EXHIBIT 23.3

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


     We hereby  consent to the use of our name in the  "Experts"  section of the
Prospectus that forms a part of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on
Form  S-3  (the  "Registration  Statement")  of Stone  Energy  Corporation  (the
"Company").  We hereby further consent to the  incorporation by reference of the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 ("Form
10-K") into the Registration  Statement,  which Form 10-K makes reference to us
in "Item 2. Properties."

                                                  RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P.

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




Denver, Colorado
November 27, 2002