NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICATION NO. 1377698

PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD.

WAINWRIGHT FIELD

Take notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (the EUB or Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1377698 at the Wainwright & District Communiplex, 700 - 2nd Avenue, Wainwright, Alberta, commencing on July 27, 2005 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.

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (Penn West) made an application in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from a well located in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 13 of Section 4, Township 45, Range 6 West of the 4th Meridian to a battery located in LSD 7-4-45-6W4M. The proposed pipeline would be approximately 1.47 kilometres (km) in length with a maximum outside diameter of 88.9 millimetres (mm) and would transport natural gas with a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration of 0.00 moles per kilomole (0.00 percent H2S). The proposed pipeline would be located approximately 2.5 km northeast of Wainwright, Alberta.

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

Penn West Petroleum Ltd.
2200, 425 – 1 Street S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L8
Attention: Eileen Xu
Telephone: (403) 693-2789
Fax: (403) 777-3314
Email: eileen.xu@pennwest.com

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office,

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

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Dean McCluskey
Telephone: (403) 297-8305
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: dean.mccluskey@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1377698 shall file on or before 4:00pm July 12, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Dean McCluskey, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

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,

(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;

1. the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the intervener;

2. 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;

3. 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 Penn West Petroleum 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: Any statements filed regarding this application become part of the public record and are accessible by the public.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on June 9, 2005.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel