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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
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     By  this  agreement,  TRINITY  ENERGY  RESOURCES,  INC.  ("Trinity"),  also
referred  to in this Agreement as "Employer," located in Houston, Harris County,
Texas,  employs  John W. Mahoney ("Mahoney"), also referred to in this Agreement
as  "Employee,"  of Houston, Harris County, Texas, who accepts employment on the
following  terms  and  conditions:

                                    ARTICLE 1

                               TERM OF EMPLOYMENT

     1.01.  By  this  Agreement,  the  Employer  employs  the  Employee, and the
Employee  accepts  employment  with  the Employer, for a period of two (2) years
beginning  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1999;  however,  this  Agreement may be
terminated  earlier,  as  provided  in  Article  9  below.

                                    ARTICLE 2

                                  COMPENSATION

                                BASE COMPENSATION

     2.01.  As  compensation for all services rendered under this Agreement, the
Employee  shall  be paid by the Employer a salary of One Hundred Twenty Thousand
and  no/100  Dollars  ($120,000.00) payable in equal monthly installments on the
last day of each month during the period of employment. The amount paid is to be
prorated  for  any  partial  employment  period.

                             COST OF LIVING INCREASE

     2.02.  The  base salary set forth in Paragraph 2.01 of this Agreement shall
be  adjusted  annually to reflect the increase, if any, in the cost of living by
adding to such basic salary an amount obtained by multiplying the base salary by
the  percentage  by  which the level of the Consumer Price Index for the Houston
Metropolitan  Area,  as  reported  for  the last day of the calendar year by the
Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  for  the  United  States Department of Labor, has
increased  over  its level as of the date of the commencement of this Agreement.
Following the end of each year and within ten (10) days after the release by the
Bureau  of Labor Statistics of the figures for such year, the Employer shall pay
to  the  Employee  the  amount  of  any  additional  compensation to which he is
entitled  as  a result of the adjustment described in this paragraph, or, at the
Employee's  election,  the  Employer  shall  pay  the  amount  of any additional
compensation  under  this  paragraph  by dividing the total amount of additional
compensation  to  be paid by the number of pay periods remaining in the calendar
year  following  the  year  for  which  any  increase in compensation is due and
including  such  compensation  in  the  Employee's  monthly  paycheck.

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                                  VACATION PAY

     2.04.  Employee  shall  be  entitled  to  an  annual vacation leave of four
calendar  weeks or thirty calendar days at full pay.  The time for such vacation
shall  be  selected  by the Employee and approved by the Employer and it must be
taken within the calendar year after its accrual, or it may be accrued until the
next  calendar  year.  If,  upon  the  expiration of the term of this Agreement,
Employee  has accrued unused vacation time, Employee shall be paid for such time
at  the  full  compensation  rate unless the accrued time is applied and carried
forward  to  any  contract  renewal,  extension  or  new contract with Employer.
Otherwise,  the  Employee  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vacation pay in lieu of
vacation.

                                    HOLIDAYS

     2.05.  During  each  calendar  year,  the  Employee  shall be entitled to a
holiday with full pay on each of the following days: New Year's Day, President's
Day,  Memorial  Day,  Independence  Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day
following,  and  Christmas  Eve  and  Christmas Day or Christmas Day and the day
following  at  the  Employer's  election  plus  two  floating  holidays  at  the
Employee's  election  as  a substitute for any holiday listed herein.  Religious
holidays  may  be taken with full pay other than listed herein with no less than
ten  (10)  days  notice  to  the  Employer.

                                    ARTICLE 3

                               DUTIES OF EMPLOYEE

                                     DUTIES

     3.01.  Subject  to  the  supervision and pursuant to the orders, advice and
direction  of  the Chief Executive Officer and/or the President , Employee shall
perform  such duties as are customarily performed by one holding the position of
Vice-President  and  General  Counsel  in other businesses or enterprises of the
same  or  similar  nature  as  that  engaged  in  by  Employer.  Employee  shall
additionally  render  such  other  and  unrelated  services and duties as may be
assigned  to  him  from  time  to  time  by  the  Chief Executive Officer and/or
President.

                              MANNER OF PERFORMANCE

     3.02.  Employee  shall  at  all  times faithfully, industriously and to the
best  of  his  ability,  experience  and  talent, perform all duties that may be
required  of  and from him pursuant to the express and implicit terms hereof, to
the  reasonable  satisfaction of the Employer.  Such duties shall be rendered at
such  other  place  or  places as Employer shall in good faith require or as the
interests,  needs,  business and opportunities of Employer shall require or make
advisable.

                   EMPLOYEE'S LOYALTY TO EMPLOYER'S INTERESTS

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     3.03.  Employee  shall  devote such time, attention, knowledge and skill as
are reasonably required for the business and interests of Employer, and Employer
shall  be  entitled to all benefits, emoluments, profits or other issues arising
from or incident to any and all work, services and advice of Employee.  Employee
expressly agrees that during the term hereof he will not be interested, directly
or  indirectly,  in  any form, fashion or manner, as partner, officer, director,
stockholder,  advisory,  employee or in any other form or capacity, in any other
business  similar  to  Employer's  business except as designated in Exhibit 1 to
this  Agreement.  Nothing  in this paragraph shall be deemed to prevent or limit
the  Employee's right to invest his personal funds in the capital stock or other
securities  of  any publicly traded or publicly owned corporation nor shall this
paragraph  be deemed to prevent Employee from investing in real estate or energy
commodity  futures  for  himself  or others.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be
deemed  to  prevent  or  limit  Employee's  right  to  wind  up  and  conclude
representation  of  other clients in matters undertaken prior to this Agreement.

                         EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE'S DISABILITY

     3.04.  If  the  Employee  at  any  time, during the term of this Agreement,
should  be unable to perform his duties under this Agreement because of personal
injury  or  illness,  the  Employer  may  assign  the  Employee  to other duties
compatible  with such disability.  The compensation to be paid during the period
of such disability shall be 100% during the first 365 days of disability and 50%
thereafter  for  as  long  as  the  disability continues but not beyond the date
specified  herein  for the end of the employment term   The Employee is entitled
to  disability  compensation  under  this  paragraph  only  upon presentation of
written  medical  certification  of the disability by physician duly licensed by
the  State  of Texas at the time of the disability.  If the  Employee refuses to
accept  the  modification  in duties and compensation made by the Employer, this
Agreement  shall  terminate  10  days  after  Employee's  refusal.

                                    ARTICLE 4

                          EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND BONUSES

                                MEDICAL BENEFITS

     4.01.  The  Employer  agrees  to  include  the  Employee  in  any hospital,
surgical  and  medical  benefit plan adopted by Employer during the term of this
Agreement.  The  Employer  further  agrees to pay directly or reimburse Employee
for  all  out  of pocket expenses, subject to the limitation below,  incurred by
Employee  that  are  not  covered  by  the Employer's plan(s) provided that such
expenses  are  either  co-payments or deductible payments to be made by Employee
pursuant  to  requirements  of  the  plan  (s)  or  are  otherwise  certified by
Employee's  physician as medically necessary.  Employer's payment towards health
care  benefits under this paragraph shall be limited to Three Hundred and no/100
Dollars  ($300.00)  per  month.  Until such time as Employer adopts such a plan,
Employer  agrees  to  reimburse  Employee  the  cost of Employee's COBRA medical
coverage  from  Williams,  Birnberg  &  Andersen,  L.L.P. or any other dependent
coverage  for  which  Employee  might  be  eligible.

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                              GROUP LIFE INSURANCE

     4.02.  The  Employer  agrees  to  include the Employee under any group term
life  insurance  policy  which  Employer  may  purchase  during the term of this
Agreement  which  for  Employee  shall  be  three  times  his  base  salary.

                               BONUS COMPENSATION

     4.03.  Should  Employer,  in  its  sole  discretion,  award  additional
compensation  to  Employee  in the form of a bonus payment, Employee agrees that
said  bonus  will be payable to him entirely in cash, entirely in Trinity common
stock or in a combination of cash and Trinity stock, subject to the availability
of  stock,  as  the  Employee  shall  determine.

                              AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCE

     4.04.   Employee  shall  receive  an  additional  SIX  HUNDRED  SIXTY-SEVEN
(HANDWRITTEN) no/100 Dollars ($667.00 HANDWRITTEN) per month as an allowance for
an automobile lease or purchase, full automobile insurance coverage, maintenance
and fuel.  Employee understands that by accepting this provision, he will not be
reimbursed  for  mileage  as  a  business  expense.

                                  DEATH BENEFIT

     4.05.  In the event that the Employee should die during the employment term
specified  in  this Agreement, the Employer agrees to pay immediately the sum of
$250,000.00  to  the  Employee's  daughter, Allison C. Mahoney.  If the Employee
does not have a daughter surviving, this sum shall be immediately payable to the
person,  persons  or  entity  designated by the Employee in a written instrument
delivered  to  the  Employer  prior  to  the  Employee's  death.  If  no written
designation  is made, the entire sum shall be immediately paid to the Employee's
estate.

                                  STOCK OPTION

     4.06.  By  this  paragraph,  the  Employer grants the Employee an option to
purchase  shares  of  Employer's  New  Common  Stock  as  follows:

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     Employee  shall  receive  a total of 999,999 options of New Common Stock of
the  corporation  to  purchase  the New Common Stock of Trinity Gas Corporation;
one-third  of  such options shall be exercisable for five years on and after the
one  year  anniversary  of  employment  with Employer and shall have an exercise
price  per  share  of  twenty-five  ($ .25) (such options being called "One Year
Vested  Options");  the  next one-third of such options shall be exercisable for
five  years  on  and  after the two year anniversary of employment with Employer
shall have an exercise price per share of thirty percent (30%) under the average
of  the  last  five trading days prior to the two year anniversary of employment
date  (such  options  being  called  "Two  Year  Vested  Options") and the final
one-third  of  such options shall be exercisable for five years on and after the
two  year  anniversary of the Confirmation Date and shall have an exercise price
per  share  of  thirty  percent (30%) under the average of the last five trading
days  prior to the three year anniversary of employment date (such options being
called  "Three  Year  Vested  Options").   Unless  the  Stock  Option  Committee
determines otherwise, in the event that the employment term is terminated by the
Employer for reasons other than cause the stock options herein will become fully
vested  and  will  be  exercisable  for two years or until the end of the option
term,  whichever  is  shorter.  Unless  the  Stock  Option  Committee determines
otherwise,  in the event of termination of the Employee for cause or if Employee
should voluntarily terminate his employment with Employer, all unexercised stock
options  will  be immediately terminated.  The options may be exercised in whole
or in part.  It is agreed that the Employee shall not have any of the rights of,
nor  be  treated  as,  a  shareholder with respect to the shares subject to this
option  until  the  Employee  has  exercised  the  option,  deliver of the stock
certificates for such shares has been made to the Employee, and the Employee has
become  the  shareholder of record of such shares.  The option set forth in this
paragraph  is  not  assignable  nor  transferable  except  as  provided  for  by
Employer's  Stock  Option Plan which shall conform to the provisions of the Plan
of  Reorganization.

                                    ARTICLE 5

                 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY EMPLOYEE

                                BUSINESS EXPENSES

     5.01.  The Employee is authorized to incur reasonable business expenses for
promoting  the  business  of  the  Employer,  including  expenditures for meals,
lodging,  entertainment,  gifts,  and  travel.
Employer  will  also  reimburse Employee for state bar dues and continuing legal
education  courses.  The  Employer  will  reimburse  the  Employee  for all such
expenses  upon  the  Employee's  presentation  and  itemized  account  of  such
expenditures  in  conformance  with  such  policies  and  procedures  governing
reimbursement  of  business  expenses  as  Employer,  from  time  to time, shall
determine.

                                    ARTICLE 6

                                 PROPERTY RIGHTS

                          RETURN OF EMPLOYER'S PROPERTY

6.01.  On  the  termination of employment or whenever requested by the Employer,
the  Employee  shall  immediately  deliver  to  the Employer all property in the
Employee's  possession  or  under  his  control  belonging  to  the  Employer.

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                                    ARTICLE 7

                                   TERMINATION

                        TERMINATION BY EMPLOYER FOR CAUSE

     7.01.  The  Employer  may  at its option terminate this Agreement by giving
written  notice  of  termination  to the Employee without prejudice to any other
remedy  to which the Employer may be entitled either at law, in equity, or under
this  Agreement,  if  the  Employee:

     (a)  Willfully breaches or habitually neglects the duties that the Employee
          is  required to  perform  under  the  terms  of  this  Agreement;

     (b)  Willfully violates reasonable and substantial rules governing employee
          performance;

     (c)  Refuses  to  obey  reasonable  orders  in  a  manner  that  amounts to
          insubordination;

     (d)  Commits  dishonest  acts  towards  the  Employer;

     (e)  Engages in acts of disruption or violence such as unprovoked fighting.

                TERMINATION OF GROUNDS OTHER THAN FOR GOOD CAUSE

     7.02.  This  agreement shall terminate immediately on the occurrence of any
of  the  following  events:

     (a)  The  occurrence  of  circumstances  that  make  it  impossible for the
          business  of  the  Employer to  be  continued.

     (b)  The  death  of  the  Employee.

     (c)  The  loss  by  the  Employee  of  legal  capacity.

     (d)  Mutual  agreement  of  the  parties.

                              EFFECT OF TERMINATION

     7.03.  In  the  event  of  termination  of  this  Agreement  prior  to  the
completion  of  the  term of employment specified herein, for any of the reasons
other  than  death,  cause  or disability, the Employee shall be entitled to the
compensation  earned  prior  to  the date of termination as provided for in this
Agreement,  computed  pro  rata up to and including the date of termination.  As
termination  payment,  Employee  shall  be  paid an amount of the greater of six
months compensation or one-third of all compensation payable under the remaining
term of the contract.  The Employee shall be entitled to no further compensation
and  will  be  relieved of all duties and obligations under this Agreement as of
the  date  of  termination.

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                                    ARTICLE 8

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                     NOTICES

     8.01.  All  notices  or  other communications required under this Agreement
may  be  effected  either  by personal delivery in writing or by certified mail,
return receipt requested.  Notice shall have been deemed to have been given when
delivered or mailed to the parties at their respective addresses set forth below
or  when mailed to the last known address provided in writing to the other party
by  the  addressee.

TRINITY ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.                   JOHN  W.  MAHONEY
952 Echo Lane, Suite 210                         14310  Cypress  Ridge Drive
Houston, Texas 77024                             Cypress,  Texas  77429

                         CONTRACT TERMS TO BE EXCLUSIVE

     8.02.  This  Agreement  supersedes  all other agreements, either oral or in
writing,  between  the parties to this Agreement, with respect to the employment
of  the  Employee  by  the  Employer.  This  Agreement  contains  the  entire
understanding of the parties and all of the covenants and agreements between the
parties  with  respect  to  such  employment.  No other representations, oral or
written,  shall  survive the execution of this Agreement and all representations
made  by  and  between  the  parties  respecting  the  subject matter hereof are
contained  in  this  Agreement.

              WAIVER OR MODIFICATION INEFFECTIVE UNLESS IN WRITING

     8.03.  No  waiver  or  modification  of  this agreement or of any covenant,
condition  or  limitation, shall be valid unless in writing and duly executed by
both  parties.

                                  GOVERNING LAW

     8.04.  This Agreement is fully performable in Houston, Harris County, Texas
and  shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas.

                                 BINDING EFFECT

     8.05.  This  agreement  shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
respective  parties  and  their respective heirs, assigns, legal representatives
and  successors.

                      AGREEMENT SURVIVES INVALID PROVISIONS

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     8.06.  Should  any provision of this Agreement be declared invalid, illegal
or  unenforceable  by  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  the  remaining
provisions  of  the  contract  shall  be  construed  and  given effect as if the
Agreement  did  not  contain the provision(s) declared to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.

     EXECUTED  ON  THIS  11TH  (HANDWRITTEN)  DAY  OF  JUNE (HANDWRITTEN), 1999.
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TRINITY  ENERGY  RESOURCES,  INC.                 JOHN  W.  MAHONEY

T. C. O'DELL    (SIGNATURE)                       JOHN W. MAHONEY (SIGNATURE)
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by  T.  C.  O'Dell, Chairman  &                   John W. Mahoney,
Chief  Executive  Officer                         Individually

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                                    EXHIBIT 1

The  following  disclosure  is  intended  to  comply  with  Section 3.03 of this
contract regarding business interests similar to Trinity Energy Resources, Inc.:

Employee  has  no  such interests, directly or indirectly, in any such business.

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     By  this  agreement,  TRINITY  ENERGY  RESOURCES,  INC.  ("Trinity"),  also
referred  to in this Agreement as "Employer," located in Houston, Harris County,
Texas,  employs DENNIS E. HEDKE ("Hedke"), also referred to in this Agreement as
"Employee,"  of  Houston,  Harris  County,  Texas, who accepts employment on the
following  terms  and  conditions:

                                    ARTICLE 1

                               TERM OF EMPLOYMENT

     1.01.  By  this  Agreement,  the  Employer  employs  the  Employee, and the
Employee  accepts  employment with the Employer, for a period of three (3) years
beginning  on  the  1st  day  of September, 1999; however, this Agreement may be
terminated  earlier,  as  provided  in  Article  9  below.

                                    ARTICLE 2

                                  COMPENSATION

                                BASE COMPENSATION

     2.01.  As  compensation for all services rendered under this Agreement, the
Employee  shall  be paid by the Employer a salary of One Hundred Twenty Thousand
and  no/100  Dollars  ($120,000.00) payable in equal monthly installments on the
last day of each month during the period of employment. The amount paid is to be
prorated  for  any  partial  employment  period.

                             COST OF LIVING INCREASE

     2.02.  The basic salary set forth in Paragraph 2.01 of this Agreement shall
be  adjusted  annually to reflect the increase, if any, in the cost of living by
adding to such basic salary an amount obtained by multiplying the base salary by
the  percentage  by  which the level of the Consumer Price Index for the Houston
Metropolitan  Area,  as  reported  for  the last day of the calendar year by the
Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  for  the  United  States Department of Labor, has
increased  over  its level as of the date of the commencement of this Agreement.
Following the end of each year and within ten (10) days after the release by the
Bureau  of Labor Statistics of the figures for such year, the Employer shall pay
to  the  Employee  the  amount  of  any  additional  compensation to which he is
entitled  as  a result of the adjustment described in this paragraph, or, at the
Employee's  election,  the  Employer  shall  pay  the  amount  of any additional
compensation  under  this  paragraph  by dividing the total amount of additional
compensation  to  be paid by the number of pay periods remaining in the calendar
year  following  the  year  for  which  any  increase in compensation is due and
including  such  compensation  in  the  Employee's  monthly  paycheck.

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                                  VACATION PAY

     2.03.  Employee  shall  be  entitled  to  an  annual vacation leave of four
calendar  weeks or thirty calendar days at full pay.  The time for such vacation
shall  be  selected  by the Employee and approved by the Employer and it must be
taken within the calendar year after its accrual, or it may be accrued until the
next  calendar  year.  If,  upon  the  expiration of the term of this Agreement,
Employee  has accrued unused vacation time, Employee shall be paid for such time
at  the  full  compensation  rate unless the accrued time is applied and carried
forward  to  any  contract  renewal,  extension  or  new contract with Employer.
Otherwise,  the  Employee  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vacation pay in lieu of
vacation.

                                    HOLIDAYS

     2.04.  During  each  calendar  year,  the  Employee  shall be entitled to a
holiday with full pay on each of the following days: New Year's Day, President's
Day,  Memorial  Day,  Independence  Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day
following,  and  Christmas  Eve  and  Christmas Day or Christmas Day and the day
following  at  the  Employer's  election  plus  two  floating  holidays  at  the
Employee's  election  as  a substitute for any holiday listed herein.  Religious
holidays  may  be taken with full pay other than listed herein with no less than
ten  (10)  days  notice  to  the  Employer.

                                    ARTICLE 3

                               DUTIES OF EMPLOYEE

                                     DUTIES

     3.01.  Subject  to  the  supervision and pursuant to the orders, advice and
direction  of  the  President,  Employee  shall  perform  such  duties  as  are
customarily  performed  by  one holding the position of Executive Vice-President
for  Exploration  and Development in other businesses or enterprises of the same
or  similar  nature  as  that  engaged  in by Employer.  It is contemplated that
Employee  will  be  responsible  for  a  variety  of  projects  and  tasks  both
domestically  as  well  as internationally, given the current commitments of the
company.  Employee  shall  additionally render such other and unrelated services
and  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  from time to time by the President.

                              MANNER OF PERFORMANCE

     3.02.  Employee  shall  at  all  times faithfully, industriously and to the
best  of  his  ability,  experience  and  talent, perform all duties that may be
required  of  and from him pursuant to the express and implicit terms hereof, to
the  reasonable  satisfaction of the Employer.  Such duties shall be rendered at
such  other  place  or  places as Employer shall in good faith require or as the
interests,  needs,  business and opportunities of Employer shall require or make
advisable.

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                   EMPLOYEE'S LOYALTY TO EMPLOYER'S INTERESTS

     3.03.  Employee  shall  devote  all  of his  time, attention, knowledge and
skill  solely  and  exclusively  to  the  business  and interests of Employer as
Employer  may  deem appropriate and necessary, and Employer shall be entitled to
all  benefits,  emoluments,  profits or other issues arising from or incident to
any  and  all  work,  services  and  advice  of  Employee performed on behalf of
Employer.  Employee  expressly agrees that during the term hereof he will not be
interested,  directly or indirectly, in any form, fashion or manner, as partner,
officer,  director,  stockholder,  advisory,  employee  or  in any other form or
capacity,  in  any  other  business  similar  to  Employer's  business except as
designated  in  Exhibit 1 to this Agreement.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be
deemed  to prevent or limit the Employee's right to invest his personal funds in
the  capital  stock or other securities of any publicly traded or publicly owned
corporation  nor  shall  this  paragraph  be  deemed  to  prevent  Employee from
investing  in  real  estate  or  energy  commodity futures for himself or other.

                         EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE'S DISABILITY

     3.04.  If  the  Employee  at  any  time, during the term of this Agreement,
should  be unable to perform her duties under this Agreement because of personal
injury  or  illness,  the  Employer  may  assign  the  Employee  to other duties
compatible  with such disability.  The compensation to be paid during the period
of such disability shall be 100% during the first 365 days of disability and 50%
thereafter  for  as  long  as  the  disability continues but not beyond the date
specified  herein  for the end of the employment term.  The Employee is entitled
to  disability  compensation  under  this  paragraph  only  upon presentation of
written  medical  certification  of the disability by physician duly licensed by
the  State  of Texas at the time of the disability.  If the  Employee refuses to
accept  the  modification  in duties and compensation made by the Employer, this
Agreement  shall  terminate  10  days  after  Employee's  refusal.

                                    ARTICLE 4

                          EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND BONUSES

                                MEDICAL BENEFITS

     4.01.  The  Employer  agrees  to  include  the  Employee  in  any hospital,
surgical  and  medical  benefit plan adopted by Employer during the term of this
Agreement.  The  Employer  further  agrees to pay directly or reimburse Employee
for  all  out  of pocket expenses, subject to the limitation below,  incurred by
Employee  that  are  not  covered  by  the Employer's plan(s) provided that such
expenses  are  either  co-payments or deductible payments to be made by Employee
pursuant  to  requirements  of  the  plan  (s)  or  are  otherwise  certified by
Employee's  physician as medically necessary.  Employer's payment towards health
care  benefits under this paragraph shall be limited to Three Hundred and no/100
Dollars  ($300.00)  per  month for Employee to obtain medical insurance coverage
through  his  current  medical  plan.

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                              AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCE

     4.02.  Employee  shall receive an additional Seven Hundred Fifty and no/100
Dollars ($750.00) per month as an allowance for an automobile lease or purchase,
full  automobile insurance coverage, maintenance and fuel.  Employee understands
that  by  accepting  this  provision, he will not be reimbursed for mileage as a
business  expense.

                              GROUP LIFE INSURANCE

     4.03.  The  Employer  agrees  to  include the Employee under any group term
life  insurance  which  Employer may purchase during the term of this Agreement,
which  for  Employee  shall  be  two  times  his  base  salary.

                               BONUS COMPENSATION

     4.04.  Should  Employer,  in  its  sole  discretion,  award  additional
compensation  to  Employee  in the form of a bonus payment, Employee agrees that
said  bonus  will be payable to him entirely in cash, entirely in Trinity common
stock  or  a  combination  of  both  as  Employee  shall  elect  subject  to the
availability  of  common  stock.

                                  DEATH BENEFIT

     4.05.  In the event that the Employee should die during the employment term
specified  in  this Agreement, the Employer agrees to pay immediately the sum of
$250,000.00 to the Employee's surviving spouse.  If the Employee does not have a
spouse  surviving,  this sum shall be immediately payable to the person, persons
or  entity  designated  by the Employee in a written instrument delivered to the
Employer  prior to the Employee's death.  If no written designation is made, the
entire  sum  shall  be  immediately  paid  to  the  Employee's  estate.

                                  STOCK OPTION

     4.06.  By  this  paragraph,  the  Employer grants the Employee an option to
purchase  shares  of  Employer's  New  Common  Stock  as  follows:

     Employee  shall  receive  a total of One million (1,000,000) options of New
Common  Stock  of  the  corporation  to purchase the New Common Stock of Trinity
Energy  Resources, Inc.; one-third of such options shall be exercisable for five
years  on and after the twelve month anniversary of employment with Employer and
shall  have  an  exercise  price  of  $ .25 per share (such options being called
"Twelve  Month  Vested  Options");  the  next one-third of such options shall be
exercisable  for  five  years  on  and  after  the eighteen month anniversary of

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employment  with  Employer  shall  have  an  exercise  price per share of thirty
percent  (30%)  under the average of the last five trading days prior to the two
year  anniversary  of employment date (such options being called "Eighteen Month
Vested  Options")  and  the final one-third of such options shall be exercisable
for  five years on and after the two year anniversary of the employment date and
shall have an exercise price per share of thirty percent (30%) under the average
of  the last five trading days after the two year anniversary of employment date
(such  options  being  called  "Twenty-Four Month Vested Options").   Unless the
Stock  Option  Committee  determines otherwise, in the event that the employment
term  is  terminated  by  the  Employer  for  reasons other than cause the stock
options herein will become fully vested and will be exercisable for two years or
until the end of the option term, whichever is shorter.  Unless the Stock Option
Committee  determines otherwise, in the event of termination of the Employee for
cause  or if Employee should voluntarily terminate his employment with Employer,
all  unexercised  stock options will be immediately terminated.  The options may
be exercised in whole or in part.  It is agreed that the Employee shall not have
any  of  the  rights  of,  nor  be treated as, a shareholder with respect to the
shares  subject  to  this  option  until  the Employee has exercised the option,
deliver of the stock certificates for such shares has been made to the Employee,
and  the  Employee  has  become  the  shareholder of record of such shares.  The
option  set forth in this paragraph is not assignable nor transferable except as
provided  for  by  Employer's  Stock  Option  Plan  which  shall  conform to the
provisions  of  the  Plan  of  Reorganization.

                               RELOCATION EXPENSES

     4.07.  The Employer agrees to pay for all reasonable and necessary expenses
related  to  Employee's  relocation  to  the Houston area provided that Employee
submits  appropriate receipts in support of said expenses.  Said expenses relate
to  the  packing  of contents of Employee's office and residence, moving of said
items  to  Houston and temporary storage of some items while permanent residency
is  established.  Moving  and  transfer company policy requires payment C. O. D.
upon delivery in Houston.  Employee will provide Employer a best estimate amount
for  advance  deposit,  payable to Employee upon arrival in Houston and prior to
departure  of  moving  and  transfer  representatives.

                        EMPLOYEE RESIDENCE SALE ASSURANCE

     4.08.  The  Employee  has placed his residence for sale in Wichita, Kansas.
In  the  event  the residence is not sold by October 1, 1999, Employer agrees to
reimburse Employee, in monthly installments equivalent to the sum of the current
mortgage  payment  of $715.00, the estimated monthly gas and electricity bill of
$125.00,  the  monthly  water  bill  of  $22.00 and the monthly lawn maintenance
service  of  $80.00, a total of $942.00 per month.  If such payments are made by
Employer  to  Employee, Employer shall have the exclusive right to set the sales
price  of  the  house  so  long as such price insures that Employee receives, at
minimum,  his  equity  in  the  residence.

                                    ARTICLE 5

                 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY EMPLOYEE

                                BUSINESS EXPENSES

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     5.01.  The Employee is authorized to incur reasonable business expenses for
promoting  the  business  of  the  Employer,  including  expenditures for meals,
lodging,  entertainment,  gifts,  and  travel.  The  Employer will reimburse the
Employee  for  all  such  expenses upon the Employee's presentation and itemized
account  of  such  expenditures in conformance with such policies and procedures
governing  reimbursement  of  business  expenses as Employer, from time to time,
shall  determine.

                                    ARTICLE 6

                                 PROPERTY RIGHTS

                          RETURN OF EMPLOYER'S PROPERTY

     6.01.  On  the  termination  of  employment  or  whenever  requested by the
Employer, the  Employee  shall  immediately  deliver  to  the  Employer  all
property in the Employee's  possession  or  under  her  control belonging to the
Employer.

                                    ARTICLE 7

                                   TERMINATION

                        TERMINATION BY EMPLOYER FOR CAUSE

     7.01.  The  Employer  may  at its option terminate this Agreement by giving
written  notice  of  termination  to the Employee without prejudice to any other
remedy  to which the Employer may be entitled eithis at law, in equity, or under
this  Agreement,  if  the  Employee:

     (a)  Willfully breaches or habitually neglects the duties that the Employee
          is  required to  perform  under  the  terms  of  this  Agreement;

     (b)  Willfully violates reasonable and substantial rules governing employee
          performance;

     (c)  Refuses  to  obey  reasonable  orders  in  a  manner  that  amounts to
          insubordination;

     (d)  Commits  dishonest  acts  towards  the  Employer;

     (e)  Engages in acts of disruption or violence such as unprovoked fighting.

