EXHIBIT 10.66


                               AMENDMENT TO THE
             TRITON EXPLORATION SERVICES, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

     Triton  Exploration  Services,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company"),  acting  by and through its undersigned authorized officer, adopts
this  amendment  to  the Triton Exploration Services, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan
(the  "Plan"),  effective  as  set  forth  hereafter.

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  is  the  sponsor  of  the  Plan;  and

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  desires  to  amend  the  Plan;  and

     WHEREAS,  Section  10.01  authorizes  the  Company  to  amend  the  Plan;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  the  Plan  is  amended  as  follows:

     1.          The  following  is added as a new paragraph under the vesting
schedule  in  Section  1.40  of  the  Plan  to  read  as  follows:

"Notwithstanding  the  foregoing, the Accrued Benefit of any Participant whose
covered employment under the Plan was terminated by the Employer in connection
with  the  implementation  of  the Employer's 1998 restructuring plan shall be
fully  vested  and immediately nonforfeitable as of the date of termination of
each  such  person's  covered  employment."

     2.        Except as otherwise provided herein, the Plan remains unamended
and  in  full  force  and  effect.

     EXECUTED  effective  this  the  1st  day  of  August,  1998.

                                   TRITON  EXPLORATION  SERVICES,  INC.



                                   By:       /s/ Robert B. Holland

                                   Title:    Interim CEO