Exhibit 23.2


                            DeGOLYER and MacNAUGHTON
                                One Energy Square
                               Dallas, Texas 75206


                                  June 4, 1999


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, 1998 (the "Form 10-K") of
Triton  Energy  Limited  (the  "Company"),  of  certain data from our "Appraisal
Report,  as  of  December  31,  1998, 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 June 1999 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