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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.4


                                    CONSENT

         Ryder Scott Company hereby consents to references to Ryder Scott
Company as expert and to its reserve reports and to information depicted in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1999 for Queen Sand
Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation, that was derived from our reserve
reports, incorporated by reference in (i) the Prospectus constituting a part of
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-47577) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) the Prospectus constituting a part of
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-61375) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, (iii) the Prospectus constituting a part of
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-70993) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, (iv) the Prospectus constituting a part of
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-78001) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and (v) the Prospectus constituting a part
of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (No. 333-67951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                            RYDER SCOTT COMPANY