EXHIBIT 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Pride International, Inc.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 on Form S-8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Nos. 333-66644 and
333-66644-01) of our report dated January 23, 2001, on the consolidated
financial statements of Marine Drilling Companies, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2000, which report appears in the Current Report of Pride
International, Inc. on Form 8-K dated September 13, 2001.



                                                  KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas
October 19, 2001