No. 431-May 14-1 Time
BEFORE THE CORPORATION
COMMISSION OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC
RELIEF SOUGHT: WAIVER OF CONSENT REGARDING PROPOSED SPACING FOR HORIZONTAL WELL UNIT; RULE 165:5-7-6(h) AND (i)
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-001910
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: Elsie Lorrene Powell; Gerald Thompson; The known and unknown heirs, devisees, successors and assigns of the Estate of Alwine Boysen Randall; The known and unknown heirs, devisees, successors and assigns of the Estate of Brada Frisby; The known and unknown heirs, devisees, successors and assigns of the Estate of Edith M. Randall Lehnst; The known and unknown heirs, devisees, successors and assigns of the Estate of Elmer Clark, presumably deceased; The known and unknown heirs, devisees, successors and assigns of the Estate of Ida Louise Boysen; and The known and unknown heirs, devisees, successors and assigns of the Estate of William Jefferson Boysen Randall, 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 a Waiver of Consent for the proposed horizontal spacing requested in Cause CD No. 2026-001407, as provided in Rule 165:5-7-6(i) covering the captioned lands.
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 1st day of June, 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 KOBY ORNDORFF at (405) 849-4884, 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
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
/s/ Stephen T. Gary
STEPHEN T. GARY
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