NOTICE OF APPLICATION

APPLICATION NO. 1371353

TRIDENT EXPLORATION CORP.

CARBON FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) has received Application No. 1371353. This notice is to advise of the filing of this application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before February 16, 2005, relating to the application, the EUB may continue to process this application without further notice.

Nature of the Application

Trident Exploration Corp. has applied pursuant to section 80 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (the Act) for an order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 5 of Township 30, Range 22, West of the 4th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of gas from all zones to from the surface to 20 metres into the Belly River Group, through a well to be drilled in Legal Subdivision 13 of the section.

The applicant 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. 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 costs within 30 days of the later of the pooling order being issued, the tract owner being notified in writing of its share of actual costs, or the well commencing production.

Additional Information

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

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

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

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Attention: K. Fisher
Telephone: (403) 297-8490
Fax: (403) 297-2474
E-mail: karine.fisher@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission

If you have an interest in this application and you wish to file a submission, please state in writing your reasons for filing by no later than February 16, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and 12 copies to:

K. Fisher, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources 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;

(d) if the intervener is an unincorporated organization, the nature of the intervener's membership.

Note: Any statements filed regarding this application become part of the public record and are accessible by the public.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on January 26, 2005.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel