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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2002.&nbsp;</font></p>
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    &nbsp;Registration No. 333- ________</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>

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Washington, D.C. 20549</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER"></font><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
under<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b><font SIZE="2"><br>
_________</font></p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.<br>
</b></font><font SIZE="2"><i>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">75-2379388</b></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction<br>
    of incorporation or organization)</i></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
    Identification No.)</i></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">1105 Peters Road</b></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Harvey, Louisiana 70058</b></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Registrant's principal executive offices)</i></font></td>
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<b>Superior Energy Services, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan</b><i><br>
(Full title of the plan)</i></font></p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">__________</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Robert S. Taylor<br>
Chief Financial Officer<br>
1105 Peters Road<br>
Harvey, Louisiana 70058<br>
(504) 362-4321<br>
</b><i>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<br>
including area code, of agent for service)<br>
</i>Copy to:<br>
<b>Margaret F. Murphy<br>
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#233;re&nbsp;&amp; Den&#233;gre, L.L.P.<br>
201 St. Charles Avenue<br>
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100<br>
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>
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    Title of securities<br>
    to be registered</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount<br>
    to be<br>
    registered<sup>(1)</sup></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum<br>
    offering price<br>
    per unit</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum<br>
    aggregate<br>
    offering price</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of<br>
    registration<br>
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    <td width="22%" height="55"><font SIZE="2">Common Stock<br>
    ($.001 par value per share)</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">1,400,000 shares</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$8.00<sup>(2)</sup></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$11,200,000</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$ 1,030.40</font></td>
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  <sup>
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<font SIZE="1">Upon a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in the
  future and during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement involving
  Common Stock of the Company, the number of shares registered shall be
  automatically increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with Rule
  416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.</font></td>
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<font SIZE="1">&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
  registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  based on the average of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock
  on The New York Stock Exchange on November 11, 2002. </font> </p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>
<p ALIGN="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following documents, which have been filed by Superior
Energy Services, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;), are incorporated herein by reference:</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &quot;1934
Act&quot;); </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All other reports filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal
year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The description of the Company's Common Stock set forth
in its registration statement under the 1934 Act on Form 8-A/A filed May 3,
2001.</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All documents filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall, except to
the extent otherwise provided by Regulation S-K or any other rule promulgated by
the Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</p>
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Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities.</b> </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</p>
        <b>
        <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 6.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and
        Officers.</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Company's
Certificate of Incorporation (the
&quot;Certificate&quot;) contains provisions eliminating the personal liability of the
directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches
of their fiduciary duties as directors to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. By virtue of these provisions, under current
Delaware law a director of the Company will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for a breach of his or her fiduciary duty except for liability
for (a) a breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the Company or to its
stockholders, (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) dividends or stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law and (d) any
transaction from which he or she receives an improper personal benefit. In
addition, the Certificate provides that if Delaware law is amended to authorize
the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the
liability of the directors shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, as amended. These provisions pertain only to breaches
of duty by directors as directors and not in any other corporate capacity, such
as officers, and limit liability only for breaches of fiduciary duties under
Delaware corporate law and not for violations of other laws such as the federal
securities laws.</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Certificate also requires the Company to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law against certain expenses and costs, judgments,
settlements and fines incurred in the defense of any claim, including any claim
brought by or in the right of the Company, to which they were made parties by
reason of being or having been directors, officers, employees and agents.</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section 9 of the Company's bylaws, the Company is
required to defend and indemnify each person who is involved in any threatened
or actual claim, action or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is
or was a director or officer of the Company serving in a similar position with
respect to another entity at the request of the Company if (i) the director or
officer is successful in defending the claim on its merits or otherwise or (ii)
the director or officer meets the standard of conduct described in Section 9 of
the Company's bylaws. However, the director or officer is not entitled to
indemnification if (i) the claim is brought by the director or officer against
the Company or (ii) the claim is brought by the director or officer as a
derivative action by the Company or in its right, and the action has not been
authorized by the Board of Directors. The rights conferred by Section 9 of the
Company's bylaws are contractual rights and include the right to be paid
expenses incurred in defending the action, suit or proceeding in advance of its
final disposition. </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, each of the Company's directors has entered into
an indemnity agreement with the Company, pursuant to which the Company has
agreed under certain circumstances to purchase and maintain directors' and
officers' liability insurance. The agreements also provide that the Company will
indemnify the directors against any costs and expenses, judgments, settlements
and fines incurred in connection with any claim involving a director by reason
of his position as a director that are in excess of the coverage provided by
such insurance; provided that the director meets certain standards of conduct.
