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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

NUMBER                            EXHIBIT
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3(a)*     --   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Zapata filed with
               Secretary of State of Delaware on May 3, 1994 (Exhibit 3(a) to
               Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 27, 1994 (File No. 1-
               4219)).

3(b)*     --   Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of $1
               Preference Stock (Exhibit 3(c) to Zapata's Quarterly Report on
               Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1993 (File No.
               1-4219)).

3(c)*     --   Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of $100
               Preference Stock (Exhibit 3(d) to Zapata's Quarterly Report on
               Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1993 (File No.
               1-4219)).

3(d)*     --   By-laws of Zapata, as amended effective November 21, 1995.

10(a)*    --   Mutual Release Agreement dated as of December 1, 1995 by and
               among Zapata Corporation, Cimarron Gas Holding Company, Robert W.
               Jackson and the Robert W. Jackson Trust.

27       --    Financial Data Schedule

* Incorporated by reference to the Zapata Corporation Annual Report on Form
  10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1995

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