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SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

     1.   PURPOSE.   The  purpose  of  the  1999  Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan")  of  Superior  Energy Services, Inc. ("Superior")  is  to  increase
stockholder  value  and to  advance  the  interests  of  Superior  and  its
subsidiaries (collectively,  the  "Company")  by  furnishing  a  variety of
equity  incentives  (the  "Incentives")  designed  to  attract,  retain and
motivate  officers, directors, key employees, consultants and advisers  and
to strengthen  the mutuality of interests between such persons and Superior
stockholders.  Incentives  may  consist  of  opportunities  to  purchase or
receive shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of Superior (the
"Common Stock"), on terms determined under the Plan.

     2.   ADMINISTRATION.

          2.1.   COMPOSITION.   The  Plan  shall  be  administered  by  the
     compensation  committee of the Board of Directors of Superior, or by a
     subcommittee  of   the   compensation  committee.   The  committee  or
     subcommittee that administers  the  Plan shall hereinafter be referred
     to as the "Committee".  The Committee  shall consist of not fewer than
     two members of the Board of Directors, each  of whom shall (a) qualify
     as  a  "disinterested  person" under Rule 16b-3 under  the  Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934 (the  "1934  Act"), as currently in effect or any
     successor rule, and (b) qualify as an "outside director" under Section
     162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code  (the  "Code"),  as  currently  in
     effect or any successor provision.

          2.2.  AUTHORITY.   The  Committee shall have plenary authority to
     award Incentives under the Plan,  to  interpret the Plan, to establish
     any rules or regulations relating to the Plan that it determines to be
     appropriate,  to enter into agreements with  participants  as  to  the
     terms of the Incentives  (the  "Incentive Agreements") and to make any
     other determination that it believes  necessary  or  advisable for the
     proper administration of the Plan.  Its decisions in matters  relating
     to  the  Plan  shall  be  final  and  conclusive  on  the  Company and
     participants.   The Committee may delegate its authority hereunder  to
     the extent provided in Section 3 hereof.

     3.   ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.

          3.1. OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS AND ADVISERS.  Officers
     (including officers  who  also serve as directors of the Company), key
     employees,  consultants and  advisers  to  the  Company  shall  become
     eligible to receive  Incentives  under the Plan when designated by the
     Committee.  Participants may be designated  individually  or by groups
     or  categories,  as the Committee deems appropriate.  With respect  to
     participants not subject  to  Section  16  of  the 1934 Act or Section
     162(m)  of  the  Code,  the  Committee  may  delegate  to  appropriate
     personnel  of the Company its authority to designate participants,  to
     determine the  size  and  type  of  Incentives to be received by those
     participants  and to determine or modify  performance  objectives  for
     those participants.

     3.2. OUTSIDE DIRECTORS.  Members of the Board of Directors of Superior
     who  are  not  also  full-time  employees  of  the  Company  ("Outside
     Directors") may  receive  awards  under  the Plan only as specifically
     provided in Section 9 hereof.

     4.   SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

          4.1. NUMBER OF SHARES.

               (A) Subject to adjustment as provided  in  Section  10.6,  a
          total  of   5,929,327 shares of Common Stock are authorized to be
          issued under  the  Plan.   Awards that by their terms may be paid
          only in cash shall not be counted against such share limit.

               (B)  Subject to adjustment  as  provided  in  Section  10.6,
          Incentives  with  respect  to  no  more  than 1,000,000 shares of
          Common  Stock  may  be  granted  through  the Plan  to  a  single
          participant in one calendar year.

               (C) In the event that a stock option or  other award granted
          hereunder expires or is terminated or cancelled prior to exercise
          or  issuance  of  shares,  any shares of Common Stock  that  were
          issuable thereunder may again be issued under the Plan.

               (D) In the event that shares  of  Common Stock are issued as
          Incentives   under  the  Plan  and thereafter  are  forfeited  or
          reacquired  by  the  Company pursuant  to  rights  reserved  upon
          issuance thereof, such  forfeited and reacquired shares may again
          be issued under the Plan.

               (E) The number of shares  of Common Stock that may be issued
          pursuant to incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code
          may not exceed 250,000 shares.

               (F) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 4.1, the
          maximum number of shares of Common  Stock  with  respect to which
          awards  may be issued in the form of restricted stock  and  Other
          Stock-Based  Awards  (as  defined  herein)  payable  in shares of
          Common Stock shall be 250,000 shares.

               (G)  If  the  exercise  price of any option is satisfied  by
          tendering shares of Common Stock  to the Company, only the number
          of  shares  issued net of the shares  tendered  shall  be  deemed
          issued for purposes  of  determining the maximum number of shares
          available for issuance under  Section 4.1.A.  However, all of the
          shares issued upon exercise shall  be  deemed issued for purposes
          of determining the maximum number of shares  that  may  be issued
          pursuant to incentive stock options under Section 4.1.E.

               (H) Additional  rules  for  determining the number of shares
          granted under the Plan may be made by the Committee,  as it deems
          necessary or appropriate.

          4.2.  TYPE  OF COMMON STOCK.  Common Stock issued under the  Plan
     may be authorized  and  unissued  shares  or  issued  shares  held  as
     treasury  shares,  including  shares  acquired  in  the open market or
     otherwise obtained by the Company.

     5.   TYPES OF INCENTIVES.  Incentives may be granted under the Plan to
eligible participants in any of the following forms, either individually or
in  combination,  (a)  incentive  stock  options  and  non-qualified  stock
options; (b) restricted stock; and (c) other stock-based awards.

     6.   STOCK OPTIONS.  A stock option is a right to purchase  shares  of
Common  Stock  from Superior.  Stock options granted under this Plan may be
incentive stock  options  under  Section  422  of the Code, as amended (the
"Code") or non-qualified stock options.  Any option that is designated as a
non-qualified  stock  option shall not be treated  as  an  incentive  stock
option.  Each stock option  granted  by the Committee under this Plan shall
be subject to the following terms and conditions:

          6.1. PRICE.  The exercise price  per share shall be determined by
     the Committee, subject to adjustment under Section 10.6; provided that
     in no event shall the exercise price be  less  than  the  Fair  Market
     Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant.

          6.2. NUMBER.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the
     option  shall  be  determined by the Committee, subject to Section 4.1
     and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10.6.

          6.3. DURATION AND  TIME  FOR  EXERCISE.   The  term of each stock
     option shall be determined by the Committee.  Subject to the automatic
     acceleration of exercisability under Section 10.12, each  stock option
     shall  become  exercisable  at  such time or times during its term  as
     shall be determined by the Committee.   Notwithstanding the foregoing,
     the Committee may accelerate the exercisability of any stock option at
     any time.

          6.4. REPURCHASE.  Upon approval of the Committee, the Company may
     repurchase a previously granted stock option  from  a  participant  by
     mutual  agreement  before such option has been exercised by payment to
     the participant of the amount per share by which:  (i) the Fair Market
     Value (as defined in Section 10.13) of the Common Stock subject to the
     option on the business  day immediately preceding the date of purchase
     exceeds (ii) the exercise price.

          6.5. MANNER OF EXERCISE.   A  stock  option  may be exercised, in
     whole or in part, by giving written notice to the Company,  specifying
     the  number  of  shares of Common Stock to be purchased.  The exercise
     notice  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  full  purchase price for such
     shares.   The  option  price shall be payable in United States dollars
     and may be paid by (a) cash;  (b) uncertified or certified check;  (c)
     unless otherwise determined by the  Committee,  by delivery  of shares
     of  Common  Stock held by the optionee for at least six months,  which
     shares  shall be  valued  for this purpose at the Fair Market Value on
     the  business  day  immediately  preceding  the  date  such  option is
     exercised;  (d)  delivering  a  properly  executed   exercise   notice
     together with irrevocable instructions to a broker approved in advance
     by  Superior (with a copy to Superior) to promptly deliver to Superior
     the amount  of sale or  loan  proceeds  to  pay the exercise price; or
     (e) in such other manner as may be authorized from time to time by the
     Committee.  In  the  case  of  delivery  of  an uncertified check upon
     exercise of a stock  option, no shares shall be issued until the check
     has been paid  in full.   Prior  to  the  issuance of shares of Common
     Stock upon the exercise of a stock option,  a  participant  shall have
     no rights as a stockholder.

          6.6. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS.  Notwithstanding  anything  in  the
     Plan  to the contrary, the following additional provisions shall apply
     to the  grant  of  stock  options  that  are  intended  to  qualify as
     incentive stock options (as such term is defined in Section 422 of the
     Code):

               (A)  Any  incentive stock option agreement authorized  under
          the Plan shall contain  such  other  provisions  as the Committee
          shall deem advisable, but shall in all events be consistent  with
          and  contain  or  be deemed to contain all provisions required in
          order to qualify the options as incentive stock options.

               (B) All incentive  stock  options must be granted within ten
          years from the date on which this Plan is adopted by the Board of
          Directors.

               (C) Unless sooner exercised,  all  incentive  stock  options
          shall expire no later than ten years after the date of grant.

               (D)  No  incentive  stock  options  shall  be granted to any
          participant  who, at the time such option is granted,  would  own
          (within the meaning  of Section 422 of the Code) stock possessing
          more than 10% of the total  combined  voting power of all classes
          of  stock  of  the  employer  corporation or  of  its  parent  or
          subsidiary corporation.

               (E) The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined with respect
          to each incentive stock option  as  of  the  time  such incentive
          stock  option  is  granted)  of the Common Stock with respect  to
          which incentive stock options  are exercisable for the first time
          by a participant during any calendar  year (under the Plan or any
          other  plan  of  Superior or any of its subsidiaries)  shall  not
          exceed $100,000.  To the extent that such limitation is exceeded,
          such  options shall  not  be  treated,  for  federal  income  tax
          purposes, as incentive stock options.

     7.   RESTRICTED STOCK

          7.1.  GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK.   The Committee may award shares
     of restricted stock to such persons as the Committee determines to  be
     eligible pursuant  to  the terms of Section 3.  An award of restricted
     stock may be subject to  the attainment of specified performance goals
     or targets, restrictions on  transfer,  forfeitability  provisions and
     such  other  terms  and  conditions  as  the  Committee may determine,
     subject to the provisions of the Plan.  To the extent restricted stock
     is intended to qualify as performance based compensation under Section
     162(m) of the Code, it must meet the additional  requirements  imposed
     thereby.

          7.2.  THE  RESTRICTED  PERIOD.   The Committee shall establish  a
     period of time during which the transfer  of  the shares of restricted
     stock shall be restricted (the "Restricted Period").   Each  award  of
     restricted   stock  may  have  a  different  Restricted  Period.   The
     expiration of  the  Restricted  Period  shall  also  occur  under  the
     conditions described in Section 10.12 hereof and may occur upon death,
     disability  or  retirement,  if  so  determined  by  the Committee.  A
     Restricted Period of at least three years is required,  except that if
     vesting  of  the  shares  is  subject  to  the attainment of specified
     performance  goals,  a  Restricted  Period  of one  year  or  more  is
     permitted.  The expiration of the Restricted  Period  shall also occur
     as provided under Section 10.12.

          7.3.  ESCROW.  The participant receiving restricted  stock  shall
     enter into an  Incentive  Agreement with the Company setting forth the
     conditions  of  the  grant.   Certificates   representing   shares  of
     restricted  stock  shall  be registered in the name of the participant
     and deposited with the Company,  together  with a stock power endorsed
     in  blank  by  the participant.  Each such certificate  shall  bear  a
     legend in substantially the following form:

          The transferability  of  this  certificate and the shares of
          Common Stock represented by it are  subject to the terms and
          conditions (including conditions of forfeiture) contained in
          the Superior Energy Services, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan
          (the  "Plan"),  and an agreement entered  into  between  the
          registered  owner   and   Superior   Energy  Services,  Inc.
          thereunder.   Copies of the Plan and the  agreement  are  on
          file at the principal office of the Company.

          7.4. DIVIDENDS  ON  RESTRICTED STOCK.  Any and all cash and stock
     dividends paid with respect to the shares of restricted stock shall be
     subject to any restrictions  on transfer, forfeitability provisions or
     reinvestment requirements as the  Committee  may,  in  its discretion,
     prescribe in the Incentive Agreement.

          7.5. FORFEITURE.  In the event of the forfeiture of any shares of
     restricted  stock under the terms provided in the Incentive  Agreement
     (including any  additional  shares of restricted stock that may result
     from the reinvestment of cash  and  stock dividends, if so provided in
     the Incentive Agreement), such forfeited  shares  shall be surrendered
     and the certificates cancelled.  The participants shall  have the same
     rights   and  privileges,  and  be  subject  to  the  same  forfeiture
     provisions, with respect to any additional shares received pursuant to
     Section 10.6  due  to  a  recapitalization,  merger or other change in
     capitalization.

          7.6.  EXPIRATION  OF RESTRICTED PERIOD.  Upon  the expiration  or
     termination of the Restricted Period and the satisfaction of any other
     conditions prescribed by the Committee, the restrictions applicable to
     the  restricted  stock  shall  lapse and a stock certificate  for  the
     number  of  shares  of restricted stock  with  respect  to  which  the
     restrictions  have  lapsed  shall  be  delivered,  free  of  all  such
     restrictions and legends,  except  any  that may be imposed by law, to
     the participant or the participant's estate, as the case may be.

          7.7.  RIGHTS  AS  A  STOCKHOLDER.   Subject   to  the  terms  and
     conditions of the Plan and subject to any restrictions  on the receipt
     of  dividends  that  may  be imposed in the Incentive Agreement,  each
     participant receiving restricted  stock shall have all the rights of a
     stockholder with respect to shares of stock during any period in which
     such shares are subject to forfeiture  and  restrictions  on transfer,
     including without limitation, the right to vote such shares.

          7.8.  PERFORMANCE-BASED  RESTRICTED  STOCK.  The Committee  shall
     determine  at  the  time of grant if a grant of  restricted  stock  is
     intended to qualify as  "performance-based  compensation" as that term
     is  used  in  Section  162(m) of the Code.  Any such  grant  shall  be
     conditioned on the achievement  of  one  or more performance measures.
     The performance measures pursuant to which  the restricted stock shall
     vest  shall  be any or a combination of the following:   earnings  per
     share, return  on assets, an economic value added measure, stockholder
     return,  earnings,  return  on  equity,  return  on  investment,  cash
     provided by  operating  activities,  increase  in cash flow, or safety
     performance of the Company, a division of the Company or a Subsidiary.
     For  any  performance  period,  such  performance  objectives  may  be
     measured on an absolute basis or relative to a group of peer companies
     selected by the Committee, relative to internal goals  or  relative to
     levels  attained  in  prior  years.   For  grants  of restricted stock
     intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation," the grants of
     restricted stock and the establishment of performance  measures  shall
     be made during the period required under Section 162(m).

     8.   OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS.

          8.1.  GRANT  OF OTHER  STOCK-BASED  AWARDS.    The  Committee  is
     authorized to grant "Other Stock-Based Awards," which shall consist of
     awards the value of which is based in whole or in part on the value of
     shares  of  Common Stock, that is not an instrument or award specified
     in Sections 6 of 7 of the Plan. Other Stock-Based Awards may be awards
     of shares of Common Stock or may  be denominated or payable in, valued
     in whole or in part by reference to, or  otherwise based on or related
     to, shares of Common Stock (including,  without limitation, restricted
     stock  units  or  securities  convertible  or   exchangeable  into  or
     exercisable for shares of Common Stock ), as deemed  by  the Committee
     consistent  with  the  purposes  of  the  Plan.   The  Committee shall
     determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Stock-Based Award
     and may provide that such awards would be payable in whole  or in part
     in  cash.  An Other Stock-Based Award may be subject to the attainment
     of such  specified  performance  goals or targets as the Committee may
     determine, subject to the provisions  of the Plan.  To the extent that
     an Other Stock-Based Award is intended  to  qualify  as  "performance-
     based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code, it must meet the
     additional  requirements  imposed  thereby. Except in the case  of  an
     Other Stock-Based Award granted in assumption  of  or  in substitution
     for an outstanding award of a company acquired by the Company  or with
     which  the  Company  combines,  the  price  at which securities may be
     purchased pursuant to any Other Stock-Based Award  granted  under this
     Plan, or the provision, if any, of any such Award that is analogous to
     the  purchase  or  exercise price, shall not be less than 100% of  the
     fair market value of the securities to which such Award relates on the
     date of grant.  An Other-Stock  Based  Award,  including  an  outright
     grant of shares of Common Stock, may be made in lieu of the payment of
     cash compensation otherwise due to a participant.

          8.2.  PERFORMANCE-BASED  OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS.  The Committee
     shall determine at the time of  grant  if the grant of an Other Stock-
     Based Award is intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation"
     as that term is used in Section 162(m) of  the  Code.   Any such grant
     shall  be  conditioned  on  the achievement of one or more performance
     measures.  The performance measures pursuant to which the Other Stock-
     Based Award shall vest shall be any or a combination of the following:
     earnings per share, return on assets, an economic value added measure,
     stockholder return, earnings,  return on equity, return on investment,
     cash provided by operating activities,  increase  in cash flow, or the
     safety of the Company, a division of the Company or a Subsidiary.  For
     any performance period, such performance objectives may be measured on
     an absolute basis or relative to a group of peer companies selected by
     the  Committee,  relative  to  internal  goals or relative  to  levels
     attained  in  prior  years.   For grants of Other  Stock-Based  Awards
     intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation," the grants of
     Other Stock-Based Awards and the establishment of performance measures
     shall be made during the period  required  under Section 162(m) of the
     Code.

     9.   STOCK OPTIONS FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS

          9.1  ELIGIBILITY.   Each  person who serves  as  an  Outside
     Director  shall  be  entitled  to participate  and  automatically
     granted (a) a non-qualified stock option to acquire 20,000 shares
     of Common Stock as of the day that  the   Plan is approved by the
     stockholders of the Company and (b) a non-qualified  stock option
     to acquire 5,000 shares of Common Stock on the day following  the
     2000  annual  meeting  of  stockholders and thereafter on the day
     following each subsequent annual  meeting of stockholders, for as
     long as the Plan remains in effect  and  shares  of  Common Stock
     remain available for grant under Section 4.1 hereof.

          9.2  EXERCISABILITY  OF  STOCK  OPTIONS.   The stock options
     granted  to  Outside  Directors  under  this Section 9  shall  be
     exercisable immediately.  No stock option  granted  to an Outside
     Director under the terms of this Section 9 may be exercised  more
     than ten years after the date of grant.

          9.3  EXERCISE  PRICE.  The per share exercise price of stock
     options granted to Outside  Directors  shall  be equal to 100% of
     the  Fair Market Value, as defined in the Plan,  of  a  share  of
     Common Stock on the date of grant.

          9.4  EXERCISE  AFTER  TERMINATION  OF BOARD SERVICE.  In the
     event that an Outside Director ceases to  serve  on  the Board of
     Directors  for  any  reason,  the stock options granted hereunder
     must be exercised within one year from the date of termination of
     Board service, but in no event  later  than  ten  years after the
     date of grant.

     10.  GENERAL.

          10.1. DURATION.  Subject to Section 10.11, the  Plan shall remain
     in effect until all Incentives granted under the Plan have either been
     satisfied  by  the  issuance  of shares of Common Stock or  terminated
     under the terms of the Plan and  all restrictions imposed on shares of
     Common Stock in connection with their  issuance  under  the  Plan have
     lapsed.

          10.2.  TRANSFERABILITY OF INCENTIVES.  Options granted under  the
     Plan shall not be transferable except:

               (A)  by will;

               (B)  by the laws of descent and distribution; or

               (C) in the  case  of stock options only, if permitted by the
          Committee  and  so  provided  in  the Incentive Agreement  or  an
          amendment thereto, (i) pursuant to a domestic relations order, as
          defined in the Code, (ii) to Immediate Family Members, (iii) to a
          partnership in which Immediate Family  Members,  or  entities  in
          which  Immediate  Family  Members are the sole owners, members or
          beneficiaries, as appropriate,  are  the only partners, (iv) to a
          limited liability company in which Immediate  Family  Members, or
          entities  in which Immediate Family Members are the sole  owners,
          members or  beneficiaries,  as appropriate, are the only members,
          or  (v)  to  a trust for the sole  benefit  of  Immediate  Family
          Members.  "Immediate  Family  Members"  shall  be  defined as the
          spouse  and natural or adopted children or grandchildren  of  the
          participant  and  their spouses.  To the extent that an incentive
          stock option is permitted  to  be transferred during the lifetime
          of the participant, it shall be  treated  thereafter  as  a  non-
          qualified stock option.

     Any  attempted  assignment,  transfer,  pledge, hypothecation or other
     disposition of an Incentive, or levy of attachment  or similar process
     upon the Incentive not specifically permitted herein,  shall  be  null
     and void and without effect.

          10.3.  DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS.  In the sole and complete discretion
     of the Committee,  an  Incentive  may  provide the holder thereof with
     dividends  or dividend equivalents, payable  in  cash,  shares,  other
     securities or other property on a current or deferred basis.

          10.4. EFFECT  OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR DEATH. In the event
     that a participant,  other  than  an Outside Director, ceases to be an
     employee of the Company or to provide  services to the Company for any
     reason,  including  death,  disability,  early  retirement  or  normal
     retirement,  any  Incentives may be exercised,  shall  vest  or  shall
     expire at such times  as  may  be  determined  by the Committee in the
     Incentive Agreement.

          10.5.  ADDITIONAL  CONDITION.   Anything  in  this  Plan  to  the
     contrary notwithstanding:  (a) the Company may, if it  shall determine
     it necessary or desirable for any reason, at the time of  award of any
     Incentive  or  the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant  to
     any Incentive, require  the recipient of the Incentive, as a condition
     to the receipt thereof or  to  the  receipt  of shares of Common Stock
     issued  pursuant  thereto,  to  deliver  to  the  Company   a  written
     representation  of present intention to acquire the Incentive  or  the
     shares of Common Stock issued pursuant thereto for his own account for
     investment and not  for  distribution;  and  (b)  if  at  any time the
     Company further determines, in its sole discretion, that the  listing,
     registration  or  qualification (or any updating of any such document)
     of any Incentive or  the  shares  of  Common  Stock  issuable pursuant
     thereto is necessary on any securities exchange or under  any  federal
     or  state  securities or blue sky law, or that the consent or approval
     of any governmental  regulatory  body  is  necessary or desirable as a
     condition of, or in connection with the award  of  any  Incentive, the
     issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant thereto, or the removal of
     any restrictions imposed on such shares, such Incentive shall  not  be
     awarded  or  such  shares  of Common Stock shall not be issued or such
     restrictions shall not be removed,  as the case may be, in whole or in
     part,  unless such listing, registration,  qualification,  consent  or
     approval  shall  have been effected or obtained free of any conditions
     not acceptable to the Company.

          10.6. ADJUSTMENT.   In  the  event of any recapitalization, stock
     dividend, stock split, combination  of  shares  or other change in the
     Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to the
     Plan,  including  shares subject to outstanding Incentives,  shall  be
     adjusted in proportion  to  the change in outstanding shares of Common
     Stock.  In the event of any such  adjustments,  the  purchase price of
     any option shall be adjusted as and to the extent appropriate,  in the
     reasonable  discretion  of the Committee, to provide participants with
     the same relative rights before and after such adjustment.

          10.7. INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS.  The terms of each Incentive shall be
     stated in an agreement or  notice  approved  by  the  Committee.   The
     Committee  may also determine to enter into agreements with holders of
     options to reclassify  or  convert certain outstanding options, within
     the terms of the Plan, as incentive  stock options or as non-qualified
     stock options.

          10.8. WITHHOLDING.  At any time that a participant is required to
     pay  to  the  Company an amount required  to  be  withheld  under  the
     applicable tax  laws  in  connection  with  the  issuance of shares of
     Common  Stock  under  the  Plan  or upon the lapse of restrictions  on
     shares  of  restricted  stock, the participant  may,  subject  to  the
     Committee's right of disapproval,  satisfy this obligation in whole or
     in part by electing (the AElection@) to have the Company withhold from
     the distribution shares of Common Stock  having  a  value equal to the
     amount  required  to  be  withheld.  The value of the shares  withheld
     shall be based on the Fair  Market  Value  of  the Common Stock on the
     date that the amount of tax to be withheld shall  be  determined  (the
     "Tax Date").

          Each  Election must be made prior to the Tax Date.  The Committee
     may disapprove  of  any Election or may suspend or terminate the right
     to make Elections.  If  a  participant makes an election under Section
     83(b) of the Code with respect  to  shares  of  restricted stock or an
     Other Stock-Based Award, an Election is not permitted to be made.

          A  participant  may also satisfy his or her total  tax  liability
     related to the Incentive  by  delivering  shares  of Common Stock that
     have been owned by the participant for at least six months.  The value
     of the shares delivered shall be based on the Fair Market Value of the
     Common Stock on the Tax Date.

          10.9.  NO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT.  No participant  under  the  Plan
     shall have any right, because of his or her participation, to continue
     in the employ of the Company for any period of time or to any right to
     continue his or her present or any other rate of compensation.

          10.10. DEFERRAL  PERMITTED.   Distribution  of  shares  of Common
     Stock  or  cash to which a participant is entitled under any Incentive
     shall be made  as provided in the Incentive Agreement.  Payment may be
     deferred at the option of the participant if provided in the Incentive
     Agreement.

          10.11. AMENDMENT  OF THE PLAN. The Board may amend or discontinue
     the Plan at any time;  provided,  however, that no such amendment  may

               (A)  without  the approval  of  the  stockholders,  (i)
          increase, subject to  adjustments  permitted  under  Section
          10.6, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that  may
          be  issued  through  the  Plan, (ii) materially increase the
          benefits accruing to participants  under  the  Plan or (iii)
          materially  expand  the  classes  of  persons  eligible   to
          participate in the Plan, or

               (B) materially impair, without the consent of the recipient,
     an  Incentive previously granted, except that the Company retains  the
     right  to (i) convert any outstanding incentive stock option to a non-
     qualified  stock  option,  or  (ii)  exercise all rights under Section
     10.12.

          10.12. CHANGE OF CONTROL.

               (A) A Change of Control shall mean:

                     (i) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group
          (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3)  or  14(d)(2) of the 1934
          Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning  of  Rule  13d-3
          promulgated  under  the  1934  Act)  of  more  than  30%  of  the
          outstanding  shares  of the Common Stock; provided, however, that
          for purposes of this subsection  (i),  the following acquisitions
          shall not constitute a Change of Control:

                         a) any acquisition of Common  Stock  directly from
               the Company,

                         b) any acquisition of Common Stock by the Company,

                         c) any acquisition of Common Stock by any employee
               benefit  plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained  by
               the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company, or

                         d)   any   acquisition  of  Common  Stock  by  any
               corporation pursuant to  a  transaction  that  complies with
               clauses  a),  b) and c) of subsection (iii) of this  Section
               10.12(A); or

                    (ii) individuals  who,  as  of  the  date this Plan was
          adopted  by  the  Board  of  Directors  (the  "Approval   Date"),
          constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason
          to  constitute  at  least  a  majority  of  the  Board; provided,
          however,  that  any individual becoming a director subsequent  to
          the Approval Date  whose  election, or nomination for election by
          the stockholders of the Company,  was  approved  by  a vote of at
          least  a majority of the directors then comprising the  Incumbent
          Board shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board, unless
          such individual's initial assumption of office occurs as a result
          of an actual  or  threatened election contest with respect to the
          election or removal  of  directors  or other actual or threatened
          solicitation of proxies or consents by  or  on behalf of a person
          other than the Incumbent Board; or

                    (iii) consummation  of  a  reorganization,  merger   or
          consolidation,   or   sale   or   other  disposition  of  all  or
          substantially  all  of the  assets  of  the Company (a  "Business
          Combination"),  in  each  case,  unless,  following such Business
          Combination,

                         a) all or substantially all of the individuals and
               entities  who  were the beneficial owners of the outstanding
               Common  Stock and  the  voting  securities  of  the  Company
               entitled  to  vote  generally  in  the election of directors
               immediately prior to such Business Combination  have  direct
               or indirect beneficial ownership, respectively, of more than
               50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock, and more
               than   50%   of  the  combined  voting  power  of  the  then
               outstanding voting  securities entitled to vote generally in
               the election of directors, of the corporation resulting from
               such  Business Combination  (which,  for  purposes  of  this
               clause a) and clauses b) and c), shall include a corporation
               that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all
               or substantially  all  of  the  assets of the Company either
               directly or through one or more subsidiaries), and

                         b)  except  to  the  extent  that  such  ownership
               existed  prior  to  the  Business  Combination,   no  person
               (excluding  any  corporation  resulting  from  such Business
               Combination or any employee benefit plan or related trust of
               the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business
               Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly,  20%
               or  more  of  the then outstanding shares of common stock of
               the corporation  resulting from such Business Combination or
               20%  or  more of the  combined  voting  power  of  the  then
               outstanding voting securities of such corporation, and

                         c) at least a majority of the members of the board
               of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business
               Combination  were members of the Incumbent Board at the time
               of the execution  of the initial agreement, or of the action
               of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

                    (iv) approval  by  the stockholders of the Company of a
          plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

               (B) Upon a Change of Control,  or  immediately  prior to the
          closing of a transaction that will result in a Change  of Control
          if consummated, all outstanding options granted pursuant  to  the
          Plan   shall   automatically   become   fully   exercisable,  all
          restrictions or limitations on any Incentives shall lapse and all
          performance criteria and other conditions relating to the payment
          of Incentives shall be deemed to be achieved and  waived  by  the
          Company, without the necessity of action by any person.

               (C) No later than 30 days after the approval by the Board of
          a  Change  of Control of the types described in subsections (iii)
          or  (iv)  of  Section  10.12(A) and no later than 30 days after a
          Change  of Control of the type  described  in subsections (i) and
          (ii)  of Section 10.12(A), the Committee (as  the  Committee  was
          composed   immediately  prior  to  such  Change  of  Control  and
          notwithstanding any removal or attempted removal  of  some or all
          of the members thereof as directors or Committee members), acting
          in  its sole discretion  without  the  consent or approval of any
          participant, may act to effect one or more  of  the  alternatives
          listed below and such act by the Committee may not be  revoked or
          rescinded  by  persons  not  members of the Committee immediately
          prior  to  the Change of Control:

                    (i)  require  that all outstanding options be exercised
               on or before a specified  date  (before or after such Change
               of Control) fixed by the Committee,  after  which  specified
               date all unexercised options shall terminate,

                    (ii) make such equitable adjustments to Incentives then
               outstanding  as  the  Committee deems appropriate to reflect
               such  Change  of  Control   (provided,   however,  that  the
               Committee  may  determine  in  its sole discretion  that  no
               adjustment is necessary),

                    (iii) provide for mandatory  conversion  of some or all
               of the outstanding options held by some or all  participants
               as  of  a  date,  before  or  after  such Change of Control,
               specified  by  the  Committee, in which event  such  options
               shall  be deemed automatically  cancelled  and  the  Company
               shall pay,  or cause to be paid, to each such participant an
               amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the
               Change of Control Value of the shares subject to such option
               or, as defined  and  calculated  below,  over  the  exercise
               price(s)  of  such options or, in lieu of such cash payment,
               the issuance of  Common  Stock or securities of an acquiring
               entity having a Fair Market Value equal to such excess, or

                    (iv) provide that thereafter  upon  any  exercise of an
               option  the participant shall be entitled to purchase  under
               such option, in lieu of the number of shares of Common Stock
               then covered  by such option, the number and class of shares
               of stock or other securities or property (including, without
               limitation, cash)  to  which the participant would have been
               entitled pursuant to the  terms  of  the agreement providing
               for the reorganization, merger, consolidation or asset sale,
               if,  immediately  prior  to  such  Change  of  Control,  the
               participant had been the holder of record of  the  number of
               shares of Common Stock then covered by such options.
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                    (v) For the purposes of paragraph (iii) of this Section
               10.12(C)  the  "Change  of  Control  Value"  shall equal the
               amount  determined  by whichever of the following  items  is
               applicable:

                         a) the per  share price to be paid to stockholders
                    of Superior in any  such merger, consolidation or other
                    reorganization.

                         b) the price per  share offered to stockholders of
                    Superior in any tender offer  or exchange offer whereby
                    a Change of Control takes place, or

                         c) in all other events, the  Fair Market Value per
                    share  of  Common Stock into which such  options  being
                    converted  are   exercisable,   as  determined  by  the
                    Committee as of the date determined by the Committee to
                    be the date of conversion of such options.

                         d) in the event that the consideration  offered to
                    stockholders  of  Superior in any transaction described
                    in this Section 10.12  consists  of anything other than
                    cash,  the  Committee  shall determine  the  fair  cash
                    equivalent of the portion  of the consideration offered
                    that is other than cash.

          10.13. DEFINITION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.   Whenever  "Fair  Market
     Value"  of Common Stock shall be determined for purposes of this Plan,
     it shall  be  determined as follows: (i) if the Common Stock is listed
     on an established  stock  exchange  or  any automated quotation system
     that provides sale quotations, the closing  sale  price for a share of
     the  Common  Stock  on  such  exchange  or  quotation  system  on  the
     applicable  date;  (ii)  if  the  Common  Stock is not listed  on  any
     exchange or quotation system, but bid and asked  prices are quoted and
     published,  the mean between the quoted bid and asked  prices  on  the
     applicable date, and if bid and asked prices are not available on such
     day, on the next  preceding  day  on which such prices were available;
     and (iii) if the Common Stock is not regularly quoted, the fair market
     value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable date as established
     by the Committee in good faith.

     11.  STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. Adoption  of  this  plan  by  the  Board of
Directors is subject to approval by the holders of a majority of the Common
Stock  present  and  voting at a meeting of the stockholders to be held  no
later than the date of  the  first  annual  meeting  after  the date of the
adoption hereof by the Board of Directors.AMENDED AND RESTATED

                           EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                                  BETWEEN

                      SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

                                    AND

                              TERENCE E. HALL

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                 AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This  Employment  Agreement  (this  "Agreement")  is  entered  in  and
effective  as  of  July  15,  1999, (the "Effective Date") between Superior
Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the "Company"), and Terence
E. Hall (the "Executive").

                                WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Executive is serving as  the  President  and  Chief Executive
Officer of the Company pursuant to that certain Employment Agreement  dated
December 13, 1995; and

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  and  the Executive desire to amend and restate
such  Employment  Agreement as of the  Effective  Date  on  the  terms  and
conditions contained herein.

         1.    EMPLOYMENT.   The Company hereby agrees to employ Executive,
and  Executive  hereby agrees to  serve  the  Company,  on  the  terms  and
conditions set forth herein.

         2.    TERM.    Subject   to  earlier  termination  as  hereinafter
provided, the employment of Executive by the Company as provided in Section
1 shall  have an initial term of three  years;  provided,  however, that on
each anniversary of the Effective Date, the term of Executive's  employment
under  this  Agreement  shall  be automatically extended for one additional
year, unless either party hereto  gives  written notice of its election not
to so extend the term at least 90 days prior  to the applicable anniversary
date.

         3.    POSITION AND DUTIES.

               (a)  The Company agrees to employ  Executive,  and Executive
agrees  to  be  so  employed,  in  the  capacity  of Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.   The Executive shall
be  nominated  for  re-election  as  a  member  of the Company's  Board  of
Directors (the "Board") annually, commencing  with  the annual stockholders
meeting in 2000, and shall serve as Chairman of the Board  so  long as this
Agreement  is  in  effect.   In  addition, for so long as the Executive  is
employed by the Company and without  further  compensation,  the  Executive
shall   serve  as  a  director  and  officer  of  the  Company's  principal
subsidiaries to which he may be elected or appointed from time to time.

               (b)  The  Executive shall be subject to the direction of the
Board and shall have such  powers,  duties  and responsibilities consistent
with the Executive's position as President and  Chief  Executive Officer of
the Company as may from time to time be prescribed by the  Board including,
but not limited to, full authority for all operating, personnel  (including
officer  positions  of  the Company, subject to approval by the Board)  and
capital expenditure decisions (subject to the supervision of the Board).

               (c)  Executive  shall   devote  his  full  business time and
attention to the business and affairs of the Company and shall use his best
efforts  in  performing faithfully his duties under this Agreement  as  the
Company's President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer.   Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  Executive  shall  be  free to pursue and attend to on a regular
basis other business matters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
that do not involve competition with  the  business  of the Company and the
performance  of which do not detract from or impair the  discharge  of  his
duties on behalf of the Company.

         4.    PLACE   OF  PERFORMANCE.   In  connection  with  Executive's
employment by the Company,  Executive  shall  be  based  at  the  principal
executive  offices  of  the  Company  in the greater New Orleans Louisiana,
metropolitan  area  and  shall not be transferred  to  any  other  location
without his consent.

         5.    COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

               (a)  SALARY.   The  Company  shall  pay  to Executive a base
salary of $375,000 or such greater amount as may be approved  from  time to
time by the Board, payable in equal semi-monthly installments in accordance
with  the Company's regular payroll practices for its principal executives.
The Executive's base salary will be reviewed annually by the Board.

               (b)  INCENTIVE BONUS.  During the term hereof, the Executive
shall be  eligible  to  earn  an  annual  bonus  pursuant  to the Company's
Management Incentive Plan (the "bonus"), in an amount of up  to 125% of his
then current base salary, the exact amount of which shall be determined  by
the  Board  based  on the Executive's achievement of performance objectives
for each year, as established  by  the  Board following its review with the
Executive  of  the  Company's  operating  budget,  financial  position  and
business prospects for such fiscal year.  The Bonus shall be payable within
30 days after final determination of the amount  payable,  but  in no event
later than three months after the close of each fiscal year of the Company,
commencing  with  the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999. It is expressly
agreed by the parties  that  with  respect  to  the  1999  fiscal year, the
Executive's annual bonus shall not be less than $160,000.

               (c)  STOCK  OPTIONS.   On  the  Effective Date, the  Company
shall  grant  to  the  Executive,  pursuant  to  the Company's  1998  Stock
Incentive  Plan,  options  to  purchase a total of 488,617  shares  of  the
Company's common stock, $0.001 par  value  per  share, at an exercise price
equal to the closing sales price of the common stock on the Nasdaq National
Market on the Effective Date. The stock option will  be granted pursuant to
the form of Stock Option Agreement in the form attached  hereto  as Exhibit
"A."

               (d)  EXPENSES.   During  the  term of Executive's employment
hereunder, Executive  shall  be  entitled  to  receive prompt reimbursement
for  all  reasonable  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  by   Executive in
performing services hereunder, including all expenses of travel and  living
expenses while away  from  home on business or at the request of and in the
service  of  the  Company;  provided  that  such expenses are incurred  and
accounted  for  in  accordance with the policies and procedures established
by the Company.

               (e)  OTHER  BENEFITS.   During  the  term  hereof, Executive
shall  be  entitled  to participate in any medical/dental, life  insurance,
accidental death, long-term  disability  insurance plan and 401(k) or other
insurance and retirement plans which have  been  or  may  be adopted by the
Company for the general and overall benefit of executive employees  of  the
Company, according to the participation or eligibility requirements of each
such plan.

               (f)  VACATIONS.   Executive  shall be excused from rendering
his services during reasonable vacation periods  for  not more than 15 days
per year and during other reasonable temporary absences.   Executive  shall
also  be  entitled  to  all  paid  holidays  and personal days given by the
Company to its executives.

               (g)  VEHICLE.  The Company shall make available to Executive
a Company vehicle selected by the Executive for his use in the discharge of
his  duties.   The Company shall reimburse the Executive  for  all  related
expenses such as  repair,  insurance  and  gasoline  in accordance with the
policies and practices of the Company in effect from time to time.

         6.    TERMINATION.   Executive's  employment  hereunder   may   be
terminated  effective  as  of  the  Date  of Termination (as defined below)
without   any   breach   of  this  Agreement  only  under   the   following
circumstances:

               (a)  DEATH.     Executive's   employment   hereunder   shall
terminate upon his death.

               (b)  DISABILITY.   If, as a result of Executive's incapacity
due to physical or mental illness,  Executive  shall  have been absent from
his duties hereunder on a full-time basis for a period  of  120 consecutive
days,  or 180 non-consecutive days within any 365 day period,  the  Company
may terminate Executive's employment.

               (c)  CAUSE.    The   Company   may   terminate   Executive's
employment  hereunder  for  Cause.   For  purposes  of this Agreement,  the
Company  shall  have "Cause" to terminate Executive's employment  hereunder
upon: (i) substantial  and  continued  willful  failure by the Executive to
perform his duties hereunder which results, or could reasonably be expected
to result, in material harm to the business or reputation  of  the Company,
which  failure is not cured (if curable) by Executive within 15 days  after
written  notice  of  such  failure  is  delivered  to  the Executive by the
Company; and (ii) the commission by Executive of any criminal act involving
moral  turpitude or a felony which results in an arrest or  indictment,  or
the commission by Executive, based on reasonable proof, of any act of fraud
or embezzlement  involving  the Company or its customers or suppliers.  For
purposes of this Section 6(c),  no  act,  or failure to act, on Executive's
part shall be considered "willful" unless done,  or  omitted to be done, by
him  not  in good faith and without reasonable belief that  his  action  or
omission was  in  the  best  interest  of the Company.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Executive shall not be deemed  to have been terminated for Cause
without (A) reasonable notice to Executive  setting  forth  the reasons for
the  Company's  intention  to  terminate for Cause, (B) an opportunity  for
Executive, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board, and (C)
delivery to Executive of a Notice  of  Termination (as hereinafter defined)
from the Board, finding that, in good faith opinion of the Board, Executive
was  guilty  of  conduct set forth above, and  specifying  the  particulars
thereof in detail.

               (d)  TERMINATION BY EXECUTIVE.

