EXHIBIT 23



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


Rowan Companies, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4
to Registration Statement No. 2-58700, Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement
No. 33-33755, Registration Statement No. 33-61444, Registration Statement No.
33-51103, Registration Statement No. 33-51105, Registration Statement No.
33-51109, Registration Statement No. 333-25041, Registration Statement No.
333-25125, Registration Statement No. 333-84369, Registration Statement No.
333-84405 and Registration Statement No. 333-101914, each on Form S-8, and to
the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No
33-15721, Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 33-30057, Amendment No.
2 to Registration Statement No. 33-61696, Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement No. 33-62885, Registration Statement No. 333-84407, Registration
Statement No. 333-84423, Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No.
333-88855, Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-44874, Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-82798, Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement No. 333-82802 and Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No.
333-82804, each on Form S-3, of Rowan Companies, Inc. ("Company"), of our
report dated March 7, 2003, (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and
includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the Company's change in its
method of accounting for Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets) incorporated by
reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Rowan Companies, Inc., for the
year ended December 31, 2002, and to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts" in Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-82804.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Houston, Texas
March 27, 2003