Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S‑3 of PDC Energy, Inc. (No. 333-202853 and No. 333-215422) and to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 of PDC Energy, Inc. (No. 333-189685, No. 333-167945, No. 333-137836, No. 333-118222 and No. 333-118215), of all references to our firm and information from our reserves report dated January 19, 2017, included in or made a part of PDC Energy, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, and our summary report attached as Exhibit 99.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K.

NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:	s/ J. Carter Henson, Jr.
	J. Carter Henson, Jr., P.E.
	Senior Vice President

Houston, Texas

February 28, 2017

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