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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, 1998 and (b) to the inclusion
of the estimate of proved  reserves and present value of the future net revenues
included in our report dated January 27, 1999 in such Annual Report.




                                                           RYDER SCOTT COMPANY
                                                           PETROLEUM ENGINEERS


Houston, Texas
March 24, 1999










