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                                FORM 10-Q


                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

(Mark One)

(X)  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1998

                                    OR

( )  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

Commission file number 0-15411

                 Southwest Royalties, Inc. Income Fund VI
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified
                  in its limited partnership agreement)

Tennessee
75-2127812
(State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer No.)


                       407 N. Big Spring, Suite 300
                           Midland, Texas 79701
                 (Address of principal executive offices)

                             (915) 686-9927
                     (Registrant's telephone number,
                           including area code)

Indicate  by  check  mark  whether registrant (1)  has  filed  all  reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange  Act
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject  to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days:

                            Yes   X   No

        The total number of pages contained in this report is 13.

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                     PART I. - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1.   Financial Statements

The  unaudited  condensed financial statements included  herein  have  been
prepared  by  the Registrant (herein also referred to as the "Partnership")
in  accordance  with generally accepted accounting principles  for  interim
financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01
of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information
and  footnotes  required  by generally accepted accounting  principles  for
complete   financial  statements.   In  the  opinion  of  management,   all
adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of
a  normal  recurring nature.  The financial statements should  be  read  in
conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto for
the  year ended December 31, 1997 which are found in the Registrant's  Form
10-K  Report  for  1997 filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission.
The December 31, 1997 balance sheet included herein has been taken from the
Registrant's 1997 Form 10-K Report.  Operating results for the three  month
period  ended March 31, 1998 are not necessarily indicative of the  results
that may be expected for the full year.

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                 Southwest Royalties, Inc. Income Fund VI

                              Balance Sheets


                                                  March 31,   December 31,
                                                     1998         1997
                                                     ----         ----
                                                 (unaudited)

  Assets

Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents                    $     56,640        40,719
 Receivable from Managing General Partner          196,760       251,738
 Other receivable                                        -        20,000
                                                 ---------     ---------
    Total current assets                           253,400       312,457
                                                 ---------     ---------
Oil and gas properties - using the
 full-cost method of accounting                  8,483,537     8,505,071
  Less accumulated depreciation,
   depletion and amortization                    6,237,000     6,176,000
                                                 ---------     ---------
    Net oil and gas properties                   2,246,537     2,329,071
                                                 ---------     ---------
                                              $  2,499,937     2,641,528
                                                 =========     =========
  Liabilities and Partners' Equity

Current liability - Distribution payable      $        248           203
                                                 ---------     ---------
Partners' equity:
 General partners                                (604,881)     (592,733)
 Limited partners                                3,104,570     3,234,058
                                                 ---------     ---------
    Total partners' equity                       2,499,689     2,641,325
                                                 ---------     ---------
                                              $  2,499,937     2,641,528
                                                 =========     =========

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                 Southwest Royalties, Inc. Income Fund VI

                         Statements of Operations
                               (unaudited)


                                                        Three Months Ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                          1998      1997
                                                          ----      ----

  Revenues

Income from net profits interests                   $   172,669    247,373
Interest                                                  1,391        873
                                                        -------    -------
                                                        174,060    248,246
                                                        -------    -------
  Expenses

General and administrative                               49,543     47,488
Depreciation, depletion and amortization                 61,000     50,000
                                                        -------    -------
                                                        110,543     97,488
                                                        -------    -------
Net income                                          $    63,517    150,758
                                                        =======    =======
Net income allocated to:

 Managing General Partner                           $     5,717     13,568
                                                        =======    =======
 General partner                                    $       635      1,508
                                                        =======    =======
 Limited partners                                   $    57,165    135,682
                                                        =======    =======
  Per limited partner unit                          $      2.86       6.78
                                                        =======    =======

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                 Southwest Royalties, Inc. Income Fund VI

                         Statements of Cash Flows
                               (unaudited)

                                                        Three Months Ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                          1998      1997
                                                          ----      ----

Cash flows from operating activities:

 Cash received from income from net profits
  interests                                         $   200,061    368,205
 Cash paid to suppliers                                (21,957)   (39,488)
 Interest received                                        1,391        873
                                                       --------   --------
  Net cash provided by operating activities             179,495    329,590
                                                       --------   --------
Cash flows provided by investing activities:

