EXHIBIT 23.1



                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Baker Hughes Incorporated on Form S-8 relating to the Baker Hughes
Incorporated Director Compensation Deferral Plan of our report dated February
12, 2003 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an
explanatory paragraph relating to the Company's adoption of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, which established new accounting and
reporting standards for the recording, amortization and impairment of goodwill
and other intangibles, and the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards Nos. 133, 137 and 138, which established new accounting and reporting
standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities), appearing in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Baker Hughes Incorporated for the year ended
December 31, 2002.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP



Houston, Texas
March 14, 2003