Take notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1365168 at the Super 8 Motel, 3727 - 50^th Street, Drayton Valley, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, July 5, 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. submitted an application in accordance with Section 7.001 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations requesting approval to construct and operate a single well gas battery in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 14 of Section 17, Township 52, Range 8, West of the 5^th Meridian in the Bigoray Field. The wellsite facility would consist of a separator, flare stack, and 67 kilowatt compressor. The purpose of the facility would be to separate and measure production from an existing gas well located at LSD 14-17-52-8 W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide concentration would be approximately 2.00 moles per kilomole. The proposed battery would be located approximately 2 kilometres southwest of Evansburg.

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

Penn West Petroleum Ltd.
2200, 425 - 1 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L8
Attention: Paul Dever
Telephone: (403) 693-2716
Fax: (403) 693-2794
Email: paul.dever@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 SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications
Attention: Eva Simpson
Telephone: (403) 297-5390
Fax: (403) 297-4117
Email: eva.simpson@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application

No. 1365168 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. June 27, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above, and ten copies to:

Eva Simpson, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 5th Avenue SW
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 May 13, 2005.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel