Mewbourne Oil Company CAUSE NO. CD 2026-003304

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Publication Date(s):
Sep 24, 2026
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: Mewbourne Oil Company
RELIEF SOUGHT: HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND SPACING UNITS
LAND COVERED: Section(s) 5, Township 17 North, Range 16West, Dewey County, Oklahoma
CAUSE NO. CD 2026-003304
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: To the following parties, if living; or if deceased, then their unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, successors, trustees, and/or assigns; or, the unknown successors, trustees or assigns, if any, of any dissolved corporation, or the unknown successors of any party designated in any record as trustee: Acoma Energy, LLC; Ada S. Rodkey c/o Keith Bradford; Alpine, Inc.; Amy Cantwell Gitchell; B.A. O&G, LLC; Betsy Halpin Mortimer; Blake Storey Martindale; Bottom Fishers, Inc. c/o Heather Wilson; Cardinal River Energy I, LP; Carolyn C. Cantwell; Catherine M. Conti; Charles Nimmo c/o Linda Barton; Cone Minerals, LLC; Continental Resources, LLC; Continental Royalty Pool 1981-A; D5 Minerals, LP; Dale L. Schomp c/o DaLynne Fischer; DaLynne S. Fischer, Trustee of the Dalynne S. Fischer Revocable Trust dated April 15, 2004; Darden Resources, Inc.; David V. Grey and Lana J. Grey; Davis D. Gillis and Barbara Anne Gillis; Devil’s River Investments, Inc.; Don Lawrence Wells and Jayn Elise Wells; Earl R. Bruno, Jr.; Emery Exploration Company, Inc.; Enmark Energy, Inc.; Eric B. Holleman; Estate of S.J. Sacket, deceased c/o Samuel S. Crocker; Farmers Royalty Company; Frankie Sinclair Properties, LLC; Garry Lavarnway and Cheryl Lavarnway, Trustees, or their successors in trust, under the Garry Lavarnway and Cheryl Lavarnway Revocable Living Trust; Georgene Stidham Oakley, Trustee of The Georgene Stidham Oakley Trust c/o Phoebe Baker; H. Huffman & Co.; Halpin Family Interests, LLC; Hamilton Brothers Oil Company; Harken Partnership No. 1978-1; Holleman Legacy, LLC c/o BOKF, NA; Jacqueline Joy Schomp, aka Jacqueline J. Gallery; James Howard Martindale; James Hutton Nobles; James K. Browder c/o Eleanor Browder; James M. Wellman, Trustee of The Maxine & Wilbur Holleman Revocable Trust Dated January 25, 2001; James N. Wells, Trustee under the Wells Family Living Trust, dated November 24, 1998; Janvrin Martindale Newsome c/o William Newsome; Jerry L. Colclazier; Joel C. Pitts, Trustee of the Joel C. Pitts Living Trust c/o Katrina Bucur; John M. Holleman c/o BOKF, NA; K. Phil Fleetwood; Kanaly Trust Services, a Trust representative office of National Advisors Trust Company, successor-in-interest to Kanaly Trust, LTA; Kim Brock Taylor; Kimberlee Chandler, a/k/a Kimberley Chandler, a/k/a Kimberly Chandler; Latigo Oil & Gas, Inc.; Latonka Resource Fund I, LLC; Louis M. Conti; MacFarlane Company - USA, LLC; Maverex 1982-A Ltd.; Meagher Oil and Gas Properties, Inc.; Michael D. Stack; Michael T. Oakley; Northland Royalty Partnership c/o Charles W. Brown; Omimex Petroleum, Inc.; Ovintiv Oklahoma, LLC; Phoebe Baker; R.B. Kelly, Jr. c/o Leigh Crates; R.B. Kelly, Jr.; Ramsey W. Drake II; Richard Paul Dambold; Richland Resources Corporation; Rob W. Ylitalo; Robert G. Woodard, Trustee of the Robert G. Woodard Trust; Robert Thornburry Halpin, Jr.; Ronald G. Mercer and Patricia A. Mercer, Trustees of the Mercer Family Revocable Trust c/o Michael Mercer; Shepherd Royalty, LLC; Sherry Jarvis, Trustee of the Sherry Jarvis Revocable Living Trust; Shiloh Oil Corporation; Skycap Energy, LLC; Terry Halpin Wilson, a/k/a Terry Halpin; Texhoma Operating Company; Tulsa Royalties Company; Valiant Oil and Investment Company; W.A. Landreth, Jr.; W.A. Landreth, Sr. c/o WA Landreth, Sr.; W.T. Rapp, Jr. Oil & Gas Properties; William D. Harrison; William James Ball, Jr.; William T. Rapp, Jr.; and all persons, owners, producers and operators of oil and gas and all other interested persons in Dewey County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following relief:
(a)An Order creating a 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit for the Red Fork common source(s) of supply underlying Section(s) 5, Township 17 North, Range 16 West, Dewey County, Oklahoma. Said 640-acre horizontal unit to be formed by the governmental section, with the permitted well location to be located not closer than 660 feet from the boundary of such unit.
(b)Applicant may request that said Order be made effective on a date prior to its signing.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Cause will 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 8:30 A.M. on the 12th day of October, 2026, at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105, 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 all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this application, contact BENJAMIN J. BROWN, OBA #30843, Attorney for Applicant, 233 S. Detroit Ave., Suite 100, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120, Telephone (918) 779-6047, www.charneybrown.com/faqs, or contact Chris Giffhorn, (405) 235-6374, landman at Mewbourne Oil Company.
OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION
Kim David, Chairman
J. Todd Hiett, Commissioner
Brian Bingman, Commissioner
/s/ Benjamin J. Brown
BENJAMIN J. BROWN, OBA NO. 30843
233 S. Detroit Ave., Suite 100
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120
(918) 779-6047
ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT