| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| ONE BRIARLAKE PLAZA, SUITE 2000, 2000 WEST SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY SOUTH | |
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/26/2009 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MARINER ENERGY INC
[ME]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable) | Director | | 10% Owner | | X | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | | VP & Chief Accounting Officer |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
| 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| No securities are beneficially owned |
Remarks:
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| R. Cris Sherman | 10/29/2009 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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EX-24
Unassociated Document
Exhibit
24
Mariner
Energy, Inc.
Power
of Attorney
WHEREAS,
the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the
case may be, of Mariner Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
may be required to file (a) Forms 3, 4 and 5 (“Section 16 Forms”) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”), in connection with
the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, and
(b) one or more Form 144s (“Form 144s” and, together with Section 16 Forms, the
“Forms”) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 144 (“Rule 144”) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (including the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, the “Securities Act”), in connection with the
undersigned’s transactions in securities of the Company;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or
both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint Scott D. Josey,
Teresa G. Bushman and Nora J. Dobin, and each of them severally, as his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact and agent or agents with
power to act with or without the other and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, Forms and any
and all amendments thereto and any and all instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, if any, and to file the same with the Commission, any
stock exchange and any other self-regulatory organization or similar
authority. Each said attorney-in-fact and agent shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned in
any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done
in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of said attorney. The powers and authority of each said
attorney-in-fact and agent herein granted shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned by giving written notice of such revocation to the
Company. The undersigned acknowledges that the said
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 or Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of
October 29, 2009.
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/s/ R. Cris Sherman
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[Director/Officer]
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