NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1346035 (Formerly 1305730)
COMPTON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
OKOTOKS FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1346035 (formerly Application No. 1305730) at the Heritage Inn, 1104 - 11 Avenue SE, High River, Alberta, commencing on July 6, 2004, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Nature of the Application
Compton Petroleum Corporation (Compton) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a Level-1 sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 1 of Section 10, Township 19, Range 29, West of the 4th Meridian to a projected bottom hole location in LSD 4-11-19-29W4M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) concentration would be approximately 9.9 moles per kilomole (0.99 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H₂S release rate would be 0.02 cubic metres per second (m³/s) with a correspondence emergency planning zone of 0.21 kilometres. The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas production from the Basal Quartz Formation. The proposed well would be located approximately 2.0 kilometres west of High River.

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

Compton Petroleum Corporation
Suite 3300, 425 – 1st Street SW
Fifth Avenue Place
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L8
Attention: Greg Shpytkovsky
Telephone: (403) 205-5843
Fax: (403) 205-8225

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:

Jodie Smith, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Telephone: (403) 297-3541
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: jodie.smith@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1346035 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 22, 2004. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Jodie Smith, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Notes
Any submission filed shall contain information detailing:

1. the desired disposition of the application;

2. the facts substantiating the position of the submitter;

3. the reasons why the submitter believes the Board should decide in the manner advocated; and

4. how the proposed project, if approved, may directly and adversely affect the submitter.

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 Compton 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.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on May 20, 2004.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Michael J. Bruni, Q.C., General Counsel