JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

                               EXHIBIT 99.1

                          JOINT FILING AGREEMENT


          The undersigned stockholders of Xxxxxx Exploration Company, a
Deleware corporation, hereby consent to the joint filing of a Schedule
13(d) in accordance with Rule 13d-1(f)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.


Date: February 17, 1998                 /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXX
                                        Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx



                                        XXXXX X. XXXXXX TRUST


                                        By /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXX
                                           Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Trustee



                                        XXXXXX AND XXXXXX, INC.

                                        XXXXX X. XXXXXX TRUST


                                        By /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXX
                                           Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Trustee