UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549
                                 Form 13F
                            Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2002
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ____
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings
entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: _Petroleum & Resources Corporation________
Address: _7 St. Paul Street, Suite 1140_________
__________Baltimore, MD 21202___________________
__________________________________________
Form 13F File Number: 28-293_________
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Christine M. Sloan________________________
Title: Assistant Treasurer______________________
Phone: (410)752-5900____________________________
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
__(signed) Christine M. Sloan Baltimore, MD_ January 24, 2002
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this
reporting manager are reported in this report.)


[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this
report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
report and a portion are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
28-____________ ________________________________
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: ______________
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: ____62______
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $__404________
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file
number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect
to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this
report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the
column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
____ 28-____________ ________________________
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                           FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

COLUMN 1                           COLUMN 2      COLUMN 3   COLUMN 4      COLUMN 5       COL. 6   COLUMN 7        COLUMN 8
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                                                             VALUE                       INVSTMT  OTHER
NAME OF ISSUER                  TITLE OF CLASS     CUSIP    (x$1000)                     DSCRETN  MANAGERS
                                                                                   
                                                                     SHARES/    SH PUT/                       VOTING AUTHORITY
                                                                     PRN AMT    /P CALL
                                                                             RN 
                                                                                
                                                                                                           SOLE       SHAR NONE
                                                                                                                   ED   
                                                                                                                      
ALBEMARLE CORP                  COM               012653101    5,406    190,000 SH       SOLE                 190,000
AMERADA HESS CORP.              COM               023551104    2,753     50,000 SH       SOLE                  50,000
AMERADA HESS CORP.              CALL              023551904      550     10,000    CALL
ANADARKO PETROLEUM              COM               032511107   11,975    250,000 SH       SOLE                 250,000
APACHE CORPORATION              COM               037411105    8,776    154,000 SH       SOLE                 154,000
APACHE CORPORATION              CALL              037411905      570     10,000    CALL
ARCH COAL INC.                  COM               039380100    4,534    210,000 SH       SOLE                 210,000
ATMOS ENERGY CORP               COM               049560105    3,253    139,500 SH       SOLE                 139,500
BJ SERVICES CO.                 COM               055482103   12,924    400,000 SH       SOLE                 400,000
BP PLC                          ADRS              055622104   19,593    482,000 SH       SOLE                 482,000
BAKER HUGHES, INC.              COM               057224107    3,541    110,000 SH       SOLE                 110,000
BOISE CASCADE CORP.             COM               097383103    5,170    205,000 SH       SOLE                 205,000
BOISE CASCADE CORP 7.5% ACES    PFD               097383855    2,141     51,000 SH       SOLE                  51,000
CHEVRONTEXACO CORP              COM               166764100   19,944    300,000 SH       SOLE                 300,000
CONOCOPHILLIIPS INC.            COM               20825C104    6,790    140,310 SH       SOLE                 140,310
CORE LABORATORIES N.A.          COM               N22717107    2,377    209,400 SH       SOLE                 209,400
DEVON ENERGY CORP.              COM               25179M103    3,672     80,000 SH       SOLE                  80,000
DUKE ENERGY CORP.               COM               264399106    2,247    115,000 SH       SOLE                 115,000
DUKE ENERGY 8.25% UNITS         PFD               264399585    2,546    160,000 SH       SOLE                 160,000
EOG RESOURCES INC.              COM               26875P101    7,984    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
EL PASO ENERGY CORP.            COM               28336L109    1,462    210,000 SH       SOLE                 210,000
ENERGEN CORP                    COM               29265N108    7,275    250,000 SH       SOLE                 250,000
ENGELHARD CORP.                 COM               292845104    2,791    124,900 SH       SOLE                 124,900
EQUITABLE RSOURCES              COM               294549100   12,649    361,000 SH       SOLE                 361,000
EXXON MOBIL CORP                COM               30231G102   36,688  1,050,000 SH       SOLE               1,050,000
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.            COM               369604103    8,522    350,000 SH       SOLE                 350,000
GLOBALSANTAFE CORPORATION       COM               G3930E101    4,864    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
GRANT PRIDECO INC.              COM               38821G101    3,585    308,000 SH       SOLE                 308,000
INGERSOLL-RAND CO. LTD          COM               G4776G101    3,014     70,000 SH       SOLE                  70,000
INGERSOLL-RAND CO. LTD          PUTS              G4776G951    1,292     30,000    PUT
KERR MCGEE CORP                 COM               492386107    7,848    177,153 SH       SOLE                 177,153
KEYSPAN CORP.                   COM               49337W100    7,753    220,000 SH       SOLE                 220,000
KINDER MORGAN INC.              COM               49455P101    6,869    162,500 SH       SOLE                 162,500
MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC         COM               552690109    5,162    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
MEADWESTVACO CORP               COM               583334107    1,483     60,000 SH       SOLE                  60,000
MURPHY OIL CORP.                COM               626717102    5,999    140,000 SH       SOLE                 140,000
NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC.         COM               G6359F103    7,054    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO.           COM               636180101    4,146    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES            COM               646025106    8,766    277,500 SH       SOLE                 277,500
NOBLE ENERGY INC.               COM               655044105    4,694    125,000 SH       SOLE                 125,000
NOBLE CORP.                     COM               G65422100    4,745    135,000 SH       SOLE                 135,000
NORTHWESTERN CORP.              COM               668074107    1,016    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM            COM               674599105    4,979    175,000 SH       SOLE                 175,000
OCEAN ENERGY, INC.              COM               67481E106   10,984    550,000 SH       SOLE                 550,000
PHILADELHPIA SUBURBAN CORP      COM               718009608    6,283    305,000 SH       SOLE                 305,000
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES       COM               723787107    5,934    235,000 SH       SOLE                 235,000
QUESTAR CORP.                   COM               748356102    7,456    268,000 SH       SOLE                 268,000
ROHM & HAAS                     COM               775371107    6,496    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM $1.25     GLD               780257804   29,053    660,000 SH       SOLE                 660,000
SCHLUMBERGER, LTD.              COM               806857108    7,997    190,000 SH       SOLE                 190,000
SHELL TRANSPORT & TRADING       ADRS              822703609    5,838    150,000 SH       SOLE                 150,000
STONE ENERGY CORP.              COM               861642106    3,479    104,300 SH       SOLE                 104,300
TECO ENERGY, INC                COM               872375100    3,094    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
TECO ENERGY, INC.               CALL              872375900      657     42,500    CALL
TEMPLE-INLAND, INC.             COM               879868107    5,377    120,000 SH       SOLE                 120,000
TOTALFINA ELF SA                ADR               89151E109    8,937    125,000 SH       SOLE                 125,000
TRANSOCEAN INC.                 COM               G90078109    4,640    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
UNOCAL CAPITAL TRUST $3.125 CV  COM               91528T207    3,681     72,540 SH       SOLE                  72,540
UNOCAL CORP                     COM               985289102    4,587    150,000 SH       SOLE                 150,000
WEATHERFORD INTL. LTD           COM               G05089101    8,186    205,000 SH       SOLE                 205,000
WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC.         COM               969457100      540    200,000 SH       SOLE                 200,000
WILLIAMS COMPANIES FELINE       PACS              969457886      956    120,000 SH       SOLE                 120,000
                                                            403,577