Exhibit 23.2
                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
of Box Energy Corporation on Form S-4 (File No. 0-19967) of our report dated
March 5, 1996 on our audits of the financial statements of Box Energy 
Corporation as of December 31, 1995 and for the years ended December 31, 1995
and 1994, which report is included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.

                                           COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

Dallas, Texas
March 28, 1997