Mewbourne Oil Company CAUSE NO. CD 2026-003307

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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: MULTIUNIT HORIZONTAL WELL
LAND COVERED: Section(s) 5 and 8, Township 17 North, Range 16 West and Section(s) 32, Township 18 North, Range 16 West, Dewey County, Oklahoma
CAUSE NO. CD 2026-003307
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 C. Hoyt Revocable Trust dated December 29, 1998, Donald O. Hoyt, Successor Trustee; Amy Cantwell Gitchell; Ann Adel Knode; Ann Davis Masini; B.A. O&G, LLC; BCE-Mach III, LLC; Becky Sue Beckloff; Bernard L. Foy and Evelyn Maudlin Foy Revocable Inter Vivos Trust; Betsy Halpin Mortimer; Bill D. Turner; Blake Storey Martindale; Bonnie J. Schomp; Bottom Fishers, Inc. c/o Heather Wilson; Bradley Dean Clark; Brenda J. Michie Laizure; Bret Alan Long; Bruce D. Daugherty c/o Bruce Ray Daugherty; Burla Sue Stanford; Cabco Development Company, Inc.; Cambria Energy, LLC; CapRock Resources, LLC; Cardinal River Energy I, LP; Carl E. Gungoll Exploration, LLC; Carol Davis Avol; Carolyn C. Cantwell; Cat Springs Properties, LLC; Catherine M. Conti; Catherine P. Lacava, Trustee of the Catherine P. Lacava Trust; Charles Nimmo c/o Linda Barton; Chess Oil Properties, LLC; Children of Leon and Regina, LLC; Christy Jean Sanders; Cone Minerals, LLC; Continental Investments, LLC; Continental Resources, LLC; Continental Royalty Pool 1981-A; Craig Roberts; D&J Oil Company, Inc.; D&J Oil Company, Inc., f/b/o D&J Employee ORRI; D5 Minerals, LP; Dale L. Schomp c/o DaLynne Fischer; DaLynne S. Fischer; DaLynne S. Fischer, Trustee of the Dalynne S. Fischer Revocable Trust dated April 15, 2004; Darden Resources, Inc.; Darnell Drilling, Inc.; David A. Ray; David J. Fruit; David L. Stanford; David McDonald; David Middleton; David V. Grey and Lana J. Grey; Davis D. Gillis and Barbara Anne Gillis; Dean Oil Co.; Debra Jane Daugherty Vetter; Debra Meyer; Devil’s River Investments, Inc.; Devon Energy Production Company, LP; DMR Resources, Inc.; Don Lawrence Wells and Jayn Elise Wells; DP Sooner Holdco, LLC; Dwight H. Ford, Sr., and Millie Ford as Trustees of the Ford Family Revocable Trust c/o Lisa Snow; Earl R. Bruno, Jr.; Ellinger Oil, LLC; Emery Exploration Company, Inc.; Emery Exploration Company c/o Michael A. Sleem; Emory Peak Minerals II, LLC; Enmark Energy, Inc.; Eric B. Holleman; Estate of S.J. Sacket, deceased c/o Samuel S. Crocker; F.S.K. Company; Farmers Royalty Company; Frank Bender; Frank S. Kennedy, as Trustee of the Elwood E. Herrick Irrevocable Trust c/o Thomas Bingman; Frankie Sinclair Properties, LLC; Gallaspy Oil Properties, LLC; Garry Lavarnway and Cheryl Lavarnway, Trustees, or their successors in trust, under the Garry Lavarnway and Cheryl Lavarnway Revocable Living Trust; Gary M. Lake; George N. Keeney, III; 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; Harry H. Diamond, Inc.; Harvey E. White Enterprises Inc.; Heritage Royalties, Inc.; Herrick Trust Estate, Frank S. Kennedy, Trustee c/o Thomas Bingman; Holleman Legacy, LLC c/o BOKF, NA; J. Durwood Pate, Trustee of the J. Durwood Pate Trust c/o James Pate, Jr.; J.C. Daugherty, Trustee of the J.C. Daugherty Revocable Trust c/o Katharine Daugherty; Jacqueline Joy Schomp, aka Jacqueline J. Gallery; James D. Pate, Jr., Trustee of the James D. Pate, Jr. Trust; 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; Jan Y. Kennedy; Jane Davis Maldonado; Janvrin Martindale Newsome c/o William Newsome; Jeremiah Wesley Wade; Jerry L. Colclazier; Jessie Joan Jensen c/o Mark Jensen; Joe Daugherty, a/k/a Joseph W. Daugherty; Joe H. Pate, Trustee of the Joe H. Pate Trust c/o James Pate, Jr.; Joel C. Pitts, Trustee of the Joel C. Pitts Living Trust c/o Katrina Bucur; John M. Holleman c/o BOKF, NA; Julie Stanford Peck; K. Phil Fleetwood; Kanaly Trust Services, a Trust representative office of National Advisors Trust Company, successor-in-interest to Kanaly Trust, LTA; Karon Sue McCubbin; Kateri Butler, Debra Hallmark and Robert E. Lee, Successor Co-Trustees of the Harry Butler Trust; Katherine Daugherty; Kim Brock Taylor; Kimberlee Chandler, a/k/a Kimberley Chandler, a/k/a Kimberly Chandler; Kridler Revocable Trust; Latigo Oil & Gas, Inc.; Latonka Resource Fund I, LLC; Linda A. Bunch; Linnie Mae Lovinggood c/o James Lovinggood; Longreach Energy Investments, LLC; Loren K. Middleton c/o Alan Middleton; Louis M. Conti; MacFarlane Company - USA, LLC; Mamie Shackleford; Marcy J. Greene; Marilyn Kennedy Gladden Interests, LLC; Marla R. Peek; Marvin J. McDonald, Jr.; Matthews Family Partnership, LLC; Maverex 1982-A Ltd.; McCombs Energy, Ltd.; Meagher Oil and Gas Properties, Inc.; MGW Properties, LLC; Michael D. Stack; Michael T. Oakley; Millard Bentley McDonald, Jr.; Monica Lee Hardesty; Nancy L. Davis; Norma Long Ross; Northland Royalty Partnership c/o Charles W. Brown; Omimex Petroleum, Inc.; Ovintiv Oklahoma, LLC; P . Mike Smedlund, Trustee of the Willis J. Hoyt Trust “A” under Trust Agreement executed on the 18th day of December, 1976; Pamela C. Kennedy Davis; PAR Oil Company; Pauline Borden Trust; Penwell Oil & Gas, Ltd.; Phoebe Baker; Primary Natural Resources, Inc., now Ovintiv USA Inc.; R.B. Kelly, Jr. c/o Leigh Crates; R.B. Kelly, Jr.; Ralph F. Ellinger, IV; Ramsey W. Drake II; Regina Ann Hicks as Trustee of the L & R Hicks Family Revocable Trust; Reign Operating, LLC; Rhett Smith; Richard L. Barker; Richard Paul Dambold; Richland Resources Corporation; Rita Kay Hogan, a/k/a Rita McDonald Hogan; Rob W. Ylitalo; Robert Bender c/o Frank Bender; Robert D. Lail; Robert G. Woodard, Trustee of the Robert G. Woodard Trust; Robert J. Stanford; Robert Thornburry Halpin, Jr.; Ronald Dean McDonald; Ronald G. Mercer and Patricia A. Mercer, Trustees of the Mercer Family Revocable Trust c/o Michael Mercer; Rosewood Resources, Inc.; Shepherd Royalty, LLC; Sherry Jarvis; Sherry Jarvis, Trustee of the Sherry Jarvis Revocable Living Trust; Shiloh Oil Corporation; Skycap Energy, LLC; Southwest Petroleum Company, LP; Stanley Leo McDonald c/o Jonathan McDonald; Stephen J. Stanford and Lois Beth Stanford, Co-Trustees of the Stanford Family Trust dated December 10, 2018; Stroube Energy Corporation; Susan Bender aka Sophie Sterling; Susan E. Clark, a/k/a Susan E. Shadinger; Terry Halpin Wilson, a/k/a Terry Halpin; Texhoma Operating Company; The A. Dutton Kennedy, III Revocable Living Trust; The Osborne Mineral Trust, Ramona L. Wolf and Catherine L. Wolf, Trustees; The Paul and Betsy Ache Family, LP c/o Paul Ache, III; The Quintin Little Company Oil & Gas Limited Partnership; The Sally Kennedy Richardson Oil Company, LLC; Thunder Moon Resources, LLC; Tier Hydrocarbon Exploration, LLC; Tim G. McDonald; TK Drilling Corp.; Todd McDonald, a/k/a Eric T. McDonald; Tom Wilmoth c/o Melissa Lynn; Tracy Don Daugherty; Tulsa Royalties Company; Turner Oil & Gas Properties, LLC; Valiant Oil and Investment Company; Veja, Inc.; Vera Burrows; VEX Energy MidCon II, LLC; W.A. Landreth, Jr.; W.A. Landreth, Sr. c/o WA Landreth, Sr.; W.T. Rapp, Jr. Oil & Gas Properties; Walsh Mineral Properties, LLC; Ward Energy Investments, LLC; Ward Petroleum Corporation; Wendy A. Burns; William Bevis Schock and Bank of America, NA, as Co-Trustees of the William C. Schock Revocable Trust; William D. Harrison; William James Ball, Jr.; William T. Rapp, Jr.; Willischild Oil & Gas Corp.; Wynona Carol Clark; Zorah Daugherty; David Daugherty; Dortha B. McElrath; Fred Daugherty; Goldie Maudlin; Joann McDonald Jensen; Mary Alice Ford; Mary McDonald; Paul Daugherty; Ruby L. Boris; Rudolph Dotson; Thelma L. Ashmore; and all persons, owners, producers and operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons in Dewey County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant is requesting authority for a multiunit horizontal well in the Red Fork common source(s) of supply in Section(s) 5 and 8, Township 17 North, Range 16 West and Section(s) 32, Township 18 North, Range 16 West, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following relief:
(a)An Order approving a multiunit horizontal well (the Jarvis 32/8 CN #1H well) in the 640-acre and 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit(s) formed for the Red Fork common source(s) of supply in Section(s) 5 and 8, Township 17 North, Range 16 West and Section(s) 32, Township 18 North, Range 16 West, Dewey County, Oklahoma so as to allow such multiunit horizontal well to be drilled as described in Paragraph 2(D) of the Application and to be completed in and to produce hydrocarbons from the above-named common source of supply. The Order should establish a proper allocation factor for allocating the cost of and the production and proceeds from such multiunit horizontal well to each of the affected units covered hereby.
(b)The legal descriptions of the land sections adjacent to the area within which the location exception lies are Section(s) 4, 6, 7, 9, 16, 17 and 18, Township 17 North, Range 16 West; and Section(s) 28, 29, 30, 31 and 33, Township 18 North, Range 16 West, all in Dewey County, Oklahoma. Applicant further requests that Applicant, or some other party, be authorized the right to drill said well. Applicant further requests that it be permitted to produce said well at a location to be approved by the Commission from the common source of supply covered hereby without any downward allowable adjustment. The Applicant requests that the Commission grant such other and further relief as may be proper based upon the evidence presented at the hearing herein.
(c)Further, Applicant may request that said Order 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 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