                         (i)  The  Executive may terminate his status as an
     employee for Good Reason.  The  termination  by  the  Executive of his
     status  as  an  employee  for  Good  Reason  shall be deemed to  be  a
     justifiable  termination  and  shall  excuse  the Executive  from  the
     obligation to render services under or relating to this Agreement.  As
     used herein, the term "Good Reason" shall mean:

                         (A)  The occurrence of any of the following:

                              (1)  the  assignment  by  the  Board  to  the
Executive of any duties or responsibilities that are  inconsistent with the
Executive's  status,  title and position as President and  Chief  Executive
Officer of the Company;

                              (2) any removal of the Executive from, or any
failure to reappoint or  reelect the Employee to, the position of President
and Chief Executive Officer  of  the  Company,  except in connection with a
termination by the Company of the Executive's employment  for  Cause  or on
account of disability or death of the Executive;

                              (3) the failure by the Company to obtain  the
assumption  of  its  obligations  under  this Agreement by any successor or
assign as contemplated in Section 10;

                              (4) the Company's  requiring the Executive to
be based anywhere other than in greater New Orleans, Louisiana metropolitan
area, except for required travel in the ordinary course  of  the  Company's
business;

                              (5) a reduction in the Employee's base salary
or a failure by the Company to pay to the Employee any installment  of  the
base  salary  or  to  pay  any other amounts required to be paid under this
Agreement, which failure continues  for  a period of ten days after written
notice thereof is given by the Executive to the Company;

                              (6) any purported  termination by the Company
of the Employee's status as an employee which is not effected pursuant to a
Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 6(e), or which
is not justified as a termination based on Cause; or

                              (7)  any  breach  of this  Agreement  by  the
Company.

               (e)  Any  termination  of  Executive's   employment  by  the
Company or by Executive (other than termination pursuant  to  Section 6(a))
shall  be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other  party
hereto in  accordance  with  Section 11.  For purposes of this Agreement, a
"Notice of Termination" shall  mean  a  notice  which  shall  indicate  the
specific  termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set
forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a
basis for termination  of  Executive's  employment  under  the provision so
indicated.

               (f)  "Date  of  Termination"  shall mean (i) if  Executive's
employment  is terminated by his death, the date  of  his  death,  (ii)  if
Executive's employment  is  terminated  pursuant  to  Section 6(b), 30 days
after  Notice  of Termination is given (provided that Executive  shall  not
have returned to  the performance of his duties on a full-time basis during
such 30 day period), (iii) if Executive's employment is terminated pursuant
to Section 6(c), the  date specified in the Notice of Termination, and (iv)
if  Executive's  employment   is   terminated  pursuant  to  Section  6(d),
immediately  upon  the  Executive's giving  to  the  Company  a  Notice  of
Termination; provided, however, that, if within 30 days after any Notice of
Termination  is  given the  party  receiving  such  Notice  of  Termination
notifies the other  party that a dispute exists concerning the termination,
the Date of Termination  shall  be the date on which the dispute is finally
determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a binding
and final arbitration award or by  a  final  judgment, order or decree of a
court  of  competent  jurisdiction (the time for  appeal  therefrom  having
expired and no appeal having been perfected).

         7.    COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION OR DURING DISABILITY.

               (a)  If  Executive's  employment  is  terminated pursuant to
Section 6(a) or 6(b), the Company shall pay the Executive,  in  a  lump sum
within  30  days following the Date of Termination, an amount equal to  the
Executive's then current annual base salary.

               (b)  If  Executive's employment is terminated by the Company
for Cause or by Executive for other than Good Reason, the Company shall pay
Executive his then current  base salary through the Date of Termination and
the  Company shall have no further  obligations  to  Executive  under  this
Agreement.

               (c)  If  (i)  in breach of this Agreement, the Company shall
terminate Executive's employment;  or  (ii)  Executive  shall terminate his
employment for Good Reason, then
in lieu of any further salary payments to Executive for periods  subsequent
to the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay as liquidated damages  to
Executive an amount equal to the product of (A) the sum of Executive's then
current  annual  base salary and the bonus paid or payable to the Executive
for the preceding  fiscal  year, and (B) the greater of the number of years
(including partial years) remaining  in the term of employment hereunder or
the  number  2  in  one lump sum  within 30  days  following  the  Date  of
Termination.

               (d)  If  Executive terminates this Agreement for Good Reason
and such termination occurs  within two years of the occurrence of a Change
in Control (as defined below),  then,  in addition to any amounts otherwise
due under this Agreement, the Company shall: (i) pay to Executive an amount
equal to two times his then current annual  base salary plus the bonus paid
or  payable  to  Executive  for the preceding fiscal  year;  (ii)  continue
Executive's participation in  the  Company's  medical,  dental,  accidental
death,  and life insurance plans, as provided in Section 5, for two  years,
subject to COBRA required benefits thereafter; and (iii) cause Executive to
be fully  vested  in  any  stock options or stock grants held by Executive.
The Company shall make the payment  due  in  one  lump  sum  within 30 days
following  the Date of Termination.  A "Change in Control" shall  mean  the
occurrence at  any  time  after  the  date  of this Agreement of any of the
following events: (A) any sale, lease, exchange  or  other transfer (in one
transaction  or a series of related transactions) of all  or  substantially
all of the assets  of  the  Company,  to  any  person  or  group of related
persons,  together  with  any affiliates thereof; (B) any person  or  group
shall become the owner, directly  or indirectly, beneficially or of record,
of shares representing more than 50%  of  the aggregate voting power of the
issued and outstanding common stock of the  Company;  or  (C)  a  merger or
consolidation  of  the Company with another person in which the holders  of
the Company's common  stock  immediately  prior  to the consummation of the
transaction  hold,  directly  or  indirectly,  immediately   following  the
consummation of the transaction, 50% or less of the common equity  interest
in  the surviving person in such transaction.  Notwithstanding anything  to
the contrary  in  this  Agreement,   in no event shall the aggregate amount
payable to the Executive pursuant to Section  7(c)  and  7(d)(i)  exceed an
amount equal to three times the Executive's current base annual salary plus
the bonus paid or payable to Executive for the preceding fiscal year.

               (e)  If Executive's employment is terminated hereunder other
than  by  the  Company for Cause, the Company shall provide following  such
termination to the  extent  required  by  the  Consolidated  Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation  Act  of  1985  ("COBRA"), COBRA continuation coverage  with
respect to the employee benefit  plans  to  which  Executive  was  entitled
immediately prior to the Notice of Termination.

               (f)  If Executive is subjected to an excise tax as a  result
of  the  "golden  parachute"  provisions  of  Section  4999 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Company shall pay  to  Executive such
amounts as are necessary to place Executive in the same after-tax  position
as  he  would  have  been  had  such  golden  parachute provisions not been
applicable to him.  This gross-up provision shall  take  into  account  any
such applicable excise tax, any state or federal interest and penalties and
any  state or federal income tax and excise tax payable with respect to the
additional payment provided by this Section 6(f).

         8.    MITIGATION.    If   Executive's  employment  is  terminated,
Executive shall not be required to make  efforts  to  mitigate  damages  by
seeking  other employment; provided, however, that, to the extent Executive
shall receive  compensation  from such other employment, the payments to be
made by the Company under the  provisions  of  Sections 7(c) and 7(d) shall
(provided (i) that the term "employment" as used  herein  shall not include
any independent financial ventures undertaken by executive or employment of
Executive by any proprietorship owned by Executive or any entity  in  which
Executive  has  a  majority  equity  interest  or  in which he is a general
partner and (ii) such independent financial ventures  are  undertaken after
leaving  the  employ of the Company and are not in conflict with  any  non-
compete  obligations  of  the  executive)  be  correspondingly  reduced  or
correspondingly repaid by Executive to the Company.

         9.    NONDISCLOSURE AND NONCOMPETITION

               (a)  CERTAIN  DEFINITIONS.   For purposes of this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:

                         (i)  "Confidential    Information"    means    any
     information,  knowledge  or  data  of  any  nature  and  in  any  form
     (including information that is electronically transmitted or stored on
     any form of  magnetic or electronic  storage  media)  relating  to the
     past,  current  or prospective   business   or   operations   of   the
     Company  and its subsidiaries,  that at the time or times concerned is
     not  generally known to persons engaged in businesses similar to those
     conducted  or contemplated  by  the  Company   and   its  subsidiaries
     (other  than  information known by such persons through a violation of
     an obligation of confidentiality to the Company), whether  produced by
     the Company and   its   subsidiaries  or  any  of  their  consultants,
     agents  or independent contractors  or  by  Executive,  and whether or
     not  marked  confidential,  including  without  limitation information
     relating  to the Company's or its subsidiaries' products and services,
     business plans, business acquisitions, processes,  product  or service
     research  and development  methods  or  techniques,  training  methods
     and   other  operational  methods  or  techniques,  quality  assurance
     procedures   or   standards,   operating  procedures,  files,   plans,
     specifications, proposals, drawings,  charts,  graphs,  support  data,
     trade  secrets,  supplier  lists,  supplier  information,   purchasing
     methods   or   practices,   distribution   and   selling   activities,
     consultants' reports,  marketing and engineering  or  other  technical
     studies,  maintenance records, employment or personnel data, marketing
     data,   strategies   or   techniques,  financial   reports,   budgets,
     projections,  cost  analyses,  price  lists  and   analyses,  employee
     lists,  customer  lists,  customer  source lists, proprietary computer
     software,  and  internal  notes  and  memoranda relating to any of the
     foregoing.

                         (ii) "Company's   Business"   includes   providing
     services in connection with the plugging and abandonment  of  oil  and
     gas  wells, providing wireline services, chartering and operating lift
     boats  and other marine service vessels, renting specialized tools and
     equipment  used  in  oil  and  gas  drilling and production, providing
     workover  services  on  oil  and  gas  wells,   providing   oil  spill
     containment  services,  and  renting  equipment  and/or tools used  in
     fishing operations.

               (b)  NONDISCLOSURE  OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.   Executive
shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for  the  benefit  of  the  Company  all
Confidential Information which shall have been obtained by Executive during
Executive's  employment  (whether  prior  to  or  after  the effective date
hereof) and shall use such Confidential Information solely within the scope
of  his employment with and for the exclusive benefit of the  Company.   At
the end  of  the  employment term, Executive agrees (i) not to communicate,
divulge or make available  to any person or entity (other than the Company)
any  such  Confidential  Information,   except   upon   the  prior  written
authorization of the Company or as may be required by law or legal process,
and (ii) to deliver promptly to the Company any Confidential Information in
his  possession, including any duplicates thereof and any  notes  or  other
records Executive has prepared with respect thereto.  In the event that the
provisions  of  any  applicable law or the order of any court would require
Executive  to  disclose   or  otherwise  make  available  any  Confidential
Information then Executive  shall  give  the  Company  prompt prior written
notice  of  such  required  disclosure  and an opportunity to  contest  the
requirement of such disclosure or apply for a protective order with respect
to such Confidential Information by appropriate proceedings.

               (c)  LIMITED COVENANT NOT  TO  COMPETE.   During the term of
this  Agreement  and for a period of two years thereafter, commencing  with
the Date of Termination, Executive agrees that:

                    (i) Executive  shall  not,  directly or indirectly, for
     himself  or  others, own, manage, operate, control,  be  employed  by,
     engage or participate  in,  allow  his skill, knowledge, experience or
     reputation to be used by, or otherwise be connected in any manner with
     the ownership, management, operation  or  control  of,  any company or
     other  business  enterprise  engaged  in  any  aspect of the Company's
     Business, within any parish (or any adjacent offshore  areas)  of  the
     State of Louisiana, (as set forth in Appendix A), or within the States
     of  Florida,  Alabama,  Mississippi  or  Texas (including any adjacent
     offshore  areas), and any other state or other  jurisdiction  (or  any
     adjacent  offshore  areas)  (whether  within  or  outside  the  United
     States), in  which the Company or any of its subsidiaries carries on a
     like line of business  on  the Date of Termination; provided, however,
     that nothing contained herein  shall  prohibit  Executive  from making
     passive investments in any publicly held company that do not exceed in
     the aggregate 1% of the equity interest of such company;

                    (ii) Executive shall not call upon any customer of  the
     Company or its subsidiaries  or any potential customer of the Company,
     for the purpose of soliciting, diverting or enticing away the business
     of  such  person  or entity, or otherwise  disrupting  any  previously
     established relationship  existing  between  such person or entity and
     the Company or its subsidiaries;

                    (iii) Executive shall not solicit, induce, influence or
     attempt  to  influence  any  supplier,  lessor, licensor, or any other
     person  who  has  a  business relationship with  the  Company  or  its
     subsidiaries,  or  who on  the  Date  of  Termination  is  engaged  in
     discussions or negotiations to enter into a business relationship with
     the Company or its subsidiaries,  to  discontinue or reduce the extent
     of such relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries; and

                    (iv) Executive shall not make  contact with any  of the
     employees  of the Company or its subsidiaries with whom he had contact
     during the course  of  his employment with the Company for the purpose
     of soliciting such employee  for  hire,  whether  as  an  employee  or
     independent   contractor,  or  otherwise  disrupting  such  employee's
     relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Executive further agrees  that, for a period of one year from and after the
Date of Termination, Executive  shall  not hire any employee of the Company
as an employee or independent contractor, whether or not such engagement is
solicited by Executive.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the  parties  agree that this paragraph
(c)  shall  not be binding upon Executive in the event  that  Executive  is
discharged by the Company for other than death, disability or Cause, or the
Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason.

               (d)   PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.

                         (i) The  Company  shall  disclose to Executive, or
     place  Executive  in a position to have access to  or  develop,  trade
     secrets or confidential  information  of  the  Company;  and/or  shall
     entrust  Executive  with business opportunities of the Company; and/or
     shall place Executive  in  a position to develop business good will on
     behalf of the Company.

                         (ii) Executive  agrees not to disclose or utilize,
     for Executive's personal benefit or for the direct or indirect benefit
     of any other person or entity, or for any other  reason,  whether  for
     consideration   or  otherwise,  during  the  term  of  his  employment
     hereunder or at any time thereafter, any information, ideas, concepts,
     improvements, discoveries  or  inventions,  whether patentable or not,
     which  are  conceived,  made,  developed,  or acquired  by  Executive,
     individually  or  in  conjunction  with  others,   during  Executive's
     employment by the Company (whether during business hours  or otherwise
     and  whether  on the Company's premises or otherwise) which relate  to
     the business, products, or services of the Company (including, without
     limitation, all  such  business  ideas,  prospects, proposals or other
     opportunities which are developed by Executive  during  his employment
     hereunder,  or  originated  by  any  third  party  and brought to  the
     attention of Executive during his employment hereunder,  together with
     information  relating  thereto  (including, without limitation,  data,
     memoranda, opinions or other written,  electronic or charted means, or
     any  other  trade  secrets  or  other  confidential   or   proprietary
     information  of  or  concerning the Company)) (collectively, "Business
     Information").  Moreover, all documents, drawings, notes, files, data,
     records, correspondence,  manuals,  models,  specifications,  computer
     programs,  E-mail,  voice  mail,  electronic  databases, maps, and all
     other writings or materials of any type embodying  any  such  Business
     Information  are  and shall be the sole and exclusive property of  the
     Company.  Upon termination  of  Executive's employment by the Company,
     for  any  reason,  Executive  promptly   shall  deliver  all  Business
     Information, and all copies thereof, to the  Company.   As a result of
     knowledge of confidential Business Information of third parties,  such
     as  customers,  suppliers,  partners, joint ventures, and the like, of
     the  Company,  Executive  also agrees  to  preserve  and  protect  the
     confidentiality of such third  party  Business Information to the same
     extent, and on the same basis, as the Company's Business Information.

                         (iii)Executive agrees that, during his employment,
     any   inventions   (whether  or  not  patentable),  concepts,   ideas,
     expressions,  discoveries,   or   improvements,   including,   without
     limitation,  products,  processes,  methods,  publications,  works  of
     authorship,  software  programs,  designs,  trade  secrets,  technical
     specifications, algorithms, technical data, know-how, internal reports
     and  memoranda,  marketing  plans  and any other patent or proprietary
     rights conceived, devised, developed, or reduced to practice, in whole
     or in part, by the Executive during  the term of his employment by the
     Company (the "Developments") are the sole  and  exclusive  property of
     the  Company on a worldwide basis as works made for hire or otherwise,
     and further  that any revenue or other consideration obtained from the
     sale, license or other transfer or conveyance of any such Development,
     or a product or  service incorporating such Development, is solely for
     the benefit of and becomes the property of the Company.  To the extent
     a Development may  not  be  considered  work made by the Executive for
     hire   for  the  Company,  the  Executive  agrees   to   assign,   and
     automatically  assigns  at  the  time  of creation of the Development,
     without any requirement of further consideration,  any  and all right,
     title  and interest he may have in such Development.  Executive  shall
     preserve   each  such  Development  as  confidential  and  proprietary
     information  of  the  Company.  Executive shall promptly disclose each
     such Development and shall,  upon  demand,  at  the Company's expense,
     execute and deliver to the Company such documents, instruments, deeds,
     acts and things as the Company may request to evidence or maintain the
     Company's ownership of the Development, in any and  all  countries  of
     the world, or to effect enforcement thereof, and to assign all rights,
     if  any,  of  the  Executive  in and to each of such Developments.  In
     addition, Executive agrees not  to  publish  or  seek  to  publish any
     information  whatsoever  concerning any Development without the  prior
     written consent of the Company,  which may be withheld in its sole and
     absolute discretion.

