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Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Evergreen Resources, Inc.
1401 17^th Street, Suite 1200
Denver, Colorado 80202

        We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Evergreen Resources, Inc. (the "Company"), of our audit reports, dated February 10, 2000, February 13, 2001, and January 31, 2002 of estimates of the net proved oil and gas reserves of the Company and their present values as of December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively, and all references to our firm therein.

NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:	/s/  DANNY D. SIMMONS Danny D. Simmons Senior Vice President

Houston, Texas
April 11, 2002

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Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.