DAILY & WOODS A PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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1 JERRY L. CANFIELD, P.A. THOMAS A. DAILY, P.A. WYMAN R. WADE, JR., P.A. DOUGLAS M. CARSON, P.A. ROBERT R. BRIGGS, P.A. C. MICHAEL DAILY, P.A.! L. MATTHEW DAVIS, P.A. COLBY T. ROE Also Licensed in Oklahoma! Also Licensed in Wyoming & North Dakota DAILY & WOODS A PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ATTORNEYS AT LAW KMW BUILDING 58 SOUTH SIXTH STREET P.O. BOX 1446 FORT SMITH, AR TELEPHONE (479) FAX (479) Writer s Direct Dial No. (479) Writer s TDaily@dailywoods.com JAMES E. WEST PHILLIP E. NORVELL OF COUNSEL HARRY P. DAILY ( ) JOHN P. WOODS ( ) JOHN S. DAILY ( ) BEN CORE ( ) August 5, 2014 Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission 301 Natural Resources Drive, Suite 102 Little Rock, Arkansas Re: ORDER REFERENCE NO Application of Weiser-Brown Oil Company for Establishment of Field Rules for the Morton Field in Lafayette County, Arkansas, to consist of a unit composed the Fractional Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; the Fractional Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 16 South, Range 24 West, Lafayette County, Arkansas ( acres), and for integration of all Unleased Mineral Interests in said unit Commissioners: Weiser-Brown Oil Company, P.O. Box 500, Magnolia, AR 71753, hereby applies to the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission as follows: 1. The Applicant has drilled and recently completed the Morton #1 Well which was drilled at a location which was 2, feet from the West line and 1, feet from the North line ( feet from the East line of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and feet from the North line of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter) of Section 3, Township 16 South, Range 24 West, Lafayette County, Arkansas. 2. The Morton #1. Well is capable of producing oil in commercial quantities from the Kilpatrick Limestone Formation. 3. The Applicant states that it is in the interest of the protection of the correlative rights of the Applicant and its lessors and prevention of waste to establish Field Rules to govern the production from its Morton #1 Well. The Applicant therefore proposes the establishment of a field to be known as the Morton Field, to be composed of the Fractional Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; the Fractional Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 16 South,

2 Range 24 West, Lafayette County, Arkansas At this time the the Applicant does not envision the enlargement of the proposed Morton Field to include any other units and, therefore, does not request that the field rules provide for automatic exension. 4. The Applicant requests that the Field Rules provide that the maximum oil production for the Morton #1 Well shall be initially established at 50 barrels of oil, per day. 6. The Applicant requests that a casing program be established for the proposed field in conformity with Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission General Rule B Applicant owns oil and gas leases covering a substantial part of the proposed unit. Weiser-Brown Operating Company should be named as operator of the well. The person or persons to be integrated are shown in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. 8. Applicant states that it has made repeated efforts to negotiate with the owners of the unleased mineral interests in order to agree on a plan of development of said drilling unit; that those owners have been offered an opportunity to participate in the proposed well; that they have been offered a fair and reasonable bonus consideration for the execution of an oil and gas lease covering their interests; that they have been furnished with a proposed oil and gas lease and a copy of the AAPL operating agreement form (liquid hydrocarbons) which applicant proposes to use in connection with the drilling of said well; but that all of the efforts of the applicant have produced no agreement by said parties. 9. Applicant states that it is in the best interest of conservation and the protection of correlative rights of all interested parties that the proposed unit be developed for oil and gas production without undue delay. 10. In order that applicant may proceed with the orderly development of said unit, applicant hereby requests that the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission issue its order declaring that the Northeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 16 South, Range 24 West is an exploratory drilling unit and, in the alternative, that: (a) (b) Each of the owners of the unleased mineral interests indicated above execute and deliver to applicant a one year oil and gas lease, on an AAPL lease form, for a bonus consideration of $ per net mineral acre to be paid as fair and reasonable compensation in lieu of the right to participate in the working interest in said unit, and that said oil and gas lease provide for a 1/5 royalty on oil and gas. Each of the owners of the unleased mineral interests indicated above execute and deliver to applicant a one year oil and gas lease, on an AAPL lease form, for no bonus consideration, and that said oil and gas lease provide for a 1/4 royalty on oil and gas.

3 (c) (d) Each of the owners of unleased mineral interests indicated above be force pooled and integrated into the captioned unit with assessment of a reasonable risk factor penalty against their interest. The owners of unleased mineral interests shall participate in the cost of drilling, testing and completion of the test well to be drilled by applicant on the captioned unit, subject to the terms of an operating agreement which substantially employs the terms of the AAPL Operating Agreement (liquid hydrocarbons). Applicant further requests that said mineral owners be required to elect within fifteen (15) days after issuance of the Commission's order which method will be pursued in the development of the above described unit, and, in the event no election is made, the default option shall be deemed to be non-consent at 100% for any well or wells that are capable of production in paying quantities and 400% for all future wells. 11. Applicant further states that due to the risks and costs inherent in the drilling of the proposed well, the Commission should fix a reasonable risk factor to be assessed as a penalty against the integrated interests within the unit. The risk factor should be applied to the proportionate cost and expenses of drilling, completing and equipping the well, which would have been borne by the interest of said parties had they participated. 12. Applicant further requests that this Commission's order specifically provide that any party electing either to participate or be force pooled subject to recoupment of a risk factor penalty be bound by the terms of the attached AAPL Operating Agreement (liquid hydrocarbons) for the life of commercial production within the unit so that all future unit operations might be proposed pursuant to the provisions of such agreement without the necessity of future action by this Commission. 13. Applicant also requests that said order be made applicable to any unknown spouse, heir, devisee, personal representative, successor or assign of said parties. 14. All interested parties as defined by Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission General Rule A-3(f)(2) will be timely notified of the filing of this application with proof of such notice being submitted at the hearing. 15. Please note the appearance of Thomas A. Daily of Daily & Woods, P.L.L.C., P.O. Box 1446, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 72902, on behalf of applicant. Very truly yours, Thomas A. Daily jmt

4 Interested Parties List Unleased Mineral Owner Carolyn Crowley Bell Address unknown Louis C. Harper and Hardy Harper Address unknown Clinton & Clo Ida Martin Address Unknown Idella Johnson Address Unknown

5 Morton #1 Working Interest Owners Arkel Oil & Gas, LLC Orlofsky Mineral Holdings 1048 Florida 6038 Cherryridge Drive Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge, LA Caserta Oil & Gas Trust Randall Childress 323 W. 1 st Street 1377 Dominion Plaza Tyler, TX Tyler, TX FFP, Ltd. HLC Production, LLC Bonita Ave. 323 W. 1 st Street Reisterstown, MD Tyler, TX Joyce Oil & Gas, Inc. Kossak Oil & Gas, LP 2121 Sage, Su th Avenue, Su Houston, TX New York, NY KKC Production, LLC Wendell Moore 323 W. 1 st Street nd Street Tyler, TX Lubbock, TX New Life Ventures 1, LLC Sednal Oil & Gas, LLC 255 Hedwig P.O. Box 6566 Houston, TX Tyler, TX Shuler Drilling Company, Inc. Southern Management Service 3514 W. Hillsboro 5215 North O Connor Blvd., Su El Dorado, AR Irving, TX Trent Investments, LLC Ralph C. Weiser P.O. Box 420 P.O. Box 500 Napa, CA Magnolia, AR D.E. Wilkins Weiser-Brown Oil Company P.O. Box 467 P.O. Box 500 Monticello, AR Magnolia, AR Larry Jones Memorial Drive #266 Houston, TX 77079

6 Interested Parties List Surrounding 40 s around unit Carolyn Crowley Bell Address unknown Arnold and Doris Pierce 410 South Catalba Pine Bluff, AR Louis C. Harper and Juanita Williams Hardy Harper 490 Crescent Ave Address unknown Hot Springs, AR Terry Glasgow Melvin & Barbara Morton P.O. Box Highway 29 Lewisville, AR Lewisville, AR Woodward L. Baker Estate Rodney and Eliska Morton Address Unknown 4440 CR 347 Brazonia, TX Georgia Baker Smith Estate Address Unknown Allen & Nance Morton 4710 Westchester Drive Little Rock, AR Gwen Adams Troy & Becky Morton 3011 Spruce St. 130 Lafayette 1032 Lewisville, AR Lewisville, AR Curtis Brown Sr. Elizabeth Thompson Robinson 3128 Cemetery Road 3110 High Street Lewisville, AR Little Rock, AR Miles & Rebecca Wilson Estate Chazon, LLC c/o Helen Glover c/o Lorraine Boyden 492 Crescent St Lubbock Lane Hot Springs, AR Austin, TX DBD, LLC Allen and Patricia Nance P.O. Box Dogwood Lake Drive Lewisville, AR Texarkana, TX 75501

7 Gary Don Douglas William Greg and Melanie Cockerell P.O. Box Texas Blvd Texarkana, TX Texarkana, TX Wanda Crank George Gayther and Jana Crank 2566 Lafayette Lafayette 14 Lewisville, AR Lewisville, AR Beverly Folmar Weiser-Brown Operating Co. 210 Arrington Road P.O. Box 500 Texarkana, TX Magnolia, AR Arkel Oil & Gas, LLC Orlofsky Mineral Holdings 1048 Florida 6038 Cherryridge Drive Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge, LA Caserta Oil & Gas Trust Randall Childress 323 W. 1 st Street 1377 Dominion Plaza Tyler, TX Tyler, TX FFP, LTD. HLC Production, LLC Bonita Ave 323 W. 1 st Street Reisterstown, MD Tyler, TX Joyce Oil & Gas, Inc. Kossak Oil & Gas, LP 2121 Sage, Ste th Ave, Ste 1901 Houston, TX New York, NY KKC Production, LLC Wendell Moore 323 W. 1 st Street nd Street Tyler, TX Lubbock, TX New Life Ventures 1, LLC Sednal Oil & Gas, LLC 255 Hedwig P.O. Box 6566 Houston, TX Tyler, TX Shuler Drilling Co., Inc. Southern Management Service 3514 W. Hillsboro 5215 North O Connor Blvd, Ste 1000 El Dorado, AR Irving, TX 75039

8 Trent Investments, LLC Ralph Weiser P.O. Box 420 P.O. Box 500 Napa, CA Magnolia, AR D.E. Wilkins P.O. Box 467 Monticello, AR 71657

9 RESUME OF EFFORTS TO SAID LEASE TOWNSHIP 16 SOUTH, RANGE 24 WEST Beginning at the quarter section corner of Section Three (3), Township Sixteen South (T16S), Range Twenty-four West (R24W); THENCE South without variation 13 chains and 15 links; THENCE West 5 degrees and 15 minutes South, 3 chains and 15 links; THENCE South without variation 3 chains and 15 links; THENCE West 5 degrees and 15 minutes South 15 chains and 60 links; THENCE North 16 chains and 30 links; THENCE East 18 chains and 25 links to the POINT OF BEGINNING, embracing the East part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE/4 NW/4) of Section Three (3), and also part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE/4 NW/4) of Section Three (3), all in Township Sixteen South (T16S), Range Twenty-four West (R24W), and containing acres, more or less. Gross Acres: Carolyn Crowley Bell March 27, 2014 April 10, 2014 April 17, 2014 May 1, 2014 June 12, 2014 I research tax assessment, peoplefinders.com, anywho.com. I called Lafayette County abstract and asked Dan if had any info. I called several people in the Old Town area for information about Carolyn I researched probate in Lafayette County Clerk's office. I called Smith Funeral Home in Stamps. No success. research ancestry.com. No success.

10 RESUME OF EFFORTS TO SAID LEASE TOWNSHIP 16 SOUTH, RANGE 24 WEST Section 3: Commencing at the southeast corner of block 13 of the town of old Lewisville and run thence west along the south side of said block 13, which is on the north side of Spring Street, 280 feet from point of beginning, thence north 70 feet, thence west 60 feet, thence south 70 feet, thence east 60 feet to the point of beginning. Gross Acres: Clinton and Clo Ida Martin March 27, 2014 April 10, 2014 April 17, 2014 May 1, 2014 June 12, 2014 July 1, 2014 I research tax assessment, peoplefinders.com, anywho.com. I called Lafayette County abstract and asked Dan if he had any info. I called several people in the Old Town area for information. Dewey Crank sold them this parcel of land. I researched probate in Lafayette County Clerk's office. reseached ancestry.com. Martins got this parcel from Dewey Crank and the last time this parcel was leased was in mailed lease package to the last address I could find.

11 RESUME OF EFFORTS TO SAID LEASE TOWNSHIP 16 SOUTH, RANGE 24 WEST Section 3: Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 5, Block 17 of old Lewisville, thence east 140 feet to the point of beginning, thence north 69 feet, thence east 100 feet, thence south 69 feet, thence west 100 feet to the point of beginning, containing.16 acre, more or less. Gross Acres: Idella Johnson March 27, 2014 April 10, 2014 April 17, 2014 May 1, 2014 June 12, 2014 I research tax assessment, peoplefinders.com, anywho.com. I called Lafayette County abstract and asked Dan if he had any info. Dan thought she had died. I called several people in the Old Town area for information about Idella I researched probate in Lafayette County Clerk's office. reseached ancestry.com. It shows she was born 3/18/26 and died 10/2/02 could not find heirship information in courthouse records or by calling people

12 RESUME OF EFFORTS TO SAID LEASE TOWNSHIP 16 SOUTH, RANGE 24 WEST Beginning at the quarter section corner of Section Three (3), Township Sixteen South (T16S), Range Twenty-four West (R24W); THENCE South without variation 13 chains and 15 links; THENCE West 5 degrees and 15 minutes South, 3 chains and 15 links; THENCE South without variation 3 chains and 15 links; THENCE West 5 degrees and 15 minutes South 15 chains and 60 links; THENCE North 16 chains and 30 links; THENCE East 18 chains and 25 links to the POINT OF BEGINNING, embracing the East part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE/4 NW/4) of Section Three (3), and also part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE/4 NW/4) of Section Three (3), all in Township Sixteen South (T16S), Range Twenty-four West (R24W), and containing acres, more or less. Gross Acres: Louis C. Harper and Hardy Harper March 27, 2014 March 28, 2014 I research tax assessment, peoplefinders.com, anywho.com. I called Lafayette County abstract and asked Dan if he had any info. mailed lease to 5027 Country Road, Texarkana, AR April 10, 2014 April 11, 2014 May 1, 2014 June 12, 2014 July 8, 2014 rec'd lease package back. Letter stating that this is not the correct person. r ed to Wells Fargo in Texarkana because I saw on tax roles this address for them. Lady with Wells Fargo called me and said they don't handle any leases for the Harpers. She didn't know how to get in contact with I called and asked owners in the Old Town area, if they had any info. No success. only address I had was the Wells Fargo address, so I mailed another lease package to see if it would get in different hands that could help

13 EXHIBIT C Applicant s statement regarding Operating Agreement The applicant requests incorporation of the Model Form Joint Operating Agreement for Liquid Hydrocarbon Wells approved by the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission on February 22, 2010, with Paragraph III.1.A.(1) of the COPAS providing for a drilling well rate of $7, and a producing well rate of $750.00, and with the following proposed revisions, deletions and/or insertions, if applicable: NONE

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