AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON March 14, 1995
                                                  REGISTRATION NO. 33-

                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549

                                      FORM S-8

                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                       Under
                             The Securities Act of 1933

                                 Amoco Corporation
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                       Indiana                            36-1812780
           (State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer
           incorporation or organization)             Identification No.)

                  200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)
    
                            AMOCO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
                              (Full title of the Plan)

                         P. A. Brandin, Corporate Secretary
                                 Amoco Corporation
                              200 East Randolph Drive
                              Chicago, Illinois 60601
                      (Name and address of agent for service)

                                  (312)-856-6111
           (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                    Proposed       Proposed
       Title of                      maximum       maximum
    securities to                   offering      aggregate      Amount of
          be        Amount to be    price per      offering      registrati
    registered(1)   registered(2)   share(3)       price(3)      on fee(3)
    Common Stock,    20,000,000      $60.50     $1,210,000,000    $417,241
    without par        shares
    value . . . .

   (1) In  addition, pursuant  to Rule 416(c)  under the  Securities Act  of
   1933,  as  amended,  this   Registration      Statement  also  covers  an
   indeterminate   amount  of interests to be   offered  or sold pursuant to
   the Amoco Employee Savings Plan (the "Plan").

   (2)  Pursuant  to Rule  416(a)  under  the  Securities  Act of  1933,  as
   amended, this  Registration  Statement  also  registers  such

   indeterminate  number of  additional  shares  as  may  be  issuable under
   the  Plan in  connection with  share  splits, share  dividends or
   similar transactions.

   (3) Estimated pursuant to Rule  457(h) under the Securities Act of  1933,
   as  amended, solely  for the  purpose  of  calculating  the  registration
   fee  based  on  the  average  of  the  high  and  low  prices  for  Amoco
   Corporation  common  stock  as   reported   on   the   New   York   Stock
   Exchange,  Inc.   Composite  Transactions  Reporting  System  on March 9,
   1995.

































                                       2.

                      Registration Statement on Form S-8
                                   under the
                            Securities Act of 1993
                                      of

                              Amoco Corporation

        The contents  of Registration  Statement Numbers 33-42950,  33-66170
   and 33-52579  under the Securities Act  of 1933 of Amoco  Corporation are
   incorporated herein by reference.

                                   PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

   Item 8 Exhibits.

        The undersigned Registrant  hereby files the exhibits  identified on
   the Exhibit Index included as part of this Registration Statement.

        The  undersigned Registrant  hereby undertakes  to  submit the  Plan
   and, from  time to time,  any amendments thereto to  the Internal Revenue
   Service ("IRS") in  a timely manner and  to make all changes  required by
   the IRS in order to continue to qualify the Amoco Employee Savings Plan.



















                                       3.

                                  SIGNATURES

   THE REGISTRANT

        Pursuant to  the requirements  of the  Securities Act  of 1933,  the
   Registrant certifies  that it has  reasonable grounds to  believe that it
   meets all of the requirements for filing on Form  S-8 and has duly caused
   this  Registration  Statement  to  be   signed  on  its  behalf   by  the
   undersigned, thereunto  duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of
   Illinois, on March 13, 1995.


                                                AMOCO CORPORATION           
                                                  (Registrant)


                               By:              John L.  Carl               

                                      John L. Carl, Executive Vice President

        Pursuant to the  requirements of the  Securities Act  of 1933,  this
   Registration Statement  has been signed below by the following persons in
   the capacities indicated on March 13, 1995.


             Signature                             Title

        H. LAURANCE FULLER*      Chairman of the Board, President and     
        H. Laurance Fuller        Director (Principal Executive Officer)


        JOHN L. CARL*            Executive Vice President and Chief       
        John L. Carl              Financial Officer (Principal Financial  
                                  Officer)


        J. R. REID*              Vice President and Controller (Principal 
        J. R. Reid                Accounting Officer) 

        L. D. THOMAS*            Vice Chairman and Director
        L. D. Thomas


        PATRICK J. EARLY*        Vice Chairman and Director
        Patrick J. Early


        DONALD R. BEALL*         Director
        Donald R. Beall    


                                       4.

             Signature                             Title


        RUTH BLOCK*              Director
        Ruth Block


        JOHN H. BRYAN*           Director
        John H. Bryan

        ERROLL B. DAVIS, JR.*    Director
        Erroll B. Davis, Jr.


        RICHARD FERRIS*          Director
        Richard J. Ferris


        F. A. MALJERS*           Director
        F. A. Maljers 


        ROBERT H. MALOTT*        Director
        Robert H. Malott


        W. E. MASSEY*            Director
        W. E. Massey


        MARTHA R. SEGER*         Director
        Martha R. Seger

        MICHAEL WILSON*          Director
        Michael Wilson


        RICHARD D. WOOD*         Director
        Richard D. Wood


    *By 

           John L. Carl          Individually and as Attorney-in-Fact
           John L. Carl






                                       5.


  THE PLAN

        Pursuant to  the requirements  of the  Securities Act  of 1933,  the
   Plan  has duly  caused this  Registration Statement to  be signed  on its
   behalf by  the undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized, in  the City  of
   Boston, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on March 13, 1995.


                                   AMOCO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN



                                   By:  State Street Bank and Trust Company,
                                        Trustee and Plan Administrator



                                   By:           James E. Murphy            
      
                                   Title:        Vice President       


























                                       6.

                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


   Exhibit                                                    Sequentially   
   Number        Exhibit                                      Numbered Page

   5            Opinion of J. E. Klewin, including consent

   10(g)        Amoco Employee Savings Plan as Amended 
                and Restated November, 1994

   23           Consent of Price Waterhouse

   24           Powers of Attorney 


































                                       7.