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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOREST OIL CORPORATION
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Forest Oil Corporation of our report dated February 11, 2000,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Forest Oil Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in
the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of Forest Oil Corporation.
KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
December 8, 2000
