EXHIBIT 23.6


               (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 Amendment No. 1 to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Westport Resources Corporation (the
"Amended Registration Statement"), to all references to our firm and the Reserve
Letters included in or made a part of the Amended Registration Statement and to
the reference to our firm as experts in the Amended Registration Statement.



                                       NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.



                                       By: /s/ C. H. (SCOTT) REES, III
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                                           C. H. (Scott) Rees, III
                                           President and Chief Operating Officer



Dallas, Texas
September 12, 2003