NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1307282
CROSSFIELD FIELD
BEARSPAW PETROLEUM LTD.

Take Notice that an examiner appointed by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1307282 at the offices of the Board, 640 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, October 3, 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

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. applied pursuant to the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (the Act) for an order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 24 of Township 24, Range 28, West of the 4th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of gas from the Basal Quartz Sand, through a well to be drilled in Legal Subdivision 11 of the section.

The applicant is requesting, among other things, that costs and revenues under the pooling order be allocated on a tract area basis, and that it be named the operator of the well to be produced under the order.  In addition, the applicant 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 such costs within 30 days of the later of the pooling order being issued, the tract owner being notified in writing of its share of the actual costs, or the well commencing production.

Additional Information

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

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd.
80, 6712 Fisher Street SE
Calgary, Alberta, T2H 2A7
Attention: S. Ginther
Telephone: (403) 258-3767, extension 233

For information about EUB procedures contact:

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

To File A Submission

The Board has established the following filing deadlines for this hearing:

September 17, 2003:          Final date for submissions by any parties having concerns respecting the application.

September 24, 2003:          Final date for any response from the applicant to the submissions filed by concerned parties.

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