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                          BURLINGTON RESOURCES INC.
                        EARNINGS PER SHARE COMPUTATION
                                 EXHIBIT 11.1
                                 (UNAUDITED)





                                                                 SECOND QUARTER                            SIX MONTHS
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                                                            1994                1993                 1994               1993
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                                                     Earnings  Shares    Earnings   Shares    Earnings  Shares   Earnings   Shares
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                                                                      (In Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)
                                                                                                    
Primary earnings per common share:
 Net earnings available for common stock and
  weighted average number of common                             
  shares outstanding................................ $33,012   129,366   $133,816   129,765   $80,732   129,511  $179,677   129,395
 Stock options assumed exercised - net..............    -          781       -          685      -          751     -         1,205
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 Total net earnings and primary common shares....... $33,012   130,147   $133,816   130,450   $80,732   130,262  $179,677   130,600
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 Primary earnings per common share.................. $   .25             $   1.03             $   .62            $   1.38  
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Fully diluted earnings per common share:                                                                                   
 Net earnings available for common stock and                                                                               
  weighted average number of common                                                                                        
  shares outstanding................................ $33,012   129,366   $133,816   129,765   $80,732   129,511  $179,677   129,395
 Stock options assumed exercised - net..............     -         781       -          877      -          751      -        1,322
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 Total net earnings and fully diluted common shares. $33,012   130,147   $133,816   130,642   $80,732   130,262  $179,677   130,717
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 Fully diluted earnings per common share............ $   .25             $   1.02             $   .62            $   1.37
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