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                                                                      Exhibit 23


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


Board of Directors
Forest Oil Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
33-59504) on Form S-8 of Forest Oil Corporation - Retirement Savings Plan of
Forest Oil Corporation of our report dated May 19, 2000, relating to the
statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Retirement Savings
Plan of Forest Oil Corporation as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the related
statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years
then ended and related schedules for the year ended December 31, 1999, which
report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 11-K of the
Retirement Savings Plan of Forest Oil Corporation.


                                                           KPMG LLP


Denver, Colorado
June 27, 2000
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