SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                               FORM 8-K

           Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      The Securities Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 24, 1997


GEODYNE INSTITUTIONAL/PENSION ENERGY INCOME LIMITED PARTNERSHIP P-7
GEODYNE INSTITUTIONAL/PENSION ENERGY INCOME LIMITED PARTNERSHIP P-8
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       (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Articles)


                         P-7: 0-20265             P-7: 73-1367186
   Oklahoma              P-8: 0-20264             P-6: 73-1378683
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(State or other          (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer 
jurisdiction of          File No.)                Identification) 
incorporation or 
organization)



          Two West Second Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma      74103
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          (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (918) 583-1791


ITEM 5:   OTHER EVENTS

     Sale of Properties.
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     The  General  Partner and  its  affiliates are  currently  in the
process of  evaluating certain  oil and  gas  properties owned  and/or
operated by the General  Partner and the Geodyne Institutional/Pension
Energy     Income    Limited     Partnership    P-7     and    Geodyne
Institutional/Pension   Energy   Income   Limited    Partnership   P-8
(collectively, the "Partnerships").   As a result of  such evaluation,
it is expected that certain of these properties will be  placed in bid
packages and offered for  sale during the first half  of 1997.  It  is
likely that  the Partnerships  will have  an interest  in some  of the
properties being sold.   It is currently  estimated that the value  of
such sales,  as a percentage  of total  proved reserves  of any  given
Partnership, will range from 1% to 20%.

     The  decision  to  accept any  offer  for  the  purchase of  such
properties  will be  made  by the  General  Partner after  giving  due
consideration to the offer price and the General Partner's estimate of
both the  properties' remaining  proved reserves and  future operating
costs.   Net proceeds from the sale of any such Partnership properties
will be  distributed to  the Partnership and  will be included  in the
calculation of  the Partnership's  cash distributions for  the quarter
immediately following receipt by the Partnership of the proceeds.

     Following completion  of any sales the  Partnerships' quantity of
proved  reserves will  be  reduced.   It  is  also possible  that  the
Partnerships'  repurchase values  and future cash  distributions could
decline as  a result of any reduced reserve base.   On the other hand,
the General Partner believes that  there will be beneficial  operating
efficiencies related to the Partnerships' remaining properties.   This
is primarily due to  the fact that the properties to be  sold are more
likely to  bear a  higher ratio of  operating expenses as  compared to
reserves than the properties  remaining in the Partnerships.   The net
effect of such  property sales is difficult to predict  as of the date
of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

     Year End Values.  
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     The General Partner is required to provide year-end values of the
Partnerships' underlying properties  to its limited  partners pursuant
to  the Partnerships' partnership agreements.   Attached is  a form of
the letter to be sent to the limited partners  on or about January 27,
1997, and  a chart  showing, on  a per-unit  basis, the  1996 Year-End
Estimated Valuations for the Partnerships.

ITEM 7:   EXHIBITS

20.1      Form of letter  to be  sent to the  limited partners of  the
          Partnerships on or about January 27, 1997.

99.1      Chart  showing  on  a   per-unit  basis  the  1996  Year-End
          Estimated Valuations for the Partnerships.


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                              SIGNATURES

     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 hereunto duly authorized.


                         GEODYNE INSTITUTIONAL/PENSION ENERGY
                              INCOME LIMITED PARTNERSHIP P-7
                         GEODYNE INSTITUTIONAL/PENSION ENERGY
                              INCOME LIMITED PARTNERSHIP P-8

                         By:  GEODYNE RESOURCES, INC.
                              General Partner


DATE: January 24, 1997          //s// Dennis R. Neill
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                              Dennis R. Neill
                              President




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