Exhibit 23.1



                          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


          We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption
          "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to
          the 1994 Equitable Resources, Inc. Non-Employee Directors' Stock
          Incentive Plan and to the incorporation by reference therein of
          our report dated February 23, 1993, with respect to the
          consolidated financial statements and schedules of Equitable
          Resources, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
          year ended December 31, 1992, filed with the Securities and
          Exchange Commission.  

                                                  Ernst & Young



          Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
          February 2, 1994