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                                  EXHIBIT 23.2

                       (LETTERHEAD OF RYDER SCOTT COMPANY)


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


         As independent petroleum engineers, we hereby consent to (a) the use of
our name and references to our firm in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of 3DX
Technologies Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1997 and (b) to the inclusion
of the estimate of proved reserves and present value of the future net revenues
included in our report dated February 9, 1998 in such Annual Report. We further
consent to the incorporation by reference of the information set forth above
which is included in such Annual Report into the Registration Statement on Form
S-8, filed June 27, 1997, (No. 333-30187) pertaining to the stock option plan
of 3DX Technologies Inc.





                                                          RYDER SCOTT COMPANY
                                                          PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


Houston, Texas
March 27, 1998

