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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000230463-98-000001.txt : 19980129
<SEC-HEADER>0000230463-98-000001.hdr.sgml : 19980129
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000230463-98-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19980128
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980128
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			POGO PRODUCING CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000230463
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				741659398
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07792
		FILM NUMBER:		98515405

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GREENWAY PLAZA STE 2700
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 2504
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046-0504
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7132975017

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 2700
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 2504
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046-0504

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PENNZOIL OFFSHORE GAS OPERATORS INC /TX/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19600201
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<SEQUENCE>1
<DESCRIPTION>ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 1998 ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING
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       	       UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
			                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                         				  FORM 8-K


                   			 Current Report Pursuant     
		                   to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
             		     Securities Exchange Act of 1934


	  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): Not Applicable

						       
                 			    Pogo Producing Company
  	    (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                       				   Delaware
        		 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

          		 1-7792                                  74-1659398
   	(Commission File Number)                       (I.R.S. Employer 
			                                        			     Identification No.)
    5 Greenway Plaza, P.O. Box 2504
     	     Houston, Texas                                77046-2504
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)

     Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:   (713) 297-5000


                         				Not Applicable
      	(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.    Other Events

      	 Pursuant to Article 1, Sections 9,10 and 11 of the Amended and 
	 Restated Bylaws of Pogo Producing Company, a Delaware corporation 
	 (the "Company"), notice is hereby given that the 1998 annual meeting
	 of stockholders of the Company will be held on Teusday, April 28, 1998
	 at the Century II Room, Renaissance Houston Hotel, Six Greenway Plaza,
	 Houston, Texas at 10:00 a.m., Houston time.


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                        				  Signatures


    	 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                  					      Pogo Producing Company
						                                            Registrant

                                 					      /s/ GERALD A. MORTON
	                                       		  Gerald A. Morton,
					                                  	    Vice President-Law and
                                            Corporate Secretary 

Date:  January 28, 1998


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