Pacific Energy Resources Ltd.: Annual General Meeting Appointments


LONG BEACH, Calif., July 18, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:PFE) is pleased to announce that Vladimir Katic, Darren Katic, Volker Undorf, Miroslav Vukovich, Patrick Devlin and Matthew Hagen were re-elected as directors at the Company's annual general meeting held on July 12, 2005. In addition to these re-elections, the directors meeting held on July 12, 2005 appointed Vladimir Katic as Chairman and CEO of the Company and Darren Katic was appointed President of the Company.

About Pacific Energy Resources Ltd.

Pacific Energy Resources, LTD is headquartered in Long Beach, California, and is engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties, primarily in the United States. Pacific Energy currently owns and operates three oil fields in Southern California in the Los Angeles Basin. Additional information relating to Pacific Energy may be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

PACIFIC ENERGY RESOURCES LTD.



 Mr. Vladimir Katic, President and CEO       Boardmarker Group
 T: 310 200 8814                             T: 403 517 2270
 E: vlado@pacenergy.com                      E: ir@boardmarket.net
 www.pacenergy.com                           www.boardmarker.net

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