Exhibit 23.1




                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



     As independent public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the incorporation
by  reference  of our  report in this Form 8-K into Stone  Energy  Corporation's
previously  filed  Registration  Statements  on  Forms  S-8  (Registration  Nos.
33-67332,  333-51968,   333-64448  and  333-87849)  and  S-3  (Registration  No.
333-79733).  Our report dated  February 23, 2001 included in the Company's  Form
10-K for the  year  ended  December  31,  2000 is no  longer  appropriate  since
restated  financial  statements have been presented  giving effect to a business
combination accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.



                                                     ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
September 19, 2001