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BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CONTINENT INC. RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING LEGAL SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 8 DESCRIPTION: NORTH, RANGE 5 WEST, GRADY COUNTY, OKLAHOMA ) ) ) ) CAUSE CD NO ) ) ) ORDER NO. - ) 201404913T 630101 ORDER OF THE COMMISSION Administrative Law Judge. Date and Place of Hearing: This cause came on for hearing before Kathy McKeown, Administrative Law Judge for the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma on the 1 1th day of August, 2014, at 8:30 a.m., Commission Courtroom, Eastern Regional Office, Suite 114, 440 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the purpose of hearing, taking testimony and reporting her findings and recommendations to the Commission. The Administrative Law Judge heard the Cause and filed a report with the Commission, which report has been considered, and the Commission therefore finds, adjudicates and orders as follows: Appearances: William H. Huffinan, Attorney, appeared for the Applicant, Newfield Exploration Mid- Continent Inc. Companion Causes: Spacing CD No. 201404910T; Multi-Unit Horizontal Well CD No. 201404911 T; Multi-Unit Location Exception CD No. 201404912T; Pooling CD No. 201404914T FINDINGS Relief Requested: 1. That this is the Application ofNewfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc. for an Order pooling the interest and designating an operator and adjudicating the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Mississippian, Woodford and Hunton common sources of supply underlying Section 7, Township 8 North, Range 5 West, Grady County, Oklahoma. The respondents named in the Application are those parties shown on Exhibit "A" attached as a part hereof and incorporated into this Order by reference. If any named natural person is deceased, then the known or unknown heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees and assigns, immediate and remote, of such decedent are made respondents to this Application. If any named respondent is a corporation which

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BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CONTINENT INC.

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LEGAL SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 8 DESCRIPTION: NORTH, RANGE 5 WEST,

GRADY COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

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) CAUSE CD NO )

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) ORDER NO. - )

201404913T

630101

ORDER OF THE COMMISSION

Administrative Law Judge. Date and Place of Hearing:

This cause came on for hearing before Kathy McKeown, Administrative Law Judge for the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma on the 1 1th day of August, 2014, at 8:30 a.m., Commission Courtroom, Eastern Regional Office, Suite 114, 440 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the purpose of hearing, taking testimony and reporting her findings and recommendations to the Commission. The Administrative Law Judge heard the Cause and filed a report with the Commission, which report has been considered, and the Commission therefore finds, adjudicates and orders as follows:

Appearances:

William H. Huffinan, Attorney, appeared for the Applicant, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc.

Companion Causes:

Spacing CD No. 201404910T; Multi-Unit Horizontal Well CD No. 201404911 T; Multi-Unit Location Exception CD No. 201404912T; Pooling CD No. 201404914T

FINDINGS

Relief Requested:

1. That this is the Application ofNewfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc. for an Order pooling the interest and designating an operator and adjudicating the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Mississippian, Woodford and Hunton common sources of supply underlying Section 7, Township 8 North, Range 5 West, Grady County, Oklahoma. The respondents named in the Application are those parties shown on Exhibit "A" attached as a part hereof and incorporated into this Order by reference. If any named natural person is deceased, then the known or unknown heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees and assigns, immediate and remote, of such decedent are made respondents to this Application. If any named respondent is a corporation which

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does not continue to have legal existence, then the known or unknown successors, trustees or assigns, if any, of such entity are made respondents to this Application.

Jurisdiction and Notice:

2. That the Commission has jurisdiction over the subject matter herein and of the persons interested therein. That the Commission conducted ajudicial inquiry into the sufficiency of the Applicant's search to determine the names and whereabouts of the respondents who were served herein by publication, and based on the evidence adduced the Commission finds that the Applicant has exercised due diligence and has conducted a meaningful search of all reasonably available sources at hand. The Commission approves the publication service given herein as meeting statutory requirements and the minimum standards of state and federal due process so that notice has been given in all respects as required by law and by the rules of the Commission. That this Commission makes this finding in compliance with Carlile v. Cotton, 732 P.2nd 438 (Okla. 1986). That Applicant is the owner of an interest in the area covered by the Application. That the Applicant/Operator has furnished the Oklahoma Corporation Commission with a plugging agreement and surety or a financial statement, as required by law and by the rules of the Commission.

Spacing:

3. By Order No. 97336, the Corporation Commission has spaced the subject tract as a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for the production of gas from the Hunton common source of supply. By Order No. 629586, the Corporation Commission has spaced the subject tract as 640-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the Mississippian and Woodford common sources of supply.

