EXHIBIT 23.3

NETHERLAND,  SEWELL
&  ASSOCIATES,  INC.




            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS
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     We  hereby  consent  to  (i) the use of the information in our report dated
February  7,  2001,  for  Ceiba  Field  located  offshore Equatorial Guinea (the
"Report") under the caption "Items 1. and 2. Business and Properties - Reserves"
and  in  note 21 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the
caption  "Oil  and  Gas  Data" in the Form 10-K of Triton Energy Limited for the
year  ended  December 31, 2000 (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,  333-48616,  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:/s/Frederic  D.  Sewell
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                                          Frederic  D.  Sewell
                                          President

Dallas,  Texas
March  13,  2001