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2006

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
PART 2 OF PROCEEDING NO. 1457147
BEARSPAW PETROLEUM LTD., CARBON DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO PRAIRIE MINES AND ROYALTY LTD., FORMERLY LUSCAR LTD.), DEVON CANADA CORPORATION, ENCANA CORPORATION, AND FAIRBORNE ENERGY LTD.
CLIVE, EWING LAKE, STETTLER AND WIMBORNE FIELDS

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) has scheduled a public hearing of Part 2 of Proceeding No. 1457147 at the offices of the EUB, 640 - 5 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, commencing on Monday, October 16, 2006, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. Notice of Hearing for Part 2 of Proceeding No. 1457147 was issued from the offices of the EUB on June 23, 2006.

Further Take Notice that in the June 23, 2006 Notice of Hearing, the EUB invited and received submissions from interested third parties seeking permission to participate in the hearing scheduled to commence on October 16, 2006. Subsequently, the EUB requested and received responses from the registered participants on the third party requests. By letter dated July 19, 2006, the Board issued its decision on these third party requests to intervene or participate in the October 16, 2006 hearing.

And Further Take Notice that the Board received a request from all interested parties to reschedule the hearing submission dates at the pre-hearing counsel meeting held at the EUB's offices on July 25, 2006, and the Board agreed to grant the request.

Therefore, Take Notice that the filing dates for the submission of information to the EUB is amended as set out below. All registered parties and other third parties that have been granted intervener status or other participation rights must be present at the commencement of the hearing.

Nature of the Proceeding

Proceeding No. 1457147 arises out of a Board decision dated March 9, 2006, in which it was determined that EnCana Corporation and Luscar Ltd. (now Carbon Development Partnership, successor in interest to Prairie Mines and Royalty Ltd., formerly Luscar Ltd.) were affected parties, pursuant to Section 40(1) of the ERCA, in connection with the
issuance of certain well licences and compulsory pooling and special spacing orders described below.

This Notice applies to Part 2 of Proceeding No. 1457147. In Part 2, the Board will consider

  • the issue of legal entitlement of coalbed methane being produced or intended to be produced from wells that have been licensed to Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd., Devon Canada Corporation, and Fairborne Energy Ltd., as more particularly described below; and
  • any outstanding measurement and accounting issues of coalbed methane production in connection with the said wells arising from the cancellation of Part 1 of Proceeding No. 1457147.

The particulars of the specific well licences and compulsory pooling and special well spacing orders that are the subject of the Part 2 hearing are described as follows:

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. (Bearspaw)

On October 26, 2005, and December 8, 2006, the Board approved a compulsory pooling application and a well licence application submitted by Bearspaw in the Ewing Lake and Stettler Fields. On March 9, 2006, the Board determined that EnCana Corporation was an affected party, pursuant to Section 40(1) of the ERCA. The particulars of these two applications are summarized in the table below.

Application No. Location or Unique Well Identifier Subject of Application Order or Approval No.
1406764 Section 13 of Township 37, Range 21, West of the 4th Meridian (Section 13-37-21W4M)
00/09-13-037-21W4
Order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 13-37-21W4M be operated as an unit for the production of gas from all zones to the base of the Belly River Group P 290
1423722 02/13-21-038-20W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting gas in the Belly River Group and coalbed methane in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation 0344816

Devon Canada Corporation (Devon)

On May 27, 2005, and July 14, 2005, the Board approved twelve well licence applications and a holding application submitted by Devon in the Wimborne Field. On March 9, 2006, the Board determined that Luscar Ltd. (now Carbon Development Partnership) was an affected party, pursuant to Section 40(1) of the ERCA. The particulars of these applications are summarized in the table below.

Application No. Location or Unique Well Identifier Subject of Application Order or Approval No.
1383132 02/06-08-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331749
1383134 02/08-08-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331750
1383136 02/14-08-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331751
1383137 02/16-08-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331752
1383138 02/06-17-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331753
1383139 00/08-17-34-026W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331754
1383140 00/14-17-34-026W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331755
1383141 00/16-17-34-026W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331756
1380005 03/06-09-34-026W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331738
1380010 02/08-09-34-026W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331742
1380013 00/14-09-34-026W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331746
1380014 00/16-09-34-026W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331747
1377141 Section 36-33-26W4M and Sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17 of 34-26W4M Holdings for the production of gas from the Edmonton (coals and sands) Wimborne Area SU 4283C

On May 27, 2005, the Board approved the eight well licence applications submitted for Devon in the Wimborne Field. On March 9, 2006, the Board determined that EnCana Corporation was an affected party, pursuant to Section 40(1) of the ERCA. The particulars of these eight applications are summarized in the table below.

Application No. Location or Unique Well Identifier Subject of Application Order or Approval No.
1379737 03/06-15-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331718
1379726 02/06-35-033-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331713
1379743 00/08-15-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331719
1383129 00/08-35-033-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331748
1379746 00/14-15-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331730
1379730 02/14-35-033-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331717
1379763 00/15-35-033-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331731
1380004 00/16-15-034-26W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331737


Fairborne Energy Ltd. (Fairborne)

On May 26, 2005, and May 27, 2005, the Board approved two well licence applications submitted by Fairborne in the Clive Field. On March 9, 2006, the Board determined that Luscar Ltd. (now Carbon Development Partnership) was an affected party, pursuant to Section 40(1) of the ERCA. The particulars of these two applications are summarized in the table below.

Application No. Location or Unique Well Identifier Subject of Application Order or Approval No.
1402289 02/10-35-39-24W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331663
1402290 02/12-35-39-24W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Edmonton Group 0331714

On March 10, 2006, the Board approved three well licence applications submitted by Fairborne in the Clive Field. By letter of April 21, 2006, the Board determined that Luscar Ltd. (now Carbon Development Partnership) was an affected party, pursuant to Section 40(1) of the ERCA, and granted a request that these applications be included in the review hearing. The particulars of these three applications are summarized on the table below.

Application No. Location or Unique Well Identifier Subject of Application Order or Approval No.
1446453 00/02-27-039-24W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting gas in the Belly River Group 0353789
1446462 00/03-17-039-24W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting coalbed methane in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation 0353792
1446465 00/05-35-039-24W4 B140 Category Well Licence targeting gas in the Belly River Group 0353794

Additional Information

Copies of the materials for all of the above-referenced applications and related material are available for viewing on the EUB's Web site at www.ercb.ca on the Integrated Application Registry (IAR).

For information about EUB procedures, contact

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
Attention: K. Fisher, Applications Coordinator
Telephone: (403) 297-8490
Fax: (403) 297-2474
E-mail: karine.fisher@gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission

The Board has established the following filing deadlines for registered parties and other third parties that have been granted intervener status or other participation rights:

Submissions Filing Deadlines
Bearspaw, Devon, Fairborne, and any other third-party natural gas holders granted intervener status or other participation rights No later than 1 p.m. on August 25, 2006
EnCana, Carbon Development Partnership and any other third-party coal holders granted intervener status or other participation rights No later than 1 p.m. on September 15, 2006
Replies of Bearspaw, Devon, Fairborne and any other third-party natural gas holders granted intervener status or other participation rights No later than 1 p.m. on September 29, 2006
Hearing commences October 16, 2006

Interested parties must send their electronic submission documents in Acrobat PDF format by e-mail or on CD to the other parties involved and to the EUB at the address listed below. Text documents must be converted from an electronic source or scanned to allow for a searchable image. In addition to the above-mentioned electronic versions, all interested parties must send 12 complete paper copies of the submission documents to

P. Ferensowicz
Energy Team Secretariat
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone (403) 297-6895
E-mail: paul.ferensowicz@gov.ab.ca

Notes

In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.

Any statements filed regarding this application become part of the public record and are accessible by the public.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on July 27, 2006.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel

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