EXHIBIT 23

Holditch-Reservoir Technologies Consulting Services

1310 Commerce Drive
Park Ridge 1
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1011
Tel: 412-787-5403
Fax: 412-787-2906

12 May, 2000


                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


     Holditch-Reservoir Technologies Consulting Services hereby consents to the
references to our firm in the form and context in which they appear in the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Quicksilver Resources Inc. (the "Company") for
the quarter ended March 31, 2000.  We hereby further consent to the use of
information contained in our reports, as of April 1, 2000 setting forth the
estimates of revenues from the Company's oil and gas reserves. We further
consent to the incorporation by references of the Form 10-Q into the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-94387).


                                    Very truly yours,

                                    /s/ Joseph H. Frantz, Jr.

                                    Joseph H. Frantz, Jr.
                                    Manager