As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2001.
                                              Registration No. 333-_____________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       Texas                                                  74-2073055
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

                        16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 400
                               Houston, Texas77060
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
                      2001 OMNIBUS STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plans)

                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
                          1990 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

                                   Copies to:

    Terry E. Swift, President                         Judy G. Gechman, Esq.
    Swift Energy Company                              Jenkens & Gilchrist,
    16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 400                 A Professional Corporation
    Houston, Texas 77060                              1100 Louisiana, Suite 1800
    (713) 874-2700                                    Houston, Texas 77002
                                                      (713) 951-3300


  (Name, address and telephone number including area code of agent for service)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                                                       Proposed                 Proposed
                                               Amount                  Maximum                  Maximum                  Amount of
      Title of Class of                         to be                Offering Price             Aggregate              Registration
  Securities to be Registered               Registered(1)(2)         per Share(3)(4)        Offering Price(3)(4)           Fee(4)


<S>                                               <C>                       <C>    <C>                <C>                <C>
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share            1,525,000 shares          $29.45-37.3125            $45,010,781.25     $11,252.70
</TABLE>


(1) Covers 1,500,000 shares issuable under the Swift Energy Company 2001 Omnibus
Stock  Compensation  Plan (the "2001 Plan") and 25,000 shares issuable under the
Swift Energy Company 1990 Stock Compensation Plan (the "1990 Plan" and, together
with the 2001 Plan, the "Plans.")
(2)  Pursuant  to Rule 416,  this  Registration  Statement  is deemed to include
additional  shares issuable under the terms of the 2001 Plan to prevent dilution
resulting from any future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(4) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h). Accordingly, the price per share
of the 1,525,000 shares of common stock offered  hereunder  pursuant to the Plan
is based on (i) 1,500,000  shares reserved for issuance under the 2001 Plan at a
price per share of  $29.45,  which is the  average  of the  highest  and  lowest
selling  price for the shares on the New York Stock  Exchange on August 8, 2001,
and (ii) 25,000 shares  reserved for issuance under the 1990 Plan and subject to
outstanding  options at the  following  prices:  (A) 22,500 shares at $33.00 per
share and (B) 2,500 shares at $37.3125 per share.



<PAGE>



                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The  registrant  hereby  incorporates  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement the following  documents  previously  filed by the registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

          (1) the  registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
     ended December 31, 2000;

          (2) the  registrant's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter
     ended March 31, 2001;

          (3) the description of the common stock of the registrant (the "Common
     Stock") set forth in the  registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A
     filed July 24, 1981, and all amendments or reports filed thereafter for the
     purpose of updating such description.

     All  documents  filed by the  registrant  with the  Commission  pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  subsequent  to the  date of this  Registration
Statement  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  herein by reference  and to be a
part  hereof  from the date of the filing of such  documents  until such time as
there shall have been filed a  post-effective  amendment that indicates that all
securities  offered  hereby have been sold or that  deregisters  all  securities
remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

          Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Swift Energy Company ("Swift") has the authority under Articles 2.02(A)(16)
and 2.02-1 of the Texas Business  Corporation Act to indemnify its directors and
officers to the extent provided for in such statute. Swift's Bylaws, as amended,
provide for  indemnification  of its  officers,  directors  and employees to the
fullest extent  permitted by Article  2.02-1 of the Texas  Business  Corporation
Act. With shareholder  approval,  Swift amended its Articles of Incorporation to
confirm  that  Swift  has  the  power  to  indemnify  certain  persons  in  such
circumstances as are provided in its Bylaws. The amendment allows Swift to enter
into  additional  insurance  and  indemnity  arrangements  at the  discretion of
Swift's board of directors.  Swift has entered into  indemnification  agreements
with each of its officers and directors  which  indemnify the  individual to the
fullest extent permitted by law.

     Article 7.06 of the Texas Miscellaneous  Corporation Laws Act provides that
a  corporation's  articles of  incorporation  may provide for the elimination or
limitation  of  a  director's  liability.   Swift's  Articles  of  Incorporation
eliminate the liability of directors to the corporation or its  shareholders for
monetary  damages  for an act or omission  in his  capacity as a director,  with
certain specified exceptions to Swift and its shareholders to the fullest extent
permitted by Article 7.06 of the Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act.



                                      II-1

<PAGE>



     Swift  maintains  insurance which will cover amounts that it is required to
pay officers and directors  under the indemnity  provisions  described above and
coverage for its officers and directors against certain  liabilities,  including
certain liabilities under the federal securities law.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

          Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

     The following documents are filed as a part of this registration statement.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                  <S>               <C>
                  4.1               Swift Energy Company 1990 Stock Compensation Plan (amended and restated as of
                                    May 13, 1997) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Swift Energy Company's
                                    registration statement on Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-45354)

                  4.2               Amendment to Swift Energy Company 1990 Stock Compensation Plan.

                  4.3               Swift Energy Company 2001 Omnibus Stock Compensation Plan

                  5.1               Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation, as to the legality of the
                                    shares being offered

                  23.1              Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

                  23.2              Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation  (contained in Exhibit
                                    5.1)

                  24.1              Powers of Attorney (contained in the signature pages hereto)
</TABLE>

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, 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; and

               (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, each filing of the
     registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
     the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
     plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
     incorporated by reference in the registration  statement shall be deemed to



                                      II-2

<PAGE>



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 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
     Commission  such  indemnification  is against public policy as expressed in
     the Securities 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  Securities  Act and will be governed by
     the final adjudication of such issue.




                                      II-3

<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act, 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 the City of Houston, Texas, on the 8th day of August, 2001.

                                       SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY


                                       By: /s/ Terry E. Swift
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Terry E. Swift
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each individual  whose signature
     appears below hereby  constitutes  and appoints Terry E. Swift and Alton D.
     Heckaman,  Jr.,  and each of them,  each with full power to act without the
     other,  his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  each with full
     power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and
     stead,  in any and all  capacities,  to sign any or all  amendments to this
     Registration Statement,  and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
     other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
     each of 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
     in connection  therewith,  as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
     or could do in person  hereby  ratifying and  confirming  that each of said
     attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to
     be done by virtue hereof.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this  Registration
     Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
     the dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
           Signature                                        Capacity                                       Date
           ---------                                        --------                                       ----

<S>                                      <C>                                                         <C>
/s/ A. Earl Swift
-------------------------------          Chairman of the Board                                       August 8, 2001
A. Earl Swift


/s/ Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.               Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief                        August 8, 2001
-------------------------------          Financial Officer, and Controller (Principal
Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.                   Financial and Accounting Officer)


/s/ Virgil N. Swift
-------------------------------          Vice-Chairman, Director                                     August 8, 2001
Virgil N. Swift


/s/ Terry E. Swift
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
Terry E. Swift


/s/ G. Robert Evans
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
G. Robert Evans




<PAGE>




/s/ Henry C. Montgomery
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
Henry C. Montgomery


/s/ Clyde W. Smith, Jr.
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
Clyde W. Smith, Jr.


/s/ Harold J. Withrow
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
Harold J. Withrow
</TABLE>








                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    Exhibit No.                Document Description
                    -----------                --------------------

                        <S>        <C>
                        4.2        Amendment to Swift Energy Company 1990 Stock Compensation Plan
                        4.3        Swift Energy Company 2001 Omnibus Stock Compensation Plan
                        5.1        Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation, as to the
                                   legality of the shares being offered
                       23.1        Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
                       23.2        Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation,
                                   (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
                       24.1        Powers of Attorney (contained in the signature pages hereto)
</TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2001.
                                              Registration No. 333-_____________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       Texas                                                  74-2073055
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

                        16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 400
                               Houston, Texas77060
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
                      2001 OMNIBUS STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plans)

                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
                          1990 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

                                   Copies to:

    Terry E. Swift, President                         Judy G. Gechman, Esq.
    Swift Energy Company                              Jenkens & Gilchrist,
    16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 400                 A Professional Corporation
    Houston, Texas 77060                              1100 Louisiana, Suite 1800
    (713) 874-2700                                    Houston, Texas 77002
                                                      (713) 951-3300

  (Name, address and telephone number including area code of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                                                       Proposed                 Proposed
                                               Amount                  Maximum                  Maximum                  Amount of
      Title of Class of                         to be                Offering Price             Aggregate              Registration
  Securities to be Registered               Registered(1)(2)         per Share(3)(4)        Offering Price(3)(4)           Fee(4)
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share            1,525,000 shares          $29.45-37.3125            $45,010,781.25     $11,252.70
(1) Covers 1,500,000 shares issuable under the Swift Energy Company 2001 Omnibus
Stock  Compensation  Plan (the "2001 Plan") and 25,000 shares issuable under the
Swift Energy Company 1990 Stock Compensation Plan (the "1990 Plan" and, together
with the 2001 Plan, the "Plans.")
(2)  Pursuant  to Rule 416,  this  Registration  Statement  is deemed to include
additional  shares issuable under the terms of the 2001 Plan to prevent dilution
resulting from any future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(4) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h). Accordingly, the price per share
of the 1,525,000 shares of common stock offered  hereunder  pursuant to the Plan
is based on (i) 1,500,000  shares reserved for issuance under the 2001 Plan at a
price per share of  $29.45,  which is the  average  of the  highest  and  lowest
selling  price for the shares on the New York Stock  Exchange on August 8, 2001,
and (ii) 25,000 shares  reserved for issuance under the 1990 Plan and subject to
outstanding  options at the  following  prices:  (A) 22,500 shares at $33.00 per
share and (B) 2,500 shares at $37.3125 per share.
PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The  registrant  hereby  incorporates  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement the following  documents  previously  filed by the registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

          (1) the  registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
     ended December 31, 2000;

          (2) the  registrant's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter
     ended March 31, 2001;

          (3) the description of the common stock of the registrant (the "Common
     Stock") set forth in the  registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A
     filed July 24, 1981, and all amendments or reports filed thereafter for the
     purpose of updating such description.

