VALPOINT OPERATING, LLC CAUSE CD NO. 2026-003270

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT:  VALPOINT OPERATING, LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT:  POOLING

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

CAUSE CD NO. 2026-003270

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; Equity Resources, LLC; N/G Discovery, LLC; Geothite, Inc.; Geothite, Inc.; Tim Mendenhall; 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.; David H. Donaldson, Jr.; Donaldson Properties, LLC; Edward J. Wengier; John E. Donaldson; Parker Minerals, Ltd.; Tim Graham; Yingling Oil, Inc.; Yingling Oil, Inc.; EnCap Energy Capital Fund X, L.P.; Staghorn Petroleum Management, LLC; PEC Minerals, LP; Double B Diamond Farms, LP; First Liberty Bank; MidContinent Acquisition Properties, Inc.; Bravo Natural Resources, Inc.; A&S Operating, Inc.; PGP Holdings 1, LLC; Mark Thornburgh; 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; Ruth M. Branham, individually and as Trustee of the Branham Revocable Trust, dated December 23, 1991; Sabine Royalty Trust; Presta Royalty LLC; Presta Royalty LLC; Vast Bank, National Association; Fortune Natural Resources Corporation; Riviera Upstream LLC; Ovintiv USA Inc.; Ovintiv Royalty Holdings, LLC; Castle Operating LLC; Castle Operating LLC; Latonka Resource Fund I LLC; Blue Mountain Midstream LLC; Validus Energy II Midcon LLC; Tide West Oil Company, c/o QEP Energy Company, f/k/a Questar Exploration and Production Company; Tide West Oil Company, c/o Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Yukon Trading Company LLC; Kodiak Production Company; Legacy Resources LLC; Arapaho Land Company; Steven M. Black; Larry K. Coshow; Mark Edge, d/b/a Edge Oil Properties; Mark Edge, d/b/a Edge Oil Properties; Mark Edge, d/b/a Edge Oil Properties; Rupe Oil Company; 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 that the Commission pool the interests and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Cherokee common source of supply underlying Section 28, Township 17 North, Range 17 West, Dewey 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 12th day of October, 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 ELIZABETH HOLLAND, 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