Exhibit 24.1

                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                      FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Garrett Smith and/or Brad Johnson as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)   prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file on behalf of the
      undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or
      stockholder of ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP., a Yukon corporation (the "Company"),
      Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto), with the United
      States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
      exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under
      Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
      regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
      "Exchange Act");

(2)   seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
      undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
      securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
      administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any
      such person to release any such information to the undersigned and
      approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)   perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorneys-
      in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
      in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)   this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorneys-
      in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
      attorneys-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)   any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorneys-in-fact on behalf
      of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form
      and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorneys-in-
      fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)   neither the Company nor such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) the
      undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
      Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
      comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
      undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
      Act; and

(4)   this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
      responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
      Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
      under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
all that such attorneys-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a
confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 14th day of August, 2018.


/s/ Maree K. Delgado
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Signature


Maree K. Delgado
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Printed Name


State of Colorado

County of Arapahoe

This instrument was acknowledged before me on this 14th day of August, 2018 by
Maree K. Delgado.


                                        /s/ Mary Lynn Biegen
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                                        Notary Public's Signature