Exhibit 24.1


                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and 
appoints Mikel D. Faulkner, Bruce N. Huff, Larry E. Cummings and Gregory S. 
Porter, or any of them (with full power of each of them to act alone), his 
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, 
for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all 
capacities, to sign, execute and file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments 
(including without limitation, post-effective amendments and any amendment or 
amendments increasing the amount of securities for which registration is 
being sought), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be 
filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
and/or any regulatory authority relating to the registration of 1,244,000 
shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Harken Energy Corporation and 
such additional shares of Common Stock as the holders of "piggy-back" 
registration rights may request to be included in such registration 
statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing 
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to 
effectuate the same, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he himself 
might or could do of personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that the said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following 
persons in the capacities indicated as of the 16th day of May, 1996.

          NAME                   CAPACITIES 
 
  /s/ Mikel D. Faulkner          Chairman of the Board, Director and 
- ------------------------------   Chief Executive Officer
  Mikel D. Faulkner              (Principal Executive Officer)


 /s/ Bruce N. Huff               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial 
- ------------------------------   Officer (Principal Financial and 
 Bruce N. Huff                   Accounting Officer)


 /s/ Richard H. Schroeder        President, Chief Operating Officer
- ------------------------------   and Director
 Richard H. Schroeder         





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  /s/ Michael M. Ameen, Jr.      Director
- ------------------------------     
 Michael M. Ameen, Jr.


  /s/ Michael R. Eisenson        Director
- ------------------------------     
 Michael R. Eisenson


 /s/ Talat M. Othman             Director
- ------------------------------     
 Talat M. Othman


 /s/ Donald W. Raymond           Director
- ------------------------------   
 Donald W. Raymond


/s/ Edwin C. Kettenbrink, Jr.    Director
- ------------------------------   
 Edwin C. Kettenbrink, Jr.


 /s/ Gary B. Wood                Director
- ------------------------------   
 Gary B. Wood