EXHIBIT 10.66

               AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
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     This  Amendment  to  the  Triton  Exploration  Services,  Inc. Supplemental
Executive  Retirement  Plan (this "Amendment") is executed by Triton Exploration
Services,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation ("Triton"), effective as May 11, 1999.

                                R E C I T A L S:
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     A.     Triton  has  adopted  the  Supplemental  Executive  Retirement  Plan
Amended  and  Restated  1992  Stock  Option  Plan  (the "Plan"), and amended and
restated  the  Plan  effective  as  of  January  1,  1998;  and

     B.     In accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Board of Directors has
adopted  certain  amendments  to  the  Plan  effective  as  of  May  11,  1999.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Plan is
amended in the following respects:

1.   Section 1.06 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

"1.06 Change in Control

 Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following:

     (a)  The consummation of:

          (1)     Any  consolidation,  amalgamation,  merger  or  other  form of
business  combination  of  Parent,  or  to which Parent is a party, in which (x)
Parent is not the continuing or surviving corporation or (y) where Parent is the
continuing or surviving corporation, Parent's ordinary shares would be converted
into  cash,  securities  or  other property, or the holders of Parent's ordinary
shares  immediately  prior  to  the consolidation, amalgamation, merger or other
form  of business combination would represent less than a majority of the common
stock  or  ordinary  shares  of  the surviving corporation immediately after the
consolidation,  amalgamation,  merger  or other form of business combination, or

          (2)     Any  sale,  lease,  exchange  or  other  transfer  (excluding
transfer  by  way  of  hypothecation), in one transaction or a series of related
transactions,  of  all,  or  substantially  all,  of  the  assets  of  Parent;

     (b)     The  shareholders  of  Parent  approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation  or  dissolution  of  Parent,

     (c)     Any 'person' (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) or Section
13(d)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or any 'group' (as such term
is  used  in  Rule 13d-5 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934),
other  than Parent or any successor of Parent or any subsidiary of Parent or any
employee  benefit  plan  of  Parent  or  any  subsidiary  (including such plan's
trustee),  becomes,  without  the  prior  approval of the Directors of Parent, a
beneficial  owner  for  purposes  of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  securities  of  Parent
representing  25%  or  more  of  Parent's then outstanding securities having the
right  to  vote  in  the  election  of  Directors  of  Parent,  or

     (d)     During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who, at the
beginning  of  such  period constituted the entire Board of Directors of Parent,
cease  for  any  reason  (other  than  death)  to  constitute  a majority of the
Directors  of  Parent,  unless  the election, or the nomination for election, by
Parent's  shareholders, of each new Director of Parent was approved by a vote of
at  least  two-thirds  of  the Directors of Parent then still in office who were
Directors  of  Parent  at  the  beginning  of  the  period."


     2.     Except  as  amended  by  the provisions of this Amendment, all other
provisions  of  the  Plan  remain  in  full  force  and  effect.

     IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, Triton has caused this Amendment to be executed by its
duly  authorized  officer  effective  this  11th  day  of  May,  1999.


                              TRITON  EXPLORATION  SERVICES, INC.




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