The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) scheduled a public hearing of Applications No. 1302928 and 1327929 at the Greenway Inn, 5401 Highway 2A, Lacombe, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at 9:00 am. The EUB received a request to reschedule the public hearing and granted that request by moving the commencement date of the hearing forward by one day.

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1302928 and 1327929 at the Greenway Inn, 5401 Highway 2A, Lacombe, Alberta, commencing on Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at 9:00 am. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Apache Canada Ltd. (Apache) applied pursuant to Section 79, Subsection 4 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and Section 5.190 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for the suspension of the drilling spacing units and target area provisions and to establish a holding in Section 18 of Township 41, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian (Section 18-41-23 W4M), for the production of gas from the coals of the Edmonton Group. Apache further proposes that the holding be subject to the following provisions:

• There shall be an interwell distance of a minimum of 200 meters at the producing horizon.

• Wells producing within the holding shall be at least 150 meters from the boundaries of the holding.

Apache applied pursuant to Section 79, Subsection 4 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and Section 5.190 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for the suspension of the drilling spacing units and target area provisions and to establish a holding in Sections 29, 30, and 32-40-21 W4M, for the production of gas from the coals of the Edmonton Group. Apache further proposes that the holding be subject to the following provisions:

• There shall be an interwell distance of a minimum of 200 meters at the producing horizon.

• Wells producing within the holding shall be at least 200 meters from the boundaries of the holding.

Additional Information

To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact the applicant's agent:

Fekete Associates Inc.

2000, 540 5 Avenue SW

Calgary Alberta T2P 0M2

Attention: R. Swanson

Telephone: (403) 213-7512

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group

Attention: K. Fisher

Telephone: (403) 297-8490

The Board had previously established the following filing deadlines for this hearing and these deadlines continue to apply:

April 26, 2004 Final date for the EUB to provide information requests to the applicant.

May 17, 2004 Final date for submissions by any parties having concerns respecting any of the applications.

May 25, 2004 Final date for any response from the applicant to the submissions filed by concerned parties.

Send two copies of your submission to the applicant's agent at the name and address above, and to each party who has filed letters of concern as of the date of this notice, and 15 copies to:

K. Fisher, Application Coordinator

EUB, Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group

640 - 5 Avenue SW

Calgary Alberta T2P 3G4

Any submission filed shall contain information detailing:

(i) the desired disposition of the application,

(ii) the facts substantiating the position of the submitter,

(iii) the reasons why the submitter believes that the Board should decide in the manner advocated, and

(iv) how the proposed project, if approved, may directly and adversely affect the submitter.

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, or, in the case of trapping issues, to the Trappers Compensation Board.

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

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on May 5, 2004.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

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