**Exhibit 24**

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, JERRY M. ARMSTRONG, in my capacity as a director of Pogo ProducingCompany (the “Company”), do hereby appoint PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN and ROBERT C.MARLOWE, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney or attorneyswith power to act with or without the other, and with full power ofsubstitution and resubstitution, to execute in my name, place and stead in mycapacity as a director of the Company, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, to be filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,with any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, any and allamendments to said Annual Report and all instruments as said attorneys oreither of them shall deem necessary or incidental in connection therewith andto file the same with the Commission.

Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do andperform in my name and on my behalf any act whatsoever to accomplish thepurpose and intent of the forgoing that said attorneys deem may be necessary ordesirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposesas I might or could do in person, and by my signature hereto, I hereby ratifyand approve any and all of such acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on this 23rd day of January, 2007.
|        | /s/ JERRY M. ARMSTRONG |
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|   | JERRY M. ARMSTRONG     |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, ROBERT H. CAMPBELL, in my capacity as a director of Pogo ProducingCompany (the “Company”), do hereby appoint PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN and ROBERT C.MARLOWE, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney or attorneyswith power to act with or without the other, and with full power ofsubstitution and resubstitution, to execute in my name, place and stead in mycapacity as a director of the Company, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, to be filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,with any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, any and allamendments to said Annual Report and all instruments as said attorneys oreither of them shall deem necessary or incidental in connection therewith andto file the same with the Commission.

Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do andperform in my name and on my behalf any act whatsoever to accomplish thepurpose and intent of the forgoing that said attorneys deem may be necessary ordesirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposesas I might or could do in person, and by my signature hereto, I hereby ratifyand approve any and all of such acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on this 23rd day of January, 2007.
|        | /s/ ROBERT H. CAMPBELL |
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|   | ROBERT H. CAMPBELL     |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, THOMAS A. FRY, III, in my capacity as a director of Pogo ProducingCompany (the “Company”), do hereby appoint PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN and ROBERT C.MARLOWE, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney or attorneyswith power to act with or without the other, and with full power ofsubstitution and resubstitution, to execute in my name, place and stead in mycapacity as a director of the Company, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, to be filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,with any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, any and allamendments to said Annual Report and all instruments as said attorneys oreither of them shall deem necessary or incidental in connection therewith andto file the same with the Commission.

Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do andperform in my name and on my behalf any act whatsoever to accomplish thepurpose and intent of the forgoing that said attorneys deem may be necessary ordesirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposesas I might or could do in person, and by my signature hereto, I hereby ratifyand approve any and all of such acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on this 23rd day of January, 2007.
|        | /s/ THOMAS A. FRY, III |
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|   | THOMAS A. FRY, III     |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, GERRIT W. GONG, in my capacity as a director of Pogo ProducingCompany (the “Company”), do hereby appoint PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN and ROBERT C.MARLOWE, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney or attorneyswith power to act with or without the other, and with full power ofsubstitution and resubstitution, to execute in my name, place and stead in mycapacity as a director of the Company, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, to be filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,with any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, any and allamendments to said Annual Report and all instruments as said attorneys oreither of them shall deem necessary or incidental in connection therewith andto file the same with the Commission.

Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do andperform in my name and on my behalf any act whatsoever to accomplish thepurpose and intent of the forgoing that said attorneys deem may be necessary ordesirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposesas I might or could do in person, and by my signature hereto, I hereby ratifyand approve any and all of such acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on this 23rd day of January, 2007.
|        | /s/ GERRIT W. GONG |
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|   | GERRIT W. GONG     |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, CHARLES G. GROAT, in my capacity as a director of Pogo ProducingCompany (the “Company”), do hereby appoint PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN and ROBERT C.MARLOWE, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney or attorneyswith power to act with or without the other, and with full power ofsubstitution and resubstitution, to execute in my name, place and stead in mycapacity as a director of the Company, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, to be filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,with any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, any and allamendments to said Annual Report and all instruments as said attorneys oreither of them shall deem necessary or incidental in connection therewith andto file the same with the Commission.

Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do andperform in my name and on my behalf any act whatsoever to accomplish thepurpose and intent of the forgoing that said attorneys deem may be necessary ordesirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposesas I might or could do in person, and by my signature hereto, I hereby ratifyand approve any and all of such acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on this 23rd day of January, 2007.
|        | /s/ CHARLES G. GROAT |
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|   | CHARLES G. GROAT     |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, CARROLL WILSON SUGGS, in my capacity as a director of Pogo ProducingCompany (the “Company”), do hereby appoint PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN and ROBERT C.MARLOWE, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney or attorneyswith power to act with or without the other, and with full power ofsubstitution and resubstitution, to execute in my name, place and stead in mycapacity as a director of the Company, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, to be filed with the Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Actof 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, withany and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, any and allamendments to said Annual Report and all instruments as said attorneys oreither of them shall deem necessary or incidental in connection therewith andto file the same with the Commission.

Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do andperform in my name and on my behalf any act whatsoever to accomplish thepurpose and intent of the forgoing that said attorneys deem may be necessary ordesirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposesas I might or could do in person, and by my signature hereto, I hereby ratifyand approve any and all of such acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on this 23rd day of January, 2007.
|        | /s/ CARROLL WILSON SUGGS |
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|   | CARROLL WILSON SUGGS     |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, STEPHEN A. WELLS, in my capacity as a director of Pogo ProducingCompany (the “Company”), do hereby appoint PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN and ROBERT C.MARLOWE, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney or attorneyswith power to act with or without the other, and with full power ofsubstitution and resubstitution, to execute in my name, place and stead in mycapacity as a director of the Company, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, to be filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,with any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, any and allamendments to said Annual Report and all instruments as said attorneys oreither of them shall deem necessary or incidental in connection therewith andto file the same with the Commission.

Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do andperform in my name and on my behalf any act whatsoever to accomplish thepurpose and intent of the forgoing that said attorneys deem may be necessary ordesirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposesas I might or could do in person, and by my signature hereto, I hereby ratifyand approve any and all of such acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on this 23rd day of January, 2007.
|        | /s/ STEPHEN A. WELLS |
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|   | STEPHEN A. WELLS     |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN, in my capacity as the chief executive officerand as a director of Pogo Producing Company (the “Company”), do hereby appointROBERT C. MARLOWE and JAMES P. ULM, II, and each of them severally, my true andlawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, andwith full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in my name,place and stead in my capacity as the principal executive officer and as adirector of the Company, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for thefiscal year ended December 31, 2006, to be filed with the Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Actof 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, withany and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, any and allamendments to said Annual Report and all instruments as said attorneys oreither of them shall deem necessary or incidental in connection therewith andto file the same with the Commission.

Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do andperform in my name and on my behalf any act whatsoever to accomplish thepurpose and intent of the forgoing that said attorneys deem may be necessary ordesirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposesas I might or could do in person, and by my signature hereto, I hereby ratifyand approve any and all of such acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on this 23rd day of January, 2007.
|        | /s/ PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN |
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|   | PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN     |

 

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