No. 317-April 9-1 Time
BEFORE THE CORPORATION
COMMISSION OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC
RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-001415
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: Albert N. Ardis, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Allen McElroy, a/k/a Allan R. McElroy, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Alvie A. Strasner, a/k/a Alvie A. Strasner, Jr, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Anadarko Minerals, Inc; Anita Dianne O’Neal; Barbara Didrickson, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Betty Carol Durnbaugh, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Bill Calhoun, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Billy W. Wood, a/k/a Billy Wade Wood, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; BKC Family Trust dated July 30, 2024; BKC Family Trust dated July 30, 2024; Boldrick Family Properties; Brandon Casey Lamons; Brockton Murrow Bunnell; Buttonbush Land & Royalty, LLC; Calvin Leon Taylor; Carol Wood Baustert; Carolyn Otey Wakely, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Cascade Resources, LLC; Catherine Eva Hefner; CDM Energy; Charles Bruce Trochta and Jannell Batchelor Trochta; Charles Garrett, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Cherry Creek Minerals, LLC; Cheryl L. Bardwell; Cheyenne Resources, LLC; Citizen Energy III, LLC; Cleo R. Hill Testamentary Trust, Boatmens First National Bank of OK, Trustee; CLNR, LLC; Colleen Niblett Johnson Revocable Trust dtd 10/26/1990, Colleen N. Johnson and Thomas M. Johnson, Co-Trustees; Continental Resources, Inc.; Cosmo Non-Op, LLC; CR Hefner Minerals, LLC; Daisy Lydia Ellington Sneed, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Dale McElroy; Damond Ray Scarbrough; Daphne Scarbrough; David B. Taylor; David Burns; David Franklin, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; David J. Baustert and Carol D. Baustert 2011 Revocable Family Trust dtd 05/27/2011, David J. Baustert and Carol D. Baustert, Trustees; David Lamons, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; David Wood, a/k/a David Wayne Wood, deceased; David Wood, a/k/a David Wayne Wood, deceased; David Wood, a/k/a David Wayne Wood, deceased; Deborah Lynn Jones; Debra A. Barrow; Debra A. Yarbrough; Denise J. Williams, deceased; Denise J. Williams, deceased; DJH Resources, LLC; DJH Resources, LLC; Donald McElroy; Dorothy Branson, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Emory Peak Minerals II, LLC; Etta Faye Irwin-Smith; Ewell Ellison, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Feather Creek Investments, LLC; Flying H Family Ranch, LLC; Francis P. Mulky, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Franco Nevada Delaware LLC; G. W. Thomas; Gertrude Cannon, nee Burrow, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Gertrude P. Shelburne, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; GHK Company; Glenna F. Laird; H.T. Burrow, a/k/a Homer T. Burrow, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; HLR Oil & Gas, LLC; Howard McElroy; Ivan B. Reed, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; J. Harper Thomas, LP; J.W. Westervelt, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Jack R. Kizzia; James “Jimmie” Robert Cowan, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; James Delshawn Harris; James Donald Garrett, Sr, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; James Robert Cowan and Doris Frances Cowan, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Janet Diann Kolar; Janet I. Irwin; Janet I. Irwin, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Janet Pierce Azbill Clark; Jean Marie Moore, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Jeannette Owen Smith Revocable Trust dtd 08/23/1991, Jeannette Owen Smith, as Trustee; Jerry Lee Wood, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Jerry Smoot; Jewel Reed Neal, a/k/a Jewell Neal; JoAnn Jones, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; John B. Wooten, Jr LLC; John L. Pratt, III, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Joyce A. Maupin; JP Drilling Fund; JRC Minerals, L.L.C.; JRS Minerals, LLC; Kelli Smoot, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Kimberly J. Angell; Ladela Martin, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Larry Wayman Wood, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; LaRue Robertson Revocable Trust dtd 07/14/1992, LaRue Robertson, Trustee; Lawrence Michael Gatz, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Leonard Wood, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Leroy Seabrook Brown, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Leslie Nalene Wood Chestnut, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Linda L. Wilson; Lisa Ann Smith Revocable Trust dtd 12/06/2017, Lisa Ann Smith as Trustee; Lisa Foss; Louis Garrett, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Loy Dianne Strasner Handley, a/k/a Loy Strasner; M.J. Burrow, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Marjorie Nunnery Scarbrough, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Mary Ann St. Jean; Mary Faye Combs; Mary Garrett, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Melanie Kim Strasner Wade; Michael Burns and Staci K. Burns Revocable Trust dtd 05/10/2005, Michael Burns and Staci K. Burns Trustees; Michael O. Irwin; Michael Ray Yarbrough; Miller Investment Properties, Inc; Montage Minerals LLC; Monte Lamar Wood; Nancy Nunnery Brock as Trustee of the Nancy Brock Revocable Trust dated September 26, 2022; National Non-Profit Disabilities, Shelly Bunnell Account; Neva Lorraine Wood; Obadiah Harris, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Ola Mae Burns, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Ovintiv USA Inc; P.H. Ferrell, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Pamela L. Ford; Pat Crawford; Patricia A. Webb; PEC Minerals, LP; Peggy A Bailey Trust dtd 03/19/2004, Heritage Trust Co, Trustee; Raymond Barton Nunnery, Jr, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Rebecca Rae Wik, f/k/a Rebecca Wood; Red Rocks Energy Partners LP; Rhonda Kay Yarbrough; Rich White Bear Harris; Richard McElroy, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Richard S. Harris, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Richard Smoot; Rivercrest Royalties, LLC; Robert B. Cowan Jr, if living, if not, then his/her known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns; Roberta Theobald, presumed deceased; Ronald Wood; Ruby Goodwin; SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC; SCE Petroleum, LLC; School Board of School District No. 19; Sharon Amidon; Sharon Clark; Sharon Young; Sharp Family Trust; Sheila L. Luton Revocable Trust originally dtd 06/21/2005, Heritage Trust Company, Successor Trustee (gloria?); Sherry Trochta Trust dtd 07/09/2003, Sherry Trochta, Trustee; Shirley Chesmore; Sneed Team Family Trust dtd 01/21/2020; Tara Julia Holley; Tarpon Jumper, LLC; Texas National Bank of Commerce of Houston, Trustee under L/W/T of Raymond Barton Nunnery f/b/o Lo Ray La Jeanne Nunnery Spring; Theresa Luann Gatz; Tim McDonald; Undenominational Holiness People of Curty Community; United States Department of the Interior; University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc; Ventana Exploration and Production LLC; Ventana II Royalties, LLC; Ventana Operating, LLC; Victor R. Harris; Victoria A. Stalcup; Victoria Lee Allen, a/k/a Vickie Allen; Viersen Oil and Gas Co; Wake Energy, LLC; and Wakefield Royalties, Inc, 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 29, Township 6 North, Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma, a 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit, and designate Applicant or some other party as operator. 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 27th day of April, 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 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 ALICIA FOWLER at (405) 607-8831, 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
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
/s/ Stephen T. Gary
STEPHEN T. GARY
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