Know all persons by these presents that, the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Alton D. Heckaman, Jr., Laurent A. Baillargeon and
Donald W. Brodsky, 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 Swift Energy Company (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder related to
securities of the Company;

(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 Forms
3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
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 revokes all prior powers of attorney given by the
undersigned for the purposes covered by this Power of Attorney, and 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 this 3rd day of February, 2015.

                                                /s/ Ronald L. Saxton
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                                                  Ronald L. Saxton
  ted as of this 3rd day of February, 2015.

                                                /s/ Ronald L. Saxton