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EMPLOYMENT AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

                                  Between

                      SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

                                    and

                             KENNETH BLANCHARD

                 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 Kenneth Blanchard (the "Executive").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS,   the  Board  of  Directors  (the  "Board")  of  the  Company
recognizes that Executive's  contribution  to the growth and success of the
Company  has  been substantial and desires to  provide  for  the  continued
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; and

     WHEREAS, Executive has performed valuable services in connection with,
and  made  significant contributions of time, energy and expertise  toward,
the consummation  of  the transactions that are the subject of that certain
Agreement and Plan of Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement") dated as of
April 20, 1999  by and  among, INTER ALIA, the Company and Cardinal Holding
Corp.

     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 continue 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 Executive ceasing for whatever reason  to  be
an  employee 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  Executive  shall  perform  such
duties, consistent with the Executive'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 $135,000, 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  (the  "Incentive Plan"), options to purchase  a  total  of
372,000 shares of the Company's  common  stock,  $0.001 par value per share
(the "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.
Options to acquire 107,000 shares of Common Stock  shall have  a  five year
term  and  shall  vest  on the first anniversary of the Effective Date  and
shall be exercisable for  four  years  thereafter regardless of whether the
Executive  continues to be employed by the  Company.   Options  to  acquire
265,000 shares of Common Stock shall have a ten year term and shall vest in
equal increments  on  each  of the first two anniversaries of the Effective
Date and shall otherwise have  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  other
options generally granted to the Company's officers and employees under the
Incentive  Plan.   On  the  first  anniversary  of  the Effective Date, the
Company  shall  grant  to  the Executive, pursuant to the  Incentive  Plan,
options having a five year term  to  purchase a number of additional 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  such date
having  a  present  value  equal to $250,000 using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model.  The assumptions to be used in calculating the Black-Scholes
present value for the additional options shall be:  (i) the options will be
assumed to be exercised at the end of their five year term; (ii) volatility
will be based on the closing  prices of the Common Stock from the Effective
Date to the first anniversary of  the  Effective Date;  (iii) the risk free
rate of return will be based on the five  year zero coupon treasury average
yield  for the month immediately preceding the  first  anniversary  of  the
Effective  Date;  and  (iv)  the  dividend  yield  will  be 0%.  No further
discount to the option value calculated will be taken to give effect to the
fact  that the options are not freely transferrable or to the  exercise  of
the options  after  the  vesting  period but prior to the end of the option
term.

               (d)  PAYMENT FOR PAST  SERVICES.   In  consideration  of the
services  performed  by Executive in connection with Executive's management
of  the Company's operations  so  as  to  facilitate  the  closing  of  the
transactions  contemplated  by the  Merger Agreement, the Company shall pay
to Executive a one-time payment  in the amount of $500,000, payable in cash
on the Effective Date.

               (e)  CONSIDERATION   FOR   COVENANT   NOT  TO  COMPETE.   In
consideration  of  the  Executive's covenants and agreements  contained  in
Section 7(c) hereof, the  Company  shall  pay  to Executive an aggregate of
$500,000, payable in equal installments of $250,000,  in  cash,  on each of
the first and second anniversaries of the Effective Date.

               (f)  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.

               (g)  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.

               (h)  OTHER   BENEFITS.    Executive  shall  be  entitled  to
participate  in  or receive benefits under any  employee  benefit  plan  or
arrangement made available  by  the  Company  to  its  executives  and  key
management  employees, 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.

               (i)  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)  In addition to compensation otherwise  provided in this
Section  6,  in  the  event  Executive's employment is terminated  for  any
reason, he shall be entitled to  receive any amounts that are due or become
due under Section 4(e).

               (c)  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,  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
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
     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  during the term of this Agreement and for a
period of two years thereafter, 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 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) and (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 his  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, 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.

        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

                                      ___________________________
                                           Kenneth Blanchard
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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                                  WinnEMPLOYMENT AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

                                  Between

                      SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

                                    and

                            CHARLES FUNDERBURG

                 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 Charles Funderburg (the "Executive").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS,   the  Board  of  Directors  (the  "Board")  of  the  Company
recognizes that Executive's  contribution  to the growth and success of the
Company  has  been substantial and desires to  provide  for  the  continued
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; and

     WHEREAS, Executive has performed valuable services in connection with,
and  made  significant contributions of time, energy and expertise  toward,
the consummation  of  the transactions that are the subject of that certain
Agreement and Plan of Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement") dated as of
April 20, 1999  by and  among, INTER ALIA, the Company and Cardinal Holding
Corp.

     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 continue 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 Executive ceasing for whatever reason  to  be
an  employee 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 Executive shall perform such duties,
consistent with the Executive'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 $135,000, 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  (the  "Incentive  Plan"),  options to purchase a total  of
372,000 shares of the Company's common stock,  $0.001  par  value per share
(the "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.
Options to  acquire  107,000 shares of Common Stock  shall have a five year
term and shall vest on  the  first  anniversary  of  the Effective Date and
shall be exercisable for four years thereafter regardless  of  whether  the
Executive  continues  to  be  employed  by the Company.  Options to acquire
265,000 shares of Common Stock shall have a ten year term and shall vest in
equal increments on each of the first two  anniversaries  of  the Effective
Date  and  shall  otherwise  have  the  same terms and conditions as  other
options generally granted to the Company's officers and employees under the
Incentive  Plan.   On the first anniversary  of  the  Effective  Date,  the
Company shall grant  to  the  Executive,  pursuant  to  the Incentive Plan,
options  having a five year term to purchase a number of additional  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 such date
having a present value equal to $250,000  using  the  Black-Scholes  option
pricing model.  The assumptions to be used in calculating the Black-Scholes
present value for the additional options shall be:  (i) the options will be
assumed to be exercised at the end of their five year term; (ii) volatility
will  be based on the closing prices of the Common Stock from the Effective
Date to  the  first anniversary of the Effective Date;  (iii) the risk free
rate of return  will be based on the five year zero coupon treasury average
yield for the month  immediately  preceding  the  first  anniversary of the
Effective  Date;  and  (iv)  the  dividend  yield  will be 0%.  No  further
discount to the option value calculated will be taken to give effect to the
fact that the options are not freely transferrable or  to  the  exercise of
the  options  after  the vesting period but prior to the end of the  option
term.

               (d)  PAYMENT  FOR  PAST  SERVICES.   In consideration of the
services performed by Executive in connection with  Executive's  management
of  the  Company's  operations  so  as  to  facilitate  the  closing of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company shall pay to
Executive in cash a one-time payment  in  the amount of $500,000 payable in
cash on the  Effective Date.

               (e)  CONSIDERATION   FOR   COVENANT   NOT  TO  COMPETE.   In
consideration  of  the  Executive's covenants and agreements  contained  in
Section 7(c) hereof and subject  to Executive's continued employment by the
Company,  the Company shall pay to  Executive  an  aggregate  of  $500,000,
payable in  equal  installments  of $250,000, in cash, on each of the first
and second anniversaries of the Effective Date.

               (f)  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.

               (g)  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.

               (h)  OTHER  BENEFITS.   Executive   shall   be  entitled  to
participate  in  or  receive  benefits under any employee benefit  plan  or
arrangement  made  available by the  Company  to  its  executives  and  key
management employees,  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.

               (i)  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; or
(iii) chronic alcohol or drug abuse by the Executive.  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,  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
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
     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  during the term of this Agreement and for a
period of two years thereafter, 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 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 egarding 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,  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.

        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

                                        ___________________________
                                            Charles Funderburg
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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                                  Winn

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