NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1547037
WEST ENERGY LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD

Take Notice that the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1547037 at the Tomahawk & District AgriCentre, 51122 Secondary Highway 759, Tomahawk, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, October 28, 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
West Energy Ltd. has applied, pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, for a licence to drill a directional level-1 critical sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 14 of Section 35, Township 50, Range 6, West of the 5th Meridian, to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 14-35-50-6W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration would be about 160.0 moles per kilomole (16.0 %) and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 2.5 cubic metres per second with a corresponding emergency planning zone of 4.29 kilometres (km). The purpose of the well would be to obtain oil production from the Nisku Formation.

The proposed well would be located approximately 3.30 km south of the community of Tomahawk.

Additional Information
To obtain a copy of the application, contact
West Energy Ltd.
600, 333 – 5 Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3B6
Attention: Pat Welsh
Telephone: 403-265-5202
Fax: 403-263-7007

A copy of the record of this proceeding is available for viewing at

ERCB Information Services  
Main Floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW 
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4 
Telephone: 403-297-8311 (option 2) 

Drayton Valley Field Centre
5005 – 61 Street
Drayton Valley, Alberta  T7A 1S3
Telephone: 403-542-5182

For information about ERCB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Julia Fulford
Telephone: 403-297-8840
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: julia.fulford@ercb.ca

To File a Submission
Intervener Submissions
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1547037 must file on or before 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 1, 2008.

Applicant Reply Submission
Any response from West Energy Ltd. to intervener submissions must be filed on or before
4:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 15, 2008.

When making a submission, send one copy of your submission to West Energy Ltd. at the name and address above and ten copies to
Julia Fulford, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Notes
Any submission filed must 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; 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 West Energy 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. However, any party may make an application to the Board for confidentiality pursuant to Section 13(2) and serve a copy of such request on the other parties involved in the hearing. The Board may grant a request for confidentiality on any terms it considers appropriate, 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 June 9, 2008.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel