EXHIBIT 23.2


              [LETTERHEAD OF MILLER AND LENTS, LTD. APPEARS HERE]

                              March 30, 2001

Cross Timbers Oil Company
810 Houston Street, Suite 2000
Fort Worth, TX 76102

                                            Re:  Cross Timbers Oil Company
                                                 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K

Gentlemen:

     The firm of Miller and Lents, Ltd., consents to the use of its name and to
the use of its report dated March 27, 2001, regarding the Cross Timbers Oil
Company Proved Reserves and Future Net Revenue as of December 31, 2000 in the
2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     Miller and Lents, Ltd., has no interests in Cross Timbers Oil Company or in
any affiliated companies or subsidiaries and is not to receive any such interest
as payment for such reports and has no director, officer, or employee otherwise
connected with Cross Timbers Oil Company.  We are not employed by Cross Timbers
Oil Company on a contingent basis.

                              Yours very truly,

                              MILLER AND LENTS, LTD.


                              By     /s/ James C. Pearson
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                                   James C. Pearson
                                   President