POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these
presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of the
President, each Vice President, the
General Counsel, the Secretary and
each Assistant Secretary of Energen
Corporation, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of
the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or
director of Energen Corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts
for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute
any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any
type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
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 issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of
November 1, 2014.
D. Paul Sparks, Jr.
D. Paul Sparks, Jr.