NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION 1517825
STANDARD ENERGY INC
GRANDE PRAIRIE FIELD

Take Notice that the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application 1517825 at the Quality Hotel & Conference Centre, 11201 - 100th Ave Grande Prairie, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Nature of the Application
Standard Energy Inc. (Standard) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (OGCR) for a licence to drill four wells from a multi-well pad at a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 3, Section 28, Township 71, Range 4, West of the 6th Meridian to projected bottom hole locations in 2-28-71-4W6, 3-28-71-4W6, 4-28-71-4W6, and 11-28-71-4W6. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration expected to be encountered in the wells would be 0.00 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent). The purpose of the wells would be to obtain crude oil production from the Dunvegan formation.

Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
 Standard Energy Inc.
910, 706 - 7th Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0Z1
Attention: Ron Wiebe
Phone: 403-234-7782
Fax: 403-234-7792
 
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the ERCB’s Calgary office and Grande Prairie Field Centre

ERCB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 – 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Phone: 403-297-8311

Grande Prairie Field Centre
9815 – 115th Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 7R3
Phone: 780-538-5138
Fax: 780-538-5582

For information about ERCB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Jennifer FitzGerald
Telephone: 403-297-4264
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: jennifer.fitzgerald@ercb.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application 1517825 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. on the dates indicated below. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to

Jennifer FitzGerald, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 – 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

The schedule for filing a submission is as follows:
1. Filing of submissions by interveners  April 15, 2008
2. Filing of reply submission by Standard   April 22, 2008

Notes
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; and

(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 Standard on this application.

If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the ERCB will continue to process the application without further notice or without a hearing.

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

In accordance with Section 13 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board, subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

In accordance with Section 25 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, a person who intends to raise a question of constitutional law before the Board must give notice in accordance with Section 12 of the Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction Act and its regulation.

In accordance with Section 40 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on February 21, 2008

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel