NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1576629
CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED
KIRBY UPPER MANNVILLE RR AND U2U POOLS
ATHABASCA OIL SANDS AREA

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1576629 at 5 Calgary Downtown Suites, 618-5 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, commencing on January 29, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Description of the Application
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) has applied for

a) a pool delineation order, pooling the 00/12-28-073-08W4M well (12-28 well), which is currently in the single-well Kirby Upper Mannville RR Pool, with the Kirby Upper Mannville U2U Pool, and
b) an order shutting in gas production from the 12-28 well.

To obtain a copy of the application, contact

Canadian Natural Resources Limited
2500, 855-2 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 4J8
Attention: Dwayne Giggs
Telephone: 403-514-7620
Fax: 403-517-7350

A copy of the submissions filed in this proceeding is available for viewing on the ERCB’s Web site at www.ercb.ca and on the Integrated Application Registry (IAR).

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 CNRL 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.

Schedule for Filing Submissions
The Board has established the following filing deadlines for this hearing:

December 12, 2008	Response by CNRL to ERCB’s Information Request.
January 12, 2009	Submissions by interveners and interested parties
January 22, 2009	Reply evidence by CNRL.

The applicant must send one copy of its response to the ERCB’s information request and its reply submission to each intervener or interested party that has filed a submission, and one electronic copy on CD in PDF format and fifteen paper copies to the ERCB.

Interveners and interested parties must send one copy of their submissions to the applicant and to other interveners and interested parties, and one electronic copy on CD in PDF format and fifteen paper copies to the ERCB.

The copies to the ERCB shall be sent to

Bernadette Law, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources 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 intervener’s 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.

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 make an application to the Board under Section 13(2) for confidentiality and serve a copy of such request on the other parties involved in the hearing. 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, Resources Applications Group
Attention: Bernadette Law
Telephone: 403-297-2893
Fax: 403-297-2474
E-mail: bernadette.law@ercb.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on December 5, 2008.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel