Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1344785 at the Elks Hall, 2025 – 1029th Street, Blairmore, Alberta, commencing on November 30, 2004, 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) has submitted an application to the EUB pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a directional level-3 sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 2 of Section 32, Township 8, Range 3, West of the 5th Meridian to a bottom hole location of LSD 13-28-8-3W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) content would be approximately 287.6 moles per kilomole (28.76 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H₂S release rate would be 13.64 cubic metres per second (m³/s). During the completion and servicing of the proposed well, the release rate would be 10.75 m³/s, and the suspended/producing release rate would be 3.00 m³/s. The corresponding calculated emergency planning zones would be 15.77 kilometres (km) for the drilling release rate, 13.01 km for the completion/servicing release rate, and 4.85 km for the suspended/producing release rate. Shell has received an interim approval from the EUB for a reduced EPZ of 8.3 km. The purpose of the well is to obtain gas production from the Mount Head, Livingstone and Palliser formations. Shell has also applied for a flare permit to flare gas from the Devonian Wabamun and Mississippian Livingstone formations during the initial well stimulation, cleanup, and testing operations. The proposed well would be located approximately 9.5 km northeast of Blairmore.

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

Shell Canada Limited
400 – 4 Avenue SW
Calgary Alberta T2P 2H5
Attention: Natalie Sanders
Telephone: (403) 691-4489
Fax: (403) 269-7948
E-mail: Natalie.Sanders@shell.ca

A copy of this application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office:

Additionally, the EUB will be hosting an information session at the Elks Hall, 2025 – 1029th Street, Blairmore, Alberta, on October 14, 2004 starting at 7:00pm. EUB staff will be available to answer questions about EUB hearing processes but will not deal with specific issues in regard to the current Shell applications.

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1344785 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., November 16, 2004. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Evan Knox, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

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;

(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;

(d) 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 October 4, 2004.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel