EXHIBIT 10.82

                           AMENDMENT TO STOCK OPTIONS

     This agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of January 3, 2000, between
Triton  Energy  Limited,  a  Cayman  Islands  company  (the  "Company"), and the
undersigned  holder  of  stock  options  of  the  Company  ("Holder").

     WHEREAS,  Holder  and  the Company are parties to that certain Stock Option
Agreement  dated  as  of  January  13, 1998 (the "Option Agreement") pursuant to
which  the  Holder was granted a stock option to purchase 15,000 ordinary shares
of the Company under the Company's 1997 Share Compensation Plan (as amended, the
"Plan"),  and  the Company and Holder desire that the Option Agreement should be
amended  in  certain  respects;

     NOW  THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein,
and  other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are  hereby  acknowledged,  the  parties  hereto  hereby  agree  as  follows:

     1.     Section  4  of  the Option Agreement is hereby amended to read n its
entirety  as  follows:

     "4.     Term.  Subject  to  Article  VIII  of the Plan (including regarding
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termination  for Cause), this Stock Option, or applicable portions thereof, will
terminate  upon  the  earliest  to  occur  of  the  following:

          (a)          5  p.m.,  Dallas,  Texas  time,  on  January 13, 2008; or

          (b)     5  p.m.,  Dallas,  Texas time, on the date which is five years
following the date that the Option Holder's service as a director of the Company
terminates  for  any  reason  other  than  Cause."

     2.     This Agreement is intended to be performed in the State of Texas and
shall  be  construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of
Texas.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
and  year  first  above  written.

                              TRITON  ENERGY  LIMITED



                              By:____________________________________
                                 A. E. Turner, III, Senior Vice President and
                                 Chief Operating Officer


                              OPTION  HOLDER:

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