EXHIBIT 23.2

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

  As independent petroleum engineers, we hereby consent to (i) the reference in
this Form 10-K of ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (the "Company"), as well as in the
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in such Form 10-K, to
the report prepared by Ryder Scott Company, L.P. entitled "ATP Oil & Gas
Corporation, Estimated Future Reserves and Income Attributable to Certain
Leasehold and Royalty Interests, SEC Case, as of December 31, 2001", dated
February 21, 2002, relating to the estimated quantities of future proved
reserves and income attributable to the interests of the Company, and (ii) the
incorporation by reference to the report prepared by Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
into ATP Oil & Gas Corporation's previously filed Registration Statements on
Form S-1 (No. 333-46034) and on Form S-8 (No. 333-60762).



                                 RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P.

Houston, Texas
April 1, 2002