EXHIBIT 24.2

                            PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-107051) and a Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-107996), each of which includes a prospectus (collectively,
the "Registration Statements"), and intends to file with the Commission such
further amendments thereto, whether pre-effective or post-effective, including
without limitation any registration statements of the type contemplated by Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act, in each case as may be necessary or appropriate,
together with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to each
such Registration Statement, in connection with the registration of securities
of the Company;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Paul A. Bragg and W.
Gregory Looser, and each of them severally, each of whom may act without the
joinder of the others, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with
the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
30th day of March, 2004.


                                          /s/ Louis A. Raspino
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                                          Louis A. Raspino
                                          Executive Vice President and Chief
                                          Financial Officer