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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SCHMALE NEAL E
(Last) (First) (Middle)
P. O. BOX 7000
200 PEACH STREET
(Street)
EL DORADO AR 71731
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MURPHY OIL CORP /DE [ MUR ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/04/2004
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/04/2004 J 290(1) A $0 290 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option(2) $76.36 08/04/2004 A 276 08/04/2005 08/04/2015 Common Stock 276 $0 276 D
Stock Option(2) $76.36 08/04/2004 A 277 08/04/2006 08/04/2015 Common Stock 277 $0 553 D
Stock Option(2) $76.36 08/04/2004 A 277 08/04/2007 08/04/2015 Common Stock 277 $0 830 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Restricted stock issued pursuant to the Non-Employee Director Stock Plan approved on May 14, 2003.
2. Non-Employee Director Stock Option granted under the Non-Employee Director Stock Plan approved May 14, 2003.
Neal E. Schmale by Walter K. Compton 08/05/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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					POWER OF ATTORNEY

           Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Steven
A. Cosse', Walter K. Compton, Renee' J. Bryant, E. Ted Botner, John A. Moore and James E.
Baine, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
	director of Murphy Oil Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
	of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; and

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
	desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5; complete and execute any amendment
	or amendments thereto; and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
	Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority.

           The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

           This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned by notice in writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this  4th   day of    August ,2004.



Signature

s/Neal E. Schmale

Print Name     Neal E. Schmale