EXHIBIT 23.3
NETHERLAND,  SEWELL
&  ASSOCIATES,  INC.




            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS
            ---------------------------------------------------------


     We  hereby  consent  to  (i) the use of the information in our report dated
January  31,  2000,  for  Ceiba  Field  located  offshore Equatorial Guinea (the
"Report") 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 (the "Form 10-K"), and (ii) the references to
our  firm  under  such  captions.

     We further consent to (i) the incorporation by reference from the Form 10-K
of certain data from the Report in the Company's Registration Statements on Form
S-3  (Nos.  33-59567, 333-11703, 333-11703-01, 333-67843, and 333-81029), and on
Form  S-8  (Nos.  2-80978,  33-4042,  33-27203,  33-29498,  33-46968,  33-51691,
333-08005,  333-27313  and  333-81031) of the Company, and to (ii) references to
our name in said Registration Statements and the Prospectuses contained therein.


                         NETHERLAND,  SEWELL  &  ASSOCIATES,  INC.


                         By:
                               Clarence  M.  Netherland
                                Chairman

Dallas,  Texas
March  3,  2000