Validus Energy II Midon LLC, CD No. 2026-002655

No. 602-July 16-1 Time

BEFORE THE CORPORATION

COMMISSION OF THE

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: VALIDUS ENERGY II MIDCON LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST, MCCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 2026-002655

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:  4G, LLC; AGS Oil & Gas Holdings #2, Inc.; Alvan Eugene Bradford; Ann Frances Dorr; Ann Sutton Osborne; Annastin Non-Op, LLC; Annastin Properties LLC; Arapaho Land Company; Atlantic Energy LLC; AW Morrison; Aztec Exploration Inc.; B&G Resources, LLC; Baluarte Creek, Inc.; Barlow Denmark Clark; Benjamin M Stephens; Benton Black; Bill Griffin; Blackacre Resources, LLC; Blue Sky Minerals LP; BNW, Inc.; Bob Miller; Brian Kenneth Kittams; Bridgeport Non-OP LLC; Brigid E. Curran, Trustee of the Brigid E. Curran Revocable Trust U/A dated May 3, 1994; Bruce Bowling Kittams; Buttram Energies, Inc.; Candace Lambeth; Cara Virginia Umpleby Lockett Royalty Trust; Cheryl Browne Interests, LLC; Cheryl L. Mellenthin; Christopher Lambeth; Cinda G. Fink; Clark D Rother Irrevocable Living Trust dated 12/1/25; Clark D. Rother and Karl V. Rother, as joint tenants; Clearwater Energy Partners, LLC; Community Minerals II, LLC; Continental Resources Inc.; Cosmo Non-Op, LLC; D. Kimber Deal; Dana Dantine Living Trust dated April 21, 1986; Davetta Lovelace Vickers; David Joseph Stewart, III; Debbie Browne; Debbie K. Lee and Justin N. Randall, as joint tenants; Deborah A. Courtney; Deborah LaPearl Clark a/k/a Deborah L. Clark; Debra Black; Diane M. Armijo; DMS Reserves, LLC; Don Poe and Associates, Inc.; Donna Pettigrew Nealis; Driftwood, LLC; DW Energy Group, LLC; Edward P. Gallagher, Trustee; EKN Holdings, LLC; Elaine Umpleby, Life Tenant; Elizabeth Sutton Finley Revocable Living Trust dated October 28, 1999; Ellinger Oil, LLC; Emily Sutton Remmert; Enerlex, Inc.; Estate of C.B. Coleman, deceased; Estate of Jerry Howell Ewing, deceased; Estate of Nelda M. Coleman a/k/a Nelda K. Coleman, deceased; Estate of Susie Mae Bowling a/k/a Susie Mae Kittams, deceased; Estate of W.B. Trammell, deceased; Evans Oil and Gas LLC; Exco, Inc.; F. Cheryl Osborn; Firedint LC; Fleet-Miller Minerals, LLC; Fortune Oil Partners; Gary Higginbotham; GB Energy, Inc.; George G. Vaught, Jr.; George W Huffman; Glengarry Oil Company; Gregory Jacob Byerly; Harry Mark Tucei; Harry Mark Tucei; Headington Royalty, Inc.; Holly Anne Smith; Holt Iconium, LLC; IBEX Resources Company, LLC; Inman A. Bradford; Iowa State University Foundation; J. Marc Cottrell, Trustee of the J. Marc Cottrell Trust dated August 24, 1994; J.V.S., L.L.C.; James Earl Smith; James Michael McKinnon; Jan Oil Company; Jana Lee Beeson; Jane Ann Pettigrew; Jennifer Ann McKinnon; Jennifer Ann McKinnon, life tenant; Jerre F. Blythe, life tenant; Jerry Daley; Jill S. Hurley; John Charles Ewing; John E. McConnell Trust, dated December 17, 2015; John F Sharp III; J.F. Sharp Revocable Trust dated February 9, 1998; John H. Chalmers Revocable Living Trust; John J. Smith; John Matthew Pettigrew; John W. Coyle; Joseph C. Tucei; Journey Oil & Gas, Inc.; JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Trustee of the Hargrove Hudson Foundation; Julieta Black; Karen Venessa Clark; Keith Ewing; Kelly Rae Ferguson Hill; Kevin Hollingsworth; Kirby Minerals; Kirby Minerals; LADD, L.L.C.; Larry Hollingsworth; Larry McAlister; Lean Dog Limited Partnership No. 1; Legacy Resources, LLC; Legacy Resources, LLC; Leila McConnell Gadbois; Lela Mae Goff, presumed to be s/p/a Lelia Mae Redd; Lenox Oil & Gas, LLC; Lenox Partners; Lenox Partners; Letroyce B. Smith; Lisa Prejean Butwid, Trustee of the Marybeth Boyanton Trust; Little Max Drilling, LLC; Major Gentry Kidd; Malloy Oil & Gas Properties, LLP; Manlyo Black; Manzanillo CR LLC; Map Resources, Inc.; Mar/Reg Investments; Marathon Oil Company; Marjo Operating