UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: May 2328, 2004

(Date of earliest event reported)

The Wiser Oil Company

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	0-5426	55-0522128
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


8115 Preston Road, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas		75225
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Postal Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 265-0080

ITEM 5. ~~Other~~OTHER. ~~Events and Regulation FD Disclosure~~

~~On May 21, 2004,~~ The Wiser Oil Company, apress ~~Delaware~~release ~~corporation~~dated (“Wiser”), Forest Oil Corporation, a New York corporation (“Forest”), and TWOCO Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Forest (“TWOCO”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) providing, among other things, that TWOCO will make a cash tender offer for any all of the outstanding shares of Wiser common stock at a price of $10.60 per share net to the seller in cash (the “Offer”). On May 2328, 2004, ~~Wiser~~entitled ~~issued a press release, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference, announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement.~~

~~The~~“THE ~~closing~~WISER ofOIL ~~the~~COMPANY ~~Offer~~POSTPONES isANNUAL ~~subject~~MEETING ~~to customary closing conditions, including the valid tender of at least a majority of the outstanding common stock. Upon consummation of the Offer, TWOCO will merge with and into~~OF ~~Wiser with Wiser being the surviving corporation (the “Merger~~STOCKHOLDERS”). In the Merger, holders of issued and outstanding shares of Wiser common stock will be entitled to receive the same cash consideration as the stockholders who tendered in the Offer. The transaction has been approved by Wiser’s and Forest’s respective boards of directors.

The summary of the Merger Agreement in this Current Report on Form 8-K is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1.

ITEM 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 21, 2004, by and among Forest Oil Corporation, TWOCO Acquisition Corp. and The Wiser Oil Company.
99.1		Press Release issued May 23, 2004.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	The Wiser Oil Company		~~The Wiser Oil Company~~
May 24, 2004			By:	/s/ VAN OLIVER
May 28, 2004	By:	/s/ Van Oliver
				Van Oliver Vice President and General Counsel
		Van Oliver
		Vice President and General Counsel

ITEM 5. OTHER.

The Company issued the following press release:

THE WISER OIL COMPANY

POSTPONES ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Contact:

Peggy S. Loyd

Investor Relations

Phone: (214) 265-0080

Email: prloyd@wiseroil.com

DALLAS, May 28, 2004 – The Wiser Oil Company (NYSE: WZR) announced today that in light of its agreement to be acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Forest Oil Corporation (NYSE: FST) for $10.60 per share in cash pursuant to a tender offer followed by a merger, it has decided to postpone indefinitely its 2004 Annual Meeting of Shareholders previously scheduled for June 8, 2004. In the event the agreed upon merger with a subsidiary of Forest Oil Corporation is not consummated, the meeting will be rescheduled.

The Wiser Oil Company is a Dallas, Texas based independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas in the United States and Canada.

This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities of The Wiser Oil Company. The tender offer is being made solely by an Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal that have been disseminated to the stockholders. The Wiser Oil Company stockholders are advised to read the Offer to Purchase on Schedule TO and the Solicitation/Recommendation of the Board of Directors of The Wiser Oil Company on Schedule 14D-9, each of which were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2004 because they will contain important information. The Offer to Purchase, the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement and any other relevant documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are being made available to stockholders of The Wiser Oil Company at no expense to them. These documents are also available without charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

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