EXHIBIT 23.7

                            CONSENT OF HIGGS & JOHNSON

      We hereby consent to the references to our firm under the captions
"Risk Factors--Risk Factors Relating to Our Business" and "Description of New
Notes--Enforceability of Judgments" in the prospectus included in this
Registration Statement on Forms F-4 and S-4 of Amethyst Financial Company
Ltd. and Pride International, Inc.



                                             HIGGS & JOHNSON



Nassau, The Bahamas
December 8, 1999