Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS

We hereby consent to the references to our firm in this Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed by Plains Exploration & Production Company, and to the use and incorporation by reference of its reserve reports as of December 31, 2004, December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006, setting forth the interests of Plains Exploration & Production Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), relating to the estimated quantities of the Company’s proved reserves of oil and gas and present values thereof for the periods included therein.

NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:	/s/ Danny D. Simmons
	Danny D. Simmons, P.E
	Executive Vice President

Houston, Texas

July 30, 2007

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