POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5,
                        Form 144 and Schedule 13D and 13G

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of the Chief Financial
Officer, Corporate Counsel and Secretary and Controller of Midstates Petroleum
Company, Inc. (the "Company"), with full power of substitution, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

     (1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (a) any Form 3, Form 4 and
     Form 5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), (b)
     Form 144 and (c) Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G (including amendments
     thereto) in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act,
     but only to the extent each form or schedule relates to the undersigned's
     beneficial ownership of securities of the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries;

     (2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
     that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Form 3, Form
     4, Form 5, Form 144, Schedule Act 13D or Schedule 13G (including amendments
     thereto) and timely file the forms or schedules with the Securities and
     Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or quotation system,
     self-regulatory association or any other authority, and provide a copy as
     required by law or advisable to such persons as the attorney-in-fact deems
     appropriate; and

     (3) Take any other action in connection with the foregoing that, in the
     opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
     of or legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that the
     documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
     pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in the form and shall contain
     the terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the
     attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to the attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act requisite, necessary or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that the attorneys-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers granted herein. The
undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is the Company
assuming) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.

The undersigned agrees that the attorneys-in-fact may rely entirely on
information furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of the
undersigned to the attorneys-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company and the attorneys-in-fact against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in these respects) that arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts in the
information provided by or at the direction of the undersigned, or upon the lack
of timeliness in the delivery of information by or at the direction of the
undersigned, to the attorneys-in fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging,
delivering or filing a Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144, Schedule 13D or
Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) and agrees to reimburse the Company
and the attorneys-in-fact on demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144,
Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of
attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date written below.


/s/ Anastasia Deulina
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Anastasia Deulina


April 19, 2012
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