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Notices


2006

NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1417483, 1417489, 1417825, 1417830, 1417843, 1417849, AND 1422663
EOG RESOURCES CANADA INC.
CESSFORD FIELD


Take Notice that examiners appointed by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Applications No 1417483, 1417489, 1417825, 1417830, 1417843, 1417849, and 1422663 at the Royal Canadian Legion #63, 235 - 3 Street West, Brooks, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 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 Applications

EOG Resources Canada Inc. (EOG) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for six licences to drill six wells from two common surface locations. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration for all of the proposed wells would be 0.0 moles per kilomole (mol/kmol) (0.0 per cent (%)). The purpose of all the wells (listed below) would be to obtain natural gas production from the Medicine Hat Formation and the Milk River Formation.

  • One proposed vertical well is to be drilled from a surface location of Legal Subdivision (LSD) 13, Section 14, Township 22, Range 10, West of the 4th Meridian. (Application 1417483).
  • One proposed slant well is to be drilled from a surface location of LSD 13-14-22-10W4M, and would have a bottom hole location of LSD 5-14-22-10W4M. (Application 1417825).
  • One proposed vertical well is to be drilled from a surface location of LSD 14-14-22-10W4M (Application 1417489).
  • Three slant wells are to be drilled from a surface location of LSD 14-14-22-10W4M and would have bottom hole locations of: LSD16-14-22-10W4, LSD 11-14-22-10W4M, and LSD 9-14-22-10W4M (Applications 1417849, 1417843, 1417830 respectively).
  • A related access road to traverse from the proposed 14-14-22-10W4 well pad through easterly portions of Sections 15 and 22-22-10W4M before intersecting the existing government road allowance.

In relation to the well applications mentioned above, is one access road. The related access road is to traverse from the proposed 14-14-22-10W4 well pad through easterly portions of Sections 15 and 22-22-10W4M before intersecting the existing government road allowance. The routing of the access road is within the EUB's jurisdiction to be considered as part of the well licences.

EOG has filed application number 1422663 in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate one pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from the proposed well pad location at LSD14-14-22-10W4M to a pipeline tie in point at LSD 14-23-11-10W4M. The proposed pipeline would be approximately 4.12 kilometers (km) in length with a maximum outside diameter of 88.9 millimetres and would transport natural gas with a maximum H2S concentration of 0.0 mol/kmol (0.0%).

The proposed wells and pipeline would be located approximately 46 km east of the Village of Duchess.

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

EOG Resources Canada Inc.
1300, 700-9 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3V4
Attention: Steven Harrison
Telephone: (403) 663-8453
Fax: (403) 663-8553
Email: sharrison@eogresources.com

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

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

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Cynthia Ravensdale
Telephone: (403) 297-2077
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: cynthia.ravensdale@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1417483, 1417489, 1417825, 1417830, 1417843, 1417849, and 1422663 shall file on or before 4:00pm Monday, March 6, 2006. 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 Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities 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;

(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 EOG Resources Canada Inc. 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: In accordance with Section 12 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities 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.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on January 13, 2006

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

Page Last Updated: January 13, 2006