Our firm represents oil and gas companies before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Our client, the Applicant listed on the application, has reason to believe you own or may own a mineral interest within the lands covered by the application. Oklahoma law requires that we provide this Application and Notice of Hearing to you.

Our office provides legal notices to the names and addresses provided to us by the Applicant listed on the application. Our office does not research these names and addresses. For further questions regarding why you are listed as a respondent, we recommend you contact the company or individual at the phone number listed on the first page of the Application or on the last page of the Notice of Hearing. As always, we recommend you consult your own independent legal counsel.

For further questions regarding how much interest you may own, we recommend you contact the company or individual at the phone number listed on the first page of the Application or on the last page of the Notice of Hearing, as we do not have this information. As always, we recommend you consult your own independent legal counsel.

If you received a Pooling Order, you should read the Order carefully, as you will need to make an election based on the terms provided within the Order. If you received an Application, no response is required unless you object to the relief the Applicant seeks. If you object to such relief, please visit the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website here. These notices are mostly informative and provide information on the relief sought, the hearing date, place, and time in the event you want to attend in person. You also have the option of attending a hearing virtually. More instructions on attending a hearing virtually can be found here: https://oklahoma.gov/occ/court-dockets.html. If you have further questions, we recommend you consult your own independent legal counsel.

Please leave us a detailed note in the contact form here, or via email at info@charneybrown.com.

Include the following in your message to ensure your address is updated on the Exhibit “A”:

• Applicant

• Relief Sought

• Lands Covered/Described

• Cause CD Number

• Your Respondent Number (What number are you listed as on the Exhibit “A”?)

• Your Corrected Address

If you received an application for a drilling and spacing unit, you own or may own the right to share in production in the “Lands Covered” once an initial well has been drilled.

An Order establishing a drilling and spacing unit does the following:

• Allows ONE well per unit

• Determines Unit Size (typically 640 acres or 1,280 acres, but can be of other sizes)

• Defines the common source(s) of supply covered (the formations the Applicant seeks to develop)

• Determines who may have a right to share in revenue from the drilling and spacing unit

• Sets standard boundaries within which a well can be drilled (without a Location Exception)

A Pooling Order does the following:

• Defines the operator of the drilling and spacing unit

• Sets the terms for development of the drilling and spacing unit

• Determines who may have an opportunity to pay for their share of the well

If you received a pooling application, you are likely an unleased mineral owner within the unit where the Operator proposes to drill a well. Before you received the pooling application, you should have received a letter outlining the well to be drilled, the costs to drill the well, and bonus and royalty options if you do not want to pay for your share of the well. After a pooling application is heard by an Administrative Law Judge, a Pooling Order will be issued. This Order sets forth your options for participation or non-participation in the unit. You should read through the pooling order carefully and make an election based on the terms provided and within the timeline provided. If you have additional questions, we recommend contacting the Operator about your options, or seeking advice from independent legal counsel.

If you received a multiunit application, you own or may own the right to share in production from the “Lands Covered” within the application. This type of application grants an oil and gas company the authority to drill across unit boundaries. This allows them to drill a longer horizontal well, thus recovering more hydrocarbons than they could have with a shorter horizontal well. It also sets forth terms for allocating production costs and revenue between units.

If you received an Increased Density application, you own or may own the right to share in production from a well drilled in the “Lands Covered.” This application allows an oil and gas company to drill more than one well per drilling and spacing unit, as prescribed by the order establishing such unit.

A location exception grants an oil and gas company the authority to drill closer to the unit boundaries than the order establishing the drilling and spacing unit provides.