EXHIBIT 23.2

                     [RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P. LETTERHEAD]

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

Board of Directors
3TEC Energy Corporation
Houston, Texas

As independent petroleum engineers, we hereby consent to all references in the
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, to Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
and/or our summary letters dated February 14, 2001, January 15, 2002, and
January 29, 2003, regarding our estimates of the proved oil and natural gas
reserves of 3TEC Energy Corporation as of December 31, 2000, 2001, and 2002,
respectively. We further consent to all references to Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
in previous filings that are incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K,
including our reserve estimates of the oil and natural gas properties acquired
by 3TEC Energy Corporation from Floyd Oil Company, Magellan Exploration, LLC,
and CWR Resources, Inc.


RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P.

Houston, Texas
March 26, 2003