EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Cooper Cameron Corporation of our report dated January 27, 2000, included in
the 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders of Cooper Cameron Corporation.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration
Statements on Forms S-8 or Form S-3 of Cooper Cameron Corporation of our report
dated January 27, 2000, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
incorporated herein by reference in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 1999.
Registration
Statement No. Purpose
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No. 333-26923 and Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the
No. 33-95004 Amended and Restated Cooper Cameron Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Plan
No. 33-94948 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the Cooper
Cameron Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan
No. 33-95000 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the Cooper
Cameron Corporation Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
No. 33-95002 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the Cooper
Cameron Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
No. 333-58005 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the
Individual Retirement Plan for Hourly-Paid Employees at
the Cooper Cameron Corporation Mount Vernon Plant
No. 333-57995 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the
Individual Account Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit
Employees at the Cooper Cameron Corporation Missouri
City, Texas Facility
No. 333-57991 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the
Individual Account Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit
Employees at the Cooper Cameron Corporation Buffalo, New
York Plant
No. 333-57997 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the
Individual Account Retirement Plan for Cooper Cameron
Corporation Hourly Employees, UAW, at the Superior Plant
No. 333-58001 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the
Individual Account Retirement Plan for Cooper Cameron
Corporation Hourly Employees, IAM, at the Superior Plant
No. 333-58003 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the
Individual Account Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit
Employees at the Cooper Cameron Corporation Grove City
Facility
No. 333-53545 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the
Amended and Restated Cooper Cameron Corporation Long-
Term Incentive Plan
No. 333-51705 Form S-3 Registration Statement pertaining to the Cooper
Cameron Corporation shelf registration of debt
securities
No. 333-77641 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the Cooper
Cameron Corporation Savings-Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees
No. 333-79787 Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the Cooper
Cameron Corporation Second Amended and Restated 1995
Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Houston, Texas
March 24, 2000