Exhibit 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C. HOWARD MURRISH, and
each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and
with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and
file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and in his
capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of the
Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996,
and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ James R. Moffett
_____________________
James R. Moffett
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT and C. HOWARD MURRISH, and each
of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-
in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and
on behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of the Company on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, and any
amendment or amendments thereto and any other document in
support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the undersigned
hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem
necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the
foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or
in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying
and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power
of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ Richard C. Adkerson
________________________
Richard C. Adkerson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT and RICHARD C. ADKERSON and
each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and
with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and
file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and in his
capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of the
Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996,
and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4TH day of February, 1997.
/s/ C. Howard Murrish
______________________
C. Howard Murrish
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and
in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ William J. Blackwell
_________________________
William J. Blackwell
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and
in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ Robert W. Bruce III
________________________
Robert W. Bruce III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and
in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ Robert A. Day
______________________
Robert A. Day
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and
in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ William B. Harrison, Jr.
______________________________
William B. Harrison, Jr.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and
in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ Bobby Lee Lackey
________________________
Bobby Lee Lackey
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in her
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of her, in her name and
in her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ Gabrielle K. McDonald
___________________________
Gabrielle K. McDonald
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and
in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ George Putnam
_____________________
George Putnam
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and
in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ B.M. Rankin, Jr.
________________________
B.M. Rankin, Jr.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his
capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the
Board of Directors of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby make, constitute
and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and C.
HOWARD MURRISH, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without
the others and with full power of substitution, to execute,
deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and
in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report
of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully
the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.
/s/ J. Taylor Wharton
__________________________
J. Taylor Wharton