POWER OF ATTORNEY


     BE  IT  KNOWN that the undersigned, in his or her capacity
or capacities  as  an  officer  or  a  member  of  the Board of
Directors  of  American  Oilfield Divers, Inc. d/b/a Ceanic,  a
Louisiana  corporation  (the   "Company"),  does  hereby  make,
constitute and appoint QUINN J.  HEBERT and CATHY M. GREEN, and
each of them acting individually,  his  or  her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the  other  and with
full  power  of substitution to execute, deliver and file,  for
and on behalf of the undersigned, in his or her name and in his
or her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of
the Company on  Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997,
and any amendment  or amendments thereto and any other document
in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the undersigned
hereby grants to said  attorneys,  and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each  and  every  act and thing
whatsoever  that said attorney or attorneys may deem  necessary
or advisable  to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as
the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity
or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all
acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

     EXECUTED this 28th day of February, 1998.


                                        /s/ Stephen A. Lasher
                                   ____________________________
                                        Stephen A. Lasher
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY


     BE  IT  KNOWN that the undersigned, in his or her capacity
or capacities  as  an  officer  or  a  member  of  the Board of
Directors  of  American  Oilfield Divers, Inc. d/b/a Ceanic,  a
Louisiana  corporation  (the   "Company"),  does  hereby  make,
constitute and appoint QUINN J.  HEBERT and CATHY M. GREEN, and
each of them acting individually,  his  or  her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the  other  and with
full  power  of substitution to execute, deliver and file,  for
and on behalf of the undersigned, in his or her name and in his
or her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of
the Company on  Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997,
and any amendment  or amendments thereto and any other document
in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the undersigned
hereby grants to said  attorneys,  and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each  and  every  act and thing
whatsoever  that said attorney or attorneys may deem  necessary
or advisable  to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as
the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity
or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all
acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

     EXECUTED this 28th day of February, 1998.


                                      /s/ William C. O'Malley
                                   ____________________________
                                          William C. O'Malley 

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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY


     BE  IT  KNOWN that the undersigned, in his or her capacity
or capacities  as  an  officer  or  a  member  of  the Board of
Directors  of  American  Oilfield Divers, Inc. d/b/a Ceanic,  a
Louisiana  corporation  (the   "Company"),  does  hereby  make,
constitute and appoint QUINN J.  HEBERT and CATHY M. GREEN, and
each of them acting individually,  his  or  her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the  other  and with
full  power  of substitution to execute, deliver and file,  for
and on behalf of the undersigned, in his or her name and in his
or her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of
the Company on  Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997,
and any amendment  or amendments thereto and any other document
in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the undersigned
hereby grants to said  attorneys,  and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each  and  every  act and thing
whatsoever  that said attorney or attorneys may deem  necessary
or advisable  to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as
the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity
or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all
acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

     EXECUTED this 28th day of February, 1998.


                                        /s/ George C. Yax
                                   ____________________________
                                            George C. Yax