AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATIO N

State of Oklah

L ECounty of Woo rd

MAY 0 4 2001 DCAURT CLERK'S OFFICE - OK+C

T!0 CO M tSSIO N1, TIM SCHNOage, being

duly sworn upon oath, d poses and says: That I

am the Editor and Publisher of The MoorelandLeader, a weekly newspaper printed and pub-lished in the City of Mooreland, County of Wood-ward, State of Oklahoma, and that the advertise-ment above referred to, a true and printed copyof which is here unto attached, was published insaid Mooreland Leader in one consecutive issueon the following date to-wit :

May 3, 200 7

That said newspaper has been publishedcontinuously and uninterruptedly in said countyduring a period of one hundred and four con-secutive weeks prior to the publication of theattached notice or advertisement; that it hasbeen admitted to the United States mail assecond-class mail matter, that it has a generalpaid circulation, and publishes news of generalinterest, and otherwise conforms with all of thestatutes of the State of Oklahoma governing legalpublications .

Publication Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $167.00

Ja~ L€hL(Editor, Publisher)

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rdday of May, 2007 .

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KAREN L .SCNNOEBELENNOTARY PUBLIC OKLAHOMA

WOODWARD COUNTYCOMM . EXP. SEPT. 13,2009

COMM . NO . 0 1 012812

(Publish e d one time in The Mooreland Leader May 3, 2007 )BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANTS : CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC . AND

C HESAPEAKE EXPLORATIO NLIMITED PARTNERSHIP

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING ) Cause CD No. '!

LEGAL N/2 SEC TION 23 ) 200702779DESCRIPTION: TOWNS HIP 23 NORTH

RANGE 17 WEST OF THE IMWOODWAR D COUNTY, OKLAHOMA )

NOTICE OF F. IN =STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO : All persons, owne rs, producer s, op e rators, purchas-

ers and tak e rs of oil and gas, and a ll oth e r i ntereste d persons, particul arl y inWoo dward County, Okl ahoma, i n cl u di ng the fo ll o wing: D e nni s B erry; Maria n Be rry;Maudin e Be st ; Gu y C . Bol ing ; The E sth er Ru th Bradbury Living Tru st dated June rl20 , 1991 , as amended, and the Tru stee ofsuch Trust ; Bristol Resources Corporation ;Eula Lee Burtne r ; C abot Oi l & Gas Corporatio n ; G . R. Campbell ; Sarah Irene WilburCar ter; Elyse O veta C rites a/k/aEl yse C ulp Crites ; Doris Ann Ea son a/k/a Dana AnnShank s E aso n ; P . A. Eckla nd ; Phyllis Jean Fleiachauer ; Phyllis Jean Fleischauer;Th e Bill B . and Dora L, k'Feeman Revocable Tr ust dated 2 /23 /00, and the Tru stee ofsuch Trust ; Jack E . Free m an; Lulu George ; Ambros e C . Gillespie ; John W. Gille s pie ;Victo r A . Gi ll esp i e , Jr. ; Victor A. Gil les pie,Jr . ; Wi lla Hadsell; Ann Jefford s Halloran ;Nan S . Haunstein ; Paul R . Haunstein ; Doro thyHoefer; David E . Hullet; L. C . Hull et ;Robert I . Hullet ; The Hum e Fami ly Revoc able Tru st dated 2/4/94 , and the Tru stee ofsuch Trust; Goldie F. Hunt; Dougl as C . Jefford s ; Dougla s Cocoran Jeffords ; John C .Jeffords ; John C . Jefford s, Jr . ; C . L . Johnson ; 0 . E . Johnson; Betty G . Adam sKennedy; Steven Kovacs; TheMaurice E . Mahan and Leatha Mari e Mahan , as JointTrustees under a Declara t ion o f Trust dated May 27 , 1992 ; Ray McArdl e ; RoyMcMillian ; Ann Miller ; Har old G . Ne lson; Harol d G . Nelson; Maxine Nelson ; MaxineNel son; Gen e Sidn eyParker; Don Peacock ; Molly Maurine Pu fahl ; Alonzo Robertson;Betty Jo R ober tson; Burt Rob ertson; Dale Robertson ; Lee Robertson; Mary JeffordsRook; The L . G. Semk e RevocableTrustdated 6/29/92, and the Trustee of such Trust;M. M. Semke; C . M. Shan k s ; Hattie H. Shanks ; Norman W . Shanks ; C . AlleneTidwell ; Ann Je ffords Trotter; Ann J effo rds Trotter ; Leroy Washbu rn; The LyleWashburn Trust , and the Tr u stee of suc h Trust ; Carrie Wilbur ; and G. M . Wilkinson ;if any of the above- named parties is a dissolved partnership , corporation or otherassociation, then t h e unknown successors, t rus tees andassigns, both immediate andremote , of such dissolved e ntity ; a nd ifany of the ab ove- namedparties designated a sa trus tee is not present ly acting in such ca pacity as trustee, then the unknownsuccessor o r successo rs to such trus tee .

NOTICE I S HEREBY GIVEN that Applicants, Chesap eake O peratin g, Inc . andC he sa peake Exploration Limited Partnership, have filed an appli cation in this causerequ esting the Corporatio n Commission of Oklah o ma to enter an order pooling theintere sts o foil and ga s owne r s, and adj ud icati ng therights and equities in connectiontherewith, in the 3 20-acre dril ling and spacing units formed in the N /2 of Section 23 ,Township 23 North , R an ge 1 7 West of t h e IM , W oo dward County, Oklahoma , for theTonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Cherokee, Chester, and Meramec separatecommon sources ofsupply in respect to the devel o pment o f such separate commonsources of aupply in such units . The interests of the oil and gas owners involved hereinand the rights and equ iti es i n res pect thereto are sought herein to be pooled andadjudicate d pursuant to Tit . 52, Okla . Stat ., Sec tion 87 .1 w ithin and on the basis ofthe drilling a n d spacing units covered hereby, and n ot limited to a single wellbore .The app li c ation in this cause sta tes that Applicants have proposed the developmentof the se parate common sou rces of supp ly in the drilling and spacing units involvedhere in under a plan of development and have pro pos ed to commence such plan ofdevel o pment of s uc h units by an initial well in the land s covered he reby, and thatAppl icants have been unable to reach an agree m e n t with the owners of drilling rightsnam e d as res pondents herein with r esp ect to suc h pro posed plan of deve lopm e nt o fthe se pa rate common sou rces of s upp ly in th e dril ling and spacing unit s co ver e dhereby .

NOTI CE I S FURTH ER GIVEN that the app licatio n in th is cause requests that theone or bo th of th e Applicants, inclu ding Chesa pea ke Expl o ra tion Limited Partner-ship acting by and through its agent, Chesa peake Operati ng, Inc ., o r so m e otherparty recomm e nd ed by Applicants be designate d as op erator under the order to beentered herein of th e sep arate co m mon sources o f s upp ly in the drilling and s pa ci ngunits cov e red hereby, includ ing the initial well to b e drilled under Applicants'proposed plan of develo pm ent of s u ch un its . Applicants may request up to one yearfromth e date ofth e order to e nter in this cause, within which to comm ence the initialwell.

NOTICE IS FU RT HER GIVEN that this cause will be referred to an Administra-tive Law Judge for hearing, taking of evid e n ce and r e pot ting to the Corporati onCommission of Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS FURTHE R GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administra-tive Law Judge o n the Conservation Docket at th e C orpo ration Commiasio n, F irstFloor, Jim Thor pe Bui l ding, 2101 North Lincoln B o ulevard, Okl ahoma City, Okla-homa, at 8:30 a.m ., on t h e 2 1e° day of May 2007, and that this n o tice will be publish e das requ ire d by law and the rules of th e Commission .

KAREN L . SCHNOEBELENNOTARY PUB LI C OKLAHOMA

WOODWARD COUNTYCOMM . EXP. SEPT. 13,2009

COMM . NO . 01012812

one or both of the Applicants, i n cl u ding Chesapeake Explor ation Limited Partn e r-shi p a cting by a nd through its agent, Chesap e ake Operating , Inc ., or some otherparty reco mmended b y Appl icants be designated as operator under the order to beentered herein of the se parate common sources of supply i n the drill ing and s pacinguni ts covered her eby, i ncl udi ng th e initi al well to be drilled under Applicants'propose d plan o f d evel o pment of suc h units . Applicants may request up to o ne yearfrom the da te ofthe o rd e r to enter in this ca u se, wi th inw h ic h to commence the in iti alwell .

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be referred to an Administra-tive Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and repor ting to the Corporati o nCommission of Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be hear d before an A dministra-tive Law Judge o n the Conservation D ocket at th e Co rpo ration Commission, FirstFloor, J im Tho rpe Buil ding, 2101 North Lincol n B o ulevard, Oklahoma C ity, Okl a-homa, at 8 :30 a.m ., on the 21 e0 day ofMay2007, and tha t this notice w ill be publishedas require d by law and the rules of th e Com mission .

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicants and interested parties maypresent testimony by telepho ne . The cost of tel e phonic communication shall b e pai db y the pe r son or persons requesting its use . An inter ested party who wishe s toparti ci pate by te lephone shall contact t h e Appli can ts or Appl icants' attorn ey, prio rto th e hear ing date, and p rovide his or her name and phone number .

NOTI CE I S F URTHE R GIVEN that al l interested persons may appear and beheard. For info rmation concern ing this act ion c ontact Mitch Floresca, landman,(4 05) 767-4177, or F re da L . Williams, attorney, OBA No . 16338 , (405) 879 - 9485,Chesapeake Operating, Inc ., P .O. Box 18496, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154-0496 . Pl ease refer to Cause C D Number .

CORPORATION COMMI SS I ON OF OKLAHO MA

JEFF CLOUD, Chairma n

DENISE A . BODE, Vice Chai rman

B O B ANTHONY , CommissionerDONE AND PERFORME D this 261° day of Apri 120Q 7B Y ORDER OF THE COMMISSION :

Secretary of the Commission