November 27, 2025

By Editor | November 26, 2025

(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman three times Nov. 20 & 27 & Dec. 4, 2025)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

White Harvest Llc CV-2025-21
An Oklahoma Limited Liability Company
By and thru its Owner and Registered Agent
Jerry Anderson,
Patty Revenew, heir at law,
Plaintiffs,
V.
The Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees and Assigns of
Tad Lincoln Van Laningham,
A Deceased Person.
a/k/a T.L. Van Laningham
The Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees and Assigns of
E. Pearl Van Laningham, A Deceased Person.
a/k/a Pearl Van Laningham
f/k/a Eva Pearl Branson
f/k/a Eva Pearl Buell
The Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees and Assigns of
Leroy Delbert Buell, A Deceased Person.
a/k/a L.D. Buell
a/k/a L.D. Red Buell
The Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees and Assigns of
Elizabeth J. Buell, A Deceased Person.
a/k/a Elsa Buell
f/k/a Elsa Buchanan
The Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees and Assigns of
John Buell, A Deceased Person.
Defendants.
AMENDED NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
The State of Oklahoma to:
The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, Personal Representatives and Assigns of all listed Decedents and/or the Defendants herein: you are hereby notified that you have been sued wherein the Plaintiffs allege that they are the owners and in possession of the following described real property mineral interests located in Ellis County, Oklahoma, to-wit: Oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the following, to wit: NW/4 & N/2 SW/4 of Section 12-T19N-R26W and SW/4 of Section 13-T19N-R26W and NE/4 NE/4 of Section 11-T19N-R26W Conversely you may claim some right, title, interest, lien or estate in and to the above-described real properties that is adverse to the ownership claimed. You must answer the Petition of the Plaintiff on or before twenty (20) days of service therein or the same will be taken as true and confessed. If you fail to respond in any fashion, it will be adjudged that you have no right, title, interest, lien, or estate in and to the above-described real properties, and that title and possession of the Plaintiff in and to said real estate will be quieted and confirmed in the Plaintiff as against you.
Dated this 12th day of November 2025.

S/Court Clerk Rachael Dewberry, OBA #19478
Dewberry Law Firm, PLLC 2425 Wilcox Drive, Norman, Oklahoma 73069
405-261-8900 Office
[email protected]
Attorney for the Plaintiff – White Harvest LLC

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times November 20 & 27, 2025)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA

IN THE MATTER OF )
THE ESTATE OF )
LESTER PAUL LACKEY, )
Deceased. )
Case No. PB-2025-24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO THE CREDITORS OF LESTER PAUL LACKEY, DECEASED:
All creditors having claims against Lester Paul Lackey, Deceased, are required to present the same with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to Megan Lynn Lackey, Personal Representative, at the law offices of Smith Law Firm, PLLC, attorney for the Personal Representative, whose address is 209 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City, Oklahoma 73644, on or before the following presentment date: January 13, 2026, or the same will be forever barred.
Dated this 12th day of November, 2025.

s/Megan Lynn Lackey
Megan Lynn Lackey
Personal Representative

Sydney M. Smith, OBA #35238
Smith Law Firm, PLLC
209 S. Jefferson Ave.
Elk City, Oklahoma 73644
Telephone: (580) 225-5240
[email protected]
Attorney for Personal Representative

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times November 20 & 27, 2025)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE )
OF DELORES M. HAMILTON, ) Case No. PB-2025-25
Deceased. )

COMBINED NOTICE
To: All persons interested in the Estate of Delores M. Hamilton, Deceased.
You are hereby notified that on the 7th day of November 2025, the Petitioner, Cynthia Ohlde, by and through her attorney, Kyle D. Scruggs of Scruggs Law Firm, PLLC, filed its Petition for Summary Administration in the District Court of Ellis County.
Petitioner has alleged that Delores M. Hamilton, age 100, departed this life, testate, on or about January 16, 2025, at Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville, Marshall County, Kansas, while a citizen and resident of Washington County, Kansas, at the time of her death. Moreover, Petitioner has alleged that Delores M. Hamilton left an estate in Ellis County, State of Oklahoma, consisting of real property, the probable value of which is less than $200,000.00. Accordingly, Petitioner has asked this Court for summary proceedings pursuant to 58 O.S. §245, et seq.
The names, ages and last-known addresses of Decedent’s administrators, executors, nonpetitioning co-nominees, heirs, legatees and devisees, as set forth in the Petition, are as follows:
NAME AGE LAST-KNOWN ADDRESS RELATIONSHIP
Janet M. Pralle Adult 1404 Ann Street Niece/Heir
Marysville, KS 66508

Steven D. Pralle Adult 3984 W. State Highway 8 Nephew/Heir
Odell, NE 68415

Larry P. Pralle Adult 2277 300 Avenue Nephew/Heir
Herington, KS 67449

Leon Pralle Adult 720 Lincoln St., Box 182 Nephew/Heir
Odell, NE 68415

Maplewood Cemetery N/A 2474 11th Road Legatee/Devisee
Association, Greenleaf, KS 66943
c/o Tim Harlan

City of Barnes N/A 202 East Railroad Ave. Legatee/Devisee
Barnes, KS 66933

Community Memorial N/A 708 North 18th Street Legatee/Devisee
Healthcare Marysville, KS 66508

Hanover Hospital N/A 205 South Hanover St. Legatee/Devisee
Hanover, KS 66945

Twin Valley N/A 413 Commercial Street Legatee/Devisee
Developmental Services Greenleaf, KS 66943

In an Order for Combined Notice and Appointment of Special Administrator entered on the 7th day of November, 2025, the Court found that it should dispense with regular estate proceedings prescribed by law, order notice to creditors and issue an order for hearing upon the Petition for Summary Administration, the Final Accounting and Petition for Determination of Heirs, Devisees and Legatees and Distribution.
Pursuant to the Order for Combined Notice and Appointment of Special Administrator, all creditors having claims against Delores M. Hamilton, deceased, are required to present the same with a description of all security interests and other collateral, if any, held by each creditors with respect to such claim to Cynthia Ohlde, Special Administrator, at Scruggs Law Firm, PLLC, 1629 NW 127th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73120, addressed to Kyle D. Scruggs, attorney for Special Administrator, on or before the following presentment date: the 9th day of December, 2025. If no claim is filed on or before the presentment date, such claim will be forever barred.
Notice is also hereby given that a hearing will be held on the 16th day of January, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in the District Courthouse of Ellis County in Arnett, Oklahoma. At the hearing, the Court will decide whether to approve the Petition for Summary Administration, the Final Accounting and Petition for Determination of Heirs, Devisees and Legatees and Distribution.
You are hereby advised that you may file objections to the Petition for Summary Administration, the Final Accounting and Petition for Determination of Heirs, Devisees and Legatees and Distribution at any time before the final hearing and send a copy to the Petitioner in the care of her attorney, Kyle D. Scruggs of Scruggs Law Firm, PLLC, 1629 NW 127th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73120, or you will be deemed to have waived any objections. If you have no objections, you need not appear at the hearing or make any filings with the Court.
If an objection is filed before the hearing, the Court will determine at the hearing whether summary proceedings are appropriate and, if so, whether the Estate will be distributed and to whom the Estate will be distributed.

Dated this 7th day of November, 2025.

s/ Laurie E. Hays
Judge of the District Court

By:
s/Kyle D. Scruggs Kyle D. Scruggs, OBA #22710
Scruggs Law Firm, PLLC
1629 NW 127th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
Telephone: 580.678.1127
[email protected]
Attorney for Special Administrator

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times November 20 & 27, 2025)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Estate of )
CHARLES DAVID DOYEL, )
Deceased. )
Case No. PB-2024-9

NOTICE OF HEARING
SETTLEMENT OF FINAL
ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE
AND DISCHARGE
COMES NOW Joe Bart Doyel, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles David Doyel, Deceased, having on the 29th day of August, 2025, filed in the District Court of Ellis County, Oklahoma, a Final Account and reporting of his administration of said Estate, and a Petition for hearing thereof, and for distribution of the property of said Estate, and for discharge.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 11th day of December, 2025, at 1:30 o’clock p.m., of said day, at the District Courtroom at the Ellis County Courthouse in Arnett, Oklahoma, in said County and State, is hereby fixed as the time and place for hearing said account and said Petition, when and where all persons interested may appear and show cause, if any they have, why said account should not be settled and allowed, and said Estate distributed and said Personal Representative discharged.

DATED this 13th day of November, 2025.

s/Laurie E. Hays
Judge of the District Court

Shane Smithton, #14817
W. SHANE SMITHTON, PLLC
P. O. Box 509
Woodward, OK 73802
(580) 254-9131 phone
(866) 534-2623 fax
Attorney for Personal Representative

(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times November 20 & 27, 2025)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Estate of )
CHARLES DAVID DOYEL, )
Deceased. )
Case No. PB-2024-9

DATED this 13th day of November, 2025.

s/Laurie E. Hays
Judge of the District Court

Shane Smithton, #14817
W. SHANE SMITHTON, PLLC
P. O. Box 509
Woodward, OK 73802
(580) 254-9131 phone
(866) 534-2623 fax
Attorney for Personal Representative

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times November 27 & December 4, 2025)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN AND FOR ELLIS COUNTY,
STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Estate of ) Case No. PB-2024-23
CLAYTON THOMAS BARTON, Deceased. )

ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING FIRST AND FINAL ACCOUNT,
PETITION FOR DECREE OF DISTRIBUTION, APPROVAL OF
ATTORNEY’S FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES, AND DISCHARGE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
The Personal Representative of the estate of the above deceased, having filed in the court a First and Final Account, Petition for Decree of Distribution, Approval of Attorney’s Fees, Costs, and Expenses, and Discharge of Personal Representative, the hearing is hereby fixed for 9:30 a. m. on the 16th day of December, 2025, at the Courthouse at Arnett, Ellis County, Oklahoma, and notice by publication be given to all persons interested in the estate to then be settled and allowed, the heirs, legatees and devisees legally determined and the estate distributed to the heirs, legatees and devisees thereof.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that copies of the notice of this hearing be mailed to the heirs, legatees and devisees, whose addresses are known, with postage thereon prepaid, at least ten (10) days before the date of the said hearing.
DATED this 17th day of November, 2025.

s/Laurie E. Hays
JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT

Vickie L. Cook OBA No. 11764
Vickie L. Cook, P.C.
3242 Osage Drive
Woodward, OK 73801
(580) 254-3995 Phone
[email protected]
Personal Representative

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time, November 27, 2025)
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY )
)
RELIEF SOUGHT: MULTIUNIT HORIZONTAL WELL ) Cause NO. CD
) 2025-003794
)
LAND COVERED: SECTION(S) 30 AND 31, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, )
RANGE 24 WEST, AND SECTION(S) 6, )
TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 24 WEST, )
ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS )
COUNTIES, OKLAHOMA )

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: ADME Energy, LLC – for the life of Mary Ellen Reed; Alco Inc.; Alco Inc., c/o Angelina L. Redden; Alco Inc., c/o Angelina L. Redden; Anthony C. Thomas, as Trustee of the; Anthony C. Thomas and Julia M. Thomas Revocable Trust dated January 17, 2014; Audrey Belle Weedn; Averex Inc.; Balanced Rock Energy Partners, LLC; Barbara Lynn Allen; Barbara Lynn Allen; Bernhardt Properties LLC; Betsy H. Spears, Trustee of the Betsy H. Spears Revocable Trust dated November 24, 2008; BHCH Mineral Ltd.; Board of County Commissioners of Roger Mills; Borah Peak Energy LLC; Bradford Fee Spears, Trustee of the Bradford Fee Spears Revocable Trust dated October 30, 2008; Canyon – Imojean Tunnell Partnership; Canyon – John Dunn Partnership; Canyon – Kelly Edwards Partnership; Canyon – Moore Brothers Partnership; Canyon – Notellpa Inc. Partnership; Canyon – The Bill & Laurel Scott; Trust Partnership; Canyon Exploration Co.; Canyon-Bar None Partnership; Canyon-CCC Oil & Gas Partnership; Canyon-GTH Holdings; Partnership; Cari Ann Pigg; Castlerock Resources Inc.; Chad A. Smriga; Chad Allen Little Revocable Trust, under trust agreement dated 4/3/2024 – Lora Opal Unruh and Chad Allen Little, as Co-Trustees; Charlotte Baldridge-Berdahl, f/k/a Charlotte Berdahl; Cimarron Oil and Gas Company, LLC; Citadel Royalties, LLC; Commissioners of the Land Office, State of Oklahoma; Croix Du Sud Energy LLC; Crystal Gayle Pigg; Curve Resources LLC; Cynthia Jo Butler; Daniel R. Miller, Trustee of the Daniel R.; Miller Family Trust of 2014; Devey R. Napier; DLM Partners; Dunn Capital LLC; Edward Michael Walsh; EJ Kunkel Royalty LLC; EJ Kunkel Royalty LLC, c/o Compass Royalty Management; EKN Holdings, LLC; Elizabeth Weedn, Successor Trustee of the Trust Agreement entered into by Austin W. Weedn and Audrey B. Ribble Weedn dated November 29, 1978; EOG Resources Inc.; Ermie Mae Oaks; Eva Royalty Co. Inc.; Exile Resources LLC; Faye Louise Gross; Fortune Natural Resources Corporation; Four Canyon Energy Partners, LLC; Frederick H. Essig, Trustee of the Elizabeth Lippmann Essig Trust dated August 19, 2008; Fredericksburg Royalty Ltd.; Gary Curtis Pigg, II; Gary Curtis Pigg, III; Gary Don Reed; Gary Max Shultz and Joy Ann Williams, Trustees under the Fisher Street Trust; Gerry Oaks; Ginny G. Giambrone; Herbert Dale Hartman and Sheila Frances Hartman, as Co-Trustees of the Herbert Dale Hartman Revocable Trust dated November 4, 2001; Hunter Miller Family LLC; J. Kirk Ary; Jack R. Martin and Robyn L. Martin, husband and wife, as joint tenants Jackie A. Allen Marital Trust dated 1/17/2013 – Rocky K. Allen, as First Successor Trustee; Jack’s Dream LLC; James M. Odor, Trustee of the James M. Odor 1993 Revocable Trust dated March 16, 1993; James S. Davis; Jana Sue Reed; Jean Ann Bang; Jeffrey Gross, Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Gross, Deceased; Jerry Don Allen, Trustee of the Jerry Don Allen Trust; Jimmy L. Allen; John Alexander Spears, Trustee of the John Alexander Spears Revocable Trust dated November 20, 2008; John R. Lippmann; John S. Tootle; Johnny Terrell Scroggins and Judith Coleen Scroggins Revocable Trust dated May 18, 2016 – Johnny Terrell Scroggins and Judith Coleen Scroggins, as Trustees; Judy Ann Johnson; KADR Investments LLC; KADR Investments LLC; Karen Kay Barton; Karla Sue Miller Burlin; Karra Ann Miller Crowley; Kenna Rae Miller Mabe; Kershaw Putnam LLC; Keystone Land and Minerals, LLC; Kunu Land Company; Lisa L. Goebel, as Trustee of the Lisa L. Goebel Trust dated January 22, 2020; Lora Opal Unruh and Chad Allen Little, Co-Trustees of the Chad Allen Little Irrevocable Trust dated April 3, 2024; Lora Opal Unruh and Chad Allen Little, Co-Trustees of the Lora Opal Little Irrevocable Trust dated April 3, 2024; Lora Opal Unruh and Chad Allen Little, Co-Trustees of the Rowdy Lee Little Irrevocable Trust dated April 3, 2024; Lynette Gay Goodman; M. Kent Hartman and Nancy J. Hartman, Co-Trustees of the Kent and Nancy Hartman Family Trust dated August 4, 2020; M. Kent Hartman, Trustee of the Marion and Cynthia Fox Descendants Trust; Marie Allison, Trustee of the Allison Family