NOTICE OF APPLICATION
BANTRY, COUNTESS, PRINCESS, VERGER, AND WINTERING HILLS AREAS
APPLICATION NO. 1274165
ENCANA CORPORATION

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Board) may continue to process this application without further notice if no bona fide objections are received on or before September 10, 2002.

Nature of the Application

Fekete Associates Inc., on behalf of EnCana Corporation, has applied under the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations and the Oil and Gas Conservation Act to establish holdings and special well spacing for the production of gas from the Belly River Group in the following areas:

IN TOWNSHIP 18, RANGE 15, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 31 to 34 inclusive, the South-west quarter and the North half of Section 35, the North half of Section 36 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 19, RANGE 12, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Section 31 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 19, RANGE 13, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 16, 21, and 23, Sections 25 to 29 inclusive, Sections 32 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 19, RANGE 15, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1 to 16 inclusive, Sections 21 to 28 inclusive, Sections 31 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 19, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 35 and 36 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 20, RANGE 12, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 18, 19, 30, and 31 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 20, RANGE 13, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 20, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

East half and North-west quarter of Section 1, Section 2, the East half of Section 3, Sections 5 to 10 inclusive, the East half and South-west quarter of Section 11, Sections 12, 13, 14, and Sections 16 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 20, RANGE 15, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1 to 14 inclusive, Sections 24 to 28 inclusive, Sections 32 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 20, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1, 2, and 3, Sections 11 to 14 inclusive, Sections 23 to 27 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 12, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

West half of Section 29, Section 31, and the West half of Section 32 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 13, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1 to 30 inclusive, Sections 34, 35, and 36 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 15, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1, 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15, Sections 22 to 27 inclusive, Sections 34, 35, and 36 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 12, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 5 and 6 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 13, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1, 2, and 3 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 4 to 8 inclusive, Sections 17 to 21 inclusive, Sections 27 to 30 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 15, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1 to 24 inclusive, Sections 30 and 31 (Holding No. 1)

Sections 28, 29, 32, and 33 (Holding No. 2)

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Section 1, Sections 11 to 14 inclusive, Sections 24 and 36 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 15, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 5 to 8 inclusive and Section 31 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 1, 2, and 7, and Sections 9 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, Sections 21 to 29 inclusive, Section 32, 34, 35, and 36 (Holding No. 1)

The applicant proposes that within the holdings a producing well shall be at least 300 metres from the South and West boundaries of the holding.

Additional Information

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

Fekete Associates Inc.
2000, 540 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 0M2
Attention: Tara Bobocel
Telephone: (403) 213-4225

For information about EUB procedures contact:

Attention: Stacey Murdoch
Telephone: (403) 297-5841

To File An Objection

Please state in writing your reasons for objecting to or supporting this application. Send one copy of your objection to the applicant at the name and address above and one copy to the EUB, attention:

Stacey Murdoch
Resources Applications
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Notes

The application applies to the subsurface placement of wellbores where they enter the productive part of the pool. It does not include the approval of or imply approval of wellsite locations or access. These are matters to be negotiated between the applicant and the surface rights owner.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on August 6, 2002.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Michael J. Bruni, Q.C., General Counsel