Eckard Energy, LLC and Eckard Operating, LLC CD 2026-001127

No. 213-March 19-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION

COMMISSION OF THE

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: ECKARD ENERGY, LLC AND ECKARD OPERATING, LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LAND COVERED: SECTION(S) 20, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 

CAUSE NO. CD 2026-001127

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: To the following partiaes, if living; or if deceased, then their unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, successors, trustees, and/or assigns; or, the unknown successors, trustees or assigns, if any, of any dissolved corporation, or the unknown successors of any party designated in any record as trustee: 2Wood Oil & Gas, LLC; Alexander Energy Corp., c/o Sandridge Energy, Inc.; American Petrofina Company of Texas; Anne Fennell Mitchell, Trustee of the Anne Fennell Mitchell Third Amended and Restated Revocable Trust, dated June 15, 2016, c/o Robert Dixon Mitchell, Jr.; Ariopsis Holdings, LLC; Athos Rostan; Black Horse Resources LLC; Blackwelder Oil Company; Bogert Oil Company; BRR OK I LLC; Burk Royalty Co.; Careylou, Inc.; Carole J. Drake LLC; Charles E. Jones, Jr., as trustee of the Charles E. Jones, Jr. Trust; Chris Jennings; Condor Partnership; Curtis Gibbons; D/J Petro, L.P.; Dalco Oil Company; Dellconn Oil Corporation; DLA Howe, Inc.; Douglas D. Howard, and Jane E. Howard, as co-trustees of the Howard Family Revocable Trust dated the 14th day of November, 2003; Eason Energy, LLC; Echo Energy Partners I, LLC; Eckard Prospector Acquisition, LLC; Efire, Ltd.; Eland Energy, Inc.; ELSR, LP, c/o Bengal Jones Group LLC, General Partner; EOG Resources, Inc.; Evolution Petroleum OK, Inc.; Far West Energy, LLC; First Union Nat’l Bank of N.C., Trustee U/W E.M. Fennell FBO Anne Mitchell, Wachovia Bank NA, Trustee; First Union Nat’l Bank of N.C., Trustee U/W E.M. Fennell FBO Nancy Matheson, Wachovia Bank NA, Trustee; Fortune Natural Resources Corporation; Garrett and Company Resources, Inc.; Gossett Investment Co.; Gwen Greenspan; Hall Energy Co., LLC; Hall Investment Company, LLC, George M. Hall, Manager; Huntsman Energy, LP, c/o Derby Energy, LLC; IBEX Resources Company, LLC; Invail Energy Inc.; ISEL, LLC; Jaguar Energy, Inc.; Jean K. Garvey, Trustee of the Jean K. Garvey Revocable Trust, General Partner; Jeannie R. Hendrick; Kaiser-Francis Oil Company; Kodiak Production Company; L.P. Laird; Laura Alida Van Every; Laurence G. Duerig, c/o Curtis Gibbons; Legacy Resources, LLC; Lexco Petroleum, Inc., c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A; London-Montin-Harbert, Inc.; LRM IV, LLC; Mack Energy Co.; Mack Oil Co.; Marlex Oil & Minerals, Inc.; Merchant Minerals Corporation; Middleburg Management Corporation; MOR Holdings, LLC; Nancy Fennell Matheson; Nathan B. Butcher, Trustee of the Nathan B. Butcher Revocable Trust, c/o Sunflower Bank; Native Exploration Operating, LLC; NOMS Oil, LLC; Norville Oil Co., LLC; Orion Natural Resources Corporation; P B & J Investments; P’Bell Energy Company; Petrocap. Ltd.; Pine Ridge Energy Co.; Pride Energy Company; Saints Energy Enterprise LLC; Salgo Oil Partnership; Savitar Energy Working Interest LLC; Scout Resources, LLC; Shore Oil Company; Shoreline Energy LLC; Steven Gibbons; Stewart L. Van Every Fowler; Sundown Energy, Inc.; Sven Energy, LLC; The “Family Trust”, c/o McAfee & Taft; The John Arthur Stuart, Jr. Family Trust, c/o Mark W. Malone McAfee & Taft; The John W. and Cynthia J. Pride Revocable Living Trust, under a certain Revocable Living Trust established on July 21, 1998; The Matthew L. and Renee G. Pride Revocable Living Trust, under a certain revocable Living Trust established on August 13, 1999; The Vernon E. Pellow Revocable Trust Agreement dated August 11, 1992; Thomas S. Carpenter; Twenty/Twenty Oil & Gas, Inc.; Universal Resources Corporation; Ventana Exploration and Production II, LLC; W. Griswold Smith, Trustee of the W. Griswold Smith Living Trust; W. Ray Wallace, deceased; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Trustee of the Edward M. Fennell Trust Under Will FBO Anne F. Mitchell; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee of the Edward M. Fennell Trust Under Will FBO Nancy F. Matheson; Westlake Producing Company; Whitehall Oil & Gas, LLC, c/o Valor Mineral Management LLC, Agent ATTN: Jason Beck; William H. Van Every III; Willischild Oil & Gas Corp.; Windsor OK LLC; Caroline A. Cochener, Trustee of the Caroline A. Cochener Revocable Trust; CGF Industries, Inc.; David Ferguson Partnership; Gerry Wende Associates; H. Bernerd Fink, Trustee of the H. Bernerd Fink Revocable Trust; H.L. Franklin; James W. Garvey, Trustee of the James W. Garvey Revocable Trust; John K. Garvey; John L. Crist, Jr.; John P. Rostan, Jr.; Julie R. Garvey, Trustee of the Julie R. Garvey Revocable Trust; Leo B. Heizel; Leo J. and Mary G. Lucas; Olivia G. Lincoln, Trustee of the Olivia G. Lincoln Revocable Trust; Page, Inc.; Paul W. Sanger; Robert L. McKaughn, Jr.; and all persons, owners, producers and operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons in McClain County, Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting that the Commission pool all oil and gas interests in the Osborn common source(s) of supply in the 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section(s) 20, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma, adjudicating the rights and equities of the oil and gas owners thereof and designating Eckard Energy, LLC and Eckard Operating, LLC, or some other party, as operator of the unit well.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following special relief:

