EXHIBIT I
                          Independent Auditors' Consent

       The Administrative Committee
       ENSTAR Natural Gas Company
       Thrift Investment Plan:

       We consent to incorporation  by reference in the  Registration  Statement
       (File No.  33-14463)  on Form S-8 of Seagull  Energy  Corporation  of our
       report dated March 27,  1998,  relating to the  statements  of net assets
       available  for  plan  benefits  of  ENSTAR  Natural  Gas  Company  Thrift
       Investment  Plan (Plan) as of December  31, 1997 and 1996 and the related
       statements of changes in net assets  available for plan benefits for each
       of the years in the  three-year  period  ended  December  31,  1997 which
       report  appears in the Plan's  December  31, 1997  Annual  Report on Form
       11-K.

       /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

       Anchorage, Alaska
       June 23, 1998




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