EXHIBIT 23.3


                  CONSENT OF LEE KEELING AND ASSOCIATES, INC.



     As Independent oil and gas consultants, Lee Keeling and Associates, Inc.
hereby consents to the use of its reserve report dated August 1, 1997 on Gothic
Energy Corporation and HS Resources, Inc. for disclosure to the Securities and
Exchange Commission and consents to all references to this firm included or made
part of Gothic Energy Corporation's registration statement on Form S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



                                  LEE KEELING AND ASSOCIATES, INC.


                                       
                                  By:  /s/ Kenneth Renberg
                                     --------------------------------
                                       Vice President



Dated: October 8, 1997