10-K/A

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                 FORM 10-K/A

                      AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION OR REPORT

               Filed Pursuant to Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the
                       Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                            ORYX ENERGY COMPANY


             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

                                AMENDMENT NO. 1


The undersigned Registrant hereby amends the following items of its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as set
forth in the pages attached hereto:

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

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


                                         By:  Oryx Energy Company

                                         By:  /s/ Edward W. Moneypenny
                                              -----------------------------
                                                  Edward W. Moneypenny
                                           EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE,
                                          CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND DIRECTOR
                                              (PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER)

Date:  April 26, 1995



                                PART IV


ITEM 14.    EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

The Registrant hereby amends Item 14(a) by filing the following exhibit thereto:

     27     Financial Data Schedules

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This schedule contains Summary Financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 1994 Oryx Energy Company
Annual Report and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such Financial Statements.

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