NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1423057, 1423066, 1423070, 1423083, 1423087, 1423097, 1423109, & 1423124
DOMINION EXPLORATION CANADA LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of 1423057, 1423066, 1423070, 1423083, 1423087, 1423097, 1423109, & 1423124 at the Lodgepole Multiuse Complex, 4501 - 52nd Avenue, Lodgepole, Alberta, commencing on Monday, June 12, 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
Dominion Exploration Canada Ltd. has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for licenses to drill three vertical and five directional Level 3 critical sour oil wells from five surface locations. The three vertical wells are to be located in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 15 of Section 11, Township 47, Range 10 West of the 5th Meridian, LSD 10-15-47-10W5M and LSD 6-32-47-10W5M. Three directional wells are to be drilled from a common surface location in LSD 9-14-47-10W5M to projected bottom hole locations in LSD 7-14-47-10W5M, LSD 14-14-47-10W5M and in LSD 16-14-47-10W5M. Two directional wells are to be drilled from a common surface location in LSD 10-28-47-10W5M to projected bottom hole locations in LSD 6-28-47-10W5M and LSD 16-28-47-10W5M. For all eight wells the maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration would be 266.7 moles per kilomole (26.67 per cent) and the cumulative H2S release rate for the drilling, completion and operating phases of the wells would be 5.00 cubic metres per second (m3/s) with a corresponding combined calculated emergency planning zone (EPZ) of 6.87 kilometres. The purpose of all eight wells would be to obtain oil production from the Nisku Formation. The proposed surface location at LSD 9-14-47-10 W5M would be approximately 4.0 kilometres southwest of the Hamlet of Lodgepole, the nearest urban centre.

Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:
Dominion Exploration Canada Ltd.
Suite 3200, 605-5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H5
Attention: Don Finley
Telephone: (403) 508-2414
Fax: (403) 266-4816
Email: Donald_W_Finley@dom.com 

Copies of the applications are available for viewing at the following EUB offices:

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

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

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Phil Didow
Telephone: (403) 297-8103.
Fax: (403) 297-4117.
E-mail: phil.didow@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of 1423057, 423066, 1423070, 1423083, 1423087, 1423097, 1423109, & 1423124 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. Friday, May 19, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Phil Didow, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Any submission the applicant wishes to file in response to submissions filed by concerned parties, shall be submitted on or before 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. The Applicant shall send one copy of its response submission to each person who filed a submission, and ten copies to the EUB as provided above.

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,

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(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 Dominion Exploration 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 April 17, 2006

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