EXHIBIT 23
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
  We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration
statements of Atlantic Richfield Company: Registration Statement on Form S-3
(No. 333-71293), Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-33151),
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-43830), Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (No. 33-21558), Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-33153),
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-26901), Post-Effective Amendment
No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-21160), Post-Effective
Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-23639),
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-26901), Post-Effective Amendment
No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-21162), Post-Effective
Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-21553), Post-
Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-23640),
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-26901), Post-Effective Amendment
No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-21552), and Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-33245), of our report dated February 12, 1999,
on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule of Atlantic Richfield Company as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1998, which report is
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.
 
                                          PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
March 16, 1999