Co., Inc.; MarLyn Interests LLC; Marshall Lee Sweatt; Mary Jon Bryan; McAlister Management Group LLC; Mekusukey Oil Company, LLC; Melinda Higginbotham Green Revocable Trust; Michael Gidwitz, II; Midcon Energy Development, LLC; Midwest Energy Investments, LLC; MINRI, LLC; MLR Inc.; Montenez Bradford Reinhardt; Nancy Carroll Hall; Native-Beall Partners, LLC; Norville Oil Company; Oil Finders, LLC; Old Fort Royalty, LLC; Omar Black; Osprey Resources, Inc.; Ozella Eckels; Paige Ewing; Parks & Luttrell, Inc.; Paula McClintock; Phillip Clark Jr; Phillips Texas Pipeline Company Eagle 2 LLC; R.D. Goodrich Asset Partners, L.P.; Ralph F. Ellinger, IV; Rita Porter; Robert Charles Kittams; Robin Oil & Gas Corporation; Ross Cash; Rother CDR-KVR Energy, LLC; Royalty Clearinghouse, Ltd.; Ruben L. Osborn; Sabrina Weatherford Inman; Sam K. Viersen Revocable Trust u/t/d October 6, 1988; Sandra Bernandette Wilson; Sara A. Trigg, Trustee of the Trigg Family Trust; Securex, Inc.; Shannon R Edwards; Sheila Annette Clark; Southwest Royalties, Inc.; Stephanie Cash; Stewart Garland Byerly; Stuart S. Umpleby Marital Trust (QTIP) FBO Elaine Umpleby; Sundown Energy LP; Susan E. Clark a/k/a Susan E. Welcher; Susan F. Cain f/k/a Susan F. Harris, and Charles L. Harris; Susan G. Umpleby Peasner Trust; Takako Tina Faltysek; Tammie LaWon Clark a/k/a Tammie L. Clark; Tarpon Jumper, LLC; The Betty C. Woodruff Trust U/T/A dated October 15, 1999; The Estate of Arlan A. Smith, deceased; The Estate of Daniel Paul Garland, deceased, apparently claimed by LADD, L.L.C. (1/2) and Timothy C. Haley (1/2); The Estate of Daniel Paul Garland, deceased, apparently claimed by LADD, L.L.C. (1/2) and Timothy C. Haley (1/2); The Ewing Trust; The H and S Drilling Company; The Hefner Company, Inc.; The heirs and devisees of Fannie May Black, deceased; The heirs successors and assigns  of Alta Mae Goff, deceased; The heirs successors and assigns  of Exetta Ysobel Parker, deceased; The heirs successors and assigns  of Geneva Marie Hall, deceased; The heirs successors and assigns  of Leonard S. Goff, deceased; The heirs successors and assigns  of William Rudolph Black, deceased; The heirs successors and assigns of Roberta Susan Garland Stewart, deceased; The J.M. and V.C. Garrett Family Trust dated July 15, 2015; The Neal Adair Prince Trust Agreement dated October 18, 1999; The Robert C. Simpson Living Trust created by Declaration of Trust dated April 5, 1999; The Robert C. Simpson Living Trust created by Declaration of Trust dated April 5, 1999; Thomas R. Howard, III; Timothy C. Haley; Timothy C. Haley; Timothy D Stephens; Titanium Energy, LLC; TRP Midcon LLC; Umpleby Minerals LLC; Veenker Resources, Inc.; Veenker Resources, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust; Ventana Operating, LLC; Viersen Oil & Gas Co.; Warwick-Bacchus, LLC; Warwick-Jupiter, LLC; Weldon Gahring, life tenant; Wendy A. Burns; WestStar Oil and Gas, Inc.; White Rock Royalty Partners No.1; Wilcox Operating Corporation; Wildhare, LLC; William A. Higginbotham Trust; William Emerson Wellman; Wisdom Resources, LLC; Yukon Trading Company, L.L.C.; Isabelle Baker Herold; Kelly J. Kaberline; Michael Nance Pattison; Stuart T. Peeler, Trustee of the Pastaza Trus; The heirs or devisees of Mary Frances Bowling, a/k/a Mrs. A. L. (Roy) Harris, deceased; The heirs successors and assigns  of Allie Dorothea Goff, deceased; The heirs successors and assigns  of Myrtle Hogan, presumed deceased; The heirs successors and assigns of Nelson Goff, deceased; and Tony Wallace Smith, 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 Deese common source of supply underlying Section 8, Township 7 North, Range 3 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 10th day of August, 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

1. TODD HIETT, Commissioner

BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner

/s/ Stephen T. Gary

STEPHEN T. GARY