As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2002
                                                    Registration No. 333-36036
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                      TO

                                   FORM S-8

                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                         PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE COMPANY
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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           DELAWARE                                    76-0200625
(State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

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                                Pennzoil Place
                                 P.O. Box 2967
                            Houston, TX 77252-2967
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

            2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN OF PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE COMPANY
                           (Full title of the plan)


                             CT Corporation System
                         1021 Main Street, Suite 1150
                               Houston, TX 77002
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (713) 658-9486
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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                                  Copies to:
                             Peter S. Wilson, Esq.
                            Cravath, Swaine & Moore
                                Worldwide Plaza
                               825 Eighth Avenue
                              New York, New York
                                  10019-7475
                                (212) 474-1000

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     Pursuant to Rule 478(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (the "Company") hereby withdraws from
registration under this registration statement any and all shares of the
common stock of the Company, including associated preferred stock purchase
rights, registered hereunder which have not been issued. The 2000 Stock Option
Plan of the Company, pursuant to which the shares would have been issued, has
either expired by its terms or been terminated and no additional shares may be
issued or sold under such plan.





                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, on this third day of October 2002.


                                         PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE COMPANY

                                         By:  /s/   D. J. Pirret
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                                             Name:  D. J. Pirret
                                             Title: President and
                                                    Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


         Signature                    Title                    Date
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                                 President,
 /s/  D. J. Pirret         Chief Executive Officer      October 3, 2002
- -------------------------       and Director
      D. J. Pirret


 /s/  D. J. Palmer              Vice President,
- -------------------------  Chief Financial Officer,
      D. J. Palmer          Treasurer and Director      October 3, 2002


 /s/  M. J. Maratea
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      M. J. Maratea               Controller            October 3, 2002