IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

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

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Chapter 11 Case No. 09-10785 (KJC) (Jointly Administered)

Objection Deadline: August 5, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. (EDT)

NOTICE OF FIFTH INTERIM FEE APPLICATION REQUEST OF STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

Name of Applicant: Authorized to Provide Professional Services to: Date of Retention:

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Order retaining Steptoe & Johnson LLP nunc pro tunc to March 19, 2009 entered on May 1, 2009

Period for which Compensation and Reimbursement are sought: Amount of Compensation sought as actual, reasonable, and necessary:

March 1, 2010 to May 31, 2010

$20,559.00

Amount of Expense Reimbursement sought as actual, reasonable, and necessary: $9.00

This is an:

monthly

X interim

final application.

The Debtors in these cases are: Pacific Energy Resources Ltd.; Petrocal Acquisition Corp; Pacific Energy Alaska Holdings, LLC; Carneros Acquisition Corp.; Pacific Energy Alaska Operating LLC; San Pedro Bay Pipeline Company; Carneros Energy, Inc.; and Gotland Oil, Inc.

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Summary of Steptoe & Johnson LLPs Fee Applications for Interim Compensation Period:
Fee Application, Filing Date, Docket No. 13th Monthly App. (3/01/10 3/31/10) Filed: 4/23/10 Docket No. 1538 14th Monthly App. (4/01/10 4/30/10) Filed: 05/25/10 Docket No. 1608 15th Monthly App. (5/01/10 5/31/10) Filed: 06/25/10 Docket No. 1666 TOTAL: Total Fees Requested Total Expenses Requested $9.00 Cert. of No Objection Filing Date, Docket No. Filed: 5/18/10 Docket No. 1590 Filed: 6/18/10 Docket No. 1649 Objection Deadline is 7/16/10 Allowed Fees (80%) $5,317.60 Allowed Expenses (100%) $9.00 Holdback Fees Requested (20%) $1,329.40

$6,647.00

$7,462.00

$0.00

$5,969.60

$0.00

$1,492.40

$6,450.00

$0.00

$5,160.00

$0.00

$1,290.00

20,559.00

$9.00

$16,447.20

$9.00

$4,111.80

Summary of Objections to Fee Applications: None to date.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, Steptoe & Johnson LLP (S&J) attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the Committee), hereby submits this Notice of Fifth Interim Fee Application Request (the Interim Fee Application Request), pursuant to the Administrative Order Under 11 U.S.C. 105(a) and 331 Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and Expense Reimbursement of Professionals and Committee Members, dated April 8, 2009 [Dkt. No. 147] (the Administrative Order), with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, 824 Market Street, 5th Floor, Courtroom #5, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (the Court). PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to the Administrative Order, any objections to the Interim Fee Application Request must be in writing, filed with the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, 824 Market
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