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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form
10-K) of Helmerich & Payne, Inc. of our report dated November 22, 1994,
included in the 1994 Annual Report to Shareholders of Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     Our audit also included the 1994 financial statement schedules of
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. listed in Item 14(a).  These schedules are the
responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express
an opinion based on our audit.  In our opinion, the financial statement
schedules referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.

     We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (Forms S-8 Nos. 33-16771 and 33-55239) pertaining respectively to
the Helmerich & Payne, Inc. Incentive Stock Option Plan and 1990 Stock Option
Plan of our report dated November 22, 1994, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements for 1994 incorporated herein by reference, and our report
included in the preceding paragraph with respect to the 1994 financial
statement schedules included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Helmerich &
Payne, Inc.


                                        ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Tulsa, Oklahoma
December 21, 1994