Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1334842, 1342988, and 1340345 at Govier Hall in the EUB Calgary office, 640 5 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, February 1, 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.

Shell Canada Limited (Shell) submitted an application in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (OGCR) for a licence to drill a Level 3 sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 8 of Section 17, Township 6, Range 3, West of the 5th Meridian to a bottomhole location of LSD 2-9-6-3W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) content would be approximately 356.0 moles per kilomole (35.6 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H₂S release rate would be 4.54 cubic metres per second (m³/s). During the completion and servicing of the proposed well, the release rate would be 4.21 m³/s, and the suspended producing release rate would be 3.34 m³/s. The corresponding calculated emergency planning zones (EPZ) would be 6.43 kilometres (km) for the drilling release rate, 6.11 km for the completion/servicing release rate, and 5.22 km for the suspended/producing release rate. The purpose of the well is to obtain gas production from the Rundle and Wabamun formations. The proposed well would be located approximately 10.5 km south of Hillcrest Mines.

Shell submitted an application in accordance with Section 2.020 of the OGCR for licence to drill a Level 3 sour well from a surface location in LSD 5-29-6-3W5M to a bottomhole location of LSD 8-19-6-3W5M. The maximum H₂S content would be approximately 356.0 moles per kilomole (35.6 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H₂S release rate would be 4.54 m³/s. During the completion and servicing of the proposed well, the release rate would be 4.88 m³/s, and the suspended producing release rate would be 3.88 m³/s. The corresponding calculated EPZ would be 6.43 km for the drilling release rate, 6.76 km for the completion/servicing release rate, and 5.78 km for the suspended/producing release rate. The purpose of the well is to obtain gas production from the Rundle and Wabamun formations. The proposed well would be located approximately 7.3 km south of Hillcrest Mines.

To be consistent on both well applications, Shell has adopted an EPZ of 6.76 km for public consultation and emergency response planning purposes.

Shell submitted an application in accordance with Section 7.001 of the OGCR requesting approval to construct and operate two facilities, one at LSD 8-17-6-3W5M and the second at LSD 5-29-6-3W5M. The facilities would each consist of a line heater, corrosion inhibitor tank, and flare stack. The facilities would be licenced for a maximum H₂S content of 320 moles per kilomole (32.0 per cent).

Shell has also applied to amend its existing multi-well gas battery (Licence No. F-27374) located at LSD 2-20-6-3W5M in accordance with Section 7.001 of the OGCR. Shell has applied to install additional equipment at the battery, including one fuel gas booster compressor and a line heater. The battery is located approximately 8.5 km south of Hillcrest Mines.

Shell also applied in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from the proposed well at 5-29-6-3W5M to a pipeline tie in point at LSD 12-9-6-3W5M. The right-of-way for the proposed pipeline would be approximately 8.0 km in length. The proposed pipeline would have a maximum outside diameter of 219.1 millimetres (mm) and would transport natural gas with a maximum H₂S concentration of 320 moles per kilomole (32.0 per cent). The proposed pipeline would be operated as a level 3. To address public protection measures, the pipeline would be incorporated into the Waterton Complex Emergency Response Plan.

Shell also applied to construct and operate a new fuel gas pipeline in the same right-of-way as the pipeline above to supply fuel from the existing multi-well gas battery at LSD 2-20-6-3W5M to operate equipment at the proposed well sites. The maximum outside diameter of the proposed fuel gas pipeline would be 60.3 mm and the right-of-way for the proposed pipeline would be approximately 8.0 km.

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

Shell Canada Limited
400 4 Avenue SW
P.O. Box 100, Station M
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H5
Attention: Natalie Sanders
Telephone: (403) 691-4489
Fax: (403) 269-7948

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:

Jodie Smith, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-3541
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: jodie.smith@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1334842, 1342988, 1340345 shall file on or before 4:00pm on January 12, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant and twelve copies to the EUB care of the application coordinator at the names and addresses listed above.

The following is the schedule for the hearing process:

December 8, 2004 Interveners file Information Requests (IRs) to Shell
December 22, 2004 Shell responds to IRs
January 12, 2005 Interveners file submissions
January 21, 2005 Shell files a response to the intervener's submissions
February 1, 2005 Hearing Commences

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;

2. the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the intervener;

3. 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;

4. 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 Shell 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 November 24, 2004

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel