Exhibit 24.1

                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                      FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Maree Delgado and/or Rex Griffin as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)    prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file on behalf of the
       undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or
       stockholder of ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP., a Yukon corporation (the
       "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto), with
       the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national
       securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or
       advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
       the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to
       time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)    seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
       undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
       securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
       administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any
       such person to release any such information to the undersigned and
       approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)    perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorneys-
       in- fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
       in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)    this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorneys-
       in- fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
       attorneys-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)    any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorneys-in-fact on
       behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in
       such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
       attorneys- in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or
       desirable;

(3)    neither the Company nor such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) the
       undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
       Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
       comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of
       the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
       Exchange Act; and

(4)    this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
       responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
       the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
       under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
all that such attorneys-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a
confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 11th day of March, 2019.


/s/ Edward Andrew Scoggins, Jr.
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Signature

Edward Andrew Scoggins, Jr.
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Printed Name


This instrument was acknowledged before me on this 11th day of March, 2019 by
Edward Andrew Scoggins, Jr.

                                        /s/ Michele Meeks
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                                        Notary Public's Signature


                                        Michele Meeks
                                        Notary ID #131670459
                                        My Commission Expires
                                        August 3, 2022