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BEFORE THE BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES STATE OF UTAH IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR AGENCY ACTION OF CH4 ENERGY- FINLEY UTAH, LLC FOR AN ORDER: (I) AMENDING THE BOARD’S ORDER IN DOCKET NO. 2015-020, CAUSE NO. 139-134 AND (II) AMENDING THE BOARD’S ORDER IN DOCKET NO. 2018-020, CAUSE NO. 139- 158 WITH RESPECT TO: (1) VERTICAL/DIRECTIONAL WELL DENSITY AND (2) NORTH-SOUTH DRILLING UNIT BOUNDARY PRODUCING INTERVAL SETBACKS, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS AND ASSOCIATED HYDROCARBONS FROM THE LOWER GREEN RIVER AND GREEN RIVER- WASATCH FORMATIONS IN PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 13-16, 21-27 AND 34-36, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 1 WEST, U.S.M., IN DUCHESNE AND UINTAH COUNTIES, UTAH FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER Docket No. 2020-002 Cause No. 600-01 This Cause came on for hearing before the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining (“Board”) on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at approximately 1:15 PM, in the Auditorium of the State of Utah Department of Natural Resources Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, pursuant to Petitioner CH4 Energy-Finley Utah, LLC’s (“CH4/Finley”) Request for Agency Action filed with the State of Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining (“Division”) on January 10, 2020 (“Request”). No third party responses pursuant to Utah Admin. Code R641-104-140 were filed with the Board concerning the Request, nor was any public comment received prior to the hearing. The Division filed its Motion for Leave to File Out of Time the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining Memorandum and Exhibit dated February 20, 2020 and the accompanying Division of

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BEFORE THE BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

STATE OF UTAH

IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR

AGENCY ACTION OF CH4 ENERGY-

FINLEY UTAH, LLC FOR AN ORDER: (I)

AMENDING THE BOARD’S ORDER IN

DOCKET NO. 2015-020, CAUSE NO. 139-134

AND (II) AMENDING THE BOARD’S ORDER

IN DOCKET NO. 2018-020, CAUSE NO. 139-

158 WITH RESPECT TO: (1)

VERTICAL/DIRECTIONAL WELL DENSITY

AND (2) NORTH-SOUTH DRILLING UNIT

BOUNDARY PRODUCING INTERVAL

SETBACKS, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF

OIL, GAS AND ASSOCIATED

HYDROCARBONS FROM THE LOWER

GREEN RIVER AND GREEN RIVER-

WASATCH FORMATIONS IN PORTIONS OF

SECTIONS 13-16, 21-27 AND 34-36,

TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 1 WEST,

U.S.M., IN DUCHESNE AND UINTAH

COUNTIES, UTAH

FINDINGS OF FACT,

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND

ORDER

Docket No. 2020-002

Cause No. 600-01

This Cause came on for hearing before the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining (“Board”)

on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at approximately 1:15 PM, in the Auditorium of the State of

Utah Department of Natural Resources Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, pursuant to Petitioner

CH4 Energy-Finley Utah, LLC’s (“CH4/Finley”) Request for Agency Action filed with the State

of Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining (“Division”) on January 10, 2020 (“Request”). No

third party responses pursuant to Utah Admin. Code R641-104-140 were filed with the Board

concerning the Request, nor was any public comment received prior to the hearing.

The Division filed its Motion for Leave to File Out of Time the Division of Oil, Gas and

Mining Memorandum and Exhibit dated February 20, 2020 and the accompanying Division of

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Oil, Gas and Mining’s Technical Memorandum dated February 20, 2020 (collectively,

“Technical Memorandum”).

Following collaboration with the Division, on February 24, 2020, CH4/Finley filed its

Response to: (i) Motion for Leave to File Out of Time the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining

Memorandum and Exhibit and (ii) Division of Oil, Gas and Mining’s Technical Memorandum,

which attached CH4/Finley’s Amended Exhibits dated February 24, 2020.

The following Board members were present at the February 2020 Board hearing: (i)

Chairman Ruland Gill; (ii) Stephen B. Church; (iii) Susan S. Davis; (iv) Michael R. Brown; (v)

Richard K. Borden; and (vi) Gordon L. Moon. The Board was represented at the February 2020

Board hearing by Michael E. Begley, Esq., Assistant Attorney General. Thomas Kessinger,

Esq., Assistant Attorney General, and Gordon Rowe, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, appeared

at the February 2020 Board hearing as legal counsel for the Division.

Testifying on behalf of CH4/Finley at the February 2020 Board hearing were: (i) Deidre

Stoley, Senior Landman; (ii) Shea Atkins, Geology Manager; and (iii) Patrick L. Porter,

Exploitation Manager. Mr. Atkins1 and Mr. Porter were both recognized by the Board as experts

for purposes of their testimony at the February 2020 Board hearing in the above-captioned

Cause, in petroleum geology and petroleum engineering, respectively. Brent D. Chicken, of

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Denver, Colorado, appeared as legal counsel for CH4/Finley at the

February 2020 Board hearing.

1 Mr. Atkins testified electronically at the February 2020 Board hearing pursuant to that certain Order Authorizing

Telephonic/Electronic Hearing Attendance dated February 24, 2020.

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At the conclusion of CH4/Finley’s case-in-chief, following the Division’s cross-

examination of CH4/Finley’s land, geology and engineering witnesses, and after the Division’s

election to forgo presentation of its case-in-chief concerning the Technical Memorandum, Mr.

Kessinger expressed the Division’s absence of objection for the granting of the relief sought in

Request, as conformed to the testimony and other evidence presented at the February 2020 Board

hearing.

Near the end of the February 2020 Board hearing, the Board also allowed the submission

of limited oral public comment concerning the relief sought in the Request. Specifically: (i)

Mitch Maio, Lear & Lear, PLLC, appeared on behalf of Bainbridge Uinta, LLC, and requested

that the Board continue the above-captioned matter until the Board’s regularly-scheduled March

2020 hearing, to allow additional time for review of the testimony and exhibits presented during

the February 2020 Board hearing, but confirmed that Bainbridge Uinta, LLC owned no interests

in the Subject Lands or in lands within ¼-mile of the Subject Lands and (ii) Daniel R. Gunnell,

Manager, Wasatch Energy Management, LLC, appeared and indicated that Wasatch Energy

Management, LLC supported the relief sought in the Request.

The Board, having considered the testimony presented and the exhibits received into

evidence at the February 2020 Board hearing, and the limited oral public comments made, and

being fully advised in the same, and for good cause, hereby makes the following Findings of

Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order (“Order”) concerning the Request.

FINDINGS OF FACT

Based upon the testimony, exhibits and evidence accepted at the February 2020 Board

hearing, the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order in Docket No. 2015-020, Cause No.

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139-134 dated July 21, 2015 (“Order 139-134”), and the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law

and Order in Docket No. 2018-020, Cause No. 139-158 dated February 26, 2019 (“Order 139-

158”), the Board hereby finds as follows:

1. CH4/Finley is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Ft.

Worth, Texas. CH4/Finley is duly qualified to conduct business in the State of Utah, and is fully

and appropriately bonded with all relevant Federal, Indian and State of Utah administrative

agencies.

2. CH4/Finley operates numerous wells in the Rocky Point Area of the Uinta Basin,

Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah, and is a majority oil and gas leasehold working interest

owner in such lands, more particularly described for purposes of this Cause as follows

(collectively, “Subject Lands”):

Township 3 South, Range 1 West, U.S.M.2

Sections 13-16: All

Sections 21-27: All

Sections 34-36: All

3. CH4/Finley produces oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Lower Green

River and Wasatch Formations in the Subject Lands, defined for purposes of this Cause as

follows (collectively, “Subject Formations”):

The interval from the top of the Lower Green River Formation

(TGR3) to the base of the Green River-Wasatch Formation (top of

Cretaceous), which base is defined as the stratigraphic equivalent

of the Dual Induction Log depths lying between 16,720 feet and

16,970 feet in the Shell-Ute 1-18B5 Well, located in the S/2NE/4,

Section 18, Township 2 South, Range 5 West, U.S.M.

2 Sections 13-14, the E/2 of Section 15, the E/2 of Section 22, Sections 23-26, the E/2 of Section 27, Sections 35-36

and the E/2 of Section 34 all lie within Uintah County, Utah. The W/2 of Section 15, Section 16, the W/2 of Section

22, Section 21, the W/2 of Section 27 and the W/2 of Section 34 all lie within Duchesne County, Utah.

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4. The oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons underlying the Subject Lands are owned

by the State of Utah, the Ute Tribe, the United States in trust for the Ute Tribe, and private

landowners.

5. The Subject Lands are currently subject to the provisions of the Utah

Administrative Code (“Utah Admin. Code”) governing hydrocarbon operations, Order 139-134

and Order 139-158.

6. As is relevant to the relief sought in the Request, Order 139-134 established

seven (7) 1,280-acre (or the substantial equivalent) “stand up” drilling units covering the Subject

Lands, authorizing: (a) the drilling, completion and production of up eight (8) vertical,

directional, and/or short lateral horizontal (having lateral wellbores less than 1 mile in length)

wells in each such 1,280-acre drilling unit, with 660’ drilling unit boundary producing interval

setbacks for vertical and/or directional wells, 330’ north-south drilling unit boundary producing

interval setbacks for short lateral horizontal wells, and no interwell setbacks between vertical,

directional and/or short lateral horizontal wells and (b) the drilling, completion and production of

up seventeen (17) long lateral horizontal wells (having lateral wellbores in excess of 1 mile in

length) in each such 1,280-acre drilling unit, with 330’ north-south drilling unit boundary

producing interval setbacks and 330’ vertical, directional and/or short lateral horizontal well

producing interval setbacks.

7. As is relevant to the relief sought in the Request, Order 139-158 established five

(5) 2,560-acre (or the substantial equivalent) “stand up” drilling units covering the Subject

Lands, authorizing the drilling, completion and production of up three (3) “stacked” long lateral

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horizontal wells in each such 2,560-acre drilling unit, with 330’ north-south drilling unit

boundary producing interval setbacks.

8. With the exception of Order 139-134 and Order 139-158, there are no other

material well spacing, density or other orders of the Board affecting the Subject Lands, other

than, as applicable, the general provisions of the Utah Admin. Code.

9. As of the February 2020 Board hearing, there are 3 existing vertical and/or

directional wells, 7 short lateral horizontal wells, and 17 long lateral horizontal wells located on

and/or producing from the Subject Formations on the Subject Lands (collectively, “Existing

Wells”). A true and complete list of the Existing Wells is attached hereto and incorporated

herein as Exhibit “A.”

10. With the exception of the above-described Existing Wells, there are no other

vertical, directional, short lateral horizontal or long lateral horizontal wells drilled or producing

from the Subject Formations on the Subject Lands.

11. Pursuant to the Board’s findings in Order 139-134 and Order 139-158, and

various other orders of the Board, it is well established that the geologic and reservoir

characteristics of the Subject Formations throughout the Uinta Basin, including the Subject

Lands, constitute a “common source of supply” as that phrase is defined in Utah Code Ann.

§ 40-6-2(19).

12. There are at least six (6) distinct productive intervals within the Subject

Formations, including the Wasatch and, within the Lower Green River, the Garden Gulch,

Douglas Creek, Three Point/Black Scale, Upper/Lower Castle Peak and Uteland Butte Members.

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13. Production from the Subject Lands is in some cases commingled, although certain

orders of the Board have established targeted production from a specific productive interval.

14. Based upon the findings of the Board pursuant to Order 139-134 and Order 139-

158, the results of CH4/Finley’s operations on the Subject Lands, and the testimony and exhibits

presented at the February 2020 Board hearing:

(a). The total number of vertical and/or directional wells that may be drilled,

completed and produced on the Subject Lands to the Subject Formations pursuant to Order 139-

134 should be increased, and Order 139-134 should be amended, to authorize the drilling,

completion and production of up to a total of thirty-two (32) vertical and/or horizontal wells on

the Subject Lands to the Subject Formations, in order to efficiently and economically drain the

subject 1,280-acre drilling units without waste and with the protection of correlative rights;

(b). The north-south drilling unit boundary producing interval setbacks for

short lateral horizontal wells and long lateral horizontal wells drilled on the Subject Lands to the

Subject Formations pursuant to Order 139-134 should be decreased to 100’, and Order 139-134

should be amended accordingly, in order to efficiently and economically drain the 1,280-acre

drilling units established thereby without waste and with the protection of correlative rights;

(c). The north-south drilling unit boundary producing interval setbacks for

long lateral horizontal wells drilled on the Subject Lands to the Subject Formations pursuant to

Order 139-158 should be decreased to 100’, and Order 139-158 should be amended, in order to

efficiently and economically drain the 2,560-acre drilling units established thereby without waste

and with the protection of correlative rights; and

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(d). Except for the foregoing amendments, Order 139-134 and Order 139-158

should remain in full force and effect as “pilot” orders of the Board, covering the Subject Lands

and Subject Formations, and remain subject to all other order expiration and annual reporting

requirements as set forth therein.

15. CH4/Finley plans a vertical, directional and horizontal well development program

on the Subject Lands, with well completions in each of the above-described intervals of the

Subject Formations.

16. CH4/Finley’s development plan will allow CH4/Finley to both: (a) continue to

acquire technical data that will assist CH4/Finley in determining the optimal intervals to target

for ongoing development, the effect of concurrent vertical and horizontal well completions

(including the appropriate distance for setbacks, if any, between vertical and horizontal wells),

and the necessity, propriety and optimal distance of setbacks concerning stacked horizontal well

lateral completions and (b) continue to cultivate and refine its development plan for the Subject

Lands.

17. Given the existence of the foregoing issues and challenges concerning the Subject

Formations and Subject Lands, development via the Utah Admin. Code, Order 139-134 and/or

Order 139-158 alone does not appear to be the best approach to development of the Subject

Lands; rather, concurrent vertical, directional and horizontal well development of the Subject

Lands, targeting each of the above-described intervals of the Subject Formations, will provide

the most efficient and economical approach to the development of the Subject Lands and Subject

Formations.

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18. Specifically, the Board’s granting of: (a) increased vertical and/or directional well

density and (b) decreased north-south drilling unit boundary productive interval setbacks on the

Subject Lands for the Subject Formations will permit a flexible, efficient, economical and

uniform development plan for the Subject Lands.

19. The amendment of Order 139-134 and Order 139-158 as set forth herein is

necessary to allow CH4/Finley to meet the development goals set forth above.

20. Granting the relief sought in the Request will be in furtherance of the public

policies of the State of Utah to promote greater recovery of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons

from the Subject Formations upon the Subject Lands, without waste and with protection of the

correlative rights of all affected owners.

21. A true and complete copy of the Request was mailed, postage pre-paid/certified

with return receipt requested, and properly addressed to all working interest owners (including

unleased owners) within the Subject Lands; to all working interest owners (including unleased

owners) within an approximate ¼-mile buffer surrounding the Subject Lands; and to the Ute

Tribe. The mailings were sent to said parties at their last addresses disclosed by the relevant

BLM/BIA and Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah, realty records, or as the same may have

been otherwise provided to CH4/Finley.

22. Notice of the filing of the Request, and of the February 2020 Board hearing, was

duly published by the Board in the Salt Lake Tribune and Desert Morning News on February 2,

2020.

23. The vote of the Board Members present and participating in the February 2020

Board hearing concerning the Request was five “yes” votes to one “no” vote (5-1) in favor of

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granting the same (Board Member Chris Hansen did not attend the February 2020 Board

Hearing). Specifically, Board Member Susan Davis voted to continue the above-captioned

matter to the Board’s regularly-scheduled March 2020 hearing, to allow additional time to

review, analyze and interpret the testimony and evidence presented at the February 2020 Board

hearing.

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

