EXHIBIT 23.5

               [NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. LETTERHEAD]



            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS

As independent oil and gas consultants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference of our report letter dated February 9, 2001 and our audit letter
dated July 11, 2001 (collectively, the "Reserve Letters"), each addressed to
Westport Resources Corporation, in this Exchange Offer Registration Statement on
Form S-4 (the "Exchange Offer Registration Statement"), to all references to our
firm and the Reserve Letters included in or made a part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm as experts in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement.



                                    NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.



                                    By: /s/ FREDERIC D. SEWELL
                                        Frederic D. Sewell
                                        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



Dallas, Texas
June 4, 2003