No. 124-March 5-1 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 17, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000849
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Accipter, LLC; AD Adcock Royalty Company; Addie Nadine Oliver; Advocate Oil and Gas, LLC; AH Sturgell and Jessie Lee Sturgell c/o Donnie Sturgell; Alan B. Glidden; Alice Gayle Thornton Grotts; Alice Martin McIntyre Trust dated 11/22/76; Amcon Resources, Inc.; Andele, LLC; Angelina S. Barton; Anna G. Kammerer; Ansel Energy, LLC; Antero Royalties, LLC; Arbuckle Mineral, LLC; Augusta Energy Company, LLC; Bandera Minerals, LLC; Barbara Booze; Barbara Joan Stockwell Living Trust dated June 14, 2016; Barbara L. Fennell; Barbco, LLC; Barber Exploration Company; Beatrice McCutchen & LC McCutchen; Benjamin M. Stephens; Beverly M. Daughtry; Bilinda Petroleum Corp; Bill Penn; Black Horse Resources, LLC; Blue Cedar Energy LLC; Blue Sky Minerals, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; Board of Trustees of Fist Methodist Episcopal Church of Decatur, Alabama; Brenda Pickard; Brian Van Horn; BRR OK I LLC; Bruce Moran; Buckhead Energy, LLC; Buffalo Bayou Resources II, LP, a Texas Limited Partnership; Buffalo Bayou Resources, LLC, a Texas limited liability company; Bunker Energy, LLC; Burke-Greis Oil Company; CALM Fort Worth Ventures, LLC; Canvas Energy LLC; Carol Ann Seaberry; CC Cummings; CEB Consulting, LLC; Chacosie Royalties, LLC ; Champlin Exploration Inc.; Charles E. Jones, Jr., as Trustee of the Charles E. Jones, Jr., 2012 Trust; Charles L. Harris; Charlie McClain & Mary McClain c/o Samuel L. McClain; Cherry Creek Minerals, LLC; CIMA Energy, LLC; Cirrus Production Co.; Clement Resources, LLC; Cloria S. Vandermate; CMG Oil Properties, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Coetta Louise Frisby; Colton Properties, LLC; Crescent Partners, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; Crestwood Energy, LLC; Curtis Gibbons; Curve Resources, LLC; Cy Energy, LLC; Dalco Oil Company; David F. James Trustee, James Petroleum Trust, dated February 2, 1974; David F. Moran; David L. Huckin; David Len McPherson; David W. Johns; Daylight Petroleum LLC; DE & Ruby Lee Wayland Living trust or Ruby Lee Wayland and DE Wayland; Dennis Moran; Dime Box Limited Partnership; Donald F. Peterson; Donald Gene Aday; Donald L. Hansen; Donna Jean Wayland; Dorothy McClain; DW Energy Group, LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company; Eckard Energy, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Ed McClain and Ethel McClain; Edward E. Lafaye; Edward Gilpin Robinson; Edward H. Heller; Edward Schneider; Elaine Mayers; Eland Energy, Inc; Elizabeth Huckin Hunt; Elmo Elliott; ELR Production, Ltd; Elvin Garrison; EOG Resources Inc.; EPIOK Royalty Co., LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Estate of MC Parrish, Jr.; Evolution Petroleum OK, Inc., a Texas corporation; Family Trust created under Article IV of the Will of Virginia Bishop Ellis, deceased; Farmers Royalty Pool and Oil Royalties, Inc.; Fawn Valley Investments, LLC; Fifth Natural Resources, LLC; Flatiron Royalties, LLC; Florence Green Witwer; Flying H Family Ranch, LLC; FNRC DIII GP; Fortune Natural Resources Corporation; Frances Hockensmith Gregor Rev. Trust; Frances Mae Grotts; Fuals Oil & Gas, LLC; G. Lyndell Buck; G. Merwyn Eiland and Susan C. Eiland Revocable Family Trust; Gale Sue Sanders; Gary Garrison; Gasex 1982-A; Gayle T. Grotts Revocable Living Trust, Craig Russell Grotts, Successor Trustee; Geneva E. Guess; Glen Alan Sturgell; Green Hills Investments, LLC; Grizzly Holdings LLC; GW Thomas Oil Account, Inc.; Gwen