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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this registration statement of our report dated March 10, 2000
on the combined statements of income and cash flows of the UP Fuels Division of
Union Pacific Resources Group Inc. for the three-month period ended March 31,
1999 and the year ended December 31, 1998 included in Duke Energy Field
Services, LLC's Form 10 filed on July 20, 2000 and to all references to our Firm
included in or made a part of this registration statement on Form S-3.

                                            /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Fort Worth, Texas
July 20, 2000