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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Baker Hughes Incorporated on Form S-3 of our report dated February 17, 1999
(which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph relating to the Company's change in its method of accounting for
impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of effective October 1, 1996 to
conform with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121), which is
incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Baker Hughes
Incorporated for the year ended December 31, 1998, as amended, and to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of
this Registration Statement.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Houston, Texas
September 24, 1999