<HTML>
<HEAD>
	<TITLE> MURPHY OIL CORPORATION -- FORM S-8 </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<body>

<!-- *************************************************************************** -->
<!-- MARKER LABEL="sheet: 1, page: 1" -->

<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" COLS=3 WIDTH="750">
<tr>
<td WIDTH="33%">&nbsp;</td>

<td WIDTH="33%">&nbsp;</td>

<td WIDTH="33%">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3"><font size=-1>As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2000</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" COLSPAN="3"><font size=-1>Registration No. 333-____&nbsp;</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3">
<hr ALIGN="center" WIDTH="100%"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3"><b><font size=+1>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b>
<br><b><font size=-1>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b>
<br>
<hr ALIGN="CENTER" SIZE="1" WIDTH="20%">
<br><b><font size=+0>FORM S-8</font></b>
<br><b><font size=+0>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b>
<br><b><font size=+0>UNDER</font></b>
<br><b><font size=+0>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b>
<br>
<hr ALIGN="CENTER" SIZE="1" WIDTH="20%">
<br><b><font size=+1>Murphy Oil Corporation</font></b>
<br><font size=-2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="33%"><b><font size=-1>Delaware</font></b>
<br><font size=-2>(State or other jurisdiction of</font>
<br><font size=-2>incorporation or organization)</font></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="33%"><b><font size=-1>2911</font></b>
<br><font size=-2>(Primary Standard Industrial</font>
<br><font size=-2>Classification Code Number)</font></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="33%"><b><font size=-1>71-0361522</font></b>
<br><font size=-2>(I.R.S. Employer</font>
<br><font size=-2>Identification No.)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3">
<br><b><font size=-1>200 Peach Street</font></b>
<br><b><font size=-1>P.O. Box 7000</font></b>
<br><b><font size=-1>El Dorado, AR 71731-7000</font></b>
<br><b><font size=-1>(870) 862-6411</font></b>
<br><font size=-2>(Address of principal executive offices)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3">
<hr ALIGN="CENTER" SIZE="1" WIDTH="20%"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><b><font size=+2>MURPHY OIL CORPORATION</font></b>
<br><b><font size=+2>EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></b>
<br><font size=-2>(Full title of the plan)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3">
<hr ALIGN="CENTER" SIZE="1" WIDTH="20%"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><font size=-1>Steven A. Coss&eacute;</font>
<br><font size=-1>(Senior Vice President and General Counsel)</font>
<br><font size=-1>200 Peach Street</font>
<br><font size=-1>Post Office Box 7000</font>
<br><font size=-1>El Dorado, AR 71731-7000</font>
<br><font size=-2>(Name and address of agent for service)</font>
<br><font size=-2>Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(870) 862-6411</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3">
<br><i><font size=-2>Copy to:</font></i>
<br><font size=-1>Barbara Nims</font>
<br><font size=-1>Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell</font>
<br><font size=-1>450 Lexington Avenue</font>
<br><font size=-1>New York, NY 10017</font>
<br><font size=-1>(212) 450-4000</font></td>
</tr>
</TABLE>
<br>
<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="750">
<tr>
<th COLSPAN="5"><b><font size=+0>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td COLSPAN="5">
<hr ALIGN="center" WIDTH="100%"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="47%">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="47%"><b><u><font size=-2>Title of
Securities to be Registered</font></u></b></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%"><b><font size=-2>Amount to be</font></b>
<br><b><u><font size=-2>Registered(1)</font></u></b></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%"><b><font size=-2>Proposed Maximum</font></b>
<br><b><font size=-2>Offering</font></b>
<br><b><u><font size=-2>Price Per Share(2)</font></u></b></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%"><b><font size=-2>Proposed Maximum</font></b>
<br><b><font size=-2>Aggregate&nbsp;</font></b>
<br><b><u><font size=-2>Offering Price(2)</font></u></b></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%"><b><font size=-2>Amount of</font></b>
<br><b><u><font size=-2>Registration Fee</font></u></b></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="47%">
<br><font size=-2>&nbsp;Murphy Oil Corporation Common Stock par value $1.00
per share</font></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%"><font size=-2>100,000 shares</font></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%"><font size=-2>&nbsp; $ 61.10</font></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%"><font size=-2>&nbsp; $ 6,110,000</font></td>

<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="13%"><font size=-2>&nbsp; $ 1,613.04</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td COLSPAN="5">
<hr ALIGN="center" WIDTH="100%"></td>
</tr>
</TABLE>

<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="5" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="750">
<tr>
<td COLSPAN="2">
<hr ALIGN="LEFT" SIZE="1" WIDTH="16%"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="5%"><font size=-2>(1)</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90%"><font size=-2>Plus an indeterminate
number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="5%"><font size=-2>(2)</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90%"><font size=-2>Estimated pursuant
to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose
of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and
low prices of the securities being registered hereby on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Transaction Tape on August 1, 2000.</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="5">
<hr width="100%"></td>
</tr>
</TABLE>
<!-- *************************************************************************** -->
<!-- MARKER LABEL="sheet: 2, page: 2" -->

<br>&nbsp;
<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="700">
<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER"><b><font size=-1>PART II</font></b>
<br><b><font size=-1>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></td>

<td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>
<br>&nbsp;
<p><b><font size=-1>Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></b></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>
<br><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant hereby incorporates
herein by reference the following documents:</font>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) The Registrant's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.</font>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2) The Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2000.</font>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3) All documents filed with
the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act") subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment (i) which indicates that all securities offered herein have been
sold or (ii) which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.</font>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4) The description of the Registrant's
common stock $1.00 par value ("Common Stock" or "Shares") contained in
the Registrant's 1934 Act registration statement on Form 8-A dated September
12, 1989, filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act, including
any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</font>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any statement contained herein
or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof
or of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.</font>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;
<b>Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</b></font>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable, see Item 3(4)
above.</font>
<p><b><font size=-1>Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font></b>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</font>
<p><b><font size=-1>Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font></b>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reference is made to section
102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), which enables
a corporation in its certificate of incorporation to eliminate or limit
the personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary
duty, except (i) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation
or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant
to section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful
payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv)
for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
benefit. The Registrant's certificate of incorporation eliminates the liability
of directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.</font>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reference is made to section
145 of the DGCL which provides that a corporation may indemnify directors
and officers against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits
or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation (a "derivative
action")) if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in
the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends
to expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in connection with defense
or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before
there can be indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's charter,
by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification
of its directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law.</font>

<br><br>
<p width="775"><center><font size=-1>2</font></center><br>
<br>

<p><br><HR SIZE="5" NOSHADE WIDTH="775" ALIGN="LEFT"><BR>&nbsp;
<!-- *************************************************************************** -->
<!-- MARKER LABEL="sheet: 3, page: 3" -->

<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, the Registrant has
purchased and maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance.</font>
<p><b><font size=-1>Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</font></b>
<p><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.</font>
<p><b><font size=-1>Item 8. EXHIBITS</font></b>
<br>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</TABLE>

<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" COLS=3 WIDTH="700">
<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="45"><font size=-1>4.01</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="15">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="640"><font size=-1>Certificate of Incorporation
of the Registrant, as amended (filed as Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's
Form S-8 filed on May 1997 (Registration No. 333-27407))*</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="45"><font size=-1>4.02</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="15">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="640"><font size=-1>By-Laws of Registrant,
as amended December 1, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999)*</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="45"><font size=-1>5.01</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="15">&nbsp;</td>

<td><font size=-1>Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="45"><font size=-1>23.01</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="15">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="640"><font size=-1>Consent of KPMG LLP</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="45"><font size=-1>23.02</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="15">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="640"><font size=-1>Consent of Davis Polk
&amp; Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.01)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="45"><font size=-1>99.01</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="15">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="640"><font size=-1>Murphy Oil Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="45">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="15">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="640"><font size=-1>__________________</font>
<br><font size=-1>*&nbsp; Incorporated herein by reference</font></td>
</tr>
</TABLE>

<br>&nbsp;
<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" COLS=2 WIDTH="775">
<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="20">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="755">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><b><font size=-1>Item 9.&nbsp; UNDERTAKINGS&nbsp;</font></b></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size=-1>(a)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size=-1>(1)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="755">
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size=-1>(i)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act");</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="755">
<br><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (ii)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in this registration statement;
and</font><br><br>
<center><font size=-1>3</font></center><br></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="2"><br><HR SIZE="5" NOSHADE WIDTH="775" ALIGN="LEFT"><BR>&nbsp;</td>
<!-- *************************************************************************** -->
<!-- MARKER LABEL="sheet: 3, page: 3" -->
</tr>

<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="755">
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size=-1>(iii)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration statement;</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
<br><font size=-1><i>provided</i>, <i>however</i>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size=-1>(2)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size=-1>(3)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size=-1>(b)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's Annual
Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size=-1>(c)</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font size=-1>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</font>
<br><br>
<center><font size=-1>4</font></center><br></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="2"><br><HR SIZE="5" NOSHADE WIDTH="775" ALIGN="LEFT"><BR>&nbsp;</td>
<!-- *************************************************************************** -->
<!-- MARKER LABEL="sheet: 4, page: 4" -->
</tr>

</td>
</tr>
</TABLE>

<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" COLS=2 WIDTH="775">
<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="475">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="200">&nbsp;</td>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3"><b><font size=+0>SIGNATURES</font></b><br></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3"><br><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of El Dorado, State of Arkansas, on August 2,
2000.</font>
<br>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>

<td><b><font size=-1>MURPHY OIL CORPORATION</font></b>
<br>
<br>
<font size=-1>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Steven A. Coss&eacute;
<HR ALIGN="right" WIDTH="90%" size="1">
</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Steven A. Coss&eacute;</font>
<br><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title:&nbsp;Senior Vice President, General Counsel</font>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="3" align="center">
<font size=-1>5</font><br></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="2"><br><HR SIZE="5" NOSHADE WIDTH="775" ALIGN="LEFT"><BR>&nbsp;</td>
<!-- *************************************************************************** -->
<!-- MARKER LABEL="sheet: 5, page: 5" -->
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</TABLE>

<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" COLS=4 WIDTH="775">
<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="370">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="20">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="370">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td COLSPAN="3"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below on August 2, 2000 by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.</font>
<br>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="370"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ R. Madison
Murphy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">R. Madison Murphy, Chairman and Director</font></td>

<td>&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="370"><u><font size="2">&nbsp; /s/ Claiborne
P. Deming&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">Claiborne P. Deming, President and Chief</font>
<br><font size="2">Executive Officer and Director</font>
<br><font size="2">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>



<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s / B.R.R. Butler&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">B.R.R. Butler, Director</font></td>

<td VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>

<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ George S. Dembroski&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>

<br><font size="2">George S. Dembroski, Director</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>



<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ H. Rodes Hart
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">H. Rodes Hart, Director</font></td>

<td VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>

<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ Robert A. Hermes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">Robert A. Hermes, Director</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ Michael W. Murphy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">Michael W. Murphy, Director</font></td>

<td VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>

<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ William C. Nolan, Jr.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">William C. Nolan Jr., Director</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ Caroline G. Theus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">Caroline G. Theus, Director</font></td>

<td VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>

<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ Steven A. Coss&eacute;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">Steven A. Coss&eacute;, Senior Vice President&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size="2">and General Counsel</font>
<br><font size="2">(Principal Financial Officer)</font></td>
</tr>

<td VALIGN="TOP"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ John W. Eckart&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u>
<br><font size="2">John W. Eckart, Controller&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size="2">(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td>

<td VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>

<td VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</TABLE>
<br>
<table width="775">
<tr>
<td  align="center">
<font size=-1>6</font><br></td>
</tr>
<br>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><br><HR SIZE="5" NOSHADE WIDTH="775" ALIGN="LEFT"><BR>&nbsp;</td>
<!-- *************************************************************************** -->
<!-- MARKER LABEL="sheet: 6, page: 6" -->
</tr>
</TABLE>


<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" COLS="3" WIDTH="775">
<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="55">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="300">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><b><font size=-1>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</font></b>
<br>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><b><font size=-1>Exhibit&nbsp;</font></b>
<br><b><u><font size=-1>Number</font></u></b></td>

<td>&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

<b><u><font size=-1>Exhibit</font></u></b></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="55"><font size=-1>4.01</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="300"><font size=-1>Certificate of Incorporation
of the Registrant, as amended*</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="55"><font size=-1>4.02</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="300"><font size=-1>By-Laws of Registrant,
as amended*</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="55"><font size=-1>5.01</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25">&nbsp;</td>

<td><font size=-1>Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="55"><font size=-1>23.01</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="300"><font size=-1>Consent of KPMG LLP</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="55"><font size=-1>23.02</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="300"><font size=-1>Consent of Davis Polk
&amp; Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.01)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="55"><font size=-1>99.01</font></td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25">&nbsp;</td>

<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="300"><font size=-1>Murphy Oil Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><font size=-1>__________________</font>
<br><font size=-1>*&nbsp; Incorporated herein by reference</font></td>
</tr>
</TABLE>
<br>
<table width="775">
<tr>
<td  align="center">
<font size=-1>7</font><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><br><HR SIZE="5" NOSHADE WIDTH="775" ALIGN="LEFT"><BR>&nbsp;</td>
<!-- *************************************************************************** -->
<!-- MARKER LABEL="sheet: 7, page: 7" -->
</tr>
</TABLE>

</body>
</HTML>
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "4", "filename": "s8.htm", "description": "MAIN DOCUMENT", "secsgml_size_bytes": 30403}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "MURPHY OIL CORP /DE", "cik": "0000717423", "assigned-sic": "2911", "irs-number": "710361522", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-43030", "film-number": "686009"}, "business-address": {"street1": "200 PEACH ST", "street2": "PO BOX 7000", "city": "EL DORADO", "state": "AR", "zip": "71731-7000", "phone": "8708626411"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "200 PEACH STREET", "street2": "PO BOX 7000", "city": "EL DORADO", "state": "AR", "zip": "71731-7000"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "NEW MURPHY OIL CORP /DE", "date-changed": "19831115"}}
MURPHY OIL CORPORATION -- FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2000
Registration No. 333-____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Murphy Oil Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
2911
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
71-0361522
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
200 Peach Street
P.O. Box 7000
El Dorado, AR 71731-7000
(870) 862-6411
(Address of principal executive offices)
MURPHY OIL CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Steven A. Cossé
(Senior Vice President and General Counsel)
200 Peach Street
Post Office Box 7000
El Dorado, AR 71731-7000
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(870) 862-6411
Copy to:
Barbara Nims
Davis Polk & Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Murphy Oil Corporation Common Stock par value $1.00
per share
100,000 shares
$ 61.10
$ 6,110,000
$ 1,613.04
(1)
Plus an indeterminate
number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated pursuant
to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose
of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and
low prices of the securities being registered hereby on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Transaction Tape on August 1, 2000.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Registrant hereby incorporates
herein by reference the following documents:
(1) The Registrant's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
(2) The Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2000.
(3) All documents filed with
the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act") subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment (i) which indicates that all securities offered herein have been
sold or (ii) which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.
(4) The description of the Registrant's
common stock $1.00 par value ("Common Stock" or "Shares") contained in
the Registrant's 1934 Act registration statement on Form 8-A dated September
12, 1989, filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act, including
any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
Any statement contained herein
or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof
or of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable, see Item 3(4)
above.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Reference is made to section
102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), which enables
a corporation in its certificate of incorporation to eliminate or limit
the personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary
duty, except (i) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation
or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant
to section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful
payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv)
for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
benefit. The Registrant's certificate of incorporation eliminates the liability
of directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
Reference is made to section
145 of the DGCL which provides that a corporation may indemnify directors
and officers against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits
or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation (a "derivative
action")) if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in
the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends
to expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in connection with defense
or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before
there can be indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's charter,
by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification
of its directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law.
2
In addition, the Registrant has
purchased and maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
Item 8. EXHIBITS
4.01
Certificate of Incorporation
of the Registrant, as amended (filed as Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's
Form S-8 filed on May 1997 (Registration No. 333-27407))*
4.02
By-Laws of Registrant,
as amended December 1, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999)*
5.01
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell
23.01
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.02
Consent of Davis Polk
& Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.01)
99.01
Murphy Oil Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
__________________
*  Incorporated herein by reference
Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act");
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in this registration statement;
and
3
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's Annual
Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
4
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of El Dorado, State of Arkansas, on August 2,
2000.
MURPHY OIL CORPORATION
By:    /s/  Steven A. Cossé
Name:  Steven A. Cossé
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
5
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below on August 2, 2000 by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ R. Madison
Murphy
R. Madison Murphy, Chairman and Director
/s/ Claiborne
P. Deming
Claiborne P. Deming, President and Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s / B.R.R. Butler
B.R.R. Butler, Director
/s/ George S. Dembroski
George S. Dembroski, Director
/s/ H. Rodes Hart
H. Rodes Hart, Director
/s/ Robert A. Hermes
Robert A. Hermes, Director
/s/ Michael W. Murphy
Michael W. Murphy, Director
/s/ William C. Nolan, Jr.
William C. Nolan Jr., Director
/s/ Caroline G. Theus
Caroline G. Theus, Director
/s/ Steven A. Cossé
Steven A. Cossé, Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John W. Eckart
John W. Eckart, Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
6
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.01
Certificate of Incorporation
of the Registrant, as amended*
4.02
By-Laws of Registrant,
as amended*
5.01
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell
23.01
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.02
Consent of Davis Polk
& Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.01)
99.01
Murphy Oil Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
__________________
*  Incorporated herein by reference
7