Under the indemnity agreements, the Company is not required to purchase and
maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance if, in the reasonable
judgment of the Board of Directors, there is insufficient benefit to the Company
from the insurance.</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption From Registration Claimed.</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.</p>
        <b>
        <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.</p>
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    <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#233;re&nbsp;&amp;
    Den&#233;gre, L.L.P.<br>
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    <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of KPMG LLP<br>
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    <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#233;re&nbsp;&amp;
    Den&#233;gre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5).</font></td>
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        <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 9.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <b>
        Undertakings.</p>
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&nbsp;(a)
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    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>
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<p ALIGN="center"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Harvey, Louisiana, on November 12, 2002.</p>
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    <td WIDTH="334" VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT="78"><font SIZE="2">SUPERIOR ENERGY
    SERVICES, INC.<p>
    <br>
    <br>
    By<u>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
    Terence E. Hall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Terence E. Hall<br>
    Chairman of the Board, President and<br>
    Chief Executive Officer</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints Terence E. Hall and
Robert S. Taylor, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, 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 this Registration Statement, and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>
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    <td WIDTH="239" VALIGN="middle" align="center" height="24"><font SIZE="2">&nbsp;<u>Signature</u></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="271" VALIGN="middle" align="center" height="24"><font SIZE="2"><u>Title</u></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="122" VALIGN="middle" align="center" height="24"><font SIZE="2"><u>Date</u></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    /s/ Terence E. Hall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
    </u>Terence E. Hall</p>
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    <p align="center"><font SIZE="2">&nbsp;Director, Chairman of the Board,<br>
    President, and Chief Executive Officer<br>
    (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="122" VALIGN="middle" height="75"><font SIZE="2">&nbsp;November 12, 2002</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;<p ALIGN="CENTER"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    /s/
    Robert S. Taylor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
    </u>Robert S. Taylor</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="271" VALIGN="middle" height="77"><font SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="center">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
    (Principal Financial Officer and<br>
    Principal Accounting Officer)</p>
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    <td WIDTH="122" VALIGN="middle" height="77"><font SIZE="2">&nbsp;November &nbsp;12, 2002</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/
    Richard A. Bachmann&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
    </u>Richard A. Bachmann</p>
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    <p align="center"><font SIZE="2">&nbsp;Director</font></td>
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    Ben A. Guill</p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2002.
Registration No. 333- ________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
__________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________
SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
75-2379388
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1105 Peters Road
Harvey, Louisiana 70058
(Address, including zip code, of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
Superior Energy Services, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
__________
Robert S. Taylor
Chief Financial Officer
1105 Peters Road
Harvey, Louisiana 70058
(504) 362-4321
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Margaret F. Murphy
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrére & Denégre, L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price
per unit
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration
fee
Common Stock
($.001 par value per share)
1,400,000 shares
$8.00
(2)
$11,200,000
$ 1,030.40
(1)
Upon a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in the
  future and during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement involving
  Common Stock of the Company, the number of shares registered shall be
  automatically increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with Rule
  416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
  registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  based on the average of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock
  on The New York Stock Exchange on November 11, 2002.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.         Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by Superior
Energy Services, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)    The Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934
Act");
(b)    All other reports filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal
year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and
(c)    The description of the Company's Common Stock set forth
in its registration statement under the 1934 Act on Form 8-A/A filed May 3,
2001.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall, except to
the extent otherwise provided by Regulation S-K or any other rule promulgated by
the Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.            Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.            Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and
        Officers.
The Company's
Certificate of Incorporation (the
"Certificate") contains provisions eliminating the personal liability of the
directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches
of their fiduciary duties as directors to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. By virtue of these provisions, under current
Delaware law a director of the Company will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for a breach of his or her fiduciary duty except for liability
for (a) a breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the Company or to its
stockholders, (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) dividends or stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law and (d) any
transaction from which he or she receives an improper personal benefit. In
addition, the Certificate provides that if Delaware law is amended to authorize
the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the
liability of the directors shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, as amended. These provisions pertain only to breaches
of duty by directors as directors and not in any other corporate capacity, such
as officers, and limit liability only for breaches of fiduciary duties under
Delaware corporate law and not for violations of other laws such as the federal
securities laws.
The Certificate also requires the Company to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law against certain expenses and costs, judgments,
settlements and fines incurred in the defense of any claim, including any claim
brought by or in the right of the Company, to which they were made parties by
reason of being or having been directors, officers, employees and agents.
Under Section 9 of the Company's bylaws, the Company is
required to defend and indemnify each person who is involved in any threatened
or actual claim, action or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is
or was a director or officer of the Company serving in a similar position with
respect to another entity at the request of the Company if (i) the director or
officer is successful in defending the claim on its merits or otherwise or (ii)
the director or officer meets the standard of conduct described in Section 9 of
the Company's bylaws. However, the director or officer is not entitled to
indemnification if (i) the claim is brought by the director or officer against
the Company or (ii) the claim is brought by the director or officer as a
derivative action by the Company or in its right, and the action has not been
authorized by the Board of Directors. The rights conferred by Section 9 of the
Company's bylaws are contractual rights and include the right to be paid
expenses incurred in defending the action, suit or proceeding in advance of its
final disposition.
In addition, each of the Company's directors has entered into
an indemnity agreement with the Company, pursuant to which the Company has
agreed under certain circumstances to purchase and maintain directors' and
officers' liability insurance. The agreements also provide that the Company will
indemnify the directors against any costs and expenses, judgments, settlements
and fines incurred in connection with any claim involving a director by reason
of his position as a director that are in excess of the coverage provided by
such insurance; provided that the director meets certain standards of conduct.
Under the indemnity agreements, the Company is not required to purchase and
maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance if, in the reasonable
judgment of the Board of Directors, there is insufficient benefit to the Company
from the insurance.
Item 7.            Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.            Exhibits.
5
Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrére &
    Denégre, L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrére &
    Denégre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5).
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b)    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Harvey, Louisiana, on November 12, 2002.
SUPERIOR ENERGY
    SERVICES, INC.
By
:                                 /s/
    Terence E. Hall
Terence E. Hall
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints Terence E. Hall and
Robert S. Taylor, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, 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 this Registration Statement, and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Terence E. Hall
Terence E. Hall
Director, Chairman of the Board,
President, and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 12, 2002
/s/
    Robert S. Taylor
Robert S. Taylor
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
November  12, 2002
/s/
    Richard A. Bachmann
Richard A. Bachmann
Director
November 12, 2002
_______________________
Ben A. Guill
Director
November
, 2002
/s/Joseph R. Edwards
Joseph R. Edwards
Director
November  12, 2002
/s/Richard A. Pattarozzi
Richard A. Pattarozzi
Director
November  12, 2002
/s/
    Justin L. Sullivan
Justin L. Sullivan
Director
November  12, 2002