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HRG GROUP, INC. filed this Form 10-K on 12/29/1994
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(A)

              [LETTERHEAD OF HUDDLESTON & CO., INC. APPEARS HERE]
 
                               December 27, 1994
 
Zapata Exploration Company
P.O. Box 4250
Houston, Texas 77210
 
Gentlemen:
 
Huddleston & Co., Inc., has prepared oil and gas reserve estimates for Zapata
Exploration Company, a subsidiary of Zapata Corporation (the "Company"), for
the Company's fiscal years ended September 30, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990,
1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994. Such estimates are included in the notes to the
Financial Statements of the Company which appear in the Company's annual report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994.
 
Huddleston & Co. Inc., hereby consents to the identification in such Form 10-K
of Huddleston & Co., Inc., as the expert which has prepared such estimates, and
the identification of Huddleston & Co., Inc., with respect to such matters in
the post-effective amendments to the Company's registration statements on Forms
S-3 and S-8's covering certain of the shares of the Company's common stock
subject to stock options granted to employees of the Company and covering
interests in a pension plan made available to the employees of one of the
Company's subsidiaries. Huddleston & Co., Inc., also hereby consents to the
inclusion of this letter as an exhibit to such Form
 10-K and registration
statements.
 
                                          Very truly yours,
 
                                          HUDDLESTON & CO., INC.
 
                                          By:M. Drayton Prator, P.E.
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                                             M. Drayton Prator, P.E.
                                             Vice-President
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