EXHIBIT 23.4


                     (T.J. SMITH & COMPANY, INC. LETTERHEAD)



                      CONSENT OF T.J. SMITH & COMPANY, INC.

        As independent oil and gas consultants, T.J. Smith & Company, Inc.
hereby consents to the use of our reserve report dated as of December 31, 2001
and to all references to our firm included in or made a part of the Mission
Resources Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003 to be filed on or about March 1, 2004, and to the incorporation by
reference thereof into Mission Resources Corporation's previously filed
Registration Statements on Form S-3 (333-111955) and Form S-8 (File Nos.
333-105169, 333-63562, 333-54798, 333-57827, 333-27707 and 333-91326).


                                        T.J. Smith & Company, Inc.


                                        By:   /s/ T.J. SMITH
                                             ---------------------
                                             T.J. Smith, P.E.

Houston, Texas
March 1, 2004