------





                                       10

<PAGE>

Executive Officers of Texaco Inc.

     The  executive  and  other  elected officers of Texaco Inc. as of March 27,
1997 are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
               Name                         Age          Position
         <S>                                 <C>      <C>
         Peter I. Bijur..................    54       Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
         Allen J. Krowe..................    64       Vice Chairman
         C. Robert Black.................    61       Senior Vice President
         Patrick J. Lynch................    59       Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
         William K. Tell, Jr.............    63       Senior Vice President
         Glenn F. Tilton ................    48       Senior Vice President
         Stephen M. Turner...............    58       Senior Vice President and General Counsel
         Richard F. Brenner..............    57       Vice President
         Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr.........    46       Vice President
         Eugene G. Celentano.............    58       Vice President
         David C. Crikelair..............    49       Vice President
         Carl B. Davidson................    63       Vice President and Secretary
         Claire S. Farley................    38       Vice President
         James R. Metzger................    49       Vice President
         Robert C. Oelkers...............    52       Vice President and Comptroller
         Elizabeth P. Smith..............    47       Vice President
         Robert A. Solberg...............    51       Vice President
         Michael N. Ambler ..............    60       General Tax Counsel
         James F. Link...................    52       Treasurer
</TABLE>
     For more than five years, each of the above listed officers of Texaco Inc.,
except for Mr. Richard F. Brenner,  has been actively engaged in the business of
Texaco Inc. or one of its subsidiary or affiliated companies.

     Effective  April 1, 1996,  Mr.  Brenner  joined  Texaco as President of the
company's Human Resources Division and as a Texaco Inc. Vice President. Prior to
joining  Texaco,  Mr.  Brenner was Vice  President,  Global Human  Resources for
AT&T/NCR,  at that time a computer  subsidiary of AT&T.  Mr.  Brenner joined the
computer firm Teradata  Corporation in 1991 as Vice President,  Human Resources.
Teradata was acquired by NCR later that same year.

     There are no family relationships among any of the officers of Texaco Inc.



                                       11

<PAGE>

                                     PART II

The  following  information,  contained in Texaco  Inc.'s 1996 Annual  Report to
Stockholders, is incorporated herein by reference. The page references indicated
are to the actual and  complete  paper  document  version of Texaco  Inc.'s 1996
Annual Report to Stockholders, as provided to stockholders:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Texaco Inc.
                                                                                               Year 1996
                                                                                             Annual Report
                                                                                            to Stockholders
Form 10-K Item                                                                              Page Reference
- --------------                                                                              --------------

<S>                                                                                            <C>                  
Item 5.    Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related
               Stockholder Matters                                                                  82 (a)

Item 6.    Selected Financial Data
               Five-Year Comparison of Selected Financial Data                                      81
Item 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
               Condition and Results of Operations                                                 26-40

Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
               Statement of Consolidated Income                                                     41
               Consolidated Balance Sheet                                                           42
               Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows                                                 43
               Statement of Consolidated Stockholders' Equity                                      44-45
               Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                                          46-68
               Report of Independent Public Accountants                                             70
               Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Producing Activities                        71-79
               Selected Quarterly Financial Data                                                    80
                                                                                               --------------
Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
               Accounting and Financial Disclosure                                             Not applicable.


<FN>
(a)  Only the data and  information  provided  under the caption  "Common  Stock
     Market  and  Dividend  Information"  is  deemed to be filed as part of this
     Annual Report on Form 10-K.
</FN>
</TABLE>

                                       12
<PAGE>

                                    PART III

The  following  information,  contained in Texaco Inc.'s Proxy  Statement  dated
March  27,  1997,  relating  to the 1997  Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders,  is
incorporated herein by reference. Except as indicated under Items 10, 11, 12 and
13, no other data and  information  appearing in the Proxy Statement dated March
27, 1997 are deemed to be filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  The
page references  indicated are to the actual and complete paper document version
of Texaco Inc.'s 1997 Proxy Statement, as provided to stockholders:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Texaco Inc.
                                                                                            March 27, 1997
                                                                                            Proxy Statement        
Form 10-K Item                                                                              Page Reference
- --------------                                                                              --------------

<S>                                                                                                <C>  
Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
           --The Board of Directors
                  Governance, Committees, Qualifications and Nomination
                  of Directors, Compensation of Directors and Litigation                            3-7
           --Security Ownership of Directors and Management                                           8
           --Item 1--Election of Directors                                                          9-12

Item 11.   Executive Compensation
           --The Board of Directors
                  Compensation of Directors                                                         6-7
           --Summary Compensation Table                                                              31
           --Option Grants in 1996                                                                 32-34
           --Aggregated Option Exercises in 1996 and Year-End Option Values                          35
           --Retirement Plan                                                                         37

Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
           --Voting of Shares                                                                         2
           --Security Ownership of Directors and Management                                           8

Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions                                           None

</TABLE>



                                       13

<PAGE>

                                     PART IV

Item 14.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K

     The following information, contained in Texaco Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report to
Stockholders, is incorporated herein by reference. The page references indicated
are to the actual and  complete  paper  document  version of Texaco  Inc.'s 1996
Annual Report to Stockholders, as provided to stockholders:
(a)  The following documents are filed as part of this report:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Texaco Inc.
                                                                                               Year 1996
                                                                                             Annual Report
                                                                                            To Stockholders
                                                                                            Page Reference
                                                                                            ---------------
<S>                                                                                              <C>  
     1.   Financial Statements (incorporated by reference from the indicated
               pages of Texaco Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders):
          Statement of Consolidated Income for the three years
            ended December 31, 1996 ....................................................          41
          Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 1996 and 1995......................          42
          Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows for the three years
            ended December 31, 1996 ....................................................          43
          Statement of Consolidated Stockholders' Equity
            for the three years ended December 31, 1996.................................         44-45
          Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements....................................         46-68
          Report of Independent Public Accountants......................................          70
     2.   Financial Statement Schedules
           Caltex  Group  of  Companies  Combined  Financial   Statements,   the
            investments  in which are accounted for on the equity method and are
            filed as part of this report.
</TABLE>

     Financial  statements  and schedules of certain  affiliated  companies have
been omitted in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3.09 of Regulation S-X.

     Financial  Statement Schedules are omitted as permitted under Rule 4.03 and
Rule 5.04 of Regulation S-X.

     3.   Exhibits
           --         (3.1) Copy   of  Restated  Certificate  of   Incorporation
                            of Texaco Inc., as amended to and including November
                            9,  1994,  including  Certificate  of  Designations,
                            Preferences and Rights of Series B ESOP  Convertible
                            Preferred  Stock,  Series  D  Junior   Participating
                            Preferred Stock, Series F ESOP Convertible Preferred
                            Stock  and  Series  G,  H,  I and J  Market  Auction
                            Preferred  Shares,  filed as  Exhibit  3.1 to Texaco
                            Inc.'s  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for 1994  dated
                            March 27, 1995,  incorporated  herein by  reference,
                            SEC File No. 1-27.
           --        (3.2)  Copy of By-Laws of Texaco Inc., as  amended  to  and
                            including January 24, 1997.
           --          (4)  Instruments  defining the rights of holders of long-
                            term   debt  of   Texaco  Inc.  and  its  subsidiary
                            companies  are  not  being  filed,  since  the total
                            amount of securities  authorized  under each of such
                            instruments does  not exceed 10 percent of the total
                            assets of Texaco Inc.  and its  subsidiary companies
                            on  a  consolidated  basis.  Texaco Inc.  agrees  to
                            furnish  a copy of any instrument to the  Securities
                            and Exchange  Commission upon request.
           --  (10(iii)(a)) Texaco  Inc.'s Stock  Incentive  Plan,  incorporated
                            herein  by  reference  to  pages  A-1 through A-8 of
                            Texaco Inc.'s proxy  statement  dated April 5, 1993,
                            SEC File No. 1-27.
           --  (10(iii)(b)) Texaco  Inc.'s Stock  Incentive  Plan,  incorporated
                            herein  by  reference  to  pages  IV-1  through IV-5
                            of Texaco Inc.'s proxy  statement dated    April 10,
                            1989  and to  Exhibit  A  of  Texaco  Inc.'s   proxy
                            statement  dated March 29, 1991, SEC File No. 1-27.

                                       14
<PAGE>

           --  (10(iii)(c)) Texaco  Inc.'s  Incentive  Bonus Plan,  incorporated
                            herein by  reference  to page IV-5 of Texaco  Inc.'s
                            proxy  statement  dated April 10, 1989, SEC File No.
                            1-27.
           --  (10(iii)(d)) Description    of   Texaco    Inc.'s    Supplemental
                            Pension  Benefits  Plan,  incorporated    herein  by
                            reference  to  pages  8 and 9 of Texaco Inc.'s proxy
                            statement  dated March 17, 1981,  SEC File No. 1-27.
           --  (10(iii)(e)) Description  of Texaco Inc.'s  Revised  Supplemental
                            Pension  Benefits  Plan,  incorporated   herein   by
                            reference to pages 24 through 27  of  Texaco  Inc.'s
                            proxy  statement  dated  March  9,  1978,  SEC  File
                            No. 1-27.
           --(10(iii)(f))   Description  of  Texaco  Inc.'s  Revised   Incentive
                            Compensation Plan,  incorporated herein by reference
                            to pages 10 and 11 of Texaco Inc.'s proxy  statement
                            dated March 13, 1969, SEC File No. 1-27.
           --        (11)   Computation of Earnings Per Share of Common Stock of
                            Texaco Inc. and  Subsidiary Companies.
           --      (12.1)   Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of
                            Texaco on a Total Enterprise Basis.
           --      (12.2)   Definitions of Selected Financial Ratios.
           --       (13)    Copy  of those portions of Texaco Inc.'s 1996 Annual
                            Report to Stockholders that are incorporated  herein
                            by  reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
          --         (21)   Listing  of   significant   Texaco  Inc.  subsidiary
                            companies  and  the  name  of  the  state  or  other
                            jurisdiction in which each subsidiary was organized.
           --        (23)   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
           --        (24)   Powers  of  Attorney  for  the Directors and certain
                            Officers  of  Texaco Inc.  authorizing,  among other
                            things,   the signing of Texaco Inc.'s Annual Report
                            on Form 10-K on their behalf.
           --        (27)   Financial Data Schedule.

                                       15

<PAGE>

(b)        --  Reports on Form 8-K.

              During   the  fourth  quarter  of  1996, Texaco Inc. filed Current
              Reports on  Form 8-K relating to the following events:
              1.  October 21, 1996 (date of earliest event reported: October 21,
                  1996)
                      Item 5.  Other  Events--reported  that  Texaco  issued  an
                      Earnings  Press  Release  for the third  quarter and first
                      nine months of 1996. Texaco appended as an exhibit thereto
                      a copy  of the  Press  Release  entitled  "Texaco  Reports
                      Results for the Third  Quarter and Nine Months 1996" dated
                      October 21, 1996.
              2.  November 22, 1996 (date of earliest event  reported:  November
                  14, 1996)
                      Item 5. Other Events--(1)  reported that Texaco reached an
                      Agreement in Principle to settle a purported  class action
                      filed against Texaco in 1994 for allegedly  discriminating
                      against salaried African-American  employees,  principally
                      with respect to promotions.  Texaco appended as an exhibit
                      thereto  a copy  of the  Press  Release  entitled  "Texaco
                      Announces   Settlement  in  Class  Action  Lawsuit"  dated
                      November  15,  1996,   and  (2)  reported  that  a  second
                      purported  derivative  action was filed against Texaco, as
                      nominal  defendent,  its directors and certain current and
                      former officers and employees.

              Subsequent  to  the  fourth  quarter  of 1996, Texaco Inc. filed a
              Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the following event:
              1.  January  7,  1997  (date of earliest event reported:  December
                  24, 1996)
                      Item 5. Other  Events--reported that Texaco announced that
                      it  had  reached  an  agreement  to  sell  its   propylene
                      oxide/methyl  tertiary butyl ether  (PO/MTBE)  business to
                      Huntsman  Corporation.   Texaco  appended  as  an  exhibit
                      thereto a copy of the Press Release entitled "Texaco Sells
                      PO/MTBE Business to Huntsman  Corporation"  dated December
                      24, 1996.








                                       16



<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 13 or 15(d) 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,  in the  Town of
Harrison, State of New York, on the 27th day of March, 1997.

                                        TEXACO INC.
                                        (Registrant)
                                                       Carl B. Davidson
                                    By  ........................................
                                                      (Carl B. Davidson)
                                                 Vice President and Secretary
Attest:
                   R. E. Koch
By   .......................................
                  (R. E. Koch)
               Assistant Secretary


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
this Annual Report has been signed below by the  following  persons on behalf of
the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

      Peter I. Bijur ..........Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
                                      (Principal Executive Officer)
      Patrick J. Lynch  .......Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                      (Principal Financial Officer)
      Robert C. Oelkers  ......Vice President and Comptroller
                                      (Principal Accounting Officer)

Directors:

         Robert A. Beck                     Allen J. Krowe
         Peter I. Bijur                     Thomas S. Murphy
         John Brademas                      Charles H. Price, II
         Willard C. Butcher                 Robin B. Smith
         Edmund M. Carpenter                William C. Steere, Jr.
         Michael C. Hawley                  Thomas A. Vanderslice
         Franklyn G. Jenifer                William Wrigley



                   R. E. Koch
By   .......................................
                  (R. E. Koch)
      Attorney-in-fact for the above-named
             officers and directors


                                                                  March 27, 1997

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<PAGE>









                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                          COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


                                December 31, 1996


<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                          COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                DECEMBER 31, 1996





                                      INDEX





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                         Page

<S>                                                                                     <C>
General Information                                                                      1-2

Report of Independent Auditors                                                             3

Combined Balance Sheet                                                                   4-5

Combined Statement of Income                                                               6

Combined Statement of Stockholders' Equity                                                 7

Combined Statement of Cash Flows                                                           8

Notes to Combined Financial Statements                                                  9-19



















<FN>

Note: Financial statement schedules are omitted as permitted by Rule 4.03 and Rule 5.04 of Regulation S-X.

</FN>
</TABLE>



<PAGE>




                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                               GENERAL INFORMATION



     The Caltex Group of Companies  (Group) is jointly owned 50% each by Chevron
Corporation  and  Texaco  Inc.  and was  created  in 1936 by its two  owners  to
produce,  transport,  refine and market crude oil and  petroleum  products.  The
Group is comprised of the following companies:

o     Caltex  Petroleum  Corporation,  a company  incorporated in Delaware that,
      through  its  many   subsidiaries  and  affiliates,   conducts   refining,
      transporting, and marketing activities in the Eastern Hemisphere;

o     P. T. Caltex  Pacific  Indonesia,  an  exploration and  production company
      incorporated  and  operating in Indonesia; and,

o     American  Overseas  Petroleum  Limited,  a  company  incorporated  in  the
      Bahamas,  that, through its subsidiary,  provides services for and manages
      certain  exploration  and  production  operations  in  Indonesia  in which
      Chevron and Texaco have interests,  but not necessarily  jointly or in the
      same properties.

      A  brief  description  of  each  company's   operations  and  the  Group's
environmental activities follows:


Caltex Petroleum Corporation (Caltex)
- -------------------------------------

      Through its subsidiaries and affiliates,  Caltex operates in approximately
60 countries with some of the highest economic and petroleum growth rates in the
world,  principally in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, New Zealand and Australia.
At year end  1996,  Caltex  had over  7,000  employees,  of which  about 3% were
located in the United States.

      The majority of refining and certain  marketing  operations  are conducted
through  joint  ventures.  Caltex has equity  interests in 14  refineries  in 11
countries and its share of refinery inputs approximated  743,000 barrels per day
in 1996. Caltex continues to improve its refineries with investments designed to
provide higher yields and meet  environmental  regulations.  Construction of the
new 130,000  barrels per day refinery in Thailand was completed  and  operations
began in July,  1996.  In Korea,  a new crude  unit with a  capacity  of 220,000
barrels per day and a 70,000 barrel per day diesel  desulfurizer  were completed
during the fourth quarter of 1996 bringing total refining  capacity at LG-Caltex
to 600,000  barrels per day.  Caltex  companies sold  approximately  1.4 million
barrels per day of crude and petroleum products in 1996.

      Caltex  continues to place emphasis on  high-growth  markets and is moving
towards a better strategic balance in its refining capacity. During 1996, Caltex
sold its 50 percent interest in Nippon Petroleum  Refining Company,  Limited for
approximately $2 billion, and it continues to actively manage the performance of
its refining assets.

      Caltex  introduced  a new  corporate  and  retail  identity  in  1996  and
accelerated its downstream  marketing  activities.  New and refurbished  service
stations are being  introduced  across the Asia-Pacific  region,  Africa and the
Middle East, where there are more than 4,100  Caltex-branded  service  stations.
Caltex affiliates operate another 3,800 sites under other names. Underperforming
stations with poor prospects for  improvement are being  eliminated.  New Caltex
Star Mart convenience  stores anchor many high-volume  station  locations.  Many
stations  also  include new  ancillary  revenue  centers  such as  quick-service
restaurants,  auto lube bays and  brushless  car  washes.  Caltex had an average
17.4% market share in its principal operating areas in 1996.

     In addition to the retail initiatives,  the company has created specialized
business units that are helping Caltex operating  companies  position for larger
shares of the  high-growth  markets for lubricating  oils and greases,  aviation
fuels, and liquefied petroleum gas. Caltex conducts  international crude oil and
petroleum  product  logistics  and  trading  operations  from  a  subsidiary  in
Singapore.  The  company  has an  interest in a fleet of vessels and owns or has
equity  interests in numerous  pipelines,  terminals and depots.  Caltex is also
active in the petrochemical business, particularly in Japan and South Korea.

                                       1
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                               GENERAL INFORMATION



P. T. Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CPI)
- ------------------------------------

      CPI holds a Production  Sharing  Contract in Central Sumatra for which the
Indonesian  government  has granted an extension to the year 2021. CPI also acts
as operator in Sumatra for four other petroleum  contract areas, with 32 fields,
which are jointly held by Chevron and Texaco.  Exploration is pursued through an
area comprising 2.4 million acres with production established in the giant Minas
and Duri fields.  Gross production from fields operated by CPI for 1996 was over
753,000 barrels a day. CPI  entitlements are sold to its  stockholders,  who use
them in their systems or sell them to third  parties.  At year end 1996, CPI had
approximately 6,100 employees, all located in Indonesia.


American Overseas Petroleum Limited (AOPL)
- ------------------------------------------

      In addition to providing  services to CPI,  AOPL,  through its  subsidiary
Amoseas  Indonesia  Inc.,  manages  selective  contract  areas for  Texaco's and
Chevron's undivided interests in Indonesia, excluding Sumatra. At year end, AOPL
had approximated 245 employees, of which 7% were located in the United States.


Environmental Activities
- ------------------------

      The Group's  activities are subject to various  environmental,  health and
safety  regulations  in  each  of the  countries  in  which  it  operates.  Such
regulations vary  significantly  in degree of scope,  standards and enforcement.
The Group's  policy is to comply with all applicable  environmental,  health and
safety laws and regulations as well as its own internal policies.  The Group has
an active  program to ensure that its  environmental  standards are  maintained,
which  includes   closely   monitoring   applicable   statutory  and  regulatory
requirements,  as well as enforcement policies in each of the countries in which
it operates, and conducting periodic environmental compliance audits.

      The environmental  guidelines and definitions  promulgated by the American
Petroleum  Institute  provide the basis for reporting the Group's  expenditures.
For the year ended December 31, 1996,  the Group,  including its equity share of
affiliates,  incurred  total  costs of  approximately  $225  million,  including
capital costs of $156 million and  nonremediation  related operating expenses of
$69  million.  The  major  component  of the  Group's  expenditures  is for  the
prevention of air pollution.  As of December 31, 1996, the Group had accrued $96
million for various known remediation activities, including $74 million relating
to the future cost of restoring and abandoning existing oil and gas properties.

      Based upon existing statutory and regulatory requirements,  investment and
operating  plans,   and  known   exposures,   the  Group  believes  that  future
environmental  expenditures will not materially affect its liquidity,  financial
position or results of operations.


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<PAGE>


KPMG Peat marwich LLP 
     200 Crescent Court        Telephone 214 754 2000       Telefax 214 754 2297
     Suite 300
     Dallas, TX 75201-1885










                         Report of Independent Auditors
                         ------------------------------



To the Stockholders
The Caltex Group of Companies:

      We have audited the  accompanying  combined  balance  sheets of the Caltex
Group of Companies as of December  31, 1996 and 1995,  and the related  combined
statements of income, stockholder's equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the  three-year  period ended  December 31, 1996.  These  combined  financial
statements are the responsibility of the Group's management.  Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these  combined  financial  statements  based on our
audits.

      We conducted our audits in accordance  with  generally  accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

      In our  opinion,  the  combined  financial  statements  referred  to above
present fairly, in all material  respects,  the financial position of the Caltex
Group of  Companies  as of  December  31,  1996 and 1995 and the  results of its
operations  and its cash  flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period
ended  December 31, 1996,  in  conformity  with  generally  accepted  accounting
principles.





                                                           KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Dallas, Texas
February 10, 1997


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                             COMBINED BALANCE SHEET



                                     ASSETS

                                                                                           As of December 31
                                                                                         ----------------------
                                                                                          (Millions of dollars)
                                                                                        1996              1995
                                                                                        ----              ----
<S>                                                                                  <C>               <C>    
Current assets:

    Cash and cash equivalents, including time deposits of
       $21 in 1996 and $60 in 1995                                                    $   206          $   166

    Accounts and notes  receivable,  less allowance for doubtful accounts of $18
       in 1996 and $11 in 1995:
       Trade                                                                              864            1,002
       Affiliates                                                                         452              210
       Other                                                                              318              238
                                                                                     --------          -------
                                                                                        1,634            1,450
    Inventories:
       Crude oil                                                                          159              130
       Petroleum products                                                                 503              516
       Materials and supplies                                                              53               61
                                                                                     --------          -------
                                                                                          715              707

    Deferred income taxes                                                                  10                -
                                                                                     --------          -------

           Total current assets                                                         2,565            2,323

Investments and advances:

    Equity in affiliates                                                                1,842            3,163
    Miscellaneous investments and long-term receivables,
       less allowance of $8 in 1995                                                       269              207
                                                                                     --------          -------
           Total investments and advances                                               2,111            3,370

Property, plant, and equipment, at cost:

    Producing                                                                           3,721            3,485
    Refining                                                                            1,550            1,468
    Marketing                                                                           2,451            2,160
    Other                                                                                   8                9
                                                                                     --------          -------
                                                                                        7,730            7,122
    Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization                               (3,217)          (2,868)
                                                                                     --------          -------
           Net property, plant and equipment                                            4,513            4,254

Prepaid and deferred charges                                                              206              170
                                                                                     --------          -------

           Total assets                                                              $  9,395          $10,117
                                                                                     ========          =======


<FN>

            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                             COMBINED BALANCE SHEET


                      LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY


                                                                                          As of December 31
                                                                                       ------------------------
                                                                                       (Millions of dollars)
                                                                                         1996             1995
                                                                                         ----             ----
<S>                                                                                  <C>               <C>    
Current liabilities:

    Short-term debt                                                                   $ 1,246          $ 1,665

    Accounts payable:
       Trade and other                                                                  1,236            1,165
       Stockholders                                                                       176               90
       Affiliates                                                                          84               74
                                                                                     --------          -------
                                                                                        1,496            1,329

    Accrued liabilities                                                                   148              127

    Estimated income taxes                                                                109              102
                                                                                     --------          -------

           Total current liabilities                                                    2,999            3,223


Long-term debt                                                                            713              628

Employee benefit plans                                                                    107               98

Deferred credits and other non-current liabilities                                        949              864

Deferred income taxes                                                                     249              209

Minority interest in subsidiary companies                                                 122              136
                                                                                     --------          -------

           Total                                                                        5,139            5,158

Stockholders' equity:

    Common stock                                                                          355              355
    Capital in excess of par value                                                          2                2
    Retained earnings                                                                   3,910            4,187
    Currency translation adjustment                                                       (36)             350
    Unrealized holding gain on investments                                                 25               65
                                                                                     --------          -------
           Total stockholders' equity                                                   4,256            4,959
                                                                                     --------          -------

           Total liabilities and stockholders' equity                                $  9,395          $10,117
                                                                                     ========          =======



<FN>
            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                          COMBINED STATEMENT OF INCOME



                                                                                 Year ended December 31
                                                                         ----------------------------------------
                                                                                (Millions of dollars)
                                                                           1996            1995             1994
                                                                           ----            ----             ----

<S>                                                                    <C>             <C>              <C>     
Revenues:

    Sales and other operating revenues(1)                              $  16,895       $  15,067        $ 14,751
    Gain on sale of investment in affiliate                                1,132               -               -
    Equity in net income of affiliates                                        51             425             263
    Dividends, interest and other income                                      88             130             134
                                                                       ---------       ---------        --------

           Total revenues                                                 18,166          15,622          15,148

Costs and deductions:

    Cost of sales and operating expenses(2)                               14,774          13,045          12,801
    Selling, general and administrative expenses                             532             620             568
    Depreciation, depletion and amortization                                 407             361             331
    Maintenance and repairs                                                  134             104             160
    Foreign exchange, net                                                      6             (37)             73
    Interest expense                                                         140             159             101
    Minority interest                                                         (2)              4               3
                                                                       ---------       ---------        --------

           Total costs and deductions                                     15,991          14,256          14,037
                                                                       ---------       ---------        --------


Income before income taxes                                                 2,175           1,366           1,111

Provision for income taxes                                                   982             467             422
                                                                       ---------       ---------        --------

Net income                                                             $   1,193       $     899        $    689
                                                                       =========       =========        ========
             








   (1) Includes sales to:
       Stockholders                                                       $1,711          $1,376          $1,250
       Affiliates                                                          2,841           1,524           1,044

   (2) Includes purchases from:
       Stockholders                                                       $2,634          $1,834          $1,662
       Affiliates                                                          1,297           1,638           1,587



<FN>

            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>

                                       6
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                    CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                                           COMBINED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                                      (Millions of dollars)



                                                                           1996           1995             1994
                                                                          ------         ------           -----


<S>                                                                     <C>             <C>              <C>    
Common stock and capital in excess of par value                         $    357        $    357         $   357
                                                                        ========        ========         =======



Retained earnings:
    Balance at beginning of year                                        $  4,187        $  3,898         $ 3,688
    Net income                                                             1,193             899             689
       Cash dividends                                                     (1,470)           (610)           (479)
                                                                        --------        --------         -------
    Balance at end of year                                              $  3,910        $  4,187         $ 3,898
                                                                        ========        ========         =======



Currency translation adjustment:
    Balance at beginning of year                                        $    350        $    399         $   250
       Sale of investment in affiliate                                      (240)              -               -
       Other changes during the year                                        (146)            (49)            149
                                                                        --------        --------         -------
    Balance at end of year                                              $    (36)       $    350         $   399
                                                                        ========        ========         =======



Unrealized holding gain on investments:
    Balance at beginning of year                                        $     65        $     79         $    70
       Change during the year                                                (40)            (14)              9
                                                                        --------        --------         -------
    Balance at end of year                                              $     25        $     65         $    79
                                                                        ========        ========         =======




Total stockholders' equity - end of year                                $  4,256        $  4,959         $ 4,733
                                                                        ========        ========         =======

<FN>

            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>

                                       7
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                    CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                                              COMBINED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS



                                                                                   Year ended December 31
                                                                           --------------------------------------
                                                                                   (Millions of dollars)
                                                                            1996            1995            1994
                                                                            ----            ----            ----
<S>                                                                      <C>             <C>              <C>   
Operating activities:
    Net income                                                           $ 1,193         $   899          $  689
    Reconciliation to net cash provided by operating activities:
       Depreciation, depletion and amortization                              407             361             331
       Dividends more (less) than equity in affiliate income                  38            (349)           (220)
       Net losses (gains) on asset sales                                      10              11             (17)
       Deferred income taxes                                                  36              18             (45)
       Prepaid charges and deferred credits                                   38              69             115
       Changes in operating working capital                                   (7)            (27)             58
       Gain on sale of investment in affiliate                            (1,132)              -               -
       Other                                                                 (12)             66              77
                                                                         -------         -------          ------
           Net cash provided by operating activities                         571           1,048             988

Investing activities:
    Capital expenditures                                                    (741)           (663)           (837)
    Investments in and advances to affiliates                                (30)           (150)           (131)
    Net (purchases) sales of investment instruments                          (55)             (7)             14
    Proceeds from sale of investment in affiliate                          1,984               -               -
    Proceeds from asset sales                                                 95              46              37
                                                                         -------         -------          ------
           Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities            1,253            (774)           (917)

Financing activities:
    Debt with terms in excess of three months :
    Borrowings                                                             1,112           1,063           1,257
    Repayments                                                            (1,351)         (1,093)           (880)
    Net (decrease) increase in other debt                                    (53)            275             135
    Dividends paid, including minority interest                           (1,490)           (617)           (482)
                                                                         -------         -------          ------
           Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities           (1,782)           (372)             30

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents                  (2)             13             (16)
                                                                         -------         -------          ------

Cash and cash equivalents:
    Net change during the year                                                40             (85)             85
    Beginning of year balance                                                166             251             166
                                                                         -------         -------          ------
    End of year balance                                                  $   206         $   166          $  251
                                                                         =======         =======          ======



<FN>

            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>

                                       8
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1  -  Summary of significant accounting policies

Principles of  combination  -- The combined  financial  statements of the Caltex
Group of Companies (Group) include the accounts of Caltex Petroleum  Corporation
and subsidiaries,  American Overseas Petroleum Limited and subsidiary,  and P.T.
Caltex  Pacific  Indonesia.  Intercompany  transactions  and balances  have been
eliminated.  Subsidiaries  include  companies  owned directly or indirectly more
than 50 percent except cases in which control does not rest with the Group.

      Chevron  Corporation and Texaco Inc.  (stockholders),  through  subsidiary
companies, each own 50% of the outstanding common shares of the Group companies.
The Group is primarily engaged in exploring,  producing, refining,  transporting
and  marketing  crude  oil  and  petroleum  products  in  the  Asia-Pacific  and
East-of-Suez  Regions.  The Group's  accounting  policies are in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Translation of foreign currencies -- The U.S. dollar is the functional  currency
for all principal subsidiary and most affiliate operations.  Affiliates in Japan
and Korea use the local currency as the functional currency.

Estimates  --  The  preparation  of  financial  statements  in  conformity  with
generally accepted accounting principles requires estimates and assumptions that
affect the  reported  amounts  of assets  and  liabilities,  the  disclosure  of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial  statements,  and
the  reported  amounts of revenues  and expenses  during the  reporting  period.
Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Inventories -- Crude oil and petroleum  product  inventories are stated at cost,
primarily  determined using the last-in,  first-out (LIFO) method. Costs include
applicable  acquisition and refining costs, duties,  import taxes, freight, etc.
Materials and supplies are stated at average cost. Inventories are valued at the
lower of cost or current market.

Investments  and advances -- Investments in affiliates in which the Group has an
ownership  of 20% to 50%  are  accounted  for by the  equity  method  (including
majority  owned  investments  where  control does not rest with the Group).  The
Group's  share of earnings or losses of these  companies  is included in current
results,  and the recorded  investments  reflect the  underlying  equity in each
company.  Investments in other  affiliates are carried at cost and dividends are
reported as income.

Property,  plant and equipment --  Exploration  and  production  activities  are
accounted for under the successful efforts method.  Depreciation,  depletion and
amortization  expenses for capitalized  costs relating to producing  properties,
including    intangible    development   costs,   are   determined   using   the
unit-of-production method.

      All other assets are depreciated by class on a  straight-line  basis using
rates based upon the estimated useful life of each class of asset.

     Maintenance  and repairs  necessary  to maintain  facilities  in  operating
condition  are charged to income as incurred.  Additions and  improvements  that
materially  extend the life of assets are capitalized.  Upon disposal of assets,
any net gain or loss is included in income.

Derivative  financial  instruments  -- Gains and  losses  on hedges of  existing
assets or  liabilities  are included in the  carrying  value of those assets and
liabilities,  and are  ultimately  recognized  in income as part of the carrying
value.  Gains and losses  related to qualifying  hedges of firm  commitments  or
anticipated  transactions are also deferred and recognized in income or included
in the carrying  value when the underlying  hedged  transaction  occurs.  If the
derivative  instrument  ceases to be a hedge,  the related  gains and losses are
recognized currently in income. Gains and losses on derivative contracts that do
not qualify as hedges are recognized currently in other income.


                                        9
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1  -  Summary of significant accounting policies - continued

Environmental  matters  -- The  Group's  environmental  policies  encompass  the
existing  laws in each  country in which the Group  operates and the Group's own
internal  standards.  Expenditures  that create future benefits or contribute to
future revenue generation are capitalized.  Future remediation costs are accrued
based on estimates of known  environmental  exposure even if uncertainties exist
about the ultimate cost of the remediation.  Such accruals are based on the best
available  undiscounted  estimates using data primarily developed by third party
experts.  Costs of  environmental  compliance  for past and ongoing  operations,
including maintenance and monitoring, are expensed as incurred.  Recoveries from
third parties are recorded as assets when realizable.

Reclassifications   --  Certain   amounts  for   preceding   periods  have  been
reclassified to conform with the current year's presentation.

Note 2  -  Change in accounting principles

      During 1995, the Group adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 121,  "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived
Assets to Be Disposed  Of" which  establishes  guidelines  for  recognizing  and
measuring  impairment  of long-lived  assets.  Adoption of this standard did not
impact the combined financial statements of the Group.

Note 3  -  Inventories

      The excess of current cost over the reported value of inventory maintained
on the LIFO basis was approximately $125 million and $52 million at December 31,
1996 and 1995, respectively.

      During the  periods  presented,  inventory  quantities  valued on the LIFO
basis were reduced at certain locations. The inventory reductions, net of market
valuation adjustments, increased net income by approximately $4 million in 1996,
and decreased net income by $1 million in 1995 and $8 million in 1994.

      Certain  inventories were previously  recorded at market,  which was lower
than the LIFO  carrying  value.  Earnings  of $29  million,  $25 million and $30
million,  net of inventory  volume  reductions,  were recorded in 1996, 1995 and
1994, respectively, reflecting improved market values over previous years. As of
December 31, 1996 substantially all inventories were recorded at cost.

Note 4  -  Equity in affiliates

      Investments in affiliates at equity include the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             As of December 31
                                                                                           ----------------------
                                                                                           (Millions of dollars)
                                                                        Equity %            1996             1995
                                                                        --------            ----             ----

<S>                                                                      <C>             <C>              <C>
       Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited                             -          $     -          $1,132
       Koa Oil Company, Limited                                              50%             364             427
       LG-Caltex Oil Corporation (formerly
           Honam Oil Refinery, Limited)                                      50%             739             762
       Australian Petroleum Pty. Limited                                     50%             336             412
       Star Petroleum Refining Company, Ltd.                                 64%             287             327
       All other                                                         Various             116             103
                                                                                         -------          ------
                                                                                         $ 1,842          $3,163
                                                                                         =======          ======
</TABLE>


                                       10
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 4  -  Equity in affiliates - continued

      Effective  April 1,  1996,  the Group  sold its 50%  investment  in Nippon
Petroleum Refining Company,  Limited (NPRC) to its partner,  Nippon Oil Company,
Limited  (NOC) for  yen  200  billion  (approximately  $2 billion) in cash.  The
Group's net income in 1996 includes a net after-tax gain of  approximately  $620
million  related to this sale. The combined  statement of income  includes Group
product  sales to NOC of  approximately  $ .5 billion,  $2.1  billion,  and $2.0
billion in 1996 (first quarter only), 1995 and 1994, respectively.

      Effective May 1995,  Caltex  Australia  Limited (CAL), a subsidiary of the
Group,  combined its petroleum  refining and marketing  operations with those of
Ampol Limited to form  Australian  Petroleum Pty.  Limited (APPL) which owns and
manages the combined  refining and marketing  operations.  CAL  contributed  net
assets at their  carrying  value of $419 million for its 50% equity  interest in
APPL and no gain or loss was recognized.  The carrying value of CAL's investment
in APPL in  excess of its  proportionate  share of  APPL's  net  equity is being
amortized over approximately 20 years.

      The remaining interest in Star Petroleum Refining Company,  Ltd. (SPRC) is
owned by a Thailand  governmental  entity.  Provisions in the SPRC  shareholders
agreement  limit the Group's  control and mandate  reduction  in  ownership to a
minority position by the year 2000.

      Shown below is summarized  financial  information for these affiliates (in
millions of dollars):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 100%                                 Equity Share
                                        ----------------------                   -----------------
                                          1996          1995                       1996         1995
                                        ---------    ---------                   --------     ------

<S>                                      <C>          <C>                        <C>          <C>    
      Current assets                     $ 6,128      $ 7,125                    $ 3,075      $ 3,556
      Other assets                         7,303       10,415                      3,836        5,368

      Current liabilities                  5,191        5,608                      2,618        2,804
      Other liabilities                    4,768        5,865                      2,533        3,039

      Net worth                            3,472        6,067                      1,760        3,081
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 100%                                 Equity Share
                                     ----------------------------            ---------------------
                                       1996      1995      1994                 1996      1995     1994
                                     --------  -------- ---------            --------- --------- ------

<S>                                   <C>      <C>       <C>                   <C>       <C>       <C>   
      Operating revenues              $15,436  $15,396   $10,886               $7,751    $7,674    $5,418
      Operating income                    749      955       770                  364       472       381
      Net income                          133      859       526                   51       425       263
</TABLE>


     Cash  dividends  received  from  these  affiliates  were $89  million,  $76
million, and $43 million in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.

      During 1995,  an affiliate  sold  certain  property  required by the local
government. The Group's share (approximately $171 million) of the resulting gain
was included in the Group's 1995 net income.

      Retained earnings as of December 31, 1996 and 1995,  includes $1.0 billion
and $1.7 billion, respectively,  representing the Group's share of undistributed
earnings of affiliates at equity.


                                       11

<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 5  -  Short-term debt

      Short-term  debt  consists  primarily  of  demand  and  promissory  notes,
acceptance  credits,  overdrafts and the current  portion of long-term debt. The
weighted average interest rates on short-term financing as of December 31, 1996,
and 1995 were 7.5% and 7.0%, respectively.

      Unutilized lines of credit available for short-term financing totaled $727
million as of December 31, 1996.

Note 6  -    Long-term debt

      Long-term  debt,  with related  interest  rates for 1996 and 1995,  are as
follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               As of December 31
                                                                            -----------------------
                                                                             (Millions of dollars)
                                                                               1996          1995
                                                                               ----          ----
<S>                                                                          <C>            <C>  
         U.S. dollar debt:
             Variable interest rate term loans                               $  294         $ 243
             Fixed interest rate term loans
                with 6.25% and 6.7% average rates                               110            58
         Australian dollar debt:
             Variable interest rate term loan                                     -            50
             Promissory notes payable with
                6.73% and 7.6% average rate                                      20            19
             Fixed interest rate loans with
                11.2% rate due 2001-2002                                        224           230
         New Zealand dollar debt:
             Variable interest rate term loans                                   46            13
             Fixed interest rate loan with
                8.09% rate due 2000                                               7             -
         Other                                                                   12            15
                                                                             ------         -----
                                                                             $  713         $ 628
                                                                             ======         =====
</TABLE>

      As  of  December  31,  1996  and  1995,   $20  million  and  $19  million,
respectively, of short-term debt was classified as long-term debt. Settlement of
these  obligations is not expected to require the use of working capital in 1997
as the  Group  has both the  intent  and  ability  to  refinance  this debt on a
long-term  basis.  These  borrowings  were fully covered by long-term  committed
credit facilities with major banks.

      Aggregate  maturities  of  long-term  debt for the next five  years are as
follows (in millions of dollars): 1997 - $23 (included in short-term debt); 1998
- - $52; 1999 - $110; 2000 - $105; 2001 - $151; 2002 and thereafter - $295.

Note 7  -  Operating leases

      The Group has operating  leases  involving  various  marketing  assets for
which net rental expense was $92 million, $91 million, and $121 million in 1996,
1995 and 1994, respectively.

      Future net  minimum  rental  commitments  under  operating  leases  having
non-cancelable  terms in  excess  of one year are as  follows  (in  millions  of
dollars):  1997 - $35;  1998 - $35; 1999 - $35; 2000 - $37; 2001 - $38; 2002 and
thereafter - $73.






                                       12
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                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 8  -  Employee benefit plans

      The Group has various  retirement  plans.  Generally,  these plans provide
defined  benefits  based on final or final  average  pay.  The  benefit  levels,
vesting terms and funding practices vary among plans.

      The funded status of retirement plans,  primarily foreign and inclusive of
affiliates at equity, is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            As of December 31
                                                               -----------------------------------------
                                                                         (Millions of dollars)
                                                                 Assets Exceed            Accumulated
                                                                  Accumulated              Benefits
      Funding Status                                               Benefits              Exceed Assets
      --------------                                           -----------------        ----------------

                                                               1996         1995        1996        1995
                                                               ----         ----        ----        ----
<S>                                                           <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>   
      Actuarial present value :
         Vested benefit obligation                            $ 203       $  186      $   88      $  215
         Accumulated benefit obligation                         224          208         113         251
         Projected benefit obligation                           387          362         136         308

      Amount of assets available for benefits :
         Funded assets at fair value                          $ 348       $  341      $   51      $  123
         Net pension (asset) liability recorded                  (3)         (23)         67         146
                                                              -----       ------      ------      ------
             Total assets                                     $ 345       $  318      $  118      $  269
                                                              =====       ======      ======      ======

      Assets less than projected benefit obligation           $ (42)      $  (44)     $  (18)     $  (39)
         Consisting of:
             Unrecognized transition net assets
                 (liabilities)                                    -           13         ( 9)         (5)
             Unrecognized net losses                            (26)         (38)        ( 6)        (30)
             Unrecognized prior service costs                   (16)         (19)        ( 3)         (4)

      Weighted average rate assumptions:
         Discount rate                                         10.9%        10.5%        5.6%        5.1%
         Rate of increase in compensation                       8.6%         8.2%        3.3%        3.1%
         Expected return on plan assets                        11.0%        10.1%        4.5%        4.5%
 
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Year ended December 31
                                                                           -------------------------------
                                                                                (Millions of dollars)
      Components of Pension Expense                                       1996          1995         1994
      -----------------------------                                       ----          ----         ----

<S>                                                                      <C>          <C>          <C>   
      Cost of benefits earned during the year                            $  26        $   32       $   27
      Interest cost on projected benefit obligation                         46            55           55
      Actual return on plan assets                                         (40)          (47)         (23)
      Net amortization and deferral                                         10            12          (16)
                                                                         -----        ------       ------
          Total                                                          $  42        $   52       $   43
                                                                         =====        ======       ======
</TABLE>

                                       13
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 Note 9  -  Commitments and contingencies

      On January  25,  1990,  Caltex  Petroleum  Corporation  and certain of its
subsidiaries  were named as defendants,  along with  privately  held  Philippine
ferry and shipping companies and the shipping  company's  insurer,  in a lawsuit
filed in Houston,  Texas State Court. After removal to Federal District Court in
Houston,  the  litigation's  disposition  turned on questions  of federal  court
jurisdiction  and whether the case should be dismissed for forum non conveniens.
The  plaintiffs'  petition  purported to be a class action on behalf of at least
3,350 parties,  who were either survivors of, or next of kin of persons deceased
in a collision in Philippine waters on December 20, 1987. One vessel involved in
the collision was carrying Group products in connection with a freight contract.
Although  the  Group  had no  direct or  indirect  ownership  in or  operational
responsibility  for either  vessel,  various  theories of liability were alleged
against  the Group.  No  specific  monetary  recovery  was sought  although  the
petition  contained a variety of demands for various  categories of compensatory
as well as punitive  damages.  Consequently,  no reasonable  estimate of damages
involved or being sought can be made. The Federal  District Court in March 1992,
dismissed the case for forum non conveniens.  Subsequent to that dismissal,  but
consistent  with its terms,  cases were filed against the Group  entities in the
Philippine courts (over and above those previously filed there subsequent to the
collision,  all of which  are in  various  stages  of  litigation  and are being
vigorously  resisted).  The plaintiffs also filed another lawsuit,  alleging the
same causes of action as in the Texas  litigation,  in Louisiana  State Court in
New  Orleans.  The Group  removed  that case to  Federal  District  Court in New
Orleans from which it was remanded back to Louisiana State Court. The Group then
sought injunctive and other relief from the Federal District Court in Houston in
order to ensure that Court's previous dismissal would be given proper effect. On
having its request for relief denied,  the Group then filed an expedited  appeal
to the U. S. Fifth  Circuit  Court of Appeals.  The case was argued in the Fifth
Circuit in October of 1994. The court, in January of 1996,  affirmed the Federal
District  Court's  refusal  to enjoin  the  plaintiffs'  proceeding  with  their
Louisiana lawsuit.  The Group sought and obtained en banc reconsideration of the
case by the entire Fifth Circuit  Court of Appeals.  The en banc Court issued an
opinion in which they were  evenly  divided  (8-8) on the merits of the  Group's
position.  That opinion served to uphold the District  Court's  refusal to grant
the Group the relief it sought. The Group is now filing a petition for a writ of
certiorari  with the U.S.  Supreme  Court.  The  Group's  management  intends to
continue  to contest  the case (and  companion  litigation  in the  Philippines)
vigorously on various procedural and substantive grounds.

      The Group may be subject to loss  contingencies  pursuant to environmental
laws and  regulations in each of the countries in which it operates that, in the
future, may require the Group to take action to correct or remediate the effects
on the  environment of prior disposal or release of petroleum  substances by the
Group. The amount of such future cost is  indeterminable  due to such factors as
the  nature  of the new  regulations,  the  unknown  magnitude  of any  possible
contamination,  the unknown timing and extent of the corrective actions that may
be  required,  and the  extent to which such  costs are  recoverable  from third
parties.

      The Group is also involved in certain other  litigation and U.S.  Internal
Revenue Service tax audits in which claims can be made for substantial  amounts,
and which may require cash deposits until such claims are resolved.

      In the Group's  opinion,  while it is impossible to ascertain the ultimate
legal and financial  liability,  if any, with respect to the above mentioned and
other  contingent  liabilities,  the  aggregate  amount that may arise from such
liabilities  is not  anticipated  to be  material  in  relation  to the  Group's
combined financial position or liquidity.

      In April 1994, a Group subsidiary  entered into a contractual  commitment,
effective  October  1996,  for a period of eleven years,  to purchase  petroleum
products in  conjunction  with the financing of a refinery owned by an affiliate
which  commenced  operation in 1996.  Total  future  estimated  commitments  (in
billions of dollars) for the Group under this and other similar contracts, based
on current  pricing and projected  growth rates,  are: 1997 - $1.1, 1998 - $1.1,
1999 - $1.2,  2000 - $1.2,  2001 - $1.2,  and 2002 to  expiration of contracts -
$6.4.  Purchases (in billions of dollars) under this and other similar contracts
were $0.8, $0.5, and $0.5 in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.

                                       14
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 9  -  Commitments and contingencies - continued

      The Group is  contingently  liable for  sponsor  support  funding for both
construction   completion  (maximum  $192  million)  and  post-completion   loan
repayments  (maximum  $304 million) in connection  with an  affiliate's  project
finance obligations.  While the project is operational,  construction completion
as defined  includes  achieving  extended  continuous  operation and  satisfying
certain  financial  conditions,  which will only be met by the middle of 1997 at
the earliest. The post-completion  support declines progressively as the related
long-term  loans are repaid (final  payment due 2010).  As of December 31, 1996,
there  have been no calls made by  lenders  on either  type of sponsor  support.
However,  the Group has provided  short-term extended trade credit on commercial
terms related to crude supply of  approximately  $61 million to the affiliate as
of  December  31,  1996.  The Group does not expect  that any  required  sponsor
support will have a material impact on its combined financial position.

      The Group had commitments of $5 million and $12 million as of December 31,
1996 and 1995,  respectively,  in the form of letters of credit  which have been
issued on behalf of Group  companies to  facilitate  either the Group's or other
parties' ability to trade in the normal course of business.

