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(Published in PV Democrat April 8, 2026)
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT:HADAWAY CONSULTING AND)
ENGINEERING, LLC)
)
RELIEF SOUGHT:CHANGE OF OPERATOR UNDER)
ORDER NO. 700637)
)
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:NW/4 OF SECTION 22,)
TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH,)
RANGE 3 WEST,)
GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA)
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-001396
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Bank of America, NA, Trustee under agreement dated 4/4/1973 for Ann L. Duncan Trust a/d/a the Ann L. Duncan Trust dated April 14, 1973; Black Stone Minerals Company, LP; Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, c/o Expand Energy Corp.; Colby Shi Smith; Diversified ABS VI Upstream, LLC; Diversified Production, LLC; DP Legacy Tapstone, LLC f/k/a Tapstone Energy, LLC; DP Sooner Holdco, LLC; KL CHK SPV, LLC; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Forest Shi Smith, c/o Stephen Foster Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Kirby Smith, c/o Colby Shi Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Kirby Smith, c/o Linda Crews Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Kirby Smith, c/o Richard Kirby Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Mary Anne Smith, c/o Stephen Foster Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Shi Anne Shimer f/k/a Shi Anne Smith, c/o Preston Shimer; Linda Crews Smith; Oaktree ABS VI Upstream, LLC; OCM Denali Holdings, LLC; Raybourn H. Smiser, Jr. and Mary Vaughn Smiser, Trustees of the Raybourn H. Smiser 1999 Revocable Trust dated 5/17/1999, c/o Smiser Oil & Gas, LLC; Remington Royalty III, LLC; Richard Kirby Smith; Stephen Foster Smith; Walter Duncan, Inc.; Westervelt Limited Partnership; their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, trustees, successors and assigns and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all interested parties, particularly in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant requests the Corporation Commission issue an Order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, naming Hadaway Consulting and Engineering, LLC, or some other party recommended by Applicant, as operator under the terms and conditions of Order No. 700637.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person desiring to protest this Application shall have 15 days after receipt of Notice in which to file a written protest to the Application. Failure to submit a written protest within the 15 day period shall be deemed acquiescence to the granting of the Application.
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 the hearing on this cause is set before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket on the 27th day of April, 2026, at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. 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 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 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 www.occweb.com 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 Daniel Hemphill, Jackfork Land, Inc., 925 Cedar Lake Blvd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114, (405) 840-5999, ext. 118; or, Karl F. Hirsch of the law firm Hirsch, Heath & White, PLLC, Attorney for Applicant, 901 Cedar Lake Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114-7813, (405) 235-1768.
CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA
KIM DAVID, Chairman
J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
Karl F. Hirsch, OBA No. 4232
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT:HADAWAY CONSULTING AND)
ENGINEERING, LLC)
)
RELIEF SOUGHT:CHANGE OF OPERATOR UNDER)
ORDER NO. 700637)
)
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:NW/4 OF SECTION 22,)
TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH,)
RANGE 3 WEST,)
GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA)
CAUSE CD NO. 2026-001396
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Bank of America, NA, Trustee under agreement dated 4/4/1973 for Ann L. Duncan Trust a/d/a the Ann L. Duncan Trust dated April 14, 1973; Black Stone Minerals Company, LP; Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, c/o Expand Energy Corp.; Colby Shi Smith; Diversified ABS VI Upstream, LLC; Diversified Production, LLC; DP Legacy Tapstone, LLC f/k/a Tapstone Energy, LLC; DP Sooner Holdco, LLC; KL CHK SPV, LLC; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Forest Shi Smith, c/o Stephen Foster Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Kirby Smith, c/o Colby Shi Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Kirby Smith, c/o Linda Crews Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Kirby Smith, c/o Richard Kirby Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Mary Anne Smith, c/o Stephen Foster Smith; Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Shi Anne Shimer f/k/a Shi Anne Smith, c/o Preston Shimer; Linda Crews Smith; Oaktree ABS VI Upstream, LLC; OCM Denali Holdings, LLC; Raybourn H. Smiser, Jr. and Mary Vaughn Smiser, Trustees of the Raybourn H. Smiser 1999 Revocable Trust dated 5/17/1999, c/o Smiser Oil & Gas, LLC; Remington Royalty III, LLC; Richard Kirby Smith; Stephen Foster Smith; Walter Duncan, Inc.; Westervelt Limited Partnership; their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, trustees, successors and assigns and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all interested parties, particularly in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant requests the Corporation Commission issue an Order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, naming Hadaway Consulting and Engineering, LLC, or some other party recommended by Applicant, as operator under the terms and conditions of Order No. 700637.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person desiring to protest this Application shall have 15 days after receipt of Notice in which to file a written protest to the Application. Failure to submit a written protest within the 15 day period shall be deemed acquiescence to the granting of the Application.
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 the hearing on this cause is set before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket on the 27th day of April, 2026, at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. 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 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 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 www.occweb.com 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 Daniel Hemphill, Jackfork Land, Inc., 925 Cedar Lake Blvd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114, (405) 840-5999, ext. 118; or, Karl F. Hirsch of the law firm Hirsch, Heath & White, PLLC, Attorney for Applicant, 901 Cedar Lake Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114-7813, (405) 235-1768.
CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA
KIM DAVID, Chairman
J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
Karl F. Hirsch, OBA No. 4232
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