Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application Nos. 1363097, 1363100, 1363101, 1363104, 1363107, 1363111, 1363114, 1363118, 1363121, 1363123, 1363124, 1363126, 1363128, and 1363132 at the Oyen Legion Hall, 311 Mehl Place, Oyen, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, December 14, 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.

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations to drill 14 natural gas wells in Townships 31 and 32, Range 3, West of the 6th Meridian. The maximum hydrogen sulphide concentration of 13 of the 14 wells would be 0.0 mol/kmol (0.0 per cent). The purpose of the 13 wells would be to obtain gas production from the Viking Formation. The 14th well would have a maximum hydrogen sulphide concentration of 0.8 mol/kmol (0.08 per cent). The purpose of the 14th well would be to obtain gas production from the Mannville Group. The locations of the wells are as follows:

1363097 5-20-32-3W4M 0.0

1363100 13-20-32-3W4M 0.0

1363101 10-33-32-3W4M 0.0

1363104 4-29-32-3W4M 0.0

1363107 10-27-32-3W4M 0.0

1363111 13-27-32-3W4M 0.0

1363114 3-32-32-3W4M 0.0

1363118 9-32-31-3W4M 0.8

1363121 4-22-32-3W4M 0.0

1363123 5-28-32-3W4M 0.0

1363124 2-24-32-3W4M 0.0

1363126 16-23-32-3W4M 0.0

1363128 14-22-32-3W4M 0.0

1363132 9-15-32-3W4M 0.0

Additional Information

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

Penn West Petroleum Ltd.

2200, 425 – 1 Street SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 2L6

Attention: Leona Ballman

Telephone: (403) 777-2543

Fax: (403) 777-3389

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

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group

Attention: Jessica Schlager

Telephone: (403) 297-8451.

Fax: (403) 297-4117.

E-mail: Jessica.Schlager@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application Nos. 1363097, 1363100, 1363101, 1363104, 1363107, 1363111, 1363114, 1363118, 1363121, 1363123, 1363124, 1363126, 1363128, and 1363132 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Friday, November 19, 2004. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Jessica Schlager, 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 Penn West Petroleum Ltd. 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 October 14, 2004

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel