NOTICE OF HEARING
PROCEEDING NO. 1527088
TALISMAN ENERGY INC.
WEBSTER FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Proceeding No. 1527088 at the Quality Hotel and Conference Centre, 11201 -100th Avenue, Grande Prairie, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, January 8, 2007, 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 Proceeding No. 1527088
On February 12, 2007, the Board approved Application No. 1502247 and issued Well Licence No. 0374802 to Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman), in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations. Well Licence No. 0374802 is for the drilling of a vertical well from a surface location at Legal Subdivision (LSD) 6, Section 7, Township 74, Range 5, West of the 6th Meridian for the purpose of producing natural gas from the Cadotte Formation. The proposed well would be located approximately 4 kilometres north of Sexsmith.

The EUB received letters from an affected party requesting that the Board conduct a review hearing relating to Well Licence No. 0374802, pursuant to Section 39 of the Energy Resources Conservation Act. On August 24, 2007, the Board granted the request for a review hearing and registered the hearing as Proceeding No. 1527088. The purpose of the hearing is to determine whether the Board should confirm, vary, or rescind its decision to grant Well Licence No. 0374802.

Additional Information
A copy of the record of Proceeding No. 1527088 is available for viewing at the EUB’s Calgary office and Grande Prairie Field Centre:
EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8311 (Option 2)
 
Grande Prairie Field Centre
9818 – 115 Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 7R3
Fax: (780) 538-5582
Telephone: (780) 538-5138
Email: grandeprairie.fieldcentre@eub.ca

For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Rachelle Reid
Telephone: (403) 355-4305.
Fax: (403) 297-4117.
E-mail: rachelle.reid@eub.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Proceeding No. 1527088 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Monday, December 17, 2007. Send one copy of your submission to Talisman:
Talisman Energy Inc.
Suite 3400, 888 – 3 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 5C5
Attention: Jasmin Ranada
Telephone : (403) 920-8245
Fax: (403) 231-2858

Please also send ten copies of your submission to:
Rachelle Reid, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

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,

(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.

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 Talisman 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.

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.

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, subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

In accordance with Section 23.1 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board 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.

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

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on October 30, 2007.

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