Mariner Energy 8-K/A Report of Independent Auditors

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

Ryder Scott Company, L.P. hereby consents to the use of its name and the information from its report regarding certain estimated quantities of proved reserves of Hydro Gulf of Mexico, L.L.C., the future net revenues from those reserves and their present value for the year ended December 31, 2007 in Mariner Energy, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 31, 2008, as amended by a Form 8-K/A of the same date, and to the incorporation by reference thereof into Mariner Energy, Inc.’s previously filed Registration Statements (Nos. 333-132152 and 333-132800) on Form S-8 and Registration Statement (No. 333-141742) on Form S-3.

/s/ Ryder Scott Company, L.P.  

RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P. 

Houston, Texas
April 16, 2008