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Exhibit 10.1

EXTENSION AGREEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

between Paul G. Van Wagenen (“Executive”) and

Pogo
Producing Company, a Delaware corporation (“Company”)

WHEREAS,
Executive and Company are parties to an “Amended and Restated Executive
Employment Agreement” bearing an original “Effective Date” of February 1, 2005;
and

WHEREAS, August 1, 2007 is hereby deemed to be the “Renewal Date” in that Amended and
Restated Executive Employment Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Executive and Company each wish to extend said
Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement for an additional one-year
period so as to terminate (unless further extended) two years thereafter,
(to-wit August 1, 2008); and

WHEREAS, Company desires to retain the services of
Executive for the benefit of Company and its shareholders, and desires to
induce Executive to remain in its employ for that extended time period; and

WHEREAS, Executive has agreed to continue to serve as an
employee of Company for the period specified herein from and after the date of
this Extension Agreement; and

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WHEREAS, Company and Executive desire to enter into this
Extension Agreement in order to formally secure for Company the benefit of the
experience and abilities of Executive, and to set forth the agreements and
understandings of Company and Executive; and

WHEREAS, Company has advised Executive that execution
and performance of this Extension Agreement by Company has been duly authorized
and approved by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual promises and agreements herein contained, and in consideration of the
sum of $10 paid by Company to Executive, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
by Executive, Executive and Company do hereby agree as follows:

1.             The first two sentences of Section 1(b) of the Amended
and Restated Executive Employment Agreement between Executive and Company
bearing an “Effective Date” of February 1, 2005 and a “Renewal Date” which is
deemed herein to be August 1, 2006, are hereby amended to read as follows in
order to extend the Employment Period for an additional one-year period
commencing August 1, 2007 and ending July 31, 2008, unless such Employment
Period is hereafter further extended for an additional period by both Executive
and Company:

“The “Employment Period”
shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on August 1,
2008.  On August 1, 2007 and on each
annual anniversary of such date (the “Renewal Date”), the Employment Period
shall be 

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reviewed, to determine
whether, in the discretion of the Company, it should be extended for one
additional year so as to terminate two years from such Renewal Date.”

2.             All provisions of the Amended and Restated Executive
Employment Agreement between Executive and Company dated as of February 1,
2005, and as it is herein amended, are continued in full force and effect
without change as if the Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement
had been initially effective as of August 1, 2006.

	
  

  	
   

  	
  POGO PRODUCING COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
        /s/ John O.
  McCoy, Jr.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  John O. McCoy, Jr.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Executive Vice President and

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Chief Administrative Officer

  
	
  ATTEST:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
        /s/
  Joe Ann Kingdon

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Assistant
  Corporate Secretary

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  EMPLOYEE:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
        /s/
  Paul G. Van Wagenen

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Paul G. Van
  Wagenen

  

 

 3Exhibit 10.2

EXTENSION AGREEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

between Stephen R. Brunner (“Executive”) and

Pogo
Producing Company, a Delaware corporation (“Company”)

WHEREAS,
Executive and Company are parties to an “Amended and Restated Executive
Employment Agreement” bearing an original “Effective Date” of February 1, 2005;
and

WHEREAS, August 1, 2007 is hereby deemed to be the “Renewal Date” in that Amended and
Restated Executive Employment Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Executive and Company each wish to extend said
Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement for an additional one-year
period so as to terminate (unless further extended) two years thereafter,
(to-wit August 1, 2008); and

WHEREAS, Company desires to retain the services of
Executive for the benefit of Company and its shareholders, and desires to
induce Executive to remain in its employ for that extended time period; and

WHEREAS, Executive has agreed to continue to serve as an
employee of Company for the period specified herein from and after the date of
this Extension Agreement; and

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WHEREAS, Company and Executive desire to enter into this
Extension Agreement in order to formally secure for Company the benefit of the
experience and abilities of Executive, and to set forth the agreements and
understandings of Company and Executive; and

WHEREAS, Company has advised Executive that execution
and performance of this Extension Agreement by Company has been duly authorized
and approved by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual promises and agreements herein contained, and in consideration of the
sum of $10 paid by Company to Executive, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
by Executive, Executive and Company do hereby agree as follows:

1.             The first two sentences of Section 1(b) of the Amended
and Restated Executive Employment Agreement between Executive and Company
bearing an “Effective Date” of February 1, 2005 and a “Renewal Date” which is
deemed herein to be August 1, 2006, are hereby amended to read as follows in
order to extend the Employment Period for an additional one-year period
commencing August 1, 2007 and ending July 31, 2008, unless such Employment
Period is hereafter further extended for an additional period by both Executive
and Company:

“The “Employment Period”
shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on August 1,
2008.  On August 1, 2007 and on each
annual anniversary of such date (the “Renewal Date”), the Employment Period
shall be 

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reviewed, to determine
whether, in the discretion of the Company, it should be extended for one
additional year so as to terminate two years from such Renewal Date.”

2.             All provisions of the Amended and Restated Executive
Employment Agreement between Executive and Company dated as of February 1,
2005, and as it is herein amended, are continued in full force and effect
without change as if the Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement
had been initially effective as of August 1, 2006.

	
  

  	
   

  	
  POGO PRODUCING COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
        /s/ John O.
  McCoy, Jr.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  John O. McCoy, Jr.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Executive Vice President and

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Chief Administrative Officer

  
	
  ATTEST:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
        /s/
  Joe Ann Kingdon

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Assistant
  Corporate Secretary

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  EMPLOYEE:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
        /s/
  Stephen
  R. Brunner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Stephen R. Brunner

  

 

 3Exhibit 10.3

EXTENSION AGREEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

between Jerry A. Cooper (“Executive”) and

Pogo
Producing Company, a Delaware corporation (“Company”)

WHEREAS,
Executive and Company are parties to an “Amended and Restated Executive
Employment Agreement” bearing an original “Effective Date” of February 1, 2005;
and

WHEREAS, August 1, 2007 is hereby deemed to be the “Renewal Date” in that Amended and
Restated Executive Employment Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Executive and Company each wish to extend said
Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement for an additional one-year
period so as to terminate (unless further extended) two years thereafter,
(to-wit August 1, 2008); and

WHEREAS, Company desires to retain the services of
Executive for the benefit of Company and its shareholders, and desires to
induce Executive to remain in its employ for that extended time period; and

WHEREAS, Executive has agreed to continue to serve as an
employee of Company for the period specified herein from and after the date of
this Extension Agreement; and

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WHEREAS, Company and Executive desire to enter into this
Extension Agreement in order to formally secure for Company the benefit of the
experience and abilities of Executive, and to set forth the agreements and
understandings of Company and Executive; and

WHEREAS, Company has advised Executive that execution
and performance of this Extension Agreement by Company has been duly authorized
and approved by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual promises and agreements herein contained, and in consideration of the
sum of $10 paid by Company to Executive, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
by Executive, Executive and Company do hereby agree as follows:

1.             The first two sentences of Section 1(b) of the Amended
and Restated Executive Employment Agreement between Executive and Company
bearing an “Effective Date” of February 1, 2005 and a “Renewal Date” which is deemed
herein to be August 1, 2006, are hereby amended to read as follows in order to
extend the Employment Period for an additional one-year period commencing
August 1, 2007 and ending July 31, 2008, unless such Employment Period is
hereafter further extended for an additional period by both Executive and
Company:

“The “Employment Period”
shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on August 1,
2008.  On August 1, 2007 and on each
annual anniversary of such date (the “Renewal Date”), the Employment Period
shall be 

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reviewed, to determine
whether, in the discretion of the Company, it should be extended for one
additional year so as to terminate two years from such Renewal Date.”

2.             All provisions of the Amended and Restated Executive Employment
Agreement between Executive and Company dated as of February 1, 2005, and as it
is herein amended, are continued in full force and effect without change as if
the Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement had been initially
effective as of August 1, 2006.

	
  

  	
   

  	
  POGO PRODUCING COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
        /s/ John O.
  McCoy, Jr.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  John O. McCoy, Jr.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Executive Vice President and

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Chief Administrative Officer

  
	
  ATTEST:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
        /s/
  Joe Ann Kingdon

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Assistant
  Corporate Secretary

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  EMPLOYEE:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
        /s/
  Jerry
  A. Cooper

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Jerry A. Cooper

  

 

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