EXHIIT 23.2

                            DeGOLYER and MacNAUGHTON
                                One Energy Square
                               Dallas, Texas 75206


                                  March 3, 2000


Triton  Energy  Limited
Caledonian  House
Mary  Street
P.O.  Box  1043
George  Town
Grand  Cayman,  Cayman  Islands

Gentlemen:

     We  hereby  consent  to  (i)  the  use  of the information contained in our
"Appraisal  Report,  as  of December 31, 1999, on Certain Properties in Colombia
owned  by  Triton  Colombia  Incorporated,"  under  the caption "Items 1 and 2 -
Business  and  Properties  -  Reserves"  and  in  note  23  of  the Notes to the
Consolidated  Financial  Statements under the caption "Oil and Gas Reserve Data"
in  the Form 10-K of Triton Energy Limited for the year ended December 31, 1999,
and  (ii)  the  references  to  our  firm  under such captions. Our estimates of
reserves,  however,  for the Cusiana and Cupiagua fields have been aggregated in
the  Form  10-K  with  other  Colombian  reserves for which we have not prepared
estimates.


     Very  truly  yours,



     DeGOLYER  and  MacNAUGHTON