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                                                                    Exhibit 10.3




                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                         SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT



         GUARANTY dated as of May 13, 1994 ("Agreement") among each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereof under the caption
"Subsidiary Guarantors" or which hereafter becomes a party hereto pursuant to
Section 3.08(b) (collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantors") and NationsBank of
Texas, N.A., as agent for the banks under the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement referred to below (the "Agent").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, pursuant to a Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 1992
among Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (the direct or indirect parent of
each of the Subsidiary Guarantors) (the "Company"), the lenders and co-agents
parties thereto and the Agent, as previously amended (the "1992 Agreement"),
the Company was entitled, subject to certain conditions, to borrow up to
$650,000,000;

         WHEREAS, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on the signature
pages hereof under the caption "Subsidiary Guarantors" has previously executed
a guaranty ("1992 Guaranty") guaranteeing payment when due of principal,
interest and other amounts payable under the 1992 Agreement and related
documents;

         WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Banks, the Agent and the
Co-Agents to further amend the 1992 Agreement and, as so further amended, to
restate it in its entirety, and the Banks, the Agent and the Co-Agents have
agreed to do so on the terms and conditions set forth in the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 13, 1994 among the Company, the Banks
and the Co-Agents parties thereto ("Amended and Restated Credit Agreement");

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the
Company is entitled, subject to certain conditions, to borrow up to
$350,000,000;
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         WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantors concur in the decision to amend and
restate the 1992 Agreement;

         WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to amend the 1992 Guaranty
and, as so amended, to restate the 1992 Guaranty in its entirety as set forth
herein, and this Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement constitutes
for all purposes an amendment to the 1992 Guaranty and does not extinguish the
liability of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the 1992 Guaranty but instead
continues such liability on the terms set forth herein;

         WHEREAS, as a condition to borrowings under the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, each Required Guarantor is required to execute and deliver to
the Agent this Agreement whereby such entity shall, subject to Section 2.08
hereof, guarantee the payment when due of the principal of and interest on all
Loans and all other amounts payable at any time by any Obligor under any of the
Financing Documents or under the 1992 Agreement or any note issued in
connection with the 1992 Agreement, including, without limitation, interest
which accrues during a proceeding which occurs under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
or which would otherwise accrue under the terms of any of the Financing
Documents, the 1992 Agreement or any note issued in connection with the 1992
Agreement, but for a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (such principal,
interest and other amounts being herein called the "Guaranteed Amounts");

         WHEREAS, in consideration of the financial and other support that the
Company has provided, and such financial and other support as the Company may
in the future provide, to the Subsidiary Guarantors and in order to induce the
Banks to enter into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and to consider
requests to extend financial accommodations to the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors are willing to guarantee, subject to Section 2.08 hereof, the
Guaranteed Amounts;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS

         SECTION 1.01.  Definitions.  Terms defined in the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein
defined.  In accordance with the preliminary statements set forth before
Section 1.01 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, it is expressly
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that the term "Loans" as used herein includes, without limitation, all loans
made under the 1992 Agreement as well as each Loan made under the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement.


                                   ARTICLE II

                                   GUARANTEES

         SECTION 2.01.    The Guarantees.  Subject to Section 2.08, the
Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly, severally, unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantee to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Banks, the
full and punctual payment of all present and future Guaranteed Amounts as and
when the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by declaration
or otherwise, according to the terms thereof.  In case of failure by the
Company punctually to pay any Guaranteed Amount, the Subsidiary Guarantors
hereby jointly, severally and unconditionally agree, forthwith upon demand by
the Agent, to make payment thereof to the Agent at the place and in the manner
specified in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

         SECTION 2.02.    Guarantees Unconditional.  Subject to Section 2.08,
the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article II shall be
unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:

                 (a)      any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise,
         waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the Company or any
         other Subsidiary Guarantor under any Financing Document or any
         Guaranteed Amount;

                 (b)      any modification or amendment of or supplement to (i)
         this Agreement insofar as the same does not purport to modify the
         rights or obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder or (ii)
         any other Financing Document;

