EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with this amendment to the Annual Report of Pogo Producing Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005 (the “Report”), I, Paul G. Van Wagenen, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge that:

1.             The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2.             The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

/s/ PAUL G. VAN WAGENEN

Paul G. Van Wagenen

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

October  27, 2006