Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Energen Corporation and Alabama Gas Corporation (the “Registrants”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned hereby certifies with respect to each registrant, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to his knowledge, the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated as of March 14, 2006

By	/s/ Wm. Michael Warren, Jr.
	Chairman and Chief Executive
	Officer of Energen Corporation, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Gas Corporation

By	/s/ G. C. Ketcham
	G. C. Ketcham
	Executive Vice President, Chief
	Financial Officer and Treasurer of
	Energen Corporation and Alabama Gas Corporation

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Energen Corporation and Alabama Gas Corporation and will be retained by Energen Corporation and Alabama Gas Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.