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NOTICE OF HEARING CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000851

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No. 126-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 20, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000851

NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: 9Spot Energy, LLC; ABH Baxter, LLC; Adam Justice Luther; Advocate Oil and Gas, LLC; Ali Katharine Holamon; Alice L. Hine Foreman; AmeriSource Energies, Inc.; Andrew Pennington; Annastin Mineral Partners, LLC; Anne Elizabeth Lovett; Anne Fennell Mitchell, Trustee of the Anne Fennell Mitchell Third Amended and Restated Revocable Trust, dated June 15, 2016; Anne L. Braly; Anson L. Clark, Stanley B. Catlett, and Omar B. Milligan, Trustees under the Will of Florence Bunn Clark, deceased; Ariopsis Holdings, LLC; Athos Rostan and John P. Rostan, Jr.; Augusta Energy Company, LLC; Baleigh Ann Reed; Bank of America, Trustee under the Will of William H. Barnhardt; Barbara Day Hunt; Beasley Oil Company; Benjamin M. Stephens; Black Horse Resources, LLC; Blackwelder Oil Company; Blue Cedar Energy LLC; Brandon A. Moore and Jacquelyn M. Moore, HW; Brandon Hedrick and Kayle Hedrick, Joint Tenants; Brian F. Egolf; Broken Arrow Trust, Rebecca Anne McCarthy, Trustee; BRR OK I LLC; Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.; Byng Energy Group, Inc.; Byron Luke Braly; C. B. Warr; Careylou, Inc.; Carl Walton Bowie, Jr.; Catherine Day; Catlett Minerals Corp.; Cherry Creek Minerals, LLC; Chieftain Royalty Company; Chris Van Horn; Christine E. Egolf; Clarice A. Melton and Phyllis M. Dowling, Co-Trustees of the Clarice A. Melton Revocable Living Trust; Clifford A. Merritt; CMG Oil Properties, LLC; Colin Hall Dowling; Craig Bradford Braly; Curtis Gibbons; Curve Resources, LLC; Cy Energy, LLC; Dana Claire McMullin; Dean Family Farms, LLC; Deelare, Inc.; Del Rio Royalty Company, LLC; Del Rio Working Interest LLC; Dellconn Oil Corporation; Devon Energy Corporation; Diane Elizabeth Lay; Dorothy Waite Meadows; Double J Resources; E. F. Walden, Trustee of the E. F. Walden Trust; Eason Energy, LLC; Echo Energy Partners I, LLC; Eckard Energy, LLC; Eckard Land & Acquisition, LLC; Eckard OK Holdings, LLC; Eckard Prospector Acquisition, LLC; Edward H. Heller, a/k/a Edward Hellman Heller; Elizabeth Chamberlain Waite; EOG Resources, Inc.; Esther Yvette Braly Barbour; Eugenia O. Key, Nell O. Lynch and Gail O. Ewing, Trustees of the Honey Burgher Trust U/A dated July 27, 1990; Eugenia O. Key, Nell O. Lynch and Gail O. Ewing, Trustees of the Honey Burgher Turst U/A dated July 27, 1990; Evolution Petroleum OK, Inc.; Fabco Oil Company; Far West Energy, LLC; Fina Oil and Chemical Company; Fortune Natural Resources Corporation; Fred Jones; Frederick Lewis Anderson; Gale L. Walker-Melton, Trustee of the Melton Residence Trust dated January 26, 1999; Garrett and Company Resources, LLC; Gary R. Goldsby; George Robinson and Keith W. Kennedy, Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of W. Ray Wallace; Granite Shoal Investments, LLC; Great Southern Minerals, LLC; Grizzly Holdings, LLC; Gwen Greenspan; H. F. Egolf, a/k/a Harrylou Egolf, a/k/a Harralou F. Egolf, a/k/a Harry Lou Egolf; Halifax Energy, LLC; Hall Energy Co., LLC; Hall Investment Company, LLC; Hamil Oil & Gas LLC; Helen I. Rocket; HKC Minerals, LP; Huntsman Energy, LP; IBEX Resources Company, LLC; Jack Tecumseh Curtis; James B. Douglas, Trustee of the James B. Douglas Revocable Living Trust dated September 7, 2025; James S. Day and Janet K. Day, Co-Trustees of the Day Family Trust, under agreement dated November 18, 2020; James T. Hoffman and Karen M. Hoffman, Trustees of the Hoffman Family Trust dated June 8, 2023; Janette Douglass Hawkins, or her successor, Trustee of the Janette Douglass Hawkins Revocable Trust dated 10/19/21; Jeffrey L. Koron Living Trust dated January 22, 2014; Jeffrey V. Pennington; Jerry Whistler Snow; Joe David Webb; John Alsop; John and Stephanie Day, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants; John F. Waite; John Jeffrey Luther; John P. Rostan, Jr.; John Robinson; Jones & Pellow Oil Company; JRP Holdings, LLC; Kaiser-Francis Oil Company; KNOXMONEY, LLC; KSE Minerals, LLC; L. P. Laird; L3 Resources, LLC; Laura Alida Van Every and Wachovia Bank, NA as Co-Trustees of the William H. Van Every, Jr. Trust U/A dated 9/21/87 fbo Laura Alida Van Every; Lawrence S. Merritt; Lexco Petroleum, Inc.; Liberty National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City; Lisa D. Ryder, nee McKinnon; London-Montin-Harbert, Inc.; Lonesome Tiger, LLC; Loynd Wilder Trust; M. A. Viersen, a/k/a Margaret A. Viersen, a/k/a Margaret Ann Viersen, Mark