NOTICE OF APPLICATION
BASSANO, COUNTESS, HUSSAR, LATHOM, SEIU LAKE,
VERGER, AND WINTERING HILLS AREAS
APPLICATION NO. 1276235
ENCANA CORPORATION

TAKE NOTICE that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) may continue to process this application without further notice if no objections are received on or before December 9, 2002.

Nature of the Application

Fekete Associates Inc., on behalf of EnCana Corporation, has applied under the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations and the Oil and Gas Conservation Act to establish one quarter section drilling spacing units, with target areas being Legal Subdivisions 6, 8, 14, and 16, for the production of gas from the Belly River Group in the following areas:

IN TOWNSHIP 19, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 23, Sections 25 to 29 inclusive, and Sections 31 to 35 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 20, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 16 to 21 inclusive and Sections 28 to 33 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 5 inclusive, Sections 8 to 16 inclusive, and Sections 21 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 25 and 26, and Sections 32 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 2 to 10 inclusive, Sections 15 to 23 inclusive, and Sections 25 to 35 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 9 inclusive, Sections 12 and 13, Sections 16 to 21 inclusive, and Sections 23 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 17 inclusive and Sections 19 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 3 to 6 inclusive and Section 8

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 8 inclusive, Sections 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 30, and 31

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 16 inclusive and Sections 18 to 35 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Section 1 to 5 inclusive, Sections 7 to 20 inclusive, Sections 22 to 27 inclusive, and Sections 32 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Section 6

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 6 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1, 2, and 11

The applicant further requests that holdings be established for the production of gas from the Belly River Group as follows:

IN TOWNSHIP 19, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 23, North half and South-west quarter of Section 25, Sections 26 to 29 inclusive, and Sections 31 to 35 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 20, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Section 1 (Holding No. 2)
Section 2 (Holding No. 3)
Sections 3 to 11 inclusive, Section 13, Sections 16 to 22 inclusive, Sections 24 to 29 inclusive, and Sections 31 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)
Section 12 (Holding No. 4)
Section 14 (Holding No. 5)
Section 15 (Holding No. 6)
Section 23 (Holding No. 7)
Section 30 (Holding No. 8)

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 16 to 20 inclusive and Sections 28 to 33 inclusive (Holding No. 1)
Section 21 (Holding No. 9)

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1, 2, and 3, South half and North-east quarter of Section 4, Section 5, Sections 8 to 16 inclusive, Sections 21 to 28 inclusive, North half and South-east quarter of Section 29, Sections 30 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 21, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Section 25 (Holding No. 10)
Section 26 (Holding No. 11)
Sections 32, 33, and 36 (Holding No. 1)
Section 34 (Holding No. 12)
Section 35 (Holding No. 13)

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Section 2 (Holding No. 14)
Sections 3 to 9 inclusive and Section 18 (Holding No. 1)
Sections 10, 15, 16, 17, Sections 19 to 23 inclusive, and Sections 25 to 35 inclusive (Holding No. 15) 

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 9 inclusive, Sections 12 and 13, Sections 16 to 21 inclusive, and Sections 23 to 34 inclusive (Holding No. 1)
Sections 35 and 36 (Holding No. 15)

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 22, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 and 2, Sections 5 to 16 inclusive, Sections 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, Sections 29 to 32 inclusive, and Sections 35 and 36 (Holding No. 1)
Sections 3 and 4 (Holding No. 16)
Sections 17 and 20 (Holding No. 17)
Sections 22, 26, 27, 28, 33, and 34 (Holding No. 18)

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 16, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 3 to 6 inclusive and Section 8 (Holding No. 15)

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, and 15 (Holding No. 15)
Sections 3 to 8 inclusive, Sections 18, 19, 20, 30, and 31 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 16 inclusive, Sections 18 to 21 inclusive, North half and South-east quarter of Sections 22, Sections 23 and 24, South half and North-west quarter of Section 25, North half and South-east quarter of Section 26, North half and South-east quarter of Section 27, Sections 28, 32, and 33, North half and South-east quarter of Section 34, and North half and South-east quarter of Section 35 (Holding No. 1)
Sections 29, 30, and 31 (Holding No. 19)

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 5 inclusive, Sections 7 to 20 inclusive, Sections 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 32, 33, and 34 (Holding No. 1)
Sections 25, 35, and 36 (Holding No. 19)

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 17, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Section 6 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 18, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 4 inclusive, South half and North-west quart of Section 5, and Section 6 (Holding No. 1)

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4^TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1, 2, and 11 (Holding No. 19)

The applicant proposes that within the holdings a producing well shall be at least 300 metres from the South and West boundaries of the holding.

Additional Information

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

Fekete Associates Inc.
2000, 540 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 0M2
Attention: Tara Bobocel
Telephone: (403) 213-4225

For information about EUB procedures contact:

Attention: Sukh Mangat
Telephone: (403) 297-4151

To File An Objection

Please state in writing, your reasons for objecting to or supporting this application.  Send one copy of your objection to the applicant at the name and address above and one copy to the EUB, attention:

Sukh Mangat
Resources Applications
640 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Notes

The application applies to the subsurface placement of wellbores where they enter the productive part of the pool. It does not include the approval of or imply approval of wellsite locations or access. These are matters to be negotiated between the applicant and the surface rights owner.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on November 5, 2002.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Michael J. Bruni, Q.C., General Counsel