TEXOIL, INC.                      EXHIBIT 10.2

                           PROMISSORY NOTE

$12,500.00                      HOUSTON, TEXAS              NOVEMBER 1, 1995

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, TEXOIL, INC. (herein called "Maker"),
a Nevada corporation, promises to pay to the order of JOE C. RICHARDSON, JR.
(herein called "Payee", which term shall herein in every instance refer to any
owner or holder of this note) the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($12,500), together with interest on the principal hereof from time to
time outstanding from the date hereof until paid, at the per annum rate
hereinafter stated, said principal and interest being payable at P. O. Box 8246,
Amarillo, Texas  79114, or at such other place as Payee may hereafter designate
in writing.

     The principal balance hereof advanced and from time to time remaining
unpaid shall bear interest during each day of the term of the loan evidenced
hereby at the per annum rate equal to the sum of (a) the prime commercial rate
(herein called "Prime Rate") from time to time announced by First Interstate
Bank of Texas ("FIBOT") at Houston, Texas as its Prime Rate, which interest rate
shall change when and as the Prime Rate shall change, effective at the close of
business on the day of such change, and (b) 2%.

     This Note is due and payable on February 1, 1996, unless later extended by
mutual agreement between the Maker and Payee.

     This Note is made and given in substitution for, and modifies and
supersedes in its entirety that certain Promissory Note by Maker to Payee in the
original principal amount of $12,500, dated December 3, 1993, as modified and
amended by that certain letter agreement dated March 25, 1994.  Payee
acknowledges and agrees to the foregoing by his acceptance hereof.

                              TEXOIL, INC.

                         By:  /s/ Walter L. Williams
                                  WALTER L. WILLIAMS
                                  Chairman