SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                 CURRENT REPORT UNDER TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): May 12, 1997
                        Commission File Number: 0-14096


                      FORELAND CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


              NEVADA                          87-0422812
     (State or other jurisdiction of        (IRS Employer
     incorporation or organization)       Identification No.)


      12596 W. BAYAUD AVENUE
     SUITE 300, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO               80228
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)

   Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (303) 988-3122
                        
                             N/A
   (Former name, former address, and formal fiscal year, if changed since
     last report)

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                             ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
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     Foreland Corporation ("Foreland" or the "Company") announced on May 12,
1997, that the Ghost Ranch #47-35 well has tested at a rate of 182 barrels of
oil and 242 barrels of water per day during a 24-hour flow test.  This well is
the third producing well drilled by the Company at the Ghost Ranch field, which
was discovered by Foreland in 1996.  Management of the Company believes that it
has validated the use of 3D seismic in Nevada to successfully locate both
exploratory and development wells.  The Ghost Ranch #47-35 well extends the
field north of Foreland's original discovery well.  Foreland is currently
attempting to increase the oil production and increase water production from
this well.

     As a result of the successful use of 3D seismic in the Ghost Ranch field,
the Company is beginning an aggressive, multi-year 3D seismic program on its
Nevada properties, with the next survey planned for its Pine Creek well in Pine
Valley and followed by the Company's North Willow Creek and Hay Ranch properties
in Nevada.

     Foreland has a 60% working interest in the Ghost Ranch field and is the
operator.  Plains Petroleum Operating Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barrett
Resources, has the remaining 40% working interest.  The Ghost Ranch field is
located in Nye County, Nevada.

                                   SIGNATURES

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

Dated: May 12, 1997

                                   FORELAND CORPORATION



                                    By /s/ Kenneth Ransom, Vice President