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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5,
2009</font></div>
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No. 333-_______</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C.&#160;&#160;20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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Corporation</font></font></div>
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Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></div>
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Offices)</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Estimated
      solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee
      pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended (the &#8220;1933 Act&#8221;), solely for the purpose of computing the
      registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of
      Common Stock being registered hereby on the New York Stock Exchange LLC on
      February 2, 2009.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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Item 2 of Part I of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration
Statement&#8221;) is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 428 under the 1933 Act and the introductory note to Part I of the
Registration Statement.&#160;&#160;The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan covered by
this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</font></div>
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II</font></div>
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REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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3.&#160;&#160;INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></div>
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Oil Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) hereby incorporates herein
by reference the following documents filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;1934 Act&#8221;) (1934 Act File No.
001-08590):</font></div>
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Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007.</font></div>
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documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;)
by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934
Act subsequent to the filing of such Form 10-K 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></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock $1.00 par value contained in the
Registrant&#8217;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></div>
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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.&#160;&#160;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></div>
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4.&#160;&#160;DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</font></div>
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applicable, see Item 3(3) above.</font></div>
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5.&#160;&#160;INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
validity of plan interests offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant
by Walter K. Compton, Esq., Manager, Law Department &amp; Corporate Secretary of
Murphy Oil Corporation.&#160;&#160;As of the date of this Registration
Statement, the fair market value of securities of the Registrant, including
options, beneficially owned by Mr. Compton exceeds $50,000.</font></div>
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6.&#160;&#160;INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font></div>
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145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the DGCL,
generally provides that all directors and officers (as well as other employees
and individuals) may be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#8217;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in</font></div>
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in connection with certain specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the corporation or 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.</font></div>
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145 of the DGCL also provides that the rights conferred thereby are not
exclusive of any other right to which any person may be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
and permits a corporation to advance expenses to or on behalf of a person
entitled to be indemnified upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amounts
advanced if it is determined that the person is not entitled to be
indemnified.</font></div>
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102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for any breach of the
director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</font></div>
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Company&#8217;s By-laws provide for the following:</font></div>
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1.(a) Each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person)
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving at
the request of the Company as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and
held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law.
The right to indemnification conferred in this Article VIII shall also include
the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in connection with any
such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent
authorized by Delaware Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this
Article VIII shall be a contract right.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b) The
Company may, by action of its board of directors, provide indemnification to
such of the employees and agents of the Company to such extent and to such
effect as the board of directors shall determine to be appropriate and
authorized by Delaware Law.</font></div>
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2. The Company shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company,
or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person
in any such capacity or arising out of such person&#8217;s status as such, whether or
not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under Delaware Law.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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addition, the Registrant has purchased and maintains directors&#8217; and officers&#8217;
liability insurance.</font></div>
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7.&#160;&#160;EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</font></div>
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Applicable.</font></div>
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8.&#160;&#160;EXHIBITS</font></div>
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      of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended, effective May 11, 2005,
      filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form 10-Q report for the
      quarterly period ended June 30, 2005, filed on August 5, 2005 (1934 Act
      File No. 001-08590).*</font></div>
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      of Registrant, as amended, effective August 6, 2008, filed as Exhibit 3.2
      to the Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-K, filed on August 6, 2008 (1934 Act File No.
      001-08590).*</font></div>
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      of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this Registration
      Statement).</font></div>
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933
Act;</font></div>
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reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this 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 this Registration Statement;</font></div>
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include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;</font></div>
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(1)(i) and (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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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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></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(4)&#160;&#160;That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the 1933 Act to any
purchaser:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>(A)&#160;&#160;Each prospectus filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of
and included in the registration statement; and</font></div>
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to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made
pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the
information required by section 10(a) of the 1933 Act shall be deemed to be part
of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such
form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first
contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus.&#160;&#160;As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the
issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be
deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the
securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Provided,
however</font>, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was
part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or</font></div>
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the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than
registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in
reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Provided, however</font>, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale
prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first
use.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the 1933 Act to
any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:</font></div>
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undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless
of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:</font></div>
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preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;</font></div>
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free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
Registrant;</font></div>
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portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and</font></div>
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other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.</font></div>
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;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&#8217;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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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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.&#160;&#160;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 1933 Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></div>
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Registrant</font>.&#160;&#160;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&#160;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
February 4, 2009.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below,
constitutes and appoints Steven A. Coss&#233; and Walter K. Compton, and each of
them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute,
in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable
Murphy Oil Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#8220;1933 Act&#8221;)&#160;&#160;and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) in respect thereof, in connection with the filing
with the Commission of the registration statement on Form S-8 under the 1933
Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign
the name of the undersigned to such registration statement, and any amendments
to such registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration
statements, notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with
applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other
documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities
authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of
them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5,
2009
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
2911
71-0361522
(State
      or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
      or Organization)
(Primary
      Standard Industrial
Classification
      Code Number)
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      Number)
200
      Peach Street
P.O.
      Box 7000
El
      Dorado, AR 71731-7000
(870)
      862-6411
(Address,
      Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of
      Registrant's Principal Executive
Offices)
MURPHY
      OIL CORPORATION
2008
      STOCK PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
(Full
      Title of the Plan)
Steven
      A. Cossé, Esq.
Executive
      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, Esq.
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
Proposed
      Maximum Offering Price Per Share
(1)
Proposed
      Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
(1)
Amount
      Of
Registration
      Fee
(1)
Murphy
      Oil Corporation Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
500,000
$42.84
$21,270,000
$836
(1)
Estimated
      solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee
      pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended (the "1933 Act"), solely for the purpose of computing the
      registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of
      Common Stock being registered hereby on the New York Stock Exchange LLC on
      February 2, 2009.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and
Item 2 of Part I of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 428 under the 1933 Act and the introductory note to Part I of the
Registration Statement.  The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan covered by
this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
Murphy
Oil Corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant") hereby incorporates herein
by reference the following documents filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") (1934 Act File No.
001-08590):
(1)  The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007.
(2)  All
documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934
Act subsequent to the filing of such Form 10-K 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.
(3)  The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock $1.00 par value 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(3) above.
Item
5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The
validity of plan interests offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant
by Walter K. Compton, Esq., Manager, Law Department & Corporate Secretary of
Murphy Oil Corporation.  As of the date of this Registration
Statement, the fair market value of securities of the Registrant, including
options, beneficially owned by Mr. Compton exceeds $50,000.
Item
6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the DGCL,
generally provides that all directors and officers (as well as other employees
and individuals) may be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
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settlement
in connection with certain specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the corporation or 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.
Section
145 of the DGCL also provides that the rights conferred thereby are not
exclusive of any other right to which any person may be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
and permits a corporation to advance expenses to or on behalf of a person
entitled to be indemnified upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amounts
advanced if it is determined that the person is not entitled to be
indemnified.
Section
102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The
Company's By-laws provide for the following:
Section
1.(a) Each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person)
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving at
the request of the Company as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and
held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law.
The right to indemnification conferred in this Article VIII shall also include
the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in connection with any
such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent
authorized by Delaware Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this
Article VIII shall be a contract right.
(b) The
Company may, by action of its board of directors, provide indemnification to
such of the employees and agents of the Company to such extent and to such
effect as the board of directors shall determine to be appropriate and
authorized by Delaware Law.
Section
2. The Company shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company,
or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person
in any such capacity or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or
not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under Delaware Law.
In
addition, the Registrant has purchased and maintains directors' and officers'
liability insurance.
Item
7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not
Applicable.
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Item
8.  EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Certificate
      of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended, effective May 11, 2005,
      filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q report for the
      quarterly period ended June 30, 2005, filed on August 5, 2005 (1934 Act
      File No. 001-08590).*
4.2
By-Laws
      of Registrant, as amended, effective August 6, 2008, filed as Exhibit 3.2
      to the Registrant's Form 8-K, filed on August 6, 2008 (1934 Act File No.
      001-08590).*
5.1
Opinion
      of Walter K. Compton, Esq.
23.1
Consent
      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG
  LLP.
23.2
Consent
      of Walter K. Compton, Esq. (included in Exhibit
  5.1).
24
Power
      of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this Registration
      Statement).
99.1
Murphy
      Oil Corporation 2008 Stock Plan for Non-Employee
  Directors.
_________________
*Incorporated
herein by reference
Item
9.  UNDERTAKINGS
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 1933
Act;
(ii)  To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this 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 this Registration Statement;
(iii)  To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated by reference in this 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.
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(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.
(4)  That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the 1933 Act to any
purchaser:
(i)  If
the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(A)  Each prospectus filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of
and included in the registration statement; and
(B)  Each prospectus required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made
pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the
information required by section 10(a) of the 1933 Act shall be deemed to be part
of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such
form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first
contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus.  As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the
issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be
deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the
securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
Provided,
however
, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was
part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or
(ii)  If
the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than
registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in
reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness.
Provided, however
, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale
prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first
use.
(5)  That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the 1933 Act to
any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
(i)  The
undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless
of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(A)  Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
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(B)  Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
Registrant;
(C)  The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(D)  Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(ii)  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.
(iii)  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 1933 Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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
February 4, 2009.
MURPHY
      OIL CORPORATION
By:
/s/   Walter
      K. Compton
Name:
Walter
      K. Compton
Title:
Vice
      President
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below,
constitutes and appoints Steven A. Cossé and Walter K. Compton, and each of
them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute,
in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable
Murphy Oil Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act")  and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing
with the Commission of the registration statement on Form S-8 under the 1933
Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign
the name of the undersigned to such registration statement, and any amendments
to such registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration
statements, notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with
applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other
documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities
authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of
them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the following capacities on February 4,
2009.
Signature
Title
/s/   William
      C. Nolan, Jr.
Chairman
      and Director
William
      C. Nolan, Jr.
/s/   David
      M. Wood
President
      and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
      Officer)
David
      M. Wood
/s/   Frank
      W. Blue
Director
Frank
      W. Blue
/s/   Claiborne
      P. Deming
Director
Claiborne
      P. Deming
/s/   Robert
      A. Hermes
Director
Robert
      A. Hermes
/s/   James
      V. Kelley
Director
James
      V. Kelley
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Signature
Title
/s/   R.
      Madison Murphy
Director
R.
      Madison Murphy
/s/   Ivar
      B. Ramberg
Director
Ivar
      B. Ramberg
/s/   Neal
      E. Schmale
Director
Neal
      E. Schmale
/s/   David
      J.H. Smith
Director
David
      J.H. Smith
/s/   Caroline
      G. Theus
Director
Caroline
      G. Theus
/s/   Kevin
      G. Fitzgerald
Senior
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
      Officer)
Kevin
      G. Fitzgerald
/s/   John
      W. Eckart
Vice
      President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
John
      W. Eckart
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
      Number
Exhibit
4.1
Certificate
      of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended, effective May 11, 2005,
      filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q report for the
      quarterly period ended June 30, 2005, filed on August 5, 2005 (1934 Act
      File No. 001-08590).*
4.2
By-Laws
      of Registrant, as amended, effective August 6, 2008, filed as Exhibit 3.2
      to the Registrant's Form 8-K, filed on August 6, 2008 (1934 Act File No.
      001-08590).*
5.1
Opinion
      of Walter K. Compton, Esq.
23.1
Consent
      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG
  LLP.
23.2
Consent
      of Walter K. Compton, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24
Power
      of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this Registration
      Statement).
99.1
Murphy
      Oil Corporation 2008 Stock Plan for Non-Employee
  Directors.
___________________________
*
      Incorporated herein by reference.
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