<PAGE>
Exhibit 23.3
Holditch-Reservoir Technologies Consulting Services
1310 Commerce Drive
Park Ridge 1
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1011
Tel: 412-787-5403
Fax: 412-787-2906
1 November, 2000
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
Holditch-Reservoir Technologies Consulting Services hereby consents to the
references to our firm in the form and context in which they appear in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Quicksilver Resources Inc. (the "Company") for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the
Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2000 and the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2000. We hereby further
consent to the use of information contained in our reports, as of April 1, 2000
setting forth the estimates of revenues from the Company's oil and gas reserves.
We further consent to the incorporation by references of the Form 10-K and the
Forms 10-Q into the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed
November 1, 2000.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Joseph H. Frantz, Jr.
Joseph H. Frantz, Jr., P.E.
Operations Manager - Eastern U.S.
