SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
       
                           Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM 15 

Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g) of 
   the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports 
      Under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                                        Commission File Number   0-10809
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                        Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            7707  Harborside Drive, Galveston, Texas 77554  (409) 744-9500
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    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, 
                of registrant's principal executive offices)

                       Common Stock, $.10 par value per share
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                (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                         None
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        (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file 
                  reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

        Please  place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule 
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)      [ X ]     Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    [    ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)    [    ]     Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)     [    ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)     [    ]     Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)    [    ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)    [    ]     Rule 15d-6              [    ]
          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)     [    ]

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

                 One - through merger with Tidewater Expansion, Inc.,
           Hornbeck has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tidewater Inc.
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       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act  of 1934, 
Tidewater Expansion, Inc.,  successor to Hornbeck Offshore  Services, Inc.,    
has  caused  this certification/notice  to be signed  on  its  behalf by the
undersigned duly authorized person.

                                        TIDEWATER EXPANSION, INC.
                                             
DATE: March 28, 1996                    BY: /s/ Cliffe F. Laborde
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                                            Name: Cliffe F. Laborde
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                                             Title: Secretary
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Instruction:   This  form  is  required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and
15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations  under  the Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934.   The  registrant  shall  file with  the
Commission  three  copies  of  Form  15,  one  of which shall  be
manually  signed.   It  may  be  signed  by  an  officer  of  the
registrant,  by  counsel or by any other duly authorized  person.
The name and title  of the person signing the form shall be typed
or printed under the signature.