1
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23-4

                [S.A. HOLDITCH & ASSOCIATES, INC. LETTERHEAD]

                                                                                

February 27, 1998


MCN Energy Group Inc.
500 Griswold
Detroit, Michigan 48226

RE:  MCN Energy Group Inc.
     1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The firm of S.A. Holditch & Associates, Inc. consents to the use of its name
and the information contained in its report dated January 12, 1998, regarding
MCN Energy Group Inc.'s oil and gas reserve information as of December 31, 1997
in its 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In addition, S.A. Holditch, Inc. consents to the incorporation by reference of
said material in Registration Statement Nos. 333-02105 and 333-02107 on Form
S-8, 333-01523, 333-21175 and 333-45281 on Form S-3 and Post Effective Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-21930-99 on Form S-8 of MCN Energy Group
Inc.

S.A. Holditch & Associates, Inc. has no interest in MCN Energy Group Inc. or in
any affiliated companies or subsidiaries and is not to receive such interest as
payment for such reports and has no director, officer, or employee otherwise
connected with MCN Energy Group Inc. We are not employed by MCN Energy Group
Inc. on a contingent basis.

Very truly yours,

S.A. HOLDITCH & ASSOCIATES, INC.


/s/ W. Denton Copeland

W. Denton Copeland
Vice President