                 (c)      any modification, amendment, waiver, release,
         non-perfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security, or of
         any guarantee or other liability of any third party, for any
         obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under any
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                 (d)      any change in the corporate existence, structure or
         ownership of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any insolvency,
         bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the
         Company or any other Subsidiary or their respective assets;

                 (e)      the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights
         which any Subsidiary Guarantor may have at any time against the
         Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Agent, any Bank or any other
         Person, whether or not arising in connection with any Financing
         Document or any Guaranteed Amount,provided that nothing herein shall
         prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory
         counterclaim;

                 (f)      any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or
         against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor for any reason of any
         Financing Document or any Guaranteed Amount, or any provision of
         applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the
         Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any Guaranteed Amount; or

                 (g)      any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind
         by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Agent, any Bank or any
         other Person or any other circumstances whatsoever that might, but for
         the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable
         discharge of the obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor under this
         Article II.

         SECTION 2.03.    Discharge; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances.
Subject to Section 2.08, each Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations under this
Article II shall remain in full force and effect until all of the Commitments
shall have been terminated in their entirety and the Guaranteed Amounts shall
have been paid in full.  If at any time any payment of or any amount payable by
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of any Guaranteed Amount is
rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of such Person or otherwise, each Subsidiary
Guarantor's obligations under this Article II with respect to such payment
shall be reinstated at such time as though such payment had become due but had
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         SECTION 2.04.    Waiver.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably waives
acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for
herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any
Person against the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any other
Person.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives each and every
right to which it may be entitled by virtue of the suretyship laws of the State
of Texas, including, without limitation, any and all rights it may have
pursuant to Rule 31 or Rule 32, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Section 17.001
of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code and Chapter 34 of the Texas
Business and Commerce Code.

         SECTION 2.05.    Subrogation and Contribution.  Each Subsidiary
Guarantor irrevocably waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by
operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be
subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Company with respect to such
payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Company
in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment, in the nature of
contribution or for any other reason, from any other Obligor with respect to
such payment, in each case until such time as all of the Commitments shall have
been terminated in their entirety and the Guaranteed Amounts shall have been
paid in full.

         SECTION 2.06.    Stay of Acceleration.  If acceleration of the time
for payment of any amount payable by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in
respect of any Guaranteed Amount is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of such Person, all such amounts otherwise subject to
acceleration under the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement or
any other agreement or instrument evidencing such Guaranteed Amount shall
nonetheless be payable by each other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder forthwith
on demand by the Agent.

         SECTION 2.07.    Representations and Warranties.   Each Subsidiary
Guarantor represents and warrants that as of the date hereof, and after giving
effect to this Agreement and the contingent obligations evidenced hereby
(including any limitation on the amount payable under this Agreement pursuant
to Section 2.08), it is and will be solvent, and has and will have assets
which, fairly valued, exceed its obligations, liabilities and debts, and has
and will have property and assets sufficient to satisfy and repay its
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         SECTION 2.08.    Limit of Liability.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall
be liable under this Agreement only for amounts aggregating up to the largest
amount that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance
under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable
provisions of any applicable state or foreign law.


                                  ARTICLE III

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 3.01.    Notices.  All notices, requests and other
communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopy,
telex, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and (i) in the case of a
Subsidiary Guarantor, shall be given to such Subsidiary Guarantor at c/o Union
Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc., 1330 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056
(telex number:  762255) and (ii) in the case of the Company or the Agent, at
its address or telex number set forth on the signature pages of the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement or in any case at such other address or telex number
as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Agent and
the Company.  Each such notice, request or other communication shall be
effective (i) if given by telex, when such telex is transmitted to the telex
number specified in this Section and the appropriate answer is received, (ii)
if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mails
with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by
any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section;
provided that notices to the Agent shall not be effective until received.

         SECTION 3.02.    No Waiver; Exercise of Remedies.  No failure or delay
by the Agent in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein provided shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.  In
exercising the rights and remedies herein provided, the Agent shall act at the
instructions of the Required Banks or, failing such instruction, at its
discretion.

         SECTION 3.03.    Amendments and Waivers.  Any provision of this
Agreement may be amended or waived, and any Subsidiary Guarantor may be
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hereunder, if, and only if, such amendment, waiver or release is in writing and
is signed by (i) each Subsidiary Guarantor affected thereby and (ii) the Agent
with the consent of Banks at the time having at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate
amount of the Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated,
holding Notes evidencing at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Loans; provided that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released
from its obligations hereunder upon the terms set forth in Section 5.10 or
Section 5.20 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

         SECTION 3.04.    Texas Law.  This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the state of Texas.

         SECTION 3.05.    CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS.  EACH
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OF ANY FEDERAL COURT
LOCATED IN SUCH STATE OVER EACH OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTION, SUIT OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY FINANCING DOCUMENT AND, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FURTHER AGREES (AND SHALL NOT CONTEST) THAT
THE PROPER VENUE FOR FILING AND MAINTAINING ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING
SHALL BE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.  IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING, EACH
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER
PROCESS OR NOTICE AND AGREES THAT SERVICE BY FIRST CLASS MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
REQUESTED, TO SUCH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR AT ITS ADDRESS FOR NOTICES HEREUNDER,
OR ANY FORM OF SERVICE PROVIDED FOR IN THE TEXAS CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES
CODE THEN IN EFFECT SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE UPON SUCH
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR.  EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR THAT IS NOT ORGANIZED UNDER
THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR A STATE THEREOF (EACH A "NON-U.S. GUARANTOR")
HEREBY APPOINTS THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF CT CORPORATION SYSTEM  IN HOUSTON,
TEXAS, WHICH, ON THE DATE HEREOF, IS LOCATED AT 911 DALLAS ST., HOUSTON, TEXAS
77002, AS THE AUTHORIZED AGENT THEREOF (THE "AUTHORIZED AGENT") UPON WHOM
PROCESS MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WHICH MAY BE
INSTITUTED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.  SUCH APPOINTMENT SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE UNLESS
AND UNTIL THE APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND
SUCH SUCCESSOR'S ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH APPOINTMENT, SHALL HAVE OCCURRED AND THE
AGENT SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THEREOF.  EACH NON-U.S. GUARANTOR AGREES TO TAKE
ANY AND ALL ACTIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FILING OF ANY AND ALL
DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS, THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONTINUE SUCH APPOINTMENT
IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS AFORESAID.  SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE AUTHORIZED
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RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE DEEMED, IN EVERY
RESPECT, EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON ANY SUCH NON-U.S. GUARANTOR.  EACH
NON-U.S. GUARANTOR SHALL REQUIRE THE AUTHORIZED AGENT TO AGREE IN WRITING TO
ACCEPT THE FOREGOING APPOINTMENT AS AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.

         SECTION 3.06.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.    EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

         SECTION 3.07.    WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.  TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM
JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR
NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION, EXECUTION
OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, SUCH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY DO SO, SUCH
IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND, WITHOUT
LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, AGREES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY
LEGALLY DO SO, THAT THE WAIVERS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 3.07 SHALL HAVE THE
FULLEST SCOPE PERMITTED UNDER THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT OF 1976 OF
THE UNITED STATES AND ARE INTENDED TO BE IRREVOCABLE FOR PURPOSES OF SUCH ACT.

         SECTION 3.08.    Successors and Assigns.

                 (a)      All of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
         binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
         respective successors and assigns, except that no Subsidiary Guarantor
         may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this
         Agreement.

                 (b)      Any Subsidiary may become a party hereto and a
         Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, without any further action by any
         other party, by executing and delivering a counterpart hereof to the
         Agent.

         SECTION 3.09.    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which
taken together shall constitute a single instrument, with the same effect as if
the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

         SECTION 3.10.  Judgment Currency.  Each Non-U.S. Guarantor agrees to
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any loss incurred by it as a result of any judgment or order being given or
made and expressed and paid in a currency (the "Judgment Currency") other than
United States dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate
of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is converted into the
Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot
rate of exchange in The City of New York at which the Agent or such Bank on the
date of payment of such judgment or order is able to purchase United States
dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by the Agent
or such Bank.  The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and
independent obligation of each Non-U.S. Guarantor and shall continue in full
force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid.  The
term "spot rate of exchange" shall include any premiums and costs of exchange
payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, United States
dollars.

         SECTION 3.11.  Existence.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to
maintain its existence except as permitted by Section 5.02 of the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement.

         SECTION 3.12.    Taxes.  (a)  Any and all payments by any Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for
any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges and
withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding (i) in the
case of the Agent, each Co-Agent and each Bank, United States federal income
taxes and, without duplication, any taxes imposed on its income, and franchise
taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which the Agent,
such Co-Agent or such Bank, as the case may be, is organized or any political
subdivision thereof and (ii) in the case of each Bank, taxes imposed on its
income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction of such Bank's
Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all such
non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes").  If any Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of
any sum payable hereunder to any Bank, any Co-Agent or the Agent, (i) the sum
payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all
required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section 3.12)  such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent (as the case
may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall make such deductions
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authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law.

         (b)     Each Subsidiary Guarantor will indemnify each Bank, each
Co-Agent and the Agent for the full amount of Taxes (including, without
limitation, any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this
Section 3.12) paid by such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent (as the case may
be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or
legally asserted.  Payments under any indemnification provided for in this
Section 3.12(b) shall be made within 30 days from the date such Bank, such
Co-Agent or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.

         (c)     Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes by a
Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary Guarantor will furnish to the Agent, at
its address referred to in Section 9.01 of the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment
thereof.  Should any Bank, any Co-Agent or the Agent ever receive any refund,
credit or deduction from any taxing authority to which such Bank, such Co-Agent
or the Agent, as the case may be, would not be entitled but for the payment by
a Subsidiary Guarantor of Taxes as required by this Section 3.12 (it being
understood that the decision as to whether or not to claim, and if claimed, as
to the amount of any such refund, credit or deduction shall be made by such
Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent, as the case may be, in its sole discretion),
such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent, as the case may be, thereupon shall
repay to such Subsidiary Guarantor an amount with respect to such refund,
credit or deduction equal to any net reduction in taxes actually obtained by
such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent, as the case may be, and reasonably
determined by such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent, as the case may be, to be
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first
above written.

                                                SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

                                                UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM
                                                   ENERGY CORPORATION


                                                By:________________________
                                                   Title:


                                                UNION TEXAS PRODUCTS CORPORATION


                                                By:________________________
                                                   Title:


                                                UNION TEXAS EAST KALIMANTAN
                                                   LIMITED


                                                By:________________________
                                                   Title:

                                                UNION TEXAS INTERNATIONAL
                                                   CORPORATION


                                                By:________________________
                                                   Title:

                                                UNISTAR, INC.


                                                By:________________________
                                                   Title:


                                                AGENT: NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, 
                                                   N.A., as Agent


                                                By:________________________
                                                   Title:





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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                                      NOTE

                                                                  Houston, Texas
                                                                    May 13, 1994


         For value received, Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of _________________  
______________________ (the "Bank"), for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office, the unpaid principal amount of each Loan owed to the Bank on April 30,
1996 or as otherwise required by the Credit Agreement.  The Company promises to
pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each such Loan on the dates and
at the rate or rates provided for in the Credit Agreement (including, without
limitation, Section 2.16 thereof).  All such payments of principal and interest
shall be made in lawful money of the United States in Federal or other
immediately available funds at the office of NationsBank of Texas, N.A., 700
Louisiana St., Houston, Texas  77002.

         All Loans made by the Bank and the respective Types thereof and all
repayments of the principal thereof shall be recorded by the Bank and, prior to
any transfer hereof, appropriate notations to evidence the foregoing
information with respect to each such Loan then outstanding shall be endorsed
by the Bank on the schedule attached hereto, or on a continuation of such
schedule attached to and made a part hereof; provided that the failure of the
Bank to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the
obligations of the Company hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.

         This note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement
dated as of May 13, 1994 among the Company, the lenders and Co-Agents parties
thereto and NationsBank of Texas, N.A., as Agent (as the same may be amended
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement").  Terms not defined herein and
defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same
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meanings.  Reference is made to the Credit Agreement for provisions for the
prepayment hereof and the acceleration of the maturity hereof.  This note shall
be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Texas.

                                                  UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM
                                                    HOLDINGS, INC.



                                                  By:___________________________
                                                  Title:





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                                 Note (cont'd)


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