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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of Kerr-McGee Operating Corporation of our report dated
February 26, 1999 appearing in the Kerr-McGee Corporation Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 and relating to the consolidated
financial statements of Oryx Energy Company, which financial statements are not
separately presented therein.

                                                      PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Dallas, Texas
  August 21, 2001