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EMPLOYMENT AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

                                  Between

                      SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

                                    and

                               DALE MITCHELL

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                 EMPLOYMENT AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

     This  Employment  and  Non-Competition Agreement (this "Agreement") is
entered into and effective as  of   July  15,  1999  (the "Effective Date")
between  Superior  Energy  Services,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company"), and Dale Mitchell (the "Executive").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS,  the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company  desires
to provide for the  employment  of  Executive by the Company, and Executive
desires to continue to serve the Company  on  a  full-time  basis  upon the
terms and conditions herein provided.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the respective
representations  and  warranties  hereinafter  set  forth and of the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

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

         2.    TERM.

               (a)  Commencing  on  the  Effective  Date  hereof, Executive
shall  be  employed  by  the  Company  as  provided  in Section 1 and  such
employment  shall continue until the second anniversary  of  the  Effective
Date unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided.

               (b)  If  Executive  continues to serve as an employee of the
Company after the second anniversary  of  the Effective Date, his continued
employment shall be subject to the terms of  this  Agreement  but  shall be
terminable at will by either the Company or Executive.

               (c)  Following Employee ceasing for whatever reason to be an
Executive  of  the Company, each party shall have the right to enforce  all
its rights, and  shall  be  bound  by  all obligations, that are continuing
rights and obligations under the terms of this Agreement.

         3.    POSITION  AND  DUTIES.   The  Employee  shall  perform  such
duties, consistent with the Employee's status  as an officer of the Company
elected  by  the  Board, as may be prescribed from  time  to  time  by  the
Company's President  and  Chief Executive Officer or other officers to whom
authority has been delegated  by the President and Chief Executive Officer.
The  Executive also agrees to serve  without  additional  compensation,  if
elected  or  appointed  thereto,  as  an  officer  of  any of the Company's
subsidiaries.

         4.    COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

               (a)  SALARY.  The Company shall pay to Executive  a  minimum
annual base  salary of $125,000, 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.

               (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  based  on  the  Executive's   achievement   of
performance objectives for each year.

               (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 240,000  shares  of  the
Company's common stock, at an exercise  price  equal  to  the closing sales
price  of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on  the  Effective
Date pursuant  to  the  form  of  option  agreement attached as Exhibit "A"
hereto.

               (d)  COMPANY AUTOMOBILE.  The Company shall either provide a
car allowance to the Executive or make available  to  Executive  a  Company
automobile  for  the  Executive's  use in the discharge of his duties.  The
automobile so obtained by the Executive  shall be maintained at the expense
of the Company in accordance with the policies and practices of the Company
in effect from time to time.

               (e)  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.

               (f)  OTHER  BENEFITS.   Executive   shall   be  entitled  to
participate  in  or  receive benefits under any Executive benefit  plan  or
arrangement made available  by  the  Company  to  its  executives  and  key
management Executives, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms,
conditions  and  overall  administration  of  such  plans and arrangements.
Nothing paid to Executive under any plan or arrangement presently in effect
or made available in the future shall be deemed to be in lieu of the salary
and bonuses payable to Executive pursuant to this Section 4.

               (g)  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.

         5.    TERMINATION.   Executive's  employment  hereunder   may   be
terminated  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  60  consecutive
days,  or  120 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 5(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.

               (d)  NOTICE  OF TERMINATION.  Any termination of Executive's
employment by the Company or  by Executive (other than termination pursuant
to Section 5(a)) shall be communicated  by written Notice of Termination to
the other party hereto in accordance with  Section 9.  For purposes of this
Agreement,  a  "Notice  of  Termination" shall mean  a  notice  that  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.

               (e)  DATE OF TERMINATION.   "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
5(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)  and  (iii)  if  Executive's employment is
terminated pursuant to Section 5(c), the date specified  in  the  Notice of
Termination.

Notwithstanding  anything  to  the  contrary in this Section 5, during  the
period  commencing  on  the  Effective  Date   and  ending  on  the  second
anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall  not  be  entitled  to
terminate  Executive's employment "without cause" or for any reason that is
not expressly specified in this Section 5.

         6.    COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION.

               (a)  If  Executive's  employment  is  terminated pursuant to
Section  5,  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.

               (b)  If  Executive's  employment is terminated  pursuant  to
Section 5(a) or 5(b), 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
relevant group medical and dental insurance benefits to which Executive was
entitled immediately prior to the Notice of Termination.

         7.    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, Executive 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
Executive's employment under this Agreement and for a period  of  two years
thereafter, 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
     Executives 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  Executive  for  hire,  whether as an Executive or
     independent  contractor,  or  otherwise  disrupting  such  Executive's
     relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Executive further agrees that during the term of  this  Agreement and for a
period of two years thereafter, Executive shall not hire  any  Executive of
the Company as an Executive or independent contractor, whether or  not such
engagement is solicited by Executive.

Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  parties agree that this Section 7(c)
shall not be binding upon the Executive  in  the  event  that  Executive is
discharged by the Company for other than theft, disability or Cause.

               (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 7.

               (e)  INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF.   Executive   acknowledges  that  a
breach by Executive of paragraph (b),  (c) or (d) of this  Section  7 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 7 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  7;   CONSENT   TO
JURISDICTION.  Any dispute regarding the reasonableness  of  the  covenants
and  agreements  set  forth in this Section 7, 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 7 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
7 invalid or unenforceable.

         8.    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 8 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.

         9.    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.

        10.    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.

        11.    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.

        12.    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.

        13.    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.

        14.    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, Executive 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.

        15.    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 7(f) above with respect to the resolution of
disputes arising  under, or the Company's enforcement of, Section 7 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: ___________________________

                                           Terence E. Hall
                                        Chairman of the Board

                                        ___________________________
                                                 Executive

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                                                                 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                                  WinnFIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

     THIS  FIFTH  AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT is dated
and effective as of September 29,  1999 (the "Fifth Amendment"), among OMNI
ENERGY  SERVICES CORP., a Louisiana corporation (the "Borrower"),  AMERICAN
AVIATION L.L.C.,  a Missouri limited liability  company  ("Aviation"), OMNI
ENERGY  SERVICES CANADA  CORP.,  an  Alberta,  Canada  corporation formerly
known as Hamilton  Drill  Tech Inc. ("Omni Canada"),  OMNI ENERGY SERVICES-
ALASKA, INC., an Alaska corporation  ("Omni Alaska"), and HIBERNIA NATIONAL
BANK, a national banking association (the "Bank").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Borrower, Aviation,  Omni  Marine & Supply, Inc., and the
Bank have heretofore entered into an Amended and  Restated  Loan  Agreement
dated  as of January 20, 1998, as amended by First Amendment thereto  dated
as of March  31,  1998,  as amended by Second Amendment thereto dated as of
July 31, 1998, as amended  by  Third  Amendment thereto dated as of October
30, 1998, and as amended by Fourth Amendment  thereto dated as of March 29,
1999  (as so amended, the "Loan Agreement"), pursuant  to  which  the  Bank
established  in  favor of the Borrower certain credit facilities consisting
of Acquisition Loans, Revolving Loans, Bridge Loans, and a Term Loan;

     WHEREAS, subsequent  to  the  execution  of  the  Loan Agreement, Omni
Canada and Omni Alaska became wholly-owned subsidiaries  of  the  Borrower,
and  Omni  Marine & Supply, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, was merged  into
the Borrower;

     WHEREAS,  the  Loans  by  the  Bank to the Borrower are guaranteed, IN
SOLIDO, by Aviation,  Omni Canada, and Omni Alaska as the Guarantors;

     WHEREAS, the indebtedness evidenced by the Bridge Note has been paid;

     WHEREAS, on July 12, 1999, the Borrower and the Bank, with the consent
of  the Guarantors, agreed to reduce and  did  reduce  the  Revolving  Loan
Commitment from $7,000,000.00 to $6,000,000.00;

     WHEREAS, the Borrower is currently in default under the Loan Agreement
because  of Borrower's failure (i) to make scheduled payments, (ii) to meet
financial  covenant  requirements,  and  (iii)  to remit waiver fees to the
Bank;

     WHEREAS,  the  Borrower,  with  the  consent  of the  Guarantors,  has
requested that the Bank (i) extend the scheduled July  31,  1999  principal
payments  on  all  Loans to October 31, 1999 and (ii) to allow the Borrower
until October 31, 1999 to remedy all financial covenant violations; and

     WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, as
amended  by  this Fifth  Amendment,  the  Bank  is  willing  to  honor  the
Borrower's requests.
     NOW, THEREFORE,  THE  PARTIES  HERETO,  IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL
COVENANTS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH AND INTENDING  TO  BE LEGALLY BOUND HEREBY,
AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

     1.   DEFINED TERMS.  Capitalized terms used herein  which  are defined
in the Loan Agreement are used herein with such defined meanings, except as
may be expressly set forth in this Fifth Amendment.

