NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION 1527313
ROCKY RIVER PETROLEUM LTD.
FLAT FIELD

Take Notice that examiners appointed by the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application 1527313 at the offices of the Board,
640 - 5 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 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
Rocky River Petroleum Ltd. (RRP) submitted an application in accordance with

• Section 48 (1) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (OGCA) for an order declaring Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) as a common carrier of gas from the Flat Mannville NN Pool, through a pipeline extending from Legal Subdivision (LSD) 9 of Section 2, Township 66, Range 20, West of the 4th Meridian to a tie-in point located at LSD 15-7-66-20W4M,  through compression and metering facilities located at LSD 13-12-66-20W4M;
• Section 48 (4)(a) of the OGCA for the ERCB to designate a tie-in point located in LSD 9-2-66-20W4M as the point at which the common carrier shall take delivery of the gas to be transported under common carrier order;
• Section 48 (4)(b) of the OGCA for the ERCB to allocate the volume of production to be taken by CNRL from the RRP well in LSD 13-35-65-20W4M to be a minimum of 40.2 thousand cubic metres per day; and
• Section 56 of the OGCA for the common carrier order to be retroactive to the date of the application, September 25, 2007.
  

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

Rocky River Petroleum Ltd.
325, 333 - 24 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2S 3E6
Attention: Rick Cooke
Telephone: 403-228-9001
Fax: 403-228-9079

A copy of the application is available for viewing on the ERCB’s web site at www.ercb.ca on the Integrated Application Registry (IAR).

For information about ERCB procedures, contact

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Attention: Jan Rempel
Telephone: 403-355-4593
Fax: 403-297-2474
E-mail: Jan.Rempel@ercb.ca

To File a Submission
The Board has established the following filing deadlines for this hearing:

April 4, 2008 Final date for submissions by any parties having concerns respecting  the application.

April 18, 2008 Final date for any response from the applicant to the submissions filed by concerned parties.

Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and twelve paper copies and one electronic copy on CD in PDF format to:

Jan Rempel, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Notes
Any submission filed must 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 Rocky River Petroleum Ltd. on this application.

If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the ERCB will continue to process the application without further notice or without a hearing.

Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the ERCB but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.

In accordance with Section 13 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board, subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

In accordance with Section 40 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on March 14, 2008.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel