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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
of Burlington Resources Inc. (the "Company") on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
33-22493, 33-25807, 33-26024, as amended in Registration No. 2-97533, 33-33626,
33-46518, 33-53973, 333-02029, 333-32603, 333-40565 and 333-60081) and on Form
S-3 (Registration Nos. 33-54477, 333-24999 and 333-52213) of our report dated
March 3, 2000, except for Note 14 as to which the date is August 7, 2000, on our
audits of the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December
31, 1999 and 1998, and for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 1999, which report is in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A No. 2
for the year ended December 31, 1999.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

August 17, 2000

Houston, Texas