Greenspan; Hall Energy Co., LLC; Hall Investment Company; Hargrove Hudson Foundation; Haskell Horn Family Limited Partnership; Heartland Royalties, LLC; Helen Farnham Hutchison, Mark Cavanaugh Hutchison and Michael Farnham Hutchison, jtwrs; Helen McCaughey; Hermon Sturgell; Hiney Burger Trust; HL Franklin; IBEX Resources Company, LLC; Investors Royalty Company, Inc.; Irene Westlin; Iris French; J & L Exploration Company; Jack Frisby; Jack London, Jr.; Jaguar Energy, Inc.; Jaguar Production, Inc.; JAMco Energy, LLC; James Elliott; James Kent Bingman; Janet Blake Ludwig; Jeffrey L. Koron Living Trust Dated January 22, 2014; Jeffrey V. Pennington; Jesse W. Pennington; John A. & Lerone M. Heubel ; John T. Pellow; John W. Grady; Josie Adey & Otho Aday; Josie M. Aday Trust; Justin Scott Rodgers; Kaiser-Francis Oil Company; Karen Cox; Kaydet Oil, LLC; Kenneth L. McCutchen; Kenneth Leroy Sturgell; Kenneth W. Frisby; Kevin D. Cox; Kimberly Ann Crick and Nolan Crick, Trustees of the Kimberly Ann Crick Revocable Trust; Kirby Minerals; Kirby Minerals, an Oklahoma general partnership; Kory Ken Kittle and Sheri Lynn Kittle, Trustees of the Kittle Family Revocable Trust; Kris Kourdouvelis; LaDonna Fite; Laura Moran Logan; Lee E. Burkett Jr.; Leo B. Helzel; Leslie M. Kite; Lethadell Lushbaugh; Linda Lee Eikum; Lisa D. Ryder; London-Montin-Harbert, Inc.; Lori A. Wilson; Louis H. Witwer III Trust; M. C. Parrish, Jr. Testamentary Trust; Map Resources, Inc.; Marc Rich & Co.; Margaret D. Dinsmore and David D. Dinsmore; Margaret P. McPherson Osborn; Marion Irwin, a/k/a Marion I. Buraczynski; Mark A. Arnot; Mark A. Moore, Trustee of the Mark A. Moore 1999 Trust; Marolyn with an “O”, LLC; Marta I. Salgo Rev. Trust; Martha Brock; Mary Belle Bailey and John W. Bailey; Mary Frances Bowling; Mary L. McCormick; Mason Energy Corporation, a Mississippi corporation; Maxine Fern Cossey; McKinnon Family Trust; Meadowlark Trust; Mezaka, LLC; Michael C. Stone; Michael James Matthews; Mickel Thurman Sturgell; Millspaugh Family Holdings, LLC; Mitchell Minerals, LLC; MOR Holdings, LLC; Nadine Johnson; Newell Howard Energy, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company ; Nicolas M. Salgo Rev. Trust; Noble Royalty Access Fund I LP; Northcutt Girls, LLC; Notting Hill Properties, LLC; Odis Moore; Oil Capital Private Drilling Partnership 1983-A; Oklahoma Pacific, Ltd; Ola McClain; Ollie Bailey and Brannie Bailey; Opal Boen; Orith Cloyes Guess; Ovintiv USA, Inc.; Patricia E. Hill; Patsy Ruth Burkett; Paul D. Veenker; PB&J Investments, a Texas Partnership; PEC Minerals LP; pEmmett Resources, LLC; Petro Equities, Inc.; Petrocap, Ltd; Petroleum, Inc. ; Phillip D. McKinnon and Charlotte A. McKinnon Trustors and Trustees of The McKinnon Family Trust, dated November 18, 1999; PHX Minerals Inc., a Delaware corporation; Quintin Little Company Oil & Gas Limited Partnership; Raintree Energy, LLC an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; Randy D. Cox; Raymond Carlile Roberts and Cheryl Lynn Surbey Trustees of The Raymond Carlile Roberts Trust; Rebecca Lynn McClain; Richard A. Lineham; Rickie Lee Wayland and Randy Edward Wayland; Rita Raeann Hunt; Riverbend Exploration & Production, LLC; Rivercrest Royalties, LLC; Riverdale Oil & Gas II, LLC; RKK Production Company; Roadrunner Royalties, LLC; Robert C. Freedman; Robert D. Cowdery Living Trust; Robert E. Lorton; Robert Joe Daniel McClain; Robert W. Slott; Ronney E. Gage, Trustee of the Ronney E. Gage GST Exempt Residuary Trust; Roy and Janice Moore Living Trust; Roy Harris; Roy Leon Goodman; Rupe Oil Company, Inc.; Sabine Corporation; Sabine Royalty Trust; Saints