     2.   DEFINED TERMS REVISION.

          (a)  The  definition of the term "Acquisition Note" appearing  in
Section 1.1 on page 2  of  the  Loan  Agreement,  as modified by the Fourth
Amendment, is hereby deleted and restated as follows:

               "ACQUISITION   NOTE"   shall   mean  that  certain
               promissory note more fully described  in paragraph
               4(a) of the Fifth Amendment, together with any and
               all   extensions,  renewals,  modifications,   and
               substitutions therefor.

          (b)  The definition of the term "Borrowing Base Amount" appearing
in  paragraph 2(a) of the  Third  Amendment,  as  modified  by  the  Fourth
Amendment, is hereby deleted and restated as follows:

               "BORROWING   BASE  AMOUNT"  shall  mean:  for  the
               Revolving Loan Commitment, at any time, based upon
               the most recent  timely  submitted  borrowing base
               certificate  submitted  by  or  on behalf  of  the
               Borrower (but not less than on a weekly basis), as
               the same may be adjusted by the Bank  on  a  daily
               basis upon review of the Borrower's sales journals
               and  cash  receipts  and  as  a  result  of  field
               examinations  of  the Collateral (using reasonable
               lending   discretion),    the    lesser   of   (i)
               $6,000,000.00 or (ii) the sum of (x) the amount of
               Qualified  Receivables  at  such  time   and   (y)
               advances,  using reasonable lending discretion and
               up  to  the  sublimit   (in   the   aggregate)  of
               $3,000,000.00,    to    finance   the   Borrower's
               acquisition of Eligible Parts  and Supplies, which
               advances are limited to a loan to  value  ratio of
               50%.

          (c)  The  definition  of  the  term  "Revolving Loan  Commitment"
appearing in Section 1.1 on page 9 of the Loan Agreement,  as  modified  by
the Fourth Amendment, is hereby deleted and restated as follows:

               "REVOLVING   LOAN   COMMITMENT"   shall  mean  the
               agreement  by  the  Bank to the Borrower  to  make
               Revolving Loans and to issue Credits in accordance
               with  the  provisions of  Article  II  hereof,  as
               amended by the Fifth Amendment.

          (d)  The definition  of  the  term  "Revolving Note" appearing in
Section  1.1 on page 9 of the Loan Agreement, as  modified  by  the  Fourth
Amendment, is hereby deleted and restated as follows:

               "REVOLVING   NOTE"   shall   mean   that   certain
               promissory  note more fully described in paragraph
               3(a) of the Fifth Amendment, together with any and
               all  extensions,   renewals,   modifications,  and
               substitutions therefor.

          (e)  The definition of the term "Term  Note" appearing in Section
1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted and restated as follows:

               "TERM  NOTE"  shall  mean that certain  promissory
               note more fully described  in  paragraph  5 of the
               Fifth   Amendment,   together  with  any  and  all
               extensions,    renewals,     modifications,    and
               substitutions therefor.

          (f)  The following definition is hereby  added  to  the Loan
Agreement:

               "FIFTH  AMENDMENT"  shall  mean that certain Fifth
               Amendment to Amended and Restated  Loan  Agreement
               dated  as  of  September  29,  1999  by  and among
               the Borrower, Aviation, Omni Canada,  Omni Alaska,
               and the Bank.

