Validus Energy II Midcon LLC, Cause CD No. 2026-003370

No. 859-October 1-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION

COMMISSION OF THE

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2026-003370

NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:  All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in McClain County, Oklahoma, and all parties listed as respondents on Exhibit “A”, attached to the Application on file herein, and more particularly: 1020 Genter, LLC; Aaron LaRue; Bandera Minerals, LLC; Barbara Ann Woods; Barbara Ann Woods; Barbara Blewett Trust; Beverly J. Smith; Blasco, LLC; Blayke LaRue; Blue Sky Minerals, L.P.; Bradford Hall; Buffalo Bayou Resources II, LP; C.R.F. Eckels; Calvert-Lee Investments, LLC; Camino Natural Resources Inc.; CapRock Resources, LLC; Careylou, Inc.; Carrol Lee McConnell; Catherine Louise Colman; CCI 1983 Oklatex, Ltd.; Chaparral Oil, LLC; Charles A. Neal & Company; Cheetah Gas Co., Ltd.; Cherry Creek Minerals, LLC; Chisholm Creek Resources LLC; Christopher R.F. Eckels; Clifford Taylor Company, Inc.; CLNR, LLC; Come Big or Stay Home, LLC; Continental Resources, Inc; Cosmo Energy, LLC; CRF Eckels LLC; D and T Family Investments, LLC; D.S. Lampkin; Dana Dantine Living Trust dated 4/21/1986; Dark Onyx LLC; David Lamon and Verna Lamon; David Ragland; Debbie K. Lee and Justin N. Randall, JTs; deVise Family LLC; Diana Houston; Diane M. Armijo; Diane Woodward-Frost Revocable Living Trust, dated 12/16/1998; Diversified Production LLC; DP Legacy Tapstone LLC; Dragonte LLC; Duke Minerals Non-Op, LLC; Dunn Energy Inc.; E. Jane McGrath; Eagle Oil & Gas Co.; Eason Energy, LLC; East Timbers Limited Partnership; Eckard Energy, LLC; Edward F. Nicolin; Elizabeth Jane Kay Family Trust; Estate of Barbara S. Larue, deceased; Estate of Scott Ronald LaRue, deceased; Euna Mae Heenan Trust, U/T/A dated 6/24/83; F5 Acquisitions, LLC; Faythe LaRue; Fletcher P. Wilbanks, Life Tenant; Fortune Oil Partners, LLC; Frances A. Hannifan; Frank J. Hightower; Fred Jones Hall Trust; Freddie McKinney Trent; Gail Vaughn; Garrett LaRue; George T. Pew; GLB Exploration Inc.; Glenn & Debra Blumstein Living Trust, dated 11/17/2003; Golden Gas Production Company; Gregory Allen LaRue; Gretta Jane Youngblood Parks; Hall Energy Co., LLC; Harry Mark Tucei; HKO Minerals, LLC; Huntington Resources, Inc.; J.G. Timolat; J.V.S., LLC; James A. Elkins, Sr.; Jan C. Dotson; Jan C. Ice; Janet C. Sower; JM Cox Resources, LP; John Arthur Stuart, Jr. Family Trust; John E McConnell Trust dated 12/17/15; John E. McConnel, III; John L. Brady, deceased; Jonathan Balk; Jonathan L. Runyan; Jones-Daube Mineral Company; Joseph C. Tucei; JRS Minerals, LLC; Judith Cruz Trust; Judith Gail Youngblood Sessions; Judy G. Johnson; JWP-MKP Minerals Holdings, LP; JYLC Holdings, Inc.; Katherine V. Houston, Trustee of Paul Houston Trust; Kathrine Sue McCune; Kirby Minerals; Kirkland Hall Trust; Kiroco Limited Partnership; Leila McConnel Gadbois; Lenox Partners; Little Max Drilling, LLC; Long Family Oil Trust; Louis Ross; Lyda Long, LLC; Lynne W. Phillips Trust, dated 5/11/1999; M L Crandall Mineral Trust; Mack Energy Company; Mack Oil Co.; Maple Avenue Royalty, LLC; Margaret K. Replogle Mineral Trust, U/A/D 12/11/1990; Marjo Operating Co.; Marybeth Boyanton Trust; Matthew Balk; Mekusukey Oil Company LLC; Merco of Oklahoma, Inc.; Michael Gidwitz, II; Michael Nance Pattison; Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Royalties, LLC; Millspaugh Investments, LLC; MK Watson, LLC; Moffet Exploration Co., c/o John H. Moffet; Mona Malone; Monarch Petroleum Holding Company; Monique George; Neoka Group, Ltd.; Normarth Corp.; North Timbers Limited Partnership; Nuevo Seis, Limited Partnership; Nuway Oil Company; OCM Denali Holdings LLC c/o Diversified Production LLC; Okland Energy, LLC; Okland Oil Company; Osprey Resources, Inc.; Partners Exploration, LLC; Paul and Betty Phillips Minerals LLC; Peter and Nancy Keane Trust dated 11/2/99; Phillips-Murray Revocable Trust, dated 8/20/1999; Pride Energy Company; Proven Reserves Corporation; Proven Reserves Management, Inc.; R.D. Jones, Inc.; Randall Lee Wilbanks; Ream Interest, Inc.; Red Wing Oil, LLC; RevRocks, LLC; Rita Porter; Robert & Sandra Neborsky Living Trust; Robert and Maxine Hannifan Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 1, 2005; Robert C. Simpson, Trustee of the Robert C. Simpson Living Trust, dated 4/5/1999; Robert E. Eckels, Jr.; Robert Edward Eckels, Jr., LLC; Rock Oil Mineral Partners, LLC; Roy F. Gray; S.L. Thompson Trust B, Tom Thompson Trustee; Sandra Brickman; Sandra Harpole Synwolt; Sanger Petroleum Specialties, LLC; Somerset Development, Inc; Sooner Midcon LLC; SouthOK Development Co., LLC; SouthWest Royalties Institutional Income Fund VII-B; Southwest Royalties Institutional Income Fund VII-B, L.P.; Standish Hall; Stephenson Resources, LLC; Stephenson Resources, LLC; Stone Liquidating, LLC; Stroube Energy Corporation; Sue Beth Lain; Susan Credeur; Texakoma Exploration & Production, LLC; The Calvert Company; The Fleming Group, LLC; The Hefner Company, Inc.; The J.M. and V.C. Garrett Family Trust dated 7/15/15; The John and Margie Mechan Revocable Living Trust Dated April 20th, 2023; The Pfanenstiel Company, LLC; The Scherman Energy Group; Theda Pauline Clure; Thereasa LaRue; Thomas G. Farrier; Thunder Moon Resources, LLC; TINS Energy, LLC; Trust Set forth in the LWT of Ann A. Bowles, deceased; Unicorn Energy, LLC; Vecses LLC; Veenker Resources, Inc.; Ventana Exploration and Production II,  LLC; Ventana Exploration and Production, LLC; Victoria A. Stalcup Trust dated 7/7/2019; Victoria Lee Allen; W.L. Herring; West Timbers Limited Partnership; Wilbur B. Wilbanks; Wilma M. Phillips Trust, dated 11/11/1985; Wilmoth Interests, Inc.; Wisdom Resources, LLC; Woods Petroleum Corporation; Yellow Madison Holding LLC; Yvonne Pearson, deceased; Zoe Naifeh; and Hadson 1982 Oil and Gas Program-A, if living, or if deceased, the known and unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, successors, trustees and/or assigns, immediate and remote, of the above named parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting that the Commission pool the interests and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Deese common source of supply underlying Section 25, Township 8 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma, a 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit, and designate the Applicant or some other party as operator. The Applicant requests the Pooling Order cover an owner’s interest in all wells drilled on said unit which are necessary to fully develop the same.

IT IS ORDERED that this Cause be referred to an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

IT IS ORDERED AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Merits Docket at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73105, at 8:30 a.m., on the 19th day of October, 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 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 the Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and phone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the referenced hearing may be conducted via teleconference or videoconference. Before coming to the building for this hearing, please visit the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website at https://oklahoma.gov/occ.html to determine the status of building access. Instructions for participating via teleconference or videoconference are available on the Commission’s website.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard.  For information concerning this action contact KOBY ORNDORFF at (405) 849-4884, OR KEVIN MANNING at KevinM@validus-energy.com, Validus Energy II Midcon LLC, 14000 Quail Springs Parkway, Suite 300, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73134, or STEPHEN T. GARY, Attorney, 701 Cedar Lake Blvd., Suite 230, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73114, (405) 232-9000.  Please refer to Cause CD Number.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA

KIM DAVID, Chairman

1. TODD HIETT, Commissioner

BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner

/s/ Stephen T. Gary

STEPHEN T. GARY