Consent of Independent Accountants

We consent to the  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statment of
Equity Oil Company on Form S-8 of our report dated March 10, 1999, on our audits
of the  financial  statements  of Equity Oil Company as of December 31, 1998 and
1997,  and for each of the three years in the period  ended  December  31, 1998,
which report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Salt Lake City, Utah
March 29, 1999