NOTICE OF HEARING CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000763

No. 111-February 26-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION

COMMISSION OF THE

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000763

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.; AQUAENCO, INC.; AUBURN FABER TRAYCIK, DECEASED; BARBARA PAULSEN, PROB HEIR OF SALLY HOLLEB ELMAN; BERT HOLLEB, DECEASED; BRIAN RAY, A/K/A KENNETH BRIAN RAY, PROBABLE HEIR; CONNIE W. ELLISON REVOCABLE TRUST; D.S.C.M., INC.; DANIELLE TREPAGNIER, F/K/A DANIELLE BEERY; DAVID SCHERMERHORN, PROB HEIR OF PHOEBE MERRILL; DEENA AMATO, PROBABLE HEIR OF REED N. EHRLICH; Delta Oil and Gas, LLC; DON MCLAIN FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; DONNA LANE SCHEDLER; DORCHESTER MINERALS OKLAHOMA, LP; EDWIN A. SCHERMERHORN; ELIZABETH R. POTTER, DECEASED; FREDDI BARRETT, PROB HEIR OF SALLY HOLLEB ELMAN; HANK RAY, A/K/A GEORGE HANK RAY, PROBABLE HEIR OF; J. SCOTT PRUITT; JONATHAN HOLLEB; JOSHUA HOLLEB; JUDITH HOLLEB, DECEASED; JUNE ALTMAN WHITE, A/K/A JUNE WHITE; KIM DREW; LILLIAN ALTMAN, AKA LILLIAN RUTH ALTMAN, DECEASED; LINDA M. HOWES; LISA FABER BEACH; MARGARET ELLEN HIESTAND, AKA MARGARET E. HIESTAND,; MARK EHRLICH; MARSHALL WHITE; MELONIE RAY, PROBABLE HEIR OF SHARON RAY; NEIL T. HOLLEB, DECEASED; NELSON B. POTTER, A/K/A N.B. POTTER, DECEASED; PHOEBE MERRILL SCHERMERHORN TRUST DTD 6/26/1992,; RALPH ALTMAN, DECEASED; REED N. EHRLICH, DECEASED; REMINGTON ROYALTY III, LLC; RICHARD M. SCHERMERHORN; RICKI SCHWIMMER; ROBERT E. GONCE, JR. 2006 REV TRUST DTD 6/13/2006,; ROY G. WOODS JR IRR TRUST U/A/D 9/29/1999, ROBERT; SALLY HOLLEB ELMAN, DECEASED; SAMUEL HOLLEB, DECEASED; SCOPE EXPLORATION, INC; Select Ventures, LLC; SHARON RAY, DECEASED; Shoreline Capital; STEVE C. YATES; SWITCHGRASS E&P ASSETTS, LLC; SWITCHGRASS MINERALS, LLC; TEXADA DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.; THE QUINTIN LITTLE COMPANY OIL & GAS LP; THE SECURITY NAT’L BANK & TRUST CO, DUNCAN OK, AS; THOMAS C HIESTAND, AKA THOMAS C HIESTAND, JR, DEC; THOMAS G. MAYS, III, DECEASED; THOMAS G. MAYS, III, DECEASED; TRACY TUCKER; and WILLIAM O. BERRY, 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 Mississippian and Woodford common sources of supply underlying Section 17, Township 5 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 23rd day of March, 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