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                                  Exhibit 23.2



                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


    We hereby consent to the references to our firm, in the context in which
they appear, and to our reserve estimates as of December 31, 2010, included in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pyramid Oil Company for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2010, as well as in the notes to the financial statements
included therein.  We also hereby consent (1) to the incorporation by
reference of the references to our firm, in the context in which they appear,
and to our reserve estimates as of December 31, 2010, into Pyramid Oil
Company's previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-163885), and (2) to the filing of our report dated March 14, 2011 as an
exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pyramid Oil Company.


MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, LLC


By:  /s/ Alan A. Burzlaff
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        Alan A. Burzlaff
        President MHA California


Bakersfield, California
March 25, 2011