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NOTICE OF HEARING CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000856

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No. 131-March 5-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION

COMMISSION OF THE

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000856

NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:  ABH Baxter, LLC; Advocate Oil and Gas, LLC; Anne Fennell Mitchell, Trustee of the Anne Fennell Mitchell Third Amended and Restated Revocable Trust, dated June 15, 2016; 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.; Baleigh Ann Reed; Bank of America, Trustee under the Will of William H. Barnhardt; Beasley Oil Company; Black Horse Resources, LLC; Blackwelder Oil Company; Brian F. Egolf; Broken Arrow Trust, Rebecca Anne McCarthy, Trustee; BRR OK I LLC; Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.; C. B. Warr; Careylou, Inc.; Catlett Minerals Corp.; Cherry Creek Minerals, LLC; Chieftain Royalty Company; Christine E. Egolf; Clarice A. Melton and Phyllis M. Dowling, Co-Trustees of the Clarice A. Melton Revocable Living Trust; Clifford A. Merritt; Colin Hall Dowling; Craig Bradford Braly; Curtis Gibbons; Dellconn Oil Corporation; Devon Energy Corporation; Dorothy Waite Meadows; Double J Resources; E. F. Walden, Trustee of the E. F. Walden Trust; Eason Energy, LLC; Eckard Prospector Acquisition, LLC; Edward H. Heller, a/k/a Edward Hellman Heller; Elizabeth Chamberlain Waite; EOG Resources, Inc.; Eugenia O. Key, Nell O. Lynch and Gail O. Ewing, Trustees of the Honey Burgher Turst U/A dated July 27, 1990; Fabco Oil Company; Fina Oil and Chemical Company; Fred Jones; Frederick Lewis Anderson; Gary R. Goldsby; George Robinson and Keith W. Kennedy, Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of W. Ray Wallace; Great Southern Minerals, LLC; Gwen Greenspan; H. F. Egolf, a/k/a Harrylou Egolf, a/k/a Harralou F. Egolf, a/k/a Harry Lou Egolf; Hall Energy Co., LLC; Hall Investment Company, LLC; Helen I. Rocket; Huntsman Energy, LP; Jack Tecumseh Curtis; Jeffrey V. Pennington; Joe David Webb; John F. Waite; John P. Rostan, Jr.; Jones & Pellow Oil Company; Kaiser-Francis Oil Company; L. P. Laird; 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; Mack Energy Company; Mack Oil Co.; 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; Nancy Fennell Matheson; National Energy Group, Inc.; Native Exploration Operating, LLC; Norville Oil Co., LLC; Patricia E. Hill; 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; Richard Finney; Roan Resources, LLC; Robert D. Braly; Robert E. Wallace; Robert L. McKaughn, Jr.; Saints Energy Enterprise, LLC; Scott Vandeveer; Scout Resources, 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; Stephen D. Pennington; Steve Gibbons; Stewart L. Van Every Fowler; Sven Energy, LLC; 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 Hefner Company; The Howard Family Revocable Trust dated 11/14/2003, Douglas D. Howard and June E. Howard, Co-Trustees; The John Arthur Stuart, Jr. Family Trust; Thomas S. Carpenter; Trinity Petroleum Corporation; Triple H Resources, Inc.; Valhalla Energy Corporation; Ventana Exploration and Production II, LLC; Warren D. Finch; 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; 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; 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 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 pool the interests, designate an operator, and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Deese common source of supply underlying Section 20, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma.

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.  Applicant may request up to one year from the date of the Order to enter in this cause, with which to commence the initial well.

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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