NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1306237
KILLAM FIELD
BRIGUS RESOURCES LTD. AND TASMAN EXPLORATION LTD.

Take Notice that an examiner appointed by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1306237 at the offices of the Board, 640 – 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, on Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 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

Brigus Resources Ltd. (Brigus) applied on behalf of itself and Tasman Exploration Ltd. pursuant to the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (the Act) for an order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 9 of Township 43, Range 11, West of the 4th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of gas from the Viking Formation, through a well to be drilled in Legal Subdivision 12 of the section.

The applicants have requested, among other things, that costs and revenues under the pooling order be allocated on a tract area basis, and that Brigus be named the operator of the well to be produced. In addition, the applicants requested that the maximum penalty allowed under the Act be applied to a tract's share of the costs of drilling the well to, and completing it in, the formation named in the order, if the tract owner does not pay its share of costs within 30 days of the later of the pooling order being issued or the well being spud.

Additional Information

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

Brigus Resources Ltd.
1700, 736 – 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3T7
Attention: K. Wilford
Telephone: (403) 216-7691

For information about EUB procedures contact:

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Attention: K. Fisher
Telephone: (403) 297-8490

To File A Submission

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1306237 shall file on or before September 22, 2003.  Send two copies of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above, and twelve copies of the submission to:

K. Fisher, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources Applications, EUB
640 – 5th Avenue SW
Calgary AB  T2P 3G4      

Notes

Any submission filed shall contain information detailing:

(i)      the desired disposition of the application,

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

(iii)     the reasons why the submitter believes that the EUB should decide in the manner advocated.

In accordance with section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.

If no valid objections 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 August 25, 2003.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, Associate General Counsel