EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors
XPLOR Energy, Inc.
(formerly Araxas Energy Corporation)
   
We consent to the use of our reports on the consolidated financial statements
of XPLOR Energy, Inc. as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996 and on the combined
financial statements of the South Coast Companies as of December 31, 1996 and
1995, and for the years then ended, included herein and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus.     
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Houston, Texas
   
December 1, 1997