Pacific Energy Resources Ltd., Long Beach, Calif., (Toronto: PFE) has closed its acquisition of all of the Alaskan assets of Forest Oil Corp., Denver, (NYSE: FST) for US$490.8 million. The assets include Forest subsidiary Forest Alaska Holding LLC and remaining assets not held by Forest Alaska, including 50% equity interest in Cook Inlet Pipeline Co. Properties include nine fields in the Cook Inlet area, with the major fields of McArthur River, Redoubt Shoal, West McArthur River and Trading Bay, and the minor fields of West Foreland, Three Mile Creek, Sabre, Kustatan and Cosmopolitan. Net production is approximately 5,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (80% oil). Proved reserves are 26.06 million barrels equivalent (11.3 million proved developed producing) and possible and probable reserves of 34.54 million barrels for total proved, probable and possible reserves of 60.6 million barrels.