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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
FINA, Inc.:
 
     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
listed below of FINA, Inc. and Fina Oil and Chemical Company of our report dated
January 26, 1998, except as to the third paragraph of note 1(a) which is as of
February 17, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of FINA, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows and related schedule
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, which
report appears in the December 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of FINA, Inc.
 
     Registration Statements on Form S-8 of FINA, Inc.:
 
     - Amdel Inc. Employee Investment Plan, Registration No. 2-49321
 
     - American Petrofina, Incorporated Employee Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
       (1979), Registration No. 2-68232
 
     - Thrift and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of American
       Petrofina, Incorporated, Registration No. 2-89230
 
     Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Fina Oil and Chemical Company
Registration No. 333-06903.
 
     Our report refers to a change in the method of accounting for the
impairment of long-lived assets in 1995.
 
                                            KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Dallas, Texas
March 12, 1998