ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INC
EXHIBIT 10.17
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                                     <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>AMENDMENT NO. 1<BR>
TO THE<BR>ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN<BR>
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1997)</FONT></H1>

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<TR><TD>THIS  AMENDMENT  NO. 1, is adopted  effective as of the first day of January  2003,  by ENSCO  International  Incorporated,  having its
principal office in Dallas, Texas (hereinafter referred to as the "Company").</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER>WITNESSETH:</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD>WHEREAS, the Company revised and restated the ENSCO Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP"), effective January 1, 1997;</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD>WHEREAS,  the Pension and Welfare  Benefits  Administration  of the  Department  of Labor issued  final  regulations  establishing  new
standards for processing  benefit claims of participants and  beneficiaries  under Section 8.2 of the SERP which have been clarified by
further guidance from the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (collectively the "Final Claims Procedure Regulations"); and</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD>WHEREAS,  the Company now desires to adopt this  Amendment No. 1, effective as of January 1, 2003,
to revise Section 8.2 of the SERP to
provide that the  administrator  of the SERP shall process  benefit claims of  participants  and  beneficiaries  pursuant to the claims
procedure  specified in the summary plan  description for the SERP which shall comply with the Final Claims Procedure  Regulations,  as
may be amended from time to time;</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD>NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the premises and the  covenants  herein  contained,  the Company  hereby  adopts the  following
Amendment No. 1 to the SERP:</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD>Section 8.2 of the SERP is hereby amended in its entirety, effective January 1, 2002, to read as follows:</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD>Sec. 8.2 Claims  Procedure.  The  Administrator  shall process all benefit claims of  Participants  and  Beneficiaries  pursuant to the
claims  procedure  specified  in the  summary  plan  description  for the  Plan and  shall  act in a manner  which is  consistent  with
regulations published from time to time by the Department of Labor.</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD>IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Company,  acting by and through its duly authorized  officers,  has caused this Amendment No. 1 to be executed
as of the day and year first above written.<BR><BR>

ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED<BR><BR><BR>
By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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