EXHIBIT 23
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation
 
  We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No 33-01077) on Form S-8 of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation of our report
dated March 26, 1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Goodrich
Petroleum Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1994 and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994 and for the period
from July 15, 1993 through December 31, 1993, and to our report dated March
31, 1995 relating to the statement of revenues and direct operating expenses
of the Properties Contributed to La/Cal Energy Partners for the period from
January 1, 1993, through July 14, 1993 which reports appear in the December
31, 1995, annual report on Form 10-K of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation. Our
report dated March 26, 1996, refers to a change in 1995 in the method of
accounting for the impairment of long-lived assets.
 
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Shreveport, Louisiana
 
March 29, 1996