Note 10  -  Financial Instruments

      Certain  Group  companies  are  parties  to  financial   instruments  with
off-balance  sheet credit and market risk,  principally  interest rate risk. The
Group's  outstanding  commitments  for interest rate swaps and foreign  currency
contractual amounts are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     As of December 31
                                                                                  -----------------------
                                                                                   (Millions of dollars)
                                                                                  1996               1995
                                                                                  ----               ----
<S>                                                                              <C>               <C>   
       Interest rate swaps - Pay Fixed, Receive Floating                         $ 460             $  485
       Interest rate swaps - Pay Floating, Receive Fixed                           265                230
       Commitments to purchase foreign currencies                                  417                439
       Commitments to sell foreign currencies                                       11              2,001
</TABLE>

      The Group enters into  interest  rate swaps in managing its interest  rate
risk,  and their  effects are  recognized in the statement of income at the same
time as the  interest  expense  on the  debt to  which  they  relate.  The  swap
contracts have remaining  maturities of up to nine years.  Unrealized  gains and
losses on contracts outstanding at year-end 1996 and 1995 were not material.

      The Group enters into forward exchange  contracts to hedge against some of
its foreign  currency  exposure  stemming  from  existing  liabilities  and firm
commitments.  Contracts to purchase foreign currencies  (principally  Australian
and Singapore dollars) hedging existing liabilities have maturities of up to six
years. As of December 31, 1995,  contracts to sell foreign currencies  primarily
reflected a hedge of the agreed proceeds  of  yen 200 billion  (approximately $2
billion) relating to the April 1, 1996 sale of the Group's interest in NPRC. The
estimated  realized gain on this hedge, which was included in the sales proceeds
received on April 1, 1996, was approximately $121 million.  Unrealized gains and
losses  applicable  to all  other  outstanding  forward  exchange  contracts  at
December 31, 1996 and 1995 were not material.

      The Group's activities in commodity-based  derivative contracts, that must
be  settled  in  cash,  are  not  material.   Unrealized  gains  and  losses  on
commodity-based  derivative  contracts  outstanding as of December 1996 and 1995
were not material.



                                       15
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 10 - Financial instruments - continued

      The Group's long-term debt of $713 million and $628 million as of December
31,  1996 and  1995,  respectively,  had fair  values of $756  million  and $639
million as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively. The fair value estimates
were based on the present  value of expected  cash flows  discounted  at current
market  rates  for  similar  obligations.  The  reported  amounts  of  financial
instruments such as cash and cash  equivalents,  notes and accounts  receivable,
and all  current  liabilities  approximate  fair value  because  of their  short
maturities.

      The  Group  had  investments  in  debt  securities  available-for-sale  at
amortized  costs of $70 million  and $65 million at December  31, 1996 and 1995,
respectively,  and  investments in debt securities held to maturity at amortized
costs  of $7  million  and  $14  million  as of  December  31,  1996  and  1995,
respectively.  The fair value of these  securities at December 31, 1996 and 1995
approximates  amortized costs. As of December 31, 1996 and 1995,  investments in
debt  securities  available-for-sale  had  maturities  less  than ten  years and
investments in debt  securities  held to maturity had  maturities  less than one
year.  As of  December  31,  1996 and 1995,  the  Group's  carrying  amount  for
investments in affiliates  accounted for at equity  included $25 million and $65
million, respectively, for after tax unrealized net gains on investments held by
these companies.

      The Group is exposed to credit  risks in the event of  non-performance  by
counterparties  to  financial   instruments.   For  financial  instruments  with
institutions,  the Group does not expect  any  counterparty  to fail to meet its
obligations given the high credit ratings.  Other financial  instruments exposed
to credit risk consist  primarily of trade  receivables.  These  receivables are
dispersed  among  the  countries  in which  the Group  operates,  thus  limiting
concentration of such risk.

      The  Group  performs  ongoing  credit  evaluations  of its  customers  and
generally  does not  require  collateral.  Letters of credit  are the  principal
security  obtained to support lines of credit when the  financial  strength of a
customer is not  considered  sufficient.  Credit losses have  historically  been
within management's expectations.

Note 11 - Taxes

      Taxes charged to income consist of the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  Year ended December 31
                                                                         ---------------------------------------
                                                                                   (Millions of dollars)
                                                                            1996            1995            1994
                                                                            ----            ----            ----
<S>                                                                      <C>             <C>              <C>   
      Taxes other than income taxes (International):
         Duties, import and excise taxes                                 $ 1,349         $ 1,660          $2,384
         Other                                                                18              29              32
                                                                         -------         -------          ------
             Total taxes other than income taxes                         $ 1,367         $ 1,689          $2,416
                                                                         =======         =======          ======

      Income taxes:
         U.S. taxes :
             Current                                                     $   455         $    24          $   23
             Deferred                                                         19             (23)             (3)
                                                                         -------         -------          ------
                Total U.S.                                                   474               1              20
                                                                         -------         -------          ------

         International taxes:
             Current                                                         491             425             444
             Deferred                                                         17              41             (42)
                                                                         -------         -------          ------
                Total International                                          508             466             402
                                                                         -------         -------          ------

      Total provision for income taxes                                   $   982         $   467          $  422
                                                                         =======         =======          ======
</TABLE>


                                       16
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 11 - Taxes - continued

      Income taxes have been computed on an individual company basis at rates in
effect in the various  countries of  operation.  The  effective tax rate differs
from the "expected" tax rate (U.S. Federal corporate tax rate) as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  Year ended December 31
                                                                               -----------------------------
                                                                                1996       1995       1994
                                                                                ----       ----       ----

<S>                                                                           <C>        <C>        <C>  
      Computed "expected" tax rate                                              35.0%      35.0%      35.0%

      Effect of recording equity in net income
       of affiliates on an after tax basis                                      (0.7)     (10.9)      (8.3)

      Effect of dividends received from
       subsidiaries and affiliates                                              (0.5)       2.9        4.4

      Income subject to foreign taxes in excess
       of U.S. statutory tax rate                                                8.1        8.3        6.9

       Effect of sale of investment in affiliate                                 3.6         -          -

       Other                                                                    (0.3)      (1.1)        -
                                                                              ------     ------     ------


       Effective tax rate                                                       45.2%      34.2%      38.0%
                                                                              ======     =======    =======
</TABLE>


      Deferred income taxes are provided in each tax  jurisdiction for temporary
differences  between  the  financial  reporting  and the tax basis of assets and
liabilities. Temporary differences and tax loss carryforwards which give rise to
deferred tax liabilities (assets) are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    As of December 31
                                                                                  -----------------------
                                                                                  (Millions of dollars)
                                                                                 1996               1995
                                                                                 ----               ----

<S>                                                                             <C>               <C>   
       Depreciation                                                             $ 337             $  306
       Miscellaneous                                                               28                 56
                                                                                -----             ------
           Deferred tax liabilities                                               365                362
                                                                                -----             ------

       Investment allowances                                                      (73)               (62)
       Retirement benefits                                                        (28)               (29)
       Tax loss carryforwards                                                     (10)               (24)
       Miscellaneous                                                              (25)               (47)
                                                                                -----             ------
           Deferred tax assets                                                   (136)              (162)
       Valuation allowance                                                         10                 17
                                                                                -----             ------

           Net deferred taxes                                                   $ 239             $  217
                                                                                =====             ======
</TABLE>



                                       17
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 11 - Taxes - continued

      Deferred  taxes are  classified  on the combined  balance sheet as current
assets of $10 million and noncurrent  liabilities of $249 million as of December
31, 1996, and as current liabilities of $8 million and noncurrent liabilities of
$209 million as of December 31, 1995.

      A valuation allowance has been established to adjust recorded deferred tax
assets to amounts  where  recoverability  is more  likely  than not.  Net income
increased  by $7 million in 1996,  and  decreased in 1995 and 1994 by $8 million
and $3 million,  respectively,  for changes in the deferred tax asset  valuation
allowance.

      Undistributed  earnings of subsidiaries and affiliates,  for which no U.S.
deferred  income tax  provision has been made,  approximated  $3.0 billion as of
December 31, 1996 and $3.7 billion as of December 31, 1995.  Such  earnings have
been or are intended to be  indefinitely  reinvested,  and become taxable in the
U.S.  only upon  remittance  as  dividends.  It is not practical to estimate the
amount of tax that may be payable on the eventual  remittance of such  earnings.
Upon  remittance,  certain foreign  countries  impose  withholding  taxes which,
subject to certain limitations, are available for use as tax credits against the
U.S. tax liability.

Note 12  -  Combined statement of cash flows

      For purposes of the combined  statement of cash flows,  all highly  liquid
debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less are considered
cash equivalents.

      Changes in operating working capital consist of the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Year ended December 31
                                                                          ---------------------------------
                                                                               (Millions of dollars)
                                                                         1996           1995          1994
                                                                         ----           ----          ----

<S>                                                                     <C>           <C>           <C>    
      Accounts and notes receivable                                     $(235)        $   42        $  (97)
      Inventories                                                         (16)           (89)          (37)
      Accounts payable                                                    210             15           152
      Accrued liabilities                                                  18             31            16
      Estimated income taxes                                               16            (26)           24
                                                                        -----         ------        ------
         Total                                                          $  (7)        $  (27)       $   58
                                                                        =====         ======        ======
</TABLE>

      Net cash  provided by operating  activities  includes the  following  cash
payments for interest and income taxes:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Year ended December 31
                                                                          ---------------------------------
                                                                               (Millions of dollars)
                                                                         1996           1995          1994
                                                                         ----           ----          ----

<S>                                                                     <C>           <C>           <C>   
      Interest paid (net of capitalized interest)                       $ 137         $  144        $   94

      Income taxes paid                                                   865            466           444
</TABLE>

      During 1995, Caltex Australia Limited  exchanged,  in a non-cash investing
transaction, its petroleum refining and marketing net assets of $419 million for
an investment in Australian  Petroleum Pty. Limited,  an affiliate of the Group.
No significant non-cash investing or financing  transactions  occurred in either
1996 or 1994 .

      Net cash  provided by operating  activities  in 1996  includes  income tax
payments  relating to the sale of an investment  in an affiliate.  Proceeds from
this sale are included in net cash provided by investing activities.

                                       18
<PAGE>


                            CALTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 13 - Other

      During 1996, Caltex Trading and Transport Corporation, a subsidiary of the
Group,  entered into an agreement with its partner,  the Government of the State
of Bahrain,  ceding the Group's  throughput rights in its Bahrain refining joint
venture  (Bapco) in exchange  for recovery of costs.  Subsequent  to year end, a
Memorandum of Understanding was signed whereby the Group's 40% interest in Bapco
and related  assets will be sold to the  Government  effective  April 1, 1997 at
approximately  net book value.  While  negotiations  are still in progress,  the
Group  believes  that the sale will not have a  material  impact on the  Group's
combined financial position or results of operations.

Note 14 - Oil and gas exploration, development and producing activities

     The financial  statements of Chevron  Corporation  and Texaco Inc.  contain
required  supplementary   information  on  oil  and  gas  producing  activities,
including disclosures on affiliates at equity. Accordingly, such disclosures are
not presented herein.



























                                       19
<PAGE>
                                                                        APPENDIX


DESCRIPTION  OF  GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION  MATERIAL  INCLUDED  IN EXHIBIT 13 -
TEXACO INC.'S 1996 ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The  following  information  is depicted in  graphic/image/illustration  form in
Texaco Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report to  Stockholders  filed as Exhibit 13 to Texaco
Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K and all page  references  included in the
following  descriptions  are to the actual and complete  paper format version of
Texaco  Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report to  Stockholders  as provided to Texaco Inc.'s
stockholders:

This Appendix is separated into two parts.  Part A (Items A1-A19)  describes the
graphic/image/illustration  material  contained in the portion of Texaco  Inc.'s
1996 Annual  Report to  Stockholders  which is  incorporated  by reference  into
Texaco  Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K, in response to Form 10-K Items l
and 2 - Business and  Properties.  Part B (Items  B1-B20  describes  the graphic
material  contained  in the  portion  of Texaco  Inc.'s  1996  Annual  Report to
Stockholders  which is  incorporated by reference into Texaco Inc.'s 1996 Annual
Report on Form 10-K, in response to Form 10-K Item 7 -  Management's  Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

PART A
- ------

A1.      The first item is a bar graph  located on the lower left margin of page
         12.  The bar graph is  entitled  "Exploration  and  Production  - Total
         Operating Earnings" and is reflected in millions of dollars. The Y axis
         depicts dollars in millions from $0 to $1,800 with $300 increments. The
         X axis depicts the years 1994,  1995 and 1996. Each year's bar graph is
         segmented into 2 colors  representing  operating earnings in the United
         States (blue) and International  (yellow).  The operating earnings,  in
         millions of dollars are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                              United States         International         Total
                              -------------         -------------         -----
<S>               <C>          <C>                      <C>              <C>    
                  1994          $  414                  $253             $  667
                  1995          $  293                  $340             $  633
                  1996          $1,123                  $478             $1,601
</TABLE>

A2.      The second  item is a map  illustration  located on the bottom  left of
         page 13. The map  illustration  is entitled,  "Major  Projects  Onshore
         Louisiana  and Gulf of Mexico." The map depicts the locations and names
         of various Texaco upstream projects in this area of the United States.

                                     - 1 -

<PAGE>


A3.      The third item is a bar graph located on the upper right margin of page
         13. The bar graph is entitled,  "Lease Operating  Expenses - U.S."  and
         is  reflected in cost per barrel of oil  extracted.  The Y axis depicts
         dollars from $0 to $5 with $1 increments.  The X axis depicts the years
         1994,  1995 and 1996.  The lease  operating  expenses  are  depicted as
         follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1994            $4.29 per barrel of oil extracted
                       1995            $4.01 per barrel of oil extracted
                       1996            $3.96 per barrel of oil extracted
</TABLE>

A4.      The fourth item is a bar graph located on the lower left margin of page
         14.  The bar  graph is  entitled  "Net  Production  of Crude Oil - Kern
         River" and is  reflected  in  thousands  of  barrels a day.  The Y axis
         depicts thousands of barrels from 0 to 100 with increments of 20. The X
         axis depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996.
         The net production is depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1994             81 Thousand barrels a day
                       1995             85 Thousand barrels a day
                       1996             94 Thousand barrels a day
</TABLE>

A5.      The fifth item is a map illustration located on the bottom left of page
         15. The map illustration is entitled "Major projects in the North Sea."
         The map depicts the locations of various  Texaco  upstream  projects in
         the North Sea area.

A6.      The sixth item is a bar graph located on the upper right margin of page
         15. The bar graph is entitled "Net  Production of Crude Oil and Natural
         Gas Liquids - PNZ" and is  reflected in thousands of barrels a day. The
         Y axis depicts  thousands of barrels from 0 to 100 with  increments  of
         20.  The X axis  depicts  the  years  1994,  1995  and  1996.  The  net
         production is depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1994             42 Thousand barrels a day
                       1995             59 Thousand barrels a day
                       1996             76 Thousand barrels a day
</TABLE>

A7.      The  seventh  item is a pie chart  located on the upper left  margin of
         page 16.  The pie  chart is  entitled  "1996  Capital  and  Exploratory
         Expenditures  -  Upstream."  The pie chart is  segmented  into 2 colors
         depicting 1996 upstream capital and  exploratory  expenditures  for the
         U. S. (blue) and International  (red)  and are shown as a percentage of
         the total.  The  legend to  the  pie  chart  lists   geographically the
         corresponding  dollar  amounts  in  millions.  The dollar  amounts  and
         percentages are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               Millions of
                                                 Dollars            Percent
                                               -------------        -------
<S>                                               <C>                <C>
                      United States               $1,243             52%
                      International               $1,135             48%
                                                  ------
                              Total               $2,378
</TABLE>

         Below the pie chart a footnote appears which states "Includes Equity in
         Affiliates."


                                     - 2 -

<PAGE>

A8.      The eighth item is a pie chart located on the lower left margin of page
         16. The pie chart is entitled  "1997  Planned  Capital and  Exploratory
         Expenditures  -  Upstream."  The pie chart is  segmented  into 2 colors
         depicting the planned 1997 upstream capital and exploratory expenditure
         for the U. S.  (blue)  and  International  (red)  and  are  shown  as a
         percentage   of  the  total.   The  legend  to  the  pie  chart   lists
         geographically the corresponding dollar amounts in millions. The dollar
         amounts and percentages are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                               Millions of
                                                 Dollars          Percent
                                              ---------------     -------
                      <S>                         <C>               <C>
                      United States               $1,400            48%
                      International               $1,500            52%
                                                  ------
                              Total               $2,900
</TABLE>

         Below the pie chart a footnote appears which states "Includes Equity in
         Affiliates."

A9.      The ninth item is a map  illustration  located  on the bottom  right of
         page 16. The map  illustration is entitled "Major Projects in Colombia,
         Trinidad and Venezuela." The map depicts the location of a major Texaco
         upstream project in each of those three countries.

A10.     The tenth item is a bar graph located on the upper right margin of page
         17. The bar graph is entitled "Net  Production of Natural Gas Available
         for Sale - Latin  America" and is reflected in millions of cubic feet a
         day. The Y axis depicts millions of cubic feet a day from 0 to 200 with
         increments of 50. The X axis depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. The
         net production is depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1994            117 Million cubic feet a day
                       1995            127 Million cubic feet a day
                       1996            158 Million cubic feet a day
</TABLE>

A11.     The  eleventh  item is a bar graph  located on the lower left margin of
         page  18.  The bar  graph is  entitled  "Manufacturing,  Marketing  and
         Distribution - Total  Operating  Earnings" and is reflected in millions
         of dollars. The Y axis depicts millions of dollars from $0 to $800 with
         increments of $200.  The X axis depicts the years 1994,  1995 and 1996.
         Each year's graph is  segmented  into 2 colors  representing  operating
         earnings in the United States (blue) and  International  (yellow).  The
         operating earnings, in millions of dollars, is depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                              United States         International       Total
                              -------------         -------------       -----
                  <S>               <C>                  <C>             <C> 
                  1994              $257                 $360            $617
                  1995              $121                 $365            $486
                  1996              $207                 $450            $657
</TABLE>

                                     - 3 -

<PAGE>


A12.     The twelfth item is a map  illustration  located on the bottom left of 
         page 19. The map  illustration is entitled "U. S.  Refineries  - Texaco
         and Star  Enterprise."  The  map  depicts  the  location of  refineries
         owned by Texaco  (red) and Star  Enterprise  (yellow),  a joint venture
         partnership  in which Texaco holds a 50% interest.  There  are 4 Texaco
         refineries and 3  Star Enterprise refineries  in  the U. S. depicted as
         follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                              Texaco                        Star Enterprise
                            Refineries                         Refineries
                            ----------                         ----------
                        <S>                                <C>
                        Anacortes, WA                      Delaware City, DE
                        Bakersfield, CA                    Convent, LA
                        Los Angeles, CA                    Port Arthur, TX
                        El Dorado, KS
</TABLE>

A13.     The thirteenth item is a bar graph located on the upper right margin of
         page 19. The bar graph is entitled "Branded Gasoline Sales - U. S." and
         is  reflected  in  thousands  of  barrels  a day.  The Y  axis  depicts
         thousands of barrels from 0 to 600 with  increments  of 100. The X axis
         depicts  the years  1994,  1995 and 1996.  The  sales are  depicted  as
         follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1994             547 Thousand barrels a day
                       1995             545 Thousand barrels a day
                       1996             563 Thousand barrels a day
</TABLE>

         Below  the   graph  a  footnote  appears  which  states "Includes  Star
         Enterprise on a 100% basis."

A14.     The fourteenth  item is a pie chart located on the upper left margin of
         page 20.  The pie  chart  is  entitled  "1996  Capital  Expenditures  -
         Downstream."  The pie chart is segmented  into 2 colors  depicting 1996
         downstream capital  expenditures for the U. S. (blue) and International
         (red) and are shown as a percentage of the total. The legend to the pie
         chart  lists   geographically  the  corresponding   dollar  amounts  in
         millions. The dollar amounts and percentages are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             Millions of
                                               Dollars                  Percent
                                               --------                 -------
                      <S>                      <C>                       <C>
                      United States            $    360                  35%
                      International            $    658                  65%
                                               --------
                              Total            $  1,018
</TABLE>

         Below the pie chart a footnote appears which states "Includes Equity in
         Affiliates."

A15.     The  fifteenth  item is a pie chart located on the lower left margin of
         page 20. The pie chart is entitled "1997 Planned Capital Expenditures -
         Downstream."  The pie chart is segmented  into 2 colors  depicting  the
         planned 1997 downstream  capital  expenditures for the U. S. (blue) and
         International  (red) and are shown as a  percentage  of the total.  The
         legend to the pie chart lists  geographically the corresponding  dollar
         amounts in millions.
         The dollar amounts and percentages are as follows:

                                     - 4 -

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             Millions of
                                               Dollars                  Percent
                                               --------                 -------
                      <S>                      <C>                       <C>
                      United States            $  500                    33%
                      International            $1,000                    67%
                                               ------
                              Total            $1,500
</TABLE>

         Below the pie chart a footnote appears which states "Includes Equity in
         Affiliates."

A16.     The sixteenth  item is a bar graph located on the upper right margin of
         page 21.  The bar  graph is  entitled  "Refined  Product  Sales - Latin
         America"  and is  reflected  in  thousands of barrels a day. The Y axis
         depicts  thousands of barrels from 0 to 400 with increments of 100. The
         X axis depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996.
         The sales are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1994            312 Thousand barrels a day
                       1995            346 Thousand barrels a day
                       1996            376 Thousand barrels a day
</TABLE>

A17.     The seventeenth item is a bar graph located on the lower left margin of
         page 22. The bar graph is entitled "Revenues from Licensed Gasification
         Technology" and is reflected in millions of dollars. The Y axis depicts
         millions of dollars from $0 to $40 with  increments  of $10. The X axis
         depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996.
         The revenues are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1994             $14.2 Million
                       1995             $ 9.2 Million
                       1996             $30.3 Million
</TABLE>

A18.     The  eighteenth  item is a line graph located on the lower right margin
         of page 23. The line graph is entitled "Lost-Time Incidence Rate - U.S.
         and  Worldwide"  and is reflected in number of  incidents  per  200,000
         hours  worked.  The Y axis depicts the number of incidents  per 200,000
         hours worked from 0.0 to 0.8 with increments of 0.2. The X axis depicts
         the  years  1994,  1995 and 1996.  Each year has 2 sets of line  points
         plotted  representing  United  States  (blue) and  Worldwide (red). The
         incidences per 200,000 hours worked are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                              United States          Worldwide
                              -------------          ---------
<S>               <C>                <C>                <C> 
                  1994               0.75               0.74
                  1995               0.59               0.58
                  1996               0.58               0.55

</TABLE>

                                     - 5 -
<PAGE>


A19.     The nineteenth  item is a bar graph located on the lower left margin of
         page 24. The bar graph is entitled "TRMI/Star Enterprise - TRI Releases
         to the  Environment" and is reflected in million pounds per year. The Y
         axis depicts millions of pounds from 0 to 4 with increments of 1. The X
         axis depicts the years 1994,  1995 and 1996. The amount of TRI releases
         to the environment are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1993           3.96 Million pounds per year
                       1994           3.01 Million pounds per year
                       1995           2.32 Million pounds per year
</TABLE>

         Below the graph a footnote  appears  which states "1996 figures will be
         reported to the EPA later in 1997."

PART B
- ------

B1.   The first  graph is located  on the upper left  margin of page 26. The bar
      graph  is  entitled  "Returns  on  Average  Stockholders'  Equity"  and is
      reflected in percentages.  The Y axis depicts  percentages  from 0% to 25%
      with 5% increments. The X axis depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. Each
      year has 2 bar graphs, one next to the other, representing rates of return
      based on net income  excluding  special items (yellow) and rates of return
      based on net income as  reported  (blue).  The  returns  are  depicted  as
      follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            Excluding
                                          Special Items           As Reported
                                          -------------           -----------
                           <S>                 <C>                   <C>  
                           1994                 9.2%                  9.8%
                           1995                11.9%                  7.5%
                           1996                16.8%                 20.4%
</TABLE>

      Below the graph a footnote  appears which states "Returns exclude the 1995
      cumulative effect of accounting change and discontinued operations."

B2.   The second  graph is located on the lower left  margin of page 26. The bar
      graph is entitled  "Returns on Average  Capital  Employed" and is shown in
      percentages.  The Y  axis  depicts  percentages  from  0% to 16%  with  4%
      increments.  The X axis depicts the years 1994,  1995 and 1996.  Each year
      has 2 bar  graphs,  one next to the  other,  representing  rates of return
      based on net income  excluding  special items (yellow) and rates of return
      based on net income as  reported  (blue).  The  returns  are  depicted  as
      follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              Excluding
                                            Special Items           As Reported
                                            -------------           -----------
                           <S>                 <C>                     <C>  
                           1994                 7.7%                    8.0%
                           1995                 9.5%                    6.9%
                           1996                12.8%                   14.9%
</TABLE>

      Below the graph a footnote  appears which states "Returns exclude the 1995
      cumulative effect of accounting change and discontinued operations."

                                     - 6 -
<PAGE>

B3.   The third graph is located on the upper  right  margin of page 27. The bar
      graph is entitled "Revenues" and is reflected in billions of dollars.  The
      Y axis depicts dollars in billions from $0 to $50 with $10 increments. The
      X axis  depicts  the years 1994,  1995 and 1996.  Each years' bar graph is
      segmented into 5 colors  representing the sources of revenues from refined
      products (blue), crude oil (green), natural gas (red), natural gas liquids
      (yellow) and other revenues  (including equity and services)  (gray).  The
      revenues,  in billions of dollars,  for each year and segment are depicted
      as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  Natural       Other Revenues
                  Refined           Crude            Natural      Gas           (Including Equity
                  Products          Oil              Gas          Liquids       and Services)             Total
                  -----------       -------          ---------    ----------    ----------------------    -------
      <S>         <C>               <C>               <C>             <C>             <C>                  <C>  
      1994        $17.9             $  9.8            $2.4            $1.3            $2.0                 $33.4
      1995        $19.4             $11.4             $2.3            $1.6            $2.1                 $36.8
      1996        $23.0             $15.4             $3.1            $1.9            $2.1                 $45.5
</TABLE>

B4.   The fourth  graph is located on the lower right margin of page 27. The bar
      graph is entitled  "Costs and  Expenses"  and is  reflected in billions of
      dollars.  The Y axis depicts  dollars in billions  from $0 to $50 with $10
      increments.  The X axis depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. Each years'
      bar graph is  segmented  into 2 colors  representing  purchases  and other
      costs  (blue)  and  expenses  (yellow).  Purchases  and  other  costs  and
      expenses,  in billions of dollars,  for each year and segment are depicted
      as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                  Purchases and
                  Other Costs               Expenses           Total
                  -------------------       -------------      -------
      <S>         <C>                       <C>                <C>  
      1994        $23.9                     $8.2               $32.1
      1995        $27.2                     $8.5               $35.7
      1996        $34.6                     $7.8               $42.4
</TABLE>

B5.   The fifth graph is located on the upper  right  margin of page 29. The bar
      graph is entitled  "Exploration and Production - Total Operating Earnings"
      and is  reflected in millions of dollars.  The Y axis  depicts  dollars in
      millions  from $0 to $1800 with $300  increments.  The X axis  depicts the
      years  1994,  1995 and 1996.  Each  years' bar graph is  segmented  into 2
      colors  representing  total operating earnings in the United States (blue)
      and International (yellow). The total exploration and production operating
      earnings, in millions of dollars, are depicted as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                      United States         International          Total
                      ------------------    ----------------       --------
      <S>                <C>                <C>                    <C>     
      1994               $  414             $253                   $   667
      1995               $  293             $340                   $   633
      1996               $1,123             $478                   $ 1,601
</TABLE>

                                     - 7 -

<PAGE>


B6.   The sixth graph is located on the lower right  margin of page 29. The line
      graph is entitled "Average U.S. Natural Gas Selling Price-Per Quarter" and
      is shown in dollars per thousand cubic feet (MCF) by quarter for the years
      1994,  1995 and 1996.  The X axis  depicts the  calendar  quarters for the
      years 1994,  1995 and 1996. The Y axis depicts  dollars per thousand cubic
      feet from $1.00 to $3.00 with $0.50  increments.  The  selling  prices per
      quarter are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
      <S>                                   <C>          
      First Quarter 1994                    $2.15 Per MCF
      Second Quarter 1994                   $1.99 Per MCF
      Third Quarter 1994                    $1.80 Per MCF
      Fourth Quarter 1994                   $1.75 Per MCF
      First Quarter 1995                    $1.60 Per MCF
      Second Quarter 1995                   $1.67 Per MCF
      Third Quarter 1995                    $1.52 Per MCF
      Fourth Quarter 1995                   $1.81 Per MCF
      First Quarter 1996                    $2.11 Per MCF
      Second Quarter 1996                   $2.07 Per MCF
      Third Quarter 1996                    $2.02 Per MCF
      Fourth Quarter 1996                   $2.54 Per MCF
</TABLE>

B7.   The seventh graph is located on the upper left margin of page 30. The line
      graph is entitled  "Average Crude Oil Selling  Prices-Per  Quarter" and is
      shown in dollars per barrel by quarter for the years 1994,  1995 and 1996.
      The X axis depicts the calendar  quarters for 1994,  1995 and 1996.  The Y
      axis depicts  dollars per barrel from $10 to $22 with $2 increments.  Each
      quarter has 2 sets of points plotted  represented by a blue line and a red
      line graph. The blue line represents  average crude oil selling prices per
      barrel  in  the  United  States  and  the  red  line  represents   average
      International  crude oil selling prices per barrel. The selling prices per
      quarters are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              United States                 International
                                            ----------------------        ----------------------
      <S>                                   <C>                           <C>              
      First Quarter 1994                    $11.02 per barrel             $13.12 per barrel
      Second Quarter 1994                   $13.45 per barrel             $14.57 per barrel
      Third Quarter 1994                    $14.82 per barrel             $16.02 per barrel
      Fourth Quarter 1994                   $14.45 per barrel             $15.58 per barrel
      First Quarter 1995                    $14.85 per barrel             $16.38 per barrel
      Second Quarter 1995                   $15.85 per barrel             $17.30 per barrel
      Third Quarter 1995                    $14.88 per barrel             $15.45 per barrel
      Fourth Quarter 1995                   $14.89 per barrel             $16.17 per barrel
      First Quarter 1996                    $16.51 per barrel             $18.02 per barrel
      Second Quarter 1996                   $17.30 per barrel             $18.41 per barrel
      Third Quarter 1996                    $17.93 per barrel             $19.43 per barrel
      Fourth Quarter 1996                   $20.00 per barrel             $21.96 per barrel
</TABLE>

                                     - 8 -

B8.   The eighth  graph is located on the lower left  margin of page 30. The bar
      graph is  entitled  "Manufacturing,  Marketing  and  Distribution  - Total
      Operating  Earnings"  and is reflected in millions of dollars.  The Y axis
      depicts  dollars in millions from $0 to $800 with $200  increments.  The X
      axis  depicts  the years  1994,  1995 and 1996.  Each  years' bar graph is
      segmented  into 2 colors  representing  total  operating  earnings  in the
      United States (blue) and International  (yellow). The total manufacturing,
      marketing and distribution operating earnings, in millions of dollars, are
      depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      United States         International         Total
                      -------------------   ----------------      ------
         <S>          <C>                   <C>                    <C> 
         1994         $257                  $360                   $617
         1995         $121                  $365                   $486
         1996         $207                  $450                   $657
</TABLE>

B9.      The ninth  graph is located on the upper  right  margin of page 31. The
         bar  graph is  entitled  "Refined  Product  Sales - U.S.  by  Principal
         Products"  and is  reflected  in thousands of barrels a day. The Y axis
         depicts thousands of barrels from 0 to 1,200 with 200 increments. The Y
         axis  depicts the years 1994,  1995 and 1996.  Each years' bar graph is
         segmented into 5 colors representing sales of gasolines (blue),  middle
         distillates  (yellow),  avjets  (green),  residuals  (gray)  and  other
         (orange).  U. S. refined  product sales, in thousands of barrels a day,
         for each year and segment, are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      Middle
                     Gasolines        Distillates      Avjets        Residuals        Other      Total
                     -------------    ------------     --------      -------------    -------    -------
         <S>           <C>                <C>              <C>          <C>            <C>         <C>
         1994          443                182              88           51             118         882
         1995          449                196              99           51             139         934
         1996          499                216             123            67            131       1,036
</TABLE>

         Below  the graph a footnote appears which states "Includes equity in an
         affiliate."

B10.     The tenth  graph is located on the lower  right  margin of page 31. The
         bar  graph  is  entitled  "Refinery  Input  - U.  S." and is  shown  in
         thousands  of barrels a day.  The Y axis  depicts  thousands of barrels
         from 0 to 1,000 with 200 increments. The X axis depicts the years 1994,
         1995 and 1996. The refinery input is depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
                       <S>             <C>                              
                       1994            673 Thousand barrels a day
                       1995            693 Thousand barrels a day
                       1996            724 Thousand barrels a day
</TABLE>

         Below  the graph a footnote appears which states "Includes equity in an
         affiliate."


                                     - 9 -
<PAGE>


B11.     The eleventh graph is located on the upper right margin of page 33. The
         bar graph is entitled  "Environmental  Cash  Expenditures."  The Y axis
         depicts dollars in millions from $0 to $1200 with $200 increments.  The
         X axis depicts the years 1994,  1995 and 1996. Each years' bar graph is
         segmented into 2 colors  representing  capital  expenditures (blue) and
         other  (yellow).   Environmental  cash  expenditures,  in  millions  of
         dollars, for each year and segment are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      Capital
                      Expenditures             Other           Total
                      -----------------        -------         -------
         <S>          <C>                       <C>             <C> 
         1994         $350                      $640            $990
         1995         $275                      $660            $935
         1996         $19                       $612            $803
</TABLE>

         Below  the  graph  a  footnote appears which states "Includes equity in
         affiliates."

B12.     The twelfth  graph is located on the lower right margin of page 33. The
         bar graph is entitled  "Environmental  Cash  Expenditures by Geographic
         Location." The Y axis depicts dollars in millions from $0 to $1200 with
         $200 increments. The X axis depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. Each
         years'  bar  graph  is  segmented  into  2  colors   representing  cash
         expenditures  in the United States (blue) and  International  (yellow).
         Environmental cash expenditures,  in millions of dollars, for each year
         and segment are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      United States         International        Total
                      -------------------   ----------------     ------
         <S>          <C>                       <C>              <C> 
         1994         $752                      $238             $990
         1995         $762                      $173             $935
         1996         $618                      $185             $803
</TABLE>

         Below  the  graph  a  footnote appears which states "Includes equity in
         affiliates."

                                     - 10 -

<PAGE>


B13.     The  thirteenth  graph is located on the upper left  margin of page 34.
         The pie chart is entitled  "1996 Sources of Cash and Cash  Equivalents"
         and each source is shown as a percentage of the total. The pie chart is
         segmented  with 4 colors  depicting  the 1996  sources of cash and cash
         equivalents.  The four  sources  are  operations  (blue),  asset  sales
         (orange), borrowings (green) and other sources (red). The legend to the
         pie chart lists each source as well as corresponding  dollar amounts in
         billions. The dollar amounts and percentages are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         1996 Sources of Cash               Billions of
         and Cash Equivalents               Dollars           Percent
         ----------------------------       -------------     -----------
         <S>                                <C>                  <C>
         Operations                         $3.8                 75%
         Asset Sales                        $0.5                 10%
         Borrowings                         $0.3                  6%
         Other Services                     $0.4                  9%
                                            -----
                                 Total      $5.0
</TABLE>

B14.     The  fourteenth  graph is located on the lower left  margin of page 34.
         The pie chart is entitled "1996 Uses of Cash and Cash  Equivalents" and
         each  use is shown  as a  percentage  of the  total.  The pie  chart is
         segmented  with 4  colors  depicting  the  1996  uses of cash  and cash
         equivalents.  The four uses are capital and exploratory (capex) (blue),
         dividends  (orange),  repayment  of  borrowings  (green) and other uses
         (red).  The  legend  to  the  pie  chart  lists  each  use as  well  as
         corresponding  dollar  amounts  in  billions.  The dollar  amounts  and
         percentages are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         1996 Uses of Cash                  Billions of
         and Cash Equivalents               Dollars           Percent
         -----------------------------      -------------     ----------
         <S>                                  <C>                 <C>
         Capex                                $2.9                58%
         Dividends                            $1.0                20%
         Repayment of Borrowings              $0.9                19%
         Other Uses                           $0.2                 3%
                                              -----
                                     Total    $5.0
</TABLE>
 
B15.     The  fifteenth  graph is located on the upper right  margin of page 35.
         The bar graph is entitled  "Total Debt to Total  Borrowed  and Invested
         Capital."  The Y axis  depicts  percentages  from  20% to 40%  with  5%
         increments.  The X axis  depicts  the years  1994,  1995 and 1996.  The
         percentages are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
         <S>          <C>
         1994         38.5%
         1995         38.0%
         1996         33.6%
</TABLE>

                                     - 11 -

<PAGE>


B16.     The  sixteenth  graph is located on the lower right  margin of page 35.
         The bar graph is entitled "Total Production and Reserve  Additions" and
         is  reflected  in  millions  of barrels of oil  equivalent.  The Y axis
         depicts barrels of oil equivalent,  in millions, from 0 to 600 with 100
         increments. The X axis depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. Each year
         has  2  bar  graphs,  one  a  single  bar  (green)  representing  total
         production,  the other bar depicts  reserve  additions and is segmented
         into 2 colors representing extensions,  discoveries and other additions
         (blue) and revisions (yellow). The production and reserve additions, in
         million  barrels  of oil  equivalent,  for each  year and  segment  are
         depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              Reserve Additions
                                            ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Extensions,
                     Total                  Discoveries and                             Total Reserve
                  Production                Other Additions              Revisions       Additions
                  --------------            ------------------           -------------  -----------------
         <S>        <C>                            <C>                       <C>               <C>
         1994       427                            369                       103               472
         1995       418                            398                       141               539
         1996       433                            427                         61              488
</TABLE>

         Below  the graph a footnote appears which states "Includes equity in an
         affiliate."

B17.     The  seventeenth  graph is located on the upper left margin of page 36.
         The bar graph is  entitled  "Capital  and  Exploratory  Expenditures  -
         Geographical"  and is  reflected  in billions  of  dollars.  The Y axis
         depicts  dollars in billions  from $0 to $4 with $1  increments.  The X
         axis  depicts the years 1994,  1995 and 1996.  Each year's bar graph is
         segmented into 2 colors,  representing  the  expenditures in the United
         States (blue) and International (yellow).

         Capital and exploratory expenditures,  in billions of dollars, for each
         year and geographical location are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    United States           International              Total
                    -------------------     ---------------            ------
         <S>              <C>                   <C>                        <C> 
         1994             $1.2                  $1.5                       $2.7
         1995             $1.4                  $1.7                       $3.1
         1996             $1.6                  $1.8                       $3.4
</TABLE>

         Below  the  graph  a  footnote appears which states "Includes equity in
         affiliates."

B18.     The  eighteenth  graph is located on the lower left  margin of page 36.
         The bar graph is  entitled  "Capital  and  Exploratory  Expenditures  -
         Functional" and is reflected in billions of dollars. The Y axis depicts
         dollars  in  billions  from  $0 to $4 with  $1  increments.  The X axis
         depicts  the  years  1994,  1995 and  1996.  Each  year's  bar graph is
         segmented  into 2 colors,  representing  the  expenditures  relating to
         exploration  and  production  (blue)  and   manufacturing,   marketing,
         distribution and other (yellow).  Capital and exploratory expenditures,
         in billions  of dollars,  for each year and  function  are  depicted as
         follows:

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      Exploration           Manufacturing,
                      and                   Marketing,
                      Production            Distribution and Other      Total
                      --------------        ----------------------      -------
         <S>          <C>                        <C>                     <C> 
         1994         $1.5                       $1.2                    $2.7
         1995         $1.9                       $1.2                    $3.1
         1996         $2.4                       $1.0                    $3.4
</TABLE>

         Below  the  graph  a  footnote appears which states "Includes equity in
         affiliates."

B19.     The  nineteenth  graph is located on the upper right margin of page 39.
         The bar graph is  entitled  "Real GDP Growth -  Worldwide."  The Y axis
         depicts percentages from 3.0% to 4.0% with 0.2% increments.  The X axis
         depicts the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. The growth, in percentages,  for
         each year is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    Real GDP Growth
                    Worldwide
                    ------------------
         <S>              <C> 
         1994             3.6%
         1995             3.5%
         1996             3.8%
</TABLE>

B20.     The  twentieth  graph is located on the lower right  margin of page 39.
         The line graph is entitled "Average West Texas Intermediate Spot Prices
         - Per  Quarter"  and is shown in dollars  per barrel by quarter for the
         years 1994,  1995 and 1996.  The Y axis  depicts the dollars per barrel
         from $10 to $30 with $5  increments.  The X axis  depicts the  calendar
         quarters for the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. The spot prices per quarter
         are depicted as follows:

<TABLE>
         <S>                        <C>              
         First Quarter 1994         $14.84 per barrel
         Second Quarter 1994        $17.81 per barrel
         Third Quarter 1994         $18.49 per barrel
         Fourth Quarter 1994        $17.66 per barrel
         First Quarter 1995         $18.37 per barrel
         Second Quarter 1995        $19.35 per barrel
         Third Quarter 1995         $17.85 per barrel
         Fourth Quarter 1995        $18.15 per barrel
         First Quarter 1996         $19.74 per barrel
         Second Quarter 1996        $21.73 per barrel
         Third Quarter 1996         $22.42 per barrel
         Fourth Quarter 1996        $24.67 per barrel
</TABLE>


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


     The exhibits designated by an asterisk are incorporated herein by reference
to documents  previously  filed by Texaco Inc. with the  Securities and Exchange
Commission, SEC File No. 1-27.

     Exhibits
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<TABLE>

<S>                                                                                                             <C>
         (3.1) Copy of Restated  Certificate of Incorporation of Texaco Inc., as
               amended to and including November 9, 1994, including  Certificate
               of  Designations,   Preferences  and  Rights  of  Series  B  ESOP
               Convertible   Preferred  Stock,  Series  D  Junior  Participating
               Preferred Stock,  Series F ESOP  Convertible  Preferred Stock and
               Series  G,  H,  I  and  J  Market   Auction   Preferred   Shares,
               incorporated herein by reference to Texaco Inc.'s
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1994 dated March 27, 1995.                                        *

         (3.2) Copy of By-Laws  of Texaco  Inc.,  as  amended  to and  including
               January 24, 1997.

  (10(iii)(a)) Texaco Inc.'s Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to pages
               A-1 through A-8 of Texaco Inc.'s proxy statement dated April 5, 1993.                            *

  (10(iii)(b)) Texaco Inc.'s Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to pages
               IV-1 through IV-5 of Texaco Inc.'s proxy statement dated April 10, 1989
               and to Exhibit A of  Texaco Inc.'s proxy statement dated March 29, 1991.                         *

  (10(iii)(c)) Texaco Inc.'s Incentive Bonus Plan, incorporated herein by reference to page
               IV-5 of Texaco Inc.'s proxy statement dated April 10, 1989.                                      *

  (10(iii)(d)) Description of Texaco Inc.'s Supplemental Pension Benefits Plan, incorporated
               herein by reference to pages 8 and 9 of Texaco Inc.'s proxy statement dated March
               17, 1981.                                                                                        *

  (10(iii)(e)) Description of Texaco Inc.'s Revised Supplemental Pension Benefits
               Plan, incorporated herein by reference to pages 24 through 27 of Texaco Inc.'s
               proxy statement dated March 9, 1978.                                                             *

  (10(iii)(f)) Description of Texaco Inc.'s Revised Incentive Compensation Plan,
               incorporated herein by reference to pages 10 and 11 of Texaco Inc.'s proxy
               statement dated March 13, 1969.                                                                  *

          (11) Computation of Earnings Per Share of Common Stock of Texaco Inc.
               and Subsidiary Companies.

        (12.1) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of Texaco on a
               Total Enterprise Basis.


</TABLE>

<PAGE>


        (12.2) Definitions of Selected Financial Ratios.

         (13)  Copy of those  portions of Texaco  Inc.'s  1996 Annual  Report to
               Stockholders that are incorporated  herein by reference into this
               Annual Report on Form 10-K.

          (21) Listing of significant Texaco Inc. subsidiary companies and the
               name of the state or other jurisdiction in which each subsidiary
               was organized.

         (23)  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

         (24)  Powers of Attorney  for the  Directors  and  certain  Officers of
               Texaco  Inc.  authorizing,  among  other  things,  the signing of
               Texaco Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K on their behalf.

          (27) Financial Data Schedule.



                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.2
                             BY-LAWS OF TEXACO INC.
                             A Delaware Corporation

                                   ARTICLE I.
                                  Stockholders.

     SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held
on the second  Tuesday in May of each year at 10:00 A.M., or at such time of day
or on such  other  date in each  calendar  year as may be fixed by the  Board of
Directors,  for the  election  of  directors  and the  transaction  of any other
business as may properly come before the meeting.
     SECTION 2. Stockholder  Action;  Special  Meetings.  Any action required or
permitted to be taken by the  stockholders  of the Company must be effected at a
duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by
any consent in writing by such holders.  Except as otherwise required by law and
subject  to the rights of the  holders of any class or series of stock  having a
preference  over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon  liquidation,  special
meetings  of  stockholders  of the  Company  may be called  only by the Board of
Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of
Directors.
     SECTION 3.  Notice of  Meetings.  Notice of each  meeting of  stockholders,
annual or special,  stating the time and place,  and, if a special meeting,  the
purpose or purposes in general  terms,  shall be mailed no earlier  than 60 days
and no  later  than 10 days  prior to the  meeting  to each  stockholder  at the
stockholder's address as the same appears on the books of the Company.
     SECTION 4. Place.  Meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place
or places as the Board of Directors may direct, the place to be specified in the
notice. 
     Section  5.  Quorum.  At any  meeting  of  stockholders,  the  holders of a
majority of the voting shares issued and outstanding, being present in person or
represented by proxy, shall be a quorum for all purposes, except where otherwise
provided by statute.
     SECTION 6. Adjournments. Any annual or special meeting of stockholders duly
and regularly  called in  accordance  with these by-laws may adjourn one or more
times and no  further  notice of such  adjourned  meeting or  meetings  shall be
necessary.  If at any annual or special  meeting of  stockholders a quorum shall
fail to attend in person or by proxy, a majority in interest of the stockholders
attending in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting to another  time,  or to
another time and place, and there may be successive  adjournments for like cause
and in like manner  without  further  notice  until a quorum shall  attend.  Any
business may be transacted at any such adjourned meeting or meetings which might
have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
     SECTION 7. Organization. The Chairman of the Board, or, in his absence, the
Vice Chairman, or, in their absence, the President, or, in their absence, one of
the Executive  Vice  Presidents,  or, in their  absence,  one of the Senior Vice
Presidents,   or,  in  their  absence,   a  Vice  President   appointed  by  the
stockholders,  shall call meetings of the stockholders to order and shall act as
chairman  thereof.  The  Secretary  of the  Company,  if  present,  shall act as
secretary  of all  meetings  of the  stockholders;  and,  in  his  absence,  the
presiding officer may appoint a secretary.
     SECTION 8. Voting. At each meeting of the  stockholders,  every stockholder
of record (at the closing of the transfer  books if closed) shall be entitled to
vote in person or by proxy  appointed by an instrument in writing  subscribed by
such  stockholder or by his duly authorized  attorney and delivered to and filed
with the Secretary at the meeting;  and each stockholder shall have one vote for
each share of stock  standing in his name.  Voting for  directors,  and upon any
question at any meeting, shall be by ballot, if demanded by any stockholder.
     SECTION 9. Stockholder Proposals.  Stockholders may present proper business
for  stockholder  action at an annual meeting by giving timely notice in writing
to the Secretary of their  intention to bring such business  before the meeting.
To be  timely,  a  stockholder's  notice  must be  delivered  to, or mailed  and
received at, the office of the Company in Harrison,  New York,  addressed to the
attention of the Secretary, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to
the first  anniversary of the preceding  year's annual meeting of  stockholders;
provided,  however, that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than
30 days prior to or delayed  by more than 60 days after such  anniversary  date,
notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the
90th day prior to such  annual  meeting and not later than the close of business
on the  later of the  60th day  prior  to such  annual  meeting  or the 10th day
following  the day on which public  announcement  of the date of such meeting is
first made. The stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) the name and address of
the stockholder proposing such business, (b) a brief description of the business
desired to be brought  before the  meeting  and any  material  interest  in such
business of such stockholder,  and (c) the number of shares of the Company which
are  beneficially  owned by the  stockholder.  The  chairman  of the meeting may
refuse to permit  any  business  to be  brought  before an annual  meeting  by a
stockholder without compliance with the procedure set forth in this Section 9.

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<PAGE>

     For purposes of this section,  "public  announcement" shall mean disclosure
in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a
comparable  national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions  of this by-law,  a stockholder
shall also comply with all applicable  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange  Act") and the rules and  regulations
thereunder  with  respect to matters set forth in this  by-law.  Nothing in this
by-law shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion
of proposals in the company's proxy  statement  pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the
Exchange Act.
     SECTION 10. List of  Stockholders.  The  Secretary  shall keep records from
which a list of stockholders  can be compiled,  and shall furnish such list upon
order of the Board of Directors.

                                   ARTICLE II.
                             The Board of Directors.

     SECTION 1.  Number,  Election and Terms.  Except as  otherwise  fixed by or
pursuant to the  provisions of Article IV of the  Certificate  of  Incorporation
relating to the rights of the  holders of any class or series of stock  having a
preference  over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon  liquidation  to elect
additional directors under specified circumstances,  the number of the directors
of the Company  shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of  Directors  but
shall not be less than three. The directors, other than those who may be elected
by the  holders  of any class or series of stock  having a  preference  over the
Common Stock as to  dividends or upon  liquidation,  shall be  classified,  with
respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as
nearly equal in number as possible, as determined by the Board of Directors, one
class to be  originally  elected for a term  expiring  at the annual  meeting of
stockholders  to be held in 1985,  another class to be originally  elected for a
term  expiring at the annual  meeting of  stockholders  to be held in 1986,  and
another class to be originally elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting
of  stockholders  to be held in 1987,  with each class to hold office  until its
successor is elected and qualified.  At each annual meeting of the  stockholders
of the Company,  the successors of the class of directors  whose term expires at
that meeting  shall be elected to hold office for a term  expiring at the annual
meeting  of  stockholders  held in the third  year  following  the year of their
election.
     SECTION 2. Newly Created  Directorships and Vacancies.  Except as otherwise
provided  for or fixed by or  pursuant  to the  provisions  of Article IV of the
Certificate of Incorporation  relating to the rights of the holders of any class
or series of stock having a preference  over the Common Stock as to dividends or
upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances, newly created
directorships  resulting  from any  increases  in the number of directors or any
vacancies  on the  Board of  Directors  resulting  from  death,  resignation  or
disqualification,  or other cause shall be filled by the  affirmative  vote of a
majority  of the  remaining  directors  then in office,  even though less than a
quorum of the Board of  Directors.  Any  director  so  elected  shall  stand for
election  (for  the  balance  of  his  term)  at  the  next  annual  meeting  of
stockholders, unless his term expires at such Annual Meeting. Any vacancy on the
Board of Directors  resulting from removal by  stockholder  vote shall be filled
only by the vote of a majority of the voting  power of all shares of the Company
entitled to vote  generally in the election of Directors,  voting  together as a
single class.  The affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the
then outstanding  shares of capital stock of the Company voting generally in the
election of Directors,  voting together as a single class,  shall be required to
repeal the foregoing provisions.
     SECTION 3.  Removal.  Subject to the rights of any class or series of stock
having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to
elect Directors under specified circumstances,  any director may be removed from
office,  with or without cause,  only by the affirmative  vote of the holders of
66 2/3% of the  combined  voting  power of the then  outstanding  shares of stoc
entitled to vote  generally in the election of Directors,  voting  together as a
single class.
     SECTION  4.  Nominations.  Subject to the rights of holders of any class or
series of stock  having a  preference  over the Common  Stock as to dividends or
upon  liquidation,  nominations for the election of Directors may be made by the
Board of Directors or a proxy  committee  appointed by the Board of Directors or
by any  stockholder  entitled to vote in the  election of  Directors  generally.
However, any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of Directors generally
may  nominate one or more persons for election as Directors at a meeting only if
written  notice  of  such  stockholder's  intent  to  make  such  nomination  or
nominations  has been  given,  either by personal  delivery or by United  States
mail,  postage prepaid,  to the Secretary of the Company not later than (i) with
respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders,  90 days
in advance of such meeting, and (ii) with respect to an election to be held at a
special  meeting of  stockholders  for the election of  Directors,  the close of
business on the seventh day  following  the date on which notice of such meeting
is first given to  stockholders.  Each such notice shall set forth: (a) the name
and address of the  stockholder  who intends to make the  nomination  and of the
person or persons to be nominated;  (b) a representation that the stockholder is
a holder of record of stock of the Company  entitled to vote at such meeting and
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or
persons  specified  in the notice;  (c) a  

                                     * 2 *
<PAGE>

description of all  arrangements or  understandings  between the stockholder and
each  nominee and any other  person or persons  (naming  such person or persons)
pursuant  to  which  the  nomination  or  nominations  are  to be  made  by  the
stockholder;  (d) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such
stockholder  as would be  required to be  included  in a proxy  statement  filed
pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  had the
nominee been nominated,  or intended to be nominated, by the Board of Directors;
and (e) the consent of each  nominee to serve as a director of the Company if so
elected. The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of
any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
     SECTION 5.  Organization  Meeting of the Board. At the last regular meeting
of the Board of  Directors  prior to each annual  meeting of  stockholders,  the
Board of Directors shall establish its organization,  elect and appoint officers
and appoint  committee  members.  Such action may also be taken at another place
and time fixed by written consent of the Directors.
     SECTION 6. Regular  Meetings.  Regular  meetings of the Board are fixed and
may be held without notice at the office of the Company in Harrison, New York on
the fourth  Friday in each month at 9:00 A.M.,  or at such other time and place,
either  within or without  the State of  Delaware,  as the Board may  provide by
resolution,  without other notice than such resolution. If less than a quorum is
present at any meeting  time and place,  those  present may adjourn from time to
time until a quorum  shall be present,  but if there shall be no quorum prior to
another  regular meeting time, then such meetings of less than a quorum need not
be recorded.
     SECTION 7. Special  Meetings.  Special  meetings of the Board shall be held
whenever  called by the Chairman of the Board,  or, in his absence,  by the Vice
Chairman of the Board, or, in their absence,  by the President,  or by one-third
of the  Directors  then in  office.  The person or  persons  authorized  to call
special  meetings of the Board may fix any place,  either  within or without the
State of  Delaware,  as the  place  for  holding  any  special  meeting.  Unless
otherwise  specified in the notice thereof,  any business may be transacted at a
special meeting.
     SECTION 8. Notice of Special  Meetings.  The  Secretary  shall mail to each
director notice of any special meeting at least two days before the meeting,  or
shall  telegraph  or  telephone  such  notice  not later than the day before the
meeting.  When all Directors are present, any business may be transacted without
any previous notice. Any director may waive notice of any meeting.
     SECTION 9. Quorum. A majority of the total number of Directors,  or half of
the total  number  when the number of  Directors  then in office is even,  shall
constitute a quorum for the  transaction  of  business,  and a majority of those
present at the time and place of any regular or special  meeting,  although less
than a quorum,  may  adjourn  the same from time to time,  as  provided in these
by-laws.
     SECTION 10.  Chairman.  At all  meetings of the Board,  the Chairman of the
Board, or, in his absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or, in their absence,
the President, or, in their absence, a chairman chosen by the Directors present,
shall preside.
     SECTION 11. Action without Meeting.  A statement in writing,  signed by all
members of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, shall be deemed to
be action by the Board or Committee,  as the case may be, to the effect  therein
expressed, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to record such statement in
the minute books of the Company under its proper date.

                                  ARTICLE III.
                    Executive Committee and Other Committees.

     SECTION 1.  Executive  Committee.  The Board of Directors  shall appoint an
Executive Committee of seven or more members to serve during the pleasure of the
Board to consist of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the
Board,  the Vice  Chairman  of the Board,  the  President,  and such  additional
Directors as the Board may from time to time designate.
     SECTION 2. The  Chairman of the  Executive  Committee.  The Chairman of the
Executive Committee shall be designated by the Board of Directors and shall be a
member of the Board and of the Executive Committee. He shall preside at meetings
of the  Executive  Committee,  and shall do and perform such other things as may
from time to time by assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 3. Vacancies.  Vacancies in the Executive Committee shall be filled
by the Board.
     SECTION  4.  Executive  Committee  to Report.  All action by the  Executive
Committee  shall be  reported  promptly  to the Board and such  action  shall be
subject to review by the Board,  provided  that no rights of third parties shall
be affected by such review.
     SECTION 5. Procedure.  The Executive Committee,  by a vote of a majority of
all of its  members,  shall  fix its own  times and  places  of  meeting,  shall
determine the number of its members constituting a quorum for the transaction of
business,  and shall  prescribe its own rules of  procedure,  no change in which
shall be made save by a majority vote of all of its members.

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<PAGE>

     SECTION 6. Powers.  During the intervals between the meetings of the Board,
the  Executive  Committee  shall  possess and may exercise all the powers of the
Board in the  management  and  direction  of the  business  and  affairs  of the
Company,  except those which by applicable  statute are reserved to the Board of
Directors.
     SECTION 7. Other Committees.  From time to time the Board may appoint other
committees,  and they  shall  have  such  powers  as shall be  specified  in the
resolution of appointment.
                                   ARTICLE IV.
                                    Officers.

     SECTION  1.  Number.  The Board of  Directors  shall  elect  the  executive
officers of the Company  which may include a Chairman of the Board,  one or more
Vice Chairmen of the Board,  a President,  one or more Vice  Presidents  (one or
more of whom may be  designated as Executive  Vice  Presidents or as Senior Vice
Presidents  or by  other  designations),  a  General  Counsel,  a  Secretary,  a
Treasurer,  a Comptroller,  and a General Tax Counsel.  A person may at the same
time hold, exercise and perform the powers and duties of more than one executive
officer position.  In addition to the executive officers,  the Board may appoint
one  or  more  Assistant   Secretaries,   Assistant   Treasurers  and  Assistant
Comptrollers  and such  other  officers  or agents as the Board may from time to
time deem  necessary or  desirable.  All  officers and agents shall  perform the
duties and exercise the powers usually incident to the offices or positions held
by them, those prescribed by these by-laws, and those assigned to them from time
to time by the Board or by the Chief Executive Officer.
     SECTION 2. The Chairman of the Board.  The Chairman of the Board shall be a
member  of the  Board of  Directors  and of the  Executive  Committee.  He shall
preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Directors,  and shall keep in
close touch with the administration of the affairs of the Company,  shall advise
and  counsel  with the Vice  Chairman of the Board and the  President,  and with
other  executives  of the Company and shall do and perform  such other duties as
may from time to time be  assigned  to him by the Board of  Directors  or by the
Executive Committee.
     SECTION 3. The Vice  Chairman of the Board.  The Vice Chairman of the Board
shall be a member of the Board of  Directors  and the  Executive  Committee.  He
shall keep in close touch with the administration of the affairs of the Company,
shall advise and counsel with the Chairman of the Board and the  President,  and
with other executives of the Company, and shall do and perform such other duties
as may from time to time be  assigned  to him by the Board of  Directors  or the
Executive Committee.
     SECTION 4. The President.  The President  shall be a member of the Board of
Directors and of the Executive Committee.  He shall keep in close touch with the
administration of the affairs of the Company,  shall advise and counsel with the
Chairman  of the  Board  and the Vice  Chairman  of the  Board  and  with  other
executives  of the  Company,  and shall do and perform  such other duties as may
from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the  Executive
Committee.  In the  absence of the  Chairman of the Board,  he shall  preside at
meetings of the stockholders and of the Directors.
     SECTION 5. The Chief Executive  Officer.  Either the Chairman of the Board,
or the President,  as the Board of Directors may  designate,  shall be the Chief
Executive  Officer of the  Company.  The officer so  designated  shall have,  in
addition to the powers and duties  applicable  to the office set forth in either
Section 2 or 4 of this Article IV, general active  supervision over the business
and affairs of the Company and over its several officers, agents, and employees,
subject,  however,  to the  direction  and control of the Board or the Executive
Committee. The Chief Executive Officer shall see that all orders and resolutions
of the Board or the  Executive  Committee  are  carried  into  effect,  and,  in
general,  shall perform all duties  incident to the position of Chief  Executive
Officer and such other  duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board
or the Executive Committee.
     SECTION 6. The Executive Vice  Presidents.  The Executive  Vice  Presidents
shall keep in touch with the administration of the affairs of the Company, shall
advise and  counsel  with the  Chairman of the Board,  the Vice  Chairman of the
Board and with the President and with other executives of the Company, and shall
do and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by
the Board of Directors,  the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the
Vice Chairman of the Board, or the President.  In the absence of the Chairman of
the  Board,  the Vice  Chairman  of the  Board  and the  President,  the  senior
Executive Vice President shall preside at meetings of the stockholders.
     SECTION 7. The Senior Vice  Presidents.  Each Senior Vice  President  shall
have such powers as may be  conferred  upon him by the Board of  Directors,  and
shall  perform  such  duties as from time to time may be  assigned to him by the
Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman of the Board, or the President.
     SECTION 8. The Vice Presidents.  Each Vice President shall have such powers
as may be conferred  upon him by the Board of Directors,  and shall perform such
duties as from time to time may be  assigned  to him by the Board of  Directors,
the  Executive  Committee,  the Chairman of the Board,  the Vice Chairman of the
Board, or the President.
     SECTION 9. The General  Counsel.  The General  Counsel shall have charge of
all the legal  affairs of the Company and shall  exercise  supervision  over its
contract relations.

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     SECTION  10. The  Secretary.  The  Secretary  shall keep the minutes of all
meetings of the  stockholders  and the Board of Directors in books  provided for
the  purpose.  He shall  attend to the giving and serving of all notices for the
Company.  He shall sign with the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the
Board, the President,  and Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President, or
a Vice  President,  such  contracts as may require his  signature,  and shall in
proper cases affix the seal of the Company thereto.  He shall have charge of the
certificate  books and such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may
direct.  He shall sign with the Chairman of the Board, the President,  or a Vice
President  certificates of stock, and he shall in general perform all the duties
incident to the Office of  Secretary,  subject to the control of the Board,  and
shall  perform  such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by
the Board of Directors,  the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the
Vice Chairman of the Board,  or the President.  Any Assistant  Secretary may, in
his own  name,  perform  any duty of the  Secretary,  when so  requested  by the
Secretary or in the absence of that officer,  and may perform such duties as may
be prescribed by the Board. In the absence of the Secretary and of all Assistant
Secretaries,  minutes  of any  meetings  may be kept  by a  Secretary  pro  tem,
appointed for that purpose by the presiding officer.
     SECTION 11. The Treasurer.  The Treasurer  shall have charge and custody of
and be  responsible  for all the funds and  securities  of the Company,  and may
invest  the  same  in any  securities  as may be  permitted  by  law;  designate
depositories  in which all  monies  and  other  valuables  to the  credit of the
Company may be deposited;  render to the Board,  or any committee  designated by
the Board,  whenever the Board or such committee may require,  an account of all
transactions  as Treasurer;  and in general perform all the duties of the office
of  Treasurer  and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the
Chairman  of the Board,  the Vice  Chairman  of the Board,  the  President,  the
officer of the Company who may be designated  Chief Financial  Officer,  and the
Board of Directors.  In case one or more Assistant Treasurers be appointed,  the
Treasurer  may  delegate  to them the  authority  to perform  such duties as the
Treasurer may determine.
     SECTION  12.  The  Comptroller.  The  Comptroller  shall  be the  principal
accounting officer of the corporation;  shall have charge of the Company's books
of accounts,  records and  auditing,  shall ensure that the  necessary  internal
controls  exist  within the  Company to provide  reasonable  assurance  that the
Company's  assets are safeguarded and that financial  records are maintained and
publicly disclosed in accordance with generally accepted accounting  principles;
and in general  perform all the duties incident to the office of Comptroller and
such other  duties as from time to time may be assigned  by the  Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, the officer of the Company
who may be designated Chief Financial  Officer,  and the Board of Directors.  In
case one or more  Assistant  Comptrollers  be  appointed,  the  Comptroller  may
delegate to them such duties as the Comptroller may determine.
     SECTION  13. The General Tax  Counsel.  The General Tax Counsel  shall have
charge of all the tax affairs of the Company.
     SECTION 14. Tenure of Officers:  Removal. All officers elected or appointed
by the Board shall hold office until their successor is elected or appointed and
qualified,  or until their  earlier  resignation  or removal.  All such officers
shall  be  subject  to  removal,  with  or  without  cause,  at any  time by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board.

                                   ARTICLE V.
                                Indemnification.

     SECTION 1. Right to  Indemnification.  The Company shall indemnify,  defend
and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any  threatened,  pending  or  completed  action,  suit or  proceeding,
whether  civil,  criminal,  administrative,  investigative  or other,  including
appeals, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee
of the  Company,  or is or  was  serving  at the  request  of the  Company  as a
director,  officer or employee of any corporation,  partnership,  joint venture,
trust or other  enterprise,  including  service with respect to employee benefit
plans,  whether the basis of such  proceeding  is alleged  action in an official
capacity as a  director,  officer or  employee  or in any other  capacity  while
serving as a director,  officer or employee, to the fullest extent authorized by
the Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, as the same exists or may  hereafter be
amended,  (but, in the case of any such amendment,  only to the extent that such
amendment  permits the Company to provide  broader  indemnification  rights than
said Law permitted the Company to provide prior to such  amendment)  against all
expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA
excise  taxes  or  penalties  and  amounts  paid or to be  paid  in  settlement)
reasonably  incurred  or  suffered  by  such  person  in  connection  therewith;
provided,  however,  that except as provided in Section 2 hereof with respect to
proceedings  seeking to enforce  rights to  indemnification,  the Company  shall
indemnify  any  such  person  seeking   indemnification  in  connection  with  a
proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the proceeding (or
part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company.
     The right to indemnification  conferred in this Article shall be a contract
right and shall include the right to be paid by the Company expenses incurred in
defending  any such  proceeding in advance of its final  disposition;  provided,
however,  that if  required by law at the time of such  payment,  the payment of
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officer in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other  capacity
in which  service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer,
including,  without limitation,  service to an employee benefit plan) in advance
of the final disposition of such proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to
the Company of an  undertaking,  by or on behalf of such  director or officer to
repay all amounts so advanced if it should be  determined  ultimately  that such
director or officer is not  entitled  to be  indemnified  under this  Section or
otherwise.
     "Employee."  as used  herein,  includes  both  an  active  employee  in the
Company's  service as well as a retired employee who is or has been a party to a
written  agreement  under  which he might be, or might  have been  obligated  to
render services to the Company.
     SECTION 2. Right of Claimant to Bring Suit.  If a claim under  Section 1 is
not paid in full by the  Company  within  sixty days or, in cases of advances of
expenses,  twenty days,  after a written claim has been received by the Company,
the  claimant  may at any time  thereafter  bring suit  against  the  Company to
recover the unpaid  amount of the claim and, if  successful in whole or in part,
the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of  prosecuting  such
claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to
enforce a claim for expenses  incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of
its final  disposition  where the required  undertaking has been tendered to the
Company)  that the claimant has not met the  standards of conduct  which make it
permissible  under the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law for the  Company  to
indemnify  the claimant for the amount  claimed,  but the burden of proving such
defense shall be on the Company.  Neither the failure of the Company  (including
its Board of Directors,  independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have
made  a   determination   prior  to  the   commencement   of  such  action  that
indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she
has met the  applicable  standard of conduct set forth in the  Delaware  General
Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board
of Directors,  independent legal counsel or its stockholders)  that the claimant
had not met such  applicable  standard  of  conduct,  shall be a defense  to the
action or create a presumption that claimant had not met the applicable standard
of conduct.  The Company  shall be  precluded  from  asserting  in any  judicial
proceeding   commenced   pursuant  to  this  Article  that  the  procedures  and
presumptions  of this Article are not valid,  binding and  enforceable and shall
stipulate in any such proceeding that the Company is bound by all the provisions
of this Article.
     SECTION 3.  Non-Exclusivity and Survival.  The right to indemnification and
the payment of expenses  incurred in  defending a  proceeding  in advance of its
final disposition conferred in this Article (a) shall apply to acts or omissions
antedating the adoption of this by-law, (b) shall be severable, (c) shall not be
exclusive of other rights to which any director,  officer or employee may now or
hereafter  be entitled,  (d) shall  continue as to a person who has ceased to be
such  director,  officer or  employee  and (e) shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

                                   ARTICLE VI.
                                 Capital Stock.

     SECTION 1. Form and Execution of  Certificates.  The certificates of shares
of the capital  stock of the Company  shall be in such form as shall be approved
by the Board. The certificates shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, or a Vice President, and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
     Section 2. Certificates to be Entered.  Certificates shall be consecutively
numbered,  and the names of the  owners,  the  number of shares  and the date of
issue, shall be entered in the books of the Company.
     SECTION 3. Old  Certificates to be Canceled.  Except in the case of lost or
destroyed  certificates,  and  in  that  case  only  upon  performance  of  such
conditions as the Board may  prescribe,  no new  certificate  shall be issued in
lieu of a former  certificate  until  such  former  certificate  shall have been
surrendered and canceled.
     Section 4.  Transfer of Shares.  Shares  shall be  transferred  only on the
books of the Company by a holder thereof in person or by his attorney  appointed
in writing,  upon the  surrender and  cancellation  of  certificates  for a like
number of shares.
     SECTION 5. Regulations. The Board may make such rules and regulations as it
may  deem  expedient   concerning  the  issue,   transfer  and  registration  of
certificates of stock of the Company.
     Section 6.  Registrar.  The Board may appoint a registrar of transfers  and
may require all certificates to bear the signature of such registrar.
     SECTION 7. Closing of Transfer Books. If deemed expedient by the Board, the
stock  books  and  transfer  books  may  be  closed  for  the  meetings  of  the
stockholders,  or for other  purposes,  during such periods as from time to time
may be  fixed  by  the  Board,  and  during  such  periods  no  stock  shall  be
transferable on said books.
     SECTION 8. Dates of Record. If deemed expedient by the Board, the Directors
may fix in advance,  a date,  not  exceeding 60 days  preceding  the date of any
meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date
for the  allotment  of  rights,  or the date when any  change or  conversion  or
exchange  of  capital  stock  shall go into  effect,  as a  record  date for the
determination  of the  stockholders  entitled  to notice of, and to vote at, any
such meeting or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or to any such
allotment  of rights,  or to exercise  the rights in respect of any such change,
conversion or exchange of capital stock, and in such case only such stockholders

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as shall be  stockholders  of record on the date so fixed  shall be  entitled to
such  notice of, and to vote at,  such  meeting,  or to receive  payment of such
dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as
the case may be,  notwithstanding  any transfer of any stock on the books of the
Company after any such record date fixed as aforesaid.
     SECTION 9. Rights to Purchase  Securities.  The Company shall not,  without
either the prior  approval  of a  majority  of the total  number of shares  then
issued and  outstanding  and entitled to vote or the receipt by the Company of a
favorable  opinion  issued by a nationally  recognized  investment  banking firm
designated by the Committee of Equity Security Holders of Texaco Inc.  appointed
in the  Company's  jointly  administered  chapter 11 case in the  United  States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern  District of New York or its last chairman (or
his  designee) to the effect that the  proposed  issuance is fair from a finance
point of view to the  stockholders  of the  Company  issue  to its  stockholders
generally  (i) any  warrant  or other  right to  purchase  any  security  of the
Company,  any  successor  thereto  or any  other  person  or  entity or (ii) any
security of the Company  containing  any such right to purchase,  which warrant,
right or security (a) is  exercisable,  exchangeable  or  convertible,  based or
conditioned  in whole or in part on (I) a change of  control  of the  Company or
(II) the owning or holding of any number or percentage of outstanding  shares or
voting  power or any offer to  acquire  any  number of shares or  percentage  of
voting power by any entity,  individual or group of entities and/or  individuals
or (b) discriminates among holders of the same class of securities (or the class
of securities for which such warrant or right is exercisable or exchangeable) of
the Company or any successor thereto.  The affirmative vote of the holders of at
least a majority of the then outstanding  shares of capital stock of the Company
voting  generally  in the  election of  Directors,  voting  together as a single
class, shall be required to repeal the foregoing provisions.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                                   Fair Price.

     A.  Vote Required for Certain Business Combinations.
         1.   Higher Vote for Certain Business  Combinations. In addition to any
     affirmative vote required by law  or  the Certificate of Incorporation, and
     except as otherwise expressly provided in Section B of this Article VII:
              a. any merger or  consolidation  of the Company or any  Subsidiary
         (as  hereinafter  defined)  with  (i) any  Interested  Stockholder  (as
         hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other person (whether or not itself an
         Interested Stockholder) which is, or after such merger or consolidation
         would  be, an  Affiliate  (as  hereinafter  defined)  of an  Interested
         Stockholder; or
              b. any sale, lease, exchange,  mortgage, pledge, transfer or other
         disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or with
         any   Interested   Stockholder  or  any  Affiliate  of  any  Interested
         Stockholder  of any assets of the Company or any  Subsidiary  having an
         aggregate Fair Market Value of $100 million or more; or
              c. the issuance or transfer by the Company or any  Subsidiary  (in
         one transaction or a series of  transactions)  of any securities of the
         Company  or  any  Subsidiary  to  any  Interested  Stockholder  or  any
         Affiliate  of  any   Interested   Stockholder  in  exchange  for  cash,
         securities  or other  property  (or a  combination  thereof)  having an
         aggregate Fair Market Value of $100 million or more; or
              d.  the adoption of any plan  or  proposal for the  liquidation or
         dissolution  of the Company  proposed by or on behalf of  an Interested
         Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder; or
              e. any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock
         split),  or   recapitalization   of  the  Company,  or  any  merger  or
         consolidation  of the Company with any of its Subsidiaries or any other
         transaction  (whether  or not with or into or  otherwise  involving  an
         Interested  Stockholder) which has the effect,  directly or indirectly,
         of increasing the proportionate  share of the outstanding shares of any
         class  of  equity  or  convertible  securities  of the  Company  or any
         Subsidiary  which is directly  or  indirectly  owned by any  Interested
         Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder;
shall require the affirmative  vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting
power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to
vote  generally  in the  election of  Directors  (the  "Voting  Stock"),  voting
together  as a single  class  (it being  understood  that for  purposes  of this
Article  VII,  each  share of the  Voting  Stock  shall have the number of votes
granted to it pursuant to Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation).  Such
affirmative vote shall be required  notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be
required,  or  that  a  lesser  percentage  may be  specified,  by law or in any
agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise.
         2.   Definition   of   "Business   Combination".   The  term  "Business
     Combination"  as used  in  this  Article  VII shall  mean  any  transaction
     which  is  referred  to  in  any  one or more of clauses (a) through (e) of
     paragraph 1 of this Section A.
     B.  When Higher Vote is Not Required.  The  provisions of Section A of this
Article VII shall not be applicable to any particular Business Combination,  and
such  Business  Combination  shall  require  only  such  affirmative  vote as is
required by law and any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, if all of
the conditions specified in either of the following paragraphs 1 and 2 are met:

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         1.   Approval  by  Disinterested  Directors.  The  Business Combination
     shall have been approved by a majority of  the Disinterested  Directors (as
     hereinafter defined).
         2.   Price and Procedure  Requirements. All of the following conditions
     shall have been met:
              a. The  aggregate  amount of the cash to be received  per share by
         holders of Common Stock in such Business  Combination shall be at least
         equal to the higher of the following:
                  (i) (if applicable) the highest per share price (including any
              brokerage  commissions,  transfer  taxes and  soliciting  dealers'
              fees) paid by the Interested  Stockholder for any shares of Common
              Stock  acquired by it (a) within the two-year  period  immediately
              prior to the first publication announcement of the proposal of the
              Business  Combination  (the  "Announcement  Date")  or  (b) in the
              transaction   in  which  it  became  an  Interested   Stockholder,
              whichever is higher; and
                  (ii) the Fair  Market  Value per share of Common  Stock on the
              Announcement   Date  or  on  the  date  on  which  the  Interested
              Stockholder became an Interested  Stockholder (such latter date is
              referred  to in this  Article  VII as the  "Determination  Date"),
              whichever  is higher.
              b. The  aggregate  amount of the cash to be received  per share by
         holders  of  shares of  any  other  class of  outstanding Voting  Stock
         shall  be at least  equal to  the  highest of the  following  (it being
         intended that the  requirements of this paragraph 2b shall be  required
         to be met with  respect  to every class of  outstanding  Voting  Stock,
         whether or  not the  Interested  Stockholder  has  previously  acquired
         any shares of a particular class of Voting Stock):
                  (i) (if applicable) the highest per share price (including any
              brokerage  commissions,  transfer  taxes and  soliciting  dealers'
              fees) paid by the  Interested  Stockholder  for any shares of such
              class of Voting  Stock  acquired  by it (a)  within  the  two-year
              period  immediately  prior to the Announcement  Date or (b) in the
              transaction   in  which  it  became  an  Interested   Stockholder,
              whichever is higher;
                  (ii) (if applicable) the highest preferential amount per share
              to which the  holders of shares of such class of Voting  Stock are
              entitled in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
              dissolution or winding up of the Company; and
                  (iii)  the Fair Market Value per share of such class of Voting
              Stock on  the  Announcement  Date  or on  the Determination  Date,
              whichever is higher.
              c.  The  consideration  to be received by holders of a  particular
         class of  outstanding  Voting  Stock  (including  Common  Stock)  shall
         be in  cash.  The  price  determined  in  accordance  with   paragraphs
         2a and 2b of this Section B shall be subject to appropriate  adjustment
         in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination  of shares
         or similar event.
              d.  After such  Interested  Stockholder  has become an  Interested
         Stockholder and prior to the consummation of such Business Combination:
         (i) except as approved by a majority  of the  Disinterested  Directors,
         there shall have been no failure to declare and pay at the regular date
         therefor any full quarterly  dividends  (whether or not  cumulative) on
         the  outstanding  Preferred  Stock;  (ii) there  shall have been (a) no
         reduction  in the annual  rate of  dividends  paid on the Common  Stock
         (except as necessary to reflect any  subdivision  of the Common Stock),
         except as approved by a majority of the  Disinterested  Directors,  and
         (b) an  increase  in such  annual rate of  dividends  as  necessary  to
         reflect  any  reclassification  (including  any reverse  stock  split),
         recapitalization,  reorganization or any similar  transaction which has
         the effect of reducing the number of  outstanding  shares of the Common
         Stock unless the failure so to increase such annual rate is approved by
         a majority of the  Disinterested  Directors;  and (iii) such Interested
         Stockholder   shall  have  not  become  the  beneficial  owner  of  any
         additional  shares of Voting  Stock  except as part of the  transaction
         which  results in such  Interested  Stockholder  becoming an Interested
         Stockholder.
              e.  After such  Interested  Stockholder  has become an  Interested
         Stockholder,  such Interested  Stockholder  shall not have received the
         benefit,   directly  or  indirectly   (except   proportionately   as  a
         stockholder),  of any  loans,  advances,  guarantees,  pledges or other
         financial  assistance  or any  tax  credits  or  other  tax  advantages
         provided by the Company,  whether in  anticipation  of or in connection
         with such Business Combination or otherwise.
              f. A  proxy  or  information  statement  describing  the  proposed
         Business  Combination  and  complying  with  the  requirements  of  the
         Securities   Exchange  Act  of  1934  and  the  rules  and  regulations
         thereunder (or any subsequent  provisions  replacing such Act, rules or
         regulations)  shall be mailed to public  stockholders of the Company at
         least 30 days prior to the  consummation  of such Business  Combination
         (whether or not such proxy or  information  statement is required to be
         mailed pursuant to such Act or subsequent provisions).
     C. Vote  Required for Certain Stock  Repurchases.  In addition to any other
requirement of the Certificate of  Incorporation,  the  affirmative  vote of the
holders  of  at  least  50%  of  the  Voting  Stock  (other  than  Voting  Stock
beneficially owned by a Selling Stockholder (as hereinafter defined)),  shall be
required before the Company purchases any outstanding  shares of Common Stock at
a price above the Market Price (as  hereinafter  defined) from a person actually
known by the Company to be a Selling Stockholder, unless the purchase is made by
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same terms and as a result of an offer made  generally  to all holders of Common
Stock or (b) pursuant to statutory appraisal rights.
         D.   Certain Definitions.  For the purpose of this Article VII:
              1.  A  "person" shall  mean  any  individual, firm, corporation or
         other entity.
              2.  "Interested Stockholder" shall mean any person (other than the
         Company or any Subsidiary) who or which:
                  a.  is the beneficial owner,  directly or indirectly,  of more
              than 20% of the voting power of the outstanding  Voting  Stock; or
                  b.  is  an  Affiliate  of the Company  and at any time  within
              the  two-year  period  immediately  prior to the date in  question
              was the  beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,  of 20% or more
              of the voting power of the then  outstanding  Voting Stock; or
                  c. is an assignee of or has otherwise  succeeded to any shares
              of Voting Stock which were at any time within the two-year  period
              immediately  prior to the date in question  beneficially  owned by
              any Interested Stockholder, if such assignment or succession shall
              have  occurred  in  the  course  of a  transaction  or  series  of
              transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of
              the  Securities  Act of 1933.  
              3. A person shall be a  "beneficial owner" of any Voting Stock:
                  a.  which such person or any  of  its Affiliates or Associates
             (as hereinafter  defined)  beneficially  owns directly or
              indirectly; or
                  b. which such person or any of its  Affiliates  or  Associates
              has (i) the right to acquire  (whether  such right is  exercisable
              immediately  or only after the  passage of time),  pursuant to any
              agreement,  arrangement or  understanding  or upon the exercise of
              conversion  rights,  exchange  rights,  warrants  or  options,  or
              otherwise,  or (ii) the right to vote  pursuant to any  agreement,
              arrangement or understanding; or
                  c.  which are  beneficially  owned, directly or indirectly, by
              any other person with  which such person or any of its  Affiliates
              or Associates has any agreement,  arrangement or understanding for
              the  purpose  of  acquiring,  holding, voting or  disposing of any
              shares of Voting Stock.
              4.  For  the   purposes  of  determining  whether  a  person is an
         Interested  Stockholder  pursuant  to  paragraph 2 of this  Section  D,
         the  number  of  shares  of  Voting  Stock  deemed  to  be  outstanding
         shall include  shares deemed owned through  application of  paragraph 3
         of this  Section D but shall not  include any other  shares  which  may
         be issuable  pursuant to any agreement,  arrangement or  understanding,
         or  upon  exercise  of  conversion  rights,  warrants  or   options, or
         otherwise.
              5. "Affiliate" or "Associate"  shall have the respective  meanings
         ascribed  to  such  terms  in  Rule  12b-2  of the  General  Rules  and
         Regulations under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on
         January 1, 1988.
              6.  "Subsidiary"  means any corporation of which a majority of any
         class of equity  security  is owned,  directly  or  indirectly,  by the
         Company; provided,  however, that for the purposes of the definition of
         Interested  Stockholder set forth in paragraph 2 of this Section D, the
         term "Subsidiary"  shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of
         each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly,  by the
         Company.
              7.  "Disinterested  Director"  means  any  member  of the Board of
         Directors who is unaffiliated with the Interested Stockholder and was a
         member of the Board of Directors  prior to the time that the Interested
         Stockholder  became an Interested  Stockholder,  and any successor of a
         Disinterested   Director  who  is  unaffiliated   with  the  Interested
         Stockholder and is recommended to succeed a Disinterested Director by a
         majority of Disinterested Directors then on the Board of Directors.
              8. "Fair  Market  Value"  means (a) in the case of the stock,  the
         highest  closing  sale  price  during  the  30-day  period  immediately
         preceding  the  date in  question  of a  share  of  such  stock  on the
         Composite Tape for the New York Stock  Exchange-Listed  Stocks,  or, if
         such  stock is not listed on such  Exchange,  on the  principal  United
         States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act
         of 1934 on which such stock is listed,  or, if such stock is not listed
         on any such exchange, the highest closing bid quotation with respect to
         a share of such stock during the 30-day  period  preceding  the date in
         question  on the  National  Association  of  Securities  Dealers,  Inc.
         Automated  Quotations  System or any system  then in use, or if no such
         quotations are available, the fair market value on the date in question
         of a share of such stock as  determined  by the Board of  Directors  in
         good faith;  and (b) in the case of property  other than cash or stock,
         the fair  market  value of such  property  on the date in  question  as
         determined by a majority of the Disinterested Directors.
              9.  "Selling  Stockholder"  means any  person  who or which is the
         beneficial  owner of in the aggregate  more than 1% of the  outstanding
         shares of Common  Stock  and who or which  has  purchased  or agreed to
         purchase any of such shares within the most recent  two-year period and
         who sells or proposes to sell Common Stock in a  transaction  requiring
         the affirmative vote provided for in Section C of this Article VII.
              10.  "Market  Price" means the highest sale price on or during the
         period of five trading days immediately  preceding the date in question
         of a share of such  stock  on the  Composite  Tape  for New York  Stock
         Exchange-

                                     * 9 *

<PAGE>

         Listed  Stock,  or  if  such  stock  is  not  quoted  on  the Composite
         Tape on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if such stock is not listed on
         such  Exchange,  on the  principal  United States  securities  exchange
         registered  under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 on which  such
         stock is listed,  or, if such stock is not listed on any such exchange,
         the highest  closing bid quotation  with respect to a share of stock on
         or during the period of five trading  days  immediately  preceding  the
         date in question on the National  Association  of  Securities  Dealers,
         Inc.  Automated  Quotations  System or any system then in use, or if no
         such  quotations  are  available,  the fair market value on the date in
         question  of a share of such stock as  determined  by a majority of the
         Disinterested Directors.
     E. Powers of the Board of Directors. A majority of the Directors shall have
the power and duty to  determine  for the  purposes of this  Article VII, on the
basis of  information  known to them after  reasonable  inquiry,  (1)  whether a
person is an  Interested  Stockholder,  (2) the number of shares of Voting Stock
beneficially  owned by any  person,  (3)  whether  a person is an  Affiliate  or
Associate  of  another,  (4)  whether  the assets  which are the  subject of any
Business  Combination have, or the consideration to be received for the issuance
or  transfer of  securities  by the Company or any  Subsidiary  in any  Business
Combination  has, an  aggregate  Fair Market  Value of $100  million or more.  A
majority of the  Directors  shall have the further power to interpret all of the
terms and provisions of this Article VII.
     F. No Effect on Fiduciary Obligations of Interested  Stockholders.  Nothing
contained  in this  Article VII shall be  construed  to relieve  any  Interested
Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.
     G. Amendment,  Repeal,  etc.  Notwithstanding  any other  provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws (and notwithstanding the fact that
a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these  by-laws)  the  affirmative  vote of the holders of at least a majority of
then outstanding  shares of capital stock of the Company voting generally in the
election of  Directors,  voting  together as a single class shall be required to
repeal the foregoing provisions of this Article VII.

                                  ARTICLE VIII.
                                      Seal.

     The seal of the Company  shall be in circular form  containing  the name of
the Company around the margin,  with a five pointed star in the center embodying
a capital "T".

                                   ARTICLE IX.
                               By-Law Amendments.

     Subject  to the  provisions  of the  Certificate  of  Incorporation,  these
by-laws  may be  altered,  amended or  repealed  at any  regular  meeting of the
stockholders (or at any special meeting thereof duly called for that purpose) by
a majority vote of the shares  represented and entitled to vote at such meeting;
provided that in the notice of such special meeting notice of such purpose shall
be given.  Subject  to the laws of the State of  Delaware,  the  Certificate  of
Incorporation and these by-laws,  the Board of Directors may by majority vote of
those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present  amend these  by-laws,
or enact  such other  by-laws  as in their  judgment  may be  advisable  for the
regulation of the conduct of the affairs of the Company.

                                    ---------

     I, .....Robert E. Koch......... Assistant Secretary of Texaco Inc.,
a Delaware  corporation,  do hereby  certify  that the above and  foregoing is a
true  and  correct copy of the by-laws of said Company as amended to January 24,
1997 and now in effect.

Dated Harrison, N.Y March 27, 1997                .........R.E. Koch..........
                                                       Assistant Secretary

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                                                                      EXHIBIT 11
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                      TEXACO INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
                COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
              FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1995 AND 1994
                 (Millions of dollars, except per share amounts)


Primary Net Income Per Common Share                                        1996            1995             1994
- -----------------------------------                                        ----            ----             ----
<S>                                                                       <C>              <C>             <C>    
     Net income from continuing operations, before
         cumulative effect of accounting change                           $ 2,018          $   728         $   979

     Net loss from discontinued operations                                     --               --             (69)

     Cumulative effect of accounting change                                    --             (121)             --
                                                                          -------          -------         -------
     Net income                                                             2,018              607             910

         Less: Preferred stock dividend requirements                          (58)             (60)            (91)
                                                                          -------          -------         -------

     Primary net income available for common stock                        $ 1,960          $   547         $   819
                                                                          =======          =======         =======
     Average number of primary common shares outstanding
         for computation of earnings per share (thousands)                260,717          259,983         258,813
                                                                          =======          =======         =======
     Primary net income per common share                                  $  7.52          $  2.10         $  3.17
                                                                          =======          =======         =======

Fully Diluted Net Income Per Common Share


     Net income                                                           $ 2,018          $   607         $   910

         Less: Preferred stock dividend requirements of
                non-dilutive and anti-dilutive issues and
                adjustments to net income associated with
                dilutive securities                                           (24)             (60)            (90)
                                                                          -------          -------         -------
     Fully diluted net income                                             $ 1,994          $   547         $   820
                                                                          =======          =======         =======
     Average number of primary common shares outstanding
         for computation of earnings per share (thousands)                260,717          259,983         258,813

     Additional  shares   outstanding   assuming  full  conversion  of  
         dilutive convertible securities into common stock (thousands):
              Convertible debentures                                          145              147             148
              Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock                     9,438               --              --
              Other                                                           612              408              69
                                                                          -------          -------         -------
     Average number of fully diluted common
         shares outstanding for computation of
         earnings per share (thousands)                                   270,912          260,538         259,030
                                                                          =======          =======         =======
     Fully diluted net income per common share                            $  7.36          $  2.10         $  3.17
                                                                          =======          =======         =======

</TABLE>


                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
                OF TEXACO ON A TOTAL ENTERPRISE BASIS (UNAUDITED)
             FOR EACH OF THE FIVE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996 (a)
                            (in millions of dollars)


                                                                            Years Ended December 31,

                                                               1996       1995        1994      1993     1992
                                                               ----       ----        ----      ----     ----
<S>                                                           <C>        <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>   
Income from continuing operations,  before provision or
   benefit for income taxes and cumulative effect of
   accounting changes effective 1-1-92 and 1-1-95........     $4,215     $1,201     $1,409    $1,392    $1,707
Dividends from less than 50% owned companies
   more or (less) than equity in net income..............         (4)         1        (1)        (8)      (9)
Minority interest in net income..........................         72         54         44        17        18
Previously capitalized interest charged to
   income during the period..............................         27         33         29        33        30
                                                              ------     ------     ------    ------    ------
        Total earnings...................................      4,310      1,289      1,481     1,434     1,746
                                                              ------     ------     ------    ------    ------
Fixed charges:
   Items charged to income:
     Interest charges....................................        551        614        594       546       551
     Interest factor attributable to operating
          lease rentals..................................        129        110        118        91        94
     Preferred stock dividends of subsidiaries
          guaranteed by Texaco Inc.......................         35         36         31         4        --
                                                              ------     ------     ------    ------    ------
        Total items charged to income....................        715        760        743       641       645

   Interest capitalized..................................         16         28         21        57       109
   Interest on ESOP debt guaranteed by Texaco Inc........         10         14         14        14        18
                                                              ------     ------     ------    ------    ------
        Total fixed charges..............................        741        802        778       712       772
                                                              ------     ------     ------    ------    ------
Earnings available for payment of fixed charges..........     $5,025     $2,049     $2,224    $2,075    $2,391
   (Total earnings + Total items charged to income)           ======     ======     ======    ======    ======

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges of Texaco
   on a total enterprise basis...........................       6.79       2.55       2.86      2.91      3.10
                                                              ======     ======     ======    ======    ======


<FN>
(a)  Excludes discontinued operations.

</FN>
</TABLE>


                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.2



                    DEFINITIONS OF SELECTED FINANCIAL RATIOS



CURRENT RATIO

        Current assets divided by current liabilities.

RETURN ON AVERAGE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

        Net   income   divided   by  average   stockholders'   equity.   Average
        stockholders'  equity is  computed  using  the  average  of the  monthly
        stockholders' equity balances.

RETURN ON AVERAGE CAPITAL EMPLOYED

        Net income  plus  minority  interest  plus  after-tax  interest  expense
        divided  by average  capital  employed.  Capital  employed  consists  of
        stockholders' equity, total debt and minority interest.  Average capital
        employed is computed on a four-quarter average basis.

TOTAL DEBT TO TOTAL BORROWED AND INVESTED CAPITAL

        Total debt,  including capital lease obligations,  divided by total debt
        plus minority interest liability and stockholders' equity.

                                                                      EXHIBIT 13

EXPLORATION
AND PRODUCTION

ITEM A1
Exploration and
Production -- Total
Operating Earnings
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A1.]



TEXACO'S UPSTREAM  OPERATIONS form the foundation for our growth strategies as a
financially  successful  energy  company in the 21st  century.  Our  dynamic and
balanced asset  portfolio is comprised of exploration  and/or  production  (E&P)
activities in 25 countries on six continents.

As we align our  worldwide E&P  businesses to become more nimble and  efficient,
our strategies  remain  constant:  extract maximum value from our core producing
assets; leverage technology and alliances; and invest in growth opportunities to
increase shareholder value.

     Between  1997 and 2001,  Texaco  plans to spend  65% of our  $24.3  billion
capital and  exploratory  budget on upstream  activities to grow  production and
seize new opportunities.

     Higher oil and natural  gas prices,  growth in  worldwide  production,  and
rigorous  expense  control  contributed to increased 1996 upstream  performance.
Total  upstream  operating  earnings  increased 153% over the previous year, and
worldwide  production rose 3% over 1995. We replaced  worldwide combined liquids
and gas  production  at a rate of 113% and  continued to grow our asset base for
the future.

     Increased  exploratory  activity and lease  acquisitions in 1996 raised our
per-barrel  finding and development  costs to $4.89. For the three-year  period,
1994-1996,  our costs were a competitive  $3.89. We lowered 1996 lease operating
expenses per barrel of oil equivalent from $4.01 to $3.96.

     To continue the strong 1996  performance of our upstream units and to drive
our growth  strategies,  we have reorganized our upstream  operations and formed
the Worldwide  Exploration and Production unit,  effective January 1, 1997. With
four key units - Exploration, North America Production, International Production
and New Business  Development - the global team is dedicated to identifying  new
opportunities and squeezing more value out of our core assets through technology
and cost efficiencies.

PROFITABLE PRODUCTION LEADS U.S. UPSTREAM EARNINGS RECORDS

Texaco's U.S. upstream operations earned a record $1.1 billion, helped by strong
oil and gas prices,  production growth and continuing expense control. Return on
capital employed rose from 15% in 1995 to 24% in 1996.

     In the U.S., we produced  667,000 barrels of oil equivalent  daily in 1996,
2.5% above 1995 levels.  Our daily  increase of 16,000 barrels of

                           Exploration and Production

                                       12

<PAGE>

ITEM A2
Major projects onshore Louisiana & Gulf of Mexico

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A2.]


ITEM A3
Lease Operating
Expenses -- U.S.
COST PER BARREL OF OIL EXTRACTED

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A3.]



oil equivalent ranked among the best of our peer companies.

     Higher oil prices and  technology  triggered an  industry-wide  increase in
upstream  activity in 1996.  Despite  the rising  cost of rig  leases,  fuel and
services,  Texaco  continued to contain  costs  through  effective  teamwork and
alliances.  Since 1993,  we have lowered our U.S.  lease  operating  expenses by
$0.78 per barrel, exceeding our target of cutting $0.50 per barrel.

     Texaco people understand our goals and strategies.  Teamwork and technology
application,  combined with swift  execution of focused  plans,  contributed  to
results such as those in our New  Orleans-based  Onshore  Region.  There,  teams
added  new  value  to some of our  longest-producing  assets  by  designing  and
implementing  a program to revitalize  Texaco's  fields in the coastal waters of
Louisiana. Additional capital, better technologies and our multi-year investment
commitment  to revitalize  properties in Louisiana  have helped us pump more and
more oil out of these mature coastal fields.

     Using 3-D seismic  surveys and  improved  data-processing  techniques,  our
geoscientists  found large,  untapped reserves of hydrocarbons in several mature
fields in South Louisiana where we have well-established pipeline infrastructure
and gas  gathering  systems.  In 1996,  discovery of a new reservoir in our Lake
Barre field in  Terrebonne  Bay pushed Lake Barre's oil  production to a 15-year
high.

     For our Onshore Region,  the aggregate success of its teams has turned what
was a marginal business in 1994 into a major earnings contributor.

DRILLING MORE AND DRILLING DEEPER

[Call-out language appears top of page.]
Our aggressive lease-acquisition 
program in the deepwater 
Gulf of Mexico increased our 
acreage in this important area 
of exploration.

Beyond  the  Continental  Shelf in the Gulf of  Mexico,  we are  appraising  and
developing Petronius, Gemini and Fuji - three deepwater discoveries announced in
late 1995.  We also moved from fifth to third place in  deepwater  lease-acreage
position versus our competitors.  With the 1996 acquisition of 149 new leases in
water depths greater than 1,300 feet, we now have 271 exploratory  leases and 87
undrilled prospects in the Gulf.

     We expect to bring Texaco-operated Petronius (50% Texaco) onstream in early
1999,  with peak daily  production  rates of up to 60,000 barrels of oil and 100
million  cubic  feet of natural  gas,  less than four  years  after the  field's
initial discovery. Texaco teams, working side-by-side with our partner, Marathon
Oil, and contractors began  constructing the 1,870-foot  compliant tower for the
drilling  and  production  platform in more than 1,700 feet of water.  We expect
development work on another recent deepwater discovery,  Arnold, to be completed
in 1998.

     Our  alliance  strategy  has  helped  us  overcome  a hurdle  faced by many
competitors  in the  deepwater  Gulf: a drilling  rig shortage  created by heavy
demand for this equipment.


                           Exploration and Production

                                       13

<PAGE>


ITEM A4
Net Production of
Crude Oil -- Kern River
THOUSANDS OF BARRELS A DAY

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A4.]



Anticipating  the tight market for drilling  rigs,  we  contracted  with Diamond
Offshore Drilling, Inc., to upgrade an existing  semi-submersible  drilling rig,
outfitting  it for  drilling in water  depths of up to 4,500 feet.  The contract
gives us exclusive use of the rig, rechristened Ocean Star, for three years. The
rig will begin  drilling  delineation  wells on Texaco's  Fuji prospect in early
1997 to determine the extent of the  reserves.  The Ocean Star will enable us to
continue exploration of other high-potential deepwater prospects through the end
of the century.

LEADING TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES AND APPLICATIONS

[Call-out language appears top of this page.]
Our geoscientists, research  
scientists and engineers partner
with operating units throughout 
the company, applying
technology to business needs.

Technology alliances help us reduce costs and manage risk. As we share costs and
innovations with partners, our people focus on technology application.

     Project DeepStar,  for example, is helping the industry manage the risk and
minimize the costs of producing oil and gas in deep water.  In 1992,  Texaco led
DeepStar's  formation  as a  technology  consortium  of oil and  gas  companies,
vendors,  contractors  and  government  agencies.  DeepStar's  mission  is joint
technology development for producing hydrocarbon reserves in 3,000 to 6,000 feet
of water.

     We are  applying  DeepStar  advances in  drilling,  subsea  completion  and
production  systems in  developing  prospects  such as Gemini and Fuji - both in
water depths greater than 3,300 feet.  Following  successful tests on the Gemini
(60% Texaco) discovery well in 1996, we accelerated  development plans,  drawing
heavily on DeepStar  solutions to the problem of pushing oil and gas up a steep,
underwater slope to existing production platforms in the Continental Shelf area.
We began delineation drilling on Gemini in late 1996.

     Just as DeepStar finds solutions to industry-wide deepwater challenges, our
own Technology Division provides solutions when and where they are needed by our
operating  units.   Technology   solutions  are  shared  and  integrated  across
disciplines,  across  organizations  and  across  the globe.  For  example,  our
deepwater  exploration and  development  teams in the Gulf of Mexico draw on the
technology  and expertise of teams  working in the U.K.  North Sea and, in turn,
share DeepStar solutions with their Texaco colleagues in the U.K.

     At our 100-year-old Kern River field in California,  advances in steamflood
technology  increased 1996  production to 94,000 barrels of oil a day, up nearly
15% in the last two  years.  And we  continued  to  lower  per-barrel  operating
expenses.  Kern River exchanges technology applications with our affiliate-owned
Duri field in  Indonesia,  where  similar  methods of enhanced  oil recovery are
expected to increase total production to 330,000 barrels a day by 1999. Texaco's
share will be about 60,000 barrels daily.

     We also apply upstream technologies in downstream units. Several years ago,
Texaco  engineers  at Kern  River  designed  and  patented  a device  called the
SpliTigatorTM to solve hydraulic problems in the field's steamflood  operations.
This  system  delivers  the optimal  amounts of steam to move  Kern's  heavy oil
through the  reservoir.  In 1996,  we applied  this  innovation  to our Pembroke
refinery in Wales. Here, the SpliTigatorTM  solved a problem in distributing the
flow  of  hydrogen  and  oil in the  hydrotreater  unit,  thus  avoiding  costly
alternatives.

                           Exploration and Production

                                       14

<PAGE>

FAST-TRACKING  INTERNATIONAL
PRODUCTION


ITEM A5
Major projects in the North Sea

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A5.]


ITEM A6
Net Production of Crude
Oil and Natural 
Gas Liquids -- PNZ
THOUSANDS OF BARRELS A DAY

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A6.]



To reach our  near-term  growth  objectives  of  increasing  global  oil and gas
production  by some 50% by 2001 and doubling  Texaco's 1995 earnings by 2000, we
are extracting maximum value from current core producing assets such as those in
the North Sea,  Indonesia and the  Partitioned  Neutral Zone (PNZ) between Saudi
Arabia  and  Kuwait.  We also are  accelerating  development  of new  fields and
exercising continuous control over operating costs.

     In the U.K.  North Sea, we increased  production  up-time at our platforms,
improved  maintenance  practices and formed strategic alliances with contractors
and suppliers.  As a result, we reduced  per-barrel  lifting costs from $7.70 in
1990 to $4.92 in 1996.

     Cost efficiency and technology application drive our design of new projects
such  as the  Captain  field.  We have  applied  technologies  such as  electric
submersible pumps, horizontal drilling sections up to 6,000 feet, and a floating
production, storage and offloading vessel to drive down costs.

     Captain, with its accelerated  development program begun in late 1994, came
onstream in early 1997. We expect  Captain to pump 60,000 barrels a day of total
new production. The return on investment is expected to be about 25%.

     Other projects are bringing new and increased production onstream:

     o In the North Sea,  Texaco's  50%-owned  Erskine field uses  technology we
developed  for  producing   natural  gas  under   high-pressure/high-temperature
conditions in the Gulf of Mexico. Erskine is slated to be onstream in the fourth
quarter of 1997.  We expect new total daily  production of 85 million cubic feet
of gas and 22,000 barrels of condensate,  increasing to 95 million cubic feet of
gas in 1998.

     o An  accelerated,  phased  revitalization  program  in the PNZ is  raising
production  (50% Texaco) in this core asset area. We expect the overall  program
to increase  total daily  production of crude oil and natural gas liquids in the
PNZ to 300,000 barrels by 1999.

     o In Indonesia, our 50%-owned affiliate P.T. Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CPI)
is using  steamflood  technology  to  increase  the  Duri  field's  total  daily
production  from 280,000  barrels in 1996 to an anticipated  330,000  barrels in
1999.

     o In the  South  China  Sea,  the CACT  operating  consortium  - the  China
National Offshore Oil Company, Agip, Chevron and Texaco - raised 1996 production
to 99,000 barrels a day, of which Texaco's share is 16%. In 1996,  CACT also had
a new oil discovery in the Huizhou area in the Pearl River Mouth Basin.

     o Offshore Trinidad,  we increased  production and earnings in 1996. Coming
onstream in the first  quarter,  the Dolphin field (50% Texaco),  with its seven
wells,  was producing the daily contract rate of 87 million cubic feet of gas by
year-end.  Dolphin has 892 billion  cubic feet of gas  reserves,  and we plan to


                           Exploration and Production

                                       15

<PAGE>


ITEM A7
1996 Capital and
Exploratory
Expenditures --
Upstream
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A7.]


ITEM A8
1997 Planned Capital
and Exploratory
Expenditures --
Upstream
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A8.]


ITEM A9
Major projects in Colombia, Trinidad and Venezula

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A9.]



produce at a total daily peak rate of 275 million cubic feet by 2003.

     o  Colombia's  offshore  Guajira gas fields  (50%  Texaco)  also  increased
earnings  and were  producing  385 million  cubic feet per day by  year-end.  In
October, we completed  construction of a second platform,  Chuchupa-B,  where we
will leverage our expertise in horizontal  drilling.  Our  partnership  with the
national oil company, Ecopetrol, produces 75% of Colombia's gas from the Guajira
fields, and the second platform at Chuchupa allows us to increase  production to
meet growing demand.

     o In West  Africa,  the  addition of five new fields in Angola  during 1996
brought total  production  from the offshore  Angolan block that we operate (20%
Texaco) to 95,000  barrels a day, up from  59,000.  During  1996,  a  horizontal
drilling program raised total daily production from our Nigerian  interests (20%
Texaco) from 54,000 barrels to 69,000.

     Our longer-term  strategies for growth include accelerating the development
of  discovered  reserves  in  core  areas,  creating  alliances  and  leveraging
technologies.

     Offshore  northwest   Australia,   Texaco  is  a  partner  in  the  planned
development  of the giant  Gorgon,  Chrysaor and Dionysus gas fields,  which are
among the world's most  significant  recent natural gas  discoveries.  The three
fields can supply a two-train  liquefied  natural gas (LNG)  project to fuel the
rapidly  growing  natural gas market in the Pacific Rim. In 1997,  we will study
and consider our options to join in the planned expansion of the Northwest Shelf
joint  venture's  existing  LNG project or to develop a  grassroots  facility to
manufacture LNG from the three fields.

     Our Mariner prospect in the U.K. North Sea contains reserves of heavy crude
oil, similar to Captain,  and is part of Texaco's  corporate-wide  initiative to
commercialize  our extensive  reserves of heavy oil - crudes with high sulfur or
acid content or very high viscosity,  which require  enhancement in the refining
process.

     In  Venezuela,  we are  leveraging  our heavy-oil  expertise  through a 20%
interest  in a  partnership  with  ARCO,  Phillips  Petroleum  and  Corpoven - a
subsidiary of the national oil company.  In 1996, the partners  agreed to pursue
the  development  of  extra-heavy  crude oil in the Hamaca region of Venezuela's
oil-rich  Orinoco  Belt. We anticipate  initial  production  from the project in
1999. The partnership plans to transport Hamaca's  production to a new upgrading
plant on Venezuela's  Caribbean coast, where it will be processed into a lighter
crude and exported.

     In Russia, the Timan Pechora Company (TPC),  owned by Texaco,  Amoco, Exxon
and Norsk Hydro, moved closer to approval of a  production-sharing  agreement to
develop  reserves of the Timan  Pechora  Basin,  about 1,100 miles  northeast of
Moscow.  In  December,  TPC signed a protocol  with the  Russian  Federation  in
advance of submitting a draft production-sharing agreement to national and local
governments for final approval.  TPC has also agreed to a Russian  participation
of 20%.


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                                       16

<PAGE>

INVESTING IN HIGH-IMPACT
EXPLORATION

ITEM A10
Net Production of
Natural Gas Available
for Sale -- Latin America
MILLIONS OF CUBIC FEET A DAY

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A10.]



[Call-out language appears top of this page]
Texaco's global upstream  
portfolio -- backed by our strong  
balance sheet, financial
flexibility and focused strategies --
drives our value growth.

Our new global  exploration  unit is drilling wells,  assessing  discoveries and
acquiring  additional  acreage in areas we believe hold the most  potential  for
high-impact discoveries.

     Increasingly, our focus is outside the U.S. We are raising our expenditures
in exploration  activities by almost $120 million in 1997 to $499 million,  with
about 55% earmarked for the international  arena. Our 1997 drilling program will
more than double the number of exploratory  wells we drilled outside the U.S. in
1996. Highlights of our exploration program include:

     o Appraisal of Arnold, our latest deepwater Gulf of Mexico discovery, which
would add to our success at Fuji, Gemini and Petronius.

     o An extensive  drilling program in China and Southeast Asia, where we have
acreage in the Gulf of Thailand and in Bohai Bay, offshore  northeastern  China.
We are  delineating  our early 1997 gas  discovery  in the Gulf of Thailand  and
acquiring 3-D seismic data.  Onshore China, we continue  evaluating our holdings
in the Tarim and Sichuan Basins.

     o  Continued  exploration  in our core  area of West  Africa,  where we are
delineating 1996 oil and gas discoveries in Namibia, Nigeria and Angola. We plan
to use 3-D  visualization  techniques  and deepwater  drilling in the nearly two
million acres we acquired offshore Nigeria and Namibia in 1996.

     o Acceleration of our exploration  program in Colombia and Trinidad,  where
we plan to drill an exploratory well in the Middle Magdalena Valley of Colombia,
adjacent to recent  discoveries.  In  Trinidad,  we are  exploring  our existing
acreage and  enhancing our position  near our  currently  producing  Dolphin gas
field.

     o Evaluation of our acreage in the Atlantic Margin,  west of Great Britain,
an area with  significant  oil and gas  discoveries  that  could  become a major
producing region.


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MARKETING, MANUFACTURING
AND DISTRIBUTION

ITEM A11
Manufacturing, Marketing
and Distribution -- Total
Operating Earnings
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A11.]



TEXACO'S  DOWNSTREAM  BUSINESSES  turned  in mixed  results  in 1996,  while our
midstream continued to make significant contributions. In 1997, we will redouble
our  efforts  to  create  our  own  profitability.  To  meet  our  value  growth
objectives,  we will pursue downstream alliances,  become a low-cost refiner and
marketer and keep a tight grip on expense control.

In late 1996, we  restructured  our  downstream and midstream  organizations  to
strengthen core businesses and to focus on growth opportunities. These realigned
organizations  - Texaco  International  Marketing and  Manufacturing  and Global
Businesses - create value by forming alliances,  leveraging our global brand and
investing in new projects.  The new  structure  allows the units to share ideas,
technology and best practices in the execution of their strategies.

     The Global  Businesses unit will  coordinate a range of Texaco's  worldwide
operations,  which include our U.S. Downstream Operations,  Caltex and Worldwide
Lubricants.  The  unit's  International  Aviation  Sales  and  Fuel  and  Marine
Marketing groups supply marine and aviation products to customers worldwide.

RISING PROFITS IN THE U.S. DOWNSTREAM

Higher  crude oil prices  provided a  significant  challenge  to our  downstream
business in 1996.  But we achieved a 71%  increase in 1996  domestic  downstream
earnings as a result of improved  profits from refining and pipeline  operations
and increased sales of branded gasoline. Our U.S. operations,  including our 50%
joint venture,  Star Enterprise,  posted net operating income of $207 million in
1996, compared with $121 million the previous year.

     In line  with our  alliance  strategy,  we are  discussing  with  Shell Oil
Company the  formation of a venture  that would  operate a  combination  of both
companies'  domestic  downstream assets.  The potential  arrangement is a growth
opportunity  that  capitalizes  on the  strengths  of each  company  and  brings
significant  prospects  for improved  efficiency  and  productivity.  We hope to
conclude a letter of intent with Shell in the first quarter of 1997.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN MANUFACTURING

With  stronger  U.S.  refining  margins  during  most of  1996,  our  California
refineries gained from the introduction of a new gasoline formulation that meets
California's 1996 specifications.  Star Enterprise's  refineries on the East and
Gulf


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                                       18
<PAGE>

ITEM A12
U.S. Refineries - Texaco--Star Enterprise

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A12.]


ITEM A13
Branded Gasoline
Sales -- U.S.
THOUSANDS OF BARRELS A DAY

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A13.]



Coasts  benefited from their ability to convert heavy crude oil into  high-value
products, such as gasoline and diesel fuel.

     Texaco's  refineries  have achieved  gains from expense  control,  improved
efficiency and increased throughput.  Our per-barrel operating expense fell 7.5%
between 1993 and year-end 1996. During 1996,  Star's refineries  identified more
than $60  million a year in  permanent  savings,  which  they  expect to realize
beginning in 1997.

ADDING VALUE IN THE MIDSTREAM

Our  midstream  subsidiary,  Texaco  Trading  and  Transportation  Inc.  (TTTI),
transports and markets crude oil and refined products for Texaco and third-party
customers. Its 1996 net operating income rose 9% over 1995.

     Over time, as U.S.  onshore crude production  declines,  TTTI plans to move
increased volumes of imported crude, expand its activities in the deepwater Gulf
of Mexico, and establish new product pipeline systems.

     TTTI is a partner in the  Poseidon  pipeline,  one of the  largest-capacity
pipelines built to transport crude  production from recent subsalt and deepwater
discoveries in the Gulf.  Scheduled for 1997  completion,  Poseidon  expands our
transportation systems in the Gulf, adds value to our deepwater acreage position
and offers growth opportunities through business with third-party producers.

TARGETING PREFERRED MARKETS

[Call-out language appears top of this page]
We believe that our downstream
strategies -- and the steps we have
taken to implement them -- will
achieve competitive returns on
our assets.

In the mature U.S. fuel market,  total sales volumes of Texaco-branded  gasoline
rose 3% in  1996.  In  Texaco's  marketing  areas  in the  West,  Southwest  and
Mid-Continent  regions, sales increased 6.5% over 1995 levels. Sales revenues at
convenience stores in Texaco's marketing system climbed 15% during 1996.

     Our U.S.  strategy for  increasing  market  share and  earnings  focuses on
expanding our retail system in preferred markets in high-growth  areas.  Typical
of this program are 63 new and rebuilt retail outlets,  scheduled for completion
in 1997,  in the growth area around Los Angeles.  Each outlet  features  fueling
facilities, a large Star Mart(R) convenience store and one or more quick-service
restaurants.

     Our Global  Brand  Initiative's  goals for  training  in  customer  service
techniques  and operating  standards are paying off. The 1996 American  consumer
satisfaction index,  compiled by independent  researchers,  ranked Texaco number
one in customer satisfaction in the gasoline brand category.

     Texaco's  alliance strategy helped build downstream value growth in 1996. A
partnership  among our  retailers,  wholesalers  and Citibank is  financing  the
building and revamping of Texaco retail  locations and truck stops.  We formed a
joint venture with a Mid-Continent  wholesaler to operate more  cost-effectively
some 60  convenience  stores  and other  retail  locations.  And Texaco and Star
continue to align the Texaco brand with such high-profile fast-food

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                                       19
<PAGE>

ITEM A14
1996 Capital
Expenditures --
Downstream
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A14.]


ITEM A15
1997 Planned Capital
Expenditures --
Downstream
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A15.]


brands as Burger  King(R),  Taco  Bell(R),  and  Subway(R)  through  retail site
development.

SETTING THE STANDARD IN LUBRICANTS

Texaco Lubricants  Company adds value to the Texaco brand with quality products:
Havoline  Formula3  motor oil,  Ursa  Premium TDX  heavy-duty  diesel  oil,  the
additives that distinguish  CleanSystem3  gasolines,  and new Havoline  Extended
Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant(R).

     During 1996, domestic sales of Texaco's  extended-life coolant products for
automobiles  and  heavy-duty  vehicles  increased our share of the U.S.  coolant
market to about 18%. These products - developed from original Texaco  technology
by our  Fuels and  Lubricants  Technology  Department  in  partnership  with our
lubricants  businesses  - have a useful life at least two to three times that of
conventional products.

     Texaco's  teams  collaborated  to gain approval for these coolants from the
worldwide  auto industry and  heavy-duty  equipment  manufacturers.  Marketed as
Havoline DEX-COOL(R),  the product is the  factory-installed  coolant in all new
General Motors automobiles and light trucks sold in the U.S.

INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING - MEETING GLOBAL CHALLENGES

In  response  to weak  margins  and  oversupply  in the  international  refining
industry, we are rationalizing our assets, striving for top-quartile performance
in operating efficiency, and creating alliances to increase financial returns.

     Texaco has an equity interest in two European refineries - our wholly owned
Pembroke plant in Wales and the Nerefco refinery in Rotterdam, in which Texaco's
interest is 35%. We improved  earnings in 1996 by better  aligning  our capacity
with market demand and by continuing to cut expenses. Pembroke's 1996 per-barrel
operating expense fell 15% against 1995 levels.  Stronger margins in 1996 helped
raise combined  earnings from our European  refineries by about $60 million over
1995.

     At Pembroke,  our purchase of another company's 35% throughput  entitlement
in the refinery's  catalytic cracking complex will give us full control over the
crude slates we run at the plant, thus allowing greater flexibility in producing
reformulated gasoline for sale in the U.S. and Europe. The move also will prompt
the shut-down of a nearby refinery.

     Meanwhile, we are balancing Pembroke's gasoline production with an increase
in Nerefco's production of middle distillates. During 1996, we accelerated plans
with our partner  British  Petroleum to consolidate  processing at Nerefco's two
plants,  Europoort  and  Pernis.  Beginning  in 1997,  Pernis will phase out its
processing to become a storage and distribution terminal. A hydrotreater will be
built at Europoort to increase yields of aviation fuel and automotive diesel. It
is  projected  that  the  consolidation  will  result  in  reductions  of 27% in
operating expenses and 55% in ongoing maintenance capital by 2000.

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING -- ALIGNED FOR GROWTH

Texaco markets refined products throughout Latin America and in regional markets
in Europe and West Africa. Through our Caltex affiliate, we are actively engaged
in the growth markets of Asia and the Pacific Rim.

     With our newly aligned  downstream  business  units, we can leverage one of
our  most  valuable  assets  -  Texaco's  brand.  As  part of our  Global  Brand
Initiative,  new  and  rebuilt  stations  around  the  world  are  adopting  the
distinctive  "Star 21" design,  state-of-the-art  retail  technology and uniform
operating standards.

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                                       20
<PAGE>

ITEM A16
Refined Product Sales --
Latin America
THOUSANDS OF BARRELS A DAY

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A16.]



LATIN AMERICA CAPTURES SALES AND MARKET SHARE

Texaco has a significant marketing presence throughout Central and South America
and the Caribbean.  At year-end  1996,  sales in Latin America had increased 34%
since 1993,  far  exceeding  the region's  robust 17% demand  growth during that
period. At the same time, operating expenses decreased by 6%.

     Net operating  income from  marketing in Latin  America  increased 14% over
1995 and 90% since 1993.  Our return on capital  employed in the area is 22%. We
hold a strong  retail market share in areas where we operate - as high as 26% in
the Caribbean and Central American regions.

     The competitive  Brazilian market  represents our largest business in Latin
America.  During  1996,  we  expanded  our retail  system with more than 100 new
service  stations,  capturing  more than a full  percentage  point in additional
market  share and raising  gasoline  volume at year-end  more than 39% above the
1993 level. Earnings in Brazil have doubled since 1993.

     We are the  number-one  lubricants  marketer in most of the Latin  American
countries  where we operate,  and our lubes  business has given us access to new
fuel  markets,  such as  Ecuador  and Peru.  We expect  Texaco's  sales in those
nations to grow to some seven million barrels a year by 2000.

CREATING OUR MARGINS IN EUROPE'S CHANGING MARKETS

To address the  weakness  in Europe's  refined  product  markets,  we are moving
quickly into new areas and leveraging our strength in lubricant  sales.  Our 50%
Scandinavian  joint  venture  company,  Hydro  Texaco,  with an 18% share in its
markets,  is  expanding  into  the  neighboring  Baltic  countries.  And  we are
increasing our presence in Poland,  where we constructed our first three service
stations in 1996 and added 20 new lubricants distributors.

     In the U.K., our largest  European market, a price war brought margins to a
historic  low in 1996.  To  improve  performance,  we are  reducing  our  retail
operating  expenses,  as well as overhead costs, and adding retail facilities in
preferred markets to grow volumes.

CALTEX -- A NEW RETAIL IMAGE

Caltex, our 50% joint venture with Chevron,  operates in the expanding economies
of Asia, the Pacific Rim and southern  Africa.  Faced with weak refining profits
and  increased  competition  in its Asian  markets,  Caltex is  focusing  on the
strengths  of its  marketing  operations.  Caltex  continues to assess its asset
portfolio and reduce costs as it strives to become the preferred supplier in its
markets.

     In 1996, Caltex sold its 50% interest in Japan's Nippon Petroleum  Refining
Company,  Limited,  to Nippon Oil  Company  for $2  billion.  And in early 1997,
Caltex  announced  plans to sell its 40%  interest  in its  refinery in Bahrain.
Meanwhile,  its recent refinery  investments - such as its 64%-owned refinery in
Thailand,  completed in 1996 - will supply refined products to meet the region's
demand growth for petroleum products.

     During 1996, Caltex introduced a new retail image - including quick-service
restaurants  and  convenience  stores at its  outlets - to attract  the  growing
number of younger drivers and professionals  such as truck and cab drivers.  The
company is expanding its retail networks in Korea and the Philippines,  where it
holds  about  a 30%  market  share,  and  is  accelerating  development  of  its
lubricants business in China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

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                                       21

<PAGE>


GLOBAL GAS
AND POWER

ITEM A17
Revenues from Licensed
Gasificaiton Technology
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A17.]



THE NEWLY FORMED Global Gas and Power unit will leverage our strength in natural
gas and our  experience  in private  power  generation to profit from the energy
value chain.  It will benefit from U.S.  deregulation  and growing global demand
for clean power generation.

Our downstream gas activities  support our U.S. daily  production of 1.7 billion
cubic feet of natural  gas and 81,000  barrels of natural gas  liquids.  Our gas
infrastructure  and  marketing  services  at the Gulf Coast Star  Center and the
Henry  Hub  serve  third-party  producers.  Earnings  from  our gas and  liquids
businesses in 1996 increased over 1995.

     Last year, we began work with our partner,  MAPCO Inc., on the $300 million
Discovery Project, which will gather new gas production from the Gulf of Mexico.
The project  includes a 150-mile  pipeline and gathering  system,  a new onshore
processing plant, and an expanded  fractionator,  which will process natural gas
liquids.

     Another  profitable  link in the energy  value chain is  Texaco's  Ferndale
Storage  Terminal  in  Washington  state.  With a  750,000-barrel  capacity  for
liquefied  petroleum gas (LPG),  it is the West Coast's only export terminal for
LPG and serves markets in Latin America and the Pacific Rim.

     We continue to apply our power  generation  expertise  and our  proprietary
gasification  technology  to gain more value from our  natural  gas and  liquids
reserves. We operate 11 cogeneration facilities in the U.S., producing more than
1,200 megawatts of electricity for Texaco's producing fields and refineries,  as
well as low-cost power for sale to local utilities.  These projects have reduced
emissions and lowered operating costs.

     In 1996,  Florida's  Tampa Electric  Company began operating a 250-megawatt
coal-based    plant    using    our    gasification     technology.     A    new
gasification/cogeneration  plant  at  our El  Dorado,  Kan.,  refinery  converts
petroleum  coke  into   electricity  and  steam,   making  the  refinery  energy
self-sufficient and significantly  reducing the cost of handling coke. The plant
soon will convert refinery wastes and reduce waste-handling costs, as well.

     In  Thailand,  we are  working  with  partners  to  develop a  700-megawatt
gas-fired combined cycle private power facility, slated for start-up in 2000.

     On the island of Java, we are helping our Indonesian  affiliate  build that
nation's  growing  geothermal  energy industry by  constructing  power plants in
Darajat.

                              Global Gas and Power


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<PAGE>


ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH
AND SAFETY

ITEM A18
Lost-Time Incidence Rate
- -- U.S. and Worldwide
NUMBER OF INCIDENTS PER
200,000 HOURS WORKED

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A18.]



TEXACO'S SUCCESS as a unique and growing company depends in substantial  measure
on how well we meet our  responsibility  to protect the environment,  health and
safety of our employees and the communities in which we operate.  By integrating
sound EHS practices in our business operations,  we gain a competitive advantage
and improve shareholder value.

We reinforce our focus through our committed management team and the development
and  implementation  of our Worldwide EHS Standards and Guidelines.  We exercise
environmental  and safety  oversight of our operations  through our three-tiered
EHS Auditing  Program,  which  consultant  Arthur D. Little,  Inc.,  declared is
"among the leaders in the petroleum  industry." Our Product  Stewardship program
incorporates EHS concerns throughout the life cycle of our products. We identify
potential  EHS risks and design our  facilities  and  programs  to  minimize  or
eliminate  them. We train our employees and hold them  accountable for sound EHS
practices. And we benchmark our activities against industry's best practices.

     While we know there is more to do, we are achieving measurable progress.

     o Putting  safety  first.  The lost-time  incidence  rate for our worldwide
operations in 1996 was the lowest in company history and about 60% lower than it
was in 1992. Our 1996 rate of 0.55 lost-time  incidents per 200,000 hours worked
is 7% better than our  previous  best  performance  in 1995.  Still,  we are not
satisfied.

     In our drive for worker safety, we are building  loss-prevention  practices
into our  operations.  We have made  safety a  priority  for all  employees  and
contractors.   Our  ongoing  reliability  initiative  is  helping  to  eliminate
operating incidents throughout the Texaco system.

     o Reducing  chemical  releases.  From 1989 through 1995,  the last year for
which complete data is available,  our refineries  have reduced by more than 80%
the chemical releases reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
under its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirement. We have achieved
most of these  reductions by making  refinery  investments  that improve product
yields and increase operating efficiencies.

     o Cutting emissions. By applying innovative  technologies,  we are lowering
refinery  emissions.  Low NOx (nitrogen oxide) burners

                         Environment, Health and Safety

                                       23

<PAGE>


ITEM A19
TRMI/Star Enterprise
TRI Releases to the
Environment
MILLION POUNDS PER YEAR

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART A, ITEM A19.]



installed at our Pembroke refinery in Wales have reduced significantly emissions
of both sulfur dioxide and NOx. Similar emission-control devices are expected to
cut NOx  emissions by more than 60% when  installed  at two of our  cogeneration
facilities in California.

     o Emergency  preparedness.  Our worldwide emphasis on spill prevention - in
oil production, transportation,  manufacturing and marketing of refined products
- - has helped reduce the number and volume of leaks and spills.  Between 1991 and
1996, incidents of leaks and spills were down 37%, and the volume of these leaks
and spills dropped 20%.

     While  prevention  is our  first  priority,  Texaco's  worldwide  emergency
response  teams are  prepared to react  quickly  when a spill or other  incident
occurs.  We are  associated  with more than 30 oil  spill  cooperatives,  and we
maintain response teams worldwide.  By regularly  conducting regional drills, we
are well  prepared to respond to an emergency.  Within  moments after the tanker
Sea Empress ran aground near Milford Haven,  Wales,  in February  1996,  trained
Texaco  employees  were on the scene.  Though the tanker was  neither  owned nor
operated  by  Texaco,  its  cargo  of crude  oil was en  route  to our  Pembroke
refinery.  Our rapid mobilization and ability to respond were reviewed favorably
by the U.K. government.

CONSERVING RESOURCES AND MINIMIZING WASTE

[Call-out language appears top of page]
In our producing fields 
and at our refineries, environmental 
initiatives are improving the
efficiency and cost-effectiveness
of our operations.

Many of our  environmental  initiatives  also increase the  profitability of our
operations. For example, we have made significant advances in managing the water
generated  during  crude oil  production.  Several of our  locations - including
Caltex Pacific  Indonesia's  giant Minas field - have  eliminated  discharges of
produced water by re-injecting it into underground reservoirs. At our Kern River
field in Bakersfield, Calif., we have developed a project that reclaims millions
of  gallons  daily  of fresh  produced  water,  which  we sell for  agricultural
irrigation. The project makes wastewater disposal a profitable operation that is
good for the environment.

     In the downstream, we have reduced disposal needs by designing processes to
convert  refinery  wastes,  used  motor  oil and  industrial  oil into  valuable
products.  Low NOx emission-control  devices being retrofitted in our California
cogeneration  facilities  are expected to eliminate  waste acid at the source by
1999,  thus  avoiding the need for treatment or disposal of about 40,000 tons of
waste per year.

     We have  designed,  built and  seeded a 90-acre  wetland  that helps our El
Dorado,  Kan.,  refinery meet its wastewater  discharge  limits,  and provides a
habitat for more than 50 species of birds, mammals and reptiles.

     For a copy of the 1996 Texaco Inc.  Environment,  Health and Safety Review,
please write to Texaco Inc., Investor Services,  2000 Westchester Avenue,  White
Plains, NY 10650-0001.


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FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL                              Texaco Inc.
INFORMATION                                            and Subsidiary Companies


26   Management's Discussion and Analysis

41   Statement of Consolidated Income

42   Consolidated Balance Sheet

43   Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows

44   Statement of Consolidated Stockholders' Equity

     Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

46   Note 1.  Description of Significant Accounting Policies
48   Note 2.  Changes in Accounting Principles
48   Note 3.  Discontinued Operations
49   Note 4.  Inventories
49   Note 5.  Investments and Advances
52   Note 6.  Properties, Plant and Equipment
52   Note 7.  Short-Term Debt, Long-Term Debt, Capital
              Lease Obligations and Related Derivatives
54   Note 8.  Lease Commitments and Rental Expense
55   Note 9.  Preferred Stock and Rights
57   Note 10. Foreign Currency
58   Note 11. Taxes
59   Note 12. Employee Benefit Plans
62   Note 13. Stock Incentive Plan
63   Note 14. Other Financial Information and Commitments
64   Note 15. Financial Instruments
67   Note 16. Contingent Liabilities
67   Note 17. Financial Data by Geographic Area

69   Report of Management

70   Report of Independent Public Accountants

     Supplemental Oil and Gas Information

71   Estimated Proved Reserves
75   Capitalized Costs
76   Costs Incurred
77   Results of Operations
78   Average Sales Prices and Production Costs - Per Unit
78   Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows
79   Changes in the Standardized Measure of Discounted
     Future Net Cash Flows

     Selected Financial Data

80   Selected Quarterly Financial Data
81   Five-Year Comparison of Selected Financial Data

82   Investor Information



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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION         Texaco Inc.
AND ANALYSIS                    and Subsidiary Companies

ITEM B1
Returns on Average Stockholders' Equity
[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B1.]

ITEM B2
Returns on Average Capital Employed
[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B2.]


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Consolidated Highlights
(Millions of dollars, except per share and ratio data)     1996           1995           1994
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                      <C>           <C>            <C>    
Revenues from continuing operations                      $45,500       $36,787        $33,353
Net income from continuing operations                                                 
    before cumulative effect of accounting change                                     
  Net income before special items                        $ 1,665       $ 1,152        $   915
  Special items                                              353          (424)            64
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           2,018           728            979
Net loss on disposal of discontinued operations             --            --              (69)
Cumulative effect of accounting change                      --            (121)          --
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income                                               $ 2,018       $   607        $   910
Stockholders' equity                                     $10,372       $ 9,519        $ 9,749
Total assets                                             $26,963       $24,937        $25,505
Total debt                                               $ 5,590       $ 6,240        $ 6,481
Per common share (dollars)                                                            
  Net income from continuing operations                                               
      before cumulative effect of accounting change                                   
    Net income before special items                      $  6.17       $  4.20        $  3.19
    Special items                                           1.35         (1.63)           .24
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            7.52          2.57           3.43
  Net loss on disposal of discontinued operations           --            --             (.26)
  Cumulative effect of accounting change                    --            (.47)          --
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Net income                                             $  7.52       $  2.10        $  3.17
  Cash dividends                                         $  3.30       $  3.20        $  3.20
Current ratio                                               1.24          1.24           1.20
Return on average stockholders' equity*                    20.4%          7.5%           9.8%
Return on average capital employed*                        14.9%          6.9%           8.0%
Total debt to total borrowed and invested capital          33.6%         38.0%          38.5%
=============================================================================================

<FN>
*    Returns  exclude  the 1995  cumulative  effect  of  accounting  change  and
     discontinued operations.
</FN>
</TABLE>

Consolidated worldwide net income for the year 1996 was $2,018 million, or $7.52
per common share,  compared with $607 million, or $2.10 per common share for the
year 1995 and $910 million, or $3.17 per common share for the year 1994.

     These results  include  special  items,  as well as  discontinued  chemical
operations,  as noted.  Results for 1995  reflect the  adoption of  Statement of
Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 121,  "Accounting  for the  Impairment  of
Long-Lived  Assets and for Long-Lived  Assets to Be Disposed Of" (SFAS 121). The
adoption  of this  Standard  resulted  in a  non-cash  after-tax  charge of $639
million,  and required the  classification of a $121 million charge,  previously
recorded in the first quarter of 1995,  as a cumulative  effect of an accounting
change.

Plan for Growth

Texaco's  plan for growth,  which was  announced in July 1994,  has continued to
show  significant  progress in attaining  its primary  objectives  of increasing
earnings and stockholder  value. By the end of 1996, the following  achievements
were attained:

     o    Solid total return to shareholders of 30% in 1996, led by a sharp rise
          in the market price of the company's common stock and higher dividends

     o    Significant  growth in net income  before  special  items to more than
          $1.6 billion in 1996, 45% higher than 1995 and 82% higher than 1994

     o    Strong returns on  stockholders'  equity of 20.4% and capital employed
          of 14.9% in 1996 

     o    Capital  expenditures of $3.4 billion in 1996, an increase of 10% over
          1995



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<PAGE>


ITEM B3
Revenues
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B3.]

ITEM B4
Costs and Expenses
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B4.]

     o    Higher net oil and gas  production in 1996, to 1.1 million  barrels of
          oil equivalent per day, a 3% increase over 1995

     o    Realized  cash  proceeds  of $2.4  billion  since  1994 from  sales of
          nonstrategic assets 

     o    Greater financial  flexibility  demonstrated by a lower leverage ratio
          of 33.6%, down from 38.5% in 1994

     o    Increased  additions to the oil and gas reserves base equal to 113% of
          production at a competitive finding and development cost

In addition, the following actions are targeted for 1997 and beyond:

     o    An aggressive capital expenditure program of $4.5 billion for 1997, an
          increase  of more than 30% over  1996,  the first  year of a five year
          $24.3 billion program

     o    Net oil and gas production is expected to increase by more than 50% by
          the year 2001

     o    Ongoing  negotiations  with Shell Oil  Company  for a U.S.  downstream
          alliance with a letter of intent anticipated during 1997. The proposed
          combination  is  expected  to create a  revitalized,  dynamic,  highly
          competitive    business   with   improved   performance   and   growth
          opportunities.

Results for Continuing Operations

The following  analysis relates to Texaco's  consolidated and functional results
for continuing operations.

Revenues

Consolidated worldwide revenues from continuing operations were $45.5 billion in
1996 as compared to $36.8  billion in 1995 and $33.4  billion in 1994.  Revenues
for 1996 exceeded 1995 levels by 24%,  two-thirds of which was  attributable  to
increased  sales  revenues as a result of higher  prices for crude oil,  refined
products  and natural  gas,  which  benefited  results in the United  States and
abroad. Higher sales revenues also reflected substantial growth in crude oil and
refined products sales volumes.

     The increase in sales  volumes  included the impact of Texaco's  aggressive
strategy of marketing purchased crude oil,  effectively  utilizing the company's
expansive  trading and distribution  network.  Crude oil sales also reflected an
increase  in  crude  oil and  NGL  production  volumes  during  1996.  Producing
provinces  in the  Partitioned  Neutral  Zone,  the U.S.,  Africa  and China all
reflected  improvements over prior year production levels. Refined product sales
also  reflected  significant  increases  with an  improvement  of 7% over  1995,
principally  in U. S. and  Latin  American  markets,  including  higher  branded
gasoline sales.  Natural gas sales in 1996 rose slightly over 1995 levels due to
higher  production  in the U.S. and the Dolphin  field in  Trinidad,  which came
onstream during 1996.

     Revenues in 1995 exceeded  revenues in 1994 due to higher  worldwide  crude
oil and refined product prices and volumes. Lower natural gas prices in the U.S.
in 1995 more than offset the benefits to revenue  related to higher  natural gas
sales  volumes in the U.S.  and  Europe.  In  addition,  revenues  for 1995 also
benefited from gains on asset sales.

Costs and Expenses

Purchases and other costs were $34.6 billion in 1996,  $27.2 billion in 1995 and
$23.9  billion in 1994.  The increase in 1996 is primarily  the result of higher
worldwide prices and higher purchased volumes of crude oil and refined products,
as well as increased natural gas prices in the United States.  The 1995 increase
in costs as  compared to 1994 was due to higher  worldwide  prices for crude oil
and  refined  products,  as well as  increased  purchased  volumes of crude oil,
refined  products and natural gas.  Partially  offsetting  these  increases were
lower natural gas prices in the U.S. during 1995 as compared to 1994.

     Over the past three years,  Texaco has  continually  focused on  containing
expenses and improving operating efficiencies. These efficiencies are evident in
the decrease in Texaco's  operating  expenses,  excluding special items, of 2.5%
during this three year period. This improvement has occurred notwithstanding the
adverse,  though somewhat  moderating  impact of a 7% inflation  increase during
this  period.  Operating  expenses  for the year 1996 versus 1995  reflected  an
increase  of 6%,  excluding  special  items in both  periods,  due to  generally
expanding   operations.   This  increase   reflects  the  company's   aggressive
exploratory and production  activity in worldwide  upstream  operations,  higher
refinery  utilization  and  increases  in  expenses  associated  with  expanding
marketing activities.  Expenses also rose due to higher utilities resulting from
increased fuel costs. Despite this increase in total operating expenses in 1996,
further  evidence of Texaco's  cost-containment  initiatives is exhibited in the
less than 1% increase in Texaco's cash operating expenses on a per-barrel basis,
approximately one-third of the general rise in inflation.

     Depreciation,  depletion  and  amortization  expenses  decreased in 1996 as
compared to 1995 mainly due to the effects of the adoption of SFAS 121.



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<PAGE>



Income Taxes

Income  tax  expense  was $965  million in 1996,  $258  million in 1995 and $225
million in 1994. The year 1996 continued the three-year  trend of higher taxable
income from worldwide producing operations including the impact of international
operations  which are generally  subject to higher  statutory  rates.  The years
1996,  1995 and 1994 also  included  tax  benefits  associated  with  sales of a
partial interest in a subsidiary of $188 million,  $65 million and $189 million,
respectively.  The year 1995 also  included  significant  deferred  tax  benefit
effects from the adoption of SFAS 121.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Net Income
(Millions of dollars)                                                           1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
Net income before special items and cumulative effect of accounting change   $ 1,665    $ 1,152    $   915
Special items:
  Gains on major asset sales                                                     194        232         23
  Tax benefits on asset sales                                                    188         65        189
  U.S. and international tax issues                                               68       --         --
  Employee separation costs                                                      (65)       (56)       (88)
  Adoption of SFAS 121                                                          --         (639)      --
  Other special items                                                            (32)       (26)       (60)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total special items                                                          353       (424)        64
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net income before cumulative effect of accounting change               $ 2,018    $   728    $   979
==========================================================================================================

<FN>
Consolidated  net income from continuing  operations  includes  special items in
addition   to  net  income   directly   related  to  the   current   production,
manufacturing,  marketing  and  distribution  of  products  and  services of the
company.  Results  for 1995  included  benefits  of $75  million  for  insurance
recoveries,  which were offset by charges to  establish  financial  reserves for
associated environmental remediation and other matters.
</FN>
</TABLE>
     The  schedules  presented  below  provide net income on a functional  basis
before the cumulative  effect of accounting  change.  Related  explanations  are
provided on the pages that follow.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Net income before special items (Millions of dollars)                          1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
Exploration and Production
  United States                                                              $ 1,123    $   674    $   438
  International                                                                  451        343        269
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total Exploration and Production                                           1,574      1,017        707
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution
  United States                                                                  233        141        281
  International                                                                  252        358        375
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution                              485        499        656
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total Petroleum and Natural Gas                                          2,059      1,516      1,363
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nonpetroleum                                                                      16         32         (3)
Corporate/Nonoperating                                                          (410)      (396)      (445)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total                                                                $ 1,665    $ 1,152    $   915
==========================================================================================================
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Net income including special items (Millions of dollars)                        1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
Exploration and Production
  United States                                                              $ 1,123    $   293    $   414
  International                                                                  478        340        253
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total Exploration and Production                                           1,601        633        667
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution
  United States                                                                  207        121        257
  International                                                                  450        365        360
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution                                 657        486        617
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total Petroleum and Natural Gas                                          2,258      1,119      1,284
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nonpetroleum                                                                      16        (28)       (32)
Corporate/Nonoperating                                                          (256)      (363)      (273)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total                                                                $ 2,018    $   728    $   979
==========================================================================================================

<FN>
The  Consolidated  Financial  Statements  and  related  Notes  should be read in
conjunction with this financial review.
</FN>
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

ITEM B5
Exploration and Production - Total Operating Earnings
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B5.]

ITEM B6
Average U.S. Natural Gas Selling Price - Per Quarter
DOLLARS PER THOUSAND CUBIC FEET

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B6.]

Functional Analysis of Net Income

Worldwide net income from continuing  operations is segregated between operating
and  corporate/nonoperating  in the  following  tables.  Operating  results  are
further segregated functionally and geographically.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Petroleum and Natural Gas
Exploration and Production
(Millions of dollars)                                                           1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
U.S. operating earnings before special items                                 $ 1,123    $   674    $   438
Special items                                                                   --         (381)       (24)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total U. S.                                                                  1,123        293        414
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
International operating earnings before special items                            451        343        269
Special items                                                                     27         (3)       (16)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total International                                                            478        340        253
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Worldwide exploration and production earnings                            $ 1,601    $   633    $   667
==========================================================================================================

<CAPTION>
Selected Operating Data
Net production of crude oil and NGL's (MBPD)
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
  U. S.                                                                          388        381        407
  International                                                                  399        381        376
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Worldwide                                                                    787        762        783
==========================================================================================================

<CAPTION>
Net production of natural gas-available for sale (MMCFPD)
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
  U. S.                                                                        1,675      1,619      1,716
  International                                                                  382        373        319
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Worldwide                                                                  2,057      1,992      2,035
==========================================================================================================

<CAPTION>
Natural gas sales (MMCFPD)
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
  U. S.                                                                        3,176      3,153      3,092
  International                                                                  477        435        337
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Worldwide                                                                  3,653      3,588      3,429
==========================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     U.S.  Upstream  operating  earnings,  before  special  items,  were  $1,123
million,  $674  million  and $438  million  for the years  1996,  1995 and 1994,
respectively.  Results for 1996 achieved  record levels and were 67% higher than
1995.

     Increased  crude oil,  natural gas liquids and natural gas  production  for
1996, which in total is 2.5% higher than 1995, reflects the company's success in
adding new  production,  most  notably  from the Gulf of Mexico,  and  enhancing
production  from  existing  fields,  primarily  at the Kern  River,  California,
operations.  This new production more than offsets declines from maturing fields
and  non-core  asset sales,  and is in contrast to U.S. oil industry  statistics
which  indicate  an  overall  decline in U. S.  crude oil  production.  Slightly
offsetting the impact of improved production was an increase in 1996 exploratory
expenses of 63% reflecting higher activity on various new prospects.

     Texaco's  average  crude oil price in 1996 was $17.93 per barrel,  or $2.83
per barrel over the 1995 average price. These higher prices reflected  increased
demand,  combined with historically low inventory levels in 1996, as well as the
continued  uncertainty in the market for most of the year regarding the possible
resumption of Iraqi crude sales. In 1995, Texaco's average crude price of $15.10
per barrel represented an increase of $1.67 per barrel from the 1994 price.

     In 1996,  Texaco's average natural gas price of $2.19 per MCF represents an
increase of $.54 per MCF from 1995.  This higher  average price was triggered by
an  upward  movement  in prices  that  commenced  toward  the end of 1995 due to
unusually  cold  weather and led to an increase in industry  demand to replenish
depleted  natural gas storage.  Texaco's  average natural gas price of $1.65 per
MCF in 1995 was $.27 per MCF lower than 1994 and  reflected a  deterioration  of
average natural gas prices that adversely  affected  operating earnings for both
1995 and 1994.

     Total U.S.  operating  earnings were $1,123 million,  $293 million and $414
million  for the years  1996,  1995 and 1994,  respectively.  Included  in total
operating earnings for 1995 were special items of $381 million, comprised of the
write-down  of assets  associated  with the adoption of SFAS 121 of $493 million
and a gain of $125 million from the sale of non-core producing  properties which
was partly offset by reserves for environmental  remediation on these properties
of $13 million. Results for 1994 included special charges of $24 million related
to employee separations.

     International Upstream operating earnings,  before special items, were $451
million,  $343  million  and $269  million  for the years  1996,  1995 and 1994,
respectively.



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<PAGE>

ITEM B7
Average Crude Oil Selling Prices - Per Quarter
DOLLARS PER BARREL

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B7.]

ITEM B8
Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution - Total Operating Earnings
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B8.]


     Operating results in 1996 benefited from higher crude oil prices.  Texaco's
international  average  crude oil price of $19.55 per  barrel in 1996  increased
$3.26 per barrel over the 1995 level and  continued a two-year  upward  trend in
prices that also saw 1995 prices average $1.41 per barrel more than 1994 prices.

     Crude  oil  production  in  1996  increased  primarily  in  Angola  and the
Partitioned Neutral Zone, while natural gas production increased in Trinidad and
Colombia.  In Angola,  the  production  increase  was the result of new offshore
fields,  as  well  as the  resumption  of  onshore  production  early  in  1996.
Production  increased  in  Trinidad  and  Colombia  due to new fields and in the
Partitioned  Neutral  Zone due to  continuing  development  programs  that  have
resulted in higher  production  levels starting in 1995.  Lower  production from
maturing  fields in the United  Kingdom and  Australia  during 1996,  as well as
higher expenses associated with expanded exploration  activities,  partly offset
the overall  production  improvements.  In 1995,  North Sea crude oil production
slipped 3% from the high  levels of 1994  mainly due to the  natural  decline in
maturing fields and temporary interruptions for planned work.

     Operating   results  for  all  three  periods  included  non-cash  currency
translation  impacts related to deferred income taxes due to the relationship of
the  Pound  Sterling  to the U.S.  dollar.  Results  for 1996 and 1994  included
charges of $38  million  and $15  million,  respectively,  while  1995  included
benefits of $2 million.

     Total international  operating earnings were $478 million, $340 million and
$253 million for 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.  Results for 1996 included a
special  non-cash gain of $27 million  related to a Danish deferred tax benefit.
Included  in 1995  results  was a special  charge of $3  million  related to the
write-down of assets  associated with the adoption of SFAS 121. Results for 1994
included  special  charges  related to asset  write-downs  of $8 million  and an
additional charge of $8 million for employee separations.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution
(Millions of dollars)                                                           1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
U.S. operating earnings before special items                                 $   233    $   141    $   281
Special items                                                                    (26)       (20)       (24)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total U. S.                                                                    207        121        257
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
International operating earnings before special items                            252        358        375
Special items                                                                    198          7        (15)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total International                                                            450        365        360
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Worldwide manufacturing, marketing and distribution earnings             $   657    $   486    $   617
==========================================================================================================

<CAPTION>
Selected Operating Data
Refinery input (MBPD)
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
  U. S.                                                                          724        693        673
  International                                                                  762        788        780
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Worldwide                                                                  1,486      1,481      1,453
==========================================================================================================

<CAPTION>
Refined product sales (MBPD)
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>    
  U. S.                                                                        1,036        934        882
  International                                                                1,517      1,567      1,470
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Worldwide                                                                  2,553      2,501      2,352
==========================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     U.S. Downstream operating earnings, before special items, were $233 million
for 1996,  as compared  with $141  million  and $281  million for 1995 and 1994,
respectively.  The year 1996 results, as compared with 1995, benefited primarily
from  higher  West Coast  refinery  margins  that  resulted  from an increase in
product prices due to shortages  brought about by regional refining problems and
new California  gasoline  formulation  requirements during the first half of the
year.  Improved  refinery  operations  throughout most of the year and continued
cost containment efforts also contributed to the improved 1996 results. However,
during  the  fourth  quarter  of 1996,  both  refinery  and  marketing  margins,
primarily  on the West  Coast,  were  depressed  due to higher  crude  costs and
competitive  pressures in the marketplace.  Additionally,  refinery fires at Los
Angeles in November and Convent,  Louisiana, in December adversely impacted 1996
results due to property damage and earnings losses associated with lower yields.
Marketing  margins for most refined products were lower in 1996 as compared with
1995;  however,  this was offset partially by the continued strength in gasoline
and diesel sales volumes,  with Texaco branded  gasoline sales up 3% versus 1995
levels.  Additionally,  1996  results  benefited  from  improved  profits in the
distribution and transportation businesses.

     Results in 1995 were lower than 1994 due to the impact of historically  low
refining margins that prevailed throughout the U.S. during the first four months
of 1995. Rising crude costs could not be fully recovered through



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<PAGE>


ITEM B9
Refined Product Sales - U.S. by Principal Products
THOUSANDS OF BARRELS A DAY

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B9.]

ITEM B10
Refinery Input - U.S.
THOUSANDS OF BARRELS A DAY

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B10.]


product  prices which remained  relatively  flat due to a surplus of products in
the market.  Operations  on the East and Gulf Coasts also were  impacted  during
1995 by  narrow  light to heavy  crude  oil  differentials  that  mitigated  the
benefits of refinery upgrades,  as well as storm-related  downtime and scheduled
maintenance that impacted refinery  performance.  West Coast operations in 1995,
as compared  with 1994,  benefited  from  expense  containment,  greater  energy
efficiency, improved refinery performance and higher sales volumes--all of which
lessened the impact of depressed refining margins.

     Total U.S.  operating  earnings  were $207  million,  $121 million and $257
million for the years 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.  The year 1996 included
special charges of $25 million related to the pending sale of Texaco's propylene
oxide/methyl  tertiary butyl ether (PO/MTBE)  manufacturing site in Texas and $1
million for employee  separations.  Earnings in 1995 included special charges of
$11 million for employee separations and $9 million related to the write-down of
assets  associated  with the  adoption of SFAS 121.  Results  for 1994  included
special charges of $13 million related to asset  write-downs and $11 million for
employee separations.

     International  Downstream  operating  earnings,  before special items, were
$252 million,  $358 million and $375 million for the years 1996,  1995 and 1994,
respectively.  Results for 1996,  as compared  with 1995,  reflect the impact of
lower margins in both the Europe and Caltex  operating  areas,  partly offset by
higher Latin American results.  Marketing  margins in Europe were  significantly
depressed from excess  gasoline  supply and a highly  competitive  market in the
U.K.,  although both these factors were  partially  offset by improved  refining
operations and margins.  In the Caltex operating  markets,  significantly  lower
margins in Australia,  Korea, Thailand and Japan,  primarily due to higher crude
costs not fully recovered in the market,  were somewhat offset by higher margins
in Bahrain and  Singapore.  In Latin  America,  improved  results in Brazil from
increased  volumes  and higher  product  margins  more than offset the impact of
scheduled maintenance at the Panama refinery.

     Results  for both 1995 and 1994  reflect the impact of  depressed  refining
margins,  particularly  in the U.K.  These  margins  initially  began to decline
during 1994 due to rising feedstock costs and oversupply  conditions.  Operating
earnings for 1994 were also negatively impacted by the Pembroke, Wales, refinery
fire.  In 1995 and 1994,  areas  served by Caltex,  including  most  Pacific Rim
countries and South Africa,  were negatively impacted by lower refining margins.
The year 1995  results for Caltex also were  impacted by  favorable  foreign tax
effects  and both  1995 and  1994  results  included  benefits  associated  with
inventory  valuations.  Strong margins and higher product  volumes in most Latin
America  operating  areas  prevailed  in both 1995 and 1994.  However,  downtime
resulting from a 1995 refinery  upgrade project in Panama and the 1994 impact of
a fire at that plant lowered results for both years.

     Operating   results  for  all  three  periods  included  non-cash  currency
translation  impacts related to deferred income taxes due to the relationship of
the  Pound  Sterling  to the U.S.  dollar.  Results  for 1996 and 1994  included
charges of $20  million  and $16  million,  respectively,  while  1995  included
benefits of $3 million.

     Total  international  operating earnings were $450 million in 1996 compared
with $365 million and $360 million in 1995 and 1994,  respectively.  Results for
1996  included a special gain of $219 million  relating to the sale by Caltex of
its interest in Nippon Petroleum Refining Company,  Limited (NPRC).  Results for
1995 included special charges of $31 million related to the write-down of assets
associated  with the  adoption  of SFAS 121.  The year 1995 also  included a net
special gain of $80 million, principally related to the sale of land by a Caltex
affiliate in Japan,  and special  charges of $13 million from  restructuring  in
certain Caltex operations. Operating results for 1994 included a special gain of
$23 million related to the sale of an interest in a downstream  joint venture in
Sweden,  partly  offset  by  special  charges  of  $10  million  related  to the
write-down  of assets.  Additionally,  results for 1996,  1995 and 1994 included
charges of $21 million, $29 million and $28 million,  respectively, for employee
separations.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nonpetroleum
(Millions of dollars)                                                           1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>     
Operating earnings (losses)  before special items                            $    16    $    32    $    (3)
Special items                                                                   --          (60)       (29)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total operating earnings (losses)                                          $    16    $   (28)   $   (32)
==========================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Nonpetroleum operating earnings, before special items, were $16 million for 1996
and $32 million for 1995, as compared to a loss of $3 million in 1994. Operating
results  for both 1996 and 1994  benefited  from higher  gasification  licensing
revenues,  while 1995 results  mainly  reflected  improved  loss  experience  of
insurance operations. Included in 1995 operating results was a special charge of
$87 million for the  write-down of assets  associated  with the adoption of SFAS
121 and a special gain of $27 million from the sale of the company's interest in
Pekin Energy Company,  a producer of ethanol.  Results for 1994 included special
charges of $29 million in the insurance  operations  related to property damages
caused by fires at both the Pembroke, Wales, and the Panama refineries.



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Corporate/Nonoperating
(Millions of dollars)                                                           1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>     
Corporate/nonoperating  before special items                                 $  (410)   $  (396)   $  (445)
Special items                                                                    154         33        172
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total                                                                      $  (256)   $  (363)   $  (273)
==========================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Corporate/nonoperating  charges,  before special items, were $410 million,  $396
million and $445 million for the years 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.  These
results include  interest  expense and general  corporate  expenses,  as well as
interest income and other nonoperating income.

     Results for 1996 reflect lower interest  expense  related to improved rates
and lower debt  levels.  The year 1995  results  included  gains of $25 million,
principally  from the  sales of equity  securities  held for  investment  by the
insurance operations.  Gains on such sales of securities in 1994 were lower than
amounts  realized  in 1995.  Additionally,  1995  results  as  compared  to 1994
benefited from higher interest income and lower interest expense.

     Corporate/nonoperating charges, including special items, were $256 million,
$363 million and $273 million for 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. Results for
all three  years  included  special  items  related to the impact of current tax
benefits realized and deferred tax benefits realizable due to sales of interests
in a subsidiary. These benefits are realizable due to taxable gains on completed
and announced sales of assets and amounted to $188 million, $65 million and $189
million for 1996, 1995 and 1994,  respectively.  Results for 1996, 1995 and 1994
also included  special charges related to employee  separations that amounted to
$43 million, $16 million and $17 million,  respectively.  Additionally,  results
for 1996 included a benefit of $41 million resulting from lower than anticipated
prior  years'  state tax  exposures  and charges of $32  million for  additional
financial reserves for various litigation  matters,  while 1995 results included
special  charges of $16 million  related to the write-down of assets  associated
with the adoption of SFAS 121.

Discontinued Chemical Operations

In 1993,  Texaco announced its intention to dispose of substantially  all of its
worldwide  chemical  operations,  including  its lubricant  additives  business.
Texaco has since accounted for these operations as discontinued operations.

     In  1993,  Texaco  entered  into a  memorandum  of  understanding  with  an
affiliate  of the Jon M.  Huntsman  Group of  Companies  for the sale of  Texaco
Chemical Company and related  international  chemical  operations.  On April 21,
1994, Texaco received from Huntsman Corporation $850 million, consisting of $650
million  in cash and an  11-year  subordinated  note with a face  amount of $200
million. The note was prepaid in January 1996.

     On February 29, 1996,  Texaco completed the disposition of its discontinued
operations by completing the sale of its worldwide lubricant additives business,
which included manufacturing  facilities, as well as sales and marketing offices
in various  locations in the U.S. and abroad, to Ethyl  Corporation,  a fuel and
lubricant  additives  manufacturer.  Ethyl  purchased  this  business  for  $196
million, comprised of $136 million in cash and a three-year note of $60 million.

     Financial  information on discontinued  chemical operations can be found in
Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements on page 48 of this report.

Employee Severance Programs

On July 5, 1994,  Texaco announced its plan for growth,  which included a series
of steps to  increase  competitiveness  and  profitability  as well as to reduce
overhead.  This program was expected to result in the reduction of approximately
4,000 company  employees  worldwide by year-end 1996. An after-tax  provision of
$144  million was made to cover the cost of employee  separations.  This program
has now been completed with  reductions of about 4,400 employees  worldwide.  An
adjustment of $9 million after tax was recorded in the fourth quarter of 1996 to
increase reserves from previously estimated amounts. Charges against the reserve
related to severance  have  totaled  $133  million  after tax through the end of
1996.

     On October 30, 1996, Texaco announced a companywide realignment designed to
enhance  the  company's  ability  to  grow  existing  and new  businesses.  This
realignment,   coupled  with  other  organizational  enhancements  such  as  the
consolidation  of  operations,  is  designed  to  stimulate  growth and  improve
efficiencies  in both support and  operating  functions,  rather than cut costs.
However,  it is expected  that some  overlapping  activities  will be eliminated
resulting in the reduction of some 750  employees  worldwide by the end of 1997.
An after-tax provision of $56 million was recorded in the fourth quarter of 1996
to cover the costs of employee  separations,  including employees of affiliates.
Through  December  31,  1996,  approximately  250  company  employees  have been
terminated



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ITEM B11
Environmental-Cash Expenditures
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B11.]

ITEM B12
Environmental-Cash Expenditures by Geographic Location
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B12.]


with a related  commitment to severance  payments of $11 million  after-tax.  Of
this  commitment,  payments of $4 million have been made and charged against the
reserve as of December 31, 1996.

Environmental Matters

Texaco  continues to make  substantial  capital and operating  expenditures  for
environmental   protection   and  to  comply  with  federal,   state  and  local
environmental,  health and safety laws and regulations.  Worldwide environmental
spending  in  1996  totaled  $795  million  for  Texaco  and  its   consolidated
subsidiaries  and its equity in  affiliates.  These  expenditures  relate to the
control  and  abatement  of  pollutants  into  the  air  and  water  and  to the
appropriate  recycling or disposal of wastes and also include  costs  associated
with  remediation  obligations at company  operated sites,  previously  operated
sites and  certain  third-party  sites.

     The discussion that follows details environmental  expenditures and reserve
information relative to Texaco and its equity in affiliates.

Capital Expenditures

In 1996, Texaco's capital  environmental  expenditures  totaled $185 million, or
approximately  6.1% of  Texaco's  1996  capital  expenditure  program,  with $95
million  expended  in the United  States.  This  compares  with $275  million of
capital environmental  expenditures for the year 1995, of which $169 million was
expended in the United States. This decrease is primarily  attributable to lower
downstream expenditures in the United States,  reflecting the completion in 1995
of a number of projects  equipping  refineries  to make  reformulated  fuels and
low-sulfur  diesel  required by the 1990  Amendments to the Clean Air Act and to
conform to stricter California fuel standards.

     Capital expenditures projected for the company for 1997 and 1998 total $219
million  and $252  million,  respectively,  with  approximately  54%  slated for
operations in the United States.

Ongoing Activities

Texaco spent and expensed $451 million in 1996  associated  with  protecting the
environment   in  the  company's   ongoing   operations,   the   manufacture  of
cleaner-burning  fuels  and in the  management  of the  company's  environmental
programs. Of this amount, approximately 61% was related to air quality.

Remediation Costs and Superfund Sites

Expenditures  in 1996  relating to  remediation  amounted to $111  million.  The
company  had  financial  reserves  of $638  million  at the end of 1996  for the
estimated future costs of its environmental remediation programs. These reserves
have been provided to the extent reasonably measurable, as it is not possible to
project  overall  costs  or a range  of  costs  beyond  that  disclosed,  due to
uncertainty  surrounding  future  developments  in regulations  and  remediation
exposure.

     Since  the   enactment  of  the   Comprehensive   Environmental   Response,
Compensation  and  Liability  Act  (commonly  referred  to  as  Superfund),  the
Environmental  Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory  agencies and groups
have identified  Texaco as a potentially  responsible party (PRP) for cleanup of
hazardous  waste  sites.  Texaco  has  determined  that  it may  have  potential
exposure,  though limited in certain cases, at about 216  multi-party  hazardous
waste sites, of which 80 sites are on the EPA's National Priority List. Although
liability under Superfund is joint and several, the company is actively pursuing
and/or  participating  in the sharing of Superfund  costs with other  identified
PRP's on the basis of weight, volume and toxicity of the material contributed by
the PRP's.  The above  referenced  expenditures  in 1996 relating to remediation
include $12 million for  multi-party  waste sites.  The  financial  reserves for
environmental  remediation  include $56  million  related to  multi-party  waste
sites.  This reserve is based on the company's  analysis of the  developments at
these sites for which costs can  reasonably  be  estimated.  However,  there are
potential  additional costs for waste sites for which a range of exposure cannot
reasonably be estimated until further information  develops.  In many cases, the
amounts  and  types of  wastes  are  still  under  investigation  by  regulatory
agencies.



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ITEM B13
1996 Sources of Cash and Cash Equivalents
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B13.]

ITEM B14
1996 Uses of Cash and Cash Equivalents
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B14.]


Restoration and Abandonment

The company also provides  financial  reserves to cover the cost of  restoration
and  abandonment  of its oil and gas  producing  properties.  These  reserves at
December 31, 1996,  totaled $850 million.  Expenditures  in 1996 for restoration
and abandonment amounted to $48 million.

                                   o o o o o o

In  summary,  Texaco  makes  every  effort  to remain  in full  compliance  with
applicable governmental regulations.  Changes in governmental regulations and/or
Texaco's  re-evaluation of its  environmental  programs may result in additional
future costs to the company.  It is assumed that any mandated future costs would
be recoverable in the marketplace, since all companies within the industry would
be facing  similar  requirements.  However,  it is not believed that such future
costs will be material to the company's  financial position nor to its operating
results over any reasonable period of time.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Liquidity and Capital Resources
(Millions of dollars, except ratio data)                                        1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>     
Current ratio                                                                   1.24       1.24       1.20
Total debt                                                                   $ 5,590    $ 6,240    $ 6,481
Minority interest in subsidiary companies                                    $   658    $   667    $   610
Stockholders' equity                                                         $10,372    $ 9,519    $ 9,749
Total debt to total borrowed and invested capital                              33.6%      38.0%      38.5%
==========================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     Texaco's liquidity  strategy is to rely on cash from operations,  including
careful management of working capital to fund its cash  requirements,  including
its capital,  exploratory  and dividend  programs.  This is  complemented by the
company's  strong  credit  rating which allows ready access to global  financial
markets and provides the  flexibility to take advantage of growth  opportunities
at low funding costs.  Texaco also maintains a revolving  credit  facility which
supports the company's commercial paper program. The facility,  with commitments
of $1.5  billion as of  December  31, 1996 and $2.0  billion at  year-end  1995,
remains unused.  Further  solidifying  Texaco's strong liquidity position is the
company's  debt profile.  At year-end  1996,  the company's  debt had an average
maturity  in excess of 12 years and a  weighted  average  interest  rate of 7.5%
including the effect of debt-related derivatives which is not significant. Also,
the contractual  annual maturities of long-term debt have been balanced to avoid
disproportionate calls on cash in any one year.

     Subsequent  to December  31,  1996,  Texaco  issued  $150  million of 7.09%
noncallable Notes due 2007. Proceeds from this offering will be used for working
capital, retirement of existing debt and other general corporate purposes.

     The company's cash, cash  equivalents  and short-term  investments  totaled
$552 million at year-end 1996 and $536 million at year-end 1995.  Texaco's total
cash  provided  by  operating  activities  of $3.8  billion  for the  year  1996
reflected  strong  operational  earnings  and  a net  inflow  of  $375  million,
primarily  comprised  of a cash  dividend  from  Caltex  (related to the sale of
Caltex' interest in NPRC),  proceeds from advanced payments on long-term natural
gas sales agreements and the collection of nonrecurring  receivables  (primarily
insurance  recoveries relating to environmental  matters),  which were partially
offset by payments related to litigation and other matters.

     Cash from operating  activities was supplemented by proceeds from the sales
of discontinued operations and other nonstrategic assets and exceeded outlays of
$2.9 billion relative to the company's capital and exploratory  program and $1.0
billion for payment of dividends  to common,  preferred  and  minority  interest
shareholders  and  contributed  to the reduction of debt and purchases of common
stock.  As of December 31, 1996,  $163 million has been expended  under the $500
million  common stock  repurchase  program  announced in 1995.  The company will
continue  repurchasing  shares from time to time based on market conditions.  In
the third quarter of 1996, Texaco increased its quarterly dividend on its common
stock to 85 cents  per  share,  from 80 cents per  share,  an  increase  of 6.25
percent.

     During the first quarter of 1996,  Texaco received $136 million in cash and
a  three-year  note  with a face  amount  of $60  million  from  the sale of its
worldwide  lubricant  additives  business to Ethyl  Corporation and $208 million
from the  prepayment of the note received as part of the  consideration  for the
1994 sale of its  chemical  operations  to Huntsman  Corporation.  Also in 1996,
Texaco  received  $261  million  from the sale of  certain  equipment  leasehold
interests in conjunction  with a sale/leaseback  arrangement.  In the aggregate,
through  year-end  1996,  Texaco has received  $509 million for these  leasehold
interests.  The company  expects to repurchase the total  interests for somewhat
less than the  proceeds  received,  after  the  related  equipment  is placed in
service.

     In November  1996,  Texaco  reached an  agreement  in principle to settle a
purported  class  action  filed  against  the  company  in  1994  for  allegedly
discriminating  against salaried  African-American  employees,  principally with
respect to  promotions.  A definitive  settlement  agreement  was filed with the
United States District Court for the



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ITEM B15
Total Debt to Total Borrowed and Invested Capital 
PERCENT

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B15.]

ITEM B16
Total Production and Reserve Additions
MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL EQUIVALENT

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B16.]


Southern  District of New York in January  1997. As part of the  settlement,  in
1996,  Texaco  transferred  $115  million into an escrow  account  which will be
released to the  plaintiffs  upon approval of the  settlement by the court.  The
$115 million  payment is covered by litigation  reserves and probable  insurance
recoveries anticipated to be received during 1997.

     The company  expects to complete  the  previously  announced  sale of a 15%
interest in its U.K. North Sea Captain Field to an affiliate of Korea  Petroleum
Development  Corporation  for  approximately  $210  million in 1997.  Texaco has
agreed  to sell  its  propylene  oxide/methyl  tertiary  butyl  ether  (PO/MTBE)
business to a Huntsman Corporation  affiliate for cash and preferred stock. Cash
proceeds at the  closing  will  approximate  $513  million,  and will be used to
substantially  offset  the cost of  purchasing  assets  in  connection  with the
termination of a related lease  arrangement.  Texaco will also receive preferred
stock with a stated value of $65 million,  which is  mandatorily  redeemable  in
eleven years. The company expects to complete this transaction in the first half
of 1997.  In addition,  Texaco is  negotiating  with  Associates  First  Capital
Corporation,  an indirect  majority-owned  subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company,
for the sale of the company's credit card services unit, including its portfolio
of  proprietary  credit card  accounts  receivable.  As a result,  Texaco  would
receive cash proceeds of approximately  $300 million for its proprietary  credit
card accounts receivables and associated processing assets.

     In October  1996,  the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
(Fifth  Circuit)  affirmed the 1993 U.S.  Tax Court (Tax Court)  decision in the
so-called  "Aramco  Advantage" case and upheld Texaco's position in this dispute
with the IRS. The IRS has filed a petition for certiorari with the United States
Supreme Court, seeking review of the favorable decision by the Fifth Circuit. In
March 1988,  prior to the  commencement  of the Tax Court action,  Texaco,  as a
condition  of its  emergence  from  Chapter 11  proceedings,  made  certain cash
deposits to the IRS (Deposit Fund) in  contemplation  of potential tax claims. A
portion of the  Deposit  Fund also will be applied to issues  settled in the Tax
Court litigation years.  After  satisfaction of all liabilities  associated with
settled issues,  it is anticipated that in excess of $700 million will remain in
the Deposit  Fund and  continue to accrue  interest.  If the company  ultimately
prevails on the appeal of the Aramco  Advantage  issue,  the amount remaining in
the Deposit Fund will be refunded to the company,  with  interest.  In the event
the Supreme Court denies  certiorari,  a  significant  portion of that amount is
expected to be received in 1997.

     As a global  petroleum  company,  Texaco is  exposed  to  commodity  price,
foreign  exchange  and  interest  rate risks.  While  these risks are  primarily
managed by the  careful  structuring  of  transactions,  the  company  also uses
certain derivative financial instruments as a cost-effective and efficient means
for  managing  its risks.  Derivative  usage is subject  to the  company's  risk
management policies which prohibit speculative positions and restrict the amount
of exposure on all derivative  transactions  through dollar, term and volumetric
limits. The company's exposure in derivative transactions,  in the aggregate, is
not material. For more information related to derivative transactions,  refer to
Notes 7 and 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

     The  company  considers  its  financial  position  sufficient  to meet  its
anticipated future financial requirements.

Reserves

Texaco's worldwide net proved reserves at year-end 1996,  including equity in P.
T. Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CPI), a 50% owned affiliate operating in Indonesia,
totaled 3.7 billion barrels of oil  equivalent,  of which 53% are located in the
United States.  The worldwide  reserves include 2.7 billion barrels of crude oil
and natural gas liquids, and 6.0 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

     On a worldwide basis, including equity reserves and excluding purchases and
sales,  the  company  added new  volumes  to its  reserve  base equal to 113% of
combined  liquids  and gas  production  in 1996,  129% in 1995 and 111% in 1994.
During 1996,  the company  added new volumes to its reserve base equal to 83% of
combined  liquids and gas  production  in the United States and 154% outside the
United  States.  The  three-year   worldwide  reserve  replacement  average  for
1994-1996 was 118% and the five-year replacement average for 1992-1996 was 112%.

     Texaco's  worldwide finding and development costs were $4.89 in 1996, $3.89
over the  three-year  period  1994-1996  and  $4.04  over the  five-year  period
1992-1996.

     See the "Supplemental Oil and Gas Information"  section starting on page 71
for further information regarding Texaco's estimated proved reserves.



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ITEM B17
Capital and Exploratory Expenditures - Geographical
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B17.]

ITEM B18
Capital and Exploratory Expenditures - Functional
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B18.]


Capital and Exploratory Expenditures

Worldwide  capital  and  exploratory  expenditures  for  continuing  operations,
including equity in such  expenditures of affiliates,  were $3.4 billion for the
year 1996, of which $1.8 billion,  or 52% was spent in  international  areas and
$1.6 billion,  or 48% was spent in the United States.  Texaco continues to focus
on key upstream  exploration and development  projects which  represented 69% of
total  expenditures in 1996, as compared with 62% in 1995 and 58% in 1994. Solid
opportunities  internationally and in the U.S., especially in the Gulf of Mexico
shelf and  deepwater  areas,  have  significant  potential  to build on Texaco's
earnings   growth,   increase  return  to  shareholders  and  produce  a  highly
competitive  return on capital  employed.  Utilizing  the  synergies of advanced
technologies  such as 3-D and vertical cable  seismic,  subsea  completions  and
quadrilateral drilling, Texaco continues to add underground oil and gas reserves
at a significant  pace.  Recent  successes of bringing to  development  many new
fields,  enhanced  recovery efforts at older fields and the increased focus of a
newly  created  worldwide  exploration  unit with the  potential  to  contribute
significant discoveries,  are expected to grow Texaco's production and reserves.
Continued  downstream   investments  are  carefully   scrutinized  with  capital
allocated to those  activities  which will return  favorable  margins to Texaco.
Such  projects  include  strategic  refinery  upgrades  and  selected  worldwide
marketing initiatives which complement a cohesive investment program.

Exploration and Production

In the United States,  capital and  exploratory  expenditures in 1996 focused on
key projects in the Gulf of Mexico in both the  continental  shelf and deepwater
areas.  Investments  reflect higher levels of rank wildcat  drilling,  continued
revitalization  of existing fields and an aggressive  Federal lease  acquisition
program.  Texaco brought into  production the Shasta natural gas prospect in the
Gulf  of  Mexico,   successfully   demonstrating   an   assortment  of  emerging
technologies and innovative subsea development techniques.  Appraisal wells also
confirmed  the  commerciality  of  the  Gemini  and  Petronius  prospects,   two
significant 1995 deepwater discoveries. Facility design and construction for the
Petronius project,  which will utilize a unique compliant tower design, began in
1996.  Work also began on the Discovery  project,  a major natural gas gathering
and  transmission  pipeline  and  processing  complex to be located  onshore and
offshore South Louisiana. In early 1997, a 50% interest in this project was sold
to a third  party.  Additionally,  Texaco  continues  to  develop  its heavy oil
reserves in California  using  efficient and cost  effective  enhanced  recovery
techniques.

     Internationally, upstream expenditures in 1996 increased over both 1995 and
1994.  Development  efforts  continued in the North Sea,  including  the Erskine
field, in the Partitioned  Neutral Zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as well
as for offshore  projects in Australia  and  Nigeria.  In addition,  several new
fields  were  brought  into  production  during  1996 in  Angola,  Colombia  and
Trinidad.  Also,  the Captain  field in the North Sea came  onstream  during the
first quarter of 1997. In Indonesia,  Texaco,  through its affiliate P.T. Caltex
Pacific  Indonesia,  continued the enhanced  recovery programs at the vast Minas
and Duri  fields.  The year 1996 also  reflected  generally  higher  exploratory
activity both in the U.S.
and abroad.

Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution

In the United States,  refinery  expenditures  decreased as compared to 1995 and
1994 due to the  completion  of major  refinery  projects  and upgrades for both
Texaco and its affiliate, Star Enterprise.  Marketing expenditures increased due
to expanded joint marketing  initiatives with quick service restaurants and lube
outlets,  as well as strategic  service station site acquisitions and alliances.
Also,  construction  continued  on a  strategic  crude oil  pipeline  which will
service  new  deepwater  and  subsalt oil  production  from the central  Gulf of
Mexico.

     Internationally,   overall  downstream   expenditures  remained  relatively
constant  over the  three-year  period  1994-1996.  The lower  level of refinery
spending was primarily related to a refinery construction completion in Thailand
and an upgrade in  Singapore  by Caltex and  refinery  upgrade  completions  and
enhancements in Panama and the United Kingdom.  Marketing investments increased,
particularly in Latin American growth markets and selected  European  locations,
as well as in high-growth areas of the Pacific Rim through Caltex.



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1997 Capital and Exploratory Expenditures

Texaco's  capital and  exploratory  spending  levels,  including  equity in such
expenditures of affiliates, are planned to approximate $4.5 billion during 1997,
an  increase  of more than 30% over 1996  spending  levels.  Approximately  $2.6
billion,  or 58% of Texaco's  investment  program, is targeted for international
areas and $1.9 billion, or 42%, for domestic initiatives. On a functional basis,
65% of the total program has been designated for upstream opportunities, 33% for
downstream and 2% for other activities.

     The  1997  program   supports  the  company's   aggressive   financial  and
operational  goals by investing in opportunities  that will increase  production
and reserves,  leverage our world-class  technologies and the Texaco brand name,
and support profitable strategic alliances. Expenditures in 1997 will maintain a
balance between growth and strategic  opportunities,  and core  businesses.  The
1997 spending  budget is the first year of a five year $24.3 billion capital and
exploratory expenditures program.

     Upstream  investments  will be  directed  to those  opportunities  that are
expected  to  significantly  increase  existing  production  levels  and  expand
Texaco's  reserve base. In the deepwater  U.S. Gulf of Mexico,  the company will
nearly double  expenditures from 1996 levels.  Building upon recent  exploration
successes  and lease  acquisitions,  Texaco will  maintain a solid rank  wildcat
drilling  program in 1997, and accelerate the delineation of new discoveries and
development  efforts  to  bring  discoveries  onstream.  Enhanced  oil  recovery
techniques  in the  Partitioned  Neutral  Zone,  Indonesia and onshore U.S. will
increase  oil and gas output  from  mature  producing  fields.  Such  techniques
involve the use of advanced technologies,  including 3-D seismic,  steamflooding
and carbon  dioxide  injection.  Development  projects will continue in the U.K.
North Sea,  where  Texaco's  Captain field  produced first oil in early 1997 and
where the Erskine  field is expected to come onstream  later in the year.  Also,
appraisal work will continue in 1997 for the Galley and Mariner  projects in the
North Sea.  Participation  in high-impact  growth  opportunities,  including the
Karachaganak  venture in Kazakstan and a joint agreement to study and pursue the
development  of heavy  crude oil in the  Hamaca  region of  Venezuela,  have the
potential to significantly  contribute to Texaco's  production and reserve base.
Additionally,  exploration will continue in promising  geological basins of West
Africa,  China and Southeast  Asia which have the potential of becoming new core
areas for the company.

     In the downstream, expenditures will be directed primarily toward marketing
activities.  Texaco will enhance  retail  positions in Latin America and Caltex'
operating areas throughout the Asia-Pacific region via new business ventures and
the improvement of existing operations in these rapidly growing economic arenas.
In the U.S.,  investments  are  targeted for core  marketing  areas in preferred
markets in support of the  company's  global  brand  initiative,  and  expanding
alliances with quick service restaurants and quick lubes. Also, expenditures are
scheduled for the company's  refining  operations at the Nerefco  complex in the
Netherlands and the U.K. Pembroke plant, including the purchase of the remaining
outside interest in the plant's cracking complex.

     Other investments include cogeneration and gasification  projects primarily
in areas outside the United States.



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<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Capital and Exploratory Expenditures
(Millions of dollars)                                                           1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>     
Texaco Inc. and subsidiary companies:
Exploration and production
United States
  Exploratory expenses                                                       $   153    $    94    $   130
  Capital expenditures                                                         1,085        806        659
International
  Exploratory expenses                                                           226        195        177
  Capital expenditures                                                           755        723        468
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total exploration and production                                           2,219      1,818      1,434
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturing, marketing and distribution
United States
  Manufacturing                                                                   94        154        164
  Marketing                                                                      139        108         78
  Distribution                                                                    31         43         29
International
  Manufacturing                                                                   55         92         72
  Marketing                                                                      299        219        209
  Distribution                                                                     1          6         11
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total manufacturing, marketing and distribution                              619        622        563
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other
  United States                                                                   33         43         35
  International                                                                    2          7          2
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total other                                                                   35         50         37
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total Texaco Inc. and subsidiary companies                                 2,873      2,490      2,034
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Equity in affiliates:
Exploration and production
  United States                                                                    5          4          1
  International                                                                  154        115        150
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total exploration and production                                             159        119        151
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturing, marketing, distribution and other
United States
  Manufacturing                                                                   40         88         95
  Marketing                                                                       38         46         43
  Distribution                                                                    18         14         14
International*
  Manufacturing                                                                   67        165        235
  Marketing                                                                      230        196        160
  Distribution                                                                     6          9          6
Other--United States                                                            --            1          3
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total manufacturing, marketing, distribution and other                       399        519        556
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total equity in affiliates                                                   558        638        707
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total continuing operations                                                3,431      3,128      2,741
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discontinued operations                                                         --            2         22
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total worldwide                                                          $ 3,431    $ 3,130    $ 2,763
==========================================================================================================

<FN>
*    Excludes  expenditures  of Caltex'  affiliated  companies,  principally  in
     Australia, Thailand, Korea and Japan.
</FN>
</TABLE>

Industry Review
Review of 1996

The world economy grew at a strong 3.8% rate in 1996.  However,  growth patterns
were mixed among regions.  Economic expansion in the  industrialized  world as a
whole was relatively modest. While the pivotal U.S. economy enjoyed another year
of steady advance,  the adoption of fiscal austerity  measures in Western Europe
led to a  slowing  of  economic  expansion.  A large  increase  in  governmental
spending in the first quarter boosted Japanese GDP growth



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<PAGE>


ITEM B19
Real GDP Growth - Worldwide
PERCENT

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B19.]

ITEM B20
Average West Texas Intermediate Spot Prices - Per Quarter
DOLLARS PER BARREL

[GRAPHIC/IMAGE/ILLUSTRATION MATERIAL APPEARS HERE.
 SEE APPENDIX, PART B, ITEM B20.]


in 1996,  but the  recovery  has yet to become  deep-rooted.  On the other hand,
economic expansion in the developing world was generally robust, particularly in
the Pacific Rim countries.  One major  disappointment in 1996 was the failure of
the former  Soviet  bloc to turn  around.  Although  some of the former  Eastern
European  "satellite"  countries enjoyed  relatively strong growth,  the Russian
economy registered another decline, pulling down the region as a whole.

     World demand for petroleum  products continued to attain new highs in 1996,
spurred by the global economic expansion and cold winter conditions early in the
year. Oil consumption  averaged 71.8 million BPD, an increase of 1.7 million BPD
from the 1995 level.  Growth in the  industrialized  nations  rose  sharply,  up
900,000  BPD,  boosted  by the very cold  winter  weather  across  the  Northern
Hemisphere.   In  the  developing   countries,   buoyant  economic   conditions,
particularly in the Pacific Rim region,  led to a robust increase of 1.2 million
BPD in oil consumption.  However,  the contraction in the Russian economy offset
gains in several Eastern European  countries,  leading to an overall 400,000 BPD
demand decline for the former Soviet bloc.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
World Petroleum Demand
(Millions of barrels a day)                                                     1996       1995       1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>     
Industrial nations                                                              41.2       40.3       40.0
Developing nations                                                              24.9       23.7       22.6
Former Soviet bloc                                                               5.7        6.1        6.2
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total                                                                         71.8       70.1       68.8
==========================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     Crude oil  supplies  also rose  sharply  during  the  year.  However,  very
ambitious gains that had been expected from non-OPEC sources did not materialize
fully.  In the North Sea, for example,  extended  field  maintenance  during the
summer,  underperformance  by several  old fields and delayed  projects  limited
production  increases.  Even with these  constraints,  output from the North Sea
contributed  significantly  to non-OPEC's  near 1 million BPD gain from the 1995
level.

     Latin  America also posted  significant  increases,  resulting  from higher
output levels from Argentina,  Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Likewise, there were
significant gains from countries such as Angola, Australia and Canada, but these
were partially offset by production  losses from the former Soviet Union and the
United States.

     The step-up in world oil demand and lower than anticipated  non-OPEC output
combined  to boost  world  requirements  for OPEC oil  during  1996,  the  first
substantial  output  gain for the  organization  in  several  years.  Crude  oil
production   averaged  25.9  million  BPD,  a  900,000  BPD  increase  over  its
year-earlier  level.  Cash-strapped  countries  such as  Nigeria  and  Venezuela
substantially  exceeded  OPEC  quotas and  accounted  for more than half of this
increase.  Iraqi exports remained embargoed until near year-end,  when agreement
was reached allowing so-called "oil-for-food" flows under U.N.
Resolution 986.

     World petroleum prices were surprisingly  strong  throughout 1996.  Special
factors,  such as exceptionally cold weather early in 1996, the absence of Iraqi
exports  and the  delayed  start-up  of new  North Sea  production,  had a major
impact.  At the same time,  crude oil and petroleum  product stocks were lean by
historical  standards,  thus contributing to price strength and volatility.  The
spot price of U.S.  benchmark West Texas  Intermediate (WTI) averaged $22.16 per
barrel, which was $3.73 per barrel higher than the previous year and a level not
seen since the Gulf War.

     Refiners' margins during 1996 were higher than 1995's very depressed levels
in key U.S. and European  markets.  Despite the run-up in  underlying  crude oil
costs,  special factors  contributed to strong  light-end  product  prices.  For
instance,  the extreme cold winter within the Atlantic basin boosted heating oil
prices and delayed the refinery  switchover  to  gasoline,  leading to low stock
levels prior to the summer driving season. In addition,  on the U.S. West Coast,
refinery  outages  and  dislocations  resulting  from the  introduction  of CARB
reformulated  gasoline  also  pushed up margins  during  the spring and  summer.
Marketing  margins,   however,   decreased  relative  to  1995  due  to  intense
competitive pressures and oversupply in the marketplace, especially in the U.S.,
the United Kingdom and the Asia-Pacific area.

Near-Term Outlook

World  economic  growth is  projected  to remain  strong in 1997,  as  continued
powerful  expansion  in  the  developing  world  and  modest  increases  in  the
industrialized nations are reinforced by an anticipated turnaround in the former
Soviet bloc. The United States is forecast to continue to enjoy modest growth in
1997, and economic expansion in Western Europe is expected to pick up. In Japan,
growth should weaken  somewhat  from the  artificially  high rate created by the
stimulative  government spending in 1996. Within the developing world, expansion
in Asia may also  moderate  somewhat,  but will remain  relatively  strong.  The
former Soviet bloc as a whole is anticipated to register positive GDP growth for
the first time in eight  years,  as the Russian  economy  shows signs of turning
around.



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<PAGE>



     Strong  economic  conditions  should  result in one of the highest rates of
growth for world oil  consumption  witnessed  over the last two  decades.  World
demand is  projected  to average  73.8  million  BPD, a 2.0 million BPD, or 2.8%
increase over 1996 levels.  Growth in the industrialized  nations is expected to
slow to 500,000 BPD in 1997, as normal winter  conditions are projected.  In the
developing  countries,  demand is expected to rise by 1.4 million BPD, fueled by
the ongoing  economic  expansion.  Also,  in the former  Soviet bloc,  demand is
expected  to rise by 100,000 BPD from the 1996 level,  as  consumption  rises in
Central Europe.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Near-Term World Supply/Demand Balance
(Millions of barrels a day)                               1997             1996
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                       <C>              <C> 
Demand                                                    73.8             71.8
Supply
  Non-OPEC crude                                          38.3             37.1
  OPEC crude                                              26.7             25.9
  Other liquids                                            9.3              9.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total supply                                              74.3             72.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Stock change                                             0.5              0.2
================================================================================
</TABLE>

     Despite the strength in demand,  anticipated increases in non-OPEC and OPEC
production   may  actually  run  ahead  of   consumption,   causing  the  global
supply/demand  balance  to loosen  and  prices  to  weaken.  Non-OPEC  crude oil
production  has been on an  uptrend  over the last few years  and,  despite  the
somewhat disappointing  performance in 1996, output in 1997 is expected to climb
to 38.3 million BPD, a dramatic 1.2 million BPD gain. As in the past,  the North
Sea will be the major contributor, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Australia, India,
Angola and some other African nations. By year-end, output from Colombia's giant
Cusiana/Cupiagua fields is expected to rise significantly as the Ocensa pipeline
nears  completion.  Even output from the former Soviet Union may increase  after
many years of decline.  Among the major  producers,  only the United States will
continue to slip, and very slowly, as declining  production from Prudhoe Bay and
other North Slope fields is offset by new flows from the Gulf of Mexico.

     OPEC  production is also expected to rise in 1997,  given the resumption in
Iraqi oil exports.  The agreed partial  lifting of the U.N.  embargo will likely
add about 600,000 BPD to the market. In addition, ongoing capacity expansions in
Venezuela,  Algeria and Nigeria may  translate  into a further  increase in OPEC
production.  This could occur at a time when market  fundamentals  point  toward
weaker crude oil and product prices.

     U.S.  natural gas  consumption  in 1996 rose to over 22 trillion cubic feet
(TCF),  up 0.6 TCF from the  prior-year  level.  The  extreme  cold  weather and
growing industrial usage boosted demand to a level that has not been experienced
since the early 1970's.  In 1997,  demand should  continue to grow,  despite the
assumption of more normal winter conditions.

                                   o o o o o o

Forward-Looking Statements

The  Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis  and other  sections of this Annual
Report  may  contain  forward-looking  statements  that  are  based  on  current
expectations,  estimates and  projections  about the  industries in which Texaco
operates, management's beliefs and assumptions made by management. Words such as
"expects,"   "anticipates,"   "intends,"   "plans,"   "believes,"   "estimates,"
variations of such words and similar  expressions  are intended to identify such
forward-looking   statements.   These  statements  constitute   "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and
are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These statements are based on a
number of assumptions that could  ultimately  prove  inaccurate and,  therefore,
there can be no  assurance  that they will prove to be accurate.  Factors  which
could affect  performance  include  estimation of reserves,  inaccurate  seismic
data,  mechanical  failures,  unilateral  cancellation  of  concessions  by host
governments,  decreased demand for motor fuels,  natural gas and other products,
above-average temperatures,  pipeline failures, oil spills, increasing price and
product  competition,  higher or lower costs and expenses,  domestic and foreign
governmental and public policy changes including environmental regulations,  the
outcome of pending  and  future  litigation  and  governmental  proceedings  and
continued  availability of financing.  These are representative of factors which
could affect the outcome of the forward-looking  statements.  In addition,  such
statements  could be  affected by general  industry  and market  conditions  and
growth rates,  general domestic and international  economic conditions including
interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations and other factors.  Texaco
undertakes  no  obligation to update  publicly any  forward-looking  statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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<PAGE>


STATEMENT OF             Texaco Inc.              
CONSOLIDATED INCOME      and Subsidiary Companies 
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars) For the years ended December 31                                           1996         1995           1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                           <C>          <C>            <C>      
Revenues
Sales and services (includes transactions with significant affiliates of
  $3,867 million in 1996, $3,146 million in 1995 and $2,561 million in 1994)                  $ 44,561     $  35,551      $  32,540
Equity in income of affiliates, interest, asset sales and other                                    939         1,236            813
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total revenues                                                                                  45,500        36,787         33,353
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Deductions
Purchases and other costs (includes transactions with significant affiliates of
  $2,048 million in 1996, $1,733 million in 1995 and $1,679 million in 1994)                    34,643        27,237         23,931
Operating expenses                                                                               2,978         2,907          3,069
Selling, general and administrative expenses                                                     1,693         1,580          1,679
Maintenance and repairs                                                                            367           375            390
Exploratory expenses                                                                               379           289            307
Depreciation, depletion and amortization                                                         1,455         2,385          1,735
Interest expense                                                                                   434           483            498
Taxes other than income taxes                                                                      496           491            496
Minority interest                                                                                   72            54             44
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                42,517        35,801         32,149
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Income from continuing operations before income taxes and
  cumulative effect of accounting change                                                         2,983           986          1,204
Provision for income taxes                                                                         965           258            225
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of accounting change              2,018           728            979
Net loss on disposal of discontinued operations                                                     --            --            (69)
Cumulative effect of accounting change                                                              --          (121)            --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net Income                                                                                    $  2,018     $     607      $     910
====================================================================================================================================
Preferred stock dividend requirements                                                         $     58     $      60      $      91
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income available for common stock                                                         $  1,960     $     547      $     819
====================================================================================================================================

Net Income Per Common Share (dollars)
Net income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change
  Continuing operations                                                                       $   7.52    $    2.57          $3.43
  Discontinued operations                                                                           --            --           (.26)
Cumulative effect of accounting change                                                              --          (.47)            --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income                                                                                    $   7.52     $      2.10        $3.17
====================================================================================================================================
Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding (for computation of earnings
  per share) (thousands)                                                                       260,717       259,983        258,813
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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<PAGE>

CONSOLIDATED     Texaco Inc.               
BALANCE SHEET    and Subsidiary Companies  

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                             1996         1995
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                <C>         <C>     
Assets
Current Assets
  Cash and cash equivalents                                                        $    511    $    501
  Short-term investments-at fair value                                                   41          35
  Accounts  and  notes receivable  (includes   receivables from significant
    affiliates of $299 million in 1996 and $240 million in 1995), less allowance
    for  doubtful  accounts of $34 million in 1996 and $28 million in 1995            5,195       4,177
  Inventories                                                                         1,460       1,357
  Net assets of discontinued operations (see Note 3)                                     --         164
  Deferred income taxes and other current assets                                        458         224
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total current assets                                                            7,665       6,458
Investments and Advances                                                              4,996       5,278
Net Properties, Plant and Equipment                                                  13,411      12,580
Deferred Charges                                                                        891         621
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total                                                                        $ 26,963    $ 24,937
========================================================================================================

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current Liabilities
  Notes payable, commercial paper and current portion of long-term debt            $    465    $    737
  Accounts  payable and accrued  liabilities  (includes  payables to significant
    affiliates of $144 million in 1996 and $123 million in 1995)
      Trade liabilities                                                               3,472       2,396
      Accrued liabilities                                                             1,333       1,381
  Estimated income and other taxes                                                      914         692
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total current liabilities                                                       6,184       5,206
Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations                                          5,125       5,503
Deferred Income Taxes                                                                   795         634
Employee Retirement Benefits                                                          1,236       1,138
Deferred Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities                                     2,593       2,270
Minority Interest in Subsidiary Companies                                               658         667
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total                                                                          16,591      15,418
Stockholders' Equity
  Market Auction Preferred Shares                                                       300         300
  ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock                                                      474         495
  Unearned employee compensation and benefit plan trust                                (378)       (437)
  Common stock-274,293,417 shares issued                                              1,714       1,714
  Paid-in capital in excess of par value                                                630         655
  Retained earnings                                                                   8,292       7,186
  Currency translation adjustment                                                       (65)         61
  Unrealized net gain on investments                                                     33          62
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     11,000      10,036
   Less-Common stock held in treasury, at cost                                          628         517
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total stockholders' equity                                                     10,372       9,519
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total                                                                        $ 26,963    $ 24,937
========================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF               Texaco Inc.              
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS    and Subsidiary Companies 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars) For the years ended December 31                                    1996       1995      1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                    <C>        <C>        <C>    
Operating  Activities
Net income                                                                             $ 2,018    $   607    $   910
Reconciliation to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
  Cumulative effect of accounting change                                                    --        121         --
  Loss on disposal of discontinued operations                                               --         --        103
  Depreciation, depletion and amortization                                               1,455      2,385      1,735
  Deferred income taxes                                                                    (20)      (102)      (213)
  Exploratory expenses                                                                     379        289        307
  Minority interest in net income                                                           72         54         44
  Dividends from affiliates, greater than (less than) equity in income                     167       (103)       (79)
  Gains on asset sales                                                                     (19)      (320)      (125)
  Changes in operating working capital
    Accounts and notes receivable                                                       (1,072)      (766)       278
    Inventories                                                                           (104)       (29)       (60)
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities                                               716       (116)      (350)
    Other-mainly estimated income and other taxes                                           97        (44)        23
  Other-net                                                                                 73        146        286
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net cash provided by operating activities                                          3,762      2,122      2,859

Investing Activities
Capital and exploratory expenditures                                                    (2,897)    (2,386)    (2,050)
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations, net of cash and cash equivalents sold       344         --        645
Proceeds from sales of assets                                                              125      1,150        328
Sale of leasehold interests                                                                261        248         --
Purchases of investment instruments                                                     (1,668)    (1,238)      (693)
Sales/maturities of investment instruments                                               1,816      1,273        672
Other-net                                                                                   70         12         (7)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net cash used in investing activities                                             (1,949)      (941)    (1,105)

Financing Activities
Borrowings having original terms in excess of three months
  Proceeds                                                                                 307        313        660
  Repayments                                                                              (802)      (358)      (707)
Net decrease in other borrowings                                                          (143)      (137)      (251)
Issuance of preferred stock by subsidiaries                                                 --         65        112
Redemption of Series C Preferred Stock                                                      --         --       (267)
Purchases of common stock                                                                 (159)        (4)      (381)
Dividends paid to the company's stockholders
  Common                                                                                  (859)      (832)      (830)
  Preferred                                                                                (58)       (60)       (91)
Dividends paid to minority stockholders                                                    (87)       (55)       (87)
Other-net                                                                                   --         (2)        (3)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net cash used in financing activities                                             (1,801)    (1,070)    (1,845)

Cash and Cash Equivalents
Effect of exchange rate changes                                                             (2)       (14)         7
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Increase (decrease) during year                                                             10         97        (84)
Beginning of year                                                                          501        404        488
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of year                                                                            $   511    $   501    $   404
====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED    Texaco Inc.             
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY         and Subsidiary Companies

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    Shares       Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Shares in thousands; amounts in millions of dollars)                             1996                   1995                   1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                    <C>    <C>             <C>    <C>             <C>    <C>    
Preferred Stock
par value $1; Shares authorized-30,000,000
Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock-
liquidation value of $600 per share
  Beginning of year                                                    751    $   450         780    $   468         812    $   487
  Retirements                                                          (31)       (18)        (29)       (18)        (32)       (19)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  End of year                                                          720        432         751        450         780        468
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Series F ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock-
liquidation value of $737.50 per share
  Beginning of year                                                     60         45          63         47          66         49
  Retirements                                                           (3)        (3)         (3)        (2)         (3)        (2)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  End of year                                                           57         42          60         45          63         47
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Market Auction Preferred Shares (Series G, H, I and J)-
  liquidation  preference of $250,000 per share
  Beginning and end of year                                              1        300           1        300           1        300
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Series C Variable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock-
stated value of $50 per share
  Beginning of year                                                     --         --          --         --       5,334        267
  Redemption                                                            --         --          --         --      (5,334)      (267)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  End of year                                                           --         --          --         --          --         --
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Series E Variable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock-
stated value of $100,000 per share
  Beginning of year                                                     --         --          --         --           4        381
  Redemption                                                            --         --          --         --          (4)      (381)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  End of year                                                           --         --          --         --          --         --
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Unearned Employee Compensation
(related to ESOP preferred stock and restricted stock awards)
  Beginning of year                                                              (234)                  (282)                  (337)
  Awards                                                                          (22)                    (8)                    (5)
  Amortization and other                                                           81                     56                     60
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  End of year                                                                    (175)                  (234)                  (282)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Benefit Plan Trust
(common stock)
  Beginning of year                                                  4,000       (203)         --         --                       
  Establishment                                                         --         --       4,000       (203)                      
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  End of year                                                        4,000       (203)      4,000       (203)                      
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Stock
par value $6.25; Shares authorized-350,000,000
  Issued                                                           274,293      1,714     274,293      1,714     274,293      1,714
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Stock Held in Treasury, at cost
Beginning of year                                                   10,076       (517)     14,761       (753)     15,273       (776)
Purchases of common stock                                            1,757       (159)         51         (4)      6,107       (381)
Preferred stock exchange                                                --         --          --         --      (6,107)       381
Other-mainly employee benefit plans                                 (1,238)        48      (4,736)       240        (512)        23
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of year                                                         10,595    $  (628)     10,076    $  (517)     14,761    $  (753)
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
(Continued on next page)

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STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED     Texaco Inc.                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY          and Subsidiary Companies    
                              


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars)                                                                                 1996        1995       1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                <C>          <C>         <C>    
Paid-in-Capital in Excess of Par Value
Beginning of year                                                                                  $    655     $   654     $   655
Issuance and redemption of preferred stock, treasury stock transactions
  relating to investor services plan and employee compensation plans                                    (25)          1          (1)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of year                                                                                             630         655         654
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Retained Earnings
Balance at beginning of year                                                                          7,186       7,463       7,463
Add:
  Net income                                                                                          2,018         607         910
  Tax benefit associated with dividends on unallocated ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock                   5           8          11
Deduct: Dividends declared on
  Common stock ($3.30 per share in 1996, $3.20 per share in 1995 and 1994)                              859         832         830
  Preferred stock
    Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock                                                            42          43          45
    Series F ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock                                                             4           4           4
    Market Auction Preferred Shares (Series G, H, I and J)                                               12          13          10
    Series C Variable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock                                                    --          --          13

    Series E Variable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock                                                    --          --          19
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance at end of year                                                                                8,292       7,186       7,463
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Currency Translation Adjustment
Beginning of year                                                                                        61          87          18
Change during year                                                                                     (126)        (26)         69
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End of year                                                                                             (65)         61          87
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Unrealized Net Gain On Investments
Beginning of year                                                                                        62          51          58
Change during year                                                                                      (29)         11          (7)
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End of year                                                                                              33          62          51
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Stockholders' Equity
End of year (including preceding page)                                                             $ 10,372     $ 9,519     $ 9,749
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED         Texaco Inc.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS          and Subsidiary Companies
                                             

1  Note One - Description of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements consist of the accounts of Texaco Inc. and
subsidiary  companies  owned  directly  or  indirectly  more  than  50  percent.
Intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated.

     The U.S. Dollar is the functional currency of all the company's  operations
and of a substantial  portion of the operations of its affiliates  accounted for
on the equity method.  For these operations,  translation  effects and all gains
and losses from  transactions  not  denominated in the  functional  currency are
included in income  currently,  except for  certain  hedging  transactions.  The
cumulative  translation  effects  for the  equity  affiliates  using  functional
currencies  other than the U.S. Dollar are included in the currency  translation
adjustment in stockholders' equity.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of Texaco's consolidated financial statements in accordance with
generally  accepted  accounting  principles  requires the use of  estimates  and
management's  judgment.  While all available  information  has been  considered,
actual  amounts could differ from those reported as assets and  liabilities  and
related revenues, costs and expenses and the disclosed amounts of contingencies.

Cash Equivalents

Highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased
are generally considered to be cash equivalents.

Inventories

Virtually all inventories of crude oil,  petroleum  products and  petrochemicals
are stated at cost,  determined on the last-in,  first-out (LIFO) method.  Other
merchandise  inventories  are  stated  at  cost,  determined  on  the  first-in,
first-out  (FIFO)  method.  Materials  and supplies are stated at average  cost.
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market.

Investments and Advances

The equity method of accounting is used for  investments  in certain  affiliates
owned 50 percent or less,  including corporate  joint-ventures and partnerships.
Under this method, equity in the pre-tax income or losses of partnerships and in
the net  income or losses of  corporate  joint-venture  companies  is  reflected
currently in Texaco's  revenues,  rather than when realized through dividends or
distributions.  Investments  in  the  entities  accounted  for  on  this  method
generally reflect Texaco's equity in their underlying net assets.

     The  company's  interest in the net income of  affiliates  accounted for at
cost is reflected in net income when realized through dividends.

     Investments  in debt  securities  and in  equity  securities  with  readily
determinable  fair  values  are  accounted  for at fair value if  classified  as
available-for-sale.

Properties, Plant and Equipment and Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

Texaco follows the "successful efforts" method of accounting for its oil and gas
exploration and producing operations.

     Lease acquisition costs related to properties held for oil, gas and mineral
production are capitalized when incurred.  Unproved  properties with acquisition
costs which are individually  significant are assessed on a property-by-property
basis, and a loss is recognized, by provision of a valuation allowance, when the
assessment   indicates  an  impairment  in  value.   Unproved   properties  with
acquisition   costs  which  are  not  individually   significant  are  generally
aggregated and the portion of such costs estimated to be nonproductive, based on
historical experience, is amortized on an average holding period basis.

     Exploratory costs, excluding the costs of exploratory wells, are charged to
expense  as   incurred.   Costs  of  drilling   exploratory   wells,   including
stratigraphic  test wells,  are capitalized  pending  determination  whether the
wells have found proved reserves which justify commercial  development.  If such
reserves are not found, the drilling costs are charged to exploratory  expenses.
Intangible  drilling costs applicable to productive wells and to development dry
holes, as well as tangible  equipment costs and costs of injected carbon dioxide
related to the development of oil and gas reserves, are capitalized.

     As discussed  in Note 2, Texaco  adopted  SFAS 121 in 1995.  Commencing  in
1995,  for purposes of  determining  and  recognizing  permanent  impairment  of
long-lived  assets to be held and used, the applicable  carrying value is tested
against the  undiscounted  projection of net future  pre-tax cash flows.  In the
case of productive oil and gas properties located in the United States, the test
is  performed  on an  individual  field  basis,  including  related  depreciable
investment.  For similar  properties located outside the United States,



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the test is performed on a field,  concession or contract area basis,  depending
on the circumstances. For other depreciable investments, the applicable grouping
of assets is based on the lowest  practicable levels of identifiable cash flows,
consistent  with the manner in which those assets are managed.  If an impairment
exists, the carrying amount is adjusted to fair value.

     Assets  to be  disposed  of are  generally  accounted  for at the  lower of
amortized cost or fair value less cost to sell.

     The costs of productive  leaseholds and other  capitalized costs related to
producing  activities,  including  tangible and intangible  costs, are amortized
principally  by field on the  unit-of-production  basis by applying the ratio of
produced  oil and gas to  estimated  recoverable  proved  oil and gas  reserves.
Estimated  future  restoration and  abandonment  costs are taken into account in
determining amortization and depreciation rates.

     Depreciation of properties, plant and equipment related to facilities other
than  producing  properties is provided  generally on the group plan,  using the
straight-line  method,  with depreciation rates based upon estimated useful life
applied to the cost of each class of property.  Assets not on the group plan are
depreciated based on estimated useful lives using the straight-line method.

     Capitalized  nonmineral leases are amortized over the estimated useful life
of the asset or the lease term, as appropriate, using the straight-line method.

     Periodic   maintenance  and  repairs   applicable  to  marine  vessels  and
manufacturing  facilities  are  accounted  for  on  the  accrual  basis.  Normal
maintenance and repairs of all other properties, plant and equipment are charged
to expense as incurred. Renewals,  betterments and major repairs that materially
extend the useful life of properties are capitalized and the assets replaced, if
any, are retired.

     When capital  assets  representing  complete units of property are disposed
of, the difference  between the disposal proceeds and net book value is credited
or charged to income.  When miscellaneous  business  properties are disposed of,
the  difference  between  asset cost and salvage value is charged or credited to
accumulated depreciation.

Environmental Expenditures

When  remediation  of a  property  is  probable  and the  related  costs  can be
reasonably estimated, environmentally-related remediation costs are expensed and
recorded as liabilities. If recoveries of environmental costs from third parties
are  probable,  a receivable  is  recorded.  Other  environmental  expenditures,
principally  maintenance or preventive in nature, are recorded when expended and
are expensed or capitalized as appropriate.

Deferred Income Taxes

Deferred income taxes are determined utilizing a liability approach.  The income
statement effect is derived from changes in deferred income taxes on the balance
sheet.  This  approach  gives  consideration  to  the  future  tax  consequences
associated with differences between financial accounting and tax bases of assets
and  liabilities.  These  differences  relate to items such as  depreciable  and
depletable properties,  exploratory and intangible drilling costs, nonproductive
leases,  merchandise  inventories and certain  liabilities.  This approach gives
immediate effect to changes in income tax laws upon enactment.  

     Provision is not made for possible  income taxes payable upon  distribution
of accumulated earnings of foreign subsidiary companies and affiliated corporate
joint-venture  companies  when  such  earnings  are  deemed  to  be  permanently
reinvested.

Net Income Per Common Share

Primary net income per common share is based on net income less preferred  stock
dividend requirements divided by the average number of common shares outstanding
and common  equivalents.  Fully diluted net income per common share assumes full
conversion of all  convertible  securities into common stock at the later of the
beginning of the year or date of issuance (unless antidilutive).

Accounting for Contingencies

Certain  conditions  may exist as of the date  financial  statements are issued,
which may result in a loss to the company,  but which will only be resolved when
one or more future events occur or fail to occur.  Such  contingent  liabilities
are assessed by the company's  management and legal  counsel.  The assessment of
loss contingencies  necessarily involves an exercise of judgment and is a matter
of opinion.  In assessing loss  contingencies  related to legal proceedings that
are pending  against the  company or  unasserted  claims that may result in such
proceedings,  the company's legal counsel  evaluates the perceived merits of any
legal  proceedings or unasserted  claims as well as the perceived  merits of the
amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.

     If the  assessment  of a contingency  indicates  that it is probable that a
material  liability  had  been  incurred  and  the  amount  of the  loss  can be
estimated,  then the  estimated  liability  would be  accrued  in the  company's
financial  statements.  If the assessment  indicates that a potentially material
liability is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot
be  estimated,  then the nature of the  contingent  liability,  together with an
estimate of the range of possible loss if  determinable  and material,  would be
disclosed.

     Loss  contingencies  considered  remote are generally not disclosed  unless
they  involve  guarantees,  in which case the nature of the  guarantee  would be
disclosed.  However,  in some  instances in which  disclosure  is not  otherwise
required,  the company may disclose contingent  liabilities of an unusual nature
which, in the judgment of management and its legal counsel, may be
of interest to stockholders or others.



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Reclassifications

Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to current
year presentation.

2 Note Two - Changes in Accounting Principles

During  1995,  Texaco  adopted  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards,
"Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to
Be Disposed Of" (SFAS 121).  Under SFAS 121,  assets whose carrying  amounts are
not expected to be fully recovered by future use or disposition  must be written
down to their fair values.

     Adoption of this Standard  resulted in a non-cash  after-tax charge of $639
million against fourth quarter 1995 earnings.  Application of SFAS 121 to assets
that the company  intends to retain  resulted in a pre-tax fourth quarter charge
of $775 million,  principally due to  depreciation,  depletion and  amortization
expense.  On an  after-tax  basis,  this  charge  amounted  to $514  million and
primarily  reflected the write-down to their estimated fair values of certain of
the company's producing properties in the United States which were evaluated for
impairment on a field-by-field  basis rather than in the aggregate.  Fair values
were based on estimated  future  discounted cash flows.  To a large extent,  the
impairments resulted from acquisitions of U.S. upstream properties at times when
price assumptions and reserve estimates were higher.  Additionally,  constraints
on production  and  development in certain areas due to  environmental  concerns
have curtailed originally projected production levels and increased costs to the
point that original  investments  cannot be fully recovered.  Also in the fourth
quarter,  certain non-core coal and marketing properties,  surplus buildings and
other properties and equipment that the company intends to abandon or dispose of
pursuant  to its plan for growth were  written  down by a $184  million  charge,
principally due to depreciation,  depletion and amortization expense.  Including
estimated  disposal costs,  this charge to income was $125 million,  net-of-tax.
There were no  material  changes in the  estimated  fair  values of assets to be
disposed of subsequent to the  determination  of their  impairment.  At year-end
1996 and  1995,  the  carrying  amounts  of assets  to be  disposed  of were not
significant.  Adoption of SFAS 121 by Star  Enterprise  and the Caltex  group of
companies, each owned 50% by Texaco, had no effect on 1995 net income.

     In  accordance  with SFAS  121,  a $121  million  after-tax  write-down  of
non-core  domestic  producing  properties  held for  sale at  January  1,  1995,
previously  recorded  in the first  quarter  of 1995 in income  from  continuing
operations,  has been  classified  as the  cumulative  effect  of an  accounting
change.

3 Note Three - Discontinued Operations

In 1993,  Texaco announced its intention to dispose of substantially  all of its
worldwide  chemical  operations,  including  its lubricant  additives  business.
Texaco has since accounted for these operations as discontinued operations.

     On April 21,  1994,  Texaco  Inc.  completed  the sale of  Texaco  Chemical
Company and related  international  chemical operations to Huntsman  Corporation
for $850 million, consisting of $650 million in cash and an 11-year subordinated
note with a face value of $200 million. The note was prepaid in January 1996. On
February 29, 1996,  Texaco sold its worldwide  lubricant  additives  business to
Ethyl  Corporation  for $136  million  in cash and a three year note with a face
amount of $60 million.

     The  results  of these  operations  have been  classified  as  discontinued
operations for all periods  presented in the Statement of  Consolidated  Income.
The assets and  liabilities of the worldwide  lubricant  additives  business are
classified as "Net assets of  discontinued  operations" in the December 31, 1995
Consolidated Balance Sheet.  Discontinued operations have not been segregated in
the Statement of  Consolidated  Cash Flows and,  therefore,  amounts for certain
captions will not agree with the respective Statement of Consolidated Income.

     Purchase and sale  transactions  between the  discontinued  operations  and
Texaco's significant affiliates,  as well as resultant receivables and payables,
were immaterial for each period presented.

     The summarized  results of  discontinued  operations and related per common
share effects are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars) For the years ended December 31                                           1996           1995           1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                             <C>            <C>            <C>  
Revenues                                                                                        $  32          $ 222          $ 415
====================================================================================================================================
Loss on disposal before income taxes*                                                           $  --          $  --          $(103)
Benefit from income taxes                                                                          --             --             34
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net loss on disposal                                                                            $  --          $  --          $ (69)
====================================================================================================================================
*1996 includes $3 million of losses, 1995 includes $11 million of income and 1994 includes $15 million of 
  income during the phase-out period.

Per common share (dollars)
  Net loss on disposal                                                                          $  --          $  --          $(.26)
====================================================================================================================================

<FN>
The net assets of  discontinued  operations of $164 million at December 31, 1995
consisted  primarily  of  properties,  plant and  equipment  of $130 million and
working capital.
</FN>
</TABLE>

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4  Note Four - Inventories

(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                       1996         1995
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Crude oil                                                    $  296       $  294
Petroleum products and petrochemicals                           904          839
Other merchandise                                                58           27
Materials and supplies                                          202          197
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total                                                  $1,460       $1,357
================================================================================

     The excess of  estimated  current  cost over the book value of  inventories
carried on the LIFO basis of accounting was approximately  $398 million and $231
million at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.

5  Note Five - Investments and Advances

Investments in affiliates,  including corporate joint-ventures and partnerships,
owned  50% or less  are  accounted  for on the  equity  method.  Texaco's  total
investments and advances are summarized as follows:

(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                          1996     1995
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Affiliates accounted for on the equity method
  Caltex group of companies
    Exploration and production                                  $  448   $  445
    Manufacturing, marketing and distribution                    1,679    2,035
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total Caltex group of companies                                2,127    2,480
  Star Enterprise                                                  756      755
  Other affiliates                                                 928      850
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 3,811    4,085
Miscellaneous investments, long-term receivables, 
 etc., accounted for at
  Fair value                                                       544      682
  Cost, less reserve                                               641      511
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total                                                         $4,996   $5,278
===============================================================================

     Texaco's equity in the net income of affiliates accounted for on the equity
method,  adjusted  to reflect  income  taxes for  partnerships  whose  income is
directly taxable to Texaco, is as follows:

(Millions of dollars) For the years ended December 31      1996    1995     1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Equity in net income (loss)
  Caltex group of companies
    Exploration and production                            $ 188   $ 156    $ 136
    Manufacturing, marketing and distribution               347     294      210
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total Caltex group of companies                           535     450      346
  Star Enterprise                                            14     (47)      37
  Other affiliates                                          120     121      111
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                                 $ 669   $ 524    $ 494
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dividends received from these companies                   $ 878   $ 427    $ 467
================================================================================

     The  undistributed  earnings  of  these  affiliates  included  in  Texaco's
retained  earnings were $2,609 million,  $2,768 million and $2,657 million as of
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.


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Caltex Group

Texaco has investments in the Caltex group of companies, owned 50% by Texaco and
50% by Chevron  Corporation.  The Caltex group  consists of P.T.  Caltex Pacific
Indonesia,  American  Overseas  Petroleum  Limited  and  subsidiary  and  Caltex
Petroleum  Corporation and  subsidiaries.  This group of companies is engaged in
the exploration for and  production,  transportation,  refining and marketing of
crude oil and  products in Africa,  Asia,  the Middle  East,  Australia  and New
Zealand.

     On April 2, 1996,  Caltex Petroleum  Corporation  completed the sale of its
50%  interest  in  Nippon  Petroleum  Refining  Company,  Limited  (NPRC) to its
partner,  Nippon Oil Company,  for  approximately  $2 billion.  Caltex Petroleum
Corporation's  net income for 1996  includes a gain of $621  million  associated
with this sale.  Texaco's results include a net gain of $219 million relating to
this sale,  comprised of its equity share of the gain, less an adjustment in the
carrying value of its  investment  and further  reduced by a tax on the dividend
distributed to the shareholders.

Star Enterprise

Star Enterprise  (Star) is a joint-venture  partnership  owned 50% by Texaco and
50% by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company. The partnership  refines,  distributes and
markets certain Texaco-branded  petroleum products,  including gasolines,  in 26
East and Gulf Coast states and the District of Columbia.

                                   o o o o o o

     The following  table provides  summarized  financial  information on a 100%
basis for the Caltex group,  Star and all other affiliates  accounted for on the
equity method,  as well as Texaco's share.  The net income of all  partnerships,
including  Star,  is net of  estimated  income  taxes.  The  actual  income  tax
liability is reflected in the accounts of the respective  partners and not shown
in the following table.

     Star's assets at the  respective  balance sheet dates include the remaining
portion of the assets which were originally  transferred  from Texaco to Star at
the fair market value on the date of formation.  Texaco's  investment and equity
in the income of Star,  as reported in the  consolidated  financial  statements,
reflect  the  remaining  unamortized  historical  carrying  cost  of the  assets
transferred to Star at formation.  Additionally,  Texaco's  investment  includes
adjustments  necessary to reflect  contractual  arrangements on the formation of
this partnership, principally involving contributed inventories.



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars)                                                                   1996              1995               1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                  <C>                <C>                <C>     
Caltex group
For the years ended December 31:
Gross revenues                                                                       $ 18,166           $ 15,622           $ 15,148
Income before income taxes                                                           $  2,175           $  1,366           $  1,111
Net income                                                                           $  1,193           $    899           $    689
====================================================================================================================================
As of December 31:
Current assets                                                                       $  2,565           $  2,323           $  2,421
Noncurrent assets                                                                       6,830              7,794              7,389
Current liabilities                                                                    (2,999)            (3,223)            (3,072)
Noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits                                            (2,018)            (1,799)            (1,853)
Minority interest in subsidiary companies                                                (122)              (136)              (152)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net assets                                                                           $  4,256           $  4,959           $  4,733
====================================================================================================================================
Star Enterprise 
For the years ended December 31:
Gross revenues                                                                       $  8,006           $  6,619           $  6,100
Income (loss) before income taxes                                                    $     38           $   (135)          $    101
Net income (loss)                                                                    $     25           $    (88)          $     66
====================================================================================================================================
As of December 31:
Current assets                                                                       $    816           $    832           $    928
Noncurrent assets                                                                       3,204              3,299              3,247
Current liabilities                                                                      (704)              (745)              (748)
Noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits                                            (1,141)            (1,207)            (1,109)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Partners' equity                                                                     $  2,175           $  2,179           $  2,318
====================================================================================================================================
Other equity affiliates 
For the years ended December 31:
Gross revenues                                                                       $  3,940           $  3,662           $  3,058
Income before income taxes                                                           $    697           $    691           $    639
Net income                                                                           $    451           $    440           $    410
====================================================================================================================================
As of December 31:
Current assets                                                                       $  1,049           $    925           $    641
Noncurrent assets                                                                       3,853              3,622              3,351
Current liabilities                                                                    (1,182)            (1,180)              (759)
Noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits                                            (1,845)            (1,703)            (1,835)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net assets (or partners' equity)                                                     $  1,875           $  1,664           $  1,398
====================================================================================================================================
Texaco's share 
For the years ended December 31:
Gross revenues                                                                       $ 14,644           $ 12,567           $ 11,766
Income before income taxes                                                           $  1,310           $    818           $    780
Net income                                                                           $    669           $    524           $    494
====================================================================================================================================
As of December 31:
Current assets                                                                       $  1,913           $  1,739           $  1,711
Noncurrent assets                                                                       6,378              6,820              6,453
Current liabilities                                                                    (2,329)            (2,420)            (2,213)
Noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits                                            (2,090)            (1,986)            (1,969)
Minority interest in subsidiary companies                                                 (61)               (68)               (76)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net assets (or partners' equity)                                                     $  3,811           $  4,085           $  3,906
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


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6  Note Six - Properties, Plant and Equipment

As of December 31, 1996 and 1995, net  exploration  and  production  properties,
plant and equipment  totaled  $5,258 million and $4,914  million,  respectively,
relating to U.S. operations and $2,474 million and $2,180 million, respectively,
relating to  international  operations.  As of December  31, 1996 and 1995,  net
manufacturing,  marketing,  and  distribution  properties,  plant and  equipment
totaled  $2,834  million  and $2,856  million,  respectively,  relating  to U.S.
operations  and $2,219  million and $2,040  million,  respectively,  relating to
international operations.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Gross             Net           Gross             Net
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                         1996                            1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                          <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>    
Exploration and production                                                   $24,786         $ 7,732         $24,015         $ 7,094
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturing, marketing and distribution
  Manufacturing                                                                3,476           2,097           3,370           2,115
  Marketing                                                                    3,651           2,607           3,360           2,376
  Marine                                                                         173               8             226              12
  Pipelines                                                                      870             341             950             393
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total manufacturing, marketing and distribution                            8,170           5,053           7,906           4,896
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other                                                                          1,032             626             982             590
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                                                    $33,988         $13,411         $32,903         $12,580
====================================================================================================================================
    Capital lease amounts included above                                     $   450         $   111         $   559         $    60
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     Accumulated  depreciation,   depletion  and  amortization  totaled  $20,577
million  and  $20,323  million  at  December  31,  1996 and 1995,  respectively.
Interest capitalized as part of properties,  plant and equipment was $12 million
in 1996, $20 million in 1995 and $13 million in 1994.

7  Note Seven - Short-Term Debt, Long-Term Debt, Capital Lease Obligations and
                Related Derivatives

Notes payable, commercial paper and current portion of long-term debt

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                                        1996             1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                          <C>              <C>   
Commercial paper                                                                                             $  326           $  609
Notes payable to banks and others with originating terms of one year or less                                    443              464
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
  Indebtedness                                                                                                  640              684
  Capital lease obligations                                                                                      13               27
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                              1,422            1,784
Less short-term obligations intended to be refinanced                                                           957            1,047
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total                                                                                                      $  465           $  737
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     The weighted average interest rate of commercial paper and notes payable to
banks at December 31, 1996 and 1995 was 6.1%.


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Long-term debt and capital lease obligations

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                                           1996          1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                             <C>           <C>
Long-Term Debt
  6-7/8% Guaranteed notes, due 1999                                                                             $  200        $  200
  6-7/8% Guaranteed debentures, due 2023                                                                           195           195
  7-1/2% Guaranteed debentures, due 2043                                                                           198           198
  7-3/4% Guaranteed debentures, due 2033                                                                           199           199
  8% Guaranteed debentures, due 2032                                                                               147           147
  8-1/4% Guaranteed debentures, due 2006                                                                           150           150
  8-3/8% Guaranteed debentures, due 2022                                                                           198           198
  8-1/2% Guaranteed notes, due 2003                                                                                199           199
  8-5/8% Guaranteed debentures, due 2010                                                                           150           150
  8-5/8% Guaranteed debentures, due 2031                                                                           199           199
  8-5/8% Guaranteed debentures, due 2032                                                                           199           199
  8.65% Guaranteed notes, due 1998                                                                                 200           200
  8-7/8% Guaranteed debentures, due 2021                                                                           150           150
  9% Guaranteed notes, due 1996                                                                                     --           400
  9% Guaranteed notes, due 1997                                                                                    200           200
  9% Guaranteed notes, due 1999                                                                                    200           200
  9-3/4% Guaranteed debentures, due 2020                                                                           250           250
  Medium-term notes, maturing from 1996 to 2043 (7.8%)                                                             568           573
  Revolving Credit Facility, due 1998-2002 - variable rate (5.6%)                                                  330           330
  Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, due 2012 - variable rate (3.5%)                                                 166           166
  Other long-term debt:
    Texaco Inc. - Guarantee of ESOP Series B and F loans - fixed and variable rates (5.0%)                         145           213
    U.S. dollars (6.5%)                                                                                            374           295
    Other currencies (8.3%)                                                                                         59            38
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total                                                                                                          4,676         5,049
Capital Lease Obligations (see Note 8)                                                                             145           118
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                 4,821         5,167
Less current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations                                               653           711
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                 4,168         4,456
Short-term obligations intended to be refinanced                                                                   957         1,047
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations                                                          $5,125        $5,503
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     The percentages  reflected for variable-rate debt are the interest rates at
December 31, 1996. The  percentages  reflected for the  categories  "Medium-term
notes" and "Other  long-term  debt" are the weighted  average  interest rates at
year-end 1996. Where  applicable,  principal  amounts reflected in the preceding
schedule include unamortized premium or discount.  Interest paid, net of amounts
capitalized,  amounted to $433  million in 1996,  $482  million in 1995 and $500
million in 1994.

     At December 31, 1996,  Texaco was party to a revolving credit facility with
commitments  of $1.5 billion  with a syndicate  of major U.S. and  international
banks,  available as support for the issuance of the company's commercial paper,
as well as for working capital and for other general corporate purposes.  Texaco
has no amounts  outstanding  under this facility at year-end 1996. Texaco pays a
facility  fee on the $1.5  billion  facility.  The  banks  reserve  the right to
terminate the credit  facility upon the occurrence of certain  specific  events,
including change in control.

     At December 31, 1996,  Texaco's  long-term  debt  included  $957 million of
short-term  obligations  scheduled to mature during 1997,  which the company has
both the intent and the ability to refinance on a long-term  basis,  through the
use of its $1.5 billion revolving credit facility.

     Contractual  annual  maturities of long-term debt,  including  sinking fund
payments and other  redemption  requirements,  for the five years  subsequent to
December 31, 1996 are as follows (in millions): 1997 - $640; 1998 - $326; 1999 -
$546;  2000 - $169;  and  2001 -  $169.  The  preceding  maturities  are  before
consideration  of  short-term  obligations  intended to be  refinanced  and also
exclude capital lease obligations.

Debt-related derivatives

Texaco  seeks to  maintain  a  balanced  capital  structure  that  will  provide
financial  flexibility  and support the  company's  strategic  objectives  while
achieving a low cost of capital.  This is achieved by  balancing  the  company's
liquidity and interest rate  exposures.  These  exposures are managed  primarily
through the use of long-term and short-term debt instruments  which are reported
on  the  balance  sheet.  However, 



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off-balance  sheet derivative  instruments,  primarily  interest rate swaps, are
also used as a management  tool in achieving  the  company's  objectives.  These
instruments  are  used to  manage  identifiable  exposures  on a  non-leveraged,
non-speculative basis.

     As part of its interest  rate  exposure  management,  the company  seeks to
balance the benefit of the lower cost of floating  rate debt,  with its inherent
increased risk, with fixed rate debt having less market risk.

     Summarized  below are the carrying amounts and fair values of the company's
debt and  debt-related  derivatives  at December  31, 1996 and 1995.  Derivative
usage during the periods presented was limited to interest rate swaps, where the
company either paid or received the net effect of a fixed rate versus a floating
rate  (commercial  paper or LIBOR) index at specified  intervals,  calculated by
reference to an agreed notional principal amount.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        Carrying         Fair                  Carrying        Fair
                                                                          Amount        Value                    Amount       Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) At December 31                                                     1996                                  1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                          <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>    
Notes Payable and Commercial Paper                                        $   769     $   769                   $ 1,073     $ 1,073

Related Derivatives - (Receivable) Payable                                     --          (4)                       --           3
  Notional principal amount                                  $   150                               $   200  
  Weighted average maturity (years)                              6.8                                   6.0  
  Weighted average fixed pay rate                               7.06%                                 7.35% 
  Weighted average floating receivable rate                     5.50%                                 5.69% 

Long-Term Debt, including current maturities                              $ 4,676     $ 4,943                   $ 5,049     $ 5,626
Related Derivatives - (Receivable) Payable                                     --           1                        --          (6)
  Notional principal amount                                  $   583                               $   596 
  Weighted average maturity (years)                              1.5                                   2.7 
  Weighted average fixed receivable rate                        5.08%                                 5.78% 
  Weighted average floating pay rate                            4.93%                                 5.63%  

Unamortized net gain on terminated swaps                                  $     5                               $     3
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

During 1996, pay fixed rate swaps having an aggregate  notional principal amount
of $50 million  matured.  Also during 1996,  pay  floating  rate swaps having an
aggregate notional principal amount of $13 million were amortized or matured.

     Fair values  noted above are based upon quoted  market  prices,  as well as
rates  currently  available to the company for borrowings with similar terms and
maturities.  The  fair  value of swaps is the  estimated  amount  that  would be
received or paid to terminate the  agreements  at year-end,  taking into account
current   interest   rates  and  the  current   creditworthiness   of  the  swap
counterparties.

     Amounts  receivable or payable based on the interest rate  differentials of
derivatives are accrued monthly and are reflected in interest expense as a hedge
of  interest  on  outstanding  debt.  Gains and losses on  terminated  swaps are
deferred and amortized over the life of the associated debt or the original term
of the swap, whichever is shorter.

     Since  counterparties  to the company's  derivative  transactions are major
financial  institutions  with strong credit ratings,  exposure to credit risk on
the net  interest  differential  on notional  amounts is minimal.  The  notional
amounts of derivative  contracts do not represent  cash flow and are not subject
to credit risk. The company's  counterparty credit exposure limits have been set
based upon the maturity and notional amounts of these transactions.

8  Note Eight - Lease Commitments and Rental Expense

The  company  has  leasing  arrangements  involving  service  stations,   tanker
charters, a manufacturing plant, crude oil production and processing  equipment,
and other  facilities.  Amounts due under  capital  leases are  reflected in the
company's  balance sheet as obligations,  while Texaco's interest in the related
assets  is  principally  reflected  as  properties,  plant  and  equipment.  The
remaining lease  commitments are operating  leases,  and payments on such leases
are recorded as rental expense.


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     As of December  31,  1996,  Texaco Inc. and its  subsidiary  companies  had
estimated  minimum  commitments  for  payment of rentals  (net of  noncancelable
sublease rentals) under leases which, at inception,  had a noncancelable term of
more than one year, as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars)                                                        Operating leases        Capital leases
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                    <C>                     <C> 
1997                                                                                   $  782                  $ 29
1998                                                                                      131                    27
1999                                                                                      125                    22
2000                                                                                      116                    21
2001                                                                                      394                    31
After 2001                                                                                602                    72
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total lease commitments                                                                $2,150                  $202
====================================================================================================================
Less amounts representing
  Executory costs                                                                                                28
  Interest                                                                                                       75
Add noncancelable sublease rentals netted in capital lease commitments above                                     46
                                                                                                            -------
Present value of total capital lease obligations                                                               $145
====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Included in operating lease  commitments above is $510 million on the lease of a
manufacturing  plant,  which  expires in 1997.  It is expected that an option to
purchase this plant will be exercised in conjunction  with the anticipated  sale
of the plant in 1997.

In 1995,  Texaco as lessee entered into a lease agreement for equipment  related
to the  production  and  processing  of crude oil from the Captain  Field in the
United Kingdom  sector of the North Sea. The equipment is principally  comprised
of a movable drilling and production  platform and a floating production storage
offloading  vessel.  The lease has an initial  noncancelable  term of five years
with renewal  options for an additional  six years.  The agreement also provides
for residual  value  guarantees  if a renewal  option or purchase  option is not
exercised by Texaco. Both the lease payment amounts and residual value guarantee
for this operating lease are dependent upon the final  construction costs of the
equipment.  Construction  was  completed  in  early  1997.  The  above  table of
operating  lease   commitments   includes  the  estimated   amounts  based  upon
construction  costs paid by the lessor through December 31, 1996. Lease payments
are expected to begin in 1997.

Rental expense (excluding discontinued operations) relative to operating leases,
including  contingent rentals based on factors such as gallons sold, is provided
in the table below.  Such payments do not include rentals on leases covering oil
and gas mineral rights.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars)                                                                    1996       1995       1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                      <C>        <C>        <C>
Rental expense
  Minimum lease rentals                                                                  $259       $224       $205
  Contingent rentals                                                                       10         16         15
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                                                                 269        240        220
Less rental income on properties subleased to others                                       53         43         40
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net rental expense                                                                       $216       $197       $180
===================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


9  Note Nine - Preferred Stock and Rights

Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock

An amendment to Texaco Inc.'s  Employees  Thrift Plan created an Employee  Stock
Ownership Plan (ESOP) feature. In 1988, the ESOP purchased 833,333 1/3 shares of
Series B ESOP  Convertible  Preferred Stock (Series B) from the company for $600
per  share,  or an  aggregate  purchase  price  of  $500  million.  Texaco  Inc.
guaranteed a $500 million  variable-rate loan made to the ESOP which was used to
acquire the shares of Series B.  Subsequently,  in 1991, Texaco Inc.  refinanced
approximately  $103 million of the  outstanding  balance through a Grantor Trust
structure at a fixed interest rate. The current fixed interest rate is 6.13%.

     Dividends  on each  share  of  Series  B are  cumulative  and  are  payable
semiannually  at the rate of $57 per annum.  Dividends  on Series B totaled  $42
million for 1996, $43 million for 1995 and $45 million for 1994.

     Participants  may  partially  convert  their Series B holdings  into common
stock  beginning at age 55, and may elect full  conversion  upon  retirement  or
separation  from service with the company.  The  conversion  ratio and number of
votes per share of Series B are subject to adjustment under certain  conditions.
At present,  each share of Series B entitles a participant to 12.9 votes, voting
together with the holders of common stock, and is convertible into 12.868 shares
of common stock.  As an alternative to  conversion,  a participant  can elect to
receive  $600 per share of Series B,  payable  in cash or common  stock.  If the
participant  elects to receive  common  stock,  the company  provides  shares of
common  stock  to the  plan  trustee,  who  then  transmits  the  shares  to the
participant.  Should the participant  elect to receive cash, it is the intent of
the company to provide the plan trustee with shares of common stock, so that the
trustee  can sell such  shares in the open  market and have  sufficient  cash to
transmit to the participant.  The outstanding shares of Series B may


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be redeemed by Texaco Inc. at $611.40 and $605.70 per share through December 19,
1997 and  1998,  respectively,  and at $600 per share on or after  December  20,
1998.  Also,  Texaco Inc.  may be required to redeem all  outstanding  shares of
Series B under certain circumstances.

Series D Junior Participating Preferred Stock and Rights

In 1989,  the  company  declared a dividend  distribution  of one Right for each
outstanding share of common stock. Under certain  circumstances,  each Right may
be  exercised  to purchase  from the company a unit  consisting  of 1/100th of a
share (Unit) of Series D Junior  Participating  Preferred  Stock (Series D), par
value  $1.00 per  share,  at a  purchase  price of $150 per Unit  (the  Purchase
Price), subject to adjustment.

     The Rights may be exercised  only after a person has acquired,  or obtained
the  right to  acquire,  beneficial  ownership  of 20% or more of the  company's
common  stock other than  pursuant to a  Qualifying  Offer,  or has  commenced a
tender offer that would  result in that person  owning 20% or more of the common
stock.

     A Qualifying  Offer is an  all-cash,  fully  financed  tender offer for all
outstanding shares of common stock which remains open for 45 days, which results
in the acquiror  owning a majority of the company's  voting stock,  and in which
the acquiror agrees to purchase for cash all remaining shares of common stock.

     The Rights expire on April 3, 1999, or sooner,  upon the acquisition of the
company pursuant to a Qualifying  Offer, and may be redeemed by the company at a
price of $.01 per Right at any time  prior to 10 days  after the  Rights  become
exercisable.

     In the event that a person becomes the  beneficial  owner of 20% or more of
the common  stock other than  pursuant to a  Qualifying  Offer,  each Right will
thereafter entitle the holder to receive, upon exercise of the Right, in lieu of
the  Series  D, a number of shares  of  common  stock,  property,  cash or other
securities  having a formula value equal to two times the exercise  price of the
Right.

     In the event that the  company is acquired  in a  transaction  in which the
company  is not the  surviving  corporation,  or in the event 50% or more of the
company's assets or earning power is sold or transferred, each holder of a Right
thereafter  has the  right  to  receive,  upon  exercise,  common  stock  of the
acquiring  company  having a value equal to two times the exercise  price of the
Right.

     Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, has no rights as a
stockholder  of  the  company,  including  the  rights  to  vote  or to  receive
dividends.

     As of December 31, 1996, there were 3,000,000 shares designated as Series D
with a liquidation value of $100 per share. In general,  the terms of the Series
D have been designed so that each Unit of Series D should be  substantially  the
economic  equivalent of one share of common stock. The Series D will, if issued,
be junior to any other series of  Preferred  Stock which may be  authorized  and
issued,  unless the terms of such other series provide otherwise.  Each share of
the Series D which may be issued will  entitle the holder to receive a quarterly
dividend  equal to the  greater  of (i)  $5.00  per  share or (ii) 100 times the
quarterly dividend declared per share of common stock, subject to adjustment.

     In the event of  liquidation  of the  company,  the holders of the Series D
will be entitled to receive a  preferred  liquidation  payment of $100 per share
plus accrued and unpaid  dividends to the date of payment,  but in no event less
than an amount equal to 100 times the payment made per share of common stock, if
greater. The Series D will be redeemable as a whole, or in part, at any time, or
from time to time, at the option of the company at a redemption  price per share
equal to 100  times  the then  market  price of a share of  common  stock,  plus
accrued and unpaid  dividends  through the  redemption  date.  Each share of the
Series D will have 100 votes, voting together with the common stock.

     In the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which the
shares of common  stock are  exchanged,  each share of the Series D will entitle
the holder thereof to receive 100 times the amount  received per share of common
stock.

     If dividends on the Series D are in arrears in an aggregate amount equal to
six  quarterly  dividends,  the  number  of  directors  of the  company  will be
increased  by two,  and the holders of the Series D  outstanding  at the time of
such dividend  arrearage,  voting separately as a class with any other series of
preferred stock likewise  qualified to vote, will be entitled at the next annual
meeting to elect two  directors.  The  Series D will also have a separate  class
vote on certain matters which would adversely  affect the rights and preferences
of the Series D.

     The  Purchase  Price  payable  and the number of Units of Series D or other
securities  or  property  issuable  upon  exercise  of the Rights are subject to
adjustment from time to time in certain events to prevent dilution.

Series F ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock

An amendment to Texaco Inc.'s  Employees  Savings Plan created an Employee Stock
Ownership Plan (ESOP) feature.  In 1990, the ESOP purchased  67,796.61 shares of
Series F ESOP  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  (Series  F) from the  company  for
$737.50 per share,  or an aggregate  purchase price of $50 million.  Texaco Inc.
guaranteed a $50 million  variable-rate  loan made to the ESOP which was used to
acquire the shares of Series F.

     Dividends  on each  share  of  Series  F are  cumulative  and  are  payable
semiannually  at the rate of $64.53  per  annum.  Annual  dividends  on Series F
totaled $4 million for 1996, 1995 and 1994.


