Forest Oil Corp. announced the completion of the Liard pipelineand initial production from the P-66A Well in the NorthwestTerritories. Production rates are anticipated to increase graduallyduring the next several weeks to a target rate of 35 to 50 MMcf/d,resulting in net sales of gas by Forest of 15 to 20 MMcf/d.Production is being transported and processed through the Westcoastsystem. Based on current prices, processing and transportationfees, and production costs, the netback for the production fromthis field is US$2.25/Mcf, the company said. Production from theFort Liard area is the first new gas to be brought on stream in theNorthwest Territories since the Pointed Mountain field in the early1970s. Forest has achieved production within 40 months of itsinitial participation in the Flett exploration program. Thisrepresents a significant achievement considering the remotelocation and lack of infrastructure in the area. It is expectedthat substantial reductions in cycle times will be achieved as aresult of the company-owned facilities now in place.

AmeriGas Partners, L.P. acquired substantially all of thepropane distribution assets and business of All Star GasCorporation in five western states. All Star Gas markets over 18million retail gallons annually from 26 locations in California,Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Terms of the transaction werenot disclosed.”The acquisition of the operations of All Star Gasbrings the total sales volume acquired this year to 26 millionannual gallons, exceeding our commitment to add 15 million gallonsannually to AmeriGas through the addition of quality businesseswith talented people,” said AmeriGas CEO Lon R. Greenberg.

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