 Cash received from sale of oil and gas
  properties                                             41,534          -
                                                       --------   --------
Cash flows used in financing activities:

 Distributions to partners                            (205,108)  (294,973)
                                                       --------   --------
Net increases in cash and
 cash equivalents                                        15,921     34,617

 Beginning of period                                     40,719     65,438
                                                       --------   --------
 End of period                                      $    56,640    100,055
                                                       ========   ========

                                                               (continued)

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                 Southwest Royalties, Inc. Income Fund VI

                   Statements of Cash Flows, continued
                               (unaudited)

                                                        Three Months Ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                          1998      1997
                                                          ----      ----

Reconciliation of net income to net
 cash provided by operating activities:

Net income                                          $    63,517    150,758

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
 cash provided by operating activities:

  Depreciation, depletion and amortization               61,000     50,000
  Decrease in receivables                                27,392    120,832
  Increase in payables                                   27,586      8,000
                                                        -------    -------
Net cash provided by operating activities           $   179,495    329,590
                                                        =======    =======

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                 Southwest Royalties, Inc. Income Fund VI
                    (a Tennessee limited partnership)

                      Notes to Financial Statements


1.  Organization
          Southwest Royalties, Inc. Income Fund VI was organized under  the
    laws of the state of Tennessee on December 4, 1986, for the purpose  of
    acquiring  producing oil and gas properties and to produce  and  market
    crude  oil and natural gas produced from such properties for a term  of
    50  years, unless terminated at an earlier date as provided for in  the
    Partnership  Agreement.   The  Partnership  sells  its  oil   and   gas
    production to a variety of purchasers with the prices it receives being
    dependent  upon  the  oil and gas economy.  Southwest  Royalties,  Inc.
    serves  as the Managing General Partner and H. H. Wommack, III, as  the
    individual general partner.  Revenues, costs and expenses are allocated
    as follows:

                                                     Limited      General
                                                     Partners     Partners
                                                     --------     --------
    Interest income on capital contributions         100%           -
    Oil and gas sales                                 90%          10%
    All other revenues                                90%          10%
    Organization and offering costs (1)              100%           -
    Amortization of organization costs               100%           -
    Property acquisition costs                       100%           -
    Gain/loss on property disposition                 90%          10%
    Operating and administrative costs (2)            90%          10%
    Depreciation, depletion and amortization
     of oil and gas properties                        90%          10%
    All other costs                                   90%          10%

         (1)All  organization  costs in excess of  3%  of  initial  capital
         contributions  will  be paid by the Managing General  Partner  and
         will  be treated as a capital contribution.  The Partnership  paid
         the  Managing  General Partner an amount equal to  3%  of  initial
         capital contributions for such organization costs.

         (2)Administrative  costs in any year which exceed  2%  of  capital
         contributions  shall be paid by the Managing General  Partner  and
         will be treated as a capital contribution.

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
     The  interim financial information as of March 31, 1998, and  for  the
     three  months ended March 31, 1998, is unaudited.  Certain information
     and  footnote  disclosures normally included in  financial  statements
     prepared  in accordance with generally accepted accounting  principles
     have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules
     and  regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.   However,
     in  the  opinion  of  management, these interim  financial  statements
     include all the necessary adjustments to fairly present the results of
     the interim periods and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring
     nature.  The interim consolidated financial statements should be  read
     in  conjunction  with the audited financial statements  for  the  year
     ended December 31, 1997.

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Item 2.   Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition  and
          Results of Operations

General

Southwest  Royalties,  Inc. Income Fund VI was  organized  as  a  Tennessee
limited  partnership  on  December 4, 1986. The offering  of  such  limited
partnership  interests began August 25, 1986, minimum capital  requirements
were met October 3, 1986 and concluded January 29, 1987, with total limited
partner contributions of $10,000,000.

The Partnership was formed to acquire royalty and net profits interests  in
producing  oil  and  gas properties, to produce and market  crude  oil  and
natural  gas  produced  from such properties, and  to  distribute  the  net
proceeds from operations to the limited and general partners.  Net revenues
from  producing  oil  and gas properties will not be  reinvested  in  other
revenue  producing  assets except to the extent that production  facilities
and wells are improved or reworked or where methods are employed to improve
or enable more efficient recovery of oil and gas reserves.

Increases   or   decreases   in  Partnership   revenues   and,   therefore,
distributions  to partners will depend primarily on changes in  the  prices
received  for  production,  changes in volumes of  production  sold,  lease
operating  expenses, enhanced recovery projects, offset drilling activities
pursuant  to farm-out arrangements, sales of properties, and the  depletion
of  wells.   Since  wells deplete over time, production  can  generally  be
expected to decline from year to year.

Well  operating costs and general and administrative costs usually decrease
with   production   declines;  however,  these  costs  may   not   decrease
proportionately.  Net income available for distribution to the partners  is
therefore expected to fluctuate in later years based on these factors.

Based  on  current conditions, management anticipates performing  workovers
during the next five years to enhance production.  The Partnership has  the
opportunity for potential increases with normal decline.

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Results of Operations

A.  General Comparison of the Quarters Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997

The  following  table  provides certain information  regarding  performance
factors for the quarters ended March 31, 1998 and 1997:

                                               Three Months
                                                  Ended         Percentage
                                                March 31,        Increase
                                              1998      1997    (Decrease)
                                              ----      ----    ----------
Average price per barrel of oil           $   12.73     20.74    (39%)
Average price per mcf of gas              $    2.38      2.47     (4%)
Oil production in barrels                    12,650    12,000       6%
Gas production in mcf                       122,500   115,000       7%
Income from net profits interests         $ 172,669   247,373    (31%)
Partnership distributions                 $ 205,153   295,000    (30%)
Limited partner distributions             $ 186,653   265,500    (30%)
Per unit distribution to limited
 partners                                 $    9.33     13.28    (30%)
Number of limited partner units              20,000    20,000

Revenues

The  Partnership's income from net profits interests decreased to  $172,669
from $247,373 for the quarters ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively,
a  decrease of 31%.  The principal factors affecting the comparison of  the
quarters ended March 31, 1998 and 1997 are as follows:

1.  The  average  price  for a barrel of oil received  by  the  Partnership
    decreased  during the quarter ended March 31, 1998 as compared  to  the
    quarter ended March 31, 1997 by 39%, or $8.01 per barrel, resulting  in
    a  decrease  of  approximately  $96,100  in  income  from  net  profits
    interests.  Oil sales represented 36% of total oil and gas sales during
    the  quarter ended March 31, 1998 as compared to 47% during the quarter
    ended March 31, 1997.

    The  average  price  for  an  mcf of gas received  by  the  Partnership
    decreased during the same period by 4%, or $.09 per mcf, resulting in a
    decrease of approximately $10,300 in income from net profits interests.

    The  total  decrease in income from net profits interests  due  to  the
    change  in prices received from oil and gas production is approximately
    $106,400.  The market price for oil and gas has been extremely volatile
    over  the  past  decade, and management expects  a  certain  amount  of
    volatility to continue in the foreseeable future.

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2.  Oil  production increased approximately 650 barrels or  6%  during  the
    quarter ended March 31, 1998 as compared to the quarter ended March 31,
    1997,  resulting in an increase of approximately $8,300 in income  from
    net profits interests.

    Gas  production increased approximately 7,500 mcf or 7% during the same
    period,  resulting  in an increase of approximately $17,900  in  income
    from net profits interests.

    The  total  increase in income from net profits interests  due  to  the
    change in production is approximately $26,200.

3.  Lease   operating  costs  and  production  taxes  were  2%  lower,   or
    approximately $5,400 less during the quarter ended March  31,  1998  as
    compared to the quarter ended March 31, 1997.

Costs and Expenses

Total  costs  and  expenses  increased to $110,543  from  $97,488  for  the
quarters ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, an increase  of  14%.
The increase is the result of higher general and administrative expense and
depletion expense.

1.  General and administrative costs consists of independent accounting and
    engineering  fees,  computer services, postage,  and  Managing  General
    Partner personnel costs.  General and administrative costs increased 5%
    or  approximately  $2,000 during the quarter ended March  31,  1998  as
    compared to the quarter ended March 31, 1997.

2.  Depletion expense increased to $61,000 for the quarter ended March  31,
    1998  from  $50,000  for the same period in 1997.  This  represents  an
    increase  of 22%.  Depletion is calculated using the units  of  revenue
    method  of  amortization based on a percentage of current period  gross
    revenues  to  total future gross oil and gas revenues, as estimated  by
    the  Partnership's  independent  petroleum  consultants.   Contributing
    factors  to  the increase in depletion expense between the  comparative
    periods  were  the decrease in the price of oil used to  determine  the
    Partnership's reserves for January 1, 1998 as compared to 1997.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

The  primary source of cash is from operations, the receipt of income  from
interests in oil and gas properties.  The Partnership knows of no  material
change, nor does it anticipate any such change.

Cash flows provided by operating activities were approximately $179,500  in
the  quarter ended March 31, 1998 as compared to approximately $329,600  in
the quarter ended March 31, 1997.  The primary source of the 1998 cash flow
from operating activities was profitable operations.

Cash  flows provided by investing activities were approximately $41,500  in
the  quarter  ended March 31, 1998.  There were no cash flows  provided  by
investing activities in the quarter ended March 31, 1997.

Cash flows used in financing activities were approximately $205,100 in  the
quarter ended March 31, 1998 as compared to approximately $295,000  in  the
quarter ended March 31, 1997.  The only use in financing activities was the
distributions to partners.

Total  distributions during the quarter ended March 31, 1998 were  $205,153
of  which  $186,653 was distributed to the limited partners and $18,500  to
the general partners.  The per unit distribution to limited partners during
the quarter ended March 31, 1998 was $9.33.  Total distributions during the
quarter  ended  March  31,  1997  were  $295,000  of  which  $265,500   was
distributed  to  the limited partners and $29,500 to the general  partners.
The  per  unit  distribution to limited partners during the  quarter  ended
March 31, 1997 was $13.28.

The  sources  for  the  1998 distributions of $205,100  were  oil  and  gas
operations of approximately $179,500 and sales of oil and gas properties of
approximately $41,500.  The source for the 1997 distributions  of  $295,000
was  oil and gas operations of approximately $329,600, resulting in  excess
cash for contingencies or subsequent distributions.

Since  inception of the Partnership, cumulative monthly cash  distributions
of  $14,441,651  have been made to the partners.  As  of  March  31,  1998,
$13,012,674 or $650.63 per limited partner unit has been distributed to the
limited partners, representing a 131% return of the capital contributed.

As of March 31, 1998, the Partnership had approximately $253,000 in working
capital.   The  Managing  General Partner knows of no  unusual  contractual
commitments  and  believes  the  revenues  generated  from  operations  are
adequate to meet the needs of the Partnership.

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                       PART II. - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.   Legal Proceedings

               None

Item 2.   Changes in Securities

               None

Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities

               None

Item 4.   Submission of Matter to a Vote of Security Holders

               None

Item 5.   Other Information

               None

Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

          (a)  Exhibits:

               27  Financial Data Schedule

               (b)  Reports on Form 8-K:

                     No  reports on Form 8-K were filed during the  quarter
               for which this report is filed.

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                                SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf  by  the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                        SOUTHWEST ROYALTIES, INC.
                                        INCOME FUND VI,
                                        a Tennessee limited partnership


                              By:  Southwest Royalties, Inc.
                                        Managing General Partner


                              By:  /s/ Bill E. Coggin
                                   ------------------------------
                                                       Bill E. Coggin, Vice
                                   President
                                             and Chief Financial Officer


Date:  May 15, 1998

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