Revocable Trust dated July 3, 2000; Mark Blaine Fitzgerald, presumed successor to Ernestine Fitzgerald, Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of James W. Fitzgerald, Deceased; Mary Madge Lippmann; Mashburn Land Services LLC; MBB Energy LLC; Megan Michelle Walsh, a/k/a Maggie Walsh; Michael R. McFeely; Normax Minerals LLC; NWR Mineral Partners LLC; Oaks Family Farm Trust, dated June 1, 2016 – B.R. Oaks and Ermie Oaks, as Co-Trustees; Patricia J. Gibson, as Trustee of the Joey Don Speed Trust dated February 11, 2000; Patricia J. Gibson, as Trustee of the Patricia J. Gibson 2003 Revocable Trust dated November 10, 2003; Patricia L. Allen, Trustee of the Jackie A. Allen Marital Trust dated January 17, 2013; Patrick A. Lippmann, Trustee of the Patrick A. Lippmann Revocable Trust dated May 31, 1995; Phillip J. Johnston and Carla S. Johnston, husband and wife, joint tenants; Presidio WAB LLC; Presta Royalty LLC; Ragan Petroleum Inc.; Randy Redden; Red States Energy LLC; Redgate LLC; Reed 2012 Family Farm Trust dated 12/31/2012; Regency Oil & Gas LLC; Regina D. Miller; REI Energy Drilling and Income Fund V LP; Rich Resources LLC; RLS Land Services, LLC; Robert E. Kershaw Royalty Co. Inc.; Ronald Fryer and Karen Fryer, Trustees of the Fryer Family Trust dated September 25, 2012; Ronald J. Miller; Rowdy Lee Little Irrevocable Trust, under trust agreement dated 4/3/2024 – Lora Opal Unruh and Chad Allen Little, as Co-Trustees; Russell C. Spears, Trustee of the Russell C. Spears Revocable Trust dated October 30, 2008; Santa Clarita Capital, LLC; Shannon L. Davis; Shawn W. Allen and Teri Allen, as JTWRS (transfer on death to Morgan Leigh Gonzales and Dylan Wayne Allen, as JTWRS); Sheila Collins, as Co-Trustee of the Timothy M. and Sheila A. Collins Trust dated January 22, 2020; Sheila Frances Hartman and Herbert Dale Hartman, as Co-Trustees of the Sheila Frances Hartman Revocable Trust dated December 29, 2001; Sherry Keahey; Sonoma Holdings, LLC; Stephen Richard Miller; Steve Thomas a/k/a Steven Anthony Thomas; T.J. Allison and Marie Allison, Trustees of the Allison Family Trust dated July 3, 2000; Tami Druzba, f/k/a Tami Thomas; TBA Petroleum Inc.; TDB Investments LLC; Terra Rosa Royalty Corporation; Terry Wayne Keahey; The Hefner Company Inc.; Thomas W. Campbell and Linda L. Campbell, Trustees of the Campbell 2011 Living Trust dated August 3, 2011; Unbridled Agent Corp.; Unbridled Resources LLC; United States of America; United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management; Upland Exploration Oklahoma LLC; Ventana Exploration and Production II LLC; Ventana Operating LLC; Vicki V. Callaway, f/k/a Vicki V. Weedn; WACK Trust dated October 17, 2023, c/o Alex Clayton Buersmeyer and Caroline Nalani Buersmeyer, Trustees; Weedn Enterprises LLC; Winding River Energy Services Corp.; and all persons, owners, producers and operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons in Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant is requesting authority for a multiunit well in the Cherokee and Des Moines common source(s) of supply in Section(s) 30 and 31, Township 17 North, Range 24 West and Section(s) 6, Township 16 North, Range 24 West, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, 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 Pasture Trail 6/30 EA Fed Com #2H well) in the 640-acre drilling and spacing unit(s) for the Cherokee and 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit(s) formed for the Des Moines common source(s) of supply in Section(s) 30 and 31, Township 17 North, Range 24 West and Section(s) 6, Township 16 North, Range 24 West, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, 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) 1 and 12, Township 16 North, Range 25 West and Section(s) 24, 25 and 36, Township 17 North, Range 25 West and Section(s) 5, 7, and 8 Township 16 North, Range 24 West; and, Section(s) 19, 20, 29 and 32, Township 17 North, Range 24 West, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, 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 15th day of December, 2025, 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

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time, November 27, 2025)
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY )
)
RELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED WELL DENSITY ) Cause NO. CD
) 2025-003798
)
LAND COVERED: SECTION(S) 30, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, )
RANGE 24 WEST, ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS )
COUNTIES, OKLAHOMA )

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: 1119 OIL & GAS LLC; ACEITERO INVESTMENTS LLC; ADPARO LLC; Alco Inc.; Alco Inc., c/o Angelina L. Redden; Anthony C. Thomas, as Trustee of the Anthony C. Thomas and Julia M. Thomas Revocable Trust dated January 17, 2014; Averex Inc.; AVONIA LLC; Balanced Rock Energy Partners LLC; BALANCED ROCK ENERGY PARTNERS LLC; BARON RESOURCES LLC; BCE MACH III LLC; Bernhardt Properties LLC; Betsy H. Spears, Trustee of the Betsy H. Spears Revocable Trust dated November 24, 2008; BHCH Mineral Ltd.; BIG CEDAR RESOURCES LLC; Borah Peak Energy LLC; Bradford Fee Spears, Trustee of the Bradford Fee Spears Revocable Trust dated October 30, 2008; BRIDGEPORT NON OP LLC; CALM FT WORTH VENTURES; CANVAS ENERGY LLC; Canyon – Imojean Tunnell Partnership; Canyon – John Dunn Partnership; Canyon – Kelly Edwards Partnership; Canyon – Moore Brothers Partnership; Canyon – Notellpa Inc. Partnership; Canyon – The Bill & Laurel Scott Trust Partnership; Canyon Exploration Co.; Canyon-Bar None Partnership; Canyon-CCC Oil & Gas Partnership; Canyon-GTH Holdings Partnership; Cari Ann Pigg; CASTLEROCK RESOURCES INC; Castlerock Resources Inc.; Chad A. Smriga; CHALON CAPITAL LLC; Charlotte Baldridge-Berdahl, f/k/a Charlotte Berdahl; CHEROKEE MOON LLC; CITADEL ROYALTIES LLC; Citadel Royalties, LLC; Croix Du Sud Energy LLC; Crystal Gayle Pigg; Curve Resources LLC; Cynthia Jo Butler; DAGNY’S LLC; Daniel R. Miller, Trustee of the Daniel R. Miller Family Trust of 2014; Devey R. Napier; Diversified Energy Services LLC; DLM Partners; DUKE MINERALS NON-OP LLC; DUKE MINERALS NON-OP LLC; Dunn Capital LLC; Edward Michael Walsh; EJ Kunkel Royalty LLC; EJ Kunkel Royalty LLC, c/o Compass Royalty Management; EKN HOLDINGS LLC, C/O ENDATUS LLC; EKN Holdings, LLC; ELAND ENERGY INC, FBO SUNDOWN ENERGY INC; Elizabeth Weedn, Successor Trustee of the Trust Agreement entered into by Austin W. Weedn and Audrey B. Ribble Weedn dated November 29, 1978; EOG Resources Inc.; Eva Royalty Co. Inc.; Exile Resources LLC; Faye Louise Gross; FOUR CANYON ENERGY PARTNERS LLC; Frederick H. Essig, Trustee of the; Elizabeth Lippmann Essig Trust dated August 19, 2008; Fredericksburg Royalty Ltd.; GAMMA OIL & GAS LLC; Gary Curtis Pigg, II; Gary Curtis Pigg, III; Gary Max Shultz and Joy Ann Williams, Trustees under the Fisher Street Trust; Ginny G. Giambrone; Herbert Dale Hartman and Sheila Frances Hartman, Trustees of the Herbert Dale Hartman Revocable Trust dated November 4, 2001; HERITAGE RESOURCES-NONOP LLC, ATTN LAND OR ACCOUNTING; HEWITT MINERAL CORPORATION; Hunter Miller Family LLC; HUNTER MILLER FAMILY LLC; IVORY OIL COMPANY LLC; J&W ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC; J. Kirk Ary; Jack R. Martin and Robyn L. Martin, husband and wife, as joint tenants; Jack’s Dream LLC; James M. Odor, Trustee of the James M. Odor 1993 Revocable Trust dated March 16, 1993; JAMES S DAVIS; Jean Ann Bang; Jeffrey Gross, Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Gross, Deceased; John Alexander Spears, Trustee of the John Alexander Spears Revocable Trust dated November 20, 2008; John R. Lippmann; Judy Ann Johnson; KADR Investments LLC; Karen Kay Barton; Karla Sue Miller Burlin; Karra Ann Miller Crowley; Kenna Rae Miller Mabe; Kershaw Putnam LLC; KEYSTONE ENERGY LLC; KIRK ARY; Kunu Land Company; Lisa L. Goebel, as Trustee of the Lisa L. Goebel Trust dated January 22, 2020; Lynette Gay Goodman; M. Kent Hartman and Nancy J. Hartman, Co-Trustees of the Kent and Nancy Hartman Family Trust dated August 4, 2020; M. Kent Hartman, Trustee of the Marion and Cynthia fox Descendants Trust; Marie Allison, Trustee of the Allison Family Revocable Trust dated July 3, 2000; Mark Blaine Fitzgerald, presumed successor to Ernestine Fitzgerald, Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of James W. Fitzgerald, Deceased; Mary Madge Lippmann; Mashburn Land Services LLC; MBB Energy LLC; Megan Michelle Walsh, a/k/a Maggie Walsh; Michael R. McFeely; MUSTANG FUEL CORPORATION; NATIVE BEALL PARTNERS LLC; Normax Minerals LLC; NWR Mineral Partners LLC; NWR MINERAL PARTNERS LLC; OTSS INVESTMENTS; Patricia J. Gibson, Trustee for Joey Don Speed Trust under Agreement dated February 11, 2000; Patricia Jean Gibson, Trustee of the Patricia Jean Gibson 2003 Revocable Trust dated November 10, 2003; Patrick A. Lippmann, Trustee of the Patrick A. Lippmann Revocable Trust dated May 31, 1995; PDI INC; PETROVEN INC; Phillip J. Johnston and Carla S. Johnston, husband and wife, joint tenants; Presidio WAB LLC; PRESIDIO WAB LLC; Presta Royalty LLC; R & R ROYALTY LTD; Ragan Petroleum Inc.; RALLY OIL & GAS LLC; Randy Redden; Red States Energy LLC; RED STONE OPERATING LLC; Redgate LLC; Regency Oil & Gas LLC; REGENCY OIL & GAS LLC; Regina D. Miller; REGIONS PERMIAN III LLC; REI ENERGY DRILLING & INCOME FUND V LP; REI Energy Drilling and Income Fund V LP; Rich Resources LLC; RLS LAND SERVICES; RLS Land Services, LLC; Robert E. Kershaw Royalty Co. Inc.; ROCK OIL MINERAL PARTNERS LLC; Ronald Fryer and Karen Fryer, Trustees of the Fryer Family Trust dated September 25, 2012; Ronald J. Miller; Russell C. Spears, Trustee of the Russell C. Spears Revocable Trust dated October 30, 2008; RXR ENERGY LLC; SAND CREEK OKLAHOMA LLC; SANDRIDGE EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION LLC, C/O EAG SERVICES; Santa Clarita Capital, LLC; SCB INVESTMENTS LLC; Sheila Collins, as Co-Trustee of the Timothy M. and Sheila A. Collins Trust dated January 22, 2020; Sheila Frances Hartman and Herbert Dale Hartman, Co-Trustees of the Sheila Frances Hartman Revocable Trust dated December 29, 2001; Sonoma Holdings, LLC; Stephen Richard Miller; Steve Thomas a/k/a Steven Anthony Thomas; TALLGRASS RESOURCES LLC; Tami Druzba, f/k/a Tami Thomas; TBA Petroleum Inc.; TDB Investments LLC; Terra Rosa Royalty Corporation; The Hefner Company Inc.; Thomas W. Campbell and Linda L. Campbell, Trustees of the Campbell 2011 Living Trust dated August 3, 2011; UNBRIDLED AGENT CORP; Unbridled Agent Corp.; Unbridled Resources LLC; UNBRIDLED RESOURCES LLC, ATTN JOINT INTEREST BILLING; UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY; United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management; Upland Exploration Oklahoma LLC; UPLAND EXPLORATION OKLAHOMA LLC; VENTANA EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION II, LLC; Ventana Exploration and Production II LLC; Ventana Operating LLC; VENTANA OPERATING LLC; Vicki W. Calaway, f/k/a Vicki V. Weedn; WACK Trust dtd October 17, 2023, Alex Clayton Buersmeyer and Caroline Nalani Buersmeyer, Trustees; Weedn Enterprises LLC; WINDING RIVER ENERGY SERVICES CORP; Winding River Energy Services Corp.; and all persons, owners, producers and operators of oil and gas and all other interested persons in Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the amendment of Order No. 138264 to authorize the drilling, completion, and production of one (1) additional well(s) by Mewbourne Oil Company, or some other party, in the Cherokee common source(s) of supply for the 640-acre drilling and spacing unit(s) consisting of Section(s) 30, Township 17 North, Range 24 West, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma. 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 15th day of December, 2025, 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

______________

(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time, November 27, 2025)
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY )
)
RELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED WELL DENSITY ) Cause NO. CD
) 2025-003799
)
LAND COVERED: SECTION(S) 31, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, )
RANGE 24 WEST, ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS )
COUNTIES, OKLAHOMA )

OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION

KIM DAVID, Chairman
J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
/s/ Benjamin J. Brown
Benjamin J. Brown, OBA No. 30843

___________

(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time, November 27, 2025)
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY )
)
RELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED WELL DENSITY ) Cause NO. CD
) 2025-003797
)
LAND COVERED: SECTION(S) 6, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, )
RANGE 24 WEST, ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS )
COUNTIES, OKLAHOMA )

OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION

KIM DAVID, Chairman
J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
/s/ Benjamin J. Brown
Benjamin J. Brown, OBA No. 30843

______________

(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time, November 27, 2025)
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY )
)
RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION EXCEPTION ) Cause NO. CD
) 2025-003796
)
LAND COVERED: SECTION(S) 30 AND 31, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, )
RANGE 24 WEST, AND SECTION(S) 6, )
TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 24 WEST, )
ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS )
COUNTIES, OKLAHOMA )

This well will be completed using casing and cement. The completion interval for the lateral shall be defined by the interval between the first and last perforations described above. The proposed location is not a legal location under the terms of Order No(s). 138264 and 597264. The Applicant requests the well, if a commercial producer in the common source(s) of supply named herein, be permitted to produce without penalty. Further, Applicant may request that said Order be made effective on a date prior to its signing.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the location described above is moving toward the following described property:
(a) Section(s) Section(s) 19, 20, 29, and 32, Township 17 North, Range 24 West, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma.
(b) The completion interval of the well described herein is moving toward the offset well(s) listed below:

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 15th day of December, 2025, 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

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