     All  documents  filed by the  registrant  with the  Commission  pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  subsequent  to the  date of this  Registration
Statement  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  herein by reference  and to be a
part  hereof  from the date of the filing of such  documents  until such time as
there shall have been filed a  post-effective  amendment that indicates that all
securities  offered  hereby have been sold or that  deregisters  all  securities
remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

          Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Swift Energy Company ("Swift") has the authority under Articles 2.02(A)(16)
and 2.02-1 of the Texas Business  Corporation Act to indemnify its directors and
officers to the extent provided for in such statute. Swift's Bylaws, as amended,
provide for  indemnification  of its  officers,  directors  and employees to the
fullest extent  permitted by Article  2.02-1 of the Texas  Business  Corporation
Act. With shareholder  approval,  Swift amended its Articles of Incorporation to
confirm  that  Swift  has  the  power  to  indemnify  certain  persons  in  such
circumstances as are provided in its Bylaws. The amendment allows Swift to enter
into  additional  insurance  and  indemnity  arrangements  at the  discretion of
Swift's board of directors.  Swift has entered into  indemnification  agreements
with each of its officers and directors  which  indemnify the  individual to the
fullest extent permitted by law.

     Article 7.06 of the Texas Miscellaneous  Corporation Laws Act provides that
a  corporation's  articles of  incorporation  may provide for the elimination or
limitation  of  a  director's  liability.   Swift's  Articles  of  Incorporation
eliminate the liability of directors to the corporation or its  shareholders for
monetary  damages  for an act or omission  in his  capacity as a director,  with
certain specified exceptions to Swift and its shareholders to the fullest extent
permitted by Article 7.06 of the Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act.

                                      II-1
Swift  maintains  insurance which will cover amounts that it is required to
pay officers and directors  under the indemnity  provisions  described above and
coverage for its officers and directors against certain  liabilities,  including
certain liabilities under the federal securities law.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

          Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

     The following documents are filed as a part of this registration statement.
4.1               Swift Energy Company 1990 Stock Compensation Plan (amended and restated as of
                                    May 13, 1997) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Swift Energy Company's
                                    registration statement on Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-45354)

                  4.2               Amendment to Swift Energy Company 1990 Stock Compensation Plan.

                  4.3               Swift Energy Company 2001 Omnibus Stock Compensation Plan

                  5.1               Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation, as to the legality of the
                                    shares being offered

                  23.1              Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

                  23.2              Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation  (contained in Exhibit
                                    5.1)

                  24.1              Powers of Attorney (contained in the signature pages hereto)
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, 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; and

               (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, each filing of the
     registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
     the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
     plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
     incorporated by reference in the registration  statement shall be deemed to

                                      II-2
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 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
     Commission  such  indemnification  is against public policy as expressed in
     the Securities 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  Securities  Act and will be governed by
     the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-3
SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act, 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 the City of Houston, Texas, on the 8th day of August, 2001.

                                       SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY

                                       By: /s/ Terry E. Swift
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Terry E. Swift
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each individual  whose signature
     appears below hereby  constitutes  and appoints Terry E. Swift and Alton D.
     Heckaman,  Jr.,  and each of them,  each with full power to act without the
     other,  his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  each with full
     power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and
     stead,  in any and all  capacities,  to sign any or all  amendments to this
     Registration Statement,  and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
     other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
     each of 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
     in connection  therewith,  as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
     or could do in person  hereby  ratifying and  confirming  that each of said
     attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to
     be done by virtue hereof.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this  Registration
     Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
     the dates indicated.
Signature                                        Capacity                                       Date
           ---------                                        --------                                       ----
/s/ A. Earl Swift
-------------------------------          Chairman of the Board                                       August 8, 2001
A. Earl Swift

/s/ Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.               Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief                        August 8, 2001
-------------------------------          Financial Officer, and Controller (Principal
Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.                   Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Virgil N. Swift
-------------------------------          Vice-Chairman, Director                                     August 8, 2001
Virgil N. Swift

/s/ Terry E. Swift
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
Terry E. Swift

/s/ G. Robert Evans
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
G. Robert Evans
/s/ Henry C. Montgomery
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
Henry C. Montgomery

/s/ Clyde W. Smith, Jr.
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
Clyde W. Smith, Jr.

/s/ Harold J. Withrow
-------------------------------          Director                                                    August 8, 2001
Harold J. Withrow
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.                Document Description
                    -----------                --------------------
4.2        Amendment to Swift Energy Company 1990 Stock Compensation Plan
                        4.3        Swift Energy Company 2001 Omnibus Stock Compensation Plan
                        5.1        Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation, as to the
                                   legality of the shares being offered
                       23.1        Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
                       23.2        Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation,
                                   (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
                       24.1        Powers of Attorney (contained in the signature pages hereto)