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NOTICE OF HEARING CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000854

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No. 129-March 5-1 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: SECTIONS 17 AND 20, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000854

NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:  BCE-Mach III LLC; Blue Cedar Energy LLC; Byng Energy Group, Inc.; Changos LLC; Davco Productions Inc.; Daylight Petroleum LLC; Halifax Energy, LLC; Hamil Oil & Gas LLC; Mator LLC; Ra-Jac LLC; Red Dirt Oil & Gas; RKK Production Company; ShoShone Oil & Gas Inc.; Teocalli Exploration LLC; Veenker Resources Inc.; 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 Blizzard 1-17-20XH well:

Commencement of Completion Interval in Section 17:

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 17, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma,

End of Completion Interval in Section 17:

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 17, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma,

Commencement of Completion Interval in Section 20:

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 20, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma,

End of Completion Interval in Section 20:

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 20, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma.

The offset lands to Sections 17 and 20, are contained within Sections 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29 and 30, Township 7 North, Range 4 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:

Operator

Well

API

BCE-Mach III LLC

Ladd 2-8

35-087-21215

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

CD Walker 1-17

35-087-20927

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

Ramsey C-1

35-087-35822

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

Boles 1

35-087-35823

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

McGrew B-2

35-087-20590

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

Crockett 1-9

35-087-20860

Byng Energy Group Inc.

Dollie 1

35-087-35824

Davco Productions Inc.

Laws 1

35-087-30017

Daylight Petroleum LLC

Steele 1

35-087-20512

Halifax Energy, LLC

Bleigh 1-20

35-087-21394

Hamil Oil & Gas LLC

McGrew 1

35-087-35825

Hamil Oil & Gas LLC

McGrew B1

35-087-35826

Hamil Oil & Gas LLC

Melton C1-20

35-087-20816

Hamil Oil & Gas LLC

Proctor 1

35-087-35817

Mator LLC

CF Beall 2

35-087-50004

Ra-Jac LLC

Bowling 1

35-087-35812

Red Dirt Oil & Gas

Gimeno 1-21

35-087-35829

RKK Production Company

Ramsey 1

35-087-00221

Teocalli Exploration LLC

McClain 1

35-087-35820

Veenker Resources Inc.

CD Walker 1-17

35-087-20927

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 located within the above described units, as follows:

API

Operator

Well

Producing CSS

35-087-00221

RKK

Production Company

Ramsey 1

Hart, Osborne

35-087-35823

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

Boles 1

Hart, Osborne

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 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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