EXHIBIT 23.1



                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



Baker Hughes Incorporated:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 1
and 2 to Registration Statement No. 33-14803 on Form S-8, in Registration
Statement No. 33-39445 on Form S-8, in Registration Statement No. 33-51295 on
Form S-8, in Registration Statement No. 33-57759 on Form S-8, in Registration
Statement No. 333-19771 on Form S-8, in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form
S-8 to Registration Statement No. 333-28123 on Form S-4, in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Registration Statement No. 333-29027 on Form S-4,
in Registration Statement No. 333-49327 on Form S-8, in Registration Statement
No. 333-61065 on Form S-8, in Registration Statement No. 333-62205 on Form S-8,
in Registration Statement No. 333-74897 on Form S-8, in Registration Statement
No. 333-81463 on Form S-8, in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement No. 333-87829 on Form S-3, in Registration Statement No. 333-41982 on
Form S-8, and in Registration Statement No. 333-87372 on Form S-8 of our report
dated February 12, 2003 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and
includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company's adoption of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, which established new
accounting and reporting standards for the recording, amortization and
impairment of goodwill and other intangibles, and the adoption of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 133, 137 and 138, which established new
accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and hedging
activities) appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Baker Hughes
Incorporated for the year ended December 31, 2002.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


Houston, Texas
March 7, 2003