Exhibit 10.15
                  AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES

Recommend to the Board for approval.

    This Agreement is made as of this 31st day of December,
1994, between DONALD I. MORITZ ("Consultant") and EQUITABLE
RESOURCES, INC. ("Equitable") a Pennsylvania corporation.
    WHEREAS, Consultant has served Equitable in a long and
successful term as Chief Executive Officer and has developed
a keen knowledge of the business operations of Equitable and
the natural gas industry in general; and
    WHEREAS, it is desirable for Equitable to enter into a
Consulting Agreement with Consultant to continue to have the
benefit of his experience and knowledge.
    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing
premises and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and intending to be
legally bound, the parties agree as follows:
    1. Consultant will provide advice and counsel from a
business and legal perspective for specific business
expansion opportunities in the United States and
internationally for existing operating units.

    2. Consultant will provide advice and counsel regarding
potential merger and acquisition opportunities and
specifically provide advice on negotiation strategy,
industry contacts, and financial and organization impact.
    3. Consultant will provide advice and counsel
concerning potential organizational structural impacts
resulting from the reengineering of Equitable.
    4. Consultant will provide advice and counsel in such
other areas as Equitable may request and Consultant agrees
to perform.
    5. The term of this contract is for a maximum of three
(3) years.
    6. Equitable shall pay Consultant a retainer of
$125,000 for the first year of this Agreement.  This fee
shall be in addition to all applicable Board of Directors'
fees as long as Consultant is a member of the Board of
Directors.
    7. At the end of calendar year 1995, the President and
CEO shall provide the Compensation Committee with an
evaluation of Consultant's performance as well as the
recommended services and retainer for the next twelve-month
period.

    8. A copy of the 1995 projects is attached hereto.
    9. This Agreement shall be governed by the Laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed
this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.


EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC.          CONSULTANT


By:  s/ Frederick H. Abrew         by:  s/ Donald I. Moritz

                       1995 Consultant Projects
a.  Board Governance Research Project
    Current interest suggests that Board Governance is an
important issue.  Equitable Resources, while at the
forefront of many Board issues, has never undertaken a
comprehensive review of the matter with the intent of
informing the Board of pertinent issues and recommended
action.  I have asked Don to study these Board Governance
and performance issues and present recommendations to the
Board of Directors for consideration.

b.  Investor Relations

    Don will be assigned the responsibility to research and
develop an overarching communication plan that will improve
the investment community's understanding of the values
contained in ERI's integrated business strategy.

c.  L.I.G.

    Recent acquisitions have not been well understood by
the investment community and, consequently, anticipated
shareholder value has not been achieved.  Consequently, I
have assigned Don the responsibility to oversee the
implementation of current business plan for L.I.G. to ensure
that ERI achieves the maximum value of the plan that
management has prescribed.

d.  Monumental Butte

    Don will oversee a research and development project
intended to identify and develop a strategy that ERI
management can implement that will improve the economic
results of the Monumental Butte project.  In our judgment,
the investment community has not given us the valuation that
we believe this project deserves suggesting that a different
approach be undertaken.