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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.8


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



     We hereby consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form
S-1 (File No. 333-76911) of our report dated September 8, 1999, on our audit of
the balance sheet of Mewbourne Development Corporation, and our report dated
February 15, 2000, on our audit of the balance sheet of Mewbourne Energy
Partners 00-A, L.P., both of which appear in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
to Form S-1. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption
"Experts" in such Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 .


Dallas, Texas
April 20, 2000

                                             /s/  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP