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Notices


2003

NOTICE OF PROCEEDING

APPLICATION NO. 1324846

TURNER VALLEY FIELD

TALISMAN ENERGY INC.

 

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Board) will conduct a written hearing to address a request by Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) to add certain lands to the area of the Turner Valley Unit No. 5 (the Unit).

 

Nature of the Application

Talisman has applied pursuant to the Turner Valley Unit Operations Act (the Act) to add Legal Subdivisions 1 and 8 of Section 26, Township 19, Range 3, West of the 5th Meridian to the area of the Unit.

 

Talisman submitted that the two legal subdivisions involved were purchased by the Unit owners in the same percentage as the current Unit ownership, and that enlargement of the Unit will not affect each owner's share of Unit production.

 

This written hearing is being conducted to comply with the requirements of clause 6 of the Act which states that on application by the unit operator or owner, the Board may add a tract to the unit after a hearing.

 

Additional Information

To obtain additional information contact:

Talisman Energy Inc.

3400, 888 3rd Street SW

Calgary, Alberta, T2P 5C5

Attention: K. J. Milner

Telephone:  (403) 237-1105

 

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group

Attention: K. Fisher

Telephone:  (403) 297-8490

 

To File a Submission

The Board intends to deal with the application in a written proceeding according to the following schedule:

 

January 29, 2004

Final date for submissions to be filed with the EUB by any persons having concerns respecting the application.

 

February 4, 2004

Final date for any response by Talisman to the submissions filed by

concerned parties.

 

February 10, 2004

Final date for argument from all parties.

 

February 13, 2004

Final date for reply to argument from Talisman.

 

 

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of these applications shall send two copies of the submission to the applicant at the name and address above, and twelve copies to:

 

K. Fisher, Application Coordinator

EUB, Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group

640 - 5th Avenue SW

Calgary AB  T2P 3G4

 

Notes

Any submission raising a concern respecting the application shall contain information detailing:

 

(i)                 the desired disposition of the application,

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

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

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

 

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 January 9, 2004.

 

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

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

 

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