EXHIBIT 7

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Shareholders
InterOil Corporation

     We consent to the use of our audit report dated March 4, 2005 in the
preliminary base shelf registration statement on Form F-10, on the consolidated
balance sheets of InterOil Corporation as at December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the
consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and the statements of
shareholders equity for each of the years in the three year period ended
December 31, 2004 and our audit report dated March 4, 2005 on the related
supplemental note entitled "Reconciliation with United States Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles", which are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 of the
Form 40-F dated March 31, 2005, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the preliminary prospectus.

/s/ KPMG

Sydney, Australia
May 3, 2005

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