POWER OF ATTORNEY





        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of the

President, each Vice President, the General Counsel, the Secretary and each Assistant Secretary of

Energen Corporation, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an

officer and/or director of Energen Corporation (the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in

accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules

thereunder;



(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be

necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and

execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the

United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar

authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in

the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed

by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney

shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such

attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and

perform any and every act and thing whatsoever 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 such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,

shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



        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 issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered

to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.





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

of

January 1, 2012.



    /s/ Jay Grinney

  Signature



    Jay Grinney

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