Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1253701, 1253703 and 1261233 at the Evansburg Royal Canadian Legion (downstairs banquet room) located at 4823 - 50th Street, Evansburg, Alberta, commencing at 9:00 am on Tuesday, October 8, 2002. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Nature of the Applications

Applications No. 1253701 & 1253703

Elk Point Resources Inc. (Elk Point), applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (OGCR) for licences to drill two sour gas wells in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 16 of Section 23, Township 54, Range 9, West of the 5th Meridian, and in LSD 10-25-54-9W5M respectively.

Application No. 1261233

Elk Point applied pursuant to Section 7.001 of the OGCR for sour gas batteries to be located in LSD 16-23-54-9W5M and LSD 10-25-54-9W5M. Each battery would consist of an emergency shutdown valve on the wellhead, a line heater, a separator and a water storage tank. The flare system at each facility would only be used for emergency purposes and would be equipped with an automatic ignition system.

Elk Point applied pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act, for a licence to construct and operate sour natural gas pipelines in the Wildwood field. The sour natural gas pipelines would transport sour natural gas from LSD 16-23-54-9W5M to LSD 16-26-54-9W5M, and from LSD 10-25-54-9W5M to and existing sour gas battery at 14-26-54-9W5M.

Additional Information

To obtain copies of the applications and all supporting documentation (audit information), please contact the applicant as follows:

Rich Wade:  (403) 781-7296; or
Kevin Meyer:  (403) 874-3737
Elk Point Resources Inc.
800, 635 8 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3M3
Fax: (403) 261-8702

Copies of the applications are also available for viewing at the following location:

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Information Services
Main Floor, 640 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

For information about EUB procedures please contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Application Group
Attention: Paul Forbes
Telephone:  (403) 297-3199
Fax:  (403) 297-2143,
E-mail: paul.forbes@eub.gov.ab.ca

To File a Submission or Written Evidence

Any person intending to file a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1253701, 1253703, and 1261233 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. September 24, 2002.  Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above, and ten copies of the submission to the attention of:

Paul Forbes, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Notes

Any submission filed shall contain information detailing:

i)                   the desired disposition of the applications;

ii)                  the facts substantiating the position of the submitter;

iii)                the reasons why the submitter believes the Board should decide in the manner advocated; and

iv)               how the proposed project, if approved, may directly and adversely affect the submitter.

If you have an interest in this matter, you are required to make a submission with respect to these applications even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Elk Point Resources Inc. on these applications.

If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the EUB will continue to process the applications without further notice or without a hearing.

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

Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the EUB, but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board. 

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on July 30, 2002.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Michael J. Bruni, Q.C., General Counsel