Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1314350 at the Executive Royal Inn, Lancaster Room, 8450 Sparrow Drive, Leduc, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 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
Rife Resources Ltd. (Rife) submitted an application in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from an existing well in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 10, Section 2, Township 49, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian to a pipeline tie in point at LSD 6-3-49-23W4M. The proposed pipeline would be approximately 2.00 kilometres (km) in length with a maximum outside diameter of 114.3 millimetres (mm) and would transport natural gas with a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) content of 4.0 moles per kilomole (0.4 per cent). The proposed pipeline would be located approximately 17 km southeast of Leduc.

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

Rife Resources Ltd.
400, 144 – 4th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3N4
Attention: Neil Benoit
Telephone: (403) 221-0814
Fax: (403) 221-0890

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office and the St. Albert Field Office:

EUB Information Services                              St. Albert Field Centre
Main Floor, 640-5th Avenue SW                      Main Floor
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4                               30 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue
Telephone: (403) 297-8190                            St. Albert, Alberta T8N 3A3
Telephone: (780) 460-3800

For information about EUB procedures contact:

Jodie Smith, Applications Coordinator, EUB
Telephone: (403) 297-3541
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: jodie.smith@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1314350 shall file on or before 4:00pm Tuesday, March 30, 2004. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

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

Notes
Any submission filed shall contain information detailing:

1. the desired disposition of the application;

2. the facts substantiating the position of the submitter;

3. the reasons why the submitter believes the EUB should decide in the manner advocated; and

4. how the proposed project, if approved, may directly and adversely affect the submitter.

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 Rife 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.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on February 24, 2004

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

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