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EXHIBIT 23.4
[LETTERHEAD OF RALPH E. DAVIS ASSOCIATES, INC.]
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT GEOLOGISTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference into (i) the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, relating to the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt and/or trust
preferred securities of Consolidated Natural Gas Company and (ii) the prospectus
relating to such Registration Statement, of our estimates of company-owned oil
and gas reserves and total gas supply contained in Consolidated Natural Gas
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. We
also consent to any reference to us under the heading "EXPERTS" as to the
matters and to the extent set forth in the prospectus and in Part II of the
Registration Statement, and to the filing of this Consent as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
We further wish to advise that we are not employed on a contingent basis
and that at the time of the preparation of our report, as well as at present,
neither Ralph E. Davis Associates, Inc., nor any of its employees had, or now
has, a substantial interest in Consolidated Natural Gas Company, or any of its
subsidiaries, as a holder of its securities, promoter, underwriter, voting
trustee, director, officer, or employee.
RALPH E. DAVIS ASSOCIATES, INC.
/s/ Thomas M. Sudderth
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Thomas M. Sudderth
President
Dated: December 8, 2000
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