[Letterhead BDO Seidman, LLP]


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


Tengasco Inc. and Subsidiaries
Knoxville, Tennessee

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-48694) of Tengasco Inc. and Subsidiaries of our
report dated February 27, 2003, relating to the consolidated financial
statements, which appears in the Annual Report to Shareholders, which is
incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our report contains an
explanatory paragraph regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern.



Atlanta, Georgia                                            /s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
March 31, 2003