EnCana Oil & Gas Partnership (EnCana) has applied pursuant to Section 13 of the Oil Sands Conservation Act for approval to expand the plant capacity of Phase I Foster Creek Commercial Project by an additional 4 800 cubic metres per day (m³/d) (30 000 barrels per day) for a total plant capacity of 10 075 m³/d. The proposed project would include:

• a central facility expansion consisting of four additional steam generators, gas separation, and emulsion treating,

• production of an additional 4 800 m³/d of bitumen using steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) as the recovery process in 2005, and

• amendment of existing and future well pad configuration to accommodate up to 25 well pairs per pad.

To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:

EnCana Oil & Gas Partnership
2900, 421 7th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 4K9
Attention: Carrie Cochran
Telephone: (403) 645-8339
Fax: (403) 290-8356
E-mail: carrie.cochran@encana.com

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office and following locations:

EUB Information Services                      EUB
Main Floor, 640 - 5th Avenue SW           10th Floor, Hong Kong Bank of Canada Bldg.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4                      10055 106th Street
Telephone: (403) 297-8190                   Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Y2
EUB Bonnyville Field Centre                    Cold Lake Library
Northlands Development Building             Basement, 5319 40 Avenue
209, 4901 50th Avenue                      Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 1A1
Bonnyville, Alberta T9N 2G4

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group

Attention: Anna Louie
Telephone: (403) 297-8396
Fax: (403) 297-2474
E-mail: anna.louie@gov.ab.ca

If you have an interest in this application and you wish to file a submission, please state in writing your reasons for filing by no later than January 7, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and another copy to:

Anna Louie, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Any submission filed shall contain the following:

(a) a concise statement indicating

(i) the manner in which the intervener's rights may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding,

(ii) the nature and scope of the intervener's intended participation,

(iii) the disposition of the proceeding that the intervener advocates, if any,

(iv) the facts the intervener proposes to show in evidence,

(v) the reasons why the intervener believes the Board should decide in the manner that the intervener advocates, and

(vi) the intervener's efforts, if any, to resolve issues associated with the proceeding directly with the applicant;

(b) the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available,
e-mail address of the intervener;

(c) if the intervener is represented by a representative, the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the representative;

(d) if the intervener is an unincorporated organization, the nature of the intervener's membership.

If you have an interest in this matter, you are required to make a submission with respect to this application even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with EnCana on this application.

Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the EUB but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.

Note: Any statements filed regarding this application become part of the public record and are accessible by the public.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on December 9, 2004.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel