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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.8
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
     As independent chartered accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of our
report dated December 31, 1997 on the combined financial statements of BMW
Monarch (Lloydminster) Ltd. and BMW Pump Inc. included in Weatherford
International, Inc.'s (formerly known as EVI Weatherford, Inc.) Amendment No. 1
to Form 8-K on Form
8-K/A dated December 2, 1997 and to all references to our Firm included in this
Registration Statement.
 
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Chartered Accountants
 
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
November 20, 1998