Exhibit 23.3 Consent of Sproule Associates Limited

April 14, 1998


Saba Petroleum company
3201 Airpark Drive, Suite 201
Santa Maria, CA 93455


     Re:  Evaluation of the P&NG Reserves of Beaver lake Resources  Corporation,
     as of January 1, 1998
Dear Sirs:

     Sproule  Associates  Limited  hereby  consents to being named in the annual
     10-K report filed with the SEC and to the reference in this document to the
     Sproule Report.

     We confirm that we have read excerpts  from the draft  document and that we
     have no reason to  believe  that  there are any  misrepresentations  in the
     information contained therein that is derived from our report.

Sincerely,

/s/ H.J. FIRLA
     H.J. Firla, P. Eng.