AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATIO N State of Oklah L E County of Woo rd MAY 0 4 2001 D CAURT CLERK'S OFFICE - OK+C T!0 CO M tSSIO N 1, TIM SCHNOage, being duly sworn upon oath, d poses and says : That I am the Editor and Publisher of The Mooreland Leader, 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 copy of which is here unto attached, was published in said Mooreland Leader in one consecutive issue on the following date to-wit : May 3, 200 7 That said newspaper has been published continuously and uninterruptedly in said county during a period of one hundred and four con- secutive weeks prior to the publication of the attached notice or advertisement ; that it has been admitted to the United States mail as second-class mail matter, that it has a general paid circulation, and publishes news of general interest, and otherwise conforms with all of the statutes of the State of Oklahoma governing legal publications . Publication Fee . ... .. ... . .... . ... .. . . $167 .0 0 J a~ L€hL (Editor, Publisher ) Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of May, 2007 . - ,T KAREN L .SCNNOEBELEN NOTARY PUBLIC OKLAHOMA WOODWARD COUNTY COMM . EXP. SEPT. 13,2009 COMM . NO . 0 1 012812 (Publish e d one time in T he Mooreland Leader May 3, 2 0 07 ) BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANTS : CHESAP EAKE OPERATING, INC . AND C HESAPE AKE EXPLORATIO N LIMITED PARTNERSH IP RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLI NG ) Cause CD No. '! LEGAL N/2 SEC TI ON 23 ) 200702779 DESCRIPTION: TOWNS HIP 23 NORTH RANGE 17 WEST OF THE IM WO ODWAR D COUNTY, OKLAHOMA ) NOTICE OF F . IN = STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO : All p ersons, owne rs, producer s, op e rators, purchas- ers and t ak e rs of oil and gas, and a ll oth e r i nter este d persons, particul arl y in Woo dward County, Okl a homa, i n c l 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 Bra dbury L i ving Tru st dated June r l 20 , 1991 , a s a me nd e d , and the Tru stee of such Trust ; Bristol Resources Corporation ; Eula Lee Burtne r ; C abot Oi l & Gas Corpo rat io n ; G . R. Campbell ; Sarah Irene Wilbur Car ter; Elyse O v eta C rites a/k/a El yse C ulp Crites ; Doris Ann Ea son a/k/a Dana Ann Shank s E aso n ; P . A. Eckla nd ; Phyllis J ean Fleiac hau er ; Phyllis Jean Fleis chauer; Th e Bi ll B . and Dora L, k'Feema n Revocable Tr ust dated 2 /23 /00, and the Tru stee of such Trust ; Jack E . Free m an; Lulu George ; Ambr os e C . Gillespie ; John W. Gille s pie ; Victo r A . Gi ll esp i e , Jr. ; Victor A. Gil l es pie, Jr . ; Wi lla Hadsell; Ann Jeff ord s Halloran ; Nan S . Haunstein ; Paul R . H aunst ein ; Do ro thy Hoefer; David E . Hullet; L. C . Hull et ; Robert I . Hullet ; The Hum e F ami ly Revoc able Tru st dated 2/4/94 , and the Tru stee of such Trust; Goldi e F. Hunt; Dougl as C . Jefford s ; Dougla s Cocoran Jeffords ; John C . Jeffords ; John C . Jeff ord s, Jr . ; C . L . Johnson ; 0 . E . Johnson; Betty G . Adam s Kennedy; Steven Kovacs; Th e Maurice E . Mahan and Leatha Mari e Mahan , as Joint Trustees under a Declara t ion o f Trust dat ed May 27 , 1992 ; Ray McArdl e ; Roy McMillian ; Ann Miller ; Har o ld G . N e l so n; Harol d G . Nelson; Maxine Nelson ; Maxine Nel son; Gen e Sidn ey Parker; Don Peacock ; Molly Maurine P u fahl ; Alonzo Robertson; Betty Jo R ober tson; Burt Rob ertson; D a l e Robertson ; Lee Robertson; Mary Jeffords Rook; The L . G. Semk e Revocable Trust dat ed 6/29/92, and the Trustee of such Trust; M . M. Semke ; C . M . Shan k s ; Hattie H. Shanks ; Norman W . Shanks ; C . Allene Tidwell ; Ann Je ffords Trotter; Ann J ef f o rds Trotter ; Ler oy Washbu rn; The Lyle Washburn Trust , and t he Tr u s tee of suc h Trust ; Carrie Wilbur; and G. M . Wilkinson ; if any of the above- named parties is a dissolved partnership , corporation or other association, t h en t h e unknown successors, t rus tees and assigns, both immediate and remote , of such dissolved e ntity ; a nd ifa ny of the ab ove- named parties designated a s a trus tee is not present l y act i ng i n such ca pacity as trustee, then the unknown successor o r successo rs to such trus tee . NOTICE I S HEREBY GIVEN that Applicants, Chesap eake O peratin g, Inc . and C he sa peake Exploration Limite d Partnership, have f iled an appli cation in this cause re qu esting the Corporatio n Commission of Oklah o ma to ent er an order pooling the intere sts o foil and ga s owne r s, and adj ud icati ng the rights and equities in connection therewith, in the 3 20-acre dril ling and spacing units f o rmed in the N /2 of Se ction 23 , Township 2 3 North , R an ge 1 7 W est of t h e IM , W oo dward County, Oklahoma , for the Tonkawa, Cott age Grove, Oswego, Cherok ee, Chester, and Me ramec separate common so urces of supp ly i n resp ect to the devel o pment o f such separate common sources of aupply in such units . Th e interests of the oil and gas owners involved herein and the r ights and equ iti es i n res pect thereto are sought herein to be pooled and adjudicate d pursuant to Tit . 52, O kla . Stat ., Sec tion 87 .1 w ithin and o n the basis of the 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 th at Applicants have proposed the development o f th e se parate common sou rces of supp ly in the drilling and spacing unit s involved here in u nder a pla n of development an d have p ro pos ed to commence such plan of devel o pm e n t of s uc h units by an initial w ell in the land s covere d he reby, and that Appl icants have been unable to reach an agree m e n t with the owners of drilling rights nam e d as res pond ents herein with r esp ect to suc h pro posed plan o f deve lopm e nt o f the se pa rate common sou rces of s upp ly in th e dri l ling and spacing unit s co ver e d hereby . NOTI CE I S FURTH ER GIVEN that the app licatio n in th is cause requests that the one or bo th of th e Applicants, inclu ding Chesa pea ke Expl o ra t io n Limited Partner- ship acting by and thro ugh its agent, Chesa peake Operati ng, Inc ., o r so m e ot her party recomm e nd ed by Applicants be designate d as op erator under the order to be entered herein of t h e sep arate co m mon sources o f s upp ly in the drilling and s pa ci ng units cov e red hereby, includ ing the initial well to b e drille d under Applicants' propose d plan of develo pm ent of s u ch un its . Applic ants may request up to one year f rom th e date ofth e order to e nter in this cause, within wh ic h to comm ence the initial well. NOTICE IS FU RT H ER GIVEN that this cause will be referred to an Administra- tive Law Judg e for he aring, taki ng of evid e n ce and r e pot ting to the Corporati o n Commission of Okl ahoma. 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 orp o ra ti on C ommiasio n, F irst Floor, Jim Thor pe Bui l ding, 2101 North Lincoln B o uleva rd, Okl ahoma City, Ok la- homa, at 8:30 a.m ., on t h e 2 1e° day of May 2007, and t hat t h is n o tice will be publish e d as requ ire d by law and the rules of th e Commission .