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 <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="scotch"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2006</font></b></a></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p> </div>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE<br>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">WHITTIER ENERGY CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">20-0539412</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State of
  Incorporation)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333
  Clay Street, Suite 700</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Houston,
  Texas</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">77002</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Principle
  Executive Offices)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Zip Code)</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Long Term Incentive Plan<br>
</font></b><font style="font-weight:normal;">(Full title of Plan)</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bryce W. Rhodes</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief
Executive Officer</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">333 Clay Street, Suite
700</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Houston, Texas 77002</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(713) 850-1880</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address and telephone number of agent for
service)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copy to:</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dallas Parker</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thompson &amp; Knight LLP</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">333 Clay Street, Suite
3300</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Houston, Texas 77002</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(713) 654-8111</font></b><i style="font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  registered</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.68%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  registered&nbsp;(1)(2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;maximum<br>
  offering<br>
  price&nbsp;per&nbsp;share&nbsp;(3)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;maximum<br>
  aggregate&nbsp;offering<br>
  price(3)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:8.0pt;"><br>
  </font>Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  registration&nbsp;fee</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, to be
  issued under the Long Term Incentive Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,356,000&nbsp;shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$6.72</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$9,112,320</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$975</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:12.0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Registrant is
registering an aggregate of 1,876,000 shares under the Whittier Energy Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended July 14, 2005) pursuant to this
Registration Statement. The shares being registered represent an increase in
the shares reserved for issuance under the Plan from 520,000 shares to
1,876,000 shares. The filing fee for the original 520,000 shares was paid
previously.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant
to Rule 416, shares issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction with respect to the shares covered hereby are also registered
hereunder.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant
to Rule 457(c), the registration fee is calculated on the basis of the average
of the high and low sale prices for the common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market
LLC on August 24, 2006, $6.72. Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the registration fee is
calculated with respect to the maximum number of shares of the Company&#146;s common
stock issuable under the Plans.</p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXPLANATORY NOTE
AND INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PREVIOUSLY FILED<a name="ExplanatoryNoteAndIncorporationOf_133310"></a><br>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the General
Instruction E of Form S-8, Whittier Energy Corporation (&#147;Whittier&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;)
is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) to include an additional </font>1,356,000 shares under the Whittier
Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan. Pursuant to such Instruction E,
the contents of the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8
(Registration Statement No. 333-124040) filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005,
is hereby incorporated by reference, except as revised in Part II of this
Registration Statement.</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PART
II<a name="PartIi_133314"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT<a name="InformationRequiredInTheRegistrat_133314"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Item 3.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u style="font-weight:normal;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference.<a name="Item3_IncorporationOfDocumentsByR_133315"></a></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following
documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160; The
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2005, filed on March 31, 2006;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160; The
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarters ended
March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, filed on May 15, 2006 and August 14, 2006,
respectively;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160; The
Registrant&#146;s Current Report filed on Form 8-K on August 15, 2006, its Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on August 30,2006 and its amended Current Report filed
on August 17, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160; The
description of the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company
contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-133037), filed with the SEC on April 4, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, all
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. Upon the written or oral request of any person to whom a copy of
this Registration Statement has been delivered, the Company will provide without
charge to such person a copy of any and all documents (excluding exhibits
thereto unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
such documents) that have been incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement but not delivered herewith. Requests for such documents should be
addressed to: Whittier Energy Corporation, 333 Clay Street, Suite 700, Houston,
Texas 77002, Attention: Corporate Secretary, (713) 850-1880.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Item 5.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u style="font-weight:normal;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.<a name="Item5_InterestsOfNamedExpertsAndC_133418"></a></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certain legal matters
with respect to legality of the common stock registered hereby will be passed
upon for the Registrant by Thompson &amp; Knight LLP. Dallas Parker is a
partner of Thompson &amp; Knight LLP and presently serves as Corporate
Secretary of the Company. As of the date of this Registration Statement,
certain partners of Thompson &amp; Knight LLP own, in the aggregate, 9,350
shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, warrants to purchase an additional 5,000
shares of the Company&#146;s common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share,
and options to acquire 10,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock at an
average exercise price of $7.75 per share.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160; Exhibits.<a name="Item8_Exhibits__133421"></a></font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents
are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Whittier Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan
  (as amended July 14, 2005)</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Whittier Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan
  &#151; Summary of Stock Option Grant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
  Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
  333-124040) filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Whittier Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan
  &#151; Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to
  Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
  333-124040) filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005)</font></p>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Thompson &amp; Knight LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Thompson &amp; Knight LLP (included in
  the opinion of Thompson &amp; Knight LLP filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3*</font></p>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of H.J. Gruy and Associates, Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.4*</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of WZI Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p style="line-height:12.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of
  this Registration Statement).</font></p>
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herewith.</p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES<a name="Signatures_131801"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas, on this 6th
day of September 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHITTIER ENERGY CORPORATION</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bryce W. Rhodes</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY<a name="PowerOfAttorney_131807"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
directors and officers of Whittier Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation,
which is filing a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Commission
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby
constitute and appoint Bryce W. Rhodes and Geoff Stone, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any or all
amendments to the Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection
therewith to be filed with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
as agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>

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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Date</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.06%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.66%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Signature / Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;September 6,
  2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Bryce W.
  Rhodes</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bryce W.Rhodes<br>
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;September 6,
  2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Geoffrey M.
  Stone</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Geoffrey M. Stone<br>
  Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;September 6,
  2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Charles O.
  Buckner</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charles O. Buckner<br>
  Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;September 6,
  2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ David A. Dahl</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David A. Dahl<br>
  Chairman of the Board</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;September 6,
  2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ David B.
  Kilpatrick</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David B. Kilpatrick<br>
  Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;September 6,
  2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Ray R.
  Seegmiller</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ray R. Seegmiller<br>
  Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;September 6,
  2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Arlo G.
  Sorensen</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="24%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Arlo G. Sorensen<br>
  Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Exhibit</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Whittier Energy
  Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Whittier Energy
  Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan &#151; Summary of Stock Option Grant</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Whittier Energy
  Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan &#151; Stock Option Award Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Olympic Resources Ltd.
  Amended Fixed Number Stock Option Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;5.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Thompson
  &amp; Knight LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Thompson
  &amp; Knight LLP (included in the opinion of Thompson &amp; Knight LLP filed
  herewith as Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Grant
  Thornton LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of H.J. Gruy
  and Associates, Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.94%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.4*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of WZI Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="82%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.14%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney
  (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2006
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WHITTIER ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Nevada
20-0539412
(State of
  Incorporation)
(IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
333
  Clay Street, Suite 700
Houston,
  Texas
77002
(Address of Principle
  Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Long Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of Plan)
Bryce W. Rhodes
President and Chief
Executive Officer
333 Clay Street, Suite
700
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 850-1880
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for
service)
Copy to:
Dallas Parker
Thompson & Knight LLP
333 Clay Street, Suite
3300
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 654-8111
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be
registered
Amount to be
registered (1)(2)
Proposed maximum
offering
price per share (3)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price(3)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, to be
  issued under the Long Term Incentive Plan
1,356,000 shares
$6.72
$9,112,320
$975
(1)
Registrant is
registering an aggregate of 1,876,000 shares under the Whittier Energy Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended July 14, 2005) pursuant to this
Registration Statement. The shares being registered represent an increase in
the shares reserved for issuance under the Plan from 520,000 shares to
1,876,000 shares. The filing fee for the original 520,000 shares was paid
previously.
(2)
Pursuant
to Rule 416, shares issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction with respect to the shares covered hereby are also registered
hereunder.
