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                                                                   EXHIBIT  24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director of Pool
Energy Services Co. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints J. T.
Jongebloed and E. J. Spillard, or either of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments and any amendment or amendments increasing the amount
of or altering the type or nature of the 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 or any
regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 to all intents and purposes as he himself might or
could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their substitute or 
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.


                                  /s/ JOSEPH R. MUSOLINO
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  Joseph R. Musolino, Director


Dated: April 7, 1998

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director of Pool
Energy Services Co. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints J. T.
Jongebloed and E. J. Spillard, or either of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments and any amendment or amendments increasing the amount
of or altering the type or nature of the 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 or any
regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 to all intents and purposes as he himself might or
could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their substitute or 
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.


                                  /s/ DONALD D. SYKORA
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  Donald D. Sykora, Director


Dated: April 7, 1998

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director of Pool
Energy Services Co. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints J. T.
Jongebloed and E. J. Spillard, or either of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments and any amendment or amendments increasing the amount
of or altering the type or nature of the 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 or any
regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 to all intents and purposes as he himself might or
could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their substitute or 
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.


                                  /s/ WILLIAM H. MOBLEY
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  William H. Mobley, Director


Dated: April 7, 1998

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director of Pool
Energy Services Co. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints J. T.
Jongebloed and E. J. Spillard, or either of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments and any amendment or amendments increasing the amount
of or altering the type or nature of the 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 or any
regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 to all intents and purposes as he himself might or
could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their substitute or 
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.


                                  /s/ JAMES L. PAYNE
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  James L. Payne, Director


Dated: April 7, 1998