EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Seagull Energy Corporation:

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following  Registration
Statements of Seagull  Energy  Corporation of our report dated January 28, 1998,
relating to the  consolidated  balance sheets of Seagull Energy  Corporation and
Subsidiaries  as of  December  31,  1997 and 1996 and the  related  consolidated
statements of  operations,  shareholders'  equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year  period ended December 31 1997,  which report appears or
is incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K
of Seagull Energy Corporation.

a. Form S-8, Seagull Thrift Plan (2-72014).
b. Form S-8,  Seagull  Energy  Corporation  1981  Non-Qualified  and
   Incentive Stock Option Plan (2-80834).
c. Form S-8, ENSTAR Natural Gas Company Thrift Plan (33-14463).
d. Forms S-8 and S-3, Seagull Energy Corporation 1983 Stock Option Plan
   (2-93087).
e. Forms S-8 and S-3, Seagull Energy Corporation 1986 Stock Option Plan
   (33-22475).
f. Form S-8, Seagull Energy Corporation 1990 Stock Option Plan (33-43483).
g. Form S-8, Seagull Energy Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan (33-50643).
h. Form S-8, Seagull Energy Corporation 1993 Nonemployee Directors' Stock
   Option Plan (33-50645).
i. Form S-3, $350,000,000 Debt Securities of Seagull Energy Corporation
   (33-65118).
 j. Form S-3, ENSTAR Alaska Group of Common Stock of Seagull Energy Corporation
   (33-53729).
k. Form  S-8, Seagull Energy Corporation 1995 Omnibus Stock Plan (33-64041).
l. Form S-3, $300,000,000 Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares,
   Common Stock or Securities Warrants of Seagull Energy Corporation (33-64051).
m. Form S-8,  Global Natural  Resources In. 1989 Key Employees  Stock Option
   Plan and 1992 Stock Option Plan (333-13393).





                                              /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP







Houston, Texas
March 17, 1998