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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2





                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus 
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Ashland Inc. of 
our report dated March 12, 1998 relating to the financial statements of Marathon
Oil Company Downstream Businesses (a division of Marathon Oil Company), which 
appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Ashland Inc. dated March 17, 
1998.




/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

Pittsburgh, PA
March 20, 1998

