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Valpoint Operating, LLC Cause CD No 2026-002808 Horizontal Spacing

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Publication Date(s): 

Aug 6, 2026

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA


APPLICANT:  VALPOINT OPERATING, LLC


RELIEF SOUGHT:  HORIZONTAL SPACING


LEGAL DESCRIPTION:  SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, RANGE 17 WEST, DEWEY COUNTY, OKLAHOMA


CAUSE CD NO. 2026-002808


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 Dewey County, Oklahoma, and all parties listed as respondents on Exhibit “A”, attached to the Application on file herein, and more particularly:  Devon Energy Production Company L.P.; BCE-MACH III, LLC; N/G Discovery, LLC; Geothite, Inc.; Tim Mendenhall; Alan R. Boyer; B.V. Corwin, deceased; Craig Blair, a/k/a Craig J. Blair, a/k/a Joseph Craig Blair, deceased; Craig Blair, a/k/a Craig J. Blair, a/k/a Joseph Craig Blair, deceased; D&J Oil Company, Inc.; David H. Donaldson, Jr.; Donaldson Properties, LLC; Edward J. Wengier; John E. Donaldson; Parker Minerals, Ltd.; Tim Graham; Yingling Oil, Inc.; Faulconer 2004 Limited Partnership; Faulconer Resources Joint Venture-1992; J. Cleo Thompson & James Cleo Thompson, Jr. a Partnership, a/k/a J. Cleo Thompson & James Cleo Thompson, Jr. LP; Glenda L. Thomas Family Trust, dated April 4, 2012; Gary Beadles Family Trust, dated January 8, 2010; Shirley Lettkeman Family Trust, dated June 26, 2016; Alvin Beadles Revocable Trust, dated February 28, 2003; Alvin Beadles Revocable Trust, dated February 28, 2003; EnCap Energy Capital Fund X, L.P.; Staghorn Petroleum Management, LLC; Keith R. Gray Trust Under Trust Agreement Dated October 7, 1994; Dinosaurs Rest, LLC; JSH-RY, LLC; Shannon Gray Barker Trust Under Trust Agreement Dated October 6, 1997; Restricted High Beta Minerals, LLC; Safe-N-Sound Land Company, LLC; Eskew Energy-RI, LLC; Cheek Land, LLC; James B. Bingman, deceased; Breck Minerals, LP; EMT, LLC; M.B. White, Inc.; John W.  Rhoades; Stephen W. Rhoades; Scott W. Rhoades; Coleen Mannering; PEC Minerals, LP; Sabine Royalty Trust; Debra L. Zerman and Mark D. Zerman, W/H, JT; Stephen Scott Mannering; Double B Diamond Farms, LP; Schwingendorf Living Trust dated November 5, 2019; Carter and Carter Farms, LLC; Ryan Keith Schwingendorf; Jessica Schwingendorf Roback and Jack Carl Roback, W/H, JT; Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of Oklahoma; Dee Ann Moore, a/k/a Dee Ann Mannering Moore; MidContinent Acquisition Properties, Inc.; Bravo Natural Resources, Inc.; A&S Operating, Inc.; PGP Holdings 1, LLC; Mark Thornburgh; Nancy Bingman Lott Family Trust; PJL-GS Trust dated January 22, 2007; William Walton Rhoades, deceased; William Walton Rhoades, deceased; Stephen Warland Rhoades, deceased; Roy H. Beadles and Frances L. Beadles, H/W both deceased; The Known and Unknown Successors and Devisees of S.J. Sarkeys; Bryan Mannering, a/k/a Bryan E. Mannering; Mark Mannering; Mannering Irrevocable Trust, dated June 30,2006, f/b/o Brenda Mannering, a/k/a Brenda Kay Clinton; Ruth M. Branham, individually and as Trustee of the Branham Revocable Trust, dated December 23, 1991; Bradley A. Zerman; Michael A. Zerman; Zachary A. Zerman; and The Known and Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Chester A. Austin, deceased, 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 an Order  (a) deleting Order No. 124777 as to the 80-acre drilling and spacing unit for the Red Fork common source of supply underlying Section 28, Township 17 North, Range 17 West, Dewey County, Oklahoma; and (b) establishing a 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit for the Cherokee common source of supply underlying Section 28, Township 17 North, Range 17 West, Dewey County, Oklahoma, by extension of Order No. 755867. Notice is further given that Applicant may request the Order be made effective a date prior to the Order being signed.


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 24th 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 DANA FLEETWOOD, ValPoint Operating, LLC, 500 South Taylor Street, Suite 1010, Lobby Unit #225, Amarillo, Texas, 79101, (806) 376-4675, 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

J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner

BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner


/s/Stephen T. Gary

STEPHEN T. GARY

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