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INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT
Hugoton Royalty Trust
Dallas, Texas
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-81849 on Form S-8 of XTO Energy Inc. of our report dated March 5, 2004, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Hugoton Royalty Trust for the year ended December 31, 2003. The 2001 financial statements were audited by other auditors who have ceased operations. Those auditors' report, dated March 19, 2002, on those financial statements was unqualified and included an explanatory paragraph that described the trust's method of accounting as explained in Note 2 to the financial statements.
KPMG LLP
Dallas, Texas
March 11, 2004
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT