EXHIBIT 23.2

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


     We hereby  consent to the use of our name in the  "Experts"  section of the
Prospectus that forms a part of Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on
Form  S-3  (the  "Registration  Statement")  of Stone  Energy  Corporation  (the
"Company").  We hereby further consent to the  incorporation by reference of the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 ("Form
10-K") into the Registration Statement, which Form 10-K makes reference to us in
"Item 2. Properties."


                                              ATWATER CONSULTANTS, LTD.


                                           By:/s/Mike Beifus
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                                              Name:  Mike Beifus



New Orleans, Louisiana
May 31, 2002