No. 158-March 12-1 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 16, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000890
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: A.K. Tyson; Advocate Oil and Gas, LLC; Ailsa Foulke, or Alisa Foulke; Alexander Bryan, Jr.; Alexandra Mills; Alice Martin McIntyre, Bruce Martin McIntyre and Jean McIntyre Banks, Co-Trustees of the Alice Martin McIntyre Living Trust dated Nov. 22, 1975; Amcon Resources, Inc.; American Mineral Partners, LLC; American Red Cross; Andler Investments, LLC; Andrea Faye Raines; Ann Godfrey Stewart Doyle; Ann H. Sykes; Ansel Energy, LLC; Antero Royalties, Inc.; Arbuckle Mineral, LLC; Ashland Exploration Holdings, Inc.; B & G Resources, LLC; Bahr Harris Weiss; BB Royalty Partnership; Betty J. Ross, Trustee of the Betty Jean Ross Revocable Trust ult/a dated June 8, 2000; Bill Penn, a/k/a Billy Gene Penn; Black Horse Resources, LLC; Blue Cedar Energy LLC; Blue Sky Minerals, LP ; Board of Trustees of and for the benefit of Munger Place Methodist Church; Board of Trustees of First Episcopal Church of Decatur Alabama n/k/a The First United Methodist Church; Breech Family Investments, LLC; BRR OK I LLC; Bryan David Guess; Bryant Head; Buckhead Energy LLC; Buffalo Bayou Resources II, LLC; Buffalo Bayou Resources, LLC; Burke-Greis Oil Company, a partnership; Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch Foundation; Carey & Co.; Carl D. Crowley and Gregory D. Crowley, as Co-Trustees of the Melba J. Crowley Family Trust, dated 12/20/94; Carl D. Crowley and Melba J. Crowley Trustees or their successors in trust under the Carl D. Crowley and Melba J. Crowley Joint Caring Trust dated the 20th day of December 1994; Carole J. Drake; Carole J. Drake, LLC; Carolyn Sue Sumners; Charles E. Jones, Jr. 2012 Trust; Cherry Creek Minerals, LLC; Cheryl Lynn Surbey; Circle of Care, Inc.; Clear Fork Legacy Fund LP; CLM&B Enterprises LLC; CMG Oil Properties, LLC; CMin3, LLC; Colin Sykes; Comanche Oil and Gas, Inc.; Community Resources Oil & Gas, Inc.; Cornelia B. Hurst; CW Wagner LLC; D.B. Mason II; D.B. Mason III; David M. Sims; David Moody; Department of the Interior, Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes; Detrich Family Group; Drake-Gungoll Enterprises, A L.P.; Dumont Foundation; E. J. Burnell; Eckard Land & Acquisition, LLC; Eckard OK Holdings, LLC; Eckard Prospector Acquisition, LLC; ECM Resources, Inc.; Elsie Oltmanns, Trustee of the Oltmanns Family Revocable Trust, dtd 10/1/04; Emory Peak Minerals II, LLC; Encore Operating, Inc.; EOG Resources, Inc.; Eola Oil Company; EPIOK Royalty, LLC; Evolution Petroleum OK, Inc.; Family Trust, created u/l/w/t of Virginia B. Ellis; Fifth Natural Resources, LLC; Fortune Natural Resources Corporation; Franklin Holdings, LLC; G. Merwyn Eiland; Gaedeke Holding VII, Ltd.; Ganem Family Investments 1, LLC; Gene T. Whitener and Eva Whitener Lula Mock; Geneva O. Guess; Geoffrey Hoffman; George G. Vaught Jr.; Gila Group LP; Glenn Sturgell; Gold Lake Energy LLC; Guard Exploration Limited Partnership; Gulftex Energy IV, LP; H. V. Sherrill; Hall Investment Company, LLC; Hamil Oil & Gas LLC; Hazel L. Richey; Hef-Lin Energy Corp; Helen Marie Yarbrough, as Trustee of the Helen Marie Yarbrough Revocable Trust dated January 26, 2001; Helen W. Kenyon; Henry H. Gungoll Associates, a partnership; Henry Wesley Blomshield; Heritage Resource Partners, LLC; High Sky Resources, LLC; Hillman Royalties, LP; Holly Bush Royalty, LLC; Holly Marie French; Howard J. Whitehill; Huntsman Energy, LP; Iolanda Rose; J. Eugene Bryant; J. Roy Goodearle Trust, a/k/a J. Roy Goodearl Trust; J.F. Buck Energy, LLC; Jack Guenther, as Trustee of the 1976 Trusts of Urschel Grand Children for the children of Valerie Urschel Guenther, being Abigail Camilla Guenther Kampmarm a/k/a Abigail Camilla Guenther and Jack Egon Guenther, Jr.; Jack R. Kizzia; Jackie D. Willis; James Chris Elliott; James Delshawn Harris; James S. Duncan and Betty I. Duncan Trustees of the Duncan Family Living Trust dated May 12, 1993 as Amended; James Thomas Alford; James W. Sykes; Jana Su Moore; Jane Ann Bowser-Woods; Janet W. Simmons; Jean Hoffman; JHT, LLC; Johanna Simpson; John Adams Crockett; John F. Kamp and Barbara Kamp, Trustees of the John F. Kamp and Barbara Kamp Revocable Trust under agreement dated the 16th day of June, 2006; Jon M. Dresser and Brenda J. Dresser ; Josephine B. Potter; Juliann W. Funke; Kaiser-Francis Oil Company; Karen C. Minyard; Karla Jo Moore; Kathleen F. Veit, a/k/a Kathleen Frances Veit; Keith Penn and Kristen Penn, Life Estate; Kent Burkhart Oil & Gas Properties; Kimberly Ann Crick and Nolan Crick, Trustees of the Kimberly Ann Crick Trust; Kimberly J. Angell; Kory Ken Kittle and Sheri Lynn Kittle, Trustees of the Kittle Family Revocable Trust; KRP Legacy Isles, LLC; L3 Resources, LLC; Land Run Minerals V, LLC; LaRue Robertson, Trustee of the LaRue Robertson Revocable Trust dated July 14, 1992; Legend Resources; Linnie Calloway aka Linnie Callaway; Lobo Oil; Lorien Kelly Nassi; Louis H. Witwer III, as Trustee of the Louis H. Witwer III Trust under Trust Agreement dated August 15, 1994; Lula Martha Mock; Maida Faye Keeling and Jon Michael Dresser, Trustees of Maida Faye Keeling 1986 Living Trust under Trust Agreement dated September 19, 1986; Maida Faye Keeling, formerly Maida F. Elledge; Marechal S. Simpson; Margaret D. Dinsmore and David D. Dinsmore, jt; Marilyn A. Seerey; Marion I. Buraczynski; Mark A. Moore, Trustee of the Mark A. Moore 1999 Trust; Mark Cavanaugh Hutchison and Michael Farnham Hutchison as Joint Tenants; Mark Moody; Mary Eleanor Sims; Mator LLC; Maudie Sue Blomshield, a/k/a Maudie Sue Bloomshield; McCulliss Resources, Inc.; Megan Hardwick Leone, Successor Trustee of the M. M. Hardwick Revocable Trust established September 7, 1995; Merlita Stiles; Midcon Energy PDP, LLC; MJ Energy LLC; Moorman Interests, Ltd; MOR Holdings, LLC; Mr. Cornelius Shields Jr.; Mr. Macrae Sykes; Mr. Peter R. Veit; Mrs. A.S. Bryan; Mrs. Irene A. Bashkiroff, Executrix of the Estate V. Bashkiroff; Mrs. Irene Bashkiroff; Mrs. Maria Cooper Janis; Ms. Norman Kelly; Myrtle L. Dresser; Neel Royalties, LLC; Noble Royalty Access Fund I, LP; NOMS Oil, LLC; Norma C. Williams; Norman Eric Weiss Trust Dated May 18 2010; Norvel Joe Moore; Nosley SCOOP, LLC; O. C. Guess; OGI, Inc.; Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Ola Mae Burns; Ovintiv USA, Inc.; Patricia A. Webb; Paul F. Engler; PEC Minerals, LP; Phyllis Ann Rich; Pioneer Mineral Interests, II, LLC; R.E. Hibbert; Raakel Vesanen Newby; Rachel Bixler; Raintree Energy, LLC; Raymond Carlile Roberts and Cheryl Lynn Surbey Trustees of The Cheryl Lynn Surbey Trust; Raymond Carlile Roberts and Cheryl Lynn Surbey Trustees of The Raymond Carlile Roberts Trust; Red Sky Resources III, LLC; Richard Keith Penn and Julia Catherine Best as Trustees of the Best Family Trust, dated the 27th day of February, 1998; Richard Sykes; Roadrunner Royalties, LLC; Robert C. Freedman; Robert C. Neel Trust, Rev. Robert C. Neel Trustee; Robert Veit; ROBRO 2017, LLC; ROK Energy, LLC; Ronney E. Gage, Trustee of the Ronney E. Gage GST Exempt Residuary Trust; Rusk Capital Management LLC; Rusty McDearmon and Roger J. Allen and their successors as co-trustees of Rose Family Trust B u/t/a dated June 27, 1989; Saints Energy Enterprises, LLC; Sally Freedman Minerals, LLC; Samuel E. Sims; Sanguine Employees Investments I, LLC; Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC; Sequoia Royalty Company, LLC; Sheila Marie Weiss Trust Dated May 18, 2010; Shepherd Oil & Gas, LLC; Shoreline Energy, LLC; Sierra Madre Natural Resources, LLC; Simone Newcomb Crockett; SouthOK Development Co. LLC; Southwest Research Center a Texas non-profit corporation; Stamps Brothers Oil and Gas, LLC; Stephen B. Freedman; Stephen H. Simpson; Susan Annette Gaspard and Marcus Joseph Gaspard, a married couple; Sven Energy, LLC; Tami M. Shrewsbury; Tammy Abernathy; Terie Gardner, a/k/a Teri Owen; The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma A Public Body Cororation; The Edna Dacus Trust, Dated February 27, 2007; The Mary Janeen Heller Family Rovocable Trust Dated the 17th day of July, 2025; The Michael & Michelle Stacy Living Trust, dated the 23rd day of July, 2015; The Miriam K. Freedman Trust; The Salvation Army; Thelma Jean Gungol and Carole J. Drake, as Trustees of the Thelma J. Gungoll Revocable Trust Dated January 10, 1985; Theodore L. Crockett; Theodore L. Crockett ; Thiele Oil and Gas Investments, LLC; Timberwolf Minerals LLC; Thomas R. McLean and Elizabeth E. McLean Foundation, Inc.; Thomas T. Holley, III; Thomas T. Holley, Jr. ; Tom Slick Memorial Trust for Mind Science Foundation; Tom Slick Memorial Trust for Southwest Foundation for Research and Education; Tom Slick Memorial Trust for Southwest Research Institute; Tom Slick Memorial Trust for Texas A & M University; Tom Slick Memorial Trust for Texas Christian University; Tom Slick Memorial Trust for the University of Texas at Austin; Tomahawk Energy, LLC; TPR Mid-Continent, LLC; Tri-State Minerals, LP; Trumbull Oil Properties, LLC; Tulsa Investors, LLC; Validus Energy II Midcon; Validus Minerals LLC; Valley View Foundation; VCT-OG, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership; Vendetta Royalty Partners LTD; Ventana Exploration & Production II, LLC; Vickie Lynn Wells; Virginia Bishop Wallace; Visa Industries of Arizona, Inc.; W.E. Daly Jr.; Wagner Trust dtd 12/9/85; WEP Operating OK, LLC; WEP Royalty Holdings, LLC; WEP Royalty, LLC; Whitehill Oil & Gas, LLC; Willard L. Miller Company, LLC; William Titgen; Willis Ray Yarbrough as Trustee of the Willis Ray Yarbrough Revocable Trsust Dated January 26, 2001; Wilma Ruth Moore; Winifred Witwer Edwards Trust, under Trust Agreement effective February 1, 1994; Winston Scott Witwer, as Trustee of the Winston Scott Witwer.Trust under Trust Agreement dated November 1, 1988; Genevra A. Hammer; Lethadeall Lushbaugh; Lizzie Chandler; M. A. Neel; O. M. Neel; C. C. Cummings; C. C. Harmon; Charles Franklin Beal alk/a Chas F. Beal and Laura Beal; D. W. lrwin; Edward Bynum; Iris French; Irma A. Winston; Katie Ragsdale and T.T. Ragsdale, Ellen McKinney and G.C. McKinney, R.E. Whitener and Estille Whitener, Emma Whitener, widow of C.F. Whitener; Laura Beal, Widow; Max S. Gardner; Opal Boen; Otis Cecil Guess; Otis Moore; Sherrill A. Parsons; Slick Employees Royalty Company; Slick Oil Corp.; V & W Oil Corp; Veda Sutton; Verda Reginelli; 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 16, 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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