As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2000
                                            Registration No.  333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                           ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 FORCENERGY INC
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     Delaware                                                 65-0429338
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)


     2730 S.W. 3rd Avenue                                     33129-2356
        Suite 800                                             (Zip Code)
      Miami, Florida
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 FORCENERGY INC
                                 1999 STOCK PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                 E. Joseph Grady
                            Vice President, Treasurer
                           and Chief Financial Officer
                         2730 S.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 800
                            Miami, Florida 33129-2356
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (305) 856-8500
                     (Telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)
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                                    Copy to:

                                  David C. Buck
                             Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.
                          600 Travis Street, Suite 4200
                              Houston, Texas 77002
                                 (713) 220-4301
                              (Fax) (713) 220-4285

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                                                         Proposed
                                                                       Proposed          Maximum
                                                     Amount            Maximum          Aggregate         Amount of
                                                     to be          Offering Price       Offering        Registration
     Title of Securities to be Registered        registered(1)      Per Share (2)       Price (2)            Fee

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share........     3,000,000            $10.00         $30,000,000          $7,920
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(1)  This  registration   statement  also  covers  an  indeterminate  number  of
     additional  shares that may be offered or issued  pursuant to stock splits,
     stock  dividends  or similar  transactions  as provided for in the employee
     benefit plan described herein.

(2)  Estimated  solely  for the  purpose of  calculating  the  registration  fee
     pursuant to Rule 457(h) under  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  based
     upon the book value of the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock computed as
     of March 15, 2000 based on assets and  liabilities as of November 30, 1999,
     the latest  practicable date prior to the date of filing this  registration
     statement.

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                                     PART I

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

     The document(s)  containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to  participants  as  specified  by Rule  428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act").  These documents and
the documents  incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this Registration Statement, taken together,  constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act (the "Prospectus").


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         Forcenergy Inc, a Delaware  corporation (the  "Company"),  incorporates
herein by reference  the  following  documents as of their  respective  dates as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

          (a)  The  Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K for the year  ended
               December 31, 1998 filed with the  Commission on June 16, 1999, as
               amended by the Form 10-K/A filed with the  Commission on July 21,
               1999;

          (b)  The  Company's  Current  Report  on Form  8-K/A  filed  with  the
               Commission on February 3, 1999;

          (c)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on March 23, 1999;

          (d)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
               March 31, 1999 filed with the Commission on June 16, 1999;

          (e)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on April 15, 1999;

          (f)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on June 14, 1999;

          (g)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
               June 30, 1999 filed with the Commission on August 16, 1999;

          (h)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
               September  30, 1999 filed with the  Commission  on  November  15,
               1999;

          (i)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on January 25, 2000; and

          (j)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on February 15, 2000.

         All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
subsequent  to  the  date  of  this  Registration  Statement  and  prior  to the
termination  of the offering made hereby shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from  the  date of  filing  of such
documents.  Any  statement  contained  herein or in a document  incorporated  or
deemed to be incorporated  herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of the Registration  Statement and the Prospectus to the
extent that a statement  contained herein or in any subsequently  filed document
which also is, or is deemed to be,  incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes  such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded  shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,  to constitute a part of the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus.




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ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         The class of securities  to be  registered  hereby is the Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share (the "Common  Stock"),  of the Company.  The  Company's
authorized  capital  stock  consists of  100,000,000  shares of Common Stock and
10,000,000 shares of preferred stock.

         Holders  of  Common  Stock  are  entitled  to one vote per share in the
election of  directors  and on all other  matters  submitted to a vote of common
stockholders and do not have cumulative  voting rights.  Holders of Common Stock
are entitled to receive  ratably such  dividends,  if any, as may be declared by
the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore,  subject to any
preferential dividend rights of holders of outstanding Preferred Stock. Upon the
liquidation,  dissolution  or winding up of the  Company,  the holders of Common
Stock are  entitled to receive  ratably the net assets of the Company  available
after payment of all debts and other liabilities, subject to the prior rights of
any  outstanding  shares of  Preferred  Stock.  Holders of Common  Stock have no
preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         None

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Indemnification of Directors and Officers.  Article XI of the Company's
Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter") provides that
the Company  shall  indemnify  its present and former  directors,  officers  and
persons presently or formerly serving at the request of the Company as directors
or officers of other corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, trusts or other
enterprises, against liabilities,  damages, settlements, and expenses (including
attorneys' fees) to the fullest extent permitted by law, as now in effect and as
may be  amended  in the  future,  and as  more  particularly  set  forth  in the
Company's Bylaws.

         In general,  Section 145 of the Delaware  General  Corporation Law (the
"DGCL")  makes  provision for the  indemnification  of officers and directors of
corporations in terms  sufficiently broad to indemnify the officer and directors
of  the  Company  under  certain   circumstances  from  liabilities   (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act").  Section  102(b)(7)  of the DGCL permits a  corporation  to
provide  in  its  Charter  that  a  director  of the  corporation  shall  not be
personally  liable to the corporation or its  stockholders  for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary  duty as a director,  except for  liability  (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,
(ii) for acts or  omissions  not in good  faith  or  which  involve  intentional
misconduct or a knowing  violation of law, (iii) in respect of certain  unlawful
dividend  payments  or  stock  redemptions  or  repurchases,  or  (iv)  for  any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

         Article XI of the Charter further  provides that the Company shall have
the power to  purchase  and  maintain  insurance  on behalf  of,  and enter into
indemnification  agreements with, any person who is or was a director or officer
of the  Company,  or who is or was  serving at the  request of the  Company as a
director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other  enterprise,  against any liability  asserted  against and incurred by him
arising out of his status as such.  Any  indemnification  agreement  may contain
provisions  intended  to  protect  such  person  in the  event of any  actual or
threatened change of control of the Company,  including provisions requiring the
Company to deposit into an irrevocable trust funds sufficient to cover actual or
potential obligations of the Company to indemnify or advance expenses (including
attorneys' fees) to such person.

         Indemnification   of   Authorized   Representatives   in  Third   Party
Proceedings. Article VII, Section 7.01 of the Company's Bylaws provides that the
Company shall indemnify any person who was or is an "Authorized  Representative"
of the Company  (defined as a director  or officer of the  Company,  or a person
serving  at the  request  of the  Company  as a  director  or officer of another
corporation,  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) and who was
or is a "party" (which includes the giving of testimony or similar  involvement)
or is threatened to be made a party to any "third party proceeding" (meaning any
threatened,  pending or completed  action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether civil,
criminal,  administrative,  or investigative,  other than an action by or in the
right of the  Company)  by  reason  that  such  person  was or is an  Authorized
Representative  of the  Company,  against  expenses and  liabilities  (including
attorneys'  fees)  incurred  by such person in  connection  with the third party
proceeding  if such  person  acted in good  faith  and in a manner  such  person
reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company and, with respect
to any criminal third party  proceeding had no reasonable  cause to believe such
conduct was unlawful.

         Indemnification of Authorized Representatives in Corporate Proceedings.
Article VII,  Section 7.02 of the  Company's  Bylaws  provides  that the Company
shall indemnify any Authorized Representative who was or is a party


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or is threatened to be made a party to any "corporate  proceeding"  (meaning any
threatened,  pending  or  completed  action  or suit by or in the  right  of the
Company  to  procure a  judgment  in its  favor) by reason of the fact that such
person was or is an Authorized  Representative of the Company,  against expenses
incurred by such person in  connection  with the defense or  settlement  of such
corporate  proceeding  if such  person  acted  in  good  faith  and in a  manner
reasonably  believed to be in the best interests of the Company,  except that no
indemnification  shall be made in respect  of any claim as to which such  person
shall have been  adjudged  to be liable  unless and only to the extent  that the
court in which such  proceeding was pending shall  determine  that,  despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such
Authorized Representative is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity.


         Scope of Indemnification  Rights and Insurance.  The indemnification of
Authorized  Representatives  and  advancement  of  expenses  shall not be deemed
exclusive  of any other  rights  such  indemnitee  may be  entitled to under any
statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors. It shall be
the  obligation of the Company to indemnify  and advance  expenses to Authorized
Representatives  to the full extent  permitted by law. The Company shall procure
and  maintain  at its sole  expense  insurance  for the  benefit  of  Authorized
Representatives,  providing  coverage  against any and all claims,  liabilities,
damages or expenses (including  attorneys' fees) asserted against or incurred by
an authorized  representative.  The rights of Authorized  Representatives  under
such policy  shall be in addition to their  rights under the Bylaws or otherwise
available by contract or applicable  law, and the  maintenance of such insurance
coverage  shall not satisfy or affect the  Company's  obligations  to  indemnify
Authorized Representatives.

         Indemnification    for    Past    Authorized    Representatives.    The
indemnification  and advancement of expenses shall continue to apply to a person
who has ceased to be a director or Authorized  Representative and shall inure to
the benefit of heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         The  information   required  by  Item  7  is  not  applicable  to  this
Registration Statement.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number            Description
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4.1*     Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
         February 15, 2000.  (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
         8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.2*     Amended and  Restated  Bylaws of the Company  dated  February 15, 2000.
         (Filed  as  Exhibit  3.2 to the  Current  Report  on Form 8-K  filed on
         February 16, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.3*     Specimen Common Stock certificate. (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and  incorporated  herein
         by reference).

4.4*     Forcenergy  Inc 1999 Stock Plan  (Filed as Exhibit  10.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and  incorporated  herein
         by reference).

5.1      Opinion of Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., as to the legality of the securities
         being registered.

23.1     Consent of Andrews & Kurth  L.L.P.  (included  in the opinion  filed as
         Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).

23.2     Consent of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.3     Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.

23.4     Consent of Collarini Engineering Inc.

24.1     Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II
         of this Registration Statement).

*  Incorporated herein by reference.


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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus  required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act;

                  (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events arising
         after the  effective  date of the  registration  statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,  individually or in the
         aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the  registration  statement.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  any
         increase  or  decrease  in volume of  securities  offered (if the total
         dollar  value of  securities  offered  would not exceed  that which was
         registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
         maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
         with the Commission  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the
         changes in volume and price  represent no more than a 20 percent change
         in the maximum  aggregate  offering price set forth in the "Calculation
         of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

                  (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the
         plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the  registration
         statement  or  any  material   change  to  such   information   in  the
         registration statement:

Provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (1)(i)  and  (1)(ii)  do not apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs  is  contained  in periodic  reports  filed with or  furnished to the
Commission  by the  registrant  pursuant  to Section 13 or Section  15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

         (2) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendmentshall  be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b)  The  undersigned   registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for  purposes  of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons  of  the
registrant  pursuant to the provisions  described in Item 6 of this Registration
Statement, or otherwise,  the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.




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                                   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 Miami,  State of Florida,  on the
    16th day of March, 2000.

                                             FORCENERGY INC


                                             By:/s/ E. Joseph Grady
                                                --------------------------------
                                                      E. Joseph Grady
                                                      Vice President and
                                                      Chief Financial Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

              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.

              KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each of the  undersigned
    officers and directors of  Forcenergy  Inc hereby  constitutes  and appoints
    Stig  Wennerstrom and E. Joseph Grady,  and each of them (with full power to
    each of them to act alone), his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent,
    with full power of substitution,  for him and on his behalf and in his name,
    place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to sign,  execute and file this
    Registration  Statement  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  and any or all
    amendments (including, without limitation,  post-effective amendments), with
    all  exhibits  and any and all  documents  required to be filed with respect
    thereto,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  or any  regulatory
    authority,  granting  unto such  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 order to effectuate the same, as
    fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as he  himself  might  or could do if
    personally   present,   hereby   ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such
    attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  or any of  them,  or  their  substitute  or
    substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

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                    Signature                                       Title                                Date
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<S>                                                   <C>                                      <C>

    /s/ Stig Wennerstrom                                Chairman, President and Chief           March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
               Stig Wennerstrom                               Executive Officer
                                                        (Principal Executive Officer)

                                                            Vice President and
    /s/ E. Joseph Grady                                  Chief Financial Officer               February 25, 2000
    ------------------------------------------          (Principal Financial and
                E. Joseph Grady                             Accounting Officer)


    /s/ Michael F. Bennet                                        Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
              Michael F. Bennett

                                                                 Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
               Bruce L. Burnham

    /s/ B. James Ford                                            Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
                 B. James Ford

    /s/ Clifford F. Hickey                                       Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
              Clifford P. Hickey

    /s/ Robert Issal                                             Director                       March 16, 2000
----------------------------------------------
                 Robert Issal

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                    Signature                                       Title                                Date
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<S>                                                             <C>                            <C>

    /s/ Stephen A. Kaplan                                        Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
               Stephen A. Kaplan

    /s/ Gregory P. Pipkin                                        Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
               Gregory P. Pipkin


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number    Description
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4.1*     Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
         February 15, 2000.  (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
         8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.2*     Amended and  Restated  Bylaws of the Company  dated  February 15, 2000.
         (Filed  as  Exhibit  3.2 to the  Current  Report  on Form 8-K  filed on
         February 16, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.3*     Specimen Common Stock certificate. (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and  incorporated  herein
         by reference).

4.4*     Forcenergy  Inc 1999 Stock Plan  (Filed as Exhibit  10.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and  incorporated  herein
         by reference).

5.1      Opinion of Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., as to the legality of the securities
         being registered.

23.1     Consent of Andrews & Kurth  L.L.P.  (included  in the opinion  filed as
         Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).

23.2     Consent of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.3     Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.

23.4     Consent of Collarini Engineering Inc.

24.1     Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II
         of this Registration Statement).

*        Incorporated herein by reference.



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                                                             EXHIBITS 5.1 & 23.1


                       [Andrews & Kurth L.L.P. Letterhead]

                                 March 16, 2000


    Board of Directors
    Forcenergy Inc
    2730 S.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 800
    Miami, Florida   33129-2356

    Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to  Forcenergy  Inc, a Delaware  corporation  (the
    "Company"),  in connection with the Company's Registration Statement on Form
    S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement")  relating to the registration under the
    Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  of the  offering  of up to  3,000,000
    shares (the  "Shares") of the Company's  common  stock,  $.01 par value (the
    "Common  Stock"),  pursuant  to the  Forcenergy  Inc 1999  Stock  Plan  (the
    "Plan").

     In  connection  herewith,   we  have  examined  copies  of  such  statutes,
    regulations,  corporate  records and documents,  certificates  of public and
    corporate   officials  and  other  agreements,   contracts,   documents  and
    instruments as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinion hereafter
    expressed.  In such  examination,  we have  assumed the  genuineness  of all
    signatures,  the authenticity of all documents  submitted to us as originals
    and the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to
    us as  copies.  We have also  relied,  to the  extent we deem such  reliance
    proper,  upon information  supplied by officers and employees of the Company
    with respect to various factual matters material to our opinion.

     Based   upon  the   foregoing   and   having  due  regard  for  such  legal
    considerations  as we deem  relevant,  we are of the opinion that the Shares
    have been duly authorized,  and that such Shares,  when issued in accordance
    with  the  terms  of the  Plan,  will be  validly  issued,  fully  paid  and
    nonassessable.

     This opinion is limited in all respects to the General  Corporation  Law of
    the State of Delaware and the laws of the United  States of America  insofar
    as such laws are applicable.

     We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
    Registration  Statement  and to the reference to this firm under the heading
    "Legal  Matters" in the Prospectus  without  admitting that we are "experts"
    under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  or the rules and  regulations
    of the  Commission  issued  thereunder,  with  respect  to any  part  of the
    Registration Statement, including this exhibit.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /s/ Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.
                                                     Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.






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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2






               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


    We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in the  Registration
    Statement on Form S-8 of Forcenergy Inc pertaining to the 1999 Stock Plan of
    our report dated March 21, 1999 relating to the financial statements,  which
    report  is  included  in the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the
    fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.


    PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

    /s/ PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.

    Miami, Florida
    March 16, 2000




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3


                CONSENT OF NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.


    To the Board of Directors of Forcenergy Inc:

    We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in the  Registration
    Statement on Form S-8 of Forcenergy Inc pertaining to the 1999 Stock Plan of
    our reports  dated March 5, 1999,  March 4, 1998,  and March 3, 1997, of the
    estimates of net proved oil and natural gas reserves of Forcenergy  Inc, and
    their present  values,  as of January 1, 1999, 1998 and 1997 included in the
    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.


                                           NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.



                                           By: /s/ Danny D. Simmons
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                   Danny D. Simmons
                                                   Senior Vice President
                                                   Houston, Texas
                                                   March 16, 2000



                                    II-11

<PAGE>


                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4


    March 16, 2000


    To the Board of Directors of Forcenergy Inc:

    We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in the  Registration
    Statements on Form S-8 of Forcenergy  Inc  pertaining to the 1999 Stock Plan
    of our reports  dated  February 26, 1999,  February 16, 1998 and February 7,
    1997,  and our  estimates of the net proved  natural gas and oil reserves of
    Forcenergy,  as of January 1, 1999,  1998 and 1997, and to all references to
    our estimates of the net proved  natural gas and oil reserves of the Company
    as of those dates,  included in the Annual  Report on form 10-K for the year
    ended December 31, 1998.


                                             COLLARINI ENGINEERING INC.



                                             By: /c/ Cheryl R. Collarini
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                     Cheryl R. Collarini, P.E.
                                                     President



                                      II-12
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2000
                                            Registration No.  333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                           ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 FORCENERGY INC
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Delaware                                                 65-0429338
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

     2730 S.W. 3rd Avenue                                     33129-2356
        Suite 800                                             (Zip Code)
      Miami, Florida
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 FORCENERGY INC
                                 1999 STOCK PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                 E. Joseph Grady
                            Vice President, Treasurer
                           and Chief Financial Officer
                         2730 S.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 800
                            Miami, Florida 33129-2356
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (305) 856-8500
                     (Telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)
                           ---------------------------

                                    Copy to:

                                  David C. Buck
                             Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.
                          600 Travis Street, Suite 4200
                              Houston, Texas 77002
                                 (713) 220-4301
                              (Fax) (713) 220-4285

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
==============================================  ================  ================== ================  ================
                                                                                         Proposed
                                                                       Proposed          Maximum
                                                     Amount            Maximum          Aggregate         Amount of
                                                     to be          Offering Price       Offering        Registration
     Title of Securities to be Registered        registered(1)      Per Share (2)       Price (2)            Fee

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share........     3,000,000            $10.00         $30,000,000          $7,920
==============================================  ================  ================== ================  ================
(1)  This  registration   statement  also  covers  an  indeterminate  number  of
     additional  shares that may be offered or issued  pursuant to stock splits,
     stock  dividends  or similar  transactions  as provided for in the employee
     benefit plan described herein.

(2)  Estimated  solely  for the  purpose of  calculating  the  registration  fee
     pursuant to Rule 457(h) under  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  based
     upon the book value of the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock computed as
     of March 15, 2000 based on assets and  liabilities as of November 30, 1999,
     the latest  practicable date prior to the date of filing this  registration
     statement.

================================================================================
PART I

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

     The document(s)  containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to  participants  as  specified  by Rule  428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act").  These documents and
the documents  incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this Registration Statement, taken together,  constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act (the "Prospectus").

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         Forcenergy Inc, a Delaware  corporation (the  "Company"),  incorporates
herein by reference  the  following  documents as of their  respective  dates as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

          (a)  The  Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K for the year  ended
               December 31, 1998 filed with the  Commission on June 16, 1999, as
               amended by the Form 10-K/A filed with the  Commission on July 21,
               1999;

          (b)  The  Company's  Current  Report  on Form  8-K/A  filed  with  the
               Commission on February 3, 1999;

          (c)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on March 23, 1999;

          (d)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
               March 31, 1999 filed with the Commission on June 16, 1999;

          (e)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on April 15, 1999;

          (f)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on June 14, 1999;

          (g)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
               June 30, 1999 filed with the Commission on August 16, 1999;

          (h)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
               September  30, 1999 filed with the  Commission  on  November  15,
               1999;

          (i)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on January 25, 2000; and

          (j)  The  Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  with  the
               Commission on February 15, 2000.

         All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
subsequent  to  the  date  of  this  Registration  Statement  and  prior  to the
termination  of the offering made hereby shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from  the  date of  filing  of such
documents.  Any  statement  contained  herein or in a document  incorporated  or
deemed to be incorporated  herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of the Registration  Statement and the Prospectus to the
extent that a statement  contained herein or in any subsequently  filed document
which also is, or is deemed to be,  incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes  such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded  shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,  to constitute a part of the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

                                      II-2
ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         The class of securities  to be  registered  hereby is the Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share (the "Common  Stock"),  of the Company.  The  Company's
authorized  capital  stock  consists of  100,000,000  shares of Common Stock and
10,000,000 shares of preferred stock.

         Holders  of  Common  Stock  are  entitled  to one vote per share in the
election of  directors  and on all other  matters  submitted to a vote of common
stockholders and do not have cumulative  voting rights.  Holders of Common Stock
are entitled to receive  ratably such  dividends,  if any, as may be declared by
the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore,  subject to any
preferential dividend rights of holders of outstanding Preferred Stock. Upon the
liquidation,  dissolution  or winding up of the  Company,  the holders of Common
Stock are  entitled to receive  ratably the net assets of the Company  available
after payment of all debts and other liabilities, subject to the prior rights of
any  outstanding  shares of  Preferred  Stock.  Holders of Common  Stock have no
preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         None

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Indemnification of Directors and Officers.  Article XI of the Company's
Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter") provides that
the Company  shall  indemnify  its present and former  directors,  officers  and
persons presently or formerly serving at the request of the Company as directors
or officers of other corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, trusts or other
enterprises, against liabilities,  damages, settlements, and expenses (including
attorneys' fees) to the fullest extent permitted by law, as now in effect and as
may be  amended  in the  future,  and as  more  particularly  set  forth  in the
Company's Bylaws.

         In general,  Section 145 of the Delaware  General  Corporation Law (the
"DGCL")  makes  provision for the  indemnification  of officers and directors of
corporations in terms  sufficiently broad to indemnify the officer and directors
of  the  Company  under  certain   circumstances  from  liabilities   (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act").  Section  102(b)(7)  of the DGCL permits a  corporation  to
provide  in  its  Charter  that  a  director  of the  corporation  shall  not be
personally  liable to the corporation or its  stockholders  for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary  duty as a director,  except for  liability  (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,
(ii) for acts or  omissions  not in good  faith  or  which  involve  intentional
misconduct or a knowing  violation of law, (iii) in respect of certain  unlawful
dividend  payments  or  stock  redemptions  or  repurchases,  or  (iv)  for  any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

         Article XI of the Charter further  provides that the Company shall have
the power to  purchase  and  maintain  insurance  on behalf  of,  and enter into
indemnification  agreements with, any person who is or was a director or officer
of the  Company,  or who is or was  serving at the  request of the  Company as a
director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other  enterprise,  against any liability  asserted  against and incurred by him
arising out of his status as such.  Any  indemnification  agreement  may contain
provisions  intended  to  protect  such  person  in the  event of any  actual or
threatened change of control of the Company,  including provisions requiring the
Company to deposit into an irrevocable trust funds sufficient to cover actual or
potential obligations of the Company to indemnify or advance expenses (including
attorneys' fees) to such person.

         Indemnification   of   Authorized   Representatives   in  Third   Party
Proceedings. Article VII, Section 7.01 of the Company's Bylaws provides that the
Company shall indemnify any person who was or is an "Authorized  Representative"
of the Company  (defined as a director  or officer of the  Company,  or a person
serving  at the  request  of the  Company  as a  director  or officer of another
corporation,  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) and who was
or is a "party" (which includes the giving of testimony or similar  involvement)
or is threatened to be made a party to any "third party proceeding" (meaning any
threatened,  pending or completed  action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether civil,
criminal,  administrative,  or investigative,  other than an action by or in the
right of the  Company)  by  reason  that  such  person  was or is an  Authorized
Representative  of the  Company,  against  expenses and  liabilities  (including
attorneys'  fees)  incurred  by such person in  connection  with the third party
proceeding  if such  person  acted in good  faith  and in a manner  such  person
reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company and, with respect
to any criminal third party  proceeding had no reasonable  cause to believe such
conduct was unlawful.

         Indemnification of Authorized Representatives in Corporate Proceedings.
Article VII,  Section 7.02 of the  Company's  Bylaws  provides  that the Company
shall indemnify any Authorized Representative who was or is a party

                                   II-3
or is threatened to be made a party to any "corporate  proceeding"  (meaning any
threatened,  pending  or  completed  action  or suit by or in the  right  of the
Company  to  procure a  judgment  in its  favor) by reason of the fact that such
person was or is an Authorized  Representative of the Company,  against expenses
incurred by such person in  connection  with the defense or  settlement  of such
corporate  proceeding  if such  person  acted  in  good  faith  and in a  manner
reasonably  believed to be in the best interests of the Company,  except that no
indemnification  shall be made in respect  of any claim as to which such  person
shall have been  adjudged  to be liable  unless and only to the extent  that the
court in which such  proceeding was pending shall  determine  that,  despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such
Authorized Representative is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity.

         Scope of Indemnification  Rights and Insurance.  The indemnification of
Authorized  Representatives  and  advancement  of  expenses  shall not be deemed
exclusive  of any other  rights  such  indemnitee  may be  entitled to under any
statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors. It shall be
the  obligation of the Company to indemnify  and advance  expenses to Authorized
Representatives  to the full extent  permitted by law. The Company shall procure
and  maintain  at its sole  expense  insurance  for the  benefit  of  Authorized
Representatives,  providing  coverage  against any and all claims,  liabilities,
damages or expenses (including  attorneys' fees) asserted against or incurred by
an authorized  representative.  The rights of Authorized  Representatives  under
such policy  shall be in addition to their  rights under the Bylaws or otherwise
available by contract or applicable  law, and the  maintenance of such insurance
coverage  shall not satisfy or affect the  Company's  obligations  to  indemnify
Authorized Representatives.