                TERMINATION FOR GROUNDS OTHER THAN FOR GOOD CAUSE

     7.02.  This  agreement shall terminate immediately on the occurrence of any
of  the  following  events:

     (a)  The  occurrence  of  circumstances  that  make  it  impossible for the
          business  of  the  Employer  to  be  continued.

     (b)  Reduction  in  force.

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     (c)  Determination  by  the Board of Directors to eliminate, discontinue or
          reorganize  all  or  any  part  of  the  exploration  and  development
          business and operations of the  Employer.

     (d)  The  death  of  the  Employee.

     (e)  The  loss  by  the  Employee  of  legal  capacity.

     (f)  Mutual  agreement  of  the  parties.

                              EFFECT OF TERMINATION

     7.03.  In  the  event  of  termination  of  this  Agreement  prior  to  the
completion  of  the  term of employment specified herein, for any of the reasons
other  than  death,  cause  or disability, the Employee shall be entitled to the
compensation  earned  prior  to  the date of termination as provided for in this
Agreement,  computed pro rata up to and including the date of termination.   The
Employee  shall  be  entitled to no further compensation and will be relieved of
all  duties  and obligations under this Agreement as of the date of termination.

                                    ARTICLE 8

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                     NOTICES

     8.01.  All  notices  or  other communications required under this Agreement
may  be  effected  either  by personal delivery in writing or by certified mail,
return receipt requested.  Notice shall have been deemed to have been given when
delivered or mailed to the parties at their respective addresses set forth below
or  when mailed to the last known address provided in writing to the other party
by  the  addressee.

TRINITY  ENERGY  RESOURCES,  INC.                DENNIS  E.  HEDKE
11757 Katy Freeway, Suite 1430                   11757 Katy Freeway, Suite 1430
Houston,  Texas  77079                           Houston,  Texas  77079

                         CONTRACT TERMS TO BE EXCLUSIVE

     8.02.  This  Agreement  supersedes  all other agreements, either oral or in
writing,  between  the parties to this Agreement, with respect to the employment
of  the  Employee  by  the  Employer.  This  Agreement  contains  the  entire
understanding of the parties and all of the covenants and agreements between the
parties  with  respect  to  such  employment.  No other representations, oral or
written,  shall  survive the execution of this Agreement and all representations
made  by  and  between  the  parties  respecting  the  subject matter hereof are
contained  in  this  Agreement.

              WAIVER OR MODIFICATION INEFFECTIVE UNLESS IN WRITING

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     8.03.  No  waiver  or  modification  of  this agreement or of any covenant,
condition  or  limitation, shall be valid unless in writing and duly executed by
both  parties.

                                  GOVERNING LAW

     8.04.  This Agreement is fully performable in Houston, Harris County, Texas
and  shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas.

                                 BINDING EFFECT

     8.05.  This  agreement  shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
respective  parties  and  their respective heirs, assigns, legal representatives
and  successors.

                      AGREEMENT SURVIVES INVALID PROVISIONS

     8.06.  Should  any provision of this Agreement be declared invalid, illegal
or  unenforceable  by  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  the  remaining
provisions  of  the  contract  shall  be  construed  and  given effect as if the
Agreement  did  not  contain the provision(s) declared to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.

     EXECUTED  ON  THIS  11TH  (HANDWRITTEN)  DAY OF AUGUST (HANDWRITTEN), 1999.
                         -------------------         --------------------

TRINITY  ENERGY  RESOURCES,  INC.               DENNIS  E.  HEDKE

T.  C.  O'DELL  (SIGNATURE)                     DENNIS  E.  HEDKE  (SIGNATURE)
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by  T. C. O'Dell, Chairman & Chief              Dennis  E.  Hedke,
Executive  Officer                              Individually

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                                    EXHIBIT 1

Pursuant  to  Paragraph  3.03, the following business interests are disclosed by
Employee  to  Employer where the Employee has business interests similar to that
of  Employer.  If  Employee  has  no  such  business  interests, Employee should
indicate  "NONE"  below.

NONE.

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