EXHIBIT
23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS
The
undersigned 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 St. Mary Land
& Exploration Company for the year ended December 31, 2008. We
hereby further consent to the use of information contained in our reports, as of
December 31, 2008, setting forth the estimates of revenues from St. Mary Land
& Exploration Company's oil and gas reserves. We further consent
to the incorporation by reference thereof into St. Mary Land & Exploration
Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement Nos.
333-30055, 333-35352, 333-88780, and 333-106438 on Form S-8 and Registration
Statement Nos. 033-61850, 333-58273, and 333-134221, and 333-151779 on Form S-8,
and Registration Statement No. 333-143815 on Form S-3.
/s/ RYDER SCOTT COMPANY,
L.P.
Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
Denver, CO
February 23,
2009