                         (iv) Any inventions  relating  to  the business of
     the  Company  conceived  or  reduced  to  practice after the Executive
     leaves the employ of the Company shall be conclusively  deemed to have
     been  conceived  and/or reduced to practice during the period  of  the
     employment if conceived  and/or  reduced to practice within six months
     from termination of employment, and  shall  be subject to the terms of
     this Section 9.

               (e)  INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF.   Executive   acknowledges  that  a
breach by Executive of paragraph (b),  (c) or (d) of this  Section  9 would
cause  immediate  and irreparable harm to the Company for which an adequate
monetary remedy does  not exist; hence, Executive agrees that, in the event
of  a  breach or threatened  breach  by  Executive  of  the  provisions  of
paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 10 during or after the employment
term, the  Company  shall  be  entitled  to  injunctive  relief restraining
Executive  from  violation of any such paragraph without the  necessity  of
proof of actual damage  or  the  posting of any bond, except as required by
non-waivable,  applicable  law.   Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  as
prohibiting the Company from pursuing  any other remedy at law or in equity
to which the Company may be entitled under applicable law in the event of a
breach or threatened breach of this Agreement  by  Executive including, but
not  limited  to,  recovery  of  costs  and  expenses  such  as  reasonable
attorney's  fees  incurred  by  reason  of any such breach, actual  damages
sustained by the Company as a result of any  such  breach, and cancellation
of  any  unpaid  salary,  bonus,  commissions  or reimbursements  otherwise
outstanding at the Date of Termination.

               (f)  GOVERNING   LAW   OF  THIS  SECTION   9;   CONSENT   TO
JURISDICTION.  Any dispute regarding the  reasonableness  of  the covenants
and  agreements  set forth in this Section 9, or the territorial  scope  or
duration thereof,  or the remedies available to the Company upon any breach
of such covenants and  agreements,  shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the state  in  which  the  prohibited competing
activity or disclosure occurs, and, with respect to each  such dispute, the
Company  and  Executive  each  hereby irrevocably consent to the  exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal  courts sitting in the relevant state
for resolution of such dispute, and agree  to  be  irrevocably bound by any
judgment  rendered  thereby  in connection with such dispute,  and  further
agree that service of process  may be made upon him in any legal proceeding
relating to this Section 9 by any  means  allowed  under  the  laws of such
state.  Each party irrevocably waives any objection he, she or it  may have
as  to  the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such  a
court or that such a court is an inconvenient forum.

               (g)  EXECUTIVE'S  UNDERSTANDING  OF THIS SECTION.  Executive
hereby  represents  to the Company that he has read  and  understands,  and
agrees to be bound by,  the  terms of this Section.  Executive acknowledges
that  the geographic scope and  duration  of  the  covenants  contained  in
paragraph  (c)  are  the result of arm's-length bargaining and are fair and
reasonable in light of  (i)  the  importance  of the functions performed by
Executive and the length of time it would take  the  Company  to  find  and
train  a suitable replacement, (ii) the nature and wide geographic scope of
the operations  of the Company, (iii) Executive's level of control over and
contact with the  Company's  business  and  operations in all jurisdictions
where same are conducted and (iv) the fact that  the  Company's Business is
conducted throughout the geographic area where competition is restricted by
this  Agreement.   It  is  the  desire and intent of the parties  that  the
provisions of this Agreement be enforced  to  the  fullest extent permitted
under applicable law, whether now or hereafter in effect  and therefore, to
the  extent  permitted  by  applicable  law, the parties hereto  waive  any
provision of applicable law that would render any provision of this Section
9 invalid or unenforceable.

        10.    SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT

               (a)  The Company shall require any successor (whether direct
or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation  or  otherwise)  to  all or
substantially  all  of  the  business  and/or  assets  of  the  Company, by
agreement  in  form  and  substance satisfactory to Executive, to expressly
assume and agree to perform  this  Agreement  in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Company would be required  to  perform  it  if no such
succession  had  taken  place.   Failure  of  the  Company  to  obtain such
assumption  and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession
shall  be a breach  of  this  Agreement  and  shall  entitle  Executive  to
compensation  from  the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as
he would be entitled  to hereunder if he terminated his employment for Good
Reason, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on
which any such succession  becomes  effective  shall  be deemed the Date of
Termination.  As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall  mean  the Company
as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or  assets as
aforesaid  which  executes and delivers the agreement provided for in  this
Section 10 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions
of this Agreement by operation of law.

               (b)  This  Agreement  and  all rights of Executive hereunder
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive's personal or
legal  representatives,  executors,  administrators,   successors,   heirs,
distributees,  devisees  and  legatees.   If Executive should die while any
amounts would still be payable to him hereunder  if  he  had  continued  to
live,  all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in
accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  Agreement  to  Executive's devisee,
legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to Executive's
estate.

        11.    NOTICE.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices, demands
and  all other communications provided for in this Agreement  shall  be  in
writing  and  shall  be  deemed  to  have been duly given when delivered or
(unless  otherwise  specified)  mailed  by   United   States  certified  or
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepared,  addressed  as
follows:

If to Executive:
1105 Peters Road
Harvey, Louisiana 70058

If to the Company:
Superior Energy Services, Inc.
1105 Peters Road
Harvey, Louisiana 70058

or  to  such other address as any party may have furnished to the others in
writing in  accordance  herewith,  except that notices of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.

        12.    MISCELLANEOUS.   No provisions  of  this  Agreement  may  be
modified,  waived  or  discharged  unless   such  waiver,  modification  or
discharge is agreed to in writing signed by Executive  and  such officer of
the Company as may be specifically designated by the Board.   No  waiver by
either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of,
or  compliance  with,  any  condition or provision of this Agreement to  be
performed by such other party  shall  be  deemed  a  waiver  of  similar or
dissimilar  provisions  or  conditions  at  the  same  or  at  any prior or
subsequent  time.   No  agreements  or  representations,  oral or otherwise
express  or  implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof  have  been
made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

        13.    VALIDITY.    The   invalidity  or  unenforceability  of  any
provision or provisions of this Agreement  shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain
in full force and effect.

        14.    COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed  to  be  an original but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

        15.    RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.  In the event that Executive institutes
proceedings to enforce this Agreement; he shall be entitled  to recover all
reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred, in addition to  any  damages
or other relief awarded.

        16.    ENTIRE  AGREEMENT.   This  Agreement  sets  forth the entire
agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter  contained
herein   and   supersedes   all   prior  agreements,  promises,  covenants,
arrangements, communications, representations  or  warranties, whether oral
or written, by any officer, employee or representative of any party hereto;
and  any prior agreement of the parties hereto in respect  of  the  subject
matter contained herein is hereby terminated and cancelled.

        17.    GOVERNING  LAW.   This  Agreement  shall  be  construed  and
enforced  in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State
of Louisiana  without  regard  to principles of conflict of laws, except as
expressly  provided in Section 9(f)  with  respect  to  the  resolution  of
disputes arising  under, or the Company's enforcement of, Section 9 of this
Agreement.

          IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Agreement on
the date and year first above written.

                                   SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

                                    By: _____________________
                                          Kenneth Blanchard
                                          Vice President

                                        _____________________
                                           Terence E. Hall

                                                                 APPENDIX A

Acadia                                      Madison
Allen                                       Morehouse
Ascension                                   Natchitoches
Assumption                                  Orleans
Avoyelles                                   Ouachita
Beauregard                                  Plaquemines
Bienville                                   Pointe Coupee
Bossier                                     Rapides
Caddo                                       Red River
Calcasieu                                   Richland
Caldwell                                    Sabine
Cameron                                     St. Bernard
Catahoula                                   St. Charles
Claiborne                                   St. Helena
Concordia                                   St. James
DeSoto                                      St. John the Baptist
East Baton Rouge                            St. Landry
East Carroll                                St. Martin
East Feliciana                              St. Mary
Evangeline                                  St. Tammany
Franklin                                    Tangipahoa
Grant                                       Tensas
Iberia                                      Terrebonne
Iberville                                   Union
Jackson                                     Vermillion
Jefferson                                   Vernon
Jefferson Davis                             Washington
Lafayette                                   Webster
Lafourche                                   West Baton Rouge
LaSalle                                     West Carroll
Lincoln                                     West Feliciana
Livingston                                  Winn

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