Exhibit 24.2






CONSENT OF WRIGHT & COMPANY, INC.

Wright & Company, Inc. has prepared oil and gas reserves estimates for Alamco,
Inc. (the "Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1994. 
Such estimates are included in the notes to the Financial Statements of the
Company which appear in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994.

Wright & Company, Inc. hereby consents to the indemnification in such Form 10-K
of Wright & Company, Inc. as the expert which has prepared such estimates. 
Wright & Company, Inc. also hereby consents to the inclusion of this letter as
an exhibit to such Form 10-K and registration statements.

Respectfully,

Wright & Company, Inc.

/s/ D. Randall Wright
President

March 8, 1995
Brentwood, TN/Houston, TX