NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION 1515707
BURLINGTON RESOURCES CANADA (HUNTER) LTD.
PEACOCK FIELD
Take Notice that the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application 1515707 at the Claresholm Community Centre, 59 Avenue and 8 Street, Claresholm, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday March 11, 2008 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.
Nature of the Application
Burlington Resources Canada (Hunter) Ltd. has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill one directional well from a surface location at Legal Subdivision (LSD) 15, Section 2, Township 14, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 06-11-14-26W4M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide concentration would be 0.00 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent). The purpose of the well would be to obtain natural gas production from the Glauconitic Formation.
The proposed development would be located about 13 kilometres east of the Town of Stavely.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Burlington Resources Canada (Hunter) Ltd.
2100, Bow Valley Square 4
250 – 6 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 3H7
Attention: Jodi Prior
Telephone: (403) 260-4783
Fax: (403) (403) 260-6023
E-mail: Jodi.A.Prior@conocophillips.com
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the ERCB’s Calgary and Midnapore offices:
ERCB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8311 (Option 2) ERCB Midnapore Field Centre
320, 295 Midpark Way SE
Calgary, AB T2X 2A8
Telephone: (403) 297-8303
For information about ERCB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Marty Douglas
Telephone: (403) 297-8474
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Marty.Douglas@ercb.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application 1515707 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Burlington Resources Canada (Hunter) Ltd. will have an opportunity to file a response on or before 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Send one copy of your submission to Burlington Resources Canada (Hunter) Ltd. at the name and address above and ten copies to
Marty Douglas, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Notes
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 has a representative, the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the representative; and
(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 Burlington Resources Canada (Hunter) Ltd. on this application.
If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the ERCB will continue to process the application without further notice or without a hearing.
Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the ERCB but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.
In accordance with Section 13 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board, subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
In accordance with Section 25 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, a person who intends to raise a question of constitutional law before the Board must give notice in accordance with Section 12 of the Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction Act and its regulation.
In accordance with Section 40 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.
Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on January 21, 2008
ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
D.F. Brezina, Acting General Counsel
