NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1520368 AND 1526382
APACHE CANADA LTD.
BASHAW FIELD

Take Notice that the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1520368 and 1526382 at the Alberta Utilities Commission office in the HSBC Building, 1200, 10055 - 106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta commencing on Tuesday, May 27, 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
Apache Canada Ltd. (Apache) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill one vertical well from a surface location at Legal Subdivision (LSD) 15, Section 1, Township 41, Range 22, West of the 4th Meridian. No hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is expected to be encountered in the drilling of this well. The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas from the Belly River Group and coalbed methane from the Edmonton Group.
Apache has also applied pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act, for approval to construct and operate a pipeline from the proposed well at LSD15-1-41-22W4M to an existing pipeline tie-in at LSD 08-1-41-22W4M. The proposed pipeline would transport natural gas containing no H2S. It would be approximately 630 metres in length, with a maximum outside diameter of 88.9 millimetres.
The proposed well and pipeline would be located approximately 6.4 kilometres northeast of Mirror, Alberta.

Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the applications, contact

Apache Canada Ltd.
100, 700-9 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta,  T2P 3V4
Attention: Ms. Maggie Barnaby
Telephone: 403-531-8146
Fax: 403-261-1349

A copy of the applications is available for viewing at the ERCB’s Calgary and Red Deer Field offices

ERCB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4
Telephone: 403-297-8311 (Option 2)
ERCB Red Deer Field Centre
202, 4909-49 Street
Red Deer, Alberta,  T4N 1V1
Telephone: 403-340-5454

For information about ERCB procedures, contact

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: David Miles
Telephone: 403-297-3582
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: david.miles@ercb.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1520368 and 1526382 must file on or before 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Apache will have an opportunity to file a response on or before 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 20, 2008. Send one copy of your submission to Apache at the name and address above and ten copies to

David Miles, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 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; 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 Apache Canada 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 March 20, 2008.

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