NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO.  1448800, 1460293 and 1460301
BURLINGTON RESOURCES CANADA LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1448800, 1460293 and 1460301 at the Drayton Valley Omniplex, 5737 – 45 Ave, Drayton Valley, Alberta, commencing on Monday, September 11, 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 Application
Burlington Resources Canada Ltd. submitted applications in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill three directional Level-3 critical sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 6 of Section 6, Township 49, Range 8, West of the 5th Meridian to projected bottom hole locations in LSD 14-6-59-8W5M (Application No. 1448800), LSD 7-6-49-8W5M (Application No. 1460301) and LSD 3-7-49-8W5M (Application No. 1460293). All three proposed wells would have a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration of approximately 250 moles per kilomole (25.0 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 2.25 cubic metres per second (m3/s) with corresponding emergency planning zone of 4.0 kilometres. The purpose of the wells would be to obtain oil production from the Nisku Formation. The proposed wells would be located approximately 11 kilometres west of Drayton Valley.

Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:
Burlington Resources Canada Ltd.
2100, Bow Valley Square 4
250 – 6 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB  T2P 3H7
Attention: Jodi Prior
Telephone: (403) 233-3868
Fax: (403) 260-6510
E-mail: JPrior@br-inc.ca

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A copy of the applications is available for viewing at:

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

EUB Drayton Valley Field Centre
5005 – 61 St.
Drayton Valley, Alberta  T7A 1S3
Telephone: (780) 542-5182

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Marty Douglas
Telephone: (403) 297-8474
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Marty.Douglas@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No.1448800, No. 1460293 and 1460301 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., August 18, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Marty Douglas, 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

(v) the manner in which the intervener’s rights may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding,

(v) 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,

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(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 Burlington Resources Canada Ltd. 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 July 12, 2006.

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

Proposed Well Site Location and Emergency Planning Zone
Burlington Resources Canada Ltd.
Application No. 1448800, 1460293 and 1460301