HEIN + ASSOCIATES LLP
Certified Public Accountants & Consultants with
offices in Denver, Houston, Dallas and Los Angeles

717 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1600
Denver, CO  80202-3330
Phone:(303) 298-9600
Fax:  (303) 298-8118


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement of
Foreland Corporation on Form S-3 of our report (which includes an explanatory
paragraph about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern) dated
April 12, 1996 on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of
Foreland Corporation, as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 1995, which report is included in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/ Hein + Associates LLP

HEIN + ASSOCIATES LLP

Denver, Colorado
December 23, 1996