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Forest Oil boosts line of credit with eye on acquisitions



08 May 2008 @ 04:56 pm EST

DENVER (AP) - Forest Oil Corp. extended its bank line of credit to $1.8 billion to give it more capital for potential acquisitions, the oil and natural-gas exploration company said Thursday.

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Forest said the $800 million increase was to "allow us flexibility to capitalize" on an environment of "high quantity and quality of asset deal flow."

The company has drawn $600 million on the credit line so far.

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