NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1552710
NEXEN INC.
HONEYSUCKLE FIELD

Take Notice that examiners appointed by the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1552710 at the Best Western Wayside Inn, 4103 - 56 Street, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, commencing on Wednesday, September 3, 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
Nexen Inc. has submitted an application, in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act, for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from Legal Subdivision (LSD) 6, Section 30, Township 46, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian, to a pipeline tie-in point at LSD 10-30-46-23W4M. The proposed pipeline would be about 1.06 kilometres in length with a maximum outside diameter of 114.3 millimetres and would transport natural gas containing no hydrogen sulphide.The proposed pipeline would be located about 400 metres southwest of Wetaskiwin.

Additional Information
To obtain a copy of the application, contact
Nexen Inc.
801 - 7 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3P7
Attention: Mark Stanley
Telephone: 403-699-4623.
Fax: 403-699-5756

A copy of the record of this proceeding is available for viewing at the ERCB’s Calgary office and Red Deer Field Centre:

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

Red Deer Field Centre
Millennium Centre
202, 4909 – 49 Street
Red Deer, Alberta  T4N 1V1
Telephone: 403-340-5454

 
For information about ERCB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Rachelle Reid
Telephone: 403-355-4305
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: rachelle.reid@ercb.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1552710 must file on or before 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 20, 2008. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Rachelle Reid, 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;

(d) 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 Nexen Inc. 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 19, 2008.

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