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CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To:
Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc.
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No.
333-152061 on Form S-8 and related Prospectus of Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc.
pertaining to the 2007 Stock Plan of the Company (the “Plan”), certain
restricted stock issued under the Plan, and certain non-Plan options, of our
report dated February
27, 2009, relating to consolidated balance sheets of Pacific Asia
Petroleum, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) (a development stage
company) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 2008 and the period August 25, 2005
(date of inception) through December 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, as appearing in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K/ A .
/s/ RBSM,
LLP
New York,
New York
January
6, 2010