AMENDED NOTICE OF APPLICATION
APPLICATION NO. 1619659
PRIMROSE DRILLING VENTURES LTD.
FENN WEST FIELD

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) has received Application No. 1619659 (Application). This notice is to advise of the filing of this Application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before October 27, 2009, relating to the Application, the ERCB may continue to process this application without further notice.

Description of the Application
Primrose Drilling Ventures Ltd. (Primrose) has applied, pursuant to Section 80 of the
Oil and Gas Conservation Act (OGCA), for an order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 12 of Township 36, Range 21, West of the 4th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of gas from the Mannville Group through a well with the unique well identifier of 00/06-12-036-21W4/2.
 
The applicant requested that costs and revenues under the pooling order be allocated on a tract basis, and that Primrose be named the operator of the well to be produced. The applicant also requested that the costs of recompleting and operating the existing well be shared by tract owners under the order. The applicant did not request any penalty provisions for the order.

To obtain a copy of the Application, contact

Primrose Drilling Ventures Ltd.
800, 138 – 4 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2G 4Z6
Attention: Barry Hanson
Telephone: 403-777-9216
Fax: 403-232-6875

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).

Requirement to File a Submission

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 Primrose on this application.

If no submissions are received, the ERCB will continue to process and may approve the Application without further notice or without a hearing.

How to File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the Application must file on or before 4:00 p.m., October 27, 2009. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to

Glenda McSween, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Contents of a Submission

Under Section 24(2) of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice (Rules of Practice), 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; and
(d) if the intervener is an unincorporated organization, the nature of the intervener’s membership.

Compensation Issues
Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the ERCB and should be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.

Applications for Confidentiality
In accordance with Section 13 of the Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record. However, any party may apply for confidentiality of information under Section 13(2). Any application under Section 13(2) that is to be considered during a public hearing of the application must be copied to the other parties to the proceeding. The Board may grant a request for confidentiality on any terms it considers appropriate, subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Questions of Constitutional Law
In accordance with Section 25 of the Rules of Practice, a person who intends to raise a question of constitutional law before the Board must give notice in accordance with Section 12 of the Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction Act and its regulation.

For information about ERCB procedures, contact

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Attention: Glenda McSween
Telephone: 403-297-8495
Fax: 403-297-2474
E-mail: glenda.mcsween@ercb.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on October 6, 2009.
ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel