Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) had scheduled a public hearing of Application Nos. 1357009, 1357010, 1357011, 1357012, 1366460, 1366462, 1366464 and 1366465 in the Tropical Room at the Tropical Inn, 5621 44th Street, Lloydminster, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. The Board received a request from interested parties to reschedule the hearing and it granted the request.

Therefore, Take Notice that the EUB will hold a public hearing of Application Nos. 1357009, 1357010, 1357011, 1357012, 1366460, 1366462, 1366464 and 1366465 in the Tower Ballroom at the Tropical Inn, 5621 44th Street, Lloydminster, Alberta, commencing on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations to drill nine crude bitumen wells from four surface locations in Township 51, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian. The maximum hydrogen sulphide concentration of the 9 wells would be 0.0 mol/kmol (0.0 per cent). The purpose of six of the wells would be to obtain crude bitumen production from the Sparky Member. The purpose of the other three wells would be to obtain crude bitumen production from the General Petroleum Member. The locations of the wells are as follows:

Surface Location: Bottomhole Location:    Production:
8-16-51-1W4M     8-16-51-1W4M           General Petroleum
8-16-51-1W4M     1-16-51-1W4M           General Petroleum
7-16-51-1W4M     7-16-51-1W4M           Sparky
7-16-51-1W4M     10-16-51-1W4M         Sparky
7-16-51-1W4M     11-16-51-1W4M         Sparky
13-16-51-1W4M   13-16-51-1W4M          Sparky
13-16-51-1W4M   14-16-51-1W4M          Sparky
13-16-51-1W4M   16-17-51-1W4M          Sparky
16-8-51-1W4M    15-8-51-1W4M            General Petroleum

Nature of Application Nos. 1366460, 1366462, 1366464 and 1366465

Canadian Natural Resources Limited has applied pursuant to Section 7.001 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations requesting approval to construct and operate 4 multiwell crude bitumen batteries in Township 51, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian. Each wellsite facility would consist of wellheads and associated sales tanks. The purpose of the facilities would be to store production from the applied for wells prior to it being trucked out. The proposed facilities would be located between 5.6 and 7.2 kilometres northwest of Streamstown. The locations of the facilities are as follows:

Surface Location:
8-16-51-1W4M
7-16-51-1W4M
13-16-51-1W4M
16-8-51-1W4M

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

Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Suite 2500, 855 2 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 4J8
Attention: Rick Palmer
Telephone: (403) 716-6327
Fax: (403) 517-7367

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office and Wainwright Field Centre,

EUB Information Services              EUB Wainwright Field Centre
Main Floor, 640-5th Avenue SW     801 2nd Avenue
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4              Wainwright, Alberta T9W 1C4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190           Telephone: (780) 842-7570

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Phil Didow
Telephone: (403) 297-8103.
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: phil.didow@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application Nos. 1357009, 1357010, 1357011, 1357012, 1366460, 1366462, 1366464 and 1366465 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 23, 2005. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:

Phil Didow, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

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 an interest in this matter, you are required to make a submission with respect to this application if you have not previously filed a submission in this proceeding with the Board. If you have previously filed a submission in this proceeding you may file with the Board a further or an amended submission on or before the final date for filing submissions.

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

In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, 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.

Note: Any statements filed regarding this application become part of the public record and are accessible by the public.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on February 14, 2005

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel