NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1481229
CANETIC RESOURCES INC.
PEMBINA FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1481229 at the Causeway Bay Westwinds, 4225 50 St., Drayton Valley, Alberta, commencing on October 2, 2007 at the hour of 3:00 p.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.
Nature of the Application
Canetic Resources Inc. submitted an application in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a Level- 3 critical sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 15 of Section 10, Township 50, Range 8, West of the 5th Meridian to a projected bottom hole location in LSD 1-15-50-8W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration would be approximately 234.6 moles per kilomole (23.46 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 5.00 cubic metres per second (m3/s) with a corresponding emergency planning zone of 6.87 kilometres. The purpose of the well would be to obtain crude oil production from the Nisku Formation. The proposed well would be located approximately 9.0 kilometres north and west of Rocky Rapids.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Canetic Resources Inc.
1900, 255 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G6
Attention: Jeffrey Badyk
Telephone: (403) 539-6317
Fax: (403) 539-6486
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary office:
EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190
For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Sarah Paulson
Telephone: (403) 297-4121
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Sarah.Paulson@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1481229 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 18, 2007. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Sarah Paulson, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Board Approved Schedule
The following is the schedule for the hearing process:
September 18, 2007 -- Parties file hearing submissions
September 25, 2007 -- Parties file reply submissions
October 2, 2007 -- Hearing Commences
Notes
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; and
(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 Canetic Resources Inc. 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.
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.
In accordance with Section 12 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board.
In accordance with Section 23.1 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, a person who intends to raise a question of constitutional law before the Board must give notice in accordance with Section 12 of the Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction Act and its regulation.
In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.
Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on July 19, 2007.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
