This Amended Notice of hearing corrects an error in the location contained in the original Notice of Hearing issued for this proceeding on April 6, 2005. This Amended Notice of Hearing supersedes the original Notice of Hearing dated April 6, 2005.

Take Notice that Examiners appointed by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1383214 at the High Wood Memorial Centre, 128 - 5th Avenue West, High River, Alberta, commencing on April 28, 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.

Exxonmobil Canada Ltd. (Exxonmobil) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a vertical natural gas well with Hydrogen Sulphide (H₂S) present from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 8, Section 3, Township 19, Range 29, West of the 4th Meridian. The maximum H₂S concentration would be approximately 10 mol/kmol (1.0%) and the cumulative drilling H₂S release rate would be 0.0196 cubic metres per second (m³/s) with a corresponding emergency planning zone of 0.2 kilometers (km). The purpose of the well would be to obtain natural gas production from the Cutbank Formation. The proposed well would be located approximately 1.9 km West of the Town of High River, Alberta.

Additional Information

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

Exxonmobil Canada Ltd.
237 Fourth Avenue S.W.
PO Box 800
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2J7
Attention: Elton Mather
Telephone: (403) 232-5240
Fax: (403) 232-5297

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

EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640-5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Cyndi Ravensdale
Telephone: (403) 297-2077
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Cynthia.Ravensdale@gov.ab.ca

Cyndi Ravensdale, 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 even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Exxonmobil on this application.

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 April 15, 2005

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD

Douglas A. Larder, General Counsel