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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.9


                      [HUDDLESTON & CO. INC. LETTERHEAD]



                                April 11, 1995



Goodrich Petroleum Corporation
5847 San Felipe, Suite 700
Houston, Texas 77057

Gentlemen:

Huddleston & Co., Inc., hereby consents to the use of its name and reference to
it as an expert with respect to the information regarding the oil and gas
reserves of Patrick Petroleum Company in a Registration Statement on a Form S-4
of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation.


                                                 HUDDLESTON & CO., INC.


                                                 By /s/  B.P. HUDDLESTON
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                                                         B.P. Huddleston, P.E.