TAKE NOTICE that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) may continue to process this application without further notice if no submissions for or against are received with respect to Application No. 1300573 on or before July 4, 2003. 

Nature of the Application 

The City of Medicine Hat has applied under the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations and the Oil and Gas Conservation Act to establish drilling spacing units of one quarter section, with the target areas being Legal Subdivisions 6 and 8 in accordance with section 4.030(2)(c) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for the production of gas from the Medicine Hat A and C Pools and Second White Speckled Shale in the South half of Section 17, Township 12, Range 5, West of the 4th Meridian. 

The applicant also requests to establish a drilling spacing unit of one half section, with the target area being legal subdivision 16, in accordance with section 4.030(2)(b) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for the production of gas from the Second White Speckled Shale in the North half of Section 17, Township 12, Range 5, West of the 4th Meridian. 

The applicant further requests to establish holdings for the production of gas from the Medicine Hat A and C Pools and Second White Speckled Shale in the Southeast and Southwest quarters of Section 17, Township 12, Range 5, West of the 4th Meridian. 

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

Additional Information 

To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:
City of Medicine Hat
364 Kipling Street SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta  T1A 1Y4
Attention: David Taylor
Telephone: (403) 529-8247 

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the following location:
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Information Services
1^st Floor, 640 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4 

For information regarding EUB procedures, contact: 
Applications Branch, Resources Applications
V. Topacio, Telephone: (403) 297-4150
vince.topacio@gov.ab.ca 

To File A Submission 

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to Application No. 1300573 shall file on or before July 4, 2003. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and three copies of the submission to: 

Vince Topacio
EUB Applications Branch, Resources Applications
640 - 5 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 May 31, 2003. 

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