EXHIBIT 23














                                                         Exhibit 23










The Board of Directors
The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company:


We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statements No.
2-79097, No. 2-98948, No. 33-22108, No. 33-22338, No. 33-37814, No. 33-56209
and No. 33-56211 on Form S-8, No. 33-48339 and No. 33-50991 on Form S-3 and
No. 33-6593 on Form S-4 of The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company of our
reports dated February 3, 1995, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1994 and 1993 and the related consolidated statements of
earnings (loss), stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 1994 which reports appear in the
December 31, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of The Louisiana Land and
Exploration Company.  Our reports refer to the adoption in 1993 of the
methods of accounting for income taxes and postretirement benefits other
than pensions prescribed by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Nos.
109 and 106, respectively, and to the change in 1994 of the methods of
assessing the impairment of the capitalized costs of proved oil and gas
properties and other long-lived assets.  

We also consent to incorporation by reference in the previously referred to
Registration Statements of our report dated February 8, 1995, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of MaraLou Netherlands Partnership and
subsidiary as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and the related consolidated
statements of income, partners' capital, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1994 which report appears
in the December 31, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of The Louisiana Land
and Exploration Company.  Our report refers to the adoption of the method
of accounting for income taxes prescribed by Statement of Financial
Accounting Standard No. 109.  


/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
March 20, 1995