SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Exhibit 4.3

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

          This Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2010 (this “Second Supplemental Indenture” or “Note Guarantee”), among Edge Petroleum Exploration Company (“EPEC”), Xxxxxx Exploration Company (“Xxxxxx”), Edge Petroleum Operating Company, Inc. (“EPOC”), Edge Petroleum Production Company (“EPPC”), Xxxxxx Oil Corporation (“Xxxxxx Oil”, and together with EPEC, Xxxxxx, EPOC and EPPC, the “New Guarantors”), Mariner Energy, Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Company, certain of its Domestic Subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”) and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture dated as of June 10, 2009 (as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and as otherwise amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified with respect to the Notes, the “Indenture”), supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 10, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “First Supplemental Indenture”), providing for the initial issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million of 11³/4% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company (the “Notes”);

          WHEREAS, Section 4.10 of the First Supplemental Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, to execute and deliver to the Trustee a Note Guarantee pursuant to which such Guarantor will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis with the other Guarantors, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes on a senior basis; and

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are authorized to execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder,

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantors, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

ARTICLE I
Definitions

          SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Note Guarantee, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined. The words “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Second Supplemental Indenture refer to this Second Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

ARTICLE II
Agreement to be Bound, Note Guarantee

          SECTION 2.1 Agreement to be Bound. Each New Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. Each New Guarantor agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

          SECTION 2.2 Note Guarantee. Each New Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the Obligations pursuant to Article 10 of the First Supplemental Indenture on a senior basis.

ARTICLE III
Miscellaneous

          SECTION 3.1 Notices. All notices and other communications to the New Guarantors shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the applicable New Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to the Company as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Company.

c/o Mariner Energy, Inc.
One BriarLake Plaza, Suite 2000
0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel

          SECTION 3.2 Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

          SECTION 3.3 Governing Law. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

          SECTION 3.4 Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

          SECTION 3.5 Ratification of Indenture; Second Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and

effect. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

          SECTION 3.6 Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

          SECTION 3.7 Headings. The headings of the Articles and the sections in this Note Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

	EDGE PETROLEUM EXPLORATION COMPANY, as a Guarantor
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Name:		Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Title:		Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	XXXXXX EXPLORATION COMPANY, as a Guarantor
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Name:		Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Title:		Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	EDGE PETROLEUM OPERATING COMPANY, as a Guarantor
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Name:		Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Title:		Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	EDGE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION COMPANY, as a Guarantor
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Name:		Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Title:		Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

	XXXXXX OIL CORPORATION, as a Guarantor
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Name:		Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Title:		Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
	Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
	Title:		Vice President
	MARINER ENERGY, INC.
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Name:		Xxxxx X. Melandrez
	Title:		Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer