NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1576494
BONUS ENERGY LTD.
GREENCOURT FIELD

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1576494 (Application) at the Barrhead Neighbourhood Inn, Highway 33, 61 Avenue, Barrhead, Alberta, commencing on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

The ERCB had scheduled a public hearing of the Application at the Barrhead Neighbourhood Inn, Highway 33, 61 Avenue, Barrhead, Alberta, commencing on February 17, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. The Board received a request from the applicant to reschedule the hearing and agreed to by the interveners. The ERCB agreed to grant the request.

Description of the Application
Bonus Energy Ltd. has applied, pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, for a licence to drill a directional natural gas well from a surface location of Legal Subdivision (LSD) 12 of Section 24, Township 60, Range 8, West of the 5th Meridian, to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 12-24-60-8W5M. The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas containing no hydrogen sulphide from the Gething formation. The proposed well would be located about 27.2 kilometres north of the Town of Mayerthorpe. 

To obtain a copy of the Application, contact

Bonus Energy Ltd.
Suite 450, 340-12 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2R 1L5
Attention: Mr. Curt Labelle
Telephone: 403-229-0073
Fax: 403-375-0566
Email: curt@bonusenergy.ca

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

ERCB Information Services  
Main floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW 
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4 30
Telephone: 403-297-8311 (Option 2) 
Viewing hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

ERCB St. Albert Field Centre
Main Floor
Sir Winston Churchill Avenue
St. Albert, Alberta  T8N 3A3
Telephone: 780-460-3800

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 Bonus Energy Ltd. 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., Friday, August 7, 2009. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to

Julia Fulford, 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), any submission filed 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 but may 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: Julia Fulford
Telephone: 403-297-8840
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: julia.fulford@ercb.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on March 2, 2009.
ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel