Exhibit 23.2


                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We  hereby  consent  to  the  incorporation  by  reference  in the
Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No.  33-52125)  pertaining to the Ashland
Inc.  Deferred  Compensation  and  Stock  Incentive  Plan for  Non-Employee
Directors,  in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 2-95022) pertaining
to the Ashland Inc. Amended Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees,  in the
Registration  Statement  (Form S-8 No.  33-7501)  pertaining to the Ashland
Inc.  Employee  Savings Plan, in the  Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No.
33-26101)  pertaining to the Ashland Inc. Long-Term  Incentive Plan, in the
Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No.  33-55922)  pertaining to the Ashland
Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan, in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
33-49907) pertaining to the Ashland Inc. Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership
Plan, in the Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-62901)  pertaining to
the Ashland Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, in the Registration  Statement
(Form  S-8  No.  333-33617)  pertaining  to the  Ashland  Inc.  1997  Stock
Incentive  Plan, in the  Registration  Statement  (Form S-3 No.  333-78675)
pertaining  to the  registration  of 68,925  shares of Ashland Inc.  Common
Stock, and in the Registration  Statement (Form S-3 No.  333-70657) and the
related  Prospectus  pertaining  to the  offering of  $600,000,000  of Debt
Securities,   Preferred  Stock,  Depository  Shares,  Common  Stock  and/or
Warrants of Ashland Inc., of our report dated February 8, 2000, relating to
the financial statements of Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC included in this
Annual Report (on Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1) for the year ended September
30, 1999.





                                      /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                          Pittsburgh, PA

March 20, 2000