Dismissals:

4. Applicant requested and was permitted to dismiss 37. Gym Resources, Inc.; 43. James Vandiver and/or Linda Vandiver, Trustees of the Ben James Family Trust; 49. Joan Stauffer; 57. KCTC LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; 62. Louis H. Witwer III, as Trustee of the Louis H. Witwer III Trust, u/t/a dated 8/15/1994; 82. Robert Frank Mikuls; 86. Sunbun Exploration, LLC as respondents.

Amendments:

5. Applicant requested and was permitted to update the address for the following respondents: 9. Carolyn Ann Wittman Hollingsworth, now Schmidt to do Doylene F. Fancher, 13284S. Locust Street, Skiatook, OK 74070-4887; 20. Debra Marie (Armstrong) Gonzalez to 3721 Greggory Way, 42, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; 33. Frank S. Kennedy to 12060 Ashland Way, Shreveport, LA 71106; the address for 34. Frank S. Kennedy, as Trustee of the Elwood E. Herrick Irrevocable Trust, dated 5/25/1985 to 12060 Ashland Way, Shreveport, LA 71106; 51. John W.

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Cunningham and Sonja Fahnline Cunningham to P. 0. Box 351, Topping, VA 23169; 70. Mary Katherine Belyeu to 7121 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912; 71. Mary Rachelle Scott to 2254 S. Berteau Avenue, Apt. 1, Chicago, IL 60618; 79. R.G. Anderson, deceased to do Aileen S. Bell, 212 E. 27th Street South, Tulsa, OK 74114; 84. Shelley Leigh Talbot to 680 Tippecanoe Court, Lake Oswego, OR 97034; 89. The Kathleen Boidman Grandchildren's Trust f/b/o Gretchen Boldman Farrell, dated 8/26/1983, amended 5/18/1988, Gretchen Boidman Farrell, Trustee to 16676 Via Pacifica, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272; 90. The Kathleen Boidman Grandchildren's Trust f/b/o Kay Boidman Cummings, dated 8/26/1983, amended 5/18/1988, Kay Boidman Cummings, Trustee to do Gretchen B. Farrell and Daren Reid Doss, Successor Trustees, 16676 Via Pacifica, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272; 95. Thomas M. Johnston, deceased to c/o Hugh S. Johnston, 7025 Equestrian Trail, Summerfield, NC 27358; 100. WWJWS Trust to 8345 NW 66th St, Suite 2073, Miami, FL 33166; 101. Asa D. Kennedy, deceased to do A. Dutton Kennedy III, P.O. 1350, Ocean City, NJ 08226; 109. Jamie Belle Long to 2829 Guilford Lane, Oklahoma City, OK 73120-4404.

Applicant requested and was permitted to strike the supplemental address as shown as 84a. for Shelley Leigh Talbot.

Granting of Relief and Rationale:

6. That Applicant, an owner of the right to drill on said drilling and spacing unit and to develop and produce said common sources of supply, has not agreed with all of the other such owners in such drilling and spacing units to pool their interests and to develop the drilling and spacing units and common sources of supply as a single consolidated unit, and the Commission should issue this Order requiring such owners to pool and develop the drilling and spacing units and common sources of supply covered hereby. The Applicant intends to evaluate and develop the Woodford common source of supply, as a reasonably prudent operator under same or similar circumstances, however the Mississippian and Hunton associated common sources of supply covered hereby may be inadvertently penetrated in the initial or a subsequent well proposed hereunder and valuable well information regarding the associated common sources of supply may be obtained through the risk assumed and the expenses incurred with the initial or a subsequent well. The values that were presented herein are based upon consummated transactions that cover all of the common sources of supply involved herein. That Applicant proposes to develop said units and the common source of supply therefore by the drilling of wells thereon and, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells and to protect correlative rights, all owners should be required to pool and develop the units and common sources of supply covered hereby, upon the terms and conditions set out below, all of which are found hereby, after a consideration of the substantial evidence in this cause, to bejust and reasonable and will afford each owner in the units the opportunity to recover or receive without unnecessary expense his just and fair share of the production from the units. That in the interest of the prevention of waste and the protection of the correlative rights, this Application should be and is granted, and the rights of all owners pooled and adjudicated.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma as follows:

Well Costs and Consideration Determination: Absorvtion of Excess Burdens:

1. That Applicant proposes to drill an initial well in the unit comprising Section 7, Township 8 North, Range 5 West, Grady County, Oklahoma as a part of a multi-unit horizontal well and develop the drilling and spacing units for the Mississippian, Woodford and Hunton common sources of supply. The Applicant proposes to further develop said units and the common sources of supply therefore, and the rights and equities of all oil and gas owners covered hereby are pooled, adjudicated and determined.

