Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1334996 in the Leduc Room at the Leduc Inn, 5705 – 50 Street, Leduc, Alberta, commencing on Monday, November 15, 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.

Rife Resources Limited (Rife) submitted an application in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a directional well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 13 of Section 12, Township 49, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian to a projected bottom hole location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 13 of Section 12, Township 49, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian. The proposed well would be located approximately 12 kilometres northwest of Hay Lakes. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) concentration would be 0.00 moles per kilomole (0 per cent). The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas production from the Edmonton Group.

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

Rife Resources Ltd.
400, 144 – 4 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3N4
Attention: Phil Taylor
Telephone: (403) 221-0882
Fax: (403) 221-0890

A copy of these applications and related material are also available for public viewing at the following location:

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Information Services
640 – 5 Avenue SW, Main Floor
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8311

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Eva Simpson
Telephone: (403) 297-5390
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: eva.simpson@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1334996 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. Monday, November 1, 2004. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

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

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 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.

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 4, 2004.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel