<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000003146 <NAME> ALABAMA GAS CORPORATION <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> SEP-30-1996 <PERIOD-START> OCT-01-1995 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1995 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 258,745 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 246 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 94,174 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 7,409 <OTHER-ASSETS> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 360,574 <COMMON> 20 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 34,484 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 86,454 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 120,958 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 100,000 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 10,000 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 0 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LEASES-CURRENT> 0 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 129,616 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 360,574 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 73,185 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 933 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 68,128 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 69,061 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 4,124 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 477 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 4,601 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 2,615 <NET-INCOME> 1,986 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 0 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 1,986 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 3,170 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 2,138 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> (6,296) <EPS-PRIMARY> 0<F1> <EPS-DILUTED> 0<F1> <FN> <F1>Earnings per share is calculated for Energen Corporation (parent company of Alagasco) and is not calculated for Alagasco separately as amount would not be meaningful. </FN>