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BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT:GULF EXPLORATION, LLC
RELIEF SOUGHT:POOLING
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:NW/4 NE/4 OF SECTION 20,
TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH,
RANGE 7 EAST,
PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000256
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:Â Â Navarro County Educational Foundation, Inc.; SCE Petroleum, LLC; The Hefner Company, Inc. fka The Hefner Corporation; Duard B. Thomas, Jr.; Thomas E. Criswell and Diane B. Criswell as Trustees of The Thomas E. and Diane B. Criswell Revocable Trust; Duard B. Thomas, Jr., Trustee of the Minnie S. Thomas Testamentary Trust for the use and benefit of Gale Sallee Thomas; Anne J. Criswell, now Escobedo; James C. Criswell; Mary S. Criswell, now Buchanan; Thomas Z. Criswell; David A. Roberson, II; David A. Roberson, II and Sheila A. Roberson, joint tenants; Roberson Oil Company, Inc.; Thomas A. Bray and Traci L. Bray, joint tenants; Tom Daniel; Thomas Craig Investments, LLC; LUZ, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; Gerald Brown; Brandon Dey Whichard; Josh Steward Whichard; Weldon Keith Crawford; Larry Wayne Crawford; Cynthia Ann Crawford; Sean Everitt Grantham; Tiffany Renee Grantham Hernandez; Kory Douglas Crawford; Moose Family Trust, dated 7/7/2005, Sharon Sprague, Trustee; Sharon Sprague; Elizabeth Shannon Galgerud; Susan Joann Peck; Roger W. Hoch; Jerry Hickson; Burke T. Edwards; Pioneer Royalty, Inc.; A.J. Hinkle Mineral Trust; Stephen Hinkle; Paul Hinkle; Phillip Hinkle; Kimberly D. Mauldin; Jessica Kobylinski; Billy Martin Harrel; Jill Spears, James P. Longueville and Jeffrey D. Longueville, Successor Co-Trustees of the Emma Jean Longueville Trust under Trust Agreement dated April 8, 2008; David Andrew Hinkle, Jr.; The Duncan Family Trust c/o Joaquin & Duncan, LLC; Koby Peters; The Mary Ellen Whisenant Revocable Trust, Mary Ellen Whisenant, Trustee; Gregory David Bonifield; Sabrina Lynn Bonifield Krieg; Marital Trust under the Last Will and Testament of Henry Lease Bonifield aka Lease Bonifield; KRP Legacy Isles, LLC Dept. 300; Carl R. Britt-deceased; FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation; and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and if any of the individuals are deceased, or if any of the companies are no longer in existence, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, successors and assigns, immediate and remote, of the named parties.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the Commission pool the interests, designate an operator, and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the McAlester, Atoka, Cromwell, and Hunton common sources of supply underlying the NW/4 NE/4 of Section 20, Township 2 North, Range 7 East, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the following special relief:Â to designate the Applicant or some other party as Operator of the unit well. Applicant is further requesting that the Order to be entered in this cause be made effective on a date prior to the date of the Order. Applicant may request up to one year from the date of the Order to enter in this cause, with which to commence the initial 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 Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30Â a.m., on the 17th day of February, 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 has relocated 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 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 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 telephone number.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Austen Salomone, Land Manager, Gulf Exploration, LLC, 9701 N. Broadway Ext, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114, Telephone: 405-840-3371; OR Eric Huddleston, Attorney, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Suite 1300, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Telephone: (405) 232-3722.
CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA
Kim David, CHAIRMAN
J. Todd Hiett, Commissioner
Brian Bingman, Commissioner
DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 20th DAY OF JANUARY, 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION
Secretary
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT:GULF EXPLORATION, LLC
RELIEF SOUGHT:POOLING
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:NW/4 NE/4 OF SECTION 20,
TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH,
RANGE 7 EAST,
PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-000256
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:Â Â Navarro County Educational Foundation, Inc.; SCE Petroleum, LLC; The Hefner Company, Inc. fka The Hefner Corporation; Duard B. Thomas, Jr.; Thomas E. Criswell and Diane B. Criswell as Trustees of The Thomas E. and Diane B. Criswell Revocable Trust; Duard B. Thomas, Jr., Trustee of the Minnie S. Thomas Testamentary Trust for the use and benefit of Gale Sallee Thomas; Anne J. Criswell, now Escobedo; James C. Criswell; Mary S. Criswell, now Buchanan; Thomas Z. Criswell; David A. Roberson, II; David A. Roberson, II and Sheila A. Roberson, joint tenants; Roberson Oil Company, Inc.; Thomas A. Bray and Traci L. Bray, joint tenants; Tom Daniel; Thomas Craig Investments, LLC; LUZ, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; Gerald Brown; Brandon Dey Whichard; Josh Steward Whichard; Weldon Keith Crawford; Larry Wayne Crawford; Cynthia Ann Crawford; Sean Everitt Grantham; Tiffany Renee Grantham Hernandez; Kory Douglas Crawford; Moose Family Trust, dated 7/7/2005, Sharon Sprague, Trustee; Sharon Sprague; Elizabeth Shannon Galgerud; Susan Joann Peck; Roger W. Hoch; Jerry Hickson; Burke T. Edwards; Pioneer Royalty, Inc.; A.J. Hinkle Mineral Trust; Stephen Hinkle; Paul Hinkle; Phillip Hinkle; Kimberly D. Mauldin; Jessica Kobylinski; Billy Martin Harrel; Jill Spears, James P. Longueville and Jeffrey D. Longueville, Successor Co-Trustees of the Emma Jean Longueville Trust under Trust Agreement dated April 8, 2008; David Andrew Hinkle, Jr.; The Duncan Family Trust c/o Joaquin & Duncan, LLC; Koby Peters; The Mary Ellen Whisenant Revocable Trust, Mary Ellen Whisenant, Trustee; Gregory David Bonifield; Sabrina Lynn Bonifield Krieg; Marital Trust under the Last Will and Testament of Henry Lease Bonifield aka Lease Bonifield; KRP Legacy Isles, LLC Dept. 300; Carl R. Britt-deceased; FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation; and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and if any of the individuals are deceased, or if any of the companies are no longer in existence, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, successors and assigns, immediate and remote, of the named parties.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the Commission pool the interests, designate an operator, and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the McAlester, Atoka, Cromwell, and Hunton common sources of supply underlying the NW/4 NE/4 of Section 20, Township 2 North, Range 7 East, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the following special relief:Â to designate the Applicant or some other party as Operator of the unit well. Applicant is further requesting that the Order to be entered in this cause be made effective on a date prior to the date of the Order. Applicant may request up to one year from the date of the Order to enter in this cause, with which to commence the initial 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 Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30Â a.m., on the 17th day of February, 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 has relocated 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 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 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 telephone number.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Austen Salomone, Land Manager, Gulf Exploration, LLC, 9701 N. Broadway Ext, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114, Telephone: 405-840-3371; OR Eric Huddleston, Attorney, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Suite 1300, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Telephone: (405) 232-3722.
CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA
Kim David, CHAIRMAN
J. Todd Hiett, Commissioner
Brian Bingman, Commissioner
DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 20th DAY OF JANUARY, 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION
Secretary
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