(3)
Pursuant
to Rule 457(c), the registration fee is calculated on the basis of the average
of the high and low sale prices for the common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market
LLC on August 24, 2006, $6.72. Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the registration fee is
calculated with respect to the maximum number of shares of the Company's common
stock issuable under the Plans.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
AND INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PREVIOUSLY FILED
REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE
Pursuant to the General
Instruction E of Form S-8, Whittier Energy Corporation ("Whittier" or the "Company")
is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to include an additional
1,356,000 shares under the Whittier
Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan. Pursuant to such Instruction E,
the contents of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8
(Registration Statement No. 333-124040) filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005,
is hereby incorporated by reference, except as revised in Part II of this
Registration Statement.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following
documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)    The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2005, filed on March 31, 2006;
(b)    The
Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarters ended
March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, filed on May 15, 2006 and August 14, 2006,
respectively;
(c)    The
Registrant's Current Report filed on Form 8-K on August 15, 2006, its Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on August 30,2006 and its amended Current Report filed
on August 17, 2006.
(d)    The
description of the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company
contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-133037), filed with the SEC on April 4, 2006.
In addition, all
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. Upon the written or oral request of any person to whom a copy of
this Registration Statement has been delivered, the Company will provide without
charge to such person a copy of any and all documents (excluding exhibits
thereto unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
such documents) that have been incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement but not delivered herewith. Requests for such documents should be
addressed to: Whittier Energy Corporation, 333 Clay Street, Suite 700, Houston,
Texas 77002, Attention: Corporate Secretary, (713) 850-1880.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters
with respect to legality of the common stock registered hereby will be passed
upon for the Registrant by Thompson & Knight LLP. Dallas Parker is a
partner of Thompson & Knight LLP and presently serves as Corporate
Secretary of the Company. As of the date of this Registration Statement,
certain partners of Thompson & Knight LLP own, in the aggregate, 9,350
shares of the Company's common stock, warrants to purchase an additional 5,000
shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share,
and options to acquire 10,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an
average exercise price of $7.75 per share.
II-
1
Item 8.    Exhibits.
The following documents
are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
4.1*
Whittier Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan
  (as amended July 14, 2005)
4.2
Whittier Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan
  — Summary of Stock Option Grant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
  Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
  333-124040) filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005)
4.3
Whittier Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan
  — Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to
  Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
  333-124040) filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005)
5.1*
Opinion of Thompson & Knight LLP
23.1*
Consent of Thompson & Knight LLP (included in
  the opinion of Thompson & Knight LLP filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.3*
Consent of H.J. Gruy and Associates, Inc.
23.4*
Consent of WZI Inc.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of
  this Registration Statement).
*
Filed
herewith.
II-
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas, on this 6th
day of September 2006.
WHITTIER ENERGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Bryce W. Rhodes
Bryce W. Rhodes
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
directors and officers of Whittier Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation,
which is filing a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Commission
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby
constitute and appoint Bryce W. Rhodes and Geoff Stone, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any or all
amendments to the Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection
therewith to be filed with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
as agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Date
Signature / Title
September 6,
  2006
By:
/s/ Bryce W.
  Rhodes
Bryce W.Rhodes
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
September 6,
  2006
By:
/s/ Geoffrey M.
  Stone
Geoffrey M. Stone
Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer
September 6,
  2006
By:
/s/ Charles O.
  Buckner
Charles O. Buckner
Director
September 6,
  2006
By:
/s/ David A. Dahl
David A. Dahl
Chairman of the Board
September 6,
  2006
By:
/s/ David B.
  Kilpatrick
David B. Kilpatrick
Director
September 6,
  2006
By:
/s/ Ray R.
  Seegmiller
Ray R. Seegmiller
Director
September 6,
  2006
By:
/s/ Arlo G.
  Sorensen
Arlo G. Sorensen
Director
II-
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit  No.
Exhibit
4.1*
Whittier Energy
  Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan
4.2
Whittier Energy
  Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan — Summary of Stock Option Grant
4.3
Whittier Energy
  Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan — Stock Option Award Agreement
4.4
Olympic Resources Ltd.
  Amended Fixed Number Stock Option Plan
5.1*
Opinion of Thompson
  & Knight LLP
23.1*
Consent of Thompson
  & Knight LLP (included in the opinion of Thompson & Knight LLP filed
  herewith as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Grant
  Thornton LLP
23.3*
Consent of H.J. Gruy
  and Associates, Inc.
23.4*
Consent of WZI Inc.
24.1*
Power of Attorney
  (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
Filed
herewith.