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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Mission Resources Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-_______) on Form S-8 of Mission Resources Corporation, of our report dated
March 9, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Bellwether
Exploration Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000,
which report appears in the December 31, 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of
Bellwether Exploration Company.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas
June 21, 2001