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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

In re:
PACIFIC ENERGY RESOURCES LTD, et al.,

Chapter 11 Case No. 09-10785 (KJC) (Jointly Administered) Objection Deadline: 10/26/10 at 4:00 p.m. Hearing Deadline: Only if Objections are Filed

Debtors.

NOTICE OF MONTHLY FEE AND EXPENSE INVOICE

To: The Notice Parties Listed on Exhibit A hereto

Name of Applicant:

Warren H. Smith & Associates, P.C.

Authorized to Provide Professional Services to: Date of Retention: Period for which compensation and/or reimbursement is sought:

The United States Bankruptcy Court July 9, 2008

September 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010

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Summary of Monthly Fee and Expense Invoice Statements for Compensation Period:

Requested Date Filed


8/7/09 9/16/09 10/6/09 11/6/09 12/8/09 01/11/10 02/05/10 03/08/10 04/06/10 05/07/10 06/04/10 07/06/10 08/06/10 09/07/10 10/06/10

Paid Fees Paid


$660.40 $22,546.00 $9,335.00 $4,511.50 $13,755.00 $7,766.88 $16,046.80 $19,621.80 $14,009.00 $9,752.80 $4,965.20 $11,227.40 $6,906.40 $0.00 $0.00

Period Covered
July 1, 2009July 31, 2009 August 1, 2009August 31, 2009 September 1, 2009September 30, 2009 October 1, 2009October 31, 2009 November 1, 2009November 30, 2009 December 1, 2009December 31, 2009 January 1, 2010January 31, 2010 February 1, 2010February 28, 2010 March 1, 2010March 31, 2010 April 1, 2010April 30, 2010 May 1, 2010May 31, 2010 June 1, 2010June 30, 2010 July 1, 2010July 31, 2010 August 1, 2010August 31, 2010 September 1, 2010September 30, 2010

Fees
$825.50 $28,182.50 $9,335.00 $4,511.50 $13,755.00 $9,708.50 $20,058.50 $24,527.25 $17,511.25 $12,191.00 $6,206.50 $14,034.25 $8,633.00 $5,305.25 $7,756.75

Expenses
$0.00 $42.93 $74.31 $132.52 $233.77 $178.19 $101.85 $177.44 $419.10 $106.00 $28.44 $190.48 $142.18 $91.19 $176.99

Expenses Paid
$0.00 $42.93 $74.31 $132.52 $237.77 $178.19 $101.85 $0.00 $419.00 $106.00 $28.44 $190.48 $142.18 $0.00 $0.00

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Warren H. Smith and Associates, P. C. (the "Applicant") has today filed this Notice of Amended Monthly Fee and Expense Invoice for September 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010 (this "Monthly Fee Statement") pursuant to the Order Appointing Fee Auditor and Establishing Related Procedures Concerning the Allowance and Payment of Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Applicants and Consideration of Fee Applications (the "Fee Auditor Order).

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that responses or objections to this Monthly Fee Statement, if any, must be filed on or before October 26, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) (the "Objection Deadline") with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, 5th Floor, 824 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon the expiration of the Objection Deadline, the Applicant shall certify in writing to the Debtors and Counsel to the Debtors that no objection, or an objection, has been filed with the Court relative to his Notice, whichever is applicable, after which the Debtors shall pay to the Professional an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 80 per cent of the fees and 100 percent of the expenses requested in this Monthly Fee Statement or (ii) 80 percent of the fees and 100 percent of the expenses not subject to an objection. All fees and expenses in this Monthly Fee Statement will be included in the next interim application for compensation and reimbursement of expenses to be filed and served by the Applicant at a later date, and will be subject to objection at such time. Dated: October 6, 2010

Respectfully submitted,

WARREN H. SMITH & ASSOCIATES, P. C.

By: Warren H. Smith State Bar No. 18757050 325 N. Saint Paul Suite 1250 Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 698-3868 (214) 722-0081 (FAX) FEE AUDITOR

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Warren H. Smith, certify that I am not less than 18 years if age, and that service of a copy of the attached Notice of Monthly Fee and Expense Invoice (for Warren H. Smith & Associates, P. C. for September, 2010) was made October 6, 2010, upon the Notice Parties identified as "Exhibit A" in the Order Appointing Fee Auditor and Establishing Related Procedures Concerning the Allowance and Payment of Compensation and Reimbursement of expenses of Professionals and Members of Official Committees and Consideration of Fee Applications (as modified) via email, or by hand delivery to those Parties located in Wilmington, Delaware.

Under penalty of perjury, I declare that the foregoing is true and correct.

Warren H. Smith

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Exhibit A
United States Trustee Office of the United States Trustee 844 N. King Street, Room 2207 Lock Box 35 Wilmington, DE 19801 Counsel to the Debtors Laura Davis Jones, Esq. James E. ONeill, Esq. Kathleen P. Makowski, Esq. Pachulski Stang Ziehl & LLP 919 North Market Street, 17th Floor P.O. Box 8705 Wilmington DE 19899 Counsel to the Debtors Ian S. Fredericks, Esq. Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP One Rodney Square P.O. Box 636 Wilmington, DE 19899 Special Counsel to the Debtors Penelope Parmes, Esq. Rutan & Tucker, LLP 611 Anton Boulevard 14th Floor Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Canadian Counsel to the Debtors Jensen Lunny MacInnes Law Corporation H.C. Ritchie Clark, Q.C. P.O. Box 12077 Suite 2550 555 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6B 4N5 Engineering Consultant to the Debtors Mark A. Clemans Millstream Energy, LLC 4918 Menlo Park Drive Sugarland, TX 77479 Special Oil and Gas Transactional Counsel to the Debtors Anthony C. Marino, Esq. Schully, Roberts, Slattery & Marino PLC Energy Centre 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 1800, New Orleans, LA 70163 Financial Advisor to the Debtors Curtis A. McClam Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP 350 South Grand Ave, Ste. 200 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Financial Advisor to the Debtors John Rutherford Lazard Freres & Co. LLC 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 61st Floor New York, NY 10020 Co-Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors David B. Stratton, Esq. James C. Carignan, Esq. Pepper Hamilton LLP Hercules Plaza, Suite 1500 1313 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19899 Co-Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Filiberto Agusti, Esq. Steven Reed, Esq. Joshua Taylor, Esq. Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Debtors Pacific Energy 111 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 1240 Long Beach, CA 90802

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Warren H. Smith & Associates, P.C.


325 North St. Paul Street Suite 1250 Dallas, TX 75201 Tax Id# 01-0584406

Invoice submitted to: Pacific Energy

October 04, 2010

Invoice #10043

Professional Services Hours 9/6/2010 MW 9/7/2010 MW AL Draft Monthly invoice of WHSA for August 2010 (2.0); preliminary review of same (.4) send monthly fee app to J. Wehrmann for review (.1); finalize for court filing (.2). Electronic filing with the court of WHSA's July fee application 2.40 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.40 Amount 336.00 42.00 13.50 45.75 108.00

JAW proofread W.H. Smith's August 2010 fee statement and Notice of Filing (0.2); email to M. White regarding any revisions needed to same (0.1) MWS telephone conference with Alexa L. Parnell regarding Pac Energy final reports (fourth interim period) and initial reports (fifth interim period) (0.2); review Pepper Hamiltons response to initial report re fee application for fourth interim period (0.1); receipt and preliminary review of Pachulskis response to initial report regarding fee application for fourth interim period (0.1). 9/13/2010 AL ALP Update database with Pachulski's July fee application (hard copy) Drafted and responded to e-mails with Mark Steirer regarding deadlines for 4th interim period final reports (12.09-2.10) (.1)

0.20 0.10 0.20 2.80

9.00 17.25 33.00 756.00

DTW Review and revise final report re Steptoe 3rd interim, email to A. Parnell re same (.2). MWS review Steptoe response to initial report regarding fee application regarding fourth interim period (0.1); draft final report regarding same (1.2); email to Alexa L. Parnell regarding and forwarding same (0.1); emails with Alexa L. Parnell regarding Pepper Hamilton initial report (0.2); draft initial report regarding fee application of Pepper Hamilton for fourth interim period (1.2).

214 698-3868

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Hours 9/14/2010 AL ALP Update database with Rutan's July fee application (hard copy) Reviewed e-mail from Kathe Finlayson (Pachulski) regarding 4th interim period (12.09-2.10) fee hearing deadlines (.1); responded to same (.1) 0.20 0.20 0.50 0.40 3.70

Amount 9.00 34.50 82.50 108.00 999.00

DTW Continue review and revisions to Steptoe initial report and email to M. Steirer re same, email same to W. Smith (.5). MWS revise and finalize initial report regarding fee application of Pepper Hamilton for fourth interim period (0.3); forward same to Alexa L. Parnell (0.1).. MWS Draft final report regarding fee application of SRSM for fourth interim period (2.3); draft final report regarding compenstaion request of Zolfo Cooper for fourth interim period (1.1); emails with Warren H. Smith and revise Steptoe final report as indicated (0.3). 9/15/2010 MW Confer with Kathe Finlayson re Steptoe and Johnson's final report (.1); tc with A. Parnell re same (.1); revise same and finalize for court filing (.3); draft notice of withdrawal and send to A. Lopez for court filing (.3).

0.80

112.00

WHS detailed review of FR Steptoe 4th int 12.09-2.10 MWS emails with Doreen T. Williams regarding Steptoe final report (0.1); draft final report regarding fee application of SRSM for fourth interim period (0.2); draft final report regarding compenstaion request of Zolfo Cooper for fourth interim period (2.4); draft final report regarding Pachulski fee application for fourth interim period (0.2). DTW Review W. Smith's revisions to S&J final report (.2). AL Electronic filing with the court of Steptoe's 4Q FR (.3); email A. Parnell re same (.1); update database with same (.1); Update database with Rutan's corrected July electronic detail (.2)

0.30 2.90

88.50 783.00

0.20 0.70

33.00 31.50

9/16/2010 MWS finish drafting final report regarding fee application of Schully Roberts for fourth interim period (0.9); work on final report regarding fee application of Pachulski for fourth interim period (1.3). DTW Review and revise Pepper Hamilton's 4th interim final report (.2). AL 9/17/2010 AL AL Update database with Pepper's 4Q FR (.1); Rutan's August electronic detail (.1); Rutan's July fee application (hard copy) (.2) Electronic filing with the court of Pepper's 4Q FR (.3); draft email to A. Parnell re same (.1); update database with same (.1) Update database with Rutan's August fee application (hard copy) (.2); Zolfo's 4Q FR (.1)

2.20

594.00

0.20 0.40 0.50 0.30 0.20

33.00 18.00 22.50 13.50 59.00

WHS detailed review of FR Pepper 4th int 12.09-2.10.

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Hours 9/17/2010 MWS draft final report regarding Pachulski for fourth interim period (1.9); draft final report regarding Zolfo for fourth interim period (2.2); telephone conferences with Doreen T. Williams regarding Zolfo Cooper final report (0.2). ALP ALP Drafted and responded to e-mails with Doreen Williams regarding final report concerning the 4th interim period (12.09-2.10) (.2) Drafted final revisions to Zolfo Cooper's final report regarding the 4th interim period (12.09-2.10) (.7); drafted and responded to e-mails with Doreen Williams regarding same (.1) Drafted final revisions to Pachulski's final report regarding the 4th interim period (12.09-2.10) (.8); drafted and responded to e-mails with Doreen Williams regarding same (.1) 4.30

Amount 1,161.00

0.20 0.80

34.50 138.00

ALP

0.90

155.25

DTW Additional revisions to Zolfo Cooper 4th interim final report and email M. White re same (.4); continue revising Pachulski 4th interim final report (.5); revisions to Pachulski final report per W. Smith (.3). DTW Review and revise 4th interim final report for SRSM (.4); telephone call with B. Ruhlander and email to and from A. Parnell re same (.3); review and revise 4th inteirm final report for Zolfo Cooper (.6); telephone call with M. Steirer re same (.1); review and revise 4th interim final report for Pachulski (2.1); telephone call with with B. Ruhlander and M. Steirer re same (.2); telephone call with M. White re Zolfo Cooper exhibit (.1). 9/18/2010 MWS review email from Doreen T. Williams and forward Zolfo response exhibits. 9/20/2010 WHS detailed review of FR Pachulski 4th int 12.09-2.10 WHS detailed review of FR Zolfo 4th int 12.09-2.10 MWS email from Warren H. Smith regarding Pachulski application (0.1); emails with Doreen T. Williams regarding same (0.1). AL Electronic filing with the court of Zolfo's 4Q FR (.3); draft email to D. Williams re same (.1); update database with same (.2); Electronic filing with the court of Pachulski's 4Q FR (.4); draft email to D. Williams re same (.1); update database with same (.1); Update database with Zolfo's 4Q FR (.1); Pachulski's 4Q FR (.1)

1.20

198.00

3.80

627.00

0.10 0.30 0.20 0.20 1.20

27.00 88.50 59.00 54.00 54.00

AL

0.20 1.40 0.50 0.10

9.00 371.00 22.50 4.50

9/21/2010 BSR Receive and review draft final report re Shully (4Q) (1.3); telephone conference with Alexa Parnell re same (.1) AL AL Electronic filing with the court of SRSM's 4Q FR (.3); draft email to D. Williams re same (.1); update database with same (.1) Telephone conference with A. Parnell re SRSM's 4Q FR

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Hours 9/22/2010 AL 9/23/2010 ALP Update database with Pepper's August electronic detail Drafted and responded to e-mails with Scotta McFarland (Pachulski) regarding status of responses and final reports concerning 4th interim period (12.09-2.10) (.2) Update database with Steptoe's August electronic detail (.1); Steptoe's August fee application (hard copy) (.2) Research PACER for objections to our August fee application (.5); Draft CNO for WHSA's August Fee Application (.3); electronic filing with the court re same (.3); prepare same for service (.1) Reviewed status of filed fee applications concerning the 5th interim period (3-5.10) (.4); drafted and responded to e-mails with Anthony Lopez regarding same (.2) Research PACER for A. Parnell re any filed applications for the months of March - June for Skadden Arps, Deloitte, Jensen Lunny, Millstream Energy, Meyers Norris, Loeb & Loeb, and Zolfo Coooper (1.5); receive, review and respond to email from A. Parnell re same (.1); telephone conference with A. Parnell re same (.1); update database with Millsream's termination fee application (.1) 0.10 0.20

Amount 4.50 34.50

9/27/2010 AL 9/28/2010 AL

0.30 1.20

13.50 54.00

9/30/2010 ALP

0.60

103.50

AL

1.80

81.00

MWS receive and review Alexa L. Parnell email and attached Zolfo, Millstream and Jensen Lunney applications For professional services rendered Additional Charges : 9/30/2010 Third party copies & document prep/setup. Copying cost Total additional charges Total amount of this bill Timekeeper Summary Name Alexa L. Parnell Anthony Lopez Bobbi S. Ruhlander Doreen Williams James A. Wehrmann Mark W Steirer Melanie White Hours 3.00 8.00 1.40 6.10 0.30 17.30 3.50

0.30

81.00

40.60

$7,756.75

169.89 7.10 $176.99 $7,933.74

Rate 172.50 45.00 265.00 165.00 152.50 270.00 140.00

Amount $517.50 $360.00 $371.00 $1,006.50 $45.75 $4,671.00 $490.00

Pacific Energy

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Name Warren H Smith

Hours 1.00

Rate 295.00

Amount $295.00

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