EXHIBIT 99.4


                            CONSENT OF DIRECTOR NOMINEE


     I hereby consent to the reference to me in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 with which this consent is filed as a person who has been nominated
to serve as a director of Devon Energy Corporation upon consummation of the
merger of Devon Energy Corporation and Santa Fe Snyder Corporation.


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