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2005

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO.
1347899
BA ENERGY INC.
STRATHCONA COUNTY
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT
AND OPERATE A HEAVY OIL UPGRADER

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) had scheduled a public hearing of Application No. 1347899 at the Best Western Hotel, 10115 - 88th Avenue, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at the hour of 1:00 p.m. The Board received a request from interested parties to reschedule the hearing and it agreed to grant the request.

Therefore, Take Notice that the EUB will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1347899 at the Best Western Hotel, 10115 88th Avenue, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, June 7, 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.

Nature of the Application

BA Energy Inc. (BA Energy) has applied pursuant to Section 11 of the Oil Sands Conservations Act for authorization to construct and operate a 41 400 m3/stream day upgrader and associated infrastructure. The upgrader would be located in Strathcona County in the south half of Section 10, Township 56, Range 21, West of the 4th Meridian, approximately 20 kilometres Northeast of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The proposed upgrader would be developed in three equal phases with the first phase scheduled for completion by late 2006.

Additional Information

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

BA Energy Inc.
1600, 111 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3Y6
Attention: Mr. Al Hyndman
Telephone: (403) 539-4500
Fax: (403) 539-4501
Email:
application.eia@VCTEK.com

The application and information about the project is available on BA Energy's website at

http://www.heartlandupgrader.com

A copy of the application and related material is available for viewing on the EUB's website at http://www.ercb.ca and 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:

EUB Applications Branch, Resources Applications
Attention: Bob Germain, Senior Processing Engineer
640-5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8553
Fax: (403) 297-8122
Email:
bob.germain@gov.ab.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on April 22, 2005.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel

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