Energy Enterprises, LLC; Sally Freedman Minerals, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Sam McClain and Maudie McClain; Samuel H. Moore and Betty Jo Moore; Samuel L. McClain; Sandi L. McCauley; Sarah Moran; Sasha C. Smith, a/k/a Sasha Smith Groeneveld; Sgt. Peppers Band, LLC; Shadow Creek Minerals II, LLC an Oklahoma limited liability company; Shannon R. Edwards; Sharon Kay Anderson; Sharon Louise Northrip Baker; Shirley J. Walker; Shoreline Energy, LLC; Silver Lining Investments, LLC; SOBO I, LLC; Stacy Brown; Starrett Royalty, LLC; Stephen B. Freedman; Stephen D. Pennington; Stephen DePriest; Stephen H. Glidden, Jr.; Steve Van Horn; Steven J. Gibbons; Steven Patrick Peters; Sun Operating Limited Partnership; Sundown Energy; Sunflower Trust; Surbey Investments, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Survey Energy; Susan F. Harris Cain; Susie Mae Kittams; Taybecs Royalties, LLC; Teocalli Exploration LLC; TEP Anadarko Basin South III LLC; TEP Anadarko Basin South IV LLC; Terrafin Resources, LLC; Terrane Associates, Inc.; Texas Energy Supply; The Autry Group, LLC; The Boys Ranch Foundation, nka Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch Foundation; The Duncan Family Trust dated May 12, 1993; The Eva V. Pennington 2006 Revocable Trust created U/D/T dated April 4, 2006; The Hefner Company, Inc.; The Hoffman Family Trust dated June 8, 2023, James T. Hoffman and Karen M. Hoffman as Trustees; The Jernigan Partnership; The John Mark Waugh Trust; The Morrison Family Trust, dated September 29, 2021; The Thomas R. Mclean and Elizabeth E. Mclean Foundation, Inc.; The Thomsen Company, LLC; The Vicki Waugh Eidman Trust; Thomas Brent Adair; Thomas T. Holley, III; Thomas T. Holley, Jr.; Thurman Sturgell; Timberwolf Minerals, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Timothy D. Stephens; Timothy Tiemeyer; Titanium Energy, LLC; Tommy J. Rutledge; Trim Bonds; Triumph Investments, Inc.; Troy Moore; TRP Minerals II, LLC; Trumbull Oil Properties, LLC; Trust for Deborah Blake London; Tulsa Investors, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; Universal Resources Corporation; Validus Energy II Midcon LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Veda Sutton; Veenker Resources Inc.; Veenker Resources, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust; Ventana II Royalties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Vera Patterson; Verda Reginelli (Surerus); Vicki Annette Batye; Vicki Wells Grusing; Vickie Franklin; Virginia Cox; W. Baldwin Lloyd Rev. Trust; W. Ray Wallace; Wake Energy, LLC; Warden Properties LLC, a Colorado limited liability company; Whitfield-Liberty; William Ernest McPherson; William H. Priest; William Horton Priest; William P. Huckin, III; Wilma Ruth Moore; Windom Royalties; Winston Scott Witwer Trust; Wynona O’Neil; Yukon Trading Company, LLC; Zener Electronics; Zephyr Resources, LLC; Zia Royalty, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company; 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 requests the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma to enter an Order establishing a 640-acre horizontal well drilling and spacing unit for the Deese common source of supply underlying Section 17, Township 7 North, Range 4 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 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 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 30th day of March, 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 2nd DAY OF MARCH, 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:
Secretary
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