BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: TAPSTONE ENERGY, LLC RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING Cause CD No. 201600528 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 15 TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH RANGE 20 WEST OF THE IM WOODWARD COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 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 Woodward County, Oklahoma, including the following: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, f/k/a Champlin Refining Company; B Bar B Land & Cattle, LLC; Bonebrake Group, LLC; CCW Interests, Inc.; Chaparral Royalty Company; Colonial Royalties LP; Exotic Oil & Gas, LLC; Bernice Griffing; James A. Griffing, a/k/a James T. Griffing; Thomas A. Griffing; Hancock Exploration, LLC; Arthur J. Jackson; Virginia Griffing Jones; Laura E. Kahoe; Richard D. Kahoe; Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, f/k/a The Dickson Oil Co.; KJJ Oil & Gas, LLC; Tracy Maynikon; Panhandle Oil & Gas, Inc.; Pentagon Oil Company; McKenna Porter; Kirk Proctor; Kirk Proctor; Kirk Proctor; Mark Proctor; Tony Ragsdale; Ream Interests, Inc.; Ream Interests, Inc.; Sneed Company, LP; Charles William Tower; Charles William Tower; Thomas Tower; Kaye Johnna Walbert; Kaye Johnna Walbert; Arlie M. Weir; Wilmoth Interests, Inc.; and, if any of the named individuals be deceased, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such deceased individual; if any of the named entities is dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of the named parties designated as a trustee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown successor or successors to such trustee; if any of the named parties designated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the unknown successor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named entities are corporations which do not continue to have legal existence, then unknown trustees or assigns of such parties. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant, Tapstone Energy, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Commission to enter an order pooling the interests of the oil and gas owners, and adjudicating the rights and equities with respect thereto, in the proposed horizontal 640-acre drilling and spacing unit comprised of Section 15, Township 20 North, Range 20 West of the IM, Woodward County, Oklahoma, for the Mississippian common source of supply with respect to the development of such common source of supply in such unit. The interests of the oil and gas owners involved herein and the rights and equities in respect thereto are sought here to be pooled and adjudicated pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling and spacing unit covered hereby, and not limited to a single wellbore. The Applicant has proposed the development of the common source of supply in the drilling and spacing unit involved herein under a plan of development and has proposed to commence such plan of development of such unit by an initial well in the lands covered hereby, and that Applicant has been unable to reach an agreement with the owners of drilling rights named as respondents herein with respect to such proposed plan of development of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spacing unit covered hereby. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the application in this cause requests that the Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant be designated as operator under the order to be entered in this cause of the common supply in the drilling and spacing unit involved herein, including the proposed initial well and any subsequent wells under Applicant’s proposed plan of development of such unit. Applicant may request up to one year for the date of the order to enter in this cause, within which to commence the initial well. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be referred to an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Corporation Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Merits Docket at the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 1st day of March 2016, and that this notice will be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission. 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. An interested party who wishes to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide his or her name and phone number. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action contact Paul Willis, landman, (405) 702-1609, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA No. 20805, (405) 602-5501, 228 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Ste. 920, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Please refer to Cause CD Number. DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 8th day of February 2016. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA /s/ Bob Anthony BOB ANTHONY, Chairman /s/ Dana L. Murphy DANA L. MURPHY, Vice Chairman /s/ J. Todd Hiett J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: /s/ Peggy Mitchell PEGGY MITCHELL, Commission Secretary
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