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<DESCRIPTION>E & Y CONSENT
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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                        Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 33-95002) pertaining to the Cooper Cameron Corporation Retirement
Savings Plan of our report dated June 12, 2001 with respect to the financial
statements of the Cooper Cameron Corporation Retirement Savings Plan included in
this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 30, 2000.


                                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

June 27, 2001
Houston, Texas

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