No. 769-November 20-1 Time
BEFORE THE CORPORATION
COMMISSION OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC
RELIEF SOUGHT: MODIFICATION OF POOLING ORDER NO. 745446 (NOVEMBER 20TH, 2024) TO CHANGE OPERATOR
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2025-003702
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: A&S OPERATING, INC; AC OIL & GAS, LLC; ALMAC BC, LLC; BASELINE OPERATING, LLC; BERLIN RESOURCES, LLC; BETTY BOWMAN, POSSIBLY DECEASED; BLACK HORSE RESOURCES LLC; BORAH PEAK ENERGY LLC; BRG PETROLEUM LLC; BRIDGEPORT RESOURCES; BRR OK I LLC; CANYON EXPLORATION CO; CHAPARRAL ROYALTY COMPANY; CHARLIE GIFFORD EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, CHARLIE GIFFORD, TRUSTEE; CK PETROLEUM, LLC; COLONIAL ROYALTIES, LP; CXA OIL & GAS HOLDINGS, LP; DANIEL GIFFORD EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, DANIEL GIFFORD, TRUSTEE; DAVID C. WILDMAN TRUST; DEAN FAMILY FARMS, LLC; DEBBIE KELLY; DEEP BASIN 2008 DRILLING PROGRAM, LP; DOROTHY OVERBEY EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, DOROTHY OVERBEY, TRUSTEE; DOUG KELLY; DRY CREEK OPERATING, LLC; DUKE MINERALS NON-OP, LLC; ENERGY FUEL CORPORATION OF AMERICA; ENERGY FUEL CORPORATION OF AMERICA; ENERGY FUEL CORPORATION OF AMERICA; ENERGY FUEL CORPORATION OF AMERICA; EQUITABLE ROYALTY CORPORATION; EUGENE BOWMAN A/K/A GENE BOWMAN, DECEASED; FARMERS’ UNION COOPERATIVE ROYALTY CO, NOW FARMERS ROYALTY COMPNAY; GARY WILDMAN; GERALD G. KELLY, POSSIBLY DECEASED; GOLDEN OIL & GAS, LLC; GRADY DRAKE STAMPS REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 04/11/2015, BRIAN D. STAMPS, TRUSTEE; GREG KELLY; H AND S DRILLING COMPANY; H&M EXPLORATION, LLC; H. M. MCMILLAN ROYALTY TRUST, FBO JUANITA S. MCMILLAN, BETTY M. KELLY AND NANCY M. DEDMAN, JUANITA S. MCMILLAN, BETTY M. KELLY AND DAVID H. LOEFFLER, CO-TRUSTEES; H. W. ALLEN CO, LLC; HEADINGTON OIL COMPANY, LP; HEADINGTON ROYALTY, INC; HELEN CROSBY ANDERSON, IF LIVING, IF NOT, THEN HIS/HER KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; J&L RESOURCES, INC; JNO. W. NICHOLS, TRUSTEE (FOR LILLIAN W. SIMPSON); JOHN R. FIERS, JR & KIMBERLY W. FIERS JOINT REVOCABLE TRUST DTD 03/19/2018; JONES-DAUBE MINERAL COMPANY; JP DRILLING FUND, LLC; JUSTIN E. STAMPS & CHRISTINE STAMPS; KAISER FRANCIS ANADARKO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; KAISER-FRANCIS OIL COMPANY; KEITH F. WALKER OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC; KIMBERLY SIMONTON, NOW WOODS; KITE ROYALTY CO, LLC; KRIDLER REVOCABLE TRUST; L.E. JONES PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC; LANCE RUFFEL OIL AND GAS, LLC; LAWRENCE KELLY, POSSIBLY DECEASED; LEAN DOG LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO. 1; LT STARR INVESTMENTS LLC; MAYO OIL COMPANY, LLC; MID-CON EXPLORATION, LLC; NANCY GOODSON; O’SHEA GIFFORD EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, O’SHEA GIFFORD, TRUSTEE; PATRICIA ROEBUCK; PENTAGON OIL COMPANY; PENWELL PROPERTIES, LLC; PHX MINERALS (DE) INC; RAMSEY CHARITABLE TRUST, JEFF K. RAMSEY, TRUSTEE; RCL CO; RICHARD H. LANGENHEIM, JR. AND MARY ABBY LANGENHEIM REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DTD 08/28/2013, RICHARD H. LANGENHEIM, JR. OR MARY ABBY LANGENHEIM, TRUSTEES; ROBERT B. MCCLOY, DECEASED; RODEN OIL COMPANY; ROY G. WOODS AND A. M. WOODS, POSSIBLY DECEASED; ROY G. WOODS AND A. M. WOODS, POSSIBLY DECEASED; SAINTS ENERGY ENTERPRISE, LLC; SALLY ROBB EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, SALLY ROBB, TRUSTEE; SCOTT KELLY; SELECT VENTURES, LLC; SHARON LEE ALEXANDER; SHERYL COX INVESTMENTS, LLC; SHORELINE ENERGY, LLC; SOUTHWESTERN EXPLORATION CONSULTANTS, INC; SUSIE LOCKER EXEMPT LIFETIME TRUST, SUSIE LOCKER, TRUSTEE; SWITCHGRASS E&P ASSETTS, LLC; SWITCHGRASS MINERALS, LLC; TERESA A. BEALE FAMILY TRUST; TERESA A. BEALE FAMILY TRUST; TGCD PARTNERSHIP; THOMAS M. EVANS, TRUSTEE; THOMAS MORAN, POSSIBLY DECEASED; UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY; VENTANA EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION II, LLC; WHITE ROCK ROYALTY PARTNERS NO. 1; WHITE STAR ROYALTY CO, LLC; WILBUR E. MCMURTRY, LLC; WILDCARD FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; WILLIAM R. COOK REVOCABLE TRUST DTD 05/24/2016, WILLIAM R. COOK, BRYAN PAUL COOK, ERIN MICHELLE COOK DUM, CO-TRUSTEES; and WILLIAM T. KINNEBREW III, 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 modify Pooling Order No. 745446 to change the operator from CPRP Services, LLC (Operator No. 24506) to Validus Energy II Midcon LLC (Operator No. 24973) insofar as the initial unit well and all subsequent wells drilled in the Mississippian and Woodford common sources of supply under the terms and conditions of Pooling Order No. 745446 (November 20th, 2024).
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 15th day of December, 2025, 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
J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
/s/ Stephen T. Gary
STEPHEN T. GARY
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