No. 166-March 12-1 Time
BEFORE THE CORPORATION
COMMISSION OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
RELIEF SOUGHT: WAIVER OF CONSENT REQUIREMENTS OF OCC RULE 165:5-7-6(h)
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000917
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: 5M Resources and Investments LLC; 89 Energy II Minerals, LLC; A.C. Parker; A.C. Parker, Jr. ; A.G. Nixon; Algar, Inc.; American Abstract Acquisitions, LLC or American Abstract Company of McClain County, Inc.; Angel Wheeler; Anna Faye Rose, Trustee of the Beattie Family Trust dated 11/20/03; Anne W. Richey; Ashley Marie Dickens; Austin Berlin Casey aka Auston Berlin Casey; BCE Mach II, LLC; Benton Energy Fund 1980-A; Bernard Leon Gordon; Bertha Copley; Betty Justus, formerly Elizabeth Jean Brush a/k/a Elizabeth Jean Brush Emami, a/k/a Elizabeth Jean Brush Justus; BGM Production, LLC; Billy Don Zellner, a/k/a Billie Don Zellner; Blair Royalties, LTD; Blue Sky Minerals, L.P.; Bobby L. Mitchell; Bobby Leon Zellner; Bonnie J. Martin; Brian Fowler; Brooke Boeckman; Brooks Hall Enterprises, Inc.; Buffalo Bayou Resources II, LP; Buffalo Creek Minerals, LLC; Buril Penick; C. Thomas Hollenshead; C.V. Parker ; Cal Lee Stewart; Camino Natural Resources, LLC; Carl Lowrance; Casillas Petroleum Resource Partners, LLC; Cathey D. Johnson; Cathy Lee Masella ; Charles D. Short ; Charles E. Thompson; Charlie Buckholts; Cherokee Energy, LLC; Cherry Creek Minerals, LLC; Cheryl R. Foster; Citizen Energy III, LLC; Clifford E. Smith; Colmeco Properties, LLC,; Crown Rock Ventures II, LLC; Crudequest, Inc.; D. McEntire Gold; Darlene Montazar; Darrell W. Nixon; David R. Jones & Edith C. Jones, Trustees of The David R. Jones and Edith C. Jones Family Trust, dated 2/2/95; Deva Collins; Don Purser; Donald Lowrance; Donald Wayne Zellner; Donna L. Stokes, executor of the Stokes Family Revocable Trust; Doris J. Zellner; Doris Linehan; Duane Purser; Earl Mabry; Eckard Anadarko Holdings, LLC; Eckard OK Holdings, LLC; Eckard Prospector Acquisition, LLC; Elizabeth Saylor, a/k/a Elizabeth Saylors; Ella Caudel; EOG Resources, Inc.; EP Operating Limited Partnership; Eric Olsen; Eula Mae Zellner, a/k/a Eula Mae Z. Keesee; Eunice Draper; Everett E. Nixon; Evert Buckholts; Fain Porter Production Company; Frances Edwards; Frank Good, Jr.; Fred Jones; Gary S. Gordon and Jacqueline Kelly Jarrell Gordon, Co-Trustees of the Gary S. Gordon Revocable Trust; Gene F. Gammill; Georgette Short Meredith; Gerald D. Zellner; Gerald H. Nixon; Glenda Cotton ; Glenna F. Laird; Gloria Linehan; Goldie Allen; Grace Bowen; Guy Edward Graham; Hall Investment Company, LLC; Ham Family Trust dated 12/15/95; Harvey J. Brooks & Kathryn Brooks; Hazel Della Mabry; Herman D. Zellner; Hester Kenneth Coggins; Howard M. Sowers & Barbara J. Sowers; Hugh Casey; Ines Bevis; Irene Webb; J.O. Easley ; Jack W. Sutliff & Eva A. Sutliff, Trustees of the Jack W. Sutliff Trust dated 6/20/85; James B. Gammill and Clellene Jane Gammill; James G. Binyon; Jerry Dan Purser; Jim Casey; Joann Bray; John A. Crawford; John B. Lennon; John D. Short a/k/a J.D. Short; John Matthew Zellner; Johnnie Nadine Flynn; Jolea Herring; Jones & Pellow Oil Company; Joyce Lee Zellner, a/k/a Joyce Lee Z. Reeves; Judy A. Ruvolo Revocable Living Trust; Kaiser-Francis Oil Company; Karen Diane Habbit Jungman; Karen Sue DeShong; Karla Sue Volenstine; Katherine Anne Ruf; Keith Penn and Kristen Penn ; Kepco, Inc.; Kevin Wayne Steelman; Kitty P. Koonce; L3 Energy, LLC; Land Run Minerals V, LLC; Latrisha Purser; Laurence G. Deurig; Lavern June Casey aka Lavern June Vail; Linda Bell Casey aka Linda Bell McDonald; Linda L. Howard; Linda Purser; M.A. Blair Revocable Living Trust; Mack Brooks and Diana Brooks, Trustees of the Brooks Trust, dated July 1, 2019; Magnolia Mineral Company, LLC; Margie Lou Zellner; Marie Darby; Marilyn Ruth Van Gilder, Trustee of the Bill Hoover
ftlineand Lin Gordon-Hoover Revocable Trust; Marjorie Gardner; Mark V. Roberts; Martha Rudd; Mary F. Smith; Mary Lucille Hester; Mary M. Purser aka Mary Rabisa; McRae & Henry, Ltd.; Melanie Dawn Effinger; Melissa L. Rosko, Trustee of the Melissa L. Rosko Living Trust dtd 3/26/20; Melissa Mahaffey, LLC; Melvin C. Gall; Michael G. Stacy, Trustee of The Michael & Michelle Stacy Living Trust; Michael R. Howard; Michael Shearn; Mildred Fomby ; Mildred L. Short; Morris Dale Cox; Mr. Hamilton F. Richardson; Mr. Richard Altman; MRS Associates, a partnership; Newton A. Casey; Nicholan Martin; Noem Oil & Gas, Inc.; NOMS Oil, LLC; North American Royalties, Inc.; Ovintiv USA, Inc.; P.J.B. Revocable Living Trust; Patricia Sue Casey aka Patricia Sue Franklin; Paulo Montenegro Verzosa; Petroleum Investments, Ltd.; Petroleum Investments, Ltd. - 1982; PHX Minerals, Inc.; Phyllis E. Corbyn; Phyllis Maurine Melchar; Preslie B. Cole and Judy Cole, TTEs Cole Farms Revocable Trust; Preslie B. Cole, Jr. & Judy Cole, Trustees of the Cole Farms Revocable Trust dated 7-10-96; Pro Mineral, LLC; R. Kent Shawver and Marth F. Shawver, as Trustees of the Shawver Family Trust U/A Dated 12/13/16; Randal W. Graham; Raymon Earl Zellner, a/k/a Ramond Earl Zellner; RIC 80-1; Richard C. Howard a/k/a Ricky Howard; Richard P. Bauman; Richard Penick; Richard Weldon Dixon & Jerry Alan Dixon Trustees of the Helen F. Dixon Trust; Robert Donald Habbit, Jr.; ROK Energy LLC; Ronald Lyn Casey aka Ronald Lynn Casey; Roon Energy, Inc.; Round Hill Royalty Limited Partnership; Roy Edward Casey ; Ruth Zellner, a/k/a Ruth Zellner Barnes, a/k/a Ruth Wallis Barnes; S & J Operating Co.; S.N. Parker; Scott Douglas Habbit; Scott Murray Gordon a/k/a Scott M. Gordon; Sequoia Royalty Company, LLC; Shirley Ann Zellner, a/k/a Shirley Ann Z. Gall, a/k/a Shirley Ann Gall; SkyCap Energy LLC; Sonja Leann Tanguay; Stan Organ; Steve Organ; Steven Bruce Crowell ; Stonewall Minerals, LLC; Sunshineintegrated, LLC.; Susan Elizabeth Hall; “Susan K. Bonnell, Trustee of; the Susan K. Bonnell Living Trust dated March 16, 2015”; TCD Exploration, L.L.C.; Te-Ray Energy, Inc.; Te-Ray Land Services, Inc.; Te-Ray Resources, Inc.; Terri Lynne Willis; Terry I. Pellow, Trustee of the Vernon E. Pellow Revocable Trust, dated August 11, 1992; The Margaret A. Blair Revocable Living Trust; The Patricia Ann Weber Royalty Trust, dated October 15, 2021 - Everett Paul Weber, Jr., Trustee; The Robert E. Howard and Marilyn A. Howard Revocable Trust; Thomas A. Bauman; Thomas Press Mahaffey; Tonia G. Veal; Travis James Nelson; Twana Best; V. Roberta Babb; Validus Energy II MidCon LLC; Validus MInerals LLC; Vegvisir, LLC; Ventana Exploration and Production II, LLC; Verna B. Hall; Vernon A. Nixon; Vernon D. Howard; Vernon Parker; Vicky L. Howard, nee DeNoon; Walker Oil Co., a limited partnership; Wanda Faye Casey aka Wanda Faye Hamilton; Wayne A. Smith; Wayne Stokes; White Sand Partners, LLC; William Arnold Zellner; William J. Marion and Judith L. Marion Revocable Trust dtd 10/4/07; William K. Howard; William W. Whitfield; Zulia Donna Ann Habbit Cutler; Bettie Fairbanks a/k/a Bettie Fairbanks Langley; Derek White; John Lorten; Mattie Flippo; Oliver Casey; Shelly Simpson; Velmah Short Kupper; Wanda Jean Bellamy, nee Wanda Jean Short; Willie Dry; and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in McClain County, Oklahoma, and if any of the above individuals are deceased, or if any of the above companies are no longer in existence, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, immediate and remote, of the above-named parties.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant requests the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma to enter an Order waiving the requirements for written consent of the requested horizontal drilling and spacing unit described in the Application on file herein, which requirement is set forth in Oklahoma Corporation Commission Rule 165:5-7-6(h).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the following special relief: to designate the Applicant or some other party as Operator of the unit well. Applicant is further requesting that the Order to be entered in this cause be made effective on a date prior to the date of the Order.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City, OK , at 8:30 a.m., on the 30th 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 has relocated 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 referenced hearing may be conducted via teleconference or video-conference. Before coming to the building for this hearing, please visit the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website at www.occeweb.com to determine the status of building access. Instructions for participating via teleconference or video-conference 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 Brett Lowry, Landman, Telephone: (405) 843-2760, Email: brett.lowry@lowryland.com, 9500 Cedar Lake Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73114; OR ERIC L. HUDDLESTON, Attorney, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Suite 1300, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Telephone: (405) 232-3722.
CORPORATION
COMMISSION
OF OKLAHOMA
Kim David, CHAIRMAN
Brian Bingman, Commissioner
DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 3rd DAY OF MARCH, 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:
Secretary
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