         Indemnification    for    Past    Authorized    Representatives.    The
indemnification  and advancement of expenses shall continue to apply to a person
who has ceased to be a director or Authorized  Representative and shall inure to
the benefit of heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         The  information   required  by  Item  7  is  not  applicable  to  this
Registration Statement.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number            Description
------            -----------

4.1*     Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
         February 15, 2000.  (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
         8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.2*     Amended and  Restated  Bylaws of the Company  dated  February 15, 2000.
         (Filed  as  Exhibit  3.2 to the  Current  Report  on Form 8-K  filed on
         February 16, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.3*     Specimen Common Stock certificate. (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and  incorporated  herein
         by reference).

4.4*     Forcenergy  Inc 1999 Stock Plan  (Filed as Exhibit  10.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and  incorporated  herein
         by reference).

5.1      Opinion of Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., as to the legality of the securities
         being registered.

23.1     Consent of Andrews & Kurth  L.L.P.  (included  in the opinion  filed as
         Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).

23.2     Consent of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.3     Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.

23.4     Consent of Collarini Engineering Inc.

24.1     Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II
         of this Registration Statement).

*  Incorporated herein by reference.

                                   II-4
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus  required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act;

                  (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events arising
         after the  effective  date of the  registration  statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,  individually or in the
         aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the  registration  statement.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  any
         increase  or  decrease  in volume of  securities  offered (if the total
         dollar  value of  securities  offered  would not exceed  that which was
         registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
         maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
         with the Commission  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the
         changes in volume and price  represent no more than a 20 percent change
         in the maximum  aggregate  offering price set forth in the "Calculation
         of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

                  (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the
         plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the  registration
         statement  or  any  material   change  to  such   information   in  the
         registration statement:

Provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (1)(i)  and  (1)(ii)  do not apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs  is  contained  in periodic  reports  filed with or  furnished to the
Commission  by the  registrant  pursuant  to Section 13 or Section  15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

         (2) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendmentshall  be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b)  The  undersigned   registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for  purposes  of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons  of  the
registrant  pursuant to the provisions  described in Item 6 of this Registration
Statement, or otherwise,  the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-5
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 Miami,  State of Florida,  on the
    16th day of March, 2000.

                                             FORCENERGY INC

                                             By:/s/ E. Joseph Grady
                                                --------------------------------
                                                      E. Joseph Grady
                                                      Vice President and
                                                      Chief Financial Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

              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.

              KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each of the  undersigned
    officers and directors of  Forcenergy  Inc hereby  constitutes  and appoints
    Stig  Wennerstrom and E. Joseph Grady,  and each of them (with full power to
    each of them to act alone), his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent,
    with full power of substitution,  for him and on his behalf and in his name,
    place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to sign,  execute and file this
    Registration  Statement  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  and any or all
    amendments (including, without limitation,  post-effective amendments), with
    all  exhibits  and any and all  documents  required to be filed with respect
    thereto,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  or any  regulatory
    authority,  granting  unto such  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 order to effectuate the same, as
    fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as he  himself  might  or could do if
    personally   present,   hereby   ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such
    attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  or any of  them,  or  their  substitute  or
    substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
Signature                                       Title                                Date
                    ---------                                       -----                                ----
/s/ Stig Wennerstrom                                Chairman, President and Chief           March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
               Stig Wennerstrom                               Executive Officer
                                                        (Principal Executive Officer)

                                                            Vice President and
    /s/ E. Joseph Grady                                  Chief Financial Officer               February 25, 2000
    ------------------------------------------          (Principal Financial and
                E. Joseph Grady                             Accounting Officer)

    /s/ Michael F. Bennet                                        Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
              Michael F. Bennett

                                                                 Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
               Bruce L. Burnham

    /s/ B. James Ford                                            Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
                 B. James Ford

    /s/ Clifford F. Hickey                                       Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
              Clifford P. Hickey

    /s/ Robert Issal                                             Director                       March 16, 2000
----------------------------------------------
                 Robert Issal
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Signature                                       Title                                Date
                    ---------                                       -----                                ----
/s/ Stephen A. Kaplan                                        Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
               Stephen A. Kaplan

    /s/ Gregory P. Pipkin                                        Director                       March 16, 2000
    ------------------------------------------
               Gregory P. Pipkin
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number    Description
------    -----------

4.1*     Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
         February 15, 2000.  (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
         8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.2*     Amended and  Restated  Bylaws of the Company  dated  February 15, 2000.
         (Filed  as  Exhibit  3.2 to the  Current  Report  on Form 8-K  filed on
         February 16, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.3*     Specimen Common Stock certificate. (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and  incorporated  herein
         by reference).

4.4*     Forcenergy  Inc 1999 Stock Plan  (Filed as Exhibit  10.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2000 and  incorporated  herein
         by reference).

5.1      Opinion of Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., as to the legality of the securities
         being registered.

23.1     Consent of Andrews & Kurth  L.L.P.  (included  in the opinion  filed as
         Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).

23.2     Consent of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.3     Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.

23.4     Consent of Collarini Engineering Inc.

24.1     Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II
         of this Registration Statement).

*        Incorporated herein by reference.

                                      II-8
EXHIBITS 5.1 & 23.1

                       [Andrews & Kurth L.L.P. Letterhead]

                                 March 16, 2000

    Board of Directors
    Forcenergy Inc
    2730 S.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 800
    Miami, Florida   33129-2356

    Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to  Forcenergy  Inc, a Delaware  corporation  (the
    "Company"),  in connection with the Company's Registration Statement on Form
    S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement")  relating to the registration under the
    Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  of the  offering  of up to  3,000,000
    shares (the  "Shares") of the Company's  common  stock,  $.01 par value (the
    "Common  Stock"),  pursuant  to the  Forcenergy  Inc 1999  Stock  Plan  (the
    "Plan").

     In  connection  herewith,   we  have  examined  copies  of  such  statutes,
    regulations,  corporate  records and documents,  certificates  of public and
    corporate   officials  and  other  agreements,   contracts,   documents  and
    instruments as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinion hereafter
    expressed.  In such  examination,  we have  assumed the  genuineness  of all
    signatures,  the authenticity of all documents  submitted to us as originals
    and the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to
    us as  copies.  We have also  relied,  to the  extent we deem such  reliance
    proper,  upon information  supplied by officers and employees of the Company
    with respect to various factual matters material to our opinion.

     Based   upon  the   foregoing   and   having  due  regard  for  such  legal
    considerations  as we deem  relevant,  we are of the opinion that the Shares
    have been duly authorized,  and that such Shares,  when issued in accordance
    with  the  terms  of the  Plan,  will be  validly  issued,  fully  paid  and
    nonassessable.

     This opinion is limited in all respects to the General  Corporation  Law of
    the State of Delaware and the laws of the United  States of America  insofar
    as such laws are applicable.

     We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
    Registration  Statement  and to the reference to this firm under the heading
    "Legal  Matters" in the Prospectus  without  admitting that we are "experts"
    under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  or the rules and  regulations
    of the  Commission  issued  thereunder,  with  respect  to any  part  of the
    Registration Statement, including this exhibit.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /s/ Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.
                                                     Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.

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EXHIBIT 23.2

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

    We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in the  Registration
    Statement on Form S-8 of Forcenergy Inc pertaining to the 1999 Stock Plan of
    our report dated March 21, 1999 relating to the financial statements,  which
    report  is  included  in the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the
    fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.

    PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

    /s/ PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.

    Miami, Florida
    March 16, 2000

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EXHIBIT 23.3

                CONSENT OF NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

    To the Board of Directors of Forcenergy Inc:

    We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in the  Registration
    Statement on Form S-8 of Forcenergy Inc pertaining to the 1999 Stock Plan of
    our reports  dated March 5, 1999,  March 4, 1998,  and March 3, 1997, of the
    estimates of net proved oil and natural gas reserves of Forcenergy  Inc, and
    their present  values,  as of January 1, 1999, 1998 and 1997 included in the
    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.

                                           NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

                                           By: /s/ Danny D. Simmons
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                   Danny D. Simmons
                                                   Senior Vice President
                                                   Houston, Texas
                                                   March 16, 2000

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EXHIBIT 23.4

    March 16, 2000

    To the Board of Directors of Forcenergy Inc:

    We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in the  Registration
    Statements on Form S-8 of Forcenergy  Inc  pertaining to the 1999 Stock Plan
    of our reports  dated  February 26, 1999,  February 16, 1998 and February 7,
    1997,  and our  estimates of the net proved  natural gas and oil reserves of
    Forcenergy,  as of January 1, 1999,  1998 and 1997, and to all references to
    our estimates of the net proved  natural gas and oil reserves of the Company
    as of those dates,  included in the Annual  Report on form 10-K for the year
    ended December 31, 1998.

                                             COLLARINI ENGINEERING INC.

                                             By: /c/ Cheryl R. Collarini
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                     Cheryl R. Collarini, P.E.
                                                     President

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