EXHIBIT 23.1


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Energy Partners, Ltd.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-89044) on Form S-8 and (No. 333-91214) on Form S-3 of Energy Partners, Ltd.
of our report dated February 3, 2003, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheets of Energy Partners, Ltd. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and
2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2002, which report appears in the December 31, 2002,
annual report on Form 10-K of Energy Partners, Ltd.

Our report for the year ended December 31, 2001 refers to a change in the method
of accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities.


                                                         KPMG LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
March 11, 2003