D. Shuden and Susan D. Shuden as Co-Trustees of the M. A. Viersen Revocable Trust dated May 16, 2007; M. B. White, Inc.; Mack Energy Company; Mack Oil Co.; Mar/Reg Investments; Marathon Oil Company; Marilyn Braly Sonnen; Mark Farr-Nash; Mary C. Waite and Verdi W. Waite; Mary Eddy Jones and the First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City, Trustees under the will of Fred Jones, deceased; Mason Energy Corporation; Matthew W. Irvin; Michael Kozak; N&R Resources, Inc.; Nancy Fennell Matheson; Nancy Sue Milgram; Nancy Sue Milgram, Trustee of the Nancy Sue Milgram Trust created under the Last Will and Testament of Ann L. Milgram, deceased; Nat Lester Milgram; Nat Lester Milgram, Trustee of the Nat Lester Milgram Trust created under the Last Will and Testament of Ann L. Milgram, deceased; National Energy Group, Inc.; Native Exploration Operating, LLC; NOMS Oil, LLC; Northcutt Girls, LLC; Norville Oil Co., LLC; OGI, Inc.; Orion Natural Resources Corp.; Patricia E. Hill; Patsy Viersen Brown, Trustee of the Patsy Viersen Brown Trust dated the 2nd day of May, 1992; Paulo Montenegro Verzosa; PB&J Investments, a Texas Partnership; Peter Paul Petroleum Co.; Pevehouse, Inc.; Pride Energy Company; QEP Energy Company; Rachel Ouida Kerr Braly; Reid M. Mitchell; RFW Company; Richard Finney; Riliegh Seabourn and Mary Lou Seabourn; Riverdale Oil & Gas, LLC; Roan Resources, LLC; Robert A. Whistler; Robert D. Braly; Robert E. Wallace; Robert F. Odom; Robert L. McKaughn, Jr.; Ryan Harmon and Krystal D. Harmon, HWJT; Saints Energy Enterprise, LLC; Sally Ann Milgram; Sally Ann Milgram, Trustee of the Sally Ann Milgram Trust created under the Last Will and Testament of Ann L. Milgram, deceased; Sara Cummings Martin; Savitar Energy Working Interests, LLC; Scott Vandeveer; Scout Resources, LLC; Shadow Creek Merge Assets ORRI, LLC; Shadow Creek Merge Assets, LLC; Shadow Creek Resources II, LLC; Shafgo, LLC; Shannon R. Edwards; Shepherd Oil & Gas, LLC; Sherry Van Every and Wachovia Bank, NA as Co-Trustees of the William H. Van Every, Jr. Trust U/A dated 9/21/87; Shoreline Energy, LLC; Srivastava Asset Management LLC; Star11 Petroleum, LLC; Stephen D. Pennington; Steve Gibbons; Steve Van Horn; Stewart L. Van Every Fowler; Stonewall Minerals, LLC; Summit Oil and Gas, LLC; Susan Day Burnett; Sven Energy, LLC; Sylvia Ruth Braly Wheeless; Tegan Dowling; Terri I. Pellow, Trustee of the Vernon E. Pellow, Sr. Declaration of Trust as Restated and Amended on July 24, 2001; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children; The Alex Shuford Foundation, Peggy B. Shuford, President; The Family Trust created under Article IV of the Will of Virginia Bishop Ellis, deceased; The Hefner Company; The Howard Family Revocable Trust dated 11/14/2003, Douglas D. Howard and June E. Howard, Co-Trustees; The Hugh M. Robinson and Martha M. Robinson Revocable Trust; The John Arthur Stuart, Jr. Family Trust; The Lorraine Douglass Trust, dated March 27, 2018; The M. C. Parrish, Jr. Testamentary Trust; The Martha Kate Robinson Trust; The Roy and Janice Moore Living Trust, dated February 26, 1997; Thomas S. Carpenter; Timberwolf Minerals, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Timothy D. Stephens; Trinity Petroleum Corporation; Triple H Resources, Inc.; T’Shambra Day Swinner; Twodubyah, LLC; Valhalla Energy Corporation; Validus Energy II Midcon LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Validus Minerals LLC; Ventana Exploration and Production II, LLC; Ventana II Royalties, LLC; Warren D. Finch; Wavvvvvy Investments LLC; Waypoint Oil & Gas, LLC; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee of the Edward M. Fennell Trust under FBO Anne F. Mitchell; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee of the Edward M. Fennell Trust under FBO Nancy F. Matheson; WEP Royalty Holdings, LLC; Westlake Producing Company; Whitehill Oil & Gas, LLC; Whitestone Petroleum Corporation; William Egolf; William F. Whitfield; William H. Draper, Jr.; William H. Van Every III and Wachovia Bank, NA as Co-Trustees of the William H. Van Every, Jr. Trust U/A dated 9/21/87 fbo William H. Van Every III; Willischild Oil & Gas Corp; Windsor OK LLC; Yoko Madison; Celesta May Forman; Dollie Frances Maguire, a/k/a Dollie Frances Johnson; Frances Nash Orand, a/k/a Frances Nash Orand Burgher; Paul W. Sanger; W. H. Higgins; 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 20, 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

  1. Todd Hiett, Commissioner

Brian Bingman, Commissioner

DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 2nd DAY OF MARCH, 2026.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: 

Secretary




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