SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 18) MURPHY OIL CORPORATION ---------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value ----------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 626717 10 2 ----------------- (CUSIP Number) Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME OF REPORTING PERSON 1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS C.H. MURPHY, JR. ###-##-#### - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP 2 (a) [_] (b) [X] (See Instructions) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 4 United States Citizen - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 5 NUMBER OF 1,009,836 SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 6 2,090,520 OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 7 REPORTING 1,009,836 PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 8 2,090,520 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9 1,009,836 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES 10 (See Instructions) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 11 2.25% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 12 IN (See Instructions) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The undersigned hereby amends its Statement on Schedule 13G, originally sent on February 14, 1980, as follows: Item 4. Ownership - ------- --------- The number that is stated in 4(c)(ii) and 4(c)(iv) of the original Statement is hereby amended to read 2,090,520. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group - ------- --------------------------------------------------------- The number that is stated in the fourth line of the original Statement is hereby amended to read 11,164,337. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct. /s/ C.H. Murphy, Jr. --------------------------- C.H. Murphy, Jr. Dated: February 12 , 1998. ---------------