(a) The Applicant shall request at the hearing that the Order provide that any owner electing an alternative to participation in the well drilled thereunder shall be deemed to have relinquished all of its working interest and right to drill in the unit and common sources of supply named herein as to such well and any wells drilled subsequent thereto.

(b) The Applicant may propose that the Order to issue in this Cause provide a method for proposal of subsequent wells, including multiunit horizontal wells; and, for response to that proposal by owners who elect to participate in the initial well. 

(c) At the hearing the applicant may request that the Order to issue in this Cause provide to the operator a period of one (1) year from the date of the Order in which to commence operations for the drilling of the initial well proposed hereunder.

(d) The Applicant may also propose that parties electing not to participate in subsequent wells drilled hereunder be limited to a specific option for bonus and royalty in lieu of participation.

(e) Applicant may request that said Order be made effective on a date prior to its signing. 

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at 8:30 A.M. on the 6th day of April, 2026, at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105, 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 all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this application, contact BENJAMIN J. BROWN, OBA #30843, Attorney for Applicant, 233 S. Detroit Ave., Suite 100, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120, Telephone (918) 779-6047, www.charneybrown.com/faqs, or contact Kristen Schmidt, (405) 443-3700 ext. 505, kschmidt@eckardenergy.com, landman at Eckard Energy, LLC and Eckard Operating, LLC.

OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION 

Kim David, Chairman

1. Todd Hiett, Commissioner

Brian Bingman, Commissioner

/s/ Benjamin J. Brown

BENJAMIN J. BROWN,

OBA NO. 30843