OCEAN ENERGY INC /TX/
10-Q, EX-10.3, 2000-11-02
CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
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                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               OCEAN ENERGY, INC.
                     EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
                              MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT



         WHEREAS,  OCEAN ENERGY,  INC., a Texas  corporation,  formerly known as
Seagull  Energy   Corporation  (the  "Company"),   and  JAMES  T.  HACKETT  (the
"Employee")  have  heretofore  executed an instrument  entitled  "SEAGULL ENERGY
CORPORATION  EXECUTIVE  SUPPLEMENTAL  RETIREMENT PLAN MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT" (the
"Agreement"),  evidencing the terms and conditions of the Employee's  membership
in the OCEAN ENERGY, INC. EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN, formerly known
as the Seagull Energy Corporation Executive  Supplemental  Retirement Plan ( the
"Plan"); and

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee desire to amend the Agreement;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  the parties hereto agree as follows,  effective as of
June 26, 2000:

     1.   Paragraph 3 of the Agreement  shall be deleted and the following shall
          be substituted therefor:

                  "3. For  purposes of Section  1.01(8) of the Plan,  Employee's
         Compensation shall include (a) `deemed salary' equal to the base salary
         that  Employee  would have received if he had not received an option to
         purchase common stock of the Company in lieu of such salary pursuant to
         paragraph 3.1 of the Employment  Agreement and (b) all amounts received
         by Employee as bonuses from the Company."

     2.   As  amended  hereby,  the  Agreement  is  specifically   ratified  and
          reaffirmed.

         EXECUTED this ____________ day of _____________________________, 2000.

                                                OCEAN ENERGY, INC.


                                     By:_________________________________
                                     Name:_______________________________
                                     Title:______________________________

                                                  EMPLOYEE


                                       ------------------------------------
                                       James T. Hackett

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