Industry Zone
Notices


2002

NOTICE OF APPLICATION
COUNTESS, HUSSAR AND STANDARD AREAS
APPLICATION NO. 1279036
HUSKY OIL OPERATIONS LIMITED

TAKE NOTICE that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) may continue to process this application without further notice if no objections are received on or before November 15, 2002.

Nature of the Application

Fekete Associates Inc., on behalf of Husky Oil Operations Limited has applied under the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations and the Oil and Gas Conservation Act to:

         Establish drilling spacing units of one quarter section with the target areas being legal subdivisions 6, 8, 14, 16 for the production of gas from the Medicine Hat Formation in the following areas:

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 20, 29, 30 and 31

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 20, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 25, 33 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 3 to 10 inclusive, 16 to 19 inclusive, 30 and 31

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 20, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 to 23 inclusive, 25 to 28 inclusive, 30 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 21, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 13, 23 to 26 inclusive, 33 to 36 inclusive

IN TOWNSHIP 25, RANGE 20, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 2 to 8 inclusive, 15, 19, 21, 27, 28, 32, 33 and 34

IN TOWNSHIP 25, RANGE 21, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1 to 5 inclusive, 9 to 17 inclusive, 20 to 24 inclusive, 26 to 29 inclusive, 34, 35 and 36

IN TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 20, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 3 to 6 inclusive, 8, 9, 10, 20 and 29

IN TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 21, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1, 2, 6, 7, 10 to 14 inclusive, 16 to 19 inclusive, 23

IN TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 22, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 12, 15 and 28

         Suspend the spacing regulations (Holdings) for the production of gas from the Medicine Hat Formation in the following areas:

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Section 29 (Holding No. 1)
Section 30 (Holding No. 2)
Section 31 (Holding No. 3)

IN TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 20, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Section 25 (Holding No. 2)
Sections 34 to 36 inclusive (Holding No. 3)
Section 33 (Holding No. 4)

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 19, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 3 to 10 inclusive, 16 and South half of 18 (Holding No. 5)
North half and South-west quarter of Section 17 (Holding No. 6)
North-east quarter of Section 19, North half and South-east quarter of Section 30, Section 31 (Holding No. 7)

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 20, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1, 2, 4, 8 to 11 inclusive, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 30 and 31 (Holding No. 3)
Sections 22, 23, North-east quarter of Section 25, West half of Section 26, Sections 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, North half of 35 and Section 36 (Holding No. 7)
Section 5 (Holding No. 8)
Section 12, South half of Section 13, South half and North-west quarter of Section 14 (Holding No. 9)
Section 18 (Holding No. 10)

IN TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 21, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 24, 25, 26, 34, 35 and 36 (Holding No. 3)
Section 13 (Holding No. 10)
Section 23 (Holding No. 11)
Section 33 (Holding No. 12)

IN TOWNSHIP 25, RANGE 20, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:

Sections 2 to 7 inclusive, South half and North-east quarter of Section 8 (Holding No. 7)
Section 15 (Holding No. 13)
Section 19 (Holding No. 14)
Section 21 (Holding No. 15)
Sections 27, 28, 32, 33 and 34 (Holding No. 16)

IN TOWNSHIP 25, RANGE 21, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:

Section 1 (Holding No. 3)
Sections 2, 3 and 11 (Holding No. 17)
Section 4 (Holding No. 18)
Section 5 (Holding No. 19)
Section 9 (Holding No. 20)
Section 12 (Holding No. 7)
Sections 10, 14, 15 and 16 (Holding No. 21)
Section 13 (Holding No. 22)
Section 17 (Holding No. 23)
Sections 20, 21, 28 and 29 (Holding No. 24)
Sections 22, 23, 27, North half and South-east quarter of Section 34, Section 35 and South half of Section 36 (Holding No. 25)
Section 24 (Holding No. 26)
Section 26 (Holding No. 27)

IN TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 20, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN
Sections 4, 5, 6 and 8 (Holding No. 16)
North half and South-east quarter of Section 3 (Holding No. 28)
Section 9 (Holding No. 29)
Section 10 (Holding No. 30)
Section 20 (Holding No. 31)
Section 29 (Holding No. 32)

IN TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 21, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Sections 1, 2, East half of 11, 14 and 23 (Holding No. 33)
Sections 6, 7, 18 and 19 (Holding No. 34)
West half and South-east quarter of Section 10 (Holding No. 35)
Section 12 (Holding No. 36)
North half and South-west quarter of Section 13 (Holding No. 37)
Sections 16 and 17 (Holding No. 38)

IN TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 22, WEST OF THE 4TH MERIDIAN:
Section 12 (Holding No. 34)
Section 15 (Holding No. 39)
Section 28 (Holding No. 40)

The applicant proposes that within the holdings:

         a producing well shall be at least 200 metres from each other well producing from the same pool,

         a producing well shall be at least 100 metres from the South and West boundaries of the holdings.

Additional Information

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

Fekete Associates Inc.
2000, 540 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, T2P 0M2
Attention: Tara Bobocel
Telephone: (403) 213-4225

For information about EUB procedures, contact:
Applications Branch, Resources Applications
Attention: C. Lochhead
Telephone: (403) 297-8559

To File An Objection

Please state in writing your reasons for objecting to or supporting this application. Send one copy of your objection to the applicant at the name and address above and one copy to the EUB attention:

Carol Lochhead, Resources Applications
640 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3G4


Notes

The application applies to the subsurface placement of wellbores where they enter the productive part of the pool. It does not include the approval of or imply approval of wellsite locations or access. These are matters to be negotiated between the applicant and the surface rights owner.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on October 8, 2002.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Michael J. Bruni, Q. C., General Counsel

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