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                                                                    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 or Larry E. Cummings, or any of them
(with full power to 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 (with respect to
1,226,308 shares of Common Stock of Harken Energy Corporation) ("Corporation")
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 the Corporation's Common
Stock,  $0.01 par value, 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 if 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 on the 2nd day of August, 1995.



         NAME                                     CAPACITIES
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    /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                     
         Bruce N. Huff                      (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
                                                                                        
    /s/  RICHARD H. SCHROEDER               President and Director
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         Richard H. Schroeder     
                          
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    /s/  MICHAEL M. AMEEN, JR.              Director
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         Michael M. Ameen, Jr.       
                                     
    /s/  MICHAEL R. EISENSON                Director
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         Michael R. Eisenson         
                                     
    /s/  TALAT M. OTHMAN                    Director
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         Talat M. Othman             
                                     
    /s/  DONALD W. RAYMOND                  Director
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         Donald W. Raymond           
                                     
    /s/  EDWIN C. KETTENBRINK, JR.          Director
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         Edwin C. Kettenbrink, Jr.   

    /s/  GARY B. WOOD                       Director  
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         Gary B. Wood