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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MURPHY ROBERT MADISON 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) (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 PEACH STREET, P.O. BOX 7000 3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2015 (Street) EL DORADO, AR 71731-7000 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (check applicable line) _X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/08/2014   G5 428 A $ 0 144,428 I Trustee For My Children Common Stock 12/08/2015   G 2,364 D $ 0 779,041 D   Common Stock 12/30/2015   G 29,451 D $ 0 197,182 (1) I Partnership Common Stock 12/30/2015   G 27,658 A $ 0 224,840 (1) (2) I Partnership Common Stock 12/30/2015   G 896 A $ 0 145,324 I Trustee For My Children Common Stock             1,232,719 I Beneficiary Of Trusts Common Stock             232,859 (3) I By Spouse Common Stock             1,495,644 (1) I Co-trustee Of Family Trusts

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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 Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MURPHY ROBERT MADISON 200 PEACH STREET P.O. BOX 7000 EL DORADO, AR 71731-7000	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ E. Ted Botner, attorney-in-fact		02/01/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	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).
(1)	This report is being filed to, among other things, reflect reconciliation adjustments in the reporting person's indirect pecuniary interest in issuer shares held in a family limited partnership (upward adjustment of 2,637 shares, in certain trusts of which the reporting person is a co-trustee and beneficiary (downward adjustment of 305 shares), resulting from certain transfers of issuer shares, including the distribution of shares from the family limited partnership in redemption of the interest of a limited partner thereof and subsequent contribution of such shares by such limited partner to the aforementioned trusts.
(2)	The year-end share total has been adjusted to reflect a reconciliation upward adjustment of 247 shares.
(3)	The share total has been adjusted to reflect a reconciliation upward adjustment of 15 shares.

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