     3.   REVISIONS TO ARTICLE II (REVOLVING LOANS) OF  THE LOAN AGREEMENT.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement,  and  as amended
by this Fifth Amendment, the parties agree as follows:

          (a)  The  term  "Revolving  Note"  in  Section  2.2.1 of the Loan
Agreement, as modified by the Fourth Amendment, shall henceforth  mean that
certain   master   promissory   note   of   the  Borrower  dated  September
               ,  1999  in  the  maximum  aggregate   principal  amount  of
$6,000,000.00,  payable  to  the order of the Lender on demand,  or  if  no
demand is made, on the Termination  Date,  and  bearing interest, effective
September 13, 1999, at the Base Rate plus 3% (the  "Revolving  Note").  The
parties  acknowledge that the Revolving Note constitutes a reduction of the
principal   amount   available  for  Revolving  Loans  and  a  renewal  and
refinancing of the Revolving  Note dated March 29, 1999, by the Borrower in
the maximum aggregate principal amount of $7,000,000.00.

          (b)  Notwithstanding  any  provision in Section 2.2.4 of the Loan
Agreement (or any other provision of the  Loan  Agreement) to the contrary,
the  Borrower agrees and understands that commencing  September  13,  1999,
interest  payments under the Revolving Note shall be due and payable weekly
on Monday of each week.

          (c)  The  reference  in  line  3  of  Section  2.2.8  of the Loan
Agreement,  as  modified  by  the Fourth Amendment, to $7,000,000.00  shall
henceforth be deemed a reference to $6,000,000.00.
     4.   REVISIONS  TO  ARTICLE   III  (ACQUISITION  LOANS)  OF  THE  LOAN
AGREEMENT.  Subject to the terms and  conditions  of the Loan Agreement, as
amended by this Fifth Amendment, the parties agree as follows:

          (a)  Section  3.2.1 of the Loan Agreement,  as  modified  by  the
Fourth Amendment, is hereby deleted and restated as follows:

               SECTION 3.2.1.   ACQUISITION NOTE.  Subject to the
               terms and conditions of this Agreement, as amended
               by  the  Fifth Amendment,  the  term  "Acquisition
               Note"   shall   henceforth   mean   that   certain
               promissory  note  by the Borrower in the principal
               amount of $2,948,658.96  (the "Acquisition Note"),
               dated September 29, 1999, payable to the  order of
               the  Bank,  with  a final maturity of January  20,
               2000, and bearing interest  at  the Base Rate plus
               3% (effective September 13, 1999).

The  parties acknowledge that the Acquisition Note,  as  described  in  the
indented  paragraph  above,  evidences  a renewal and refinancing as a term
loan of the "Acquisition Note" dated March  29, 1999 by the Borrower in the
principal amount of $7,937,889.00.

          (b)  Notwithstanding any provision  in  Section 3.2.4 of the Loan
Agreement (or any other provision of the Loan Agreement)  to  the contrary,
the  Borrower  agrees  and understands that commencing September 13,  1999,
interest payments under  the  Acquisition  Note  shall  be  due and payable
weekly on Monday of each week.

     5.   REVISION  TO  ARTICLE  IV  (TERM  LOAN)  OF  THE  LOAN AGREEMENT:
Section 4.2 of the Loan Agreement, as modified by the Fourth  Amendment, is
hereby  amended  to  reflect  that the Term Note described therein  is  now
evidenced  by  that  certain  renewal   promissory   note  dated  September
                                                                 ,  1999 by
the Borrower in the principal amount of $6,067,452.13, payable to the order
of  the  Bank,  and  bearing  interest  at the Base Rate plus 3% (effective
September 13, 1999).  In addition, notwithstanding any provision in Section
4.2 of the Loan Agreement (or any other provision of the Loan Agreement) to
the contrary, the Borrower agrees and understands that commencing September
13, 1999, interest payments under the Term  Note  shall  be due and payable
weekly on Monday of each week.

     6.   REVISIONS  TO  ARTICLE  V  (FEES)  OF  THE  LOAN AGREEMENT.   The
following new Section is hereby added to the Loan Agreement as Section 5.5:
               SECTION  5.5.  EXTENSION FEE.  The Borrower  shall
               pay to the Bank an extension fee of $112,704.00 on
               October 31, 1999.

     7.   CONFIRMATION  OF  COLLATERAL   DOCUMENTS.    All  of  the  liens,
privileges,  priorities  and equities existing and to exist  under  and  in
accordance with the terms  of  the Collateral Documents are hereby renewed,
extended and carried forward as security for all of the Loans and all other
debts, obligations and liabilities  of  the Borrower to the Bank.  Further,
the Guarantors hereby confirm their solidary liability for all Loans.

     8.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.  The agreements  and obligation of the Bank
as  set forth in this Fifth Amendment are subject to  satisfaction  of  the
following conditions precedent:

          (a)  The  Borrower  shall have executed and delivered to the Bank
this Fifth Amendment, the (renewal) Notes, and all other documents required
by  the  Loan  Agreement, as amended  by  this  Fifth  Amendment,  and  the
Guarantors shall  have  executed  and  delivered  to  the  Bank  this Fifth
Amendment,  and  all  other  documents  required by the Loan Agreement,  as
amended by this Fifth Amendment, all in form  and  substance  and  in  such
number of counterparts as may be required by the Bank;

          (b)  The   representations,  warranties,  and  covenants  of  the
Borrower and the Guarantors  as set forth in the Loan Agreement, as amended
by this Fifth Amendment, or in  any  Related Document furnished to the Bank
in connection herewith, shall be and remain true and correct;

          (c)  The Bank shall have received  a  favorable  legal opinion of
counsel  to  the Borrower and the Guarantors, in form, scope and  substance
satisfactory to the Bank;

          (d)  The  Bank  shall  have received certified resolutions of the
Borrower and the Guarantors authorizing  the execution of all documents and
instruments contemplated by this Fifth Amendment;

          (e)  The  Bank  shall  have  received   an   extension   fee   of
$112,704.00, which fee was due and payable on August 31, 1999.

          (f)  Except  for Events of Default pertaining to Loan payment and
financial covenant violations  as  addressed  in  this  Fifth Amendment, no
Default or Event of Default shall exist or shall result from renewal of the
Loans as provided for herein;

          (g)  The Borrower and the Guarantors shall have provided the Bank
with  all  financial statements, reports and certificates required  by  the
Loan Agreement, as amended by this Fifth Amendment;

          (h)  The  Bank  shall have received the articles of incorporation
and bylaws, as amended, of  the  Borrower and the articles of organization,
operating agreement, articles of incorporation,  and bylaws, as amended, of
the Guarantors, and the Bank's counsel shall have  reviewed  the  foregoing
documents  and  is  satisfied  with  the  validity,  due  authorization and
enforceability thereof and of all Related Documents;

          (i)  The Bank shall have received evidence acceptable to the Bank
and its counsel that its Encumbrances affecting the Collateral shall have a
first priority position, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances;

          (j)  Except as provided in (f) above, there shall  have  occurred
no Material Adverse Change;

          (k)  The  Bank's  due  diligence  and  review  of  all  financial
information  provided  by  the  Borrower and the Guarantors, and the Bank's
field audit of the Borrower's books  and  records, shall be satisfactory to
the Bank;

          (l)  The Bank's receipt of a current  listing  of  all senior and
subordinated debt of the Borrower (on a consolidated basis);

          (m)  The Borrower must maintain insurance acceptable to the Bank,
naming  Bank as additional insured and/or loss payee, and deliver  to  Bank
evidence of such insurance coverages;

          (n)  Interest  payments  on  all  Loans  must be paid current and
remain current;

          (o)  Principal payments on all debt owed by  the Borrower (and/or
any of the Guarantors) to The CIT Group/Equipment Financing,  Inc.  must be
waived  and  extended  through  November  15,  1999,  in writing by The CIT
Group/Equipment  Financing, Inc., and a copy of such waiver  and  extension
must be furnished to the Bank;

          (p)  Advantage  Capital must make a $900,000.00 subordinated debt
issuance to the Borrower prior  to execution of this Fifth Amendment by the
Borrower; and.

          (q)  Advantage  Capital  must  execute  a  written  subordination
agreement in favor of Bank  and  The  CIT  Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.,
whereby Advantage Capital subordinates all present  and future indebtedness
owed by Borrower, which agreement must be delivered to,  and  in  form  and
substance satisfactory to, Bank.

     9.   REVISIONS  TO  ARTICLE  XI  (AFFIRMATIVE  COVENANTS)  OF THE LOAN
AGREEMENT.

          (a)  Section 11.1(f) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted  and
restated as follows:

               (f)  on Monday of each week, an aging of each the Borrower's
                    and  the  Guarantor's Receivables and accounts payable,
                    together with  a  certificate executed by the President
                    of  the Borrower and  the  Guarantor,  identifying  the
                    amount  of  Qualified Receivables of the Borrower as of
                    the  end  of  the  previous  week,  in  such  form  and
                    containing   such    representations   and   warranties
                    regarding the Receivables  as  the  Bank may reasonably
                    require,

          (b)  The   parties  to  this  Fifth  Amendment  acknowledge   the
Borrower's failure to  comply  with  the  financial  covenants set forth in
Section 11.9(a) through (e) of the Loan Agreement.  Subject  to  the  terms
and  conditions  of  this Fifth Amendment, the Bank agrees to forbear until
October 31, 1999, in exercising  its  rights to declare an Event of Default
based on the Borrower's failure to comply  with  said  financial covenants.
The  parties  further acknowledge that the Borrower has until  October  31,
1999  to  comply  with  the  said  financial  covenant  requirements.   The
foregoing forbearance  is a one-time forbearance by the Bank limited to the
period ending October 31,  1999,  and  is  not  intended  and  shall not be
construed as a waiver by the Bank.

          (c)  The  following  new covenant is added to the Loan Agreement
as Section 11.26:
               SECTION 11.26.  BI-MONTHLY  CASH  FORECASTS.   The
               Borrower  agrees that it shall furnish the Bank on
               a bi-monthly  basis (to be delivered to Bank every
               other Monday),  a  cash  forecast  with a detailed
               projection of cash receipts and disbursements.

          (d)  The following new covenant is added  to  the Loan Agreement
as Section 11.27:

               SECTION   11.27.   ADDITIONAL  SUBORDINATED  DEBT.
               Additional  subordinated  debt  of  not  less than
               $5,000,000.00 must be issued or committed  to  the
               Borrower  prior  to  October 31, 1999, and written
               evidence of such issuance  or  commitment  must be
               delivered  to  the Bank prior to October 31, 1999.
               Notwithstanding   any   provision   in   the  Loan
               Agreement  to  the contrary, the Borrower and  the
               Guarantors agree  and  understand that a breach or
               violation of the foregoing  covenant and agreement
               shall constitute an Event of  Default  under  this
               Agreement,  as amended by the Fifth Amendment, and
               shall entitle  the  Bank to immediately accelerate
               and demand payment of all Loans.

     10.  ACKNOWLEDGMENT PERTAINING  TO  JULY 31, 1999 PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS.
The parties agree and acknowledge that pursuant  to  this  Fifth Amendment
the loan payments of principal due on July 31, 1999 shall be  included  in
the  payments  due on October 31, 1999.  The total amount of principal due
on October 31, 1999 is $1,579,298.00

     11.  REPRESENTATION.   On  and as of the date hereof, and after giving
effect to this Fifth Amendment, the  Borrower  and  the Guarantors confirm,
reaffirm and restate the representations and warranties  set  forth  in the
Loan  Agreement and the Collateral Documents; provided, that each reference
to the  Loan Agreement herein shall be deemed to include the Loan Agreement
as amended by this Fifth Amendment.

     12.  PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.  The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the
Bank for  all  legal fees and expenses of counsel to the Bank in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Fifth Amendment.

