CAUSE CD NO. 2025-003701

No. 768-November 20-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION

COMMISSION OF THE

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: MODIFICATION OF POOLING ORDER NOS. 668985 (OCTOBER 11TH, 2017), 684340 (OCTOBER 4TH, 2018), 721754 (NOVEMBER 18TH, 2021) AND 744638 (OCTOBER 9TH, 2024), TO CHANGE OPERATOR

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2025-003701

NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in McClain County, Oklahoma, and all parties listed as respondents on Exhibit “A”, attached to the Application on file herein, and more particularly: 9B ENERGY, LLC; 9SPOT HOLDINGS, LLC; ALETHA JUNE LYDICK; ALISON COOPER CHISOLM; ALMAC BC, LLC; ANADARKO MINERALS, INC; ANGELA KAYE POPE; ANNE BABB; ANTHONY L. CRUSE; AOG PW 1804, LLC; ARBIN CLEO CORP; B. J. COOPER, A/K/A BOBBY JIM COOPER, POSSIBLY DECEASED; BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF THE CATHERINE DIANNE CRABTREE TRUST AND THE DAVID LYNN CRABTREE TRUST, BOBBIE G. BAYLESS, TRUSTEE; BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF THE CATHERINE DIANNE CRABTREE TRUST AND THE DAVID LYNN CRABTREE TRUST, BOBBIE G. BAYLESS, TRUSTEE; BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF THE CATHERINE DIANNE CRABTREE TRUST AND THE DAVID LYNN CRABTREE TRUST, BOBBIE G. BAYLESS, TRUSTEE; BARBARA A. CHUMBLEY, DECEASED; BEA V. BLOSS LIVING TRUST, BEA V. BLOSS, TRUSTEE; BEN B. FOWLER TRUST FBO BENNIE LEE MCGOWAN, DEAN BROWN AND THE BAPTIST FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA CO-TRUSTEES; BETTY J. COOPER, DECEASED; BEVERLY J. BOYD-KING; BILL CONNER, POSSIBLY DECEASED; BLACKACRE ROYALTY, LLC; BO-MC ENTERPRISES, LLC; BRIAN ALLEN POPE; BRIAN E. HARPSTER, POSSIBLY DECEASED; BRIAN RANDLES, POSSIBLY DECEASED; BROOKLINE MINERALS LLC; BRUCE LEE LOVE; BULLOCK ENTERPRISES; BURR RANDLES, POSSIBLY DECEASED; C. E. SMITH TRUST FOR RICHARD EARL REISS, JOHN GERKIN A/K/A JOHN M. GERKIN, TRUSTEE; C. E. SMITH, DECEASED; C. L. HOLLOWAY, JR., DECEASED; CAREY LITTLE; CAROLE S. KIRKPATRICK; CHARITY C. FOX; CHARLENE NAN SELLERS, DECEASED; CHARLES DON KEYES; CHARLES H. BOYD, POSSIBLY DECEASED; CHARLIE GIFFORD EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, CHARLIE GIFFORD, TRUSTEE; CHERYL JEFFALI; CHERYL L. MELLENTHIN; CHIEFTAIN ROYALTY COMPANY; CHRIS HALL; CHRISTOPHER COOPER; CK PETROLEUM LLC; CLIFF EDWARDS; CLOUD FAMILY LLC; COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL; CONNIE K. COWAN, POSSIBLY DECEASED; CONNIE SIRCHIO WEBBER; CONSTANCE PAVOLINI; CRYSTAL DONALDSON; CURT STROCK; CXA OIL & GAS HOLDINGS, LP; CYNTHIA MERRITT; D. RANDOLPH WAESCHE; DANIEL FREEMAN BOSWORTH; DANIEL GIFFORD EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, DANIEL GIFFORD, TRUSTEE; DAVID BROOKS; DAVID C. WILDMAN TRUST; DAVID EDWARDS; DAVID LONNIE PHILLIPS; DAVID REIMER; DAVID TIPTON BALL; DAVID VROOMAN; DEAN FAMILY FARMS, LLC; DEMPSEY KEACH BALLARD; DIANA MONINGER; DIANA SEBASTIAN; DIANE D.F. WHEELER; DON COOK MINERALS, LLC; DON EARL SIMMS; DONALD C. CAVNAR AND SHARON D. CAVNAR TRUST, DONALD C. CAVNAR AND SHARON D. CAVNER CO-TRUSTEES; DONALD KIFFIN BALLARD; DORA HALL, POSSIBLY DECEASED; DOROTHY OVERBEY EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, DOROTHY OVERBEY, TRUSTEE; DOUG VROOMAN; DR. TIM SELLERS; DUSTIN SMITH; E. F. HALL, POSSIBLY DECEASED; EKN HOLDINGS, LLC; ELIZABETH P. FOX; ELMER AND INETHA DACUS REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DTD 12/15/2006, ELMER DACUS AND INETHA DACUS TRUSTEES; ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS OPERATING, LLC; EQUITABLE ROYALTY CORPORATION; ERIN HUGHES; EXECUTIVE LAND SERVICES, INC; FAYE SIMMS REVOCABLE TRUST DTD 06/25/1995, CHARLENE EMRICK, TRUSTEE; FLETA D. BOYD PALENCIA; FLETA M. BOYD, POSSIBLY DECEASED; FLORIECE LOVE, F/K/A FLORIECE HALL, POSSIBLY DECEASED; FRANCO-NEVADA DELAWARE LLC; FRANK AND SARA DALE REVOCABLE TRUST; FRANK DALE REVOCABLE TRUST; FRIEDA M. SMITH REVOCABLE TRUST DTD 10/13/2022; GARY SMITH; GARY WILDMAN; GENTRY MINERALS LLC; GILBERT LYNN PURCELL JR; GMS ENERGY LLC; GRANDCHILDREN’S TRUST, GLADYCE O. MILFORD, MONA L. SNYDER AND MAURITA GAY AMMONS TRUSTEES; GREB FAMILY TRUST U/D/O/ 04/03/2015, RAY GREB AND LYNDA GREB TRUSTEES; GREG COWAN; GREGORY L. HARPSTER AND/OR DEBORAH A. HARPSTER; GREY ROCK CAVALIER, LLC; GTB 2007 TRUST UTA DTD 05/16/2007, G. T. BAZE, TRUSTEE; H AND S DRILLING COMPANY; H&S ENTERPRISES GROUP OF NEW JERSEY; H. J. COOPER, ASSUMED DECEASED; H. THOMAS BOSWORTH, III; H.W. ALLEN CO., LLC; HANNAH J. NOWLIN REVOCABLE TRUST U/A/D 05/08/2015, HANNAH J. NOWLIN, TRUSTEE; HEADINGTON OIL CO., LP; HEADINGTON OIL COMPANY LLC, HEADINGTON ENERGY PTNS LLC AGT; HERMITAGE HOLDINGS, LLC; HESTER TRUST, T H BROWN SUCC TR. DAN L BEAIRD AGT; HME, LLC; HOLLY BRIDWELL; H-PETRO-R; I H SELLERS JR, POSSIBLY DECEASED; INCLINE ENERGY II, LLC; J E RANCH FOUNDATION; J&L RESOURCES, INC; J. F. BOYD, A/K/A JASPER F. BOYD, POSSIBLY DECEASED, AND FLETA M. BOYD, HIS WIDOW, POSSIBLY DECEASED; J. LYNN COOPER & THELMA J. COOPER, BOTH DECEASED; J. M. COOPER, POSSIBLY DECEASED AND DELIA COOPER, A/K/A CORDELIA COOPER, POSSIBLY DECEASED; J.E. CRUSE, JR; J.E. RANCH FOUNDATION; J.O. EASLEY; J.R. STALCUP; JACQUELINE BERRY; JAMES HALL, POSSIBLY DECEASED; JAMES O. WOOD JR; JAMES ROBERT STALCUP, A/K/A JAMES R. STALCUP, ROBBY STALCUP, ROBY STALCUP, POSSIBLY DECEASED; JASON JEREMIAH BALL; JC PETROLEUM; JEANNINE BROOKS, POSSIBLY DECEASED; JENNIFER GOSLING; JERRY F. SMITH AND DARLEEN A. SMITH FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DTD 03/29/2010, JERRY F. SMITH AND DARLEEN A. SMITH CO- TRUSTEES; JERRY HALL, POSSIBLY DECEASED; JIM L. COOPER; JIMMY A. POPE, POSSIBLY DECEASED; JOHN B. WOOTEN, JR., LLC; JOHN MICHAEL LOVE; JONATHAN ELLIOT BALL; JOSEPH WILLIAMS JUSTICE PITTS JR; JOURNEY OIL & GAS, INC; JRS MINERALS, LLC; JUDITH MALY; JUDITH STEVENS GILVEY REVOCABLE TRUST DTD 01/24/2014 CHRISTINA JOHNCOX, TRUSTEE; JUNE A. MILLER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DTD 05/05/2017, JUNE A. MILLER TRUSTEE; KATHERINE R. MURPHY AND LARRY D. MURPHY; KATY SHAPARD; KELBY BROOKS C/O CHERYL BOYD-GRUDIER, GUARDIAN; KELSEY ALAN HALL, POSSIBLY DECEASED; KIM ADAMS; KIM R. COOPER; KIMBERLY JANE MCKENZIE; KIRCHNER INVESTMENTS, LLC; KRIDLER REV TR, WARREN M KRIDLER TRUSTEE; KRISTIN SCHNEIDER; L.A. PHILLIPS AND LYDIA PHILLIPS, POSSIBLY DECEASED; LARRY BRIDWELL; LEAN DOG LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO. 1; LEIGH ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC; LESLIE WALDEN; LINDA KAYE DUNLAP; LORA LEE CRUSE, DECEASED; LORA PHILLIPS CONNER, POSSIBLY DECEASED; LUIS MICHAEL DALLAS PITTS; LYNDA GREB; LYNDALL HALL, POSSIBLY DECEASED; M & J ENERGY, INC.; MADISON BROOKS; MAGMA TRUST; MAP00 - NET; MARC COOPER; MARGARET A. BLAIR REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DTD 04/30/1998; MARK A. CHAPMAN, DECEASED; MARK L. SHIDLER; MARTHA CALLARI, POSSIBLY DECEASED; MARY LOU BAKER, POSSIBLY DECEASED; MARY SUSAN GIFFORD, A/K/A SUSAN GIFFORD, AKA MARY SUSAN OVERBY, DECEASED; MAURITA GAY AMMONS; MAURITA GAY AMMONS TRUST, GLADYCE O. MILFORD, MONA L. SNYDER AND MAURITA GAY AMMONS TRUSTEES; MCKENZIE FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; MCKENZIE RESOURCE PARTNERS, LLC; MEGAN MCMURPHY; MELODY ANN BALL TRUST DTD 12/20/2012; MEMORY LEE CONTENTO; MGAJA PROPERTIES; MICKEY CHARLES SIMMS; MID-CON EXPLORATION, LLC; MISTY COWAN; MITCH OIL, LLC; MLR INC; MUSTANG FUEL CORPORATION; NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL; NIDAS PEACE HOLDINGS; NOWITZKI OIL & GAS, LP; ORCHID AD3, LLC; ORLIN N. SELLERS TRUST, FBO THOMAS LEE SELLERS, FARMERS NATIONAL BANK, TRUSTEE; OSBORNE MINERAL TR, RAMONA WOLF TRST JOHN III & JOHN WOLF SUCC TRST; O’SHEA GIFFORD EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, O’SHEA GIFFORD, TRUSTEE; P. R. CRAWFORD ROYALTY CO, LLC; PANHANDLE OIL AND GAS, INC; PAUL RANDLES; PEC EXPLORATION, LLC; PENWELL PROPERTIES, LLC; PETER WILSON BOSWORTH; PHILLIP M. COOPER, A/K/A PHILLIP COOPER; PJB REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST; PRESTA ROYALTY, LLC; R.L. SIAS; RADNEY RESOURCES, LLC; RANDAL D SMITH, POSSIBLY DECEASED; REBECCA COOPER; REBECCA DEMAS, A/K/A REBECCA KEYES; RED OAK ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC; RED ROCKS ENERGY PARTNERS, LP; RICHARD EARL REISS, JR; RICHARD EARL REISS, JR. MINERAL TRUST DTD 11/30/2009, JOHN M. GERKIN, TRUSTEE; RICHEY RESOURCES, LLC; ROBERT ANTHONY ALEXANDER PITTS; ROBERT E. SMITH; ROBERT M. HOOVER, III; ROBERT SIDNEY LOVE, IV; ROBERT SIDNEY LOVE, POSSIBLY DECEASED; ROCK EAGLE RANCH CORP; RODNEY D. SMITH; ROGER A. SMITH, POSSIBLY DECEASED; ROGER COX; ROK ENERGY, LLC; ROSA M SELLERS, POSSIBLY DECEASED; SALKEL OKLAHOMA LLC; SALLY ROBB EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, SALLY ROBB, TRUSTEE; SANDRA H. SPENCE; SANDRA HALL MUELLER; SANDRIDGE EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC; SARAH BURKHART; SAUNDERS-WALLACE, LLC; SCOT ANTHONY ARNOLD; SCOTT CALLARI, POSSIBLY DECEASED; SELECT VENTURES, LLC; SEQUOIA NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC; SHALE ROYALTIES 3 LLC; SHALE ROYALTIES 4 LLC; SHANNON COOPER; SHARA DELANO; SHEILA B. IRONS LIVING TRUST, SHEILA B. IRONS, TRUSTEE, U/D/T DTD 02/21/2012; SHERYL COX INVESTMENTS, LLC; SIXTY NINE OIL AND GAS, LP; SOUTHERN PRODUCTION, INC; SOUTHWESTERN EXPLORATION CONSULTANTS, INC; SSC LLC; STEPHANIE ANN PARKS; STEPHANIE SHIPLEY; STEPHEN M. CALLARI; STEVEN COX; STEVEN RANDLES; SUMMIT TRUST, KALE KROCKER, TRUSTEE; SUSAN DENISE PURCELL, A/K/A SUSAN DENISE PURCELL PERINE; SUSIE LOCKER EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, SUSIE LOCKER, TRUSTEE; T. J. COX, A/K/A THOMAS JACK COX, POSSIBLY DECEASED; TCD EXPLORATION LLC; TERESA A. BEALE FAMILY TRUST; TERESA ANKROM; THERESA NELL CHUMBLEY, DOROTHY N. STRACKBEIN KOETZ, A/K/A DOROTHY N. STRACKBEIN, A-I-F; THOMAS F. EDWARDS, POSSIBLY DECEASED; THOMAS LEE SELLERS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF TRUST #23373 DTD 04/03/1948; THOMAS MORAN, POSSIBLY DECEASED; TIM CONNER, POSSIBLY DECEASED; TIMPANELLI OIL AND GAS, LLC; TONI COOPER; TREY MORAN, A/K/A HENRY THOMAS MORAN III; TRUST AGMT DTD 04/3/1948, LEON WOODROW TRUSTEE; UNA OREJA LLC; VENTANA EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION II, LLC; VICKI CLARESE VAUGHAN; VINEYARD RESOURCES, INC; VIRGIL M. COOPER, POSSIBLY DECEASED & MICKEY COOPER, POSSIBLY DECEASED; VIRGINIA S. LAY REVOCABLE TRUST, KELLY A. GANNER, TRUSTEE; W. B. RATLIFF MINERALS, LLC; W. R. POPE, POSSIBLY DECEASED; WARD N. ADKINS, JR; WARPAINT RESOURCES, LLC; WARWICK-BACCHUS; WARWICK-JUPITER; WESTSTAR OIL & GAS, INC; WHITE ROCK ROYALTY PARTNERS NO. 1; WILCOX PRODUCTION FUND, LTD.; WILDCARD FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; WILLIAM E. RICHARDSON TRUST B, SUE ELLEN RICHARDSON, TRUSTEE; WILLIAM H. LOVE; WILLIAM K HOWARD; WILLIAM TYLER BALL; ZACH SMITH; CATHY BROOKS; CHARLES BOYD; DIANE BOYD; ETHEL ARRINGTON; PERRY R. POWELL; and R. KEYES, if living, or if deceased, the known and unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, successors, trustees and/or assigns, immediate and remote, of the above named parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting that the Commission modify Pooling Order Nos. 668985, 684340, 721754 and 744638 to change the operator from Casillas Operating, LLC (Operator No. 23838) to Validus Energy II Midcon LLC (Operator No. 24973) insofar as the initial unit well and all subsequent wells drilled in the Mississippian and Woodford common sources of supply under the terms and conditions of Pooling Order Nos. 668985, 684340, 721754 and 744638.

IT IS ORDERED that this Cause be referred to an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

IT IS ORDERED AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Merits Docket at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73105, at 8:30 a.m., on the 15th day of December, 2025, and that this notice be published as required by law and the Rules of the Commission.

Due to renovation work at the Jim Thorpe Office Building, the Commission’s Oklahoma City office is relocating to the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building at 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. All hearings, docket calls, and public meetings will be conducted in the Concourse Theater or additional courtrooms located in the tunnel between the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building and the Sequoyah Memorial Office Building. The specific room location, including updates, of each scheduled hearing or public meeting will be available on or before the day of the event at the information desk in the first-floor lobby of the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building and on the Commission’s website at: https://oklahoma.gov/occ/court-dockets.html.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and phone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the referenced hearing may be conducted via teleconference or videoconference. Before coming to the building for this hearing, please visit the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website at https://oklahoma.gov/occ.html to determine the status of building access. Instructions for participating via teleconference or videoconference are available on the Commission’s website.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action contact ALICIA FOWLER at (405) 607-8831, OR KEVIN MANNING at KevinM@validus-energy.com, Validus Energy II Midcon LLC, 14000 Quail Springs Parkway, Suite 300, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73134, or STEPHEN T. GARY, Attorney, 701 Cedar Lake Blvd., Suite 230, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73114, (405) 232-9000. Please refer to Cause CD Number.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA

KIM DAVID, Chairman

J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner

BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner

/s/ Stephen T. Gary

STEPHEN T. GARY