NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1598361, 1599688, AND 1599690
STANDARD ENERGY INC.
GRANDE PRAIRIE FIELD

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1598361, 1599688, and 1599690 (Applications) at the Best Western Grande Prairie, 10745–117 Avenue, Grande Prairie, Alberta, commencing on March 4, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

The ERCB had scheduled a public hearing of the Application at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 9816–107 Street, Grande Prairie, Alberta, commencing on November 5, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. The Board received a request from interested parties to reschedule the hearing and agreed to grant the request.

Description of the Applications

Application No. 1598361
Standard Energy Inc. (Standard) has applied, pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, for licences to drill two horizontal wells from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 15, Section 30, Township 71, Range 4, West of the 6th Meridian, to bottomhole locations at LSD 1-30-71 -4W6M and LSD 2-30-71-4W6M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide ( H ₂ S ) concentration would be about 23.4 moles per kilomole (mol/kmol) ( 2.34 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H ₂ S release rate would be 0.0259 cubic metres per second, with an emergency planning zone of 0.46 kilometres (km). The purpose of the wells would be to obtain gas from the Montney Formation. The proposed wells would be located about 10.5 km east of Grande Prairie.

Application No. 1598688 and 1599690
Standard has also submitted two applications, pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act, for approval to construct and operate two pipelines. One pipeline would be to transport natural gas from LSD 15-30-71-4W6M to a tie in point at LSD 14-30-71-4W6M. This proposed pipeline would be about 0.63 km in length, would have a maximum outside diameter of 114.3 millimetres (mm), and would transport natural gas with a maximum H ₂ S concentration of 15 mol/kmol (1.5 per cent). The second pipeline would transport fuel gas with no H ₂ S from LSD 14-30-71-4W6M to the proposed well site at LSD 15-30-71-4W6M. The second proposed pipeline would be about 0.63 km in length and have a maximum outside diameter of 60.3 mm. The proposed pipelines would be located about 10.5 km east of Grande Prairie.

To obtain a copy of the Applications, contact

Standard Energy Inc.
Suite 910, 706–7 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0Z1
Attention: Ron Weibe
Telephone: 403-234-7782
Fax: 403-234-7792

To view a copy of the Applications and documents filed in support of the Applications, contact

Requirement to File a Submission
If you have an interest in this matter and wish to make submissions or submit evidence at the hearing of the Applications, you must file submissions with respect to these Applications even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Standard on these Applications. Submissions must include photocopies of all documentary evidence that you intend to present and/or rely on at the hearing (including, but not limited to, copies of expert reports) and a summary of all evidence you intend to present.

If you do not file submissions, the hearing of the Applications may be cancelled and the ERCB will continue to process and may approve the Applications without a hearing and without further notice.

How to File a Submission
Any party intending to make submissions with respect to the hearing of the Applications must file on or before 4:00 p.m., February 1, 2010. Reply submissions from the applicant must be filed on or before 4:00 p.m., February 8, 2010. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to

Dean Campbell, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640–5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Contents of a Submission
Under Section 24(2) of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice ( Rules of Practice ), 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; and

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

Compensation Issues
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.

Applications for Confidentiality
In accordance with Section 13 of the Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record. However, any party may apply for confidentiality of information under Section 13(2). Any application under Section 13(2) that is to be considered during a public hearing of the application must be copied to the other parties to the proceeding. 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.

Questions of Constitutional Law
In accordance with Section 25 of the 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.

For information about ERCB procedures, contact

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Dean Campbell
Telephone: 403-297-8474
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: dean.campbell@ercb.ca  

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on December 7, 2009.

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