NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1290391 AND 1290420
ERSKINE FIELD
MONOLITH OIL CORP. 
Take Notice that examiners appointed by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1290391 and 1290420 at the offices of the Board, 640 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 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 Applications
Application No. 1290391: Monolith Oil Corp. (Monolith) has applied pursuant to the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (the Act) for an order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 27 of Township 38, Range 21, West of the 4th Meridian (Section 27-38-21 W4M), be operated as a unit for the production of gas from all zones to the base of the Mannville Group, through a well to be drilled in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 5 of the section.
The applicant has requested, among other things, that costs and revenues under the pooling order be allocated on a tract area basis and that it be named the operator of the well to be produced under the order. In addition, the applicant requested that the maximum penalty allowed under the Act be applied to a tract's share of the costs of drilling the well to, and completing it in, the formation(s) named in the order, if the tract owner does not pay its share of those costs within 30 days of the later of the pooling order being issued, the tract owner being given written notice of its share of costs, and the well in question being placed on production.
Application No. 1290420: Monolith has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a well from a surface location in LSD 4-27-38-21 W4M to a bottom hole in LSD 5-27-38-21 W4M for the purpose of obtaining sweet natural gas production from the Mannville Group. The proposed well would be located approximately 4.5 kilometres south and west of Erskine.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the applications contact the applicant:
For information about EUB procedures contact:
Resources Applications Group, Applications Branch
Attention: K. Fisher
Telephone: (403) 297-8490
To File A Submission
The Board has established the following filing deadlines for this hearing:
April 3, 2003: Final date for submissions by any parties having concerns respecting the applications.
April 16, 2003: Final date for any response from the applicant to the submissions filed by concerned parties.
Send two copies of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above, and twelve copies of the submission to:
K. Fisher, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources Applications, EUB
640 5th Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2P 3G4
Notes
Any submission filed shall contain information detailing:
(i) the desired disposition of the applications,
(ii) the facts substantiating the position of the submitter, and
(iii) the reasons why the submitter believes that the EUB should decide in the manner advocated
In accordance with section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.
If there are no objections received, this hearing may be cancelled and the EUB will continue to process the applications without further notice or without a hearing.
Issued at Calgary, Alberta on March 12, 2003.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Michael J. Bruni, Q.C., General Counsel
