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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950129-96-003345.txt : 19961217
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950129-96-003345
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19961216
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENRON OIL & GAS CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000821189
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				470684736
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B2
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-09919
		FILM NUMBER:		96680726

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1400 SMITH ST
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7138535482
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<DESCRIPTION>ENRON OIL & GAS COMPANY - REG. NO. 333-09919
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                                               Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
                                           Registration Statement No. 333-09919


                           Enron Oil & Gas Company

                Prospectus Supplement dated December 11, 1996
                    to Prospectus dated September 12, 1996


    On December 11, 1996, Enron Corp. sold 7,830,000 shares of the Common Stock
of Enron Oil & Gas Company at a price of $26.00 per share.  The sale was to an
institutional investor in a negotiated transaction.


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