UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Shackouls, Bobby S. Burlington Resources Inc. 5051 Westheimer, Suite 1400 Houston, TX 77056 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Burlington Resources Inc. BR 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 04/28/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |04/28/|M | |4,800 |A |$44.00 | |D | | |03 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |04/28/|S | |400 |D |$47.53 | |D | | |03 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |04/28/|S | |300 |D |$47.52 | |D | | |03 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |04/28/|S | |1,000 |D |$47.51 | |D | | |03 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |04/28/|S | |3,100 |D |$47.50 |70,000 |D | | |03 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock | | | | | | |6,186 (1) |I |401(k) Plan | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Option (Right to|$44.00 |04/28|M | |2,200 |D |12/08|12/07|Common Stock|2,200 | | |D | | Buy) | |/03 | | | | |/94 |/03 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (Right to|$44.00 |04/28|M | |2,600 |D |12/08|12/08|Common Stock|2,600 | |7,200 |D | | Buy) | |/03 | | | | |/94 |/03 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) This number indicates a decrease of 141 shares in the BR Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (401 (k) Plan) between December 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003. The Plan uses unit accounting to track fund balances. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Bobby S. Shackouls DATE 04/28/2003