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NOTICE OF HEARING CAUSE NO. CD 2026-000962 

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No. 183-March 12-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: ECKARD ENERGY, LLC AND ECKARD OPERATING, LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION EXCEPTION AND EXCEPTION TO OAC 165:10-3-28(c)(2)(B)

LAND COVERED: SECTION(S) 17 AND 20, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE NO. CD 2026-000962 

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: To the following parties, if living; or if deceased, then their unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, successors, trustees, and/or assigns; or, the unknown successors, trustees or assigns, if any, of any dissolved corporation, or the unknown successors of any party designated in any record as trustee: Atchley Resources, Inc.; Aulex LLC; BCE-Mach III, LLC; Blue Cedar Energy, LLC; Buttram Energies Inc; Byng Energy Group, Inc.; Changos, LLC; Crawley Petroleum Corporation; D&J Oil Company Inc; Davco Productions, Inc.; Daylight Petroleum; Daylight Petroleum LLC; Debbie Brown Snell; Donaldson Properties LLC; Edinger Engineering Inc; Eula Lee Brown; Fortsun Energy LLC; Glenna F Laird; Halifax Energy; Hamil Oil & Gas; Hamil Oil & Gas, LLC; JA Trigg Oil & Gas Prop LLC; Jan Oil Co; John Buffington Inc; Landcaster Resources LLC; Marlis E Smith Inc; Mator, LLC; Michael Jerry Daley Estate; NG Discovery LLC; Nicodemus Holdings LLC; Norville Oil Co LLC; Petro Equities Inc, c/o Madison Advisory Group, Inc; Quality Exploration & Development; Ra-Jac, LLC; RKK Production Company; Robert Kruse; Robert S James; Robin Oil & Gas Corp; Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC; Shoshone Oil & Gas, Inc.; Smithco Properties Inc; Speller Oil Corporation; Texas Oil Salvage Inc; Trigg Family Trust, c/o Wells Fargo Bank-SAO; Veenker Resources, Inc.; Warwick-Ares LLC; Weststar Oil & Gas Inc; and all persons, owners, producers and operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons in McClain County, Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following relief:

(a) An Order authorizing Eckard Energy, LLC and Eckard Operating, LLC, or some other party, to drill, complete, and produce a multiunit horizontal well (the Flying High Again 17-20-7N-4W 1HX well) in the Osborn common source(s) of supply for the 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit(s) consisting of Section(s) 17 and 20, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma, with a completion interval as follows:

 

North/South

Location – ft

East/West

Location – ft

First Perforation in Section 17

NCT 165’ FNL

NCT 330’ FWL of Section 17

Last Perforation in Section 17

NCT 0’ FSL

NCT 330’ FWL of Section 17

First Perforation in Section 20

NCT 0’ FNL

NCT 330’ FWL of Section 20

Last Perforation in Section 20

NCT 165’ FSL

NCT 330’ FWL of Section 20

This well will be completed using casing and cement. The completion interval for the lateral shall be defined by the interval between the first and last perforations described above. The proposed location is not a legal location under the terms of Order No(s). Pending in Cause # CD2026-000957 and Pending in Cause # CD2026-000959. The Applicant requests the well, if a commercial producer in the common source(s) of supply named herein, be permitted to produce without penalty. 

(b) In addition, the Applicant requests that such Order authorize the completion interval of the proposed well described herein to be closer than 600 feet to the well(s) listed below:

Well Name

Well

Location

API

Number

Operator

Formation(s)

C D Walker 1-17

NW NW NW 

of Section 17

35-087-20927

Veenker Resources Inc

Osborn

McClain 1

SE NW of Section 17

35-187-35820

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

Osborn

Steele Unit B 1

NW SW 

of Section 17

35-087-20512

Daylight Petroleum Company

Osborn

Ramsey C 1

C NW SE 

of Section 17

35-087-35822

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

Osborn

Ramsey 1

C S2 SE NE of

Section 17

35-087-00221

RKK Production Company

Osborn

Dollie 1

C NW NW 

of Section 20

35-087-35824

Byng

Energy Group Inc

Osborn

McGrew B-2

C NE NW of Section 20

35-087-20590

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

Osborn

McGrew B-1

C SE NW of Section 20

35-087-36826

Hamil Oil & Gas LLC

Osborn

Bleigh 1-20

C N2 SE SW of

Section 20

35-087-21394

Halifax

Energy LLC

Osborn

McGrew 1

NW NE of Section 20

35-087-35825

Hamil Oil & Gas LLC

Osborn

Boles 1

C SE NE 

of Section 20

35-087-35823

Blue Cedar Energy LLC

Osborn

The Order is to grant an exception of the provision of OAC 165:10-3-28(c)(2)(B).

(c) Further, the Applicant requests that said Order be made effective on a date prior to its signing.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the location described above is moving toward the following described property:

(a) Section(s) 7, 8, 18, 19, 29 and 30, Township 7 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma.

(b)The completion interval of the well described herein is moving toward the offset well(s) listed below:

Well Name

Well Location

API Number

Operator

John Bailey #1-7

CNE NE of Section 7

35-087-20627

Atchley

Resources Inc

Billy Brooks 1-7

SW NE NW NE of

Section 7

35-087-20732

Speller Oil Corporation

Perkins 1-7

C SW SE of Section 7

35-087-20766

Eckard

Operating, LLC

DM Brooks #2

N2 SE NW of Section 7

35-087-20774

Atchley

Resources Inc

Thomas

Perkins 2-7-A

S2 NE SE SE of Section 7

35-087-20915

Red Hawk

Resources Inc

Viersen B1

C NW SE of Section 9

35-087-20594

Daylight

Petroleum LLC

Clark 1 8

C SE of

Section 8

35-087-20637

BCE-Mach III LLC

Clagg 1 8

C NE NE of Section 8

35-087-20672

BCE-Mach III LLC

Lietzke 1 8

NW NE SE SW 

of Section 8

35-087-20709

BCE-Mach III LLC

Clark 2 8

SW NE NE NW of

Section 8

35-087-21210

BCE-Mach III LLC

Ladd 2 8

NW SE SW SW of

Section 8

35-087-21215

BCE-Mach III LLC

Bowling 1-8

CSE SE 

of Section 8

35-087-35812

Ra-Jac LLC

Edith 2

C NE NW 

of Section 18

35-087-20844

Edinger

Engineering Inc

Edith 1

C NW NW 

of Section 18

35-087-20843

Edinger

Engineering Inc

Ashford 1

C NW NE of Section 18

35-087-20854

Chango’s LLC

Nichols B

SE SE of

Section 18

35-087-20470

Daylight

Petroleum LLC

Buehler A1 29

SW NW SE SW of

Section 29

35-087-21483

Shoshone Oil and Gas Inc

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Cause will 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 8:30 A.M. on the 30th day of March, 2026, at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105, 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 is relocating 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 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 phone number. 

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this application, contact BENJAMIN J. BROWN, OBA #30843, Attorney for Applicant, 233 S. Detroit Ave., Suite 100, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120, Telephone (918) 779-6047, www.charneybrown.com/faqs, or contact Kristen Schmidt, (405)443-3700 ext. 505, kschmidt@eckardenergy.com, landman at Eckard Energy, LLC and Eckard Operating, LLC.

OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION 

Kim David, Chairman

  1. Todd Hiett, Commissioner

Brian Bingman, Commissioner

/s/ Benjamin J. Brown

BENJAMIN J. BROWN, OBA NO. 30843




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