Exhibit 23.2

                           DeGolyer and MacNaughton
                              One Energy Square
                             Dallas, Texas 75206


                                 May 14, 1997


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

Gentlemen:

     We  hereby  consent to (i) the incorporation by reference from the Annual
Report  on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 (the "Form 10-K") of
Triton  Energy Limited  (the "Company"), of certain data from our report dated
February  13,  1997,  entitled  "Appraisal  Report  as of December 31, 1996 on
Certain Properties in Colombia owned by Triton Colombia Incorporated", and the
specific  references  to our firm under the caption "Business and Properties -
Reserves" and in note 25 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
under  the  caption  "Oil  and  Gas  Reserve  Data"  in  the Form 10-K, in the
Registration  Statement  of  the  Company  on Form S-8 to be filed in May 1997
relating to an offering of the Company's securities and (ii) the references to
our  firm  in  such  Registration  Statement  under the caption "Experts". 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