No. 143-March 5-1 Time
BEFORE THE CORPORATION
COMMISSION OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: ECKARD ENERGY LLC AND ECKARD OPERATING LLC
RELIEF SOUGHT: ESTABLISH HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND SPACING UNITS
LANDS COVERED: S/2 OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000788
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons and their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, trustees, successors and assigns and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all interested parties, particularly in McClain County, Oklahoma, and more particularly 89 Energy II Minerals, LLC; Baseline Minerals, LLC; Betty Norene Moore; Blue Darter Energy, LLC; Blue Sky Minerals, L.P.; Bobbie Parkey; Broad Street Energy Co.; Bryan W. Mitchell and Nora B. Mitchell, husband and wife, as joint tenants; Buffalo Bayou Resources III, LP; Burns Family, Limited Partnership; Butler Royalties, LLC, c/o Keith Butler; Byron D. Epperson and Roxanne Epperson HWJT; CAG, Inc.; Carl B. Adams, III; Carol Ann Smith Schaffner Trust dated August 23, 2012 Fiduciary Trust International of the South, Trustee, c/o Regions Bank, Agent; Cash Land Properties, LLC; Chase Tolliver Brooks and Reagan Nicole Danner; Cherry Creek Minerals, LLC; Cindy Coons a/k/a Cindy Lou Elmore; Clear Creek Investments, Inc.; Community Minerals II, LLC; Damon Whinery; Darla Jo Gage and Gary R. Gage HWJT; Dixie Lee; Don A. Whitten, Trustee of the Daniel W. Whitten GST Exemption Residuary Trust, c/o Daniel W. Whitten and Kimberly A. Whitten; Don A. Whitten, Trustee of the David A. Whitten GST Exemption Residuary Trust, c/o Daniel W. Whitten and Kimberly A. Whitten; Don A. Whitten, Trustee of the Robert D. Whitten GST Exemption Residuary Trust, c/o Daniel W. Whitten and Kimberly A. Whitten; Donald D. Dill and Joan M. Dill, husband and wife, as joint tenants; Donald Lee Elmore a/k/a Donald L. Elmore; Eckard Cornerstone, LLC; Emory Peak Minerals II, LLC; Enserch Exploration, Inc., now Ovintiv Mid-Continent Inc.; EP Minerals, LLC; Estate of Billie June Elmore Eppard, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Jennifer Trett; Estate of Billie June Elmore Eppard, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Jeremy Eppard; Estate of Billie June Elmore Eppard, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Joey Eppard; Estate of Billie June Elmore Eppard, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Sequoia Royalty Company, LLC; Estate of Dorothy Gore McMurray, c/o Clarence McMurray; Estate of Dorothy Gore McMurray, c/o John Thomas McMurray; Estate of Dorothy Gore McMurray, c/o Julia McMurray; Estate of Glenda J. Whinery, c/o Damon Whinery; Estate of Juanita Logan Hardage, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Curtis Smith; Estate of Juanita Logan Hardage, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Othena Smith; Estate of Judy E. Logan, c/o Wesley Logan; Estate of Lanita Joyce Shipley, c/o Gary D. Shipley; Estate of Mary Noble Tolbert, c/o James R. Tolbert III; Estate of Patsy Agnes Logan Brock, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Karen Brock Fernandez; Estate of Patsy Agnes Logan Brock, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Sherri B. Clark; Estate of Patsy Agnes Logan Brock, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Thomas D. Brock; Estate of Sally A. Pate a/k/a Sally Ann Pate, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Lezlie Seal; Estate of Sally A. Pate a/k/a Sally Ann Pate, deceased – Probable successor-in-interest: Shane Pate a/k/a Christian Shane Pate; Estate of William L. Van Horn, c/o Mary Jane Van Horn; Evolution Petroleum OK, Inc.; Feather Creek Investments, LLC; Fred K. Thompson and Nancy V. Thompson as trustees of the Fred K. Thompson and Nancy V. Thompson Revocable Trust; Gary D. Gray; Gary D. Shipley; Geneva Bowring Clanton; Gilliland Oil & Gas, Inc.; Heirs of Laura Jane Simpson, c/o Leesa L. Lewis; Horsefly Holdings, LLC; J. Tolbert, LLC; J.E. Epperson II & Martha Jane Epperson HWJT; James C. Clark, Trustee of the James C. Clark Living Trust; James L. Pearcy; James Scott Dill and Jeannette T. Dill, Trustees of the James Scott and Jeannette T. Dill Revocable Trust dated November 11, 2010; Jeffrey Robert Pollock; Jill Miller Perrin; Joe Barclay Driskell; John F. “Sandy” Smith, as Trustee of The John F. Smith Trust; Karki Energy Capital, LLC; Kathy Holden; Kevin L. Gould; Kristin B. Terrell-Wilkes; Land Run Minerals II, LLC; Larry Jack Logan; Laura L. Williams; Leesa L. Lewis; Linda Lynn Blomstedt; Linda Lynn Bloomstadt; Linda Mason a/k/a Linda Sue Elmore Rogers; Londa L. Lamey; Longreach Energy 2 LLC; Longreach Energy Investments, LLC; Longreach Energy Investments, LLC; M.A. Viersen a/k/a Margaret A. Viersen a/k/a Margaret Ann Viersen, Mark D. Shurden, and Susan D. Shurden as Co-Trustees of The M.A. Viersen Revocable Trust; Mack Brooks and Diana Brooks, Trustees of the Brooks Trust dated July 1, 2019; Marvin W. Terrell; Mary E. Nichols; Mary Lee Williams; Matthew Daniel Pollock; Melinda Hatch; Michael B. Pierson; Michael Robert Nelson and Mary Ione Nelson, Co-Trustees of the Nelson Family Trust dated January 9, 1995; Michael Shipley; Naweeta Bowring Edwards; Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc.; NOMS Oil, LLC; Patsy Viersen Brown, Trustee of the Patsy Viersen Brown Trust dated May 2, 1992; Peggy Allen a/k/a Peggy Jean Elmore; PHX Minerals Inc., formerly Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc., formerly Panhandle Royalty Company; Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Foundation f/k/a Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America; Presta Royalty, LLC; Primos Legacy, LLC; Ralph W. Viersen, III; Randy Brooks; Randy Tolliver Brooks; Raymond A. Bowring; Rickey Lynn Brooks; Ricky Brooks a/k/a Rickey Brooks; Riverdale Oil & Gas II, LLC; Riverdale Oil & Gas III, LLC; Robin Brooks; Robin Brooks and Lorie Brooks, husband and wife, as joint tenants; Robin Carl Brooks; Steve Van Horn; Steven W. Terrell; The University of Tulsa; Thomas Aquinas College of Santa Paula, California; Thomas L. Brown; Validus Minerals, LLC; Ventana Exploration and Production II, LLC; Ventana II Royalties, LLC; Virginia Bowring Pierce; Warwick Coinvest I, LLC; Warwick-Ares, LLC; Warwick-Jupiter, LLC; Warwick-Minerva, LLC; Wesley Don Logan; Willeo Resources, LLC; William Glenn Pearcy; William Glenn Pearcy, Successor Trustee of The Geneva Aline Pearcy Revocable Trust u/t/a dated January 9, 2014; William L. Van Horn; and if any of the above whose addresses are not known or are deceased, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, immediate and remote, of the above-named parties; and if any of the above are corporations which do not continue to have legal existence, the unknown trustees or assigns of such parties.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant requests that the Commission establish 320-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit for the production of oil and gas condensate from the Osborn common source of supply underlying S/2 of Section 31-8N-4W, McClain County, Oklahoma, by establishing new spacing. Further, the unit should be formed as a governmental half-section, with the permitted well to be drilled no closer than 660 feet to the unit boundary.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Applicant may request that any Order issued in this cause be made effective on a date prior to its signing.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for the hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN if any named natural person is deceased, then the known or unknown heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees and assigns, immediate and remote, of such decedent are made respondents to this Application. If any named respondent is a corporation which does not continue to have legal existence, then the known or unknown successors, trustees or assigns, if any, of such entity are made respondents to this Application.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an administrative law judge on the Conservation Docket at 8:30 A.M. on the 23rd day of March, 2026 at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105.
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. 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 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 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 telephone number.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Kristen Schmidt, Eckard Energy LLC, 4747 Gaillardia Pkwy, Ste 150, Oklahoma City, OK 73142, 405-443-3700 ext. 505, and/or Jessica D. Hatcher, Attorney, 201 Robert S. Kerr Avenue, Suite 1600, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, (405) 996-3395.
CORPORATION
COMMISSION
OF OKLAHOMA
KIM DAVID, CHAIRMAN
VICE CHAIRMAN
BRIAN BINGMAN,
COMMISSIONER
DONE AND PERFORMED this 26th day of February, 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:
GAREY L. WORTHAM
SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION
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