EXHIBIT 23.4


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


         We hereby  consent to the use of our name in the Annual  Report on Form
10-K of Seagull Energy Corporation and Subsidiaries (the "Company") for the year
ended December 31, 1996,  and the  incorporation  by reference  thereof into the
Company's registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 2-72014, 2-80834,  33-14463,
33-43483,  33-50643,  33-50645, 33-64041 and 333-13393), Forms S-8 and S-3 (Nos.
2-93087 and 33-22475) and Form S-3 (Nos. 33-53729, 33-65118 and 33-64051).







                                      NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.


                                 By:  /s/ FREDERICK D. SEWELL
                                       Frederick D. Sewell
                                       President



Houston, Texas
March 21, 1997