     13.  WAIVER OF DEFENSES; RELEASE OF LIABILITIES.  THE BORROWER AND THE
GUARANTORS ACKNOWLEDGE  THAT THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT CONTAINS A RENEWAL OF THE
LOANS,  AN EXTENSION OF PAYMENTS,  AND  A  FORBEARANCE  BY  THE  BANK.   IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE BANK'S EXECUTION OF THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT, THE BORROWER
AND THE GUARANTORS  DO  HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, CAUSES
OF ACTION, AND/OR DEFENSES  TO  PAYMENT  ON ANY INDEBTEDNESS OWED BY ANY OF
THEM TO THE BANK THAT MAY EXIST AS OF THE  DATE  OF EXECUTION OF THIS FIFTH
AMENDMENT.   FURTHER,  BORROWER AND THE GUARANTORS HEREBY  AGREE  THAT  ALL
DISPUTES AND CLAIMS WHATSOEVER  OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHICH BORROWER AND/OR
ANY OF THE GUARANTORS PRESENTLY HAS  OR  MAY  HAVE  AGAINST  BANK,  WHETHER
PRESENTLY  KNOWN  OR  UNKNOWN,  WHICH BORROWER AND/OR ANY OF THE GUARANTORS
COULD  HAVE  ASSERTED  AGAINST  BANK,   ARE  FULLY  AND  FINALLY  RELEASED,
COMPROMISED AND SETTLED.  BORROWER AND THE GUARANTORS, INDIVIDUALLY AND FOR
THEMSELVES, THEIR, SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST  AND ASSIGNS, DO HEREBY EXPRESSLY
RELEASE AND FOREVER RELIEVE, DISCHARGE AND GRANT  FULL  ACQUITTANCE TO BANK
FOR  AND  FROM  ANY  AND  ALL  CAUSES  OF  ACTION,  SUITS,  CLAIMS,  DEBTS,
OBLIGATIONS  OR  LIABILITIES  OF  ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, KNOWN OR  UNKNOWN,
ALLEGED OR NOT ALLEGED, WHICH BORROWER  AND/OR ANY OF THE GUARANTORS HAS OR
MAY  HAVE  AGAINST  BANK, ITS AGENTS, OFFICERS,  EMPLOYEES,  DIRECTORS  AND
SHAREHOLDERS AS OF THE  DATE  HEREOF.   THIS  WAIVER  AND  RELEASE SHALL BE
CONSTRUED TO HAVE THE BROADEST POSSIBLE SCOPE.

     14.  AMENDMENTS.   THE  LOAN  AGREEMENT  AND THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT  ARE
CREDIT OR LOAN AGREEMENTS AS DESCRIBED IN LA. R.S. 6:<section>1121, ET SEQ.
THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE BANK,  THE BORROWER,  OMNI ALASKA,
AVIATION, AND OMNI CANADA.  THE LOAN AGREEMENT, AS  AMENDED  BY  THIS FIFTH
AMENDMENT,  SETS FORTH THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT  TO
THE SUBJECT MATTER  HEREOF  AND  SUPERSEDES  ALL  PRIOR  WRITTEN  AND  ORAL
UNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN THE BORROWER, AVIATION, OMNI ALASKA, OMNI CANADA AND
THE  BANK,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  THE  MATTERS  HEREIN  SET  FORTH.   THE LOAN
AGREEMENT,  AS  AMENDED  BY  THIS  FIFTH  AMENDMENT, MAY NOT BE MODIFIED OR
AMENDED EXCEPT BY A WRITING SIGNED AND DELIVERED BY THE BORROWER, AVIATION,
OMNI ALASKA, OMNI CANADA AND THE BANK.

     15.  GOVERNING  LAW:  COUNTERPARTS.  This  Fifth  Amendment  shall  be
governed by and construed  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of the State of
Louisiana.   This  Fifth  Amendment  may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
counterparts,  all  of  which  counterparts,  when  taken  together,  shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

     16.  CONTINUED  EFFECT.  Except as expressly modified herein, the Loan
Agreement shall continue  in  full force and effect.  The Loan Agreement as
amended by this Fifth Amendment  is  hereby  ratified  and confirmed by the
parties hereto.

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     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  caused  this  Fifth
Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date hereinabove  provided
by the authorized officers each hereunto duly authorized.

                              OMNI ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

                              By:_____________________________________
                                   Name:  John H. Untereker
                                   Title: President, Chief  Executive
                                          Officer

                              AMERICAN AVIATION L.L.C.
                              BY: OMNI ENERGY SERVICES CORP.,
                                      AS SOLE MEMBER

                              By:_____________________________________
                                 Name:  John H. Untereker
                                 Title:  President, Chief Executive Officer

                              OMNI ENERGY SERVICES CANADA CORP.
                              (F/K/A HAMILTON DRILL TECH INC.)

                              By:_____________________________________
                                   Name:  ____________________________
                                   Title:  ___________________________

                              OMNI ENERGY SERVICES- ALASKA, INC.

                              By:_____________________________________
                                   Name:______________________________
                                   Title:_____________________________

                              HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK

                              By:_____________________________________
                                   Name:  Tammy M. Angelety
                                   Title:    Vice President

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