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Ocean Energy Names New Head of North America Onshore Exploration

    HOUSTON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean Energy, Inc. (NYSE: OEI) announced
today that Gregory E. Evans has been appointed vice president - exploration,
North America Onshore.
    Evans joins Ocean Energy from Burlington Resources, where he served in a
variety of geoscientific and managerial positions since 1982.  Most recently
he was based in Houston as chief geophysicist, North America.  Evans has
almost 30 years of experience actively working a broad range of major North
American oil and gas basins and has held positions of increasing
responsibility with Louisiana Land & Exploration, Tenneco Oil Company and
Union Oil of California.
    A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, Evans holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in geophysical engineering.  He is a member of the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists and
the Houston Geologic Society.
    Ocean Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company engaged in the
exploration, development, production, and acquisition of crude oil and natural
gas.  North American operations are focused in the shelf and deepwater areas
of the Gulf of Mexico, the Permian Basin, Mid-continent and Rocky Mountain
regions.  Internationally, Ocean holds a leading position among U.S.
independents in West Africa with oil and gas activities in Equatorial Guinea,
Cote d'Ivoire and Angola.  The company also conducts operations in the
republics of Egypt, Tatarstan, Pakistan and Indonesia.


SOURCE Ocean Energy, Inc.




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