EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
No. 333-87422 of Duke Energy Field Services, LLC on Form S-3 of our report
dated  March 15, 2004, (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and
includes an explanatory paragraph as to the Company's change in its method of
accounting for asset retirement obligations to conform to Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations; the Company's change in its method of accounting for energy
trading contracts that do not meet the definition of a derivative under SFAS
No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, and
trading inventories that previously had been recorded at fair value to conform
to Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 02-03, Issues Involved in Accounting for
Derivative Contracts Held for Trading Purposes and Contracts Involved in Energy
Trading and Risk Management Activities in 2003; the Company's change in its
method of accounting for goodwill to conform to SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and
Other Intangible Assets in 2002 and the Company's change in its method of
accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities to conform to
SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities in
2001), appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Duke Energy Field
Services, LLC for the year ended December 31, 2003.



Denver, Colorado
March 15, 2004