NOTICE OF APPLICATION
APPLICATION NO.  1585239
NEXEN INC.
WETASKIWIN FIELD

Take Notice that the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) has received Application No. 1585239. This notice is to advise of the filing of this application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before Tuesday, October 14, 2008, relating to the application, the ERCB may continue to process this application without further notice.

Nature of the Application
Nexen Inc. has applied pursuant to Section 80 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (OGCA), for an order prescribing that all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 8 of Township 45, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of gas from all zones to the base of the Mannville Group through two wells to be drilled in Legal Subdivisions 10 and 13, and from two additional wells, with a maximum of four wells per pool per section to the top of the Mannville Group, and two wells per pool per section in the Mannville Group.

The applicant has requested, among other things, that costs and revenues under the pooling order be allocated on a tract area basis, and that it be named the operator of the well to be produced. The applicant has not requested any penalty to be imposed against actual drilling and completion costs.

Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact

 Maverick Land Consultants Ltd.
 207 – 5720 MacLeod Trail SW
 Calgary, Alberta  T2H 0J6
 Attention: B. Kay
 Telephone: 403-899-6705
 Fax: 403-243-7947

A copy of the application is available for viewing on the ERCB‘s Web site at www.ercb.ca on the Integrated Application Registry (IAR).
 
For information about ERCB procedures, contact
 Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group
 Attention: A. Lung
 Telephone: 403-297-5361
 Fax: 403-297-2474
 E-mail: andrew.lung@ercb.ca

To File a Submission
If you have an interest in this application and you wish to file a submission, please state in writing your reasons for filing by no later than Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and either an electronic copy by e-mail to andrew.lung@ercb.ca or 12 paper copies to

 A. Lung, Application Coordinator
 Applications Branch, Resources 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 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 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.

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 a 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.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on September 24, 2008.

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