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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




The Board of Directors
Xanser Corporation:


          We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration
statement of our report dated March 2, 2001, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Kaneb Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000
and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000, and related schedules, which report is included
on page F-1 of the Registrant's Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31,
2000.



                                    KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas
August 27, 2001