Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) had scheduled a public hearing of Applications No. 1358995 and 1369362 at the Heritage Inn, 919 Waterton Avenue, Hwy 6, Pincher Creek, Alberta, commencing on April 5, 2005, at the hour of 9:00 a.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 Applications No. 1358995 and 1369362 at the Heritage Inn, 919 Waterton Avenue, Hwy 6, Pincher Creek, Alberta, commencing on June 1, 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.

Shell Canada Limited (Shell) submitted an application in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (OGCR) for a licence to drill a horizontal Level 3 sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 5 of Section 20, Township 6, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian to a bottom hole location of LSD 2-30-6-2W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) content would be approximately 356.0 moles per kilomole (35.6 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H₂S release rate would be 3.64 cubic metres per second (m³/s). During the completion and servicing of the proposed well the release rate would be 5.87 m³/s, and the suspended producing release rate would be 3.21 m³/s. The corresponding calculated emergency planning zones (EPZ) would 5.54 kilometres (km) for the drilling release rate, 7.66 km for the completion/servicing release rate, and 5.08 km for the suspended/producing release rate. Shell has received an interim approval from the EUB for a reduced EPZ of 5.0 km. The purpose of the well is to obtain gas production from the Livingstone formation. The proposed well would be located approximately 4.3 km north west of the Hamlet of Beaver Mines.

Shell submitted an application in accordance with Section 7.001 of the OGCR requesting approval to construct and operate a single well facility at LSD 5-20-6-2W5M. The facility would consist of an emergency shut down valve, flare stack, heater skid, glycol/chemical pumps, pig launcher, and storage tanks. The facility would be licenced for a maximum H₂S content of 320 moles per kilomole (32.0 per cent).

Shell also applied in accordance with Part 4 if the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from the proposed well at LSD 5-20-6-2W5M to a pipeline tie-in point at LSD 5-20-6-2W5M. The proposed pipeline would be approximately 0.22 km in length, with a maximum outside diameter of 168.3 millimetres. It would transport natural gas with a maximum H₂S content of 320 moles per kilomole (32.0 per cent). The proposed pipeline would be operated as a level 1. To address public protection measures, the pipeline and facility would be incorporated into the Waterton Complex Emergency Response Plan.

Shell also applied to construct and operate a new fuel gas pipeline in the same right-of-way as the pipeline above to supply fuel from an existing pipeline tie-in at 5-20-6-2W5M to operate equipment at the proposed well site. The maximum outside diameter of the proposed fuel gas pipeline would be 60.3 mm and the length would be approximately 0.22 km.

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

Shell Canada Limited
400 4th Avenue SW
P.O. Box 100, Station M
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H5
Attention: Natalie Sanders
Telephone: (403) 691-4489
Fax: (403) 269-7948
E-mail: Natalie.sanders@shell.com

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, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
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 Applications No. 1358995 and 1369362 shall send one copy of their submission to the applicant and ten copies to the EUB care of the application coordinator at the names and addresses listed above.

The schedule for filing submissions by both the applicant and any interested parties is as follows:

1. Filing of intervener submissions on or before noon May 18, 2005

2. Filing of Shell's reply submissions on or before noon May 25, 2005

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 Shell 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.

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

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on March 29, 2005.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel