No. 347-April 23-1 Time
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION EXCEPTION AND EXCEPTION TO RULE 165:10-3-28(c)(2)(b) LOCATION OF HORIZONTAL WELL
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, AND SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-001544
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Ardent Energy LLC; Citation Oil & Gas Corp.; Daylight Petroleum LLC; Gladiator Operating LLC; Greenhead Energy Operating LLC; Meadowbrook Oil Corporation of OK Inc.; Red Rocks Oil & Gas Operating LLC; Te-Ray Resources LLC; Validus Energy II MidCon LLC; Veenker Resources, Inc.; William Moore DBA Overdraft Oil & Gas; and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in McClain County, Oklahoma, and if any of the above individuals are deceased, or if any of the above companies are no longer in existence, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, immediate and remote, of the above-named parties.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting that the Commission grant a well location exception for a well to be drilled and produced from the Deese targeted reservoir said well to be located:
Location as to the Tusk 1-36-1XH well:
Commencement of Completion Interval in Section 36:
no closer than 165 feet from the north line and no closer than 330 feet from the east line of the unit described as Section 36, Township 8 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma,
End of Completion Interval in Section 36:
no closer than 0 feet from the south line and no closer than 330 feet from the east line of the unit described as Section 36, Township 8 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma,
Commencement of Completion Interval in Section 1:
no closer than 0 feet from the north line and no closer than 330 feet from the east line of the unit described as Section 1, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma,
End of Completion Interval in Section 1:
no closer than 165 feet from the south line and no closer than 330 feet from the east line of the unit described as Section 1, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma.
The offset lands to Sections 36 and 1, are contained within Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36, Township 8 North, Range 4 West, Sections 30 and 31, Township 8 North, Range 3 West, Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, and Sections 6 and 7, Township 7 North, Range 3 West, McClain County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the proposed well is moving towards the following well(s) producing from the above-named common source of supply:
|
Name |
Well Name |
API |
|
Ardent Energy LLC |
Price 1 Price 2 |
35-087-30047 35-087-30026 |
|
Citation Oil & Gas Corp. |
Fox 6-1 |
35-087-21685 |
|
Daylight Petroleum LLC |
Henderson 1 |
35-087-20125 |
|
Gladiator Operating LLC |
Paul 31-1 Paul 31-2 |
35-087-21378 35-087-21400 |
|
Greenhead Energy Operating LLC |
Edwards 1 RL Cole 1 Edwards 2 |
35-087-00309 35-087-30058 35-087-20090 |
|
Meadowbrook Oil Corporation of OK Inc. |
McCasland 1 |
35-087-20054 |
|
Red Rocks Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
Spaulding 1-12 |
35-087-21428 |
|
Te-Ray Resources LLC |
Edwards 11-2 |
35-087-21422 |
|
Validus Energy II MidCon LLC |
Edwards 1 Thompson 36-1 Fox 2-36 R Joyce 1-25 |
35-087-20423 35-087-00140 35-087-21385 35-087-21619 |
|
Veenker Resources, Inc. |
Tankersly 1 |
35-087-20422 |
|
William Moore DBA Overdraft Oil & Gas |
P. Wilson 1 |
35-087-50000 |
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the following special relief: to designate the Applicant or some other party as Operator of the unit well. Applicant is further requesting that the Order to be entered in this cause be made effective on a date prior to the date of the Order.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the following wells are open/producing within the above-described unit as follows:
|
API |
Operator |
Well |
CSS |
|
35-087-00309 |
Greenhead Energy Operating LLC |
EDWARDS (C-135) 1 |
Osborne |
|
35-087-00140 |
Validus Energy II Midcon LLC |
THOMPSON 36-1 |
Hart |
|
35-087-20423 |
Validus Energy II Midcon LLC |
EDWARDS 1 |
Hart |
Applicant’s proposed well may be closer than 600 feet from the existing wells referenced above. The placement of the proposed well will have no significant impact upon said wells. However, the location as requested will maximize recovery of hydrocarbons within the unit, thereby preventing waste. Applicant should therefore be granted an exception to Rule:165: 10-3-28(c)(2)(b) in order that Applicant’s proposed well may be situated closer to the existing wells described above.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City, OK , at 8:30 a.m., on the 11th day of May, 2026, 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 has relocated 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 referenced hearing may be conducted via teleconference or video-conference. Before coming to the building for this hearing, please visit the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website at www.occeweb.com to determine the status of building access. Instructions for participating via teleconference or video-conference are available on the Commission’s website.
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 telephone number.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Brett Lowry, Landman, Telephone: (405) 843-2760, Email: brett.lowry@lowryland.com, 9500 Cedar Lake Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73114; OR ERIC L. HUDDLESTON, Attorney, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Suite 1300, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Telephone: (405) 232-3722.
CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA
Kim David, CHAIRMAN
Brian Bingman, Commissioner
DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 14th DAY OF APRIL, 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:
Secretary
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