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<PAGE>


     Participants  may  partially  convert  their Series F holdings  into common
stock  beginning at age 55, and may elect full  conversion  upon  retirement  or
separation  from service with the company.  The  conversion  ratio and number of
votes per share of Series F are subject to adjustment under certain  conditions.
At present,  each share of Series F entitles a participant  to 10 votes,  voting
together with the holders of common stock,  and is convertible into 10 shares of
common stock.  As an  alternative  to  conversion,  a  participant  can elect to
receive  $737.50  per  share  of  Series  F,  in cash or  common  stock.  If the
participant  elects to receive  common  stock,  the company  provides  shares of
common  stock  to the  plan  trustee,  who  then  transmits  the  shares  to the
participant.  Should the participant  elect to receive cash, it is the intent of
the company to provide the plan trustee with shares of common stock, so that the
trustee  can sell such  shares in the open  market and have  sufficient  cash to
transmit to the participant.  The outstanding shares of Series F may be redeemed
by Texaco Inc. at $756.86,  $750.41 and $743.95 per share  through  February 12,
1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively, and at $737.50 per share on or after February
13, 2000. Also, Texaco Inc. may be required to redeem all outstanding  shares of
Series F under certain circumstances.

Market Auction Preferred Shares

In 1992, the company  issued 1,200 shares of cumulative  variable rate preferred
stock, called Market Auction Preferred Shares (MAPS) in a private placement, for
an  aggregate  purchase  price of $300  million.  The MAPS are grouped into four
series (300 shares each of Series G, H, I and J) of $75 million each.

     The  dividend  rates  for each  series  are  determined  by Dutch  auctions
conducted at  seven-week  intervals.  The length of the dividend  periods can be
changed at each  auction.  Alternatively,  the  dividend  rate and the  dividend
period can be negotiated with potential investors.

     During 1996, the annual dividend rate for the MAPS ranged between 3.90% and
4.19% and dividends  totaled $12 million ($9,510,  $11,043,  $11,009 and $11,015
per share for series G, H, I and J, respectively).

     For 1995,  the annual  dividend rate for the MAPS ranged  between 4.22% and
4.65% and dividends totaled $13 million ($12,255,  $10,558,  $10,521 and $10,531
per share for Series G, H, I and J, respectively). For 1994, the annual dividend
rate for the MAPS  ranged  between  2.48% and 4.57% and  dividends  totaled  $10
million ($7,784,  $8,057,  $9,156 and $9,356 per share for Series G, H, I and J,
respectively).

     The  company  may  redeem  the  MAPS,  in whole or in part at any time at a
liquidation  preference of $250,000 per share, plus premium, if any, and accrued
and unpaid dividends thereon.

     The MAPS are non-voting, except under certain limited circumstances.

Series C and Series E Variable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock

On September 30, 1994, the company  redeemed in cash and retired all outstanding
shares of Series C. For 1994,  dividends  on the  Series C totaled  $13  million
($2.43 per share).

     On November 8, 1994, the company exchanged 6.1 million shares of its common
stock held in treasury,  which were acquired during the year, for all the issued
and outstanding shares of Series E, which were then retired. For 1994, dividends
on the Series E totaled $19 million ($4,850 per share).

10  Note Ten - Foreign Currency

Currency  translations from continuing  operations resulted in a pre-tax loss of
$60 million in 1996, compared to a gain of $23 million in 1995 and a loss of $18
million  in 1994.  After  applicable  taxes,  the loss in 1996 was $66  million,
compared  to a gain in 1995 of $30  million  and a loss in 1994 of $49  million.
These  amounts  include  Texaco's  equity in such gains and losses of affiliates
accounted for on the equity method of accounting.

     Currency  exchange  impacts for the years 1994 through 1996 were  primarily
due to the effects of SFAS 109 "Accounting for Income Taxes" with respect to the
Pound  Sterling  on  deferred  income  taxes,  as well as the  impact  of strong
inflationary factors within developing countries and the Caltex area.

     Currency translation  adjustments  reflected in the separate  stockholders'
equity account result from translation items pertaining to certain affiliates of
Caltex.  During  the year  1996,  losses  of $66  million  resulted  from  these
adjustments, as well as the reversal of a $60 million existing deferred gain due
to the sale by Caltex of its investment in NPRC. As a result, a $60 million gain
was included in Texaco's net income as part of the gain on this sale. During the
year 1995,  losses of $26  million in  stockholders'  equity  resulted  from the
effects of currency translation adjustments.


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11  Note Eleven - Taxes

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 United                       United                     United
                                                 States   Foreign    Total    States  Foreign    Total   States    Foreign     Total
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars)                                                 1996                        1995                          1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                              <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>       <C>      <C>   
Direct taxes
  Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    Current
      U.S. Federal and foreign                   $  359    $  642   $1,001    $   34   $  357   $  391    $  (68)   $  296   $  228
      U.S. state and local                          (16)       --      (16)      (31)      --      (31)       36        --       36
    Deferred                                         13       (33)     (20)      (90)     (12)    (102)      (33)       (6)     (39)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total provision (benefit) for income taxes    356       609      965       (87)     345      258       (65)      290      225
  Taxes other than income taxes
    Oil and gas production                          112         2      114        91        3       94       101         8      109
    Sales and use                                    --        82       82        --       73       73        --        55       55
    Property                                        105        14      119       109       18      127       111        18      129
    Payroll                                          72        48      120        72       44      116        78        39      117
    Other                                            29        32       61        63       18       81        38        48       86
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total taxes other than income taxes           318       178      496       335      156      491       328       168      496
  Import duties and other governmental levies        38     4,127    4,165        43    3,914    3,957        53     3,939    3,992
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total direct taxes                            712     4,914    5,626       291    4,415    4,706       316     4,397    4,713
Taxes collected from consumers for
    governmental agencies                         1,413     1,824    3,237     1,266    1,803    3,069     1,313     2,124    3,437
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total                                      $2,125    $6,738   $8,863    $1,557   $6,218   $7,775    $1,629    $6,521   $8,150
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

All information in this note excludes discontinued operations.

     The deferred income tax assets and liabilities included in the Consolidated
Balance  Sheet as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 amounted to $242 million and $99
million,  respectively, as net current assets and $795 million and $634 million,
respectively,  as net  noncurrent  liabilities.  The table  that  follows  shows
deferred  income tax assets and  liabilities by category.  Deferred income taxes
are not recorded on  differences  between  financial  reporting and tax bases of
investments in stock of subsidiary  companies,  unless realization of the effect
is probable in the  foreseeable  future.  Certain  potential  deferred tax asset
amounts for which  possibility of realization  is deemed  extremely  remote have
been eliminated and are therefore excluded from the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                   (Liability) Asset
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                              1996                      1995
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<S>                                                                                               <C>                       <C>     
Depreciation                                                                                      $  (947)                  $  (912)
Depletion                                                                                            (271)                     (327)
Intangible drilling costs                                                                            (655)                     (501)
Other deferred tax liabilities                                                                       (502)                     (343)
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      Total                                                                                        (2,375)                   (2,083)

Employee benefit plans                                                                                523                       524
Tax loss carryforwards                                                                                955                       907
Tax-related reserves                                                                                   26                        36
Tax credit carryforwards                                                                              351                       388
Environmental reserves                                                                                176                       211
Other deferred tax assets                                                                             614                       383
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      Total                                                                                         2,645                     2,449
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      Total before valuation allowance                                                                270                       366
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Valuation allowance                                                                                  (823)                     (901)
                                                                                                  -------                   ------- 
      Total - net                                                                                 $  (553)                  $  (535)
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


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     The following schedule  reconciles the differences between the U.S. Federal
income tax rate and the effective income tax rate:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                         1996       1995       1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                      <C>        <C>        <C>  
U.S. Federal income tax rate assumed to be applicable                                                    35.0%      35.0%      35.0%
Net earnings and dividends attributable to affiliated corporations accounted for on the equity method    (5.5)     (17.1)     (10.5)
Aggregate earnings and losses from international operations                                              12.7       18.5       11.1
Sales of stock of subsidiaries                                                                           (6.3)      (6.6)     (15.7)
Energy credits                                                                                           (1.9)      (3.3)      (2.4)
Other                                                                                                    (1.6)       (.4)       1.2
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Effective income tax rate                                                                                32.4%      26.1%      18.7%
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     For  companies  operating  in the  United  States,  pre-tax  earnings  from
continuing  operations  before cumulative effect of accounting change aggregated
$1,783  million  in 1996,  $40  million in 1995 and $402  million  in 1994.  For
companies with operations located outside the United States, pre-tax earnings on
that basis  aggregated  $1,200  million in 1996,  $946  million in 1995 and $802
million in 1994.

     Income taxes paid, net of refunds,  amounted to $917 million,  $554 million
and $329 million in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.

     The  undistributed  earnings  of  subsidiary  companies  and of  affiliated
corporate  joint-venture companies accounted for on the equity method, for which
deferred U.S.  income taxes have not been provided at December 31, 1996 amounted
to $1,302 million and $2,124 million, respectively. The corresponding amounts at
December  31,  1995  were  $1,262  million  and  $2,308  million,  respectively.
Recording  of  deferred  income  taxes on these  undistributed  earnings  is not
required  relative  to foreign  companies  and  pre-1993  earnings  of  domestic
companies  when the earnings  have been  permanently  reinvested.  These amounts
would be subject to possible U.S.  taxation  only if remitted as dividends.  The
determination of the hypothetical amount of unrecognized  deferred U.S. taxes on
undistributed  earnings of foreign  entities is not  practicable.  For  domestic
entities, such unrecorded deferred income taxes were not material.

     For  the  year  1996,  a  benefit  of $54  million  was  recorded  for  the
utilization of loss  carryforwards  in the 1995 U.S.  Federal income tax return.
For the years  1995 and 1994  there  was no  utilization  of loss  carryforwards
recorded for U.S.  Federal income taxes.  For the years 1996, 1995 and 1994, the
utilization  of loss  carryforwards  resulted  in  income  tax  benefits  of $16
million, $13 million and $57 million in foreign income taxes, respectively.

     At December 31, 1996, Texaco had worldwide tax basis loss  carryforwards of
approximately  $2,347  million,  including  $1,044  million which do not have an
expiration date. The remainder expire at various dates through 2012.

     Foreign tax credit  carryforwards  available  for U.S.  Federal  income tax
purposes amounted to approximately  $223 million at December 31, 1996,  expiring
at various  dates  through  2001.  Alternative  minimum tax and other tax credit
carryforwards  available for U.S.  Federal income tax purposes were $351 million
at December  31,  1996,  of which $347  million  have no  expiration  date.  The
remaining credits expire at various dates through 2011. The credits that are not
utilized by the  expiration  dates may be taken as deductions  for U.S.  Federal
income tax  purposes.  In 1996,  tax credit  carryforwards  of $43 million  were
utilized for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.

12  Note Twelve - Employee Benefit Plans

Texaco Inc. and certain of its non-U.S.  subsidiaries  sponsor  various  benefit
plans for active employees and retirees.  The costs of the savings,  health care
and life insurance plans relative to employees' active service are shared by the
company  and its  employees,  with  Texaco's  costs for these  plans  charged to
expense as incurred.  In  addition,  reserves  for  employee  benefit  plans are
provided  principally for the unfunded costs of various  pension plans,  retiree
health  and  life  insurance  benefits,  incentive  compensation  plans  and for
separation benefits payable to employees.

     The  discussion  of employee  benefit  plans that follows is for total plan
activity,  including  benefits  and  amounts  applicable  to  employees  of  the
discontinued operations. Amounts relative to the discontinued operations are not
material for any of the years discussed.

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP)

Texaco recorded ESOP expense of $15 million in 1996, $28 million in 1995 and $20
million in 1994.  Company  contributions  to the Employees Thrift Plan of Texaco
Inc. and the Employees  Savings Plan of Texaco Inc. (the Plans)  amounted to $26
million in 1996,  $17 million in 1995 and $20  million in 1994.  These Plans are
designed to provide participants with a benefit of approximately 6% of base pay.
Included  in the 1996 and 1995  ESOP  expense  is $9  million  and $11  million,
respectively,  for an employee incentive award program. Award payments were made
in early 1996 to individual participants' ESOP accounts. 

     In 1996,  1995 and 1994, the company paid $46 million,  $47 million and $49
million,  respectively,  in  dividends  on  Series B and  Series  F  stock.  The
dividends are applied by the trustee to fund interest payments which amounted to
$10 million, $14 million and $13 million for 1996, 1995 and 1994,  respectively,
as well as to reduce  principal  on the ESOP loans.  Dividends  on the shares of
Series B and Series F used to service  debt of the Plans are tax  deductible  to
the company.

     Reflected  in Texaco's  long-term  debt are the Plans' ESOP loans which are
guaranteed by Texaco Inc. Commensurate with each repayment on the ESOP loans and
as a result of the  allocation of the Series B and Series F stock by the trustee
of the Plans to the individual participating employees,  there is a reduction in
the  remaining   ESOP-related  unearned  employee  compensation  included  as  a
component of  stockholders'  equity.  



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Benefit  Plan Trust  

During 1995, Texaco established a benefit plan trust (Trust) for funding company
obligations under certain benefit plans.  Texaco transferred four million shares
of  treasury  stock to the Trust.  The  company  intends to  continue to pay its
obligations  under its benefit  plans.  The Trust will use the shares,  proceeds
from the sale of such shares and  dividends on such shares to pay benefits  only
to the extent  not paid by the  company.  The  shares  held in the Trust will be
voted by the trustee as instructed by the Trust's beneficiaries. The shares held
by the Trust are not  considered  outstanding  for earnings  per share  purposes
until distributed or sold by the Trust in payment of benefit obligations.

Pension Plans

The  company  sponsors  pension  plans that  cover the  majority  of  employees.
Generally,  these  plans  provide  defined  pension  benefits  based on years of
service and final  average  pay.  However,  the level of  benefits  and terms of
vesting vary among plans. Amounts charged to pension expense, as well as amounts
funded,  are  generally  based on  actuarial  studies.  Pension  plan assets are
administered by trustees and are principally invested in equity and fixed income
securities and deposits with insurance companies.

     The total  worldwide  expense  for all  employee  pension  plans of Texaco,
including  pension  supplementations  and the smaller  non-U.S.  plans,  was $91
million in 1996, $86 million in 1995 and $109 million in 1994.

     The  following  data are provided  for U.S.  plans and  principal  non-U.S.
plans:

Components of Pension Expense

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               United States Plans                  Non-U.S. Plans
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars)                                                   1996       1995       1994       1996       1995       1994
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                    <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>  
Benefits earned during the year                                        $  57      $  48      $  69      $  16      $  16      $  22
Actual investment return on plan assets, (gain) loss                    (226)      (279)        27       (102)      (123)        33
Interest cost on projected benefit obligations                           117        114        125         81         81         74
Amortization of net deferred amounts                                     104        158       (145)        38         64       (104)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total                                                            $  52      $  41      $  76      $  33      $  38      $  25
===================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

The assumed  long-term return on plan assets for U.S. plans was 10% for 1996 and
1995, and 9% for 1994; for non-U.S. plans the weighted average rate was 8.7% for
1996 and 1995, and 8.5% for 1994.


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Funded Status of Pension Plans
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                 United States Plans
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                       Assets  Accumulated       Assets  Accumulated
                                                                                       Exceed     Benefits       Exceed     Benefits
                                                                                  Accumulated       Exceed  Accumulated       Exceed
                                                                                     Benefits       Assets     Benefits       Assets
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                              1996                       1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                  <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>     
Present value of the estimated pension benefits to be paid in the future
  Vested benefits                                                                    $(1,097)     $   (97)     $(1,132)     $   (83)
  Nonvested benefits                                                                     (94)          (2)        (105)          (3)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Accumulated benefit obligations (ABO)                                              (1,191)         (99)      (1,237)         (86)
  Effect of projected future salary increases                                           (353)         (14)        (394)         (21)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Total projected benefit obligations (PBO)                                          (1,544)        (113)      (1,631)        (107)
Plan assets at fair value                                                              1,483           --        1,361           --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Assets less than PBO                                                                  (61)        (113)        (270)        (107)
Net transition (asset) liability                                                         (37)           7          (47)          10
Unrecognized net prior-service costs                                                      62           14           70           15
Unrecognized net (gains) and losses                                                        2           (7)         179           (4)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Net pension liability recorded in Texaco's Consolidated Balance Sheet              $   (34)     $   (99)     $   (68)     $   (86)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                      Non-U.S. Plans
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                       Assets  Accumulated       Assets  Accumulated
                                                                                       Exceed     Benefits       Exceed     Benefits
                                                                                  Accumulated       Exceed  Accumulated       Exceed
                                                                                     Benefits       Assets     Benefits       Assets
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                              1996                       1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                  <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>     
Present value of the estimated pension benefits to be paid in the future
  Vested benefits                                                                    $  (436)     $  (274)     $  (388)     $  (260)
  Nonvested benefits                                                                     (21)         (32)         (19)         (22)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Accumulated benefit obligations (ABO)                                                (457)        (306)        (407)        (282)
  Effect of projected future salary increases                                            (19)         (19)         (19)         (22)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Total projected benefit obligations (PBO)                                            (476)        (325)        (426)        (304)
Plan assets at fair value                                                                789           40          677           36
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   Assets in excess of (less than) PBO                                                   313         (285)         251         (268)
Net transition (asset) liability                                                         (39)           7          (46)          11
Unrecognized net prior-service costs                                                      23           32           22           33
Unrecognized net (gains) and losses                                                      (25)         (20)          11          (21)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Net pension (liability) asset recorded in Texaco's Consolidated Balance Sheet      $   272      $  (266)     $   238      $  (245)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

Weighted Average Rate Assumptions Used in Estimating Pension Benefit Obligations

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      United States Plans            Non-U.S. Plans
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                        1996         1995         1996         1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                      <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>  
Discount rate                                                                            7.5%         7.0%        12.0%        11.5%
Rate of increase in compensation levels                                                  4.0%         4.0%         7.4%         7.9%
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Other Postretirement Benefits

Texaco  sponsors  postretirement  plans in the U.S. that provide health care and
life insurance for retirees and eligible  dependents.  The company's U.S. health
insurance obligation is its fixed dollar  contribution.  The plans are unfunded,
and the costs are shared by the company and its employees and retirees.

     The determination of the company's  obligation is based on the terms of the
life and health insurance plans,  along with applicable  actuarial  assumptions.
The company continues to fund these benefit costs on a pay-as-you-go basis, with
retirees  paying the excess over the  company's  fixed dollar  contribution  for
health  insurance.  For employees who retire from Texaco  between age 55 and 65,
most  will be  eligible  to  receive  health  care  benefits,  similar  to those
available to active employees, as well as life insurance benefits. The company's
cost to provide these postretirement  benefits for health insurance is currently
equal to the company's cost for an active employee.  After attaining age 65, the
retirees' health care coverage is coordinated with available Medicare benefits.

     Fixed dollar contributions for health care benefits are determined annually
by the company.  For  measurement  purposes,  no increase is expected in the per
capita  company  contribution  in 1997.  Commencing  in 1998,  the fixed  dollar
contribution  is expected  to  increase 


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by 4% per annum for both  pre-age 65 and  post-age  65  retirees  for all future
years. The assumed fixed dollar  contributions  do not necessarily  represent an
obligation of the company.

     Assuming a 1% increase  in the annual rate of increase in the fixed  dollar
contribution  for  health  insurance,  the  accumulated  postretirement  benefit
obligation and annual expense would increase by approximately $49 million and $5
million, respectively.

     Certain of the company's non-U.S.  subsidiaries have postretirement benefit
plans.  However,  most  retirees  outside  the U.S.  are  covered by  government
sponsored and administered programs, the cost of which is not significant to the
company.

     The following  tables  provide  information  on the status of the principal
postretirement plans:

Components of Other Postretirement Benefit Expense

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Health      Life          Health      Life           Health     Life
                                                           Care Insurance  Total     Care Insurance   Total     Care Insurance Total
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars)                                                       1996                       1995                     1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                        <C>      <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>     <C>     <C> 
Benefits earned during the year                            $  9     $  3    $ 12     $  7     $  2     $  9     $ 12    $  4    $ 16
Interest cost on accumulated postretirement
    benefit obligations                                      30       21      51       33       21       54       38      20      58
Amortization of net deferred amounts                         (1)      --      (1)      (3)      (1)      (4)      --      --      --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                                  $ 38     $ 24    $ 62     $ 37     $ 22     $ 59     $ 50    $ 24    $ 74
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Funded Status of Other Postretirement Plans

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Health      Life          Health     Life
                                                                                   Care Insurance   Total    Care Insurance   Total
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                              1996                      1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C> 
Accumulated unfunded postretirement benefit obligations
  Retirees                                                                         $266     $239     $505     $272     $242     $514
  Fully eligible active participants                                                 31        1       32       33        1       34
  Other active plan participants                                                    102       60      162      125       67      192
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total accumulated unfunded postretirement benefit obligations                   399      300      699      430      310      740
Unrecognized net gain                                                               110       27      137       72        5       77
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net other postretirement benefit liability recorded in

  Texaco's Consolidated Balance Sheet                                              $509     $327     $836     $502     $315     $817
===================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Weighted  Average  Rate  Assumptions  Used in  Estimating  Other  Postretirement
Benefit Oblitations

                                                             1996          1995
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discount rate                                                7.5%          7.0%
Rate of increase in compensation levels                      4.0%          4.0%
===============================================================================

13 Note Thirteen -  Stock Incentive Plan


Under the company's  stock  incentive plan (the Plan) approved by  stockholders,
stock options and restricted  stock may be granted to executives and certain key
employees. The total number of shares available each year for issuance under the
Plan through  December  31, 2002 is  eight-tenths  of one percent  (0.8%) of the
aggregate number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding on December 31
of the previous year,  adjusted for certain plan activity.  Shares not issued in
the current  year are  available  for future  grant.  The option price per share
cannot be less than the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date
granted unless adjusted as provided in the Plan.

     The following  table  summarizes the number of shares at December 31, 1996,
1995 and 1994 available for awards during the subsequent year:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Shares) As of December 31                             1996        1995        1994
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>         <C>         <C>      
To all participants                               3,513,505   2,851,983   1,981,129
To those participants not officers or directors     966,398     687,089     552,915
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                             4,479,903   3,539,072   2,534,044
===================================================================================
</TABLE>



<PAGE>


During 1996, Texaco adopted the disclosure provision versus fair value method of
accounting  for  stock-based  compensation  associated  with  the  Statement  of
Financial Accounting Standards  "Accounting for Stock-Based  Compensation" (SFAS
123).  Consistent  with this  adoption,  the  company has elected to continue to
account for stock options by applying the  guidelines  of Accounting  Principles
Board Opinion  "Accounting  for Stock Issued to  Employees"  (APB 25). Had stock
options  been  accounted  for based on the fair  value  method of SFAS 123,  the
impact  on net  income  would  not be  material  and,  therefore,  no pro  forma
disclosures  are provided.  Stock  options  granted under the Plan extend for 10
years  from  the  date  of  grant  and  become  50%  exercisable  on  the  first
anniversary.  These  options are fully  exercisable  on the second  anniversary,
except for the January 1990 awards, which became fully exercisable on the fourth
anniversary of the award.

     The Plan permits the company to grant restored  options to a participant in
the Plan who has previously  been granted stock options.  This feature enables a
participant,  who exercises an option by exchanging  previously  acquired common
stock or who has shares  withheld  by the  company to  satisfy  tax  withholding
obligations,  to receive new options,  exercisable at the then market value, for
the same  number  of  shares  as were  exchanged  or  withheld.  Under  existing
regulations, restored options are fully exercisable six months after the date of
grant.

     Option  activity  during 1996, 1995 and 1994 is summarized in the following
table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Stock Options)                                           1996                  1995                  1994     Price Range Per Share
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>                   <C>                   <C>                  <C>           
Outstanding January 1                                4,667,644             3,964,098             3,368,949            $ 46.78-$79.94
Granted                                              1,020,265               945,367               643,985              59.69- 85.72
Exercised                                           (4,044,020)           (2,177,630)             (732,286)             46.78- 86.31
Restored                                             3,135,860             1,935,809               683,450              61.25-105.19
Canceled                                               (61,546)                   --                    --              61.63- 84.88
Outstanding December 31                              4,718,203             4,667,644             3,964,098              46.78-105.19
Exercisable December 31                              1,426,618             2,148,743             2,671,225              46.78- 87.81
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


14 Note Fourteen - Other Financial Information and Commitments

Environmental Reserves

Texaco  Inc.  and  subsidiary  companies  have  financial  reserves  relating to
environmental remediation programs which the company believes are sufficient for
known  requirements.  At December  31, 1996,  reserves for future  environmental
remediation  costs amounted to $591 million and reserves  relative to the future
cost of  restoring  and  abandoning  existing oil and gas  properties  were $813
million.  Texaco's  significant  affiliates  also  have  recorded  reserves  for
environmental remediation and restoration and abandonment costs.

     Texaco  has  provided,  to  the  extent  reasonably  measurable,  financial
reserves for its probable environmental  remediation liabilities.  The recording
of  these  obligations  is  based  on  technical  evaluations  of the  currently
available facts,  interpretation of the regulations and the company's experience
with  similar  sites.  Additional  financial  reserve  requirements  relative to
existing  and new  remediation  sites may be  necessary  in the future when more
facts are known.  The potential  also exists for further  legislation to provide
limitations  on liability.  It is not possible to project the overall costs or a
range of costs  for  environmental  items  beyond  that  disclosed  above due to
uncertainty  surrounding  future  developments,  both in relation to remediation
exposure and to  regulatory  initiatives.  However,  while future  environmental
expenditures that will be incurred by the petroleum  industry are expected to be
significant  in the  absolute,  they will be a cost of doing  business that will
have to be recovered in the marketplace.  Moreover, it is not believed that such
future  costs will be material to the  company's  financial  position nor to its
operating results over any reasonable period of time.

Preferred Stock of Subsidiary Companies

At December 31, 1996 and 1995,  minority holders owned $602 million of preferred
stock of subsidiary  companies.  Such amounts are reflected as minority interest
in subsidiary companies in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

     In October 1993, a wholly owned  subsidiary,  MVP Production  Inc.,  issued
variable rate cumulative preferred stock in a private placement for an aggregate
purchase  price of $75 million.  The shares have voting rights in the subsidiary
and are  redeemable  on  September  30, 2003.  Annual  dividends on these shares
totaled $4 million for both 1996 and 1995 and $3 million for 1994.

     In November 1993, a wholly owned subsidiary,  Texaco Capital LLC, issued 14
million shares of Cumulative  Guaranteed Monthly Income Preferred Shares, Series
A (Series A), in a public  offering,  for an  aggregate  purchase  price of $350
million.  In June  1994,  Texaco  Capital  LLC  issued  4.5  million  shares  of
Cumulative Adjustable Rate Monthly Income Preferred Shares, Series B (Series B),
in a  public  offering  for an  aggregate  purchase  price of $112  million.  In
December  1995,  Texaco  Capital  LLC  issued  3.6  million  shares of  Deferred
Preferred Shares, Series C (Series C) in Canadian dollars, in a public offering,
for an aggregate purchase price of $65 million. Texaco Capital LLC's sole assets
are notes receivable from Texaco Inc.

     The fixed dividend rate for Series A is 67/8% per annum.  The dividend rate
for Series B averaged  5.9% per annum for 1996 and 6.26% for 1995.  The  initial
dividend rate for Series B was 6.4% per annum from June, 1994 through  September
30, 1994 and 6.75% per annum for the fourth  quarter of 1994.  The dividend rate
on Series B is reset  quarterly and is equal to 88% of the highest of three U.S.
Treasury  maturities  (three-month,  ten-year and thirty-year),  but in no event
less than 4.5% per annum nor  greater  than  10.5% per  annum. The 

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payment of dividends and payments on liquidation  or redemption  with respect to
Series A and Series B are  guaranteed  by Texaco Inc.  Dividends on Series A and
Series B are paid monthly. Dividends on Series A for 1996, 1995 and 1994 totaled
$24 million for each year.  Annual  dividends on Series B totaled $7 million for
both 1996 and 1995 and $4 million for 1994.

     Series A and Series B are  redeemable,  at the option of Texaco Capital LLC
(with Texaco Inc.'s  consent) in whole or in part, from time to time, at $25 per
share on or after  October 31, 1998 for Series A and June 30, 1999 for Series B,
plus,  in each  case,  accrued  and  unpaid  dividends  to the  date  fixed  for
redemption.  In addition, under certain circumstances,  Texaco Capital LLC (with
Texaco Inc.'s consent) can redeem Series A and Series B at any time, in whole or
in part, at $25 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends.

     Dividends  on Series C at a rate of 7.17% per annum,  compounded  annually,
will  be  paid at the  redemption  date of  February  28,  2005  unless  earlier
redemption  occurs.  Early  redemption may result upon the occurrence of certain
specific  events.  The  payment of  dividends  and  payments on  liquidation  or
redemption of Series C are guaranteed by Texaco Inc. The par value and dividends
payable in Canadian  dollars  have been hedged by a swap  contract to  eliminate
foreign currency risk.

     Series  A,  Series B and  Series C are  non-voting,  except  under  certain
limited circumstances.

     The above preferred stock issues currently require annual dividend payments
of approximately  $35 million.  The company is required to redeem $75 million of
this  preferred  stock in 2003,  $65 million  (plus  accreted  dividends  of $59
million) in 2005, $112 million in 2024 and $350 million in 2043.  Texaco has the
ability to extend the  required  redemption  dates for the $112 million and $350
million of preferred stock beyond 2024 and 2043, respectively.

Financial Guarantees

The company has guaranteed the payment of certain debt and other  obligations of
third parties and affiliate companies. These guarantees totaled $246 million and
$206 million at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.

     Exposure  to credit  risk in the event of  non-payment  by the  obligors is
represented  by  the  contractual  amount  of  these  instruments.  No  loss  is
anticipated under these guarantees.

Throughput Agreements

Texaco Inc. and certain of its  subsidiary  companies  have entered into certain
long-term  agreements  wherein  they  have  committed  either  to  ship  through
affiliated  pipeline  companies  and an  offshore  oil port,  or to refine at an
affiliated  refining  company a  sufficient  volume  of crude  oil or  petroleum
products to enable these  affiliated  companies  to meet a specified  portion of
their individual debt obligations,  or, in lieu thereof,  to advance  sufficient
funds  to  enable  these  affiliated   companies  to  meet  these   obligations.
Additionally,  Texaco has entered into long-term purchase commitments with third
parties for take or pay gas  transportation.  At December  31, 1996 and 1995 the
company's  maximum  exposure to loss was  estimated  to be $629 million and $713
million, respectively.

     However,  based on Texaco's right of counterclaim  against third parties in
the event of  nonperformance,  Texaco's net  exposure  was  estimated to be $489
million and $546 million at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.

     No losses are anticipated as a result of these obligations.

Other Commitments

In 1995 and 1996,  Texaco sold leasehold  interests in certain equipment not yet
in service and received British pound payments totaling $509 million. Additional
British pound payments will be received in 1997,  contingent  upon the amount of
future costs of the  equipment  prior to the  in-service  date.  Under a related
agreement, Texaco as lessee will lease back these leasehold interests. The lease
provides that  collateral or third party security in specified forms is required
as a guarantee of the lease payments. Texaco intends to satisfy this requirement
by a British  pound  payment in 1997,  resulting  in the  release of Texaco from
future lease  commitments  under this agreement.  This payment will  effectively
repurchase the leasehold interests previously sold.

15 Note Fifteen Financial Instruments

In the normal  course of its  business,  the company  utilizes  various types of
financial   instruments.   These   instruments   include   recorded  assets  and
liabilities,  and also items which principally  involve  off-balance sheet risk.
Information about the company's financial instruments, including derivatives, is
presented below.

     Cash and cash  equivalents - Fair value  approximates  cost as reflected in
the  Consolidated  Balance  Sheet at December  31, 1996 and 1995  because of the
short-term  maturities of these instruments.  Cash equivalents are classified as
held-to-maturity. The amortized cost of cash equivalents was as follows:

(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                         1996        1995
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Time deposits and certificates of deposit                       $ 62        $111
Commercial paper and other                                       197         155
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                $259        $266
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Short-term and long-term  investments - Fair value is primarily  based on quoted
market  prices  and   valuation   statements   obtained  from  major   financial
institutions.  Information  concerning investments held at December 31, 1996 and
1995 in short-term and long-term debt securities and in  publicly-traded  equity
securities that are classified as available-for-sale is shown in the tables that
follow. Excluded from the tables is a $4 million investment in a time deposit at
December 31, 1996 and 1995, which the company intends to hold to its maturity in
the year 2001.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           Gross unrealized                          Gross unrealized  
                                          Amortized        ----------------  Estimated  Amortized    ----------------     Estimated
                                               Cost       Gains    Losses    Fair Value   Cost       Gains      Losses    Fair Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                         1996                                            1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                            <C>          <C>        <C>      <C>        <C>          <C>         <C>        <C> 
U.S. government securities                     $141         $1         $2       $140       $156         $ 4         $ 1        $159
Foreign government securities                   189          9          2        196        212          13           7         218
Corporate and other debt securities             160          2          1        161        246           5          --         251
Equity securities                                64         28          4         88         59          32           2          89
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               $554        $40         $9       $585       $673         $54         $10        $717
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Proceeds  from sales of  available-for-sale  securities  were $1,503  million in
1996,  $1,175 million in 1995 and $610 million in 1994.  These sales resulted in
gross realized gains of $51 million in 1996, $81 million in 1995 and $19 million
in 1994,  and,  gross  realized  losses of $17  million,  $27  million,  and $14
million, respectively.

     At December 31, 1996,  available-for-sale debt securities had the following
scheduled maturities:

                                                          Amortized   Estimated
                                                               Cost   Fair Value
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                     1996
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Due in one year or less                                        $ 41         $ 41
Due after one year through five years                           230          233
Due after five years                                            219          223
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               $490         $497

================================================================================

The estimated fair value of other long-term  investments not included above, for
which it is  practicable to estimate fair value,  approximated  the December 31,
1996 and 1995 carrying values of $192 million and $133 million, respectively.

Short-term  debt,  long-term debt and related  derivatives - Shown below are the
carrying amounts and fair values of Texaco's debt and related  derivatives as of
year-end 1996 and 1995.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    Carrying              Fair           Carrying               Fair
                                                                      Amount             Value             Amount              Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                   1996                                 1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                  <C>               <C>                <C>               <C>    
Short-term and long-term debt                                        $ 5,445           $ 5,712            $ 6,122           $ 6,699
Debt-related derivatives-(receivables)                               $    --           $    (3)           $    --           $    (3)
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Refer  to  Note  7  for  additional  information  concerning  debt  and  related
derivatives outstanding at December 31, 1996 and 1995.

Forward Exchange and Option Contracts - As an international  company,  Texaco is
exposed to currency  exchange risk. To hedge against  adverse changes in foreign
currency  exchange  rates,  the  company  will  enter  into  forward  and option
contracts to buy and sell foreign  currencies.  Shown below in U.S.  dollars are
the notional amounts of outstanding  forward exchange  contracts to buy and sell
foreign currencies.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Buy       Sell        Buy       Sell
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars) As of December 31                                                  1996                  1995
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                         <C>          <C>       <C>         <C> 
Australian dollars                                                          $  284       $ 18      $ 272       $  4
British pounds*                                                              1,030         54        570         10
Danish krone                                                                   173          2        151         29
Dutch guilders                                                                 228         29        177         --
Other European currencies                                                      114        201        143        181
Other currencies                                                               197         39         43         61
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            $2,026       $343      $1,356      $285
===========================================================================================================================

<FN>
* Including  British  pound  buy  contracts hedging the commitment to repurchase
  leasehold interests - See Note 14 "Other Commitments"
</FN>
</TABLE>

Market risk exposure on these contracts is essentially  limited to currency rate
movements.  At year-end  1996,  there were $39 million  unrealized  gains and $2
million unrealized losses related to

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these contracts.  At year-end 1995, unrealized gains and losses related to these
contracts were  immaterial,  since the  contractual  forward rates  approximated
year-end spot rates.  The company's  exposure to credit risk on forward exchange
and option contracts is minimal,  since the  counterparties  are major financial
institutions  with  strong  credit  ratings.  The  company  does not  anticipate
nonperformance by any of the various counterparties.

     The company  uses  forward  exchange  contracts  to buy foreign  currencies
primarily  to hedge the net  monetary  liability  position of its  European  and
Australian  operations  and to hedge portions of  significant  foreign  currency
capital expenditures and lease commitments. These contracts generally have terms
of 60 days or less. Contracts that hedge foreign currency monetary positions are
marked-to-market  monthly. Any resultant gains and losses are included in income
currently as other costs. At year-end 1996 and 1995,  hedges of foreign currency
commitments  principally  involve  capital  projects  requiring  expenditure  of
British  pounds and Danish  krone.  Approximately  68% of planned  British pound
expenditures and 49% Danish krone  expenditures were hedged at year-end 1996. At
year-end 1995,  approximately  one-third of the planned Danish krone and British
pound  expenditures were hedged.  Realized gains and losses on hedges of foreign
currency  commitments are initially recorded to deferred charges.  Subsequently,
the   amounts   are   applied   to   the   capitalized   project   cost   on   a
percentage-of-completion  basis,  and are then  amortized  over the lives of the
applicable projects. At year-end 1996 and 1995, net hedging gains of $84 million
and $23 million, respectively, had yet to be amortized.

     Contracts to sell foreign  currencies are primarily related to a separately
managed  program  to hedge  the  value  of the  company's  investment  portfolio
denominated in foreign  currencies.  The company's strategy is to hedge the full
value of this  portion  of its  investment  portfolio  and to close out  forward
contracts  upon the sale or maturity  of the  corresponding  investments.  These
contracts are valued at market based on the foreign  exchange rates in effect on
the balance sheet dates. Changes in the value of these contracts are recorded as
part of the carrying amount of the related investments. Related gains and losses
are recorded,  net of applicable income taxes, to stockholders' equity until the
underlying investments are sold or mature.

     At year-end 1996,  there were open option  contracts to sell Brazilian real
for $40 million  which hedged a net  monetary  asset  position in the  company's
Brazilian operations. There were no unrealized gains at year-end 1996 related to
these options.

Interest Rate and Currency  Swap - In connection  with the December 1995 sale of
Series C preferred  stock by Texaco Capital LLC, Texaco entered into an interest
rate and currency swap contract that matures in the year 2005.

     Over the life of the interest rate swap  component of the contract,  Texaco
will make  LIBOR-based  floating  rate  interest  payments  based on a  notional
principal amount of $65 million.  Canadian dollar interest will accrue to Texaco
at a fixed rate applied to the accreted  notional  principal  amount,  which was
Cdn. $87 million at the inception of the swap.

     The currency swap component of the transaction calls for Texaco to exchange
$65 million for Cdn. $170 million,  which includes Cdn. $87 million plus accrued
interest on the contract's  maturity date. The carrying  amount of this contract
represents  the  Canadian  dollar  accrued  interest  receivable  by Texaco.  At
year-end 1996, the carrying amount and the fair value of this  transaction  were
not material.

Commodity  Hedging - The company hedges a portion of the market risks associated
with its crude oil,  natural  gas and  petroleum  product  purchases,  sales and
exchange  activities.  All  hedge  transactions  are  subject  to the  company's
corporate  risk  management  policy which sets out dollar,  volumetric  and term
limits,  as  well as to  management  approvals  as set  forth  in the  company's
delegations of authorities.  Company policy does not permit speculative position
taking using derivative financial instruments.

     The  company  uses  established  petroleum  futures  exchanges,  as well as
"over-the-counter"  hedge instruments,  including forwards,  options,  swaps and
other  derivative  products.  These hedge tools are used to reduce the company's
exposure  to price  volatility  by  establishing  margins,  costs or revenues on
designated  transactions  as well as for  planned  future  purchases  and sales,
inventory,  production and processing. In carrying out its hedging programs, the
company  analyzes its major commodity  streams for fixed cost, fixed revenue and
margin  exposure to market price changes.  Based on this corporate risk profile,
forecasted trends, and overall business  objectives,  a determination is made as
to an appropriate strategy for risk reduction.

     Hedge  positions are  marked-to-market  for valuation  purposes.  Gains and
losses on hedge  transactions,  which offset losses and gains on the  underlying
"cash market" transactions, are recorded to deferred income or charges until the
hedged transaction is closed, or until the anticipated future purchases,  sales,
or production  occur. At that time, any gain or loss on the hedging  contract is
recorded to  operating  revenues  as an  increase or decrease in margins,  or to
inventory, as appropriate.

     Over-the-counter  hedge positions expose the company to counterparty credit
risk.  However,  because  the hedge  contracts  are placed  with  parties  whose
creditworthiness has been pre-determined in accordance with the company's credit
policy,   non-performance   by  any  counterparty  is  not   anticipated.   Such
over-the-counter   commodity   contracts  do  not  expose  the  company  to  any
concentrations of credit risk because of the dollar limits  incorporated in risk
management policies.

     At  December  31,  1996 and  1995,  there  were open  derivative  commodity
contracts required to be settled in cash,  consisting mostly of swaps.  Notional
contract amounts, excluding unrealized gains and losses, were $1,327 million and
$868 million, respectively, at year-end 1996 and 1995. These amounts principally
represent  future  values of contract  volumes  over the  remaining  duration of
outstanding  swap contracts at the respective  dates.  These  contracts  hedge a
small  fraction of the  company's  business  activities,  generally for the next
twelve months.  Unrealized gains and losses on contracts outstanding at year-end
1996  were  $63  million  and  $48  million,  respectively.  At  year-end  1995,
unrealized gains and losses were $28 million and $67 million, respectively.


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16 Note Sixteen - Contingent Liabilities

Internal Revenue Service Claims

In 1989,  Texaco  commenced an action in the United States Tax Court (Tax Court)
to challenge an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) claim that,  during the 1979-1981
years,  Texaco  should be taxed as if it had  resold  Saudi  crude oil at prices
higher  than those  mandated  by the Saudi  Arab  Government  (Aramco  Advantage
issue).

     In 1993, the Tax Court issued an opinion  upholding the company's  position
on the Aramco  Advantage  issue. The Tax Court held that the IRS was barred from
taxing the  company on income  never  received,  and which  could only have been
received  by  violating  Saudi law.  Finding  that the Saudi  Arab  Government's
mandate represented the sovereign law of that country,  the Tax Court determined
that the company was required to comply with the Saudi Arab Government's mandate
and did in fact observe it. The IRS  appealed,  in November  1995, to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit). The Fifth Circuit
affirmed, in October 1996, the favorable Tax Court opinion. In January 1997, the
IRS  petitioned  for a writ of certiorari to the United  States  Supreme  Court,
seeking reversal of the favorable Fifth Circuit  opinion.  

     In 1988, prior to the commencement of the Tax Court action, the company, as
a condition of its emergence from Chapter 11 proceedings, agreed to make certain
cash deposits  with the IRS in  contemplation  of potential tax claims  (Deposit
Fund).  From time to time, the company has applied Deposit Fund amounts to final
liabilities  agreed upon by the company and the IRS for income tax and  windfall
profit tax years of Texaco and Getty not involved in the Tax Court litigation. A
portion of the  Deposit  Fund also will be applied to issues  settled in the Tax
Court litigation years.  After  satisfaction of all liabilities  associated with
settled issues,  it is anticipated that in excess of $700 million will remain in
the Deposit  Fund and  continue to accrue  interest.  If the company  ultimately
prevails on the appeal of the Aramco  Advantage  issue,  the amount remaining in
the Deposit Fund will be refunded to the company, with interest.

Other Matters

Texaco and  approximately  fifty other oil companies are  defendants in fourteen
purported  class  actions in which the  plaintiffs  allege  that the  defendants
undervalued  oil  produced  from  properties   leased  from  the  plaintiffs  by
establishing  artificially low selling prices, thereby underpaying to plaintiffs
royalties or severance  taxes based on those prices.  The actions are pending in
Texas, New Mexico,  Oklahoma,  Louisiana,  Utah and Alabama.  Plaintiffs seek to
recover royalty underpayments and interest and in some cases severance taxes and
treble and punitive damages.

                                   o o o o o o

     In the company's opinion,  while it is impossible to ascertain the ultimate
legal and  financial  liability  with respect to the  above-mentioned  and other
contingent liabilities and commitments,  including lawsuits, claims, guarantees,
taxes and  regulations,  the  aggregate  amount of such  liability  in excess of
financial reserves, together with deposits and prepayments made against disputed
tax claims,  is not  anticipated  to be materially  important in relation to the
consolidated  financial position or results of operations of Texaco Inc. and its
subsidiaries.


17 Note Seventeen - Financial Data by Geographic Area


Texaco Inc. and its subsidiary companies, together with affiliates,  represent a
vertically   integrated   enterprise   principally   engaged  in  the  worldwide
exploration for and production, transportation,  refining and marketing of crude
oil,  natural  gas  and  petroleum  and  other  processed  products,  as well as
nonpetroleum operations such as insurance and alternate energy activities. These
products  and services  are sold and  provided to various  purchasers  including
wholesale  and  retail  distributors,   utilities,   industrial  end  users  and
governmental  agencies throughout the world.  Operations and investments in some
foreign areas are subject to political and business  risks,  the nature of which
varies from  country to country and from time to time.  At  year-end  1996,  net
assets  located  outside the United States  amounted to $1,159  million,  $3,249
million and $2,771 million in Other Western Hemisphere, Europe and Other Eastern
Hemisphere areas, respectively.

     Operating  profit  represents  total  sales  and  services  as shown on the
Statement of  Consolidated  Income less  operating  costs and  expenses,  net of
income  taxes.  Corporate/nonoperating  includes  interest  income and  expense,
general corporate  expenses and other  nonoperating  items, net of income taxes.
Equity in income or losses of partnership  joint-venture  companies is reflected
net of taxes, since this income is directly taxable to Texaco.

     Intergeographic  sales and  services  shown  are based on prices  which are
generally representative of market prices or arm's-length negotiated prices.

     Identifiable  assets  are those  from  continuing  operations  which can be
directly identified or associated with operations which have been geographically
segregated.  Net assets of discontinued operations (see Note 3) are reflected in
corporate/nonoperating   to  conform  to  the  presentation  of  net  loss  from
discontinued  operations.  Investments in affiliates pertain to those affiliates
which are accounted for on the equity method.  Corporate assets include cash and
cash investments,  as well as receivables,  properties,  plant and equipment and
other assets which are corporate in nature.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  Other                Other
                                                                    United      Western               Eastern   Corporate/  Consoli-
(Millions of dollars)                                               States   Hemisphere    Europe  Hemisphere Nonoperating*   dated
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                 <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>     
Year 1996
Sales and services
  Outside                                                           $ 23,320   $  6,486   $ 10,258   $  4,497   $     --   $ 44,561
  Intergeographic                                                        838         31        502         28     (1,399)        --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total sales and services                                          $ 24,158   $  6,517   $ 10,760   $  4,525   $ (1,399)  $ 44,561
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)

  Operating profit                                                  $  1,229   $    179   $     93   $    104   $     --   $  1,605
  Equity in income of affiliates                                         114          1         16        538         --        669
  Corporate/nonoperating                                                  --         --         --         --       (256)      (256)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total net income (loss)                                           $  1,343   $    180   $    109   $    642   $   (256)  $  2,018
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identifiable assets                                                 $ 12,477   $  2,047   $  4,861   $  1,628   $     --   $ 21,013
Investments in affiliates                                              1,098         28        543      2,142         --      3,811
Corporate assets                                                          --         --         --         --      2,139      2,139
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total assets                                                      $ 13,575   $  2,075   $  5,404   $  3,770   $  2,139   $ 26,963
====================================================================================================================================

Year 1995
Sales and services
  Outside                                                           $ 17,302   $  5,440   $  8,906   $  3,903   $     --  $ 35,551
  Intergeographic                                                        410         40        228         59       (737)       --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total sales and services                                          $ 17,712   $  5,480   $  9,134   $  3,962   $   (737) $ 35,551
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)
  Operating profit                                                  $    291   $    166   $     32   $     78   $     --  $    567
  Equity in income of affiliates                                          45          6         21        452         --       524
  Corporate/nonoperating                                                  --         --         --         --       (363)     (363)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Net income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change        336        172         53        530       (363)      728
  Cumulative effect of accounting change                                  --         --         --         --       (121)     (121)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total net income (loss)                                           $    336   $    172   $     53   $    530   $   (484) $    607
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identifiable assets                                                 $ 11,068   $  1,800   $  4,480   $  1,386   $     --  $ 18,734
Net assets of discontinued operations                                     --         --         --         --        164       164
Investments in affiliates                                              1,042         24        540      2,479         --     4,085
Corporate assets                                                          --         --         --         --      1,954     1,954
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total assets                                                      $ 12,110   $  1,824   $  5,020   $  3,865   $  2,118  $ 24,937
====================================================================================================================================

Year 1994
Sales and services
  Outside                                                           $ 15,936   $  4,710   $  8,479   $  3,415   $     --   $ 32,540
  Intergeographic                                                        335        198        764         43     (1,340)        --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total sales and services                                          $ 16,271   $  4,908   $  9,243   $  3,458   $ (1,340)  $ 32,540
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)
  Operating profit                                                  $    522   $    104   $     65   $     67   $     --   $    758
  Equity in income of affiliates                                         134          6          1        353         --        494
  Corporate/nonoperating                                                  --         --         --         --       (273)      (273)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Net income (loss) before discontinued operations                       656        110         66        420       (273)        979
  Discontinued operations                                                 --         --         --         --        (69)       (69)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total net income (loss)                                           $    656   $    110   $     66   $    420   $   (342)  $    910
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identifiable assets                                                 $ 11,851   $  1,587   $  4,641   $  1,180   $     --   $ 19,259
Net assets of discontinued operations                                     --         --         --         --        195        195
Investments in affiliates                                              1,144         26        370      2,366         --      3,906
Corporate assets                                                          --         --         --         --      2,145      2,145
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total assets                                                      $ 12,995   $  1,613   $  5,011   $  3,546   $  2,340   $ 25,505
====================================================================================================================================

<FN>
*Includes intergeographic sales and services eliminations.
</FN>
</TABLE>
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REPORT OF                                               Texaco Inc.             
MANAGEMENT                                              and Subsidiary Companies
                                                       

The consolidated  financial  statements are the responsibility of the management
of  Texaco  Inc.  They were  prepared  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted
accounting  principles  and  are,  in  part,  based  on  certain  estimates  and
judgments,  as required.  Other  information  contained in this Annual Report is
presented on a basis consistent with the financial statements.

