Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) has received Application No.1386084. This notice is to advise of the filing of this application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before April 15, 2005, relating to the application, the EUB may continue to process this application without further notice.

Talisman Energy Canada has applied pursuant to section 80 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (the Act) for orders prescribing that

• all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising Section 32 of Township 18, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of gas from the Blairmore Group, through a well to be drilled in Legal Subdivision 8 and from the well with the unique identifier of 02/16-32-018-02W5; and

• all tracts within the drilling spacing unit comprising northeast quarter of Section 32 of Township 18, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian, be operated as a unit for the production of oil from the Blairmore Group, through the well with the unique identifier of 02/16-32-018-02W5.

The applicant requested, among other things, that costs and revenues under the pooling orders be allocated on a tract area basis, and that it be named the operator of the wells to be produced. In addition, the applicant requested that the maximum penalty allowed under the Act be applied to a tract's share of the costs of drilling the well to, and completing it in, the formation named in the order if the tract owner does not pay its share of costs within 30 days of the later of the pooling order being issued, the tract owner being notified in writing of its share of actual costs, or the well commencing production.

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

Talisman Energy Canada

3400, 888 3 Street SW

Calgary Alberta T2P 5C5

Attention: J. Condon

Telephone: (403) 237-1951

Fax: (403) 231-2806

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Resources Applications Group

Attention: K. Fisher

Telephone: (403) 297-8490

Fax: (403) 297-2474

E-mail: karine.fisher@gov.ab.ca

K. Fisher, Applications Coordinator

Applications Branch, Resources 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.

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

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on March 23, 2005.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel