Exhibit 24
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration
statement of the Lyondell Petrochemical Company Capital Accumulation Plan for
Non-Represented Employees, Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-26867) of our report dated December 6, 1995, on
our audits of the statement of net assets available for benefits of the Lyondell
Petrochemical Company Capital Accumulation Plan for Non-Represented Employees as
of June 30, 1995 and 1994, the related statement of changes in net assets
available for benefits for the year ended June 30, 1995 and the supplemental
schedules as of and for the year ended June 30, 1995, which report is included
in this Annual Report on Form 11-K.



Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Los Angeles, California
December 14, 1995