<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000717423-18-000034.txt : 20180809
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000717423-18-000034
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180809
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180809
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180809

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MURPHY OIL CORP /DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000717423
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				710361522
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08590
		FILM NUMBER:		181005522

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 PEACH STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 7000
		CITY:			EL DORADO
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			71731-7000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8708626411

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 PEACH STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 7000
		CITY:			EL DORADO
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			71731-7000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEW MURPHY OIL CORP /DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19831115
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			8-K_A Front for 2Q 2018 Earnings
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			<font style="display: inline;">On August 8, 2018, Murphy Oil Corporation (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#x201C;SEC&#x201D;) a Current Report on Form 8-K (the &#x201C;Original Form 8-K&#x201D;) to which was attached, as Exhibit 99.1, a news release dated August 8, 2018 (the &#x201C;Earnings Release&#x201D;) announcing the Company&#x2019;s financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. </font><font style="display: inline;">Since</font><font style="display: inline;"> the Original Form 8-K was furnished after 5:30 P.M. (Eastern time), the Original Form 8-K was first available on the SEC&#x2019;s EDGAR system after 6:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on August 9, 2018. However, because of a technical error, only the Earnings Release appeared publicly on the EDGAR system, both as Form 8-K (identified on the EDGAR system as &#x201C;8-K&#x201D;) and as Exhibit 99.1 (identified on the EDGAR system as &#x201C;EX-99&#x201D;).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K (this &#x201C;Form 8-K/A&#x201D;) amends the Original Form 8-K to include (i)&nbsp;the facing page thereof, (ii)&nbsp;the text of Items 2.02 and 9.01 thereof and (iii)&nbsp;the signature page thereto, and to delete the duplicate information identified on the EDGAR system as &#x201C;8-K.&#x201D;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Except as noted above, this Form 8-K/A does not modify or update the Original Form 8-K or Exhibit 99.1 thereto.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Item </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">2.02</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Results of Operations and Financial Condition</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The following information is furnished </font><font style="display: inline;">pursuant </font><font style="display: inline;">to Item </font><font style="display: inline;">2.02</font><font style="display: inline;">, &#x201C;Results of Operations and Financial Condition.&#x201D;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">On</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">August 8</font><font style="display: inline;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">2018</font><font style="display: inline;">, Murphy Oil Corporation</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">issued a </font><font style="display: inline;">news </font><font style="display: inline;">release announcing its </font><font style="display: inline;">financial and operating results for the </font><font style="display: inline;">quarter</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">ended </font><font style="display: inline;">June 30</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2018</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The full text </font><font style="display: inline;">of this </font><font style="display: inline;">news</font><font style="display: inline;"> release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.</font><font style="display: inline;">1.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed &#x201C;filed&#x201D; for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000071742318000029/mur-20180808xex99.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">99.1</font></a></p>
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						<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000071742318000029/mur-20180808xex99.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">A news release dated August 8, 2018.</font></a><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Date</font><font style="display: inline;">:&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;">August </font><font style="display: inline;">9</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2018</font>
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