NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1613402
PENGROWTH CORPORATION
HARMATTAN EAST FIELD

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1613402 (Application) at the Lone Pine Agricultural Society, RR2 Didsbury T0M 0W0, Alberta, commencing on December 8, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Description of the Application
Pengrowth Corporation (Pengrowth) submitted an application, in accordance with Section 7.001 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, requesting approval to construct and operate an electric wellhead booster compressor in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 5, Section 3, Township 31, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian, in the Harmattan East Field. The facility would consist of an addition of a wellhead compressor unit at the existing facilities to boost gas from the existing wellhead into an existing gas gathering system. The maximum hydrogen sulphide concentration would be about 15.0 moles per kilomole (1.5 per cent). The proposed compressor would be located about 4.2 kilometres southwest of the Town of Didsbury.

To obtain a copy of the Application, contact

Pengrowth Corporation
2100, 222 – 3 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0B4
Attention: Korin Egginton
Telephone: 403-213-3656
Fax: 403-781-9053

To view a copy of the Application and documents filed in support of the Application, contact

Requirement to File a Submission
If you have an interest in this matter and wish to make submissions or submit evidence at the hearing of the Application, you must file submissions with respect to this Application even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Pengrowth on this Application. Submissions must include photocopies of all documentary evidence that you intend to present and/or rely on at the hearing (including, but not limited to, copies of expert reports) and a summary of all evidence you intend to present.

If you do not file submissions, the hearing of the Application may be cancelled and the ERCB will continue to process and may approve the Application without a hearing and without further notice.

How to File a Submission
Any party intending to make submissions with respect to the hearing of the Application must file on or before 4:00 p.m., November 3, 2009. Reply submissions from the applicant must be filed on or before 4:00 p.m., November 17, 2009. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to

Alanda Allum, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Contents of a Submission
Under Section 24(2) of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice ( Rules of Practice ), submissions must 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,

(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; and

(d) if the intervener is an unincorporated organization, the nature of the intervener's membership.

Compensation Issues
Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the ERCB and should be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.

Applications for Confidentiality
In accordance with Section 13 of the Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record. However, any party may apply for confidentiality of information under Section 13(2). Any application under Section 13(2) that is to be considered during a public hearing of the application must be copied to the other parties to the proceeding. The Board may grant a request for confidentiality on any terms it considers appropriate, subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Questions of Constitutional Law
In accordance with Section 25 of the Rules of Practice, a person who intends to raise a question of constitutional law before the Board must give notice in accordance with Section 12 of the Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction Act and its regulation.

For information about ERCB procedures, contact

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Alanda Allum
Telephone: 403-297-8848
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: alanda.allum@ercb.ca  

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on October 7, 2009.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel