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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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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. 333-57991) pertaining to the Individual Retirement Plan for Bargaining
Unit Employees at the Cooper Cameron Corporation Buffalo, New York Plant of our
report dated June 12, 2002 with respect to the financial statements of the
Individual Account Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees at the Cooper
Cameron Corporation Buffalo, New York Plant included in this Annual Report (Form
11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2001.

                                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

June 27, 2002
Houston, Texas


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