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                                                                EXHIBIT 4(d)(ii)

                              OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 301 OF THE INDENTURE

                  We, the undersigned Wm. M. Warren, Jr. and G. C. Ketcham,
President and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer,
respectively, of Energen Corporation (the "Company"), in accordance with Section
301 of the Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1996 (the "Indenture"), of the
Company to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and pursuant to the
Board Resolution adopted by the Company's Board of Directors (capitalized terms
used herein and not defined herein have the meaning specified in the Indenture)
as of August 20, 1996, do hereby amend the terms and characteristics of the
Medium-Term Notes, Series A established pursuant to our Officers' Certificate
dated September 13, 1996 (the "Certificate"), to increase the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes which may currently be authenticated and delivered
under the indenture as set forth in clause (b) of the Certificate from the
$40,000,000 previously authorized to $125,000,000, except as contemplated in
Section 303 of the Indenture.

                  Except as modified and amended herein, the Certificate remains
in full force and effect.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed our names this 8th
day of July, 1997.

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                               Wm. M. Warren, Jr.
                                    President

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                                  G. C. Ketcham
                            Executive Vice President,
                      Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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                                                               EXHIBIT 4(d)(iii)

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                              OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 301 OF THE INDENTURE

                  We, the undersigned Wm. M. Warren, Jr. and G. C. Ketcham,
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, respectively, of Energen
Corporation (the "Company"), in accordance with Section 301 of the Indenture,
dated as of September 1, 1996 (the "Indenture"), of the Company to The Bank of
New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and pursuant to the Board Resolution
adopted by the Company's Board of Directors (capitalized terms used herein and
not defined herein have the meaning specified in the Indenture) as of November
25, 1997, do hereby establish a series of debt securities with the following
terms and characteristics and, by delivering this certificate pursuant to
Section 301 of the Indenture, do hereby amend and restate in entirety, and
supersede, that certain certificate delivered by the Company to the Trustee on
January 29, 1998 pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture (the lettered clauses
set forth below corresponding to the lettered subsections of Section 301 of the
Indenture):

                  (a)      the title of the securities of such series shall be
"Medium-Term Notes, Series B" (the "Notes");

                  (b)      the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may
currently be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to
$250,000,000, except as contemplated in Section 303 of the Indenture;

                  (c)      interest on the Notes shall be payable to the Person
or Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date (as hereinafter defined) for such interest, except as
otherwise expressly provided in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A-1,
Exhibit A-2, and Exhibit A-3, respectively, and hereby authorized and approved,
of Selling Agency Fixed Rate Note (as hereinafter defined), Underwritten Fixed
Rate Note (as hereinafter defined) and Floating Rate Note (as hereinafter
defined);

                  (d)      the date or dates on which the principal of the Notes
shall be payable shall be determined at the time of sale of the Notes, or any
Tranche thereof, by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the
Trustee by Company Order, or by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to
the Administrative Procedures (the "Administrative Procedures") attached as
Exhibit A to the Selling Agency Agreement dated January 29, 1998 (the "Selling
Agency Agreement") among the Company, Salomon Brothers Inc, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., and Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. as
Agents; provided, however, that in no event shall any Note have a term less than
nine months;

                  (e)      the Notes, or any Tranche thereof, may bear interest,
at a fixed rate (any such Note being hereinafter called a "Fixed Rate Note" and
such Fixed Rate Notes may be offered pursuant to Paragraph 2(a) of the Selling
Agency Agreement (the "Selling Agency Fixed

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Rate Notes") or pursuant to Paragraph 2(b) of the Selling Agency Agreement (the
"Underwritten Fixed Rate Notes")) or at a floating rate (any such Note being
hereinafter called a "Floating Rate Note"), or they may bear no interest, all as
determined by the proper officers of the Company as follows: there shall be
determined by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee
by Company Order, or by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the
Administrative Procedures, at the time of sale of the Notes or any Tranche
thereof, (1) in the case of Fixed Rate Notes, the interest rate or rates
(including the interest rate on overdue principal, premium or interest, if any)
applicable to such Fixed Rate Notes, or Tranche thereof, and (2) in the case of
Floating Rate Notes, the Initial Interest Rate, the Base Rate (which shall be
the Commercial Paper Rate, LIBOR, the Treasury Rate or any other Base Rate
determined at the time of sale of the Notes or Tranche thereof), the Maximum
Interest Rate, if any, the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, the Interest Payment
Period, the Interest Reset Period, the Interest Reset Dates, the Rate
Determination Dates, the Index Maturity, the Spread, if any, the Spread
Multiplier, if any (each of such terms being referred to in the form of Floating
Rate Note attached hereto), and the interest rate on overdue principal, premium
or interest, if any, applicable, to such Floating Rate Notes or Tranche thereof;
interest shall accrue on any Note from the original Issue Date specified in such
Note or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, or, if the authentication date of the Note is after any Regular Record Date
but before the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, from the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date; the Interest Payment Dates for the Fixed Rate Notes shall
be February 1 and August 1, unless otherwise specified by the proper officers of
the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order, and the Regular
Record Dates with respect to such Interest Payment Dates shall be January 15 and
July 15, respectively (whether or not a Business Day), unless otherwise
specified by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee
by Company Order; the Interest Payment Dates on Floating Rate Notes shall be
determined at the time of sale of the Notes or Tranche thereof by the proper
officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order, or
determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the Administrative
Procedures, and the Regular Record Date with respect to each such Interest
Payment Date shall be the date 15 calendar days immediately preceding such
Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day); and interest on Floating
Rate Notes which employ the Treasury Rate as the Base Rate shall be computed on
the basis of the actual number of days in the year;

                  (f)      the corporate trust office of The Bank of New York in
the City of New York, State of New York shall be the office or agency of the
Company at which the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
the Notes shall be payable, at which Notes may be surrendered for registration
of transfer and exchange and at which notices and demands to or upon the Company
with respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served;

                  (g)      the Notes, or any Tranche thereof, shall be
redeemable in whole or in part, at the option of the Company as and to the
extent determined at the time of sale of the Notes or any Tranche thereof by the
proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order,
or determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the
Administrative Procedures;

                  (h)      the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase the Notes or any Tranche thereof pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a

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Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such Notes or Tranche thereof
shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation
shall be determined at the time of sale of the Notes or Tranche thereof by the
proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order,
or determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the
Administrative Procedures;

                  (i)      Notes issued shall be issued in denominations of
$1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000;
provided, however, that Notes issued in global form shall not be issued in
principal amounts in excess of $250,000,000;

                  (j)      the Notes may be issued in whole or in part in global
form and the depositary for Notes issued in global form shall be The Depository
Trust Company; interests in Notes issued in global form may not be exchanged, in
whole or in part, for the individual securities represented thereby, except that
(l) if the depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as
depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed, the Company will issue
individual certificated notes in exchange for global notes and (2) the Company
may at any time and in its sole discretion determine not to have any particular
Tranche of Notes represented by one or more global notes and, in such event,
will issue individual certificated notes in exchange for the corresponding
tranche of global notes;

                  (k)      not applicable;

                  (l)      not applicable;

                  (m)      not applicable;

                  (n)      see clause (e) with respect to the interest rate or
rates on Floating Rate Notes;

                  (o)      the extent to which the Notes, or any Tranche
thereof, shall be specified on the face thereof to be Original Issue Discount
Securities shall be determined at the time of sale of such Notes or Tranche
thereof by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by
Company Order, or determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to
the Administrative Procedures, and the portion of the principal amount of any
such Note issued as an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be payable
upon a declaration or acceleration of Maturity thereof pursuant to section 802
of the Indenture shall be the Amortized Face Amount (as defined in the forms of
Notes attached hereto) of such Note as of the date of such acceleration;

                  (p)      not applicable; provided, however, that the Company
reserves the right to make, by one or more Officers' Certificates supplemental
to this Officers' Certificate any additional covenants of the Company for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes or any Tranche thereof, or any additional
Events of Default with respect to all or any series of securities Outstanding;

                  (q)      not applicable;

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                  (r)      not applicable;

                  (s)      no service charge shall be made for the registration
of transfer or exchange of Securities; provided, however, that the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in connection with the exchange or transfer;

                  (t)      in the case of any Fixed Rate Note, if any Interest
Payment Date, any Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity Date (as specified in
such Fixed Rate Note) shall not be a Business Day (as defined in the forms of
Selling Agency Fixed Rate Note and Underwritten Fixed Rate Note attached
hereto), payment of amounts due thereon on such date may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day (as defined in the forms of Selling Agency Fixed Rate
Note and Underwritten Fixed Rate Note attached hereto), and if such payment is
made or duly provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall accrue on such
amounts for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day; in the case
of any Floating Rate Note, if any Interest Payment Date (as specified in such
Floating Rate Note) would otherwise be a day that shall not be a Business Day
(as defined in the form of Floating Rate Note attached hereto) each Interest
Payment Date will be postponed until the next succeeding Business Day (as
defined in the form of Floating Rate Note attached hereto), except that, if the
Base Rate specified in such Floating Rate Note is LIBOR and such next succeeding
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment
Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day (as defined in the form of
Floating Rate Note attached hereto). If the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date
of a Floating Rate Note is not a Business Day, payments of principal and
interest due on such Floating Rate Note may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts for the period from
and after such Stated Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, to
such next succeeding Business Day; and

                  (u)      the Notes shall be substantially in the forms of
Selling Agency Fixed Rate Note, Underwritten Fixed Rate Note and Floating Rate
Note attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved and shall have such
further terms as set forth in such forms.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed our names this
27th day of February, 1998.

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                                            Wm. M. Warren, Jr.
                                          Chairman of the Board,
                                   President and Chief Executive Officer

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                                               G. C. Ketcham
                                         Executive Vice President,
                                   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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