(CD4119233)
NOTICE OF HEARING
CAUSE CD NO. 2025-003979BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: UPLAND OPERATING LLC. RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 24 WEST, ROGER MILLS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, and more particularly 1945 Legacy Ventures, LLC; Abraham Oil & Gas, Ltd.; Abraham Oil & Gas, Ltd.; Alma W. Wood, if living and his known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns if deceased; Amarillo National Bank and Catherine Elaine Culver Musslewhite, Co-Trustees of The Catherine Elaine Culver Musslewhite Trust; Amarillo National Bank and Janice K. Culver, Co-Trustees of The Janice K. Culver Marital Trust; Anadarko Basin Holdings LLC; Anadarko Minerals, Inc.; Ann Holden Moses; Aven Gas & Oil, Inc.; BCE-Mach III, LLC; Belmark Oil & Gas, LLC; Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company, LP; Campanero Energy Holdings, LLC; Carolyn R. Rollison; Catherine Eva Hefner; Chanas Partners, LLC; Cimarex Energy Company, now Coterra Energy Operating Co.; Connie Berrong, Trustee of The Sherri Jeanne Berrong 2010 Irrevocable Trust; Connie Johnson and Catherine Johnson as Trustees of the Catherine M. Johnson Trust, created under instrument dated March 1, 1999; Connie Johnson and Catherine Johnson as Trustees of the Connie S. Johnson Trust, created under instrument dated March 1, 1999; Daniel B. Stuart and Mary P. Stuart, Trustees for the Stuart Family Trust u/a/d 1/3/2002; Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc.; DP Legacy Central, LLC; Ed Berrong Trust; Elizabeth and Joseph Taft Revocable Trust dated the 10th day of December 2012; Elly B. Beard and Trudy K. Martin, Trustee of the Elly B. Beard 2007 Trust; EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-A, L.P.; EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIB, L.P.; Enervest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIC, L.P.; Fairway Resources III, LLC; Grady H. Harris & Barbara H. Fiese Revocable Inter Vivos Trust; Grady H. Harris & Barbara H. Fiese Revocable Inter Vivos Trust; Happy Gizzard Minerals, LLC; Haymaker Holding Company, LLC; HHR Wells, Inc.; Holden No. 1, LLC; J. Cooper West, LLC; J. Tolbert, LLC; James H. Holden Trust; James H. Holden, Jr.; JoAnn H. Holden, Trustee of the JoAnn Holden 2001 Revocable Trust dated 4/13/2001; John C. Schook; Kaiser-Francis Oil Company; Leeila R. Ramsay, Trustee of the H.J. Ramsay Family Trust; Maguire Energy Company; Maguire Oil Company; Mailand Oil and Gas Investments, LLC; Margaret Monroe Holden, Trustee of the 2008 Revocable Trust dated March 31, 2008; Mary Anne Malone Revocable Trust; Mohan Family Trust; Mohan Family Trust; Mollie Callihan Tingle; Natalie Marie Stringer Revocable Trust, dated 1/1/2015; NWR Mineral Partners, LLC; PBE Oil & Gas, LLC; R. Michael Lortz; Ragna Resources, LLC; Ralph J. Tingle, as Trustee of the Ralph J. Tingle Revocable Trust u/t/a/d December 7, 2004; Reilly J. Tingle; Reilly J. Tingle; Rex Consulting, LLC; Royalty Repository II, LLC; Royalty Repository II, LLC; Samson Exploration Company; Samson Resources Company; Samuel R. Stringer Irrevocable Minors Trust; Stephen George Vedros and Jannis Jeanne Vedros as Trustees of the Stephen George Vedros Revocable trust u/d/o February 13, 1991 ; Sullivan Oil and Gas, LLC; The known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns of Heidi Tingle, deceased; The known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns of Robert S. Warriner, deceased; The Pennsylvania Trust Company & Katherine B. Warriner, Co-Trustees of the GST Trust under the Will of Robert S. Warriner; Tricor Energy, LLC; Tri-Up, LLC; Unbridled Resources, LLC; Urban Fund II, LP; Urban Oil and Gas Partners B-1, LP; Wabash Production Limited Partnership; West Exploration, LLC; Windsor OK LLC; Mid-Continent II, LLC; 1840 Soledad Avenue Trust; Advocate Oil & Gas, LLC; Anne Lea Patterson, Trustee of the Anne Lea Patterson Revocable Trust dated June 18, 1998; Bagwell No. 1 Family Limited Partnership; Cannon Field Minerals Fund I, LP; Gwendolyn F. Segler Revocable Trust; Hillman Royalties; James William Bailey and Lana Gwyn Merrick-Bailey, Co-Trustees of the James William Bailey Trust dated April 29, 2022; Kenneth Speer, if living and his known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns if deceased; Lana Gwyn Merrick-Bailey and James William Bailey, Co-Trustees of the Lana Gwyn Merrick-Bailey Trust dated April 29, 2022; Louise R. Edwards, Trustee of the Louise R. Edwards Trust; Marjorie Ellsworth, Trustee of the Marjorie Ellsworth Trust; Olivia C. Stringer Irrevocable Minors Trust; Patson, LLC; Petro Partners Limited; Royalty Clearinghouse, Ltd.; S & C Properties; Sappington Energy Interests, Ltd.; Sharon Sue Segler, Successor Trustee of the Roy Banks Segler and Wanda Rose Segler Rev. Trust Agreement dated 1/2/1992; Southwest Petroleum Company; Stephen B. Kahn, Trustee of the Stephen B. Kahn Living Trust u/a/d 4/23/1997; Stride Bank, NA, trustee of the John Barta Living Trust fbo Barbee Seiser; Stride Bank, NA, trustee of the John Barta Living Trust fbo Becky Mahurin; Stride Bank, NA, trustee of the John Barta Living Trust fbo Beverly Keffer; The known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns of Edith Wham, deceased; The known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns of Mary Ann Young, deceased; The known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns of Pauline D. Speer, deceased; W.B. Raybourn, as Trustee of the W.B. Raybourn Trust dated April 30, 1997; and if any of the above are deceased, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, immediate and remote, of the above-named parties; and if any of the above are corporations which do not continue to have legal existence, the unknown trustees or assigns of such corporations.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting that the Commission pool the interests, designate an operator, and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Upper Cherokee common source of supply underlying all of Section 9, Township 13 North, Range 24 West, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the following special relief: (1) to designate the Applicant or some other party as Operator of the unit; (2) to pool the captioned lands either as a unit or on a well bore basis; and (3) to provide for the development of the unit including the pooling of the proposed well and all subsequent wells where applicable; with the final Order to be entered in this case to provide for one year from the date of entry within which to commence operations for the drilling of the initial unit well.
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 the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 6th day of January, 2026, and that this notice 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. 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.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, access to the Jim Thorpe Building is restricted. The referenced hearing may be conducted via teleconference or video conference. Before coming to the building for this hearing, please visit the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website at www.occeweb.com to determine the status of building access. Instructions for participating via teleconference or video conference 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 Larry Jenkins, Upland Operating LLC, 424 S. Main St., Boerne, Texas 78006, Telephone: (580) 716-0535; OR JOHN C. MORICOLI, JR., Attorney, One Leadership Square, 211 N. Robinson, Suite 1350, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Telephone: (405) 235-3357.CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA
J. TODD HIETT,
Commissioner
BRIAN BINGMAN,
Commissioner
KIM DAVID,
ChairmanDONE AND PERFORMED this 10th day of December, 2025.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:
Secretary of the Commission(12-15-25)