NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1403470, 1403471, 1403473, 1403474
DOMINION EXPLORATION CANADA LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) had scheduled a public hearing of applications 1403470, 1403471, 1403473, 1403474 at the Lodgepole Multiuse Complex, 4501- 52 Avenue, Lodgepole, Alberta, commencing on Monday, November 28, 2005 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. The Board received a request from interested parties to reschedule the hearing and it agreed to grant the request.

Therefore, Take Notice that the EUB will hold a public hearing of applications 1403470, 1403471, 1403473, 1403474 at the Lodgepole Multiuse Complex, 4501- 52 Avenue, Lodgepole, Alberta, commencing on Monday, December 12, 2005 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

Dominion Exploration Canada Ltd. has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for four licenses to drill four Level three critical sour wells from two surface locations. One of the surface locations is to be located in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 10 of Section 22, Township 47, Range 10 West of the 5th Meridian and will have three wells drilled from this common surface location. Projected bottom hole locations would be in LSD 8-22-47-10W5, LSD 14-22-47-10W5, and LSD 16-22-47-10W5 (Applications No. 1403470, 1403471, 1403473). The second surface location is to located in LSD 8, Section 27, Township 47, Range 10 West of the 5th Meridian, and will have a bottom hole location of LSD 8-27-47-10W5 (Application No. 1403474). For all four wells the maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration would be 266.7 moles per kilomole (26.67 per cent) and the cumulative H2S release rate for the drilling, completion and operating phases of the wells would be 5.00 cubic metres per second (m3/s) with a corresponding emergency planning zone (EPZ) of 6.87 kilometres. The purpose of all four wells would be to obtain oil production from the Nisku Formation. The three proposed wells at the surface location of LSD 10-22-47-10W5 would be approximately 5.0 kilometres southwest of the Hamlet of Lodgepole. The proposed well at the surface location of LSD 8-27-47-10W5 would be approximately 2.5 kilometres southwest of the Hamlet of Lodgepole.


Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:
Dominion Exploration Canada Ltd.
Suite 3200, 605-5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H5
Attention: Darren Gramlich
Telephone: (403) 508-2415
Fax: (403) 266-4816
Email: darren_gramlich@dom.com

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office,

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

EUB Drayton Valley Field Centre
5005-61 Street
rayton Valley, Alberta T7A 1S3
Telephone: (780) 542-5182

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications
Attn: Cynthia Ravensdale
Telephone: (403) 297-2077
Fax: (403) 297-4117
Email: cynthia.ravensdale@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1403740, 1403471, 1403473, 1403474 shall file on or before 4:00pm Monday, November 14, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Cynthia Ravensdale Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

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;

(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 the applications even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Dominion Exploration Canada Ltd. on this application.

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

In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses 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.

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

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on October 7, 2005

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel