Exhibit 23.1

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     As independent public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the incorporation
by  reference  of our report in this Form 10-K into Stone  Energy  Corporation's
previously  filed  Registration  Statements  on  Forms  S-8  (Registration  Nos.
33-67332 and 333-51968) and S-3 (Registration No. 333-79733).



                                                             ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
March 21, 2001