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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 23.4
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                                                                    Exhibit 23.4


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


     We do hereby consent to the use of our name in "Item 2.  Properties" of the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Stone Energy  Corporation  (the "Company") for the
year ended December 31, 2001.
                                              RYDER SCOTT COMPANY


                                         By:  /s/ Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
                                             -----------------------------
                                                  Ryder Scott Company, L.P.


         Denver, Colorado
         March 19, 2002

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