Validus Energy II Midcon LLC, CD No. 2026-001650

No. 388-April 30-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION

COMMISSION OF THE

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2026-001650

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:  Anna Jane Southard, deceased; Ben M. Cox; Ben M. Cox and John D. Cox, Trustees for Richard Cox; Bernard Holbrook; Betty Johnston; Bill Neill; Brianne Nicole Webb; Bullock Enterprises, Inc.; Camino Natural Resources, LLC; Catherine F. Thornburg; Cathy Diane Watkins; Charles C. Rutherford, deceased; Charles R. Kerr, Jr.; Charles Ward Cox; Cheryl R. Foster; Connie Sue Moyers; Cosmo Energy, LLC; Curtis Freeman; Dale Pepper; Dale Red River Resources, L.L.C.; Dana Lynn Beard; David Leon Gilbert; Debra Wright Berry; Dennis Neill; Diana K. Latham; Dickie E. Vinson; Donald Ray Hodges; Donna Lee Ross; Double Fraction Minerals, LLC; Duane A. Webb, Trustee of the Testamentary Trust created by the Last Will and Testament of Barbara Joyce Webb; Duane Webb, deceased; Dwayne Sherwood; Echo Energy, L.L.C.; Eckard Land & Acquisition, LLC; Eddie Joe Stagner; Edgar Park Burks; Emory Peak Minerals II, LLC; Estefana Sanchez; ET-DT Royalty Partners, Ltd.; Eydie Henson; F. Scott Kennedy; F.S.K. Company; Farmers United Cooperative Pool; Fifth Natural Resources, L.L.C.; Florence Woodson Cruger, deceased; Floyd Adamns; Flying H Fmaily Ranch, LLC; G.W. Thomas a/k/a George W. Thomas III; Glenna Hinkle, deceased; Grace M. Fowler; H. Douglas Denson; H.D. Denson; Hammack-Rocket Properties, L.L.C.; Hattie Gilchrist; Helen Lorrain Thornburg, a/k/a Helen Lorain Wittman; Herrick Trust Estate; Ike Shields; J. Darin Danner; J.T. Gamble and Iva M. Gamble, Trustees of the J.T. & Iva M. Gamble Trust; J.W. Neill; James C. Ralston and Nicki L. Ralston, Co-Trustees of the Ralston Family Living Trust d 03/15/2001; Jana Vanell Rigsby; Jerry Dean Stagner; Joan Shyne Vaughn, Trustee u/t/a d. 12/21/1987; Joe Southard, deceased; John B. Loftin, Jr.; John D. Cox; John H. Casada; Kate Eggleston; Kenneth L. Freeman; Kenneth Larry Korp; Kimberly Jane McKenzie; Kirt H. Danner; Kridler Revocable Trust; Land Title Resources, Inc.; Larry Webb; Leight Holland Broome; Leonardine Lucado Wright, deceased; Lesley Linn Link; Lynda Cay Vinyard; Marcene E. Cox Beazley, deceased; Margaret Kenney Connor; Mariah Loftin; Marian Jean Jackson; Mark Boese; Mark Boyett; Mark L. Shidler; Marsha Gray Scholze; Martha Nell Sears; McKenzie Family, L.P.; McKenzie Resource Partners, LLC; Midexco Royalty Corporation; Mitzi Shidler; Myrtle Aston; Naomi Passmore Revocable Trust d. 10/19/1998; Nealia Sue Neal; Nellie Webb, deceased; Newt Gann; Northwest Royalty, L.L.C.; Nugent E. Cox, deceased; Oilbond, Ltd.; Ovintiv USA Inc.; Pamela Jo Salvucci; Patricia Nicholas; Paul Jay Broome; Penny L. Casada; Pinkston Exploration, L.L.C.; Quartz Royalty LLC; Rebecca Lea Cox; Red Rocks Energy Partners, LP; Richard Cox; Rodella Minerals, LLC; ROK Energy, LLC; Ruth Certain, deceased; Sally Smyth; Sandra Koepke, a/k/a Sandie Kodephe; Sean Tyler Webb; Shirlea Fund, L.L.C.; Shirley Cox, deceased; Sixty Nine Oil & Gas, L.P.; Strata Minerals, Inc.; Terri Lee Cronwell; The Eaton Sisters, LLC; Three M Oil Company; Tony Obregon; Una Oreja, LLC; Ventana Exploration and Production, L.L.C.; Veronica Finch; Viersen Oil & Gas Co.; Virginia Holbrook Neal; Wake Energy, LLC; Ward N. Atkins, Jr.; Warwick Bacchus LLC; Warwick-Jupiter, L.L.C.; Warwick-Minerva, LLC; Wayfinder Resources Operating LLC; White Harvest LLC; William H. Paul; William N. Gibson; Wilmer Seay; Woodson Holbrook; Wright Burks; WWP Oil & Gas, L.L.C.; Zeus Petroleum, Inc.; Stork Oil Company; and Vesta Freeman, 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 28, 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 18th day of May, 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

1. TODD HIETT, Commissioner

BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner

/s/ Stephen T. Gary

STEPHEN T. GARY