EXHIBIT 21.1


                  SUBSIDIARIES OF UNITED MERIDIAN CORPORATION



                                                          JURISDICTION
                    NAME                               IN WHICH ORGANIZED


      UMC Petroleum Corporation                     Delaware                 
      UMC Resources Canada Ltd.                     British Columbia, Canada 
      UMC Cayman Islands Corporation                Cayman Islands           
      UMC Equatorial Guinea Corporation             Delaware                 
      UMC Pipeline Corporation                      Delaware                 
      UMIC Cote d'Ivoire Corporation                Delaware                  
      United Meridian International Corporation     Delaware
      Norfolk Holdings Inc.                         Delaware 
      UMIC (CI-01) Corporation                      Delaware
      UMIC (CI-02) Corporation                      Delaware
      UMIC (CI-12) Corporation                      Delaware
      UMC Bangladesh Corporation                    Delaware
      UMC Pakistan Corporation                      Delaware
      Big Sky Gas Marketing Corporation             Delaware
      UMIC (CI-105) Corporation                     Delaware
      UMC Ghana Corporation                         Delaware
      Havre Pipeline Company, LLC                   Texas