Exhibit 23.1

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration 
Statement of Remington Oil and Gas Corporation (formerly Box Energy 
Corporation), on Form S-4 (File No. 0-19967) of our report dated March 20, 
1998 on our audits of the financial statements of Remington Oil and Gas 
Corporation as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and for each of the two years 
in the period ending December 31, 1997.

                                            /S/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Dallas, Texas
March 27, 1997