Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1366870 at the Grande Prairie Hotel and Suites, 10745 - 117 Avenue, Grande Prairie , Alberta, commencing on February 9, 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.

Apex Energy (Canada) Inc. has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to resume drilling of an abandoned well from a surface location at Legal Subdivision (LSD) 7 of Section 11, Township 83, Range 13, West of the 6th Meridian. The proposed well would be located approximately 5 kilometres (km) east of Cherry Point, Alberta. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) concentration of the well would be 0.00 mol/kmol (0 per cent). The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas production from the Bluesky Formation.

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

Apex Energy (Canada) Inc.
Suite 700, 815 8th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3P2
Attention: Doug MacLellan
Telephone: (403) 269-9550
Fax: (403) 262-3748

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: Evan Knox
Telephone: (403) 297-6848
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: evan.knox@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of the applications shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 1, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Evan Knox, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th 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 Apex 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 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board 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 December 21, 2004.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel