EXHIBIT 99.2


               STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
       REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, William L. Transier, state and attest that:

      (4) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
      reports of Ocean Energy, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in
      a subsequent covered report:

            o     no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
                  fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
                  the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
                  materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

            o     no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
                  to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
                  circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
                  the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
                  of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of
                  the date on which it was filed).

      (5) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the audit
      committee of Ocean Energy, Inc.

      (6) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
      before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

            o     Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ocean Energy, Inc. filed with
                  the Commission on March 26, 2002;

            o     all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
                  definitive proxy materials of Ocean Energy, Inc. filed with
                  the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
                  identified above; and

            o     any amendments to any of the foregoing.


                                       /s/ WILLIAM L. TRANSIER
                                       --------------------------
                                       William L. Transier
                                       Executive Vice President and
                                       Chief Financial Officer

                                       Subscribed and sworn to before me this
                                       31st day of July, 2002.


                                       /s/ AIMEE STADTFELD
                                       --------------------------
                                       Notary Public

                                       My Commission Expires: 11/08/2005