     To meet these responsibilities,  it is Texaco's long-established  corporate
policy to maintain a control  conscious  environment  and an effective  internal
control system throughout its worldwide operations.  Included in this system are
Corporate  Conduct  Guidelines  which  require that all  employees  maintain the
highest  level of  ethical  standards.  The  internal  control  system  provides
reasonable   assurance  that  assets  are   safeguarded   against   unauthorized
acquisition,  use or disposition,  and that financial records are accurately and
objectively maintained,  thus serving as a reliable basis for the preparation of
financial  statements.   This  system  is  augmented  by  written  policies  and
procedures  and an  organizational  structure  that provides for an  appropriate
division  of  responsibility.  Management  personnel  are  required  to formally
certify each year that an effective  internal control system is maintained.  The
internal  controls are  complemented by Texaco's  internal  auditors who conduct
regular and extensive internal audits throughout the company.  In addition,  the
independent  public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP is engaged to provide
an objective,  independent audit of the company's  financial  statements.  Their
accompanying  report is based on an audit conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards, which included obtaining a sufficient understanding
of the company's internal controls to plan their audit and determine the nature,
timing and extent of audit tests to be performed.  In  conducting  their audits,
the auditors have access to the minutes of all meetings of the  company's  Board
of Directors.  The appointment of the  independent  auditors is presented to the
stockholders for approval at each Annual Meeting of the Stockholders.

     The Board of Directors of Texaco Inc.  maintains an Audit  Committee  which
has been in  place  since  1939.  This  Committee,  currently  comprised  of six
non-employee  Directors,  met two times in 1996.  Depending on the nature of the
matters under review, the independent  auditors, as well as certain officers and
employees of the  company,  may attend all or part of a meeting.  The  Committee
reviews and evaluates the company's accounting policies and reporting practices,
internal  auditing,  internal  controls,  security  procedures and other matters
deemed  appropriate.  The Audit Committee also reviews the performance of Arthur
Andersen LLP in their audit of Texaco's financial statements and evaluates their
independence and professional  competence,  as well as the scope of their audit.
Both the internal and independent auditors have unrestricted access to the Audit
Committee  to  discuss  the  results  of their  audits  and the  quality  of the
company's financial reporting and internal control system.


/s/ Peter I. Bijur           /s/ Patrick J. Lynch          /s/ Robert C. Oelkers
Peter I. Bijur               Patrick J. Lynch              Robert C. Oelkers
Chairman of the Board and    Senior Vice President and     Vice President and
Chief Executive Officer      Chief Financial Officer       Comptroller


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


To the Stockholders, Texaco Inc.:

We have audited the  accompanying  consolidated  balance sheet of Texaco Inc. (a
Delaware corporation) and subsidiary companies as of December 31, 1996 and 1995,
and the related statements of consolidated  income, cash flows and stockholders'
equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996.  These
financial  statements are the  responsibility of the company's  management.  Our
responsibility  is to express an opinion on these financial  statements based on
our audits.

     We conducted  our audits in accordance  with  generally  accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

     In our opinion,  the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material  respects,  the financial position of Texaco Inc. and subsidiary
companies as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the results of their  operations
and their cash flows for each of the three  years in the period  ended  December
31, 1996 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

     As explained in Note 2 to the Consolidated  Financial  Statements,  in 1995
the company  changed its method of accounting for  long-lived  assets to be held
and used and long-lived assets to be disposed of.


Arthur Andersen LLP

February 27, 1997
New York, N.Y.


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SUPPLEMENTAL OIL AND        Texaco Inc.
GAS INFORMATION             and Subsidiary Companies
                                             

The following information for Texaco Inc. and consolidated subsidiaries, as well
as Texaco's equity in P.T. Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CPI), a 50%-owned affiliate
operating in Other Eastern  Hemisphere  areas,  is presented in accordance  with
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 69, "Disclosures about Oil and
Gas Producing Activities" (SFAS 69).

Estimated Proved Reserves

Volumes  reported for proved  liquid and gas reserves are based upon  reasonable
estimates.  These  estimates  are  consistent  with  current  knowledge  of  the
characteristics and production history of the reserves.  Although they are based
upon sound  geological and engineering  principles,  by their very nature,  such
estimates are subject to upward and downward revision as additional  information
about  producing  fields and  technology  becomes  available.  Reported  volumes
include  only such  reserves as can  reasonably  be  classified  as proved.  Net
reserves  represent the volumes estimated to be available after deduction of the
royalty  interests  of others  from gross  reserves.  In  addition  to  reported
reserves,  Texaco has a large  inventory of potential  reserves that will add to
the company's proved reserve base as future  investments are made in exploration
and development programs.

     CPI's estimated liquid reserves  include volumes  projected to be recovered
as  reimbursement  for a portion of costs incurred.  Accordingly,  these volumes
will  fluctuate  annually  with the  price  of  crude  oil.  CPI's  natural  gas
production is all consumed in its operations.

     Annually,  Texaco Inc. provides information concerning oil and gas reserves
to the U.S.  Department  of Energy  and to  certain  governmental  bodies.  Such
information is consistent with the information presented in this Annual Report.

     During 1996,  reserve increases,  including equity and excluding  purchases
and sales,  replaced 113% of worldwide combined oil and gas production.  Of such
reserve replacements, 87% were additions comprised of new fields, new sands, new
plants,  extensions,  and improved recovery, and 13% were comprised of revisions
to  previous  estimates.  Texaco  recognizes  only  those  reserves  where it is
reasonably certain that such reserves can be economically  produced.  Subsequent
revisions  naturally  result as new  information  is obtained  from  development
drilling,  production  profiles,  and  changes in economic  factors.  During the
three-year period  1994-1996,  Texaco's reserve increases were 118% of worldwide
production. During this period, additions accounted for 80% of reserve increases
and revisions accounted for 20%. During the five-year period 1992-1996, Texaco's
reserve  increases  were  112% of  worldwide  production.  During  this  period,
additions  accounted for 72% of reserve  increases  and revisions  accounted for
28%.  Increases  in  proved  reserves  during  1996  were  primarily  due to the
following:

     In the United States, liquid and gas reserves were added from drilling that
extended the productive limits of existing fields, such as the Carthage field in
Texas. Other drilling-related liquid and gas reserve increases resulted from the
discovery of new  productive  formations  in  California,  Texas and onshore and
offshore  Louisiana.  Liquid  reserve  increases  also  resulted  from  improved
recovery in fields in Texas, Utah and New Mexico and at steamflood operations in
California  as a result of expanding the  steamflood.  Extension of contracts at
plants in New  Mexico  and  Oklahoma,  plus the  addition  of a CO2 plant in New
Mexico, added liquid reserves.

     Outside  the  United  States,   in  the  Other  Western   Hemisphere  area,
significant  gas  reserves  were added from the  discovery  of a new  productive
formation in a gas field offshore Trinidad.  Substantial volumes of new gas were
added from  offshore  platform  drilling  that  extended the size of a producing
field in Colombia.  In Europe,  increases  in liquid and gas reserves  were from
extensions in an offshore  field in the United  Kingdom sector of the North Sea.
Additional  volumes of liquids and gas  reserves  were added from a new field in
the Danish  sector of the North Sea along  with  improved  performance  from the
North Sea fields,  Roar  (Danish  sector)  and  Britannia  (U.K.).  In the Other
Eastern Hemisphere area,  significant liquid reserves were added from extensions
as a result of additional  drilling at a field in the  Partitioned  Neutral Zone
between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.  In China,  new liquid reserves were added from
the discovery of new production  fields.  Affiliate liquid reserves in Indonesia
were improved  significantly due to expanding of the world's largest  steamflood
project to new areas.

     During  1997,  Texaco  expects  that net  production  of  natural  gas will
approximate  2.3 billion  cubic feet per day.  This  estimate is based upon past
performance and on the assumption that such gas quantities can be produced under
operating and economic conditions existing at December 31, 1996. Possible future
changes  in prices or world  economic  conditions  were not  factored  into this
estimate. These expected production volumes, together with normal related supply
arrangements,  are sufficient to meet anticipated  delivery  requirements  under
contractual  arrangements.  Approximately  34% of  Texaco's  proved  natural gas
reserves in the United States as of December 31, 1996,  31% at December 31, 1995
and 33% at December 31, 1994 were covered by long-term  sales  contracts.  These
agreements are primarily priced at market.


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Estimated Net Proved Developed and Undeveloped Reserves of Crude Oil

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries     Equity
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                                                                                                              Affiliate-
                                                                         Other                Other                Other
                                                           United      Western              Eastern              Eastern
(Millions of barrels)                                      States   Hemisphere   Europe  Hemisphere     Total Hemisphere  Worldwide
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                         <C>           <C>       <C>        <C>      <C>          <C>      <C>  
As of December 31, 1993                                     1,278         74        285        380      2,017        456      2,473
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions                   29          2         66         71        168         --        168
 Improved recovery                                             21         --          7          7         35         24         59
 Revisions of previous estimates                                5          5          4         10         24         16         40
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                    (9)        (2)        (5)      --          (16)        --        (16)
 Production                                                  (119)        (7)       (41)       (41)      (208)       (57)      (265)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of December 31, 1994*                                    1,205         72        316        427      2,020        439      2,459
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions                   30         --         32         71        133          1        134
 Improved recovery                                             51         --         15         --         66         45        111
 Revisions of previous estimates                               56         (2)        (2)        25         77          2         79
 Purchases of minerals-in-place                                 1         --         --         --          1         --          1
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                   (98)       (11)        --         --       (109)        --       (109)
 Production                                                  (110)        (6)       (39)       (48)      (203)       (55)      (258)
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As of December 31, 1995*                                    1,135         53        322        475      1,985        432      2,417
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions                   49          4         80         29        162          1        163
 Improved recovery                                             20         --         --         --         20         81        101
 Revisions of previous estimates                               44          2        (23)        20         43         (3)        40
 Purchases of minerals-in-place                                 8         --          3         --         11         --         11
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                   (28)        --         --         (1)       (29)        --        (29)
 Production                                                  (113)        (4)       (39)       (58)      (214)       (54)      (268)
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As of December 31, 1996*                                    1,115         55        343        465      1,978        457      2,435
====================================================================================================================================
*Includes net proved developed reserves
 As of December 31, 1994                                      947         68        152        365      1,532        356      1,888
 As of December 31, 1995                                      928         51        133        413      1,525        344      1,869
 As of December 31, 1996                                      905         49        158        417      1,529        348      1,877
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


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Estimated Net Proved Developed and Undeveloped Reserves of Natural Gas Liquids

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries     Equity
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                                                                                                                  Affiliate-
                                                                                 Other               Other             Other
                                                                    United     Western             Eastern           Eastern  World-
(Millions of barrels)                                               States  Hemisphere  Europe  Hemisphere  Total Hemisphere   wide
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<S>                                                                  <C>          <C>     <C>       <C>    <C>         <C>    <C>  
As of December 31, 1993                                                180         1       26        --      207         5      212
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions                            32        --        3        --       35        --       35
 Revisions of previous estimates                                        12        --        1        --       13         1       14
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                             (4)       --       --        --       (4)       --       (4)
 Production                                                            (29)       --       (3)       --      (32)       --      (32)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of December 31, 1994*                                               191         1       27        --      219         6      225
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions                            28        --        5        --       33        --       33
 Improved recovery                                                       5        --       --        --        5        --        5
 Revisions of previous estimates                                        22        --       (1)       --       21        --       21
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                            (11)       --       --        --      (11)       --      (11)
 Production                                                            (29)       --       (3)       --      (32)       --      (32)
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As of December 31, 1995*                                               206         1       28        --      235         6      241
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions                            33        --       --        --       33        --       33
 Revisions of previous estimates                                        --        --       29         1       30        --       30
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                             (3)       --       --        --       (3)       --       (3)
 Production                                                            (29)       --       (3)       --      (32)       --      (32)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of December 31, 1996*                                               207         1       54         1      263         6      269
====================================================================================================================================
*Includes net proved developed reserves
 As of December 31, 1994                                               182         1       11        --      194         5      199
 As of December 31, 1995                                               197         1        9        --      207         6      213
 As of December 31, 1996                                               195         1        7         1      204         6      210
====================================================================================================================================
Grand Total Reserves of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids
As of December 31, 1994                                              1,396        73      343       427    2,239       445    2,684
As of December 31, 1995                                              1,341        54      350       475    2,220       438    2,658
As of December 31, 1996                                              1,322        56      397       466    2,241       463    2,704
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


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Estimated Net Proved Developed and Undeveloped Reserves of Natural Gas

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries         Equity
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                                                                                                              Affiliate-
                                                                    Other                    Other                 Other
                                                       United     Western                  Eastern               Eastern
(Billions of cubic feet)                               States  Hemisphere       Europe  Hemisphere  Total     Hemisphere  Worldwide
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                      <C>       <C>            <C>       <C>     <C>            <C>     <C>     
As of December 31, 1993                                  4,329       722          875        44     5,970          140     6,110
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions               522        17           71        --       610           26       636
 Improved recovery                                           2        --            2         1         5           --         5
 Revisions of previous estimates                           260        22           15         4       301           (5)      296
 Purchases of minerals-in-place                             --         9           --         1        10           --        10
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                (61)       (1)         (20)       --       (82)          --       (82)
 Production                                               (645)      (57)         (66)       (3)     (771)         (11)     (782)
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As of December 31, 1994*                                 4,407       712          877        47     6,043          150     6,193
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions               397       100          164         6       667            6       673
 Improved recovery                                          21        --           --        --        21           --        21
 Revisions of previous estimates                           103       103          (15)       39       230           14       244
 Purchases of minerals-in-place                             26        --           --        --        26           --        26
 Sales of minerals-in-place                               (287)       (6)          (2)       (1)     (296)          --      (296)
 Production                                               (605)      (62)         (80)       (4)     (751)         (15)     (766)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of December 31, 1995*                                 4,062       847          944        87     5,940          155     6,095
 Increase (decrease) attributable to:
 Extensions, discoveries and other additions               436       263           34         3       736           15       751
 Improved recovery                                           8        --           --        --         8            1         9
 Revisions of previous estimates                           (99)       (1)          58        13       (29)          --       (29)
 Purchases of minerals-in-place                              5        --           --        --         5           --         5
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                (58)       (7)          --         1       (64)          --       (64)
 Production                                               (626)      (71)         (75)       (4)     (776)         (18)     (794)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of December 31, 1996*                                 3,728     1,031(a)       961       100     5,820(a)       153     5,973(a)
=================================================================================================================================
*Includes net proved developed reserves
 As of December 31, 1994                                 3,899       558          465        44     4,966          133     5,099
 As of December 31, 1995                                 3,666       522          452        84     4,724          140     4,864
 As of December 31, 1996                                 3,360       893          452        96     4,801          136     4,937
=================================================================================================================================

<FN>
(a) In addition to proved reserves at December 31, 1996,  there is approximately
458 billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Other Western Hemisphere which will
be  available  from  production  during the period  2005-2016  under a long-term
purchase arrangement  associated with a field operated by Texaco under a service
agreement.
</FN>
</TABLE>

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Capitalized Costs

Capitalized  costs  represent  cumulative  expenditures  for proved and unproved
properties and support  equipment and facilities used in oil and gas exploration
and  producing  operations  together  with  related  accumulated   depreciation,
depletion and amortization  (including  aggregate provisions for restoration and
abandonment costs, net of such costs expended to date).

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries      Equity
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                                                                                                            Affiliate-
                                                                   Other                  Other                  Other
                                                     United      Western                Eastern                Eastern
(Millions of dollars)                                States   Hemisphere     Europe  Hemisphere      Total   Hemisphere    Worldwide
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>     
As of December 31, 1996
 Proved properties                                 $ 17,450    $    603    $  4,102    $  1,372    $ 23,527    $  1,018    $ 24,545
 Unproved properties                                    370          15          81         210         676         293         969
 Support equipment and facilities                       432          32          38         185         687         548       1,235
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  Gross capitalized costs                            18,252         650       4,221       1,767      24,890       1,859      26,749
 Accumulated depreciation,
  depletion and amortization                        (13,158)       (308)     (2,739)     (1,012)    (17,217)       (903)    (18,120)
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  Net capitalized costs                            $  5,094    $    342    $  1,482    $    755    $  7,673    $    956    $  8,629
====================================================================================================================================
As of December 31, 1995
 Proved properties                                 $ 17,384    $    505    $  3,551    $  1,279    $ 22,719    $    900    $ 23,619
 Unproved properties                                    383          11         125         116         635         320         955
 Support equipment and facilities                       381          28          47         133         589         494       1,083
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  Gross  capitalized costs                           18,148         544       3,723       1,528      23,943       1,714      25,657
 Accumulated depreciation,
  depletion and amortization                        (13,298)       (291)     (2,520)       (905)    (17,014)       (793)    (17,807)
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  Net capitalized costs                            $  4,850    $    253    $  1,203    $    623    $  6,929    $    921    $  7,850
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

Costs Incurred

Costs  Incurred  represent  amounts  capitalized  or charged  against  income as
expended.  Property  acquisition costs include costs to purchase or lease proved
and unproved  properties.  Exploration costs include the costs of geological and
geophysical work, carrying and retaining undeveloped properties and drilling and
equipping exploratory wells. Development costs include expenditures to drill and
equip  development  wells; to provide improved  recovery  systems;  to construct
facilities for extraction,  treating,  gathering and storing liquids and natural
gas;  and to maintain  producing  facilities  for existing  developed  reserves.
Exploration and  development  costs include  applicable  depreciation of support
equipment and facilities used in those activities,  rather than the expenditures
to acquire such assets. Development costs incurred in Europe during 1994 for the
Captain Field  include $59 million which was recovered  during 1995 in a sale of
incomplete construction on property to be leased by Texaco. (See Note 8.)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries      Equity
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                                                                                                              Affiliate-
                                                                    Other                  Other                   Other
                                                      United      Western                Eastern                 Eastern
(Millions of dollars)                                 States   Hemisphere     Europe  Hemisphere       Total  Hemisphere   Worldwide
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                   <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>   
For the year ended December 31, 1996
 Proved property acquisition                          $   56      $   --      $   --      $   --      $   56      $   --      $   56
 Unproved property acquisition                            91           5          --          20         116          --         116
 Exploration                                             356          18          90         225         689           9         698
 Development                                             827         107         384         113       1,431         144       1,575
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  Total                                               $1,330      $  130      $  474      $  358      $2,292      $  153      $2,445
====================================================================================================================================
For the year ended December 31, 1995
 Proved property acquisition                          $    7      $   31      $   --      $   --      $   38      $   --      $   38
 Unproved property acquisition                            35           3           2          11          51          --          51
 Exploration                                             151          48          76         117         392          11         403
 Development                                             845          66         207         105       1,223          99       1,322
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  Total                                               $1,038      $  148      $  285      $  233      $1,704      $  110      $1,814
====================================================================================================================================
For the year ended December 31, 1994
 Proved property acquisition                          $    5      $    2      $   --      $   --      $    7      $   --      $    7
 Unproved property acquisition                            13           2          --          33          48          --          48
 Exploration                                             165          19          58         110         352           9         361
 Development                                             729          43         253         108       1,133         129       1,262
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  Total                                               $  912      $   66      $  311      $  251      $1,540      $  138      $1,678
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


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Results of Operations - Oil and Gas Exploration and Producing Activities

The results below solely relate to Texaco's  exploration  for and net production
of liquids and natural gas reserves.  They exclude special items  (including the
effect  associated with the adoption of SFAS 121, which resulted in a net-of-tax
non-cash charge against 1995 earnings of $496 million, principally in the United
States) and  operating  earnings  related to the sale of purchased  oil and gas,
equity earnings of certain affiliates, liquids and gas trading activity, general
overhead,  and  miscellaneous  operating  income.  Related  estimated income tax
expense was computed by applying the statutory income tax rates, including state
and local  income  taxes,  to the pre-tax  results of  operations  and  reflects
applicable credits and allowances.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries     Equity
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                                                                                                               Affiliate-
                                                                        Other                 Other                 Other
                                                           United     Western               Eastern               Eastern
(Millions of dollars)                                      States  Hemisphere    Europe  Hemisphere      Total Hemisphere  Worldwide
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>    
For the year ended December 31, 1996
Gross revenues from:
 Sales and transfers to affiliates and to divisions
  and subsidiaries within Texaco                          $ 3,383    $    --    $   524    $   863    $ 4,770    $   648    $ 5,418
 Sales to unaffiliated entities                               310        140        475        181      1,106         45      1,151
Production costs                                             (937)       (54)      (321)      (215)    (1,527)      (183)    (1,710)
Exploration expenses                                         (196)       (27)       (57)      (150)      (430)        (8)      (438)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization                     (652)       (24)      (310)      (107)    (1,093)      (110)    (1,203)
Other expenses                                               (241)        (1)        (1)       (40)      (283)         8       (275)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Results before estimated income taxes                       1,667         34        310        532      2,543        400      2,943
Estimated income taxes                                       (534)       (26)      (112)      (417)    (1,089)      (212)    (1,301)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Net results                                             $ 1,133    $     8    $   198    $   115    $ 1,454    $   188    $ 1,642
====================================================================================================================================
For the year ended December 31, 1995
Gross revenues from:
 Sales and transfers to affiliates and to divisions
  and subsidiaries within Texaco                          $ 2,652    $    --    $   394    $   613    $ 3,659    $   583    $ 4,242
 Sales to unaffiliated entities                               291        127        485        131      1,034         35      1,069
Production costs                                             (951)       (45)      (314)      (198)    (1,508)      (169)    (1,677)
Exploration expenses                                          (87)       (35)       (79)       (96)      (297)        (9)      (306)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization                     (682)       (20)      (293)      (109)    (1,104)       (94)    (1,198)
Other expenses                                               (254)        (6)        --        (24)      (284)       (13)      (297)
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Results before estimated income taxes                         969         21        193        317      1,500        333      1,833
Estimated income taxes                                       (295)       (14)       (74)      (260)      (643)      (177)      (820)
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  Net results                                             $   674    $     7    $   119    $    57    $   857    $   156    $ 1,013
====================================================================================================================================
For the year ended December 31, 1994
Gross revenues from:
 Sales and transfers to affiliates and to divisions
  and subsidiaries within Texaco                          $ 2,672    $    --    $   336    $   491    $ 3,499    $   514    $ 4,013
 Sales to unaffiliated entities                               403        129        448        113      1,093         24      1,117
Production costs                                           (1,100)       (41)      (325)      (198)    (1,664)      (163)    (1,827)
Exploration expenses                                         (115)       (17)       (53)      (115)      (300)        (9)      (309)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization                     (934)       (29)      (295)       (96)    (1,354)       (74)    (1,428)
Other expenses                                               (249)        (8)        --        (27)      (284)       (27)      (311)
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Results before estimated income taxes                         677         34        111        168        990        265      1,255
Estimated income taxes                                       (217)       (31)       (43)      (130)      (421)      (131)      (552)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Net results                                             $   460    $     3    $    68    $    38    $   569    $   134    $   703
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>


Average Sales Prices and Production Costs - Per Unit

Average sales prices per unit are based upon the gross revenues  reported in the
Results of Operations - Oil and Gas Exploration and Producing  Activities table.
Average  production  costs per composite  barrel include  related  depreciation,
depletion and amortization of support equipment and facilities. It also includes
cash lifting costs,  excluding payments for royalties and income taxes. However,
users of this  information  are  cautioned  that such income taxes and royalties
substantially  add to the total cost of producing  operations and  substantially
reduce the profitability and cash flow from such operations.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                Average sales prices
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                                      Crude oil              Crude oil           Crude oil 
                                     and natural  Natural  and natural  Natural and natural  Natural
                                         gas      gas per      gas     gas per      gas      gas per   
                                        liquids   thousand   liquids   thousand   liquids   thousand
                                          per       cubic      per       cubic      per       cubic        Average production costs
                                        barrel      feet      barrel     feet      barrel     feet         (per composite barrel)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     1996                 1995                 1994       1996       1995       1994
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<S>                                      <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>  
United States                            $16.97     $2.10     $14.25     $1.62     $12.81     $1.87      $3.82      $3.97      $4.33
Other Western Hemisphere                  16.80       .96      13.34       .87      10.94       .87       3.44       2.92       2.66
Europe                                    20.37      2.47      16.57      2.50      15.24      2.17       5.95       6.08       6.01
Other Eastern Hemisphere                  18.61      3.20      15.90      2.61      14.58      2.70       4.07       4.30       4.92
Affiliate - Other Eastern Hemisphere      16.11        --      14.05        --      11.96        --       3.71       3.37       3.13
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

The following table shows estimated future net cash flows from future production
of net  developed  and  undeveloped  proved  reserves of crude oil,  natural gas
liquids and natural gas (including  amounts  applicable to a long-term  purchase
and operating  service  arrangement);  therefore,  reserves  exclude the royalty
interests of others.  As  prescribed by SFAS 69, such future net cash flows were
estimated using year-end prices, costs, and tax rates, and a 10% annual discount
factor. Future production costs are based upon current year costs used uniformly
throughout  the  life  of  the  reserves.   Future   development  costs  include
restoration  and abandonment  costs,  net of residual  salvage value.  Estimated
future income taxes were  computed by applying the  statutory  income tax rates,
including  state and local  taxes,  to the  future  pre-tax  net cash flows less
appropriate  tax deductions,  giving effect to tax credits.  Effective tax rates
were used for certain foreign areas.

     Texaco is presenting this  information in accordance with the  requirements
of  SFAS 69 and has  exercised  all due  care  in  developing  the  data.  It is
necessary to caution  investors and other users of the  information to avoid its
simplistic  use.  While the  intent of this  disclosure  is to  provide a common
benchmark  to help  financial  statement  users  project  future  cash flows and
compare companies,  users should note the following: data in this table excludes
the  effect of future  changes  in  prices,  costs,  and tax  rates  which  past
experience  indicates will occur. Such future changes could significantly impact
the disclosed  discounted  net cash flows.  The data also excludes the estimated
net cash flows from  reserves that are yet to be proved.  Extensive  judgment is
used to estimate the timing of  production  and future costs over the  remaining
life of the  reserves  utilized in  developing  this  disclosure.  Values can be
distorted  by the use of year-end  prices that may reflect  seasonal  factors or
unpredictable  distortions from wars and other significant world events. For all
the preceding reasons, this disclosure is not necessarily indicative of Texaco's
perception of the future cash flows to be derived from underground reserves.


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<PAGE>

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 Texaco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries      Equity
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                                                                                                            Affiliate-
                                                                  Other                   Other                  Other
                                                     United     Western                 Eastern                Eastern
(Millions of dollars)                                States  Hemisphere      Europe  Hemisphere       Total  Hemisphere   Worldwide
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<S>                                                <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>     
As of December 31, 1996
 Future cash inflows from sale of oil & gas,
  and service fee revenue                          $ 41,807    $  2,863    $ 11,242    $  9,261    $ 65,173    $  6,632    $ 71,805
 Future production costs                             (8,080)       (894)     (2,368)     (1,993)    (13,335)     (1,776)    (15,111)
 Future development costs                            (2,790)       (141)     (2,094)       (551)     (5,576)       (740)     (6,316)
 Future income tax expense                          (10,444)       (758)     (1,946)     (5,099)    (18,247)     (2,181)    (20,428)
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 Net future cash flows before discount               20,493       1,070       4,834       1,618      28,015       1,935      29,950
 10% discount for timing of future cash flows        (8,602)       (458)     (1,740)       (489)    (11,289)       (695)    (11,984)
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 Standardized measure: discounted
  future net cash flows                            $ 11,891    $    612    $  3,094    $  1,129    $ 16,726    $  1,240    $ 17,966
===================================================================================================================================
As of December 31, 1995
 Future cash inflows from sale of oil & gas,
  and service fee revenue                          $ 28,603    $  2,144    $  8,753    $  7,820    $ 47,320    $  5,357    $ 52,677
 Future production costs                             (8,232)       (628)     (2,150)     (2,210)    (13,220)     (1,448)    (14,668)
 Future development costs                            (2,618)       (181)     (1,352)       (439)     (4,590)       (515)     (5,105)
 Future income tax expense                           (5,505)       (573)     (1,457)     (3,862)    (11,397)     (1,799)    (13,196)
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 Net future cash flows before discount               12,248         762       3,794       1,309      18,113       1,595      19,708
 10% discount for timing of future cash flows        (4,988)       (375)     (1,502)       (418)     (7,283)       (553)     (7,836)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Standardized measure: discounted future
  net cash flows                                   $  7,260    $    387    $  2,292    $    891    $ 10,830    $  1,042    $ 11,872
===================================================================================================================================
As of December 31, 1994
 Future cash inflows from sale of oil & gas        $ 26,545    $  1,568    $  6,933    $  6,006    $ 41,052    $  4,664    $ 45,716
 Future production costs                             (9,374)       (609)     (2,434)     (2,567)    (14,984)     (1,393)    (16,377)
 Future development costs                            (3,011)       (134)     (1,372)       (354)     (4,871)       (193)     (5,064)
 Future income tax expense                           (3,968)       (361)       (966)     (2,229)     (7,524)     (1,632)     (9,156)
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 Net future cash flows before discount               10,192         464       2,161         856      13,673       1,446      15,119
 10% discount for timing of future cash flows        (4,313)       (155)       (814)       (271)     (5,553)       (554)     (6,107)
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 Standardized measure: discounted future
  net cash flows                                   $  5,879    $    309    $  1,347    $    585    $  8,120    $    892    $  9,012
===================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Changes in the Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              Texaco Inc. and Consolidated             Worldwide Including Equity in
                                                                      Subsidiaries - Total      Affiliate - Other Eastern Hemisphere
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(Millions of dollars)                                              1996        1995        1994        1996        1995        1994
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<S>                                                            <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>     
Standardized measure - Beginning of year                       $ 10,830    $  8,120    $  6,181    $ 11,872    $  9,012    $  6,727
 Sales of minerals-in-place                                        (458)       (679)       (104)       (458)       (679)       (104)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 10,372       7,441       6,077      11,414       8,333       6,623
 Changes in ongoing oil and gas operations:
  Sales and transfers of produced oil and gas, net of
   production costs during the period                            (4,349)     (3,185)     (2,932)     (4,859)     (3,634)     (3,307)
  Net changes in prices, production and development costs         8,407       4,265       3,024       8,820       4,564       3,707
  Extensions, discoveries and improved recovery,
   less related costs                                             2,950       1,770       1,355       3,182       1,891       1,479
  Development costs incurred during the period                    1,431       1,223       1,133       1,575       1,322       1,262
  Timing of production and other changes                           (209)       (733)       (618)       (251)       (677)       (648)
  Revisions of previous quantity estimates                          563         988         537         527         990         626
  Purchases of minerals-in-place                                    138          42           7         138          42           7
  Accretion of discount                                           1,731       1,238         907       1,952       1,428       1,023
  Net change in discounted future income taxes                   (4,308)     (2,219)     (1,370)     (4,532)     (2,387)     (1,760)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Standardized measure - End of year                             $ 16,726    $ 10,830    $  8,120    $ 17,966    $ 11,872    $  9,012
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

SELECTED                Texaco Inc.             
FINANCIAL DATA          and Subsidiary Companies


Selected Quarterly Financial Data
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         First    Second     Third    Fourth     First    Second    Third    Fourth
                                                       Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Quarter  Quarter   Quarter
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Millions of dollars)                                                                   1996                                   1995
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<S>                                                    <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>      <C>      <C>    
Revenues
Sales and services                                     $10,059   $10,817   $10,901   $12,784    $8,585    $9,031   $8,621   $ 9,314
Equity in income of affiliates, interest,
  asset sales and other                                    212       444       196        87       482       228      193       333
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                                                        10,271    11,261    11,097    12,871     9,067     9,259    8,814     9,647
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deductions
Purchases and other costs                                7,782     8,345     8,399    10,117     6,526     6,980    6,556     7,175
Operating expenses                                         684       700       721       873       731       696      713       767
Selling, general and administrative expenses               400       399       406       488       371       377      411       421
Maintenance and repairs                                     88        90        88       101        88        96       88       103
Exploratory expenses                                        69        90        84       136        55        59       66       109
Depreciation, depletion and amortization                   350       354       364       387       397       348      346     1,294
Interest expense, taxes other than income
  taxes and minority interest                              234       252       253       263       265       256      248       259
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                         9,607    10,230    10,315    12,365     8,433     8,812    8,428    10,128
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income (loss) from continuing operations
  before income taxes                                      664     1,031       782       506       634       447      386      (481)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes                  278       342       348        (3)      216       176       96      (230)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss) from continuing operations               386       689       434       509       418       271      290      (251)
Cumulative effect of accounting change                      --        --        --        --      (121)       --       --        --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)                                      $   386   $   689   $   434   $   509    $  297    $  271   $  290   $  (251)
====================================================================================================================================

Per common share (dollars)
Net income (loss) from
  continuing operations                                $  1.42   $  2.59   $  1.61   $  1.90    $ 1.55    $  .99   $ 1.06   $ (1.02)
Cumulative effect of accounting change                      --        --        --        --      (.47)       --       --        --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)                                      $  1.42   $  2.59   $  1.61   $  1.90    $ 1.08    $  .99   $ 1.06   $ (1.02)
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Fourth quarter 1995 results include a pre-tax charge of $959 million,  primarily
to depreciation, depletion and amortization, due to the adoption of SFAS 121.
(Refer to Note 2 - Changes in Accounting  Principles for further details.) On an
after-tax basis, this charge amounted to $639 million.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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SELECTED                Texaco Inc.             
FINANCIAL DATA          and Subsidiary Companies


Five-Year Comparison of Selected Financial Data
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of dollars)                                                           1996       1995        1994        1993        1992
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<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>    
For the Year:
Revenues from continuing operations                                          $45,500    $36,787     $33,353     $34,071     $36,530
Net income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting changes
  Continuing operations                                                      $ 2,018    $   728     $   979     $ 1,259     $ 1,038
  Discontinued operations                                                         --         --         (69)       (191)        (26)
Cumulative effect of accounting changes                                           --       (121)         --          --        (300)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income                                                                   $ 2,018    $   607     $   910     $ 1,068     $   712
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Per common share (dollars)
  Net income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting changes
    Continuing operations                                                    $  7.52    $  2.57     $  3.43     $  4.47     $  3.63
    Discontinued operations                                                       --         --        (.26)       (.73)       (.10)
  Cumulative effect of accounting changes                                         --       (.47)         --          --       (1.16)
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  Net income                                                                 $  7.52    $  2.10     $  3.17     $  3.74     $  2.37
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  Dividends                                                                  $  3.30    $  3.20     $  3.20     $  3.20     $  3.20
Total cash dividends paid on common stock                                    $   859    $   832     $   830     $   828     $   828
At End of Year:
Total assets                                                                 $26,963    $24,937     $25,505     $26,626     $25,992
Debt and capital lease obligations
  Short-term                                                                 $   465    $   737     $   917     $   669     $   140
  Long-term                                                                    5,125      5,503       5,564       6,157       6,441
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Total debt and capital lease obligations                                     $ 5,590    $ 6,240     $ 6,481     $ 6,826     $ 6,581
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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<PAGE>

INVESTOR            Texaco Inc.
INFORMATION


Shareholder Communications

<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>                                <C>
For information about Texaco or assistance   Texaco Inc.                        Security analysts and institutional investors
with your account, please contact:           Investor Services                  should contact:
                                             2000 Westchester Avenue                 Elizabeth P. Smith
                                             White Plains, NY 10650-0001             Vice President, Texaco Inc.
                                             Phone:  1-800-283-9785                  Phone:  (914) 253-4478
                                             Fax:    (914) 253-6286                  Fax:    (914) 253-6269
                                             E-mail: [email protected]               E-mail: [email protected]
</TABLE>

Common Stock Market and Dividend Information

Texaco Inc. common stock (symbol TX) is traded principally on the New York Stock
Exchange.  As of February 27, 1997,  there were 195,680  shareholders of record.
Texaco's  common stock price reached a high of $107.13  during  October 1996 and
closed at $98.13. The stock appreciation,  plus a quarterly dividend increase of
6.25%, provided a total return to Texaco shareholders of 30% for the year.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                Common Stock Price Range
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 High          Low       High        Low           Dividends
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              1996                  1995     1996       1995
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                           <C>           <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C> 
First Quarter                 $ 88.75       $75.50     $66.75     $59.75     $.80       $.80
Second Quarter                  88.50        78.88      69.63      64.25      .80        .80
Third Quarter                   96.13        83.13      67.63      62.75      .85        .80
Fourth Quarter                 107.13        91.50      80.50      64.00      .85        .80
=============================================================================================
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>                                     <C>                                   <C>
Stock Transfer Agent                    NY Drop Agent                         Co-Transfer Agent
Texaco Inc.                             Chase Mellon Shareholder Services     Montreal Trust Company
Investor Services                       120 Broadway - 13th Floor             151 Front Street West - 8th Floor
2000 Westchester Avenue                 New York, NY 10271                    Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2N1
White Plains, NY 10650-0001             Phone: (212) 374-2500                 Phone: 1-800-663-9097
Phone: 1-800-283-9785                   Fax:   (212) 571-0871                 Fax:   (416) 981-9507
Fax:   (914) 253-6286
</TABLE>

Annual Meeting

Texaco Inc.'s Annual  Shareholders  Meeting will be held at the Rye Town Hilton,
Rye  Brook,  NY, on  Tuesday,  May 13,  1997.  A formal  notice of the  meeting,
together with a proxy  statement and proxy form, is being mailed to shareholders
with this Report.

Investor Services Plan

The company's Investor Services Plan offers a variety of benefits to individuals
seeking an easy way to invest in Texaco Inc.  common  stock.  Enrollment  in the
Plan is open to anyone, and all investors may make initial investments  directly
through the company.  The Plan  features  dividend  reinvestment,  optional cash
investments  and custodial  service for stock  certificates.  Texaco's  Investor
Services Plan is an excellent way to start an investment  program for friends or
family  members.  For  a  complete  informational  package,   including  a  Plan
prospectus,   call  1-800-283-9785,   or  visit  Texaco's  Internet  home  page:
http://www.texaco.com.

Publications for Shareholders

In  addition  to  the  Annual  Report,   Texaco  issues  several  financial  and
informational  publications  which are  available  free of charge to  interested
shareholders on request from Investor Services at the above address:

Texaco Inc.'s 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.

Financial  and  Operational  Supplement -  Comprehensive  data on Texaco's  1996
activities.

Texaco  Foundation 1996 Annual Report - Information on charitable  contributions
to select tax-exempt organizations in the U.S.

Equal Opportunity and Texaco: A Report - A description of Texaco's programs that
foster equal employment opportunity.

1996  Environment,  Health and Safety  Review - A report on  Texaco's  programs,
policies and results in the areas of corporate responsibility.

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                                                             EXHIBIT 21
                                                      Subsidiaries of Registrant
                                                                1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Parents of Registrant
       None

Registrant
       Texaco Inc.

The significant  subsidiaries included in the consolidated  financial statements
of the Registrant are as follows:

                                                                                                Organized
                                                                                                  under
                                                                                               the laws of
                                                                                               -----------
<S>                                                                                            <C>
Four Star Oil and Gas Company                                                                  Delaware
Heddington Insurance Ltd.                                                                      Bermuda
MVP Production Inc.                                                                            Delaware
Refineria Panama, S.A.                                                                         Panama
S.A. Texaco Belgium N.V.                                                                       Belgium
Saudi Arabian Texaco Inc.                                                                      Delaware
TEPI Holdings Inc.                                                                             Delaware
TRMI Holdings Inc.                                                                             Delaware
Texaco Brazil S.A. - Produtos de Petroleo                                                      Brazil
Texaco Britain Limited                                                                         England
Texaco Canada Petroleum Inc.                                                                   Canada
Texaco Caribbean Inc.                                                                          Delaware
Texaco Chemical Inc.                                                                           Delaware
Texaco Cogeneration Company                                                                    Delaware
Texaco Denmark Inc.                                                                            Delaware
Texaco Exploration and Production Inc.                                                         Delaware
Texaco International Trader Inc.                                                               Delaware
Texaco Investments (Netherlands), Inc.                                                         Delaware
Texaco (Ireland) Limited                                                                       Ireland
Texaco Limited                                                                                 England
Texaco Natural Gas Inc.                                                                        Delaware
Texaco Nederland B.V.                                                                          Netherlands
Texaco North Sea U.K. Company                                                                  Delaware
Texaco Oil Development Company                                                                 Delaware
Texaco Overseas Holdings Inc.                                                                  Delaware
Texaco Overseas (Nigeria) Petroleum Company, Unlimited                                         Nigeria
Texaco Overseas Petroleum Company                                                              Delaware
Texaco Panama Inc.                                                                             Panama
Texaco Pipeline Inc.                                                                           Delaware
Texaco Puerto Rico Inc.                                                                        Puerto Rico
Texaco Raffinaderij Pernis B.V.                                                                Netherlands
Texaco Refining and Marketing Inc.                                                             Delaware
Texaco Refining and Marketing (East) Inc.                                                      Delaware
Texaco Trading and Transportation Inc.                                                         Delaware
Texaco Trinidad Inc.                                                                           Delaware
Texas Petroleum Company                                                                        New Jersey
<FN>
Names of certain  subsidiary  companies are omitted  because,  considered in the
aggregate as a single subsidiary  company,  they do not constitute a significant
subsidiary company.
</FN>

</TABLE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT 23





                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



As independent  public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the  incorporation by
reference of our report dated  February  27, 1997  incorporated  by reference in
Texaco Inc.'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, into the following
previously filed Registration Statements:

                1.  Form S-3                File Number 2-37010
                2.  Form S-3                File Number 33-31148
                3.  Form S-8                File Number 2-67125
                4.  Form S-8                File Number 2-76755
                5.  Form S-8                File Number 2-90255
                6.  Form S-8                File Number 33-34043
                7.  Form S-3                File Number 33-40309
                8.  Form S-8                File Number 33-45952
                9.  Form S-8                File Number 33-45953
               10.  Form S-3                File Number 33-63996
               11.  Form S-3                File Number 33-50553 and 33-50553-01
               12.  Form S-8                File Number 333-11019





                                                             Arthur Andersen LLP





New York, N.Y.
March 27, 1997


                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
22nd day of January, 1997.



                PETER I. BIJUR
                --------------

                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.2



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has hereunto set his  name  as  of
the 13th day of January, 1997.



                                 ALLEN J. KROWE
                                 --------------




                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.3

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  an officer of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
13th day of January, 1997.



                PATRICK J. LYNCH
                ----------------
                Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                (Principal Financial Officer)




                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.4

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  an officer of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
31st day of January, 1997.



                          ROBERT C. OELKERS
                          -----------------
                          Vice President and Comptroller
                          (Principal Accounting Officer)




                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.5



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
14th day of January, 1997.



                                 ROBERT A. BECK
                                 --------------

                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.6



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
28th day of February, 1997.



                                  JOHN BRADEMAS
                                  -------------




                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.7



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
29th day of January, 1997.



                               WILLARD C. BUTCHER
                               ------------------




                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.8



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
15th day of January, 1997.



                               EDMUND M. CARPENTER
                               -------------------




                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.9



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
17th day of January, 1997.



                                MICHAEL C. HAWLEY
                                -----------------




                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.10



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
29th day of January, 1997.



                               FRANKLYN G. JENIFER
                               -------------------




                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.11



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
31st day of January, 1997.



                                THOMAS S. MURPHY
                                ----------------




                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.12



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
14th day of January, 1997.



                              CHARLES H. PRICE, II
                              --------------------




                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.13



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her name as of the
15th day of January, 1997.



                                 ROBIN B. SMITH
                                 --------------




                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.14



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
30th day of January, 1997.



                             WILLIAM C. STEERE, JR.
                             ----------------------




                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.15



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
4th day of February, 1997.



                              THOMAS A. VANDERSLICE
                              ---------------------




                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.16



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned,  a director of
TEXACO INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes,  designates,
constitutes and appoints CARL B. DAVIDSON and ROBERT E. KOCH, and either of them
(with full power to act without the other), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power and  authority to act in any and
all  capacities  for and in the  name,  place and  stead of the  undersigned  in
connection with the filing of: (i) any and all  registration  statements and all
amendments and post-effective  amendments thereto  (collectively,  "Registration
Statements")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,  and  any and all  registrations,  qualifications  or
notifications  under the  applicable  securities  laws of any and all states and
other  jurisdictions,  with respect to the securities of the Company of whatever
class,  including  without  limitation  thereon the Company's  Common Stock, par
value $6.25 per share, and preferred  stock, par value $1.00 per share,  however
offered, sold, issued,  distributed,  placed or resold by the Company, by any of
its subsidiary companies, or by any other person or entity, that may be required
to effect:  (a) any such filing,  (b) any primary or secondary  offering,  sale,
distribution,  exchange,  or  conversion of the  Company's  securities,  (c) any
acquisition,  merger,  reorganization or consolidation involving the issuance of
the  Company's  securities,  (d)  any  stock  option,  restricted  stock  grant,
incentive,  investment,  thrift,  profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan
relating to the Company's securities,  or (e) any dividend reinvestment or stock
purchase plan relating to the Company's  securities;  (ii) the Company's  Annual
Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
1996, on Form 10-K, and any and all  amendments  thereto on Form 8 or otherwise,
under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  and
(iii)  Statements of Changes of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or
Form 5 (or such  other  forms as may be  designated  from  time to time for such
purposes), pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

         Without  limiting the  generality of the foregoing  grant of authority,
such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, are hereby granted full
power  and  authority,  on  behalf  of and in the  name,  place and stead of the
undersigned,   to  execute  and  deliver  all  such   Registration   Statements,
registrations,  qualifications,  or notifications,  the Company's Form 10-K, any
and all  amendments  thereto,  statements  of  changes,  and  any and all  other
documents  in  connection  with the  foregoing,  and take such other and further
action as such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, deem necessary
or   appropriate.   The  powers   and   authorities   granted   herein  to  such
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and either of them, also include the full right,
power  and  authority  to  effect  necessary  or  appropriate  substitutions  or
revocations.  The undersigned hereby ratifies,  confirms, and adopts, as his own
act and deed, all action  lawfully taken pursuant to the powers and  authorities
herein granted by such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or either of them, or by
their  respective  substitutes.  This Power of Attorney expires by its terms and
shall be of no further force and effect on March 31, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his name as of the
30th day of January, 1997.



                                 WILLIAM WRIGLEY
                                 ---------------






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<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM
TEXACO INC.'S 1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
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