AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1556255
DETECTOR EXPLORATION LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD

Take Notice that examiners appointed by the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1556255 at the offices of the National Energy Board, 444 - 7 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, commencing on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Nature of the Application
Detector Exploration Ltd. has applied, pursuant to Section 80 of the Oil & Gas Conservation Act (OGCA), for an order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 24 of Township 49, Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of gas from all zones to the base of the Edmonton Group through an existing well with the unique well identifier of 02/03-24-049-07W5.

The applicant has requested, among other things, that costs and revenues under the pooling order be allocated on a tract area basis, and that it be named operator of the well to be produced. In addition, the applicant has requested that the maximum penalty allowed under the OGCA be applied to a tract owner’s share of the costs of drilling the well to, and completing it in, the formations named in the order if the tract owner does not pay the costs within 30 days of the later of the pooling order being issued, the tract owner being notified in writing of its share of actual costs, or the well commencing production.

Additional Information
To obtain a copy of the application, contact

Detector Exploration Ltd.
650, 520 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3R7
Attention: R. Alexander
Telephone: 403-265-3532
Fax: 403-265-9105

The record of this proceeding is available for viewing on the ERCB’s website at www.ercb.ca on the Integrated Application Registry (IAR).
 
For information about ERCB procedures, contact

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Attention: Andrew Lung
Telephone: 403-297-5361
Fax: 403-297-2474
E-mail: andrew.lung@ercb.ca

To File a Submission
The Board has established the following filing deadline for this hearing:

June 25, 2008 - Final date for submissions by the applicant and all other parties respecting the application.

Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and twelve complete paper copies and one electronic copy on CD in PDF format to

Andrew Lung, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Notes
Any submission filed must 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 Detector Exploration Ltd. 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. However, any party may make an application to the Board for confidentiality pursuant to Section 13(2) and serve a copy of such a request on the other parties involved in the hearing. The Board may grant a request for confidentiality on any terms it considers appropriate, 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 June 25, 2008.

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