No. 373-April 23-1 Time
BEFORE THE CORPORATION
COMMISSION OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
RELIEF SOUGHT: ESTABLISH A 640-ACRE HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND SPACING UNIT
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-001639
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: 5M Resources and Investments, LLC; Albert Hintze; Albert Ray Thompson; Andrew P. McConnell, Trustee of the John E. McConnell Trust, dated December 17, 2015; Annastin Mineral Partners, LLC, a/k/a Annasin Mineral Partners, LLC; Anne Hokanson; Arrow Oil & Gas, Inc.; Baluarte Creek, Inc.; Bandera Minerals, L.L.C.; Barbara A. Cogburn, aka Barbara Cogburn, Trustee of the Julia Smith Trust A, Julia Smith Trust B, and Julia Smith Trust C, aka Julia Smith Trusts; Barbara S. Larue; Barry F. Fehlman; Baseline Minerals, LLC; Benton Black; Beverly Sue Potter Miller; Black Hawk Royalty IV LP; Blue Sky Minerals, L.P.; BNW, Inc.; Bobbie Lou Mansker; Brenda West; Bridgette W. Hawks; Bromide, Inc.; Bruce A. Leeth and Julie A. Leeth, Trustees of the Bruce A. Leeth and Julie A. Leeth Revocable Trust U/A dated 12/10/04; Buffalo Bayou Resources, LLC; Buffalo Creek Minerals LLC; C. Bradford Hyde; CALM Fort Worth Ventures, LLC; CapRock Resources, LLC; Carl David Smith; Caroline Kuffner Trust, Elizabeth L. Garcia, Trustee; Carolyn Baxter; Catherine Colman Day, a/k/a Catherine Louise Colman; Catherine J. Potter; Charles Miller; Chisholm Creek Resources, L.L.C.; Christine E. Martin Johnson, a/k/a Christy E. Johnson; Cinda G. Fink; Cindy Roberts; Citation 2004 Investment Partnership; Clara D. Dittmar; Clifford Taylor Company, Inc.; Cole J. Dittmar; Come Big or Stay Home, L.L.C.; Comercia Bank, Texas and Mary Carolyn Umpleby, Co Trustees of Cara Virginia Umpleby Lockett Royalty Trust; Comercia Bank, Texas and Mary Carolyn Umpleby, Co Trustees of Susan G. Umpleby Peasner Royalty Trust; Constance L. Potter, a/k/a Constance L. Townsend; Creede Royalty Partners; Dale Oglesby; Dana Dantine, Trustee of the Dana Dantine Living Trust, dtd 4/21/86; Dana Lynn Perry Shewmaker; Danny Bunch; Dark Onyx LLC; David H. Glover; David L. Godard, Trustee of the Charles M. Godard Trust dated 8/14/02; De La Tierra Acquisitions, LLC; Dean Oglesby; Debbie K. Lee and Justin N. Randall; Debra B. Manduley-Holmes as Trustee of The Debra B. Manduley-Holmes Trust dated 5/6/05; deVise Family LLC; Dian T. Allen, Trustee of the Thompson & Sons Trust dated April 30, 2024; Diana Houston; Diane M. Armijo; Diane Woodward-Frost, Trustee of the Diane Woodward-Frost Revocable Living Trust dated 12/16/98; Donna Rose Rakestraw; Donna Strup; Donna W. Dotson; Dragonte LLC; Dwayne Lee Smith; Edward F. Nicolin; Eland Energy, Inc.; Eleanor Emmrich; Elizabeth Eldridge Barrow; Elizabeth Landry Garcia Trust, Elizabeth Landry Garcia, Trustee; Elizabeth Landry Kuffner; Evans Oil and Gas LLC; F. Brent Kliewer, Trustee of the F. Brent Kliewer Living Trust dated 3/3/11; Fannie Jo Buller ; Fifth Natural Resources, LLC; Fleet-Miller Minerals, LLC; Fleming Group, LLC; Fortune Oil Properties, LLC; Frederick Louis Landry, III; Gail Beaumont Phillips and Jeffrey Scott Murray, Trustees of the Phillips-Murray Revocable Trust dated 8/20/99; Gary D. Evans; Gary L. Oglesby; Gavin Robert Garrett, Trustee of the Gavin Robert Garrett 2015 Mineral Trust U/A 10-7-15; Genevieve Ahlfeldt; George Vanderheyden; GIGI AAB Trust dated March 2, 2023; Gladiator Operating LLC; Glen C. Jones, Trustee of the Texoma Trust dated 9/1/83; Goodrich Center for the Deaf, Inc.; Granite Shoal Investments, LLC; Gregory Boyd Jones; Hall-Ward Energy Fund, LP; Harry Mark Tucei; Harry Phillips Kliewer, Trustee of the Harry Phillip Kliewer Revocable Living Trust dated 9/28/95; Harry Phillips Kliewer, Trustee of the Harry Phillips Kliewer Revocable Living Trust dated September 28, 1995; Harry Phillips Kliewer, trustee or his successors in trust of the GST Exempt Frank Brent Kliewer Trust under the Marilyn P. Kliewer Revocable Living Trust, dated 12/10/93 as restated on 5/30/07; Harry Phillips Kliewer, trustee or his successors in trust of the GST Exempt Harry Phillips Kliewer Trust under the Marilyn P. Kliewer Revocable Living Trust, dated 12/10/93 as restated on 5/30/07; Haymaker Properties, LP; Helen Marie McCaughey Testamentary Trust ; Henry A. Felt, Jr.; Hinman Farms, LLC; HKO Minerals, LLC; Holden Energy Corporation; Holly Deann Bridwell Living Trust; Horseshoe Corner, L.L.C.; Hudiburg Investments, Inc.; Hunter Miller Family, LLC; Inland Oil & Gas Company, Inc.; J.V.S., LLC; Jack H. Potter; James B. Thomas; James Thompson, a/k/a Jay Thompson, a/k/a James Lloyd Thompson; James William Roberts; Janette M. Jacobs and Jennifer L. Dison were Co-Trustees of the Judith Cruz Trust; JE Murphy, LLC; Jennifer West; Jenny Kiburz; Jerry Oglesby; JM Cox Resources, L.P.; Jo Anne Simoneaux; JO Properties, Inc.; Joe Wesley Thompson; John J. Hereford; John M. Green, Successor Trustee of the Green Family Trust created under instrument dated 4/3/92; John Mark Waugh as Trustee of The John Mark Waugh Trust; John R. Hibbard; John R. Roberts; Johnita Akin; Johnny Lloyd Smith; Jones-Daube Mineral Company; Jones-Fondren Holdings, LLC; Joseph C. Tucei; Judith Dean Phillips, Successor Trustee of the Phillips Living Trust, dated 4/7/11; Judith Dean Phillips, Successor Trustee of the Phillips Living Trust, dated 4/7/11, and any amendments thereto; Judith R. Cruz, Trustee of the Wilma M. Phillips Trust dated 11/11/85; Julie Deanne Stanley; Julie Deanne Stanley, as Trustee of the Maxwell Chase Harding-Stanley Special Needs Trust; Julieta Black; JWP-MKP Minerals Holdings, LP; Kaelin Fink ; Karen W. White; Katherine V. Houston, Trustee of the Paul Houston Trust; Kathleen Smook; Kathy Carrington, Trustee of the Kath Carrington Living Trust, dated April 18, 2019; Kathy Reed; KDCB Garrett Holdings, LLC; Kelle Dittmar; Kelvin Miller; Ken Oglesby; Kenneth W. Cory, Ltd.; Kent Koral; Kevin Hollingsworth; Kirby Minerals; Kirk E. Reed; KL CHK SPV LLC; Kristin Suchomel ; L & S Ventures, L.L.C.; L.D. Hibbard Jr.; La Sombra Minerals, LLC; Larry Dean Bridwell and Holly Dean Bridwell, Co-Trustees of The Larry Bridwell Living Trust U/A dated 3/28/96; Larry Hollingsworth; Larry Oglesby; Lauren Landry Fenhaus; Laurence D. Miller as Trustee of the Harriet C. Miller Trust; Lauri Kay Webb; Lea Evans; Leila McConnell Gadbois; Lenox Oil & Gas, LLC; Lenox Partners; Lillia W. White; Linda E. Mason a/k/a Linda Mason; Lisa Prejean Butwid, Trustee of the Marybeth Boyanton Trust; Lonnie Dean Bunch; Lorraine Bullock; Louis Engler; Louis Gardner Landry; Louis Patrick Landry; Lucy K. Schmitt; Lulu and Lev LLC; Lyda Long, L.L.C.; Lynne W. Phillips, Trustee of the Lynne W. Phillips Trust dated 5/11/99; Malloy Oil & Gas Properties, LLP; Manlyo Black; MAP2006-OK; Marcia L. Potter, a/k/a Marcia L. Elliott; Marjo Operating Co., Inc.; MarLyn Interests LLC; Mary Anne Hamilton Barrow; Mary C. Hood and Philip G. Maguire, Successor Co-Trustees of the Euna Mae Heenan Trust under Agreement dated 6/24/83; Mary Gardner Barrow; Mary Green Family Limited Partnership; Mary Jon Bryan; Mashburn Land Services, LLC; Mason Minerals LLC; Max R. Chudy, Jr.; Mekusukey Oil Company, LLC; Merco of Oklahoma, Inc.; Mesa Energy Group, LLC; Michael Duane Baccus; Michael Gidwitz, II; Michael Giles West; Michael Kozak; Michael Nance Pattison; MINRI, LLC; MK Watson, LLC; Morris Holdings, LLC; Nathana G. Wood and Nicky G. Wood as Co-Trustees of the Nathana G. Wood Revocable Trust dated 3/22/06; NEO Operating, LLC; Nicole LaFour; Nuway Oil Company; Omar Black; Orr Oil & Gas E&P, Inc.; Osprey Resources, Inc.; Oswald Family Investment LLC; Patricia Elaine Potter Sullivan; Paul and Betty Phillips Minerals, LLC; Paula Parks McClintock; pEmmett Resources, L.L.C.; R. Bryan Waller; R. D. Jones, Inc.; R.D. Goodrich Asset Partners, L.P.; RDG Minerals, Ltd.; Red Oak Energy Partners, LLC; Red Stone Resources, L.L.C.; Red Wing Oil, LLC; Rentier, Inc.; RevRocks, LLC; Richard Miller; Richard Stephen Schwartz, Trustee of the Richard Stephen Schwartz Revocable Family Trust; Richard Treadwell; Rita Porter; Robert C. Simpson, Trustee of the Robert C. Simpson Living Trust created by Declaration of Trust dated April 15, 1999; Route 66 Minerals LP; S. E. Echols Family Minerals, LLC; Sally Aton Baird; Sandy Brickman; Schanti Corp.; Scott Holden; SH Productions Inc.; Shane Akers; Sharon Elaine Richey and Shanon Allyn Briley, Trustees of the CBR Irrevocable Trust Agreement dated 11/3/00; Shawn Holden; Sherry Baccus Meadors; Sheryl Boyd Jones Dodson; Southstar Energy Corp.; Stephanie Strong; Stephenson Resources, LLC; Steven Kiburz; Stroube Energy Corporation; Sue Beth Lain; Summers-Uhles LLC; Susan Credeur, a/k/a Susan Linn Credeur, a/k/a Susan Phillips Credeur; Susan Ovesen; Sydney Marcial Mitchell; Tammy W. Adams; Tapstone Energy, LLC; TDB Investments, LLC; Terrafin Resources, LLC; Tessa Schwartz; Texala Operating, LLC; The Billy Wayne Gorman Family Investment Limited Partnership; The Clarke III, LLC; The Ewing Trust; The J.M. and V.C. Garrett Family Trust dated July 15, 2015; The Peter and Nancy Keane Trust, dated 11/2/99; The Pfanenstiel Company, LLC; The Replogle Company, L.L.C.; The Ronald Ilgvars Vermelis Family Revocable Trust; The Sharon Rapp Wade Family Trust, UAD 2/27/95; The University of Oklahoma ; Theresa Engler; Theresa Whitman Oglesby; Therese Uphues; Thomas G. Farrier, aka Thomas Giles Farrier; Thunder Moon Resources; Timothy Rex Treadway; Todd Cannon Hyde; Tonya Cleveland; Travis Engler; Tri-Ex Energy Group, Inc.; Trisha Brewer; Truman F. Weeden; Umpleby Minerals LLC; Valerie Koral Altshul; Validus Minerals, LLC; Vecses, LLC; Ventana Exploration and Production LLC; Vicki Waugh Eidman as Trustee of The Vicki Waugh Eidman Trust; Vincent A. Martin; Viola, Inc.; Wendell M. Long; Wesley Evans; Westbourne, LLC; Wildhare, LLC; William Bryant Thompson; William J. Hefner and Leigh Hefner Bentley, Trustees of the R. A. Hefner Trust No. 3; William J. Hefner, Jr. and Virginia Hefner, Trustees of the Eva Hefner Trust No. 3; William M. Cunningham; William S. Dittmar; Wilma L. Weeden; Wilma L. Weeden ; Wilma M. Phillips and Curtis Darling, as Trustees of the Barbara Blewett Trust; Windell Weeden; Windsor OK, LLC; Windward Consulting Service, Inc.; Wisdom Resources, LLC; Wyotex Oil Company; XTO Energy Inc.; Yukon Trading Company, LLC; Yvonne Pearson; Ruth Johnson; 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 individuals are deceased, or if any of the companies are no longer in existence, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, successors and assigns, immediate and remote, of the named parties.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the Commission issue an Order establishing a 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit by: a) vacating Order No. 69939 insofar as it pertains to the Osborne Sand common source of supply underlying the S/2 of Section 31, Township 8 North, Range 3 West, McClain County, Oklahoma; b) vacating Order No. 226091, as corrected by Order No. 226734, insofar as it pertains to the Osborne, Upper Hart, and Lower Hart common sources of supply underlying the NW/4 of Section 31, Township 8 North, Range 3 West, McClain County, Oklahoma; c) vacating Order No. 389001, insofar as it pertains to the Lower Hart common source of supply underlying the S/2 of Section 31, Township 8 North, Range 3 West, McClain County, Oklahoma; d) vacating Order No. 389001, insofar as it pertains to the Upper Hart common source of supply underlying the SW/4 of Section 31, Township 8 North, Range 3 West, McClain County, Oklahoma; and, e) establishing a 640-acre horizontal well drilling and spacing unit for the Deese common source of supply underlying Section 31, Township 8 North, Range 3 West, McClain County, Oklahoma, by new spacing, with the unit well for said 640-acre horizontal unit to be located from its point of entry and along any point of its lateral, not less than 660 feet from said unit boundary.
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 wells. 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 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 17th DAY OF APRIL, 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:
Secretary
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