POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all persons by these presents that, the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Christopher M. Abundis and Robert J.
Banks,
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 Form
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 10th day of March, 2017.

/s/ G. Gleeson Van Riet