2. a. That estimated well costs are:

Completed for production - $12,449,675.00 Completed as a dry hole - $6,300,000.00

Pursuant to Multi-Unit Horizontal Well Interim Order to issue in Cause CD No. 20140491 IT, these costs will be allocated on an interim basis approximately 50% to Section 7 and 50% to Section 18, Township 8 North, Range 5 West, Grady County, Oklahoma, subject to adjustment by Final Order to issue in said cause.

b. That an owner can elect $1,700.00 per acre cash bonus, is a fair, reasonable, and equitable bonus to be paid unto each owner who elects not to participate in said well by paying such owner's proportionate part of the cost thereof; such cash bonus, when paid as set out in this Order, is satisfaction in full for all rights and interests of such owner in the unit covered hereby, except for any normal 1/8th royalty interest, as defined in 52 O.S. § 87.1(e) (2001).The owner electing this option must deliver a 7/8 net revenue interest.

C. That an owner can elect $1,500.00 per acre cash bonus with a 3/16 royalty, otherwise defined as overriding or excess royalty of 1/16 of 8/8 in addition to the normal 1/8 royalty, is a fair, reasonable, and equitable bonus to be paid unto each owner who elects not to participate in said well by paying such owner's proportionate part of the cost thereof; such cash bonus plus overriding or excess royalty, when paid as set out in this Order, is satisfaction in full for all rights and interests of such owner in the unit covered hereby, except for any normal 1/8th royalty interest, as defined in 52 O.S. § 87.1(e) (2001).The owner electing this option must deliver a 13/16 net revenue interest.

d. That an owner can elect $1,400.00 per acre cash bonus with a 1/5 royalty, otherwise defined as overriding or excess royalty of 7.5% of 8/8 in addition to the normal 1/8 royalty, is a fair, reasonable, and equitable bonus to be paid unto each owner who elects not to participate

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in said well by paying such owner's proportionate part of the cost thereof -,such cash bonus plus overriding or excess royalty, when paid as set out in this Order, is satisfaction in full for all rights and interests of such owner in the unit covered hereby, except for any normal 1/8th royalty interest, as defined in 52 O.S. § 87.1(e) (2001). The owner electing this option must deliver a 4/5 net revenue interest.

e. That an owner can elect in lieu of a cash bonus, a 1/4 royalty, otherwise defined as an overriding or excess royalty of 1/8 of 8/8 in addition to the normal 1/8 royalty, is a fair, reasonable, and equitable bonus to be paid unto each owner who elects not to participate in said well by paying such owner's proportionate part of the cost thereof; such overriding or excess royalty as set out in this Order, is satisfaction in full for all rights and interests of such owner in the unit covered hereby, except for any normal 1/8 royalty interest, as defined in 52 O.S. § 87.1(e) (2001). The owner electing this option must deliver a 3/4 net revenue interest.

PROVIDED, however, that any excess royalty, overriding royalty, or other payments out of production shall be charged against the overriding or excess royalty, or overriding royalty, as hereinabove set forth, and same shall be reduced by the amount of any such excess.

Options: Escrow Provisions:

3. That any owner of the right to drill on said drilling and spacing units who has not agreed with the Applicant to develop said units and common sources of supply is accorded the following elections, and each owner, subject hereto, may make any of the elections as to all or any part of the interest of such owner in the units and must give notice as to which of the elections stated in paragraphs 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d or 3e herein such owner accepts:

a. To participate in the development of the units and common sources of supply by agreeing to pay such owner's proportionate part of the actual cost of the well covered hereby and by paying, as set out herein, to Operator, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., such owner's proportionate part of the estimated completed for production cost thereof, as set out in paragraph 2a above, or by securing or furnishing security for such payment satisfactory to the Operator; in all events, such owner's cost in said well shall not exceed its proportionate part of the actual or the reasonable cost thereof which shall be determined by the Commission in the event there is a dispute as to such costs; the payment of such owner's proportionate part of the estimated completed for production cost of said well, or the securing of such costs, or the furnishing of security therefor, as aforesaid, shall be accomplished within 25 days from the date of this Order, such owner's proportionate part of the costs of, and of the production from, such well and units, to be in proportion to the number of acres such owner has in the units; or,

b. To receive the cash bonus, as set out in paragraph 2b above, which cash bonus shall be paid or tendered, if same can be paid or tendered, within 35 days from the date of this Order; or,

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C. To receive the cash bonus plus overriding or excess royalty, as set out in paragraph 2c above, which cash bonus shall be paid or tendered, if same can be paid or tendered, within 35 days from the date of this Order; or,

d. To receive the cash bonus plus overriding or excess royalty, as set out in paragraph 2d above, which cash bonus shall be paid or tendered, if same can be paid or tendered, within 35 days from the date of this Order; or,

e. To receive in lieu of the cash bonus or cash bonus plus overriding or excess royalty, as set out in paragraphs 2b, 2c or 2d above, the overriding or excess royalty only as set out in paragraph 2e above.

