NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICATION NO. 1283973

SOLEX GAS PROCESSING CORP.

APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE AMENDMENT TO AN

EXISTING SOUR GAS PLANT AND FOR NEW PIPELINES

HARMATTAN-ELKTON FIELD                       

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1283973 at Govier Hall in the EUB Calgary office, 640 5th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta commencing on Tuesday October 28, 2003, 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. 

Board Approved Hearing Schedule

The following is the schedule for the hearing process: 

Please note that the EUB has issued IRs to Solex at the same time as this notice. Copies of the EUB's IRs have been sent to those parties that have received direct notice. Other interested parties may obtain a copy of the EUB's IRs through EUB Information Services at the address listed below. 

Those parties intending to participate in the hearing must submit written notice to the EUB no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, June 27, 2003 to the attention of: 

Mr. Dale Schafer, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4 

In addition, all submissions to this hearing shall be sent to the EUB at the name and address listed above and to the applicant as listed below. 

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

In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses at the hearing must give evidence under oath or affirmation. 

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. 

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

Nature of Application No. 1283973

Solex Gas Processing Corp. (Solex) submitted an application in accordance with Section 39 (1)(b) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act for approval to modify its existing Harmattan-Elkton sour gas plant located at Legal Subdivision (LSD) 9, Section 27, Township 31, Range 4, West of the 5th Meridian. Solex proposes to install two new 1660 kilowatt (kW) compressors at the Harmattan-Elkton sour gas plant (approximately 27 km west of Didsbury and 15 km north of Cremona). The plant has a raw gas inlet processing capacity of 13,900 x 10³ cubic meters per day of gas. The total sulphur inlet to the plant is at 82.7 tonnes (metric) per day of sulphur.  

Sulphur emissions at the plant are up to 1.1 tonnes per day at maximum plant capacity based on an approved sulphur recovery efficiency of 98.6 per cent on a quarterly calendar-reporting basis. The Harmattan-Elkton sour gas plant's capacity and sulphur emission limits will remain unchanged. 

In addition, Solex submitted an application in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate two parallel natural gas pipelines (each with a maximum outside diameter of 610-millimetre (mm)) installed in a common right-of-way 8.7 kilometres (km) long, between the Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) Western Alberta System at

LSD 1-23-31-5W5M, and the Solex Harmattan-Elkton sour gas plant. The purpose of the pipelines is to allow Solex to reprocess up to 12,690 x 10³ cubic meters per day of natural gas off the NGTL system for the purpose of extraction of natural gas liquids, and to return the processed gas to the NGTL system. 

Additional Information

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

Solex Gas Processing Corp.
Attention: Rollie Lusis
750, 736 - 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3T7
Telephone: (403) 232-1426
Fax: (403) 262-9525 

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the following EUB office:

EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190 

For information about EUB procedures contact: 

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Mr. Dale Schafer
Telephone: (403) 297-8189
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-Mail: dale.schafer@gov.ab.ca 

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on June 13, 2003. 

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Michael J. Bruni, Q.C., General Counsel