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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.18

                                    FORM OF
                    FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                        
     This First Amendment to Employment Agreement (this "Amendment"), dated July
27, 1998, is by and between EEX Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company")
as the successor to Enserch Exploration, Inc., and              (the
"Executive").

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     A.  The Company and the Executive are parties to that certain Employment
Agreement (the "Employment Agreement") dated           .

     B.  The Company and the Executive now desire to make certain amendments to
the Employment Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Employment Agreement is hereby modified, adjusted and amended
as follows:

     1.  All capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Employment
Agreement.

     2.  The following definition in Article 1.11 of the Employment Agreement is
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

1.11 "Good Reason" for the Executive to terminate his employment shall mean any
     one or more of the following:

          (a)  an adverse change in the Executive's status or position(s) as
     Chairman and President, Chief Executive Officer of the Company including,
     without limitation, any adverse change in the Executive's status or
     position as a result of a material diminution in his duties or
     responsibilities, or a material change in the Executive's business location
     or the assignment to the Executive of any duties or responsibilities which
     are inconsistent with such status or position(s), or any removal of the
     Executive from or any failure to reappoint or reelect the Executive to such
     position(s) (except in connection with the termination of his employment
     for Cause, Disability or Retirement or as a result of the Executive's death
     or by the Executive other than for Good Reason); provided however, a
     decision by the Board to separate the office of Chairman and President
     shall not be considered an adverse change as set forth in this Section
     1.11(a) as long as the Executive remains as the Chief Executive Officer of
     the Company with duties and responsibilities customarily associated with
     that office; or

          (b)  a reduction by the Company in the Executives' Minimum Annual
     Salary or in the number of vacation days to which the Executive is entitled
     hereunder; or
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          (c)  the undertaking of any action by the Company (including the
     elimination of a plan without providing substitutes therefor or the
     reduction of the Executive's awards thereunder) that would diminish or the
     failure by the Company to take any action which would maintain the
     aggregate projected value of the Executive's awards under the Company's
     bonus or stock option or management incentive plans in which the Executive
     participates; or

          (d)  the taking of any action by the Company that would diminish or
     the failure by the Company to take any action which would maintain the
     aggregate value of the benefits provided the Executive under the Company's
     medical, health, dental, accident, disability, life insurance, stock
     purchase or retirement plans in which the Executive participates or as
     otherwise provided in this Agreement; or

          (e)  the taking of any action by the Company that would diminish or
     the failure of the Company to take any action that would maintain
     indemnification or insurance for officers' liability; or

          (f)  a failure by the Company to obtain from any Successor (as
     hereinafter defined) the assent to this Agreement contemplated by Section
     16.2 hereof.

     3.  The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that, except as
specifically supplemented and amended, changed or modified hereby, the
Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and in accordance
with its terms.

     4.  THIS AMENDMENT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE VALIDITY AND
ENFORCEABILITY HEREOF) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OTHER THAN THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

     5.  This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, and it
shall not be necessary that the signature of all parties hereto be contained on
any one counterpart hereof; each counterpart shall be deemed an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed
as of the date first written above.

EEX Corporation


By:
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   Printed Name:
   Title:



Executive

 
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