EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                   [LETTERHEAD OF RYDER COMPANY APPEARS HERE]
 
                         CONSENT OF RYDER SCOTT COMPANY
 
   We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration
statements of Vastar Resources, Inc. (the "Company"), Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (No. 33-80844), Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-80846),
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-80848), Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (No. 33-80850), Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-87814),
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-87816), Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (No. 33-87818), Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-24077) and
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-86310) and Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (No. 333-67159), of our report dated January 14, 1999 on our audit of
the remaining proved reserves attributable to the properties owned by the
Company as of December 31, 1998.
 
                                          /s/ RYDER SCOTT COMPANY
                                            PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
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                                          RYDER SCOTT COMPANY
                                          PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
 
March 4, 1999