CAUSE CD NO. 2025-003782

No. 790-November 27-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION

COMMISSION OF THE

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: MODIFICATION OF POOLING ORDER NO. 669082 (OCTOBER 16TH, 2017), AS MODIFIED BY ORDER NO. 719468 (JULY 15TH, 2021) TO CHANGE OPERATOR

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2025-003782

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: ALVARADO 2014, LLC; ARBUCKLE ENTERPRISES, INC; ARTHUR W. DOTY; BENTLEY HARRISON; BRAZOS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; BRECK MINERALS, LP; CHARLES C. TAYLOR, JR; CHARLES G. GATES, DECEASED; CHRISTOPHER RESCHKE; CHRISTOPHER WADE LUSHER; CNR INVESTMENTS, LLC; CULWELL PARTNERS, LP; DALE RESCHKE, DECEASED; DEBBIE LEIGH; DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, LP; DURANGO PRODUCTION CO, INC; EILEEN G. HUNT, DECEASED; ELAINE FASHIMPAUR; ELAND ENERGY, INC; ELIZABETH MALAN; ENERVEST ENERGY INSTITUTIONAL FUND XIII-A, LP; ENERVEST ENERGY INSTITUTIONAL FUND XIII-WIB, LP; ENERVEST ENERGY INSTITUTIONAL FUND XIII-WIC, LP; F.M. PORTER, LLC, SUCCESSOR TO MARTIN PORTER TESTAMENTARY TRUST “B”, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND ROBERT N. BERRY, TRUSTEES; F.M. PORTER, LLC, SUCCESSOR TO MARTIN PORTER TESTAMENTARY TRUST “L”, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND ROBERT N. BERRY, TRUSTEES; F.M. PORTER, LLC, SUCCESSOR TO MARTIN PORTER TESTAMENTARY TRUST “R”, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND ROBERT N. BERRY, TRUSTEES; FALCON RESOURCE FUND I, LLC; FAY MALAN BENNETT, DECEASED; H&M EXPLORATION, LLC; HUNTS-GATES TRUST, REGIONS BANK, HALEY S. GATES, AND C. ROBERT CRAWFORD TRUSTEES; JAMES LACKEY, A/K/A JIM LACKEY; JAY DANIEL FASHIMPAUR; JOHN F. RIDDELL, JR, DECEASED; JOHN WINGLER; KATHERINE HARRISON HARDING; KATHLEEN RESCHKE; KAZTEX JOINT VENTURE; KYLE LACKEY, POSSIBLY DECEASED; LAMAMCO DRILLING COMPANY; LANCE RUFFEL OIL INVESTMENTS, LLC; L’ANN LACKEY; LEE MILLER; LYNNE HALE; MABEL FEENEY, POSSIBLY DECEASED; MACK NATURAL GAS COMPANY; MARK F. MALAN; MARY LENE HARRISON; MILES MERRELL; MONIKA PRATT; NANCY MERRELL, DECEASED; NANCY NEWMAN; NEWT P. HARRISON, DECEASED; NEWT PARKS HARRISON, JR; OVINTIV USA, INC; PATRICIA JANE FEENEY WINGLER, DECEASED; PENROC OIL CORPORATION; RAINS NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC; RAYMOND R. LACKEY, DECEASED; REECE ENERGY, LTD; RICHARD NEWMAN, IV; ROBERT A REECE 1997 REVOCABLE TRUST DTD 06/02/1997, ROBERT A. REECE, TRUSTEE; ROBERT M. COCHRAN; ROK ENERGY, LLC; SANDRA MCLAURIN; SHERRI SVOBODA; SM ENERGY COMPANY, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ST. MARY LAND & EXPLORATION COMPANY; SPESS OIL APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC COMPANY, INC; STEPHEN A. IVES; SUZANNE FASHIMPAUR PRINGLE; SWITCHGRASS E&P ASSETS, LLC; TAYLOR FREEMAN; THERESA NEWBOLD; THOMAS MCLAURIN; TRISH HUFF; W. RICHARD NEWMAN, DECEASED; W. THAD MCLAUREN, A/K/A W. THAD MCLAURIN, DECEASED; WILBUR E. MCMURTRY, LLC; WILLIAM THADDEUS MCLAURIN, III; LEIGH B. ALLEN, III; and MANHATTAN OIL COMPANY, 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 No. 669082, as modified by Order No. 719468, to change the operator from CPRP Services, LLC (Operator No. 24506) 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 No. 669082 (October 16th, 2017), as modified by Order No. 719468 (July 15th, 2021).

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 22nd 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