Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1296536, 1339224, 1339228, 1339313, 1344954, 1350029, and 1350044 at the Provost Recreation and Culture Centre, 5113 – 43rd Street, in Provost, Alberta, commencing at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2004. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Apache Canada Ltd. (Apache) has applied to the EUB in accordance with Section 79(4) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and Section 5.190 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for the suspension of the drilling spacing unit and target area provisions and to establish holdings in Sections 8 and 15, Township 35, Range 3, West of the 4th Meridian, and Sections 10 and 11, Township 36, Range 3, West of the 4th Meridian. Apache proposes that the holdings be subject to the following provisions:

• The minimum interwell distance shall be 500 metres (m).

• Wells drilled for the production of gas from the Viking Formation shall be a minimum of 300 m from the boundary area of application.

• A maximum of two wells per pool per section may be produced within each holding.

Apache has applied to the EUB in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for licences to drill five sweet natural gas wells from the following surface locations:

• Legal Subdivision (LSD) 6-11-36-3W4M

• LSD 15-10-36-3W4M

• LSD 15-15-35-3W4M

• LSD 16-8-35-3W4M

• LSD 3-8-35-3W4M

The maximum H₂S concentration in the gas would be 0.0 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent).

Application No. 1339313

Apache has applied pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act to construct and operate pipelines to tie the proposed wells into an existing gas gathering system. The proposed pipelines would be about 7 kilometres (km) in total length, with a maximum outside diameter of 141.3 millimetres, and would transport natural gas with a maximum H₂S concentration of 0.0 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent).

The wells and pipelines would be located about 17 km north of the Hamlet of Kirriemuir.

To obtain additional information or copies of the applications, contact

Apache Canada Ltd.
Suite 1000, 700 – 9 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3V4
Attention: L. Blair Scarratt
Telephone: (403) 303-1840
Fax: (403) 266-5987

Copies of the applications are available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office located at

EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Copies of these documents may also be requested by telephone from EUB Information Services. If calling long distance, use the toll-free Alberta Government RITE number 310-0000; then enter (403) 297-8190 to contact Information Services.

For information about EUB procedures, contact

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Adela Cosijn
Telephone: (403) 297-8868
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: adela.cosijn@gov.ab.ca

The parties shall file according to the following schedule:

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1296536, 1339224, 1339228, 1339313, 1344954, 1350029, and 1350044 shall file on or before the dates outlined above. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant or the intervener(s), as appropriate, and ten copies to

Adela Cosijn, Application Coordinator
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Any submission filed shall contain information detailing

i)   the desired disposition of the applications,

ii)  the facts substantiating the position of the submitter,

iii)  the reasons why the submitter believes the Board should decide in the manner advocated, and

iv)  how the applications, if approved, may directly and adversely affect the submitter.

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 an objection with the Board or with Apache Canada Ltd. on these applications.

If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the EUB will continue to process the applications 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.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on July 30, 2004.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel