SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                         Washington, D.C.



                             FORM 8-K

                          CURRENT REPORT



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




         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                          July 31, 1996




                       ENSERCH Corporation
      (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)




          Texas               1-3183               75-0399066
    (State or other         (Commission        (I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation)       File Number)      Identification No.)




ENSERCH Center, 300 S. St. Paul, Dallas, Texas            75201  
 (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)




Registrant's telephone number, including Area Code:  214-651-8700




ITEM 5.   Other Events

     Set forth below in its entirety is a News Release issued by
Enserch Exploration, Inc. on July 31, 1996:

     ENSERCH EXPLORATION ANNOUNCES
     DEEP-WATER PROJECTS' DEVELOPMENTS

          DALLAS, TEXAS (July 31, 1996)--Enserch Exploration,
     Inc. (NYSE-EEX) has suspended the drilling of the A-1
     well at its Cooper project in the Garden Banks area of
     the Gulf of Mexico after encountering mechanical
     difficulties.  The Company drilled over 600 feet
     (measured depth) of hydrocarbons at the 7,200 foot and
     7,600 foot levels, but drilling problems prevented the
     well from being completed.  Numerous attempts to remedy
     the problems were unsuccessful.

          "The partners will evaluate the situation and
     alternate drilling strategies," said Gary J. Junco,
     president and chief operating officer of Enserch
     Exploration.  "The extensive proven hydrocarbon column at
     this location will be developed," he added.

          An exploratory test well is underway on Garden Banks
     Block 387.  The well spudded in late June and will test
     a lower Pleistocene objective with a total depth planned
     of 18,500 feet (measured depth).  The well is drilling
     ahead below 9,600 feet.  Enserch Exploration expects to
     have a 100% interest in this well.

          At the Allegheny project in the Green Canyon 254
     area, EEX and its partners Mobil Exploration & Producing
     U.S. Inc. and Reading & Bates Development Co., have
     identified alternate development scenarios that have the
     potential to significantly reduce the total project cost. 
     While the additional engineering study and design will
     delay the project from its previously planned early 1999
     start up, the design changes should substantially improve
     the project economics.  The Company will announce a
     revised schedule for development when the plan is
     completed.

          Enserch Exploration, Inc. is a natural gas and oil
     exploration and production company with activities
     focused in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.



                            SIGNATURE

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

                              ENSERCH Corporation



Date: August 6, 1996          By:      /s/ Jerry W. Pinkerton
                                          Jerry W. Pinkerton
                                   Vice President and Controller,
                                       Chief Accounting Officer