NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICATION NO. 1361743 (formerly 1350202)

DUVERNAY OIL CORP.

PEMBINA FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1361743 (formerly 1350202) at the Harbour Lights Room in the Westwind Motor Inn, 4225 – 50 Street, Drayton Valley, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, November 23, 2004, 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.

Duvernay Oil Corp. (Duvernay) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 11 of Section 11, Township 50, Range 8, West of the 5th Meridian to a projected bottom hole location in LSD 6-11-50-8W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) concentration would be approximately 200.3 mol/kmol (20.0 percent) and the cumulative drilling H₂S release rate would be 1.5 cubic metres per second (m³/s) with a corresponding emergency planning zone of 3.03 kilometres. The purpose of the well would be to obtain crude oil production from the Nisku formation. The proposed well would be located approximately 9.0 kilometres north of Drayton Valley.

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

Duvernay Oil Corp.

1500, 202 – 6 Avenue S.W.

Calgary, Alberta T2P 2R9

Attention: Tim Krysak

Telephone: (403) 571-8374

Fax: (403) 269-6510

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office and the EUB's Drayton Valley Field Office, contact:

EUB Information Services

Main Floor, 640-5th Avenue SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Telephone: (403) 297-8190

Drayton Valley Field Centre

Box 7048

5005 – 61 Street

Drayton Valley, Alberta T7A 1S3

Telephone: (780) 542-5182

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group

Attention: Jodie Smith

Telephone: (403) 297-3541

Fax: (403) 297-4117

E-mail: jodie.smith@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1361743 (formerly 1350202) shall file on or before 4:00pm Tuesday, November 9, 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 - 5 Avenue SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

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.

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 Duvernay 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. In accordance with Section 12 of the EUB Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of these proceedings must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board.

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.

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

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on October 1, 2004

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel