1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   O'Donnell, Timothy J.
   2350 N. Sam Houston Parkway East
   Suite 300
   Houston, TX 77032
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Southwestern Energy Company (SWN)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
   2001
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
   Treasurer - Vice President Human Resources
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security             |2. Trans- |3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)   |5. Amount of    |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                                 |   action |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)        |   Securities   |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                                 |   Date   |   Code      |                             |   Beneficially |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                                 |          |             |                             |   Owned at     |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                                 |  (Month/ |             |                             |   End of       |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                                 |   Day/   |             +-----------+------+----------+   Year         |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                                 |   Year)  |             |Amount     |A/D   |Price     |                |   (I)     |   ship     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
                                                                                               
Common Stock                       10/16/2001 A             14          A      $0.0000                     D
                                                                               
Common Stock                       12/20/2001 A             5300        A      $0.0000    16955.576        D
                                                                               





TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1.           |2.      |3.        |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.      |10.    |11.    |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Number  |Owner- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |of      |ship   |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv-  |Form of|       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative   |Deriv- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur-  |ative  |Nature |
|             |Conver- |          |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities   |Secur- |of     |
|             |sion or |          |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi- |ity:   |In-    |
|             |Exercise|          |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially  |Direct |direct |
|             |Price of|Transac-  |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned   |(D) or |Bene-  |
|Title of     |Deriv-  |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |at End  |In-    |ficial |
|Derivative   |ative   |(Month/   |         +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|of      |direct |Owner- |
|Security     |Security|Day/Year) |         |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |Year    |(I)    |ship   |
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
                                                                                     
Stock Options  $6                                                   12/16/2009 Common                      11500    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $7.3125                                              09/11/2008 Common                      5000     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $7.4375                                              12/14/2010 Common                      15000    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $9.64    12/20/2001 A         2700        12/20/2002 12/20/2011 Common  2700     $0.0000    2700     D
(Right to buy)                                                             Stock            
Stock Options  $10.625                                              07/08/2008 Common                      400      D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $14.125                                              02/27/2007 Common                      200      D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock

Explanation of Responses:


Employee service award granted for 10 years of service with the Company.

Granted in consideration of services as an officer.

Option becomes exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on the
first anniversary of the grant date specified in Column 3 or immediately upon a
change in control.



SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Timothy J. O'Donnell

DATE
02/07/2002