EXHIBIT 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS
     We hereby consent to the  incorporation by reference into the Amendment No.
     1 to the  Registration  Statement on Form S-1 being filed by Saba Petroleum
     Company (the  "Company")  of all  references  to our firm and to the use of
     information from our reserve report dated March 12, 1998, setting forth our
     estimates of certain of the Company's  proved oil and gas  reserves,  as of
     December 31, 1997,  in the United States and  Colombia.  We hereby  further
     consent to the  reference  to our firm under the heading  "Experts" in such
     Registration Statement.

NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

By: /S/ Frederic D. Sewell
        Frederic D. Sewell
        President

Dallas, Texas
May 11, 1998