Exhibit 23.2






                   Consent of Independent Petroleum Engineers


The undersigned firm of Independent Petroleum Engineers, of Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, knows that it is named as having prepared an evaluation of the interests
of Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd., dated August 21, 2001, prepared for filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for the year ended June
30, 2001, and hereby gives its consent to the use of its name and to the use of
the said estimates.



                                            Paddock Lindstrom & Associates Ltd.


                                            /s/ L. K. Lindstrom
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                                               L. K. Lindstrom, P. Eng.
                                               President