If any payment of bonus due and owing under the order cannot be made because the person entitled thereto cannot be located or is unknown, then said bonus shall be paid into an escrow account within 90 days after the date of this Order and shall not be commingled with any funds of the Operator. Any royalty payments or other payments due to such person shall be paid into an escrow account by the holder of such funds. Responsibility for filing reports with the Commission as required by law and Commission rule as to bonus, royalty or other payments deposited into escrow accounts shall be with the applicable holder. Such funds deposited in said escrow accounts shall be held for the exclusive use of, and sole benefit of, the person entitled thereto. It shall be the responsibility of the Operator to notify all other holders of this provision and of the Commission rules regarding unclaimed monies under pooling orders.

If any payment of bonus due and owing under this Order cannot be made for any other reason, including, but not limited to, questionable title, then such bonus shall be paid into an escrow account and shall not be commingled with any funds of the Operator. Any royalty payments or other payments due to such person shall be paid into an escrow account by the holder of such funds.

Elections by Owners: Deemed Election:

4. That each owner of the right to drill in said drilling and spacing units to said common sources of supply covered hereby, who has not agreed to develop said units, other than the Applicant, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., shall elect which of the alternatives set out in paragraph 3 above such owner accepts, said election to be made to Operator, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., in writing, at the address below, within 20 days from the date of this Order, along with the tax identification number (Social Security Number or Federal Employer Identification Number) for the owner; in the event any owner fails to elect within the time and in the manner as set out above, which of the alternatives set forth in paragraph 3 above, any such owner accepts, then such owner is deemed to have elected to receive the cash bonus as set out in paragraph 2b above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the cash bonus plus overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2c above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the cash bonus plus overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2d above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the overriding

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royalty as set out in paragraph 2e above. In the event any owner elects or is deemed to have elected to do other than participate in said well by paying his pro rata share of the costs thereof, or fails to make any election provided above, such owner shall be deemed to have relinquished unto Operator, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., all of such owner's right, title, interest, or claim in and to the unit, except for any normal 1/8th royalty interest, defined above, or other share in production to which such owner may be entitled by reason of an election hereunder.

In the event an owner fails to provide the tax identification number, any cash bonus or royalty due under this order will be placed into an escrow account by the Operator until such tax identification number of said owner is provided to the Operator.

Operator's Lien; Deemed Election Upon Failure to Perform:

5. That Operator, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., in addition to any other rights provided herein, shall have a lien, as set out in 52 0. S. § 87.1(e) (2001), on the interest of any owner, subject to this Order, who has elected to participate in the well covered hereby by paying such owner's proportionate part of the costs thereof; provided, however, that in the event an owner of the costs thereof and fails or refuses to pay or to secure the production cost as set out in paragraph 2a above, or fails or refuses to pay or make an arrangement with the Operator, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., for the payment thereof, all within the periods of time as prescribed in this Order, then such owners election to participate is deemed withdrawn and such owner is deemed to have elected to receive the cash bonus as set out in paragraph 2b above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the cash bonus plus overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2c above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the cash bonus plus overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2d above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2e above. Thereupon, the payment of such cash bonus shall be made by Operator, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., within 35 days after the last day on which such defaulting owner, under this Order, should have paid his proportionate part of such costs or should have made satisfactory arrangements for the payment thereof.

Operator Designation:

6. That: Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc. One Williams Center, Suite 1900 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172

is designated operator of the wells, units and common sources of supply covered hereby and all elections must be communicated to said Operator, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc. at the address above as required in this Order.

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Unit Pooling:

7. The granting of the relief requested by the Applicant shall include the intent of the Applicant to pool and adjudicate the rights and equities of the owners in the lands described herein as to those separate units and common sources of supply set forth above to be tested by the proposed well on a unit basis and not on a borehole basis for any well drilled as to the respective separate common sources of supply cited herein. That the common sources of supply herein shall be treated as a single consolidated unit for the purposes of development under this order. That the election not to participate as a cost bearing working interest in the proposed unit well shall operate to foreclose the interests of the respondents as to elections to participate or not, in any subsequent well that may at some indefinite time, if at all, be drilled within the subject lands; and that the initial election made by the respondents herein shall be binding as to the respondent, their assigns, heirs, representatives, agents, or estate.

Subsequent Wells:

8. If, subsequent to the drilling of the initial unit well provided for herein, Operator or Applicant shall propose another well in the drilling and spacing units covered hereby under the plan of development established by this Order, Operator or Applicant shall send written notice of the proposed subsequent well to each party who timely and properly elected to participate, and who perfected their election to so participate, in the development of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spacing units involved in this cause under the plan of development. The written notice shall be sent by certified mail to the last known address of each respondent and shall contain a brief description of the proposed subsequent well. The notice shall also include the estimated costs of the well as a dry hole and as a producing well. Each party entitled to the above-described written notice shall have 20 days from the date of the notice in which to elect, in writing, to the Operator or Applicant whether or not to continue to participate in the development of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spacing units involved in this cause under the plan of development established by this Order as to the proposed subsequent well or in lieu thereof, to elect an option provided for under paragraphs 2b, 2c, 2d or 2e above.

In the event any party who is entitled to make a written election as to a subsequent well as provided for herein, shall elect not to participate in further development, or shall fail timely and properly to elect in writing to so participate, or who shall have elected affirmatively in writing not to participate in such subsequent well and further development, then such owner shall be deemed to have relinquished unto operator all of such owners right, title, interest or claim in and to the unit, units and separate common sources of supply involved herein as to such proposed subsequent well and any further subsequent well or wells that may thereafter be proposed and drilled under the plan of development, and unless otherwise selected by a written election, such owner shall be deemed to have elected to receive the cash bonus as set out in paragraph 2b above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the cash bonus plus overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2c above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the cash bonus plus overriding royalty as set out in paragraph

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2d above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2e above.

Any party entitled to make a written election as to a subsequent well who elects to continue to participate in the development of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spacing units provided for herein under the plan of development established by this Order, shall be deemed to have agreed to pay such parties proportionate part of the actual costs of the proposed subsequent well, and shall pay such parties proportionate part of the anticipated completed for production costs as set forth in the notice within 25 days from the date of said notice, said payment to be made to Applicant at its then current address. Upon such timely payment, or the furnishing of security thereof satisfactory to the Applicant, such parties election to continue to participate in the development of the drilling and spacing units and common sources of supply as to such subsequent well and future wells shall be perfected. In the event any owner elects as to the proposed subsequent well to continue to participate in the development of the separate common sources of supply under the plan of development established by this Order, but thereafter fails or refuses to pay or secure the payment of such owners proportionate part of the estimated completed for production well costs within the manner and time prescribed herein, then such owner shall be deemed to have withdrawn its election to continue to so participate and such owner, as to the proposed subsequent well and any further subsequent well or wells under the plan of development, shall be deemed to have elected to receive the cash bonus as set out in paragraph 2b above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the cash bonus plus overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2c above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the cash bonus plus overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2d above, if such owners interest qualifies, otherwise the overriding royalty as set out in paragraph 2e above.

As to any subsequent well proposed under this paragraph, Operator or Applicant shall commence, or cause to be commenced, operations for the drilling of the subsequent well within [$ days from the date of written notice proposing the subsequent well, and shall thereafter continue such operations with due diligence to completion. If operations for the drilling of the proposed subsequent well are not commenced within the above described 180 day period, then the elections of the parties as to the proposed subsequent well shall expire and the parties shall be in the same position relative to each other that they were in immediately prior to the written notice of the subsequent well being transmitted by Operator or Applicant. In such event all rights acquired from the parties electing to the proposed subsequent well not to continue to participate in the development of the separate common sources of supply and drilling and spacing units under the plan of development established by this Order, shall be relinquished by Operator or Applicant and any other acquiring party and such relinquished rights shall revest in the parties who elected not to continue to so participate. Failure to timely commence any subsequent well shall not divest or otherwise affect in any manner the rights and interests of the various parties in any well or wells drilled prior thereto under the plan of development established by this Order and shall not terminate such plan of development.

The term "subsequent well" for purposes of this paragraph shall not be deemed to include any

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side-tracking or other operation with respect to the initial unit well, or any subsequent well, and shall not be deemed to be any well that is drilled as a replacement or substitute well for the initial unit well or any subsequent well covered hereby, by virtue of any mechanical or other problems arising directly in connection with the drilling, completing, equipping or producing of the initial unit well or any subsequent well, and no party subject to this Order shall have the right to make any subsequent elections as to any such side-tracking, replacement, or substitute well.

Commencement of Operations:

9. That Operator must commence operations for the drilling or other operations with respect to the initial well covered hereby within One (1) year from the date of this Order, and diligently prosecute the same to completion in a reasonably prudent manner, or this Order shall be of no force and effect, except as to the payment of bonus.

Mailing of this Order:

10. That the Applicant, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., or its attorney, shall file with the Secretary of the Commission, within 10 days from the date of this Order, an affidavit stating that a copy of said Order was mailed within 3 days from the date of this Order to all parties pooled by this Order whose addresses are known.

DONE AND PERFORMED thisA~ay of, 2014.

COR3RT='M&JSSION OF OKLAHOMA

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REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE

The foregoing findings and order are the report and recommendations of the Administrative Law Judge.

McKeown, Law Judge

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Reviewer

Date

William Huffman

EXHIBIT "A"

Parties with Known Addresses:

1. A. Dutton Kennedy III P.O. 1350 Ocean City, NJ 08226

2. Adeial B. Head, as Trustee of the Adeial B. Head Revocable Trust dated 5/29/1991 c/o John Tulloch 310 Oakwood Terrace St. Paul, MN 55127

3. Amy Elise David and Darrell J. David, as Trustees of the Darrell J. David and Amy E. David Revocable Living Trust dated 6/27/2005 316 NW 12th St. Norman, OK 73072

4. Aquaenco, Inc. P.O. Box 701974 Tulsa, OK 74170

5. Asa D. Kennedy, Jr. c/o A. Dutton Kennedy Ill P.O. 1350 Ocean City, NJ 08226

6. Bank of America, N.A., successor to NationsBank and successor to Boatmen's Trust Company, as Trustee of the Winifred Witwer Edwards Trust, under Trust Agreement effective February 1, 1994 P. 0. Box 830308 Dallas, TX 75283-0308

7. Bette Allen Bland 111 Spur Rd. Divide, CO 80814

8. Black Stone Minerals Company, LP 1001 Fannin, Suite 2020 Houston, TX 77002

9. Carolyn Ann Wittman Hollingsworth, now Schmidt c/o Doylene F. Fancher 13284 S. Locust Street Skiatook, OK 740704887

10. Carrie Ann Wade 13640 Bradbury Lane Piedmont, OK 73078

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11. Catherine G. Stewart and Robert S. Stewart, both deceased do Catherine Stewart Hunnicutt P. 0. Box 1036 St. Michaels, MD 21663

12. C-F Associates, Inc. P.O. Box 701200 Tulsa, OK 74170

13. Charles Sherwood 6304 S. Cedar Ave. Broken Arrow, OK 74011

14. Chesapeake Exploration, LLC P.O. Box 18496 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496

15. Connie J. Morris, Trustee of the Connie J. Morris Family Trust 8446 SH 19 Ada, OK 74820

16. Connie J. Smith 2700 NW 59th St Oklahoma City, OK 73112

17. Continental Resources, Inc. P. 0. Box 269091 Oklahoma City, OK 73126

18. Dale Williston Minerals 2011, LP 2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 1870, LB-9 Dallas, TX 75201

19. Debbie Butler P.O. Box 2411 Ardmore, OK 73402

20. Debra Marie (Armstrong) Gonzalez 3721 Greggory Way, #2 Santa Barbara, CA 93105

21. Delores Wittman now Graves, deceased do Clendon L. Colvin 108 S 6th St. Morris, OK 74445

22. Doc Watson, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company do Robert Watson, Sole Member 150 Centennial Trace Roswell, GA 30076

23

Dorotha Bazar 1010 South Main Street Henderson, TX 75652

24. Dwayne Sherwood 6304 S. Cedar Ave. Broken Arrow, OK 74011

25. Moved to Address Unknown

26. Edward Clark, Inc., a Colorado corporation P.O. Box 38216 Colorado Springs, CO 80906

27

Elizabeth Ann (Armstrong) Orpilla 580 Kipling Lane Ventura, CA 93003

28. Elwood M. Kennedy, deceased do Pamela C. Kennedy Davis 2730 Parkland Boulevard Tampa, FL 33609

29

Episcopal Royalty Company, a corporation 924 N. Robinson Oklahoma City, OK 73102

30. Est. Ruth Beals, dec'd 3509 Hillglen Avenue Modesto, CA 95355-9694

31

Eydie Henson 6814 Dickson Rd. Ardmore, OK 73402

32

F.S.K. Company, an Oklahoma corporation 4051 Veterans Blvd, Suite 202 Metairie, LA 70002

33

Frank S. Kennedy 12060 Ashland Way Shreveport, LA 71106

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48.

34. Frank S. Kennedy, as Trustee of the Elwood E. Herrick Irrevocable Trust, dated 5/25/1985 12060 Ashland Way Shreveport, LA 71106

35. George D. Allen 4482 S. Argonne Ct. Aurora, CO 80015

36. Moved to Address Unknown

Jimmie Curtis Wittman, deceased c/o Wanda Wittman 1690 McKinley Rd. Okmulgee, OK 74447

Joan Shyne Vaughn, Trustee under Trust agreement dated 12/21/1987 1603 Cambridge Dr. Norman, OK 73069

49. Dismissed 37. Dismissed

38. Moved to Address Unknown

Herrick Trust Estate, Frank S. Kennedy, Trustee P.O. Box 216 Okmulgee, OK 74447

J. Randolph Hubbard, Trustee of the Jean Wood Anderson Trust 1022 County St. 2927 Tuttle, OK 73089

J.O. Wood Family Limited Partnership Rt 1, Box 58Q Waurika, OK 73573

James B. Douglass 201912 E. Finley Rd. Kinnewick, WA 99337

43. Dismissed

44. Jamie Dee Dana I Mountain View Lane Lake Oswego, OR 97035

45. Jan Yeatman Kennedy, now Lail 616 Mill Creek Rd. Gladwyne, PA 19035

46. Jerry N. Keplinger and Melissa Lu Keplinger, asJTwROS 512 N. Caddell Way Mustang, OK 73064

50. John Bingman and Sally Bingman, Trustees of the Bingman Trust 1502 East McKinley Sapulpa, OK 74066

51. John W. Cunningham and Sonja Fahnline Cunningham P. 0. Box 351 Topping, VA 23169

52. John W. Woods, II and Paula D. Woods 544 Buckhom Lane Winchester, VA 22602

53. Joyce Parks Tomlinson P.O. Box 865 Ada, OK 74821-086

54. Judith Lee Sympson Stevens do Christina Johncox 1900 Empire Blvd., PMB #12 Webster, NY 14580

55. Junita Jean Kauble 18330 Crestline Dr. Lake Oswego, OR 97034

56. Junita Jean Kauble, as Custodian for Monica Alice Kauble under the Oklahoma Uniform Transfers to Minors Act 18330 Crestline Dr. Lake Oswego, OR 97034

57. Dismissed

58. Kurt D. Nelson, Trustee of the Johnson Family Trust u/tla dated 7/17/1996 10365 South Baneberry Place Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

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40.

41

42.

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59. Lee Lamar Belyeu 7401 Brookdale Dr. Piano, TX 75024

60. Lee Rogers Wade 1923 NW 20th Oklahoma City, OK 73106

61. Lisa Katherine (Armstrong) Booth do Mrs. Lucio Gonzalez 4326 Modoc Road, G Santa Barbara, CA 93110

62. Dismissed

63. Mahony-Killian, Inc., a Texas corporation 10215 Sugar Hill Dr. Houston, TX 77042

64. Margaret Briggs Johnston 2872 E. 51st St., Apt G Tulsa, OK 74105

65. Margurette Mikuls (and Est. Frank J. Mikuls, dec'd) 2617 Landershire Piano, TX 75023

66. Moved to Address Unknown

67. Marilyn Kennedy Gladden Interests, LLC 8305 Old Hammond Hwy. Baton Rouge, LA 70809

68. Mark Paul Armstrong 2546 West Lingard Street Lancaster, CA 93536

69. Mary Alice Belyeu 9713 Winter Park Dr. Frisco, TX 75035

70. Mary Katherine Belyeu 7121 Maple Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912

71. Mary Rachelle Scott 2254 S. Berteau Avenue, Apt. I Chicago, IL 60618

72. Matagorda Bi, LP (do Sentinel Trust Company, LBA) 2001 Kirby Drive, Suite 1200 Houston, TX 77019

73. Merrill B. Burruss, Jr. P.O. Box 158 Geary, OK 73040-0158

74. The Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Minola Florence Salyer, deceased do Wyneth Nathalee Deen 3208 South Clegern Street Oklahoma City, OK 73109

75. Northwest Oil and Gas Exploration, LLC P.O. Box 20310 Oklahoma City, OK 73156

76. Pamela C. Kennedy Davis 2730 Parkland Blvd. Tampa, FL 33609

77. PEC Minerals LP, formerly Pacific Enterprises Oil Company (USA) 14860 Montfort Dr. Suite 209 Dallas, TX 75254

78. Folly Stewart Fritch 352 Glenbrook Road, Apt. 25 Stamford, CT 06906

79. R.G. Anderson, deceased do Aileen S. Bell 212 E. 27th Street South Tulsa, OK 74114

80. Rebecca Ellen Wade 5709 NW 114th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73162

81. Robert Ezra Scott 10925 Via San Bias San Diego, CA 92126

82. Dismissed

83. Ruth Certain, dec'd do Debbie Butler P.O. Box 2411 Ardmore, OK 73402

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84. Shelley Leigh Talbot 680 Tippecanoe Court Lake Oswego, OR 97034

84a. Stricken

85. Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, a Colorado corporation, domiciled in Hillsborough County, Florida 2900 Rocky Point Drive Tampa, FL 33607-1435

86. Dismissed

92. The Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 2406 Edmond, OK 73083-2406

93. The Paul and Betsy Ache Family, LP, a Texas family limited partnership 13311 Apple Tree Rd. Houston, TX 77079

94. The Sally Kennedy Richardson Oil Company, LLC 121 N. Jackson St. Starkville, Mississippi 39759

87. Sylvia J. Turner 17113 Windward Lane

95. Thomas M. Johnston, deceased Addison, TX 75001

do Hugh S. Johnston 7025 Equestrian Trail

88. The Heftier Company, Inc. Summerfield, NC 27358 P.O. Box 2177 Oklahoma City, OK 73101

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Viersen Oil and Gas Co. 7130 S Lewis Ave

89. The Kathleen Boldman Grandchildren's Trust

Tulsa, OK 74136 f7b/o Gretchen Boldman Farrell, dated 8/26/1983, amended 5/18/1988, Gretchen 97

Virginia Lynn Belyeu

Boldnian Farrell, Trustee

8121 Spring Valley Lane 16676 Via Pacifica

Piano, TX 75025 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

90. The Kathleen Boldman Grandchildren's Trust f/b/o Kay Boldman Cummings, dated 8/26/1983, amended 5/18/1988, Kay Boldman Cummings, Trustee do Gretchen B. Farrell and Daren Reid Doss, Successor Trustees 16676 Via Pacifica Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

91. The Kathleen Boldman Grandchildren's Trust flb/o Millard Keith Boldman, Jr., dated 8/26/1983, amended 5/18/1988, Millard Keith Boldman, Jr., Trustee 24884 Jim Bridger Road Hidden Hills, Calabasas, CA 91302

98. W.E. Horkey Properties, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company 7310 Aberdeen Pkwy E Tulsa, OK 74132

99

Wanda Darlene Scott 3116 Tall Oaks Circle Norman, OK 73072

100. WWJWS Trust 8345 NW 66th St, Suite 2073 Miami, FL 33166

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Parties with Unknown Addresses:

25

Edith C. Wirick, possibly dec'd 408 Grandview Blvd. Muskogee, OK 74401

36

George Wade Wittman 4020E l8lst St. S Bixby, OK 74008

Parties Listed for Curative Purposes:

101. Asa D. Kennedy, deceased do A. Dutton Kennedy III P.O. 1350 Ocean City, NJ 08226

102. Moved to Curative - Address Unknown

103. Elizabeth M. Johnston, deceased do Robert A. Johnston 1752 Lookout Landing Circle Winter Park, FL 32889

104. Fleet-Miller Minerals, LLC P0 Box 4965 Austin, TX 78765

105. Moved to Curative - Address Unknown

106. George Wade Wittman 4020 E 181st St S Bixby, OK 74008

107. Moved to Curative - Address Unknown

108. Jack Bernard Wittman 621 W 14th St. Okmulgee, OK 74447

109. Jamie Belle Long 2829 Guilford Lane Oklahoma City, OK 73120-4404

110. Moved to Curative - Address Unknown

111. Moved to Curative - Address Unknown

38. Helen Wittman, now Barnes Address Unknown

66. Marie L. Martin Address Unknown

112. Josephine Cowgill Jameson, deceased do Leila B. Holmes 5300 Zebulon Road, Apt. 3104 Macon, GA 31210-2199

113. Moved to Curative - Address Unknown

114. Mel C. Gray do Richard Moore 501 W. Nolana Loop McAllen, TX 78504

115. Moved to Curative - Address Unknown

116. Monica Alice Kaubl, now Yelton 29021 S.W. Ladd Hill Road Sherwood, OR 97140

117. PEC Minerals, LP 14860 Montfort Dr. Ste. 209 Dallas, TX 75254

118

Randall M. Salyer, deceased do Wyneth Nathalee Deen 3208 South Clegern Street Oklahoma City, OK 73109-2702

119

Stacie Ann Gray do Richard Moore 501 W. Nolana Loop McAllen, TX 78504

120. Moved to Curative - Address Unknown

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Parties Listed for Curative Purposes with Unknown Addresses:

102.

105.

107.

110.

E.B. McGeehan, deceased Address Unknown

Frank J. Mikuls, deceased Address Unknown

H.T. Lawrence, deceased Address Unknown

Jane Hill Miller, deceased Address Unknown

111.

113.

115.

120.

Joseph L. Greenwell Address Unknown

Mark Cromwell Address Unknown

Millard Keith Boidman, deceased Address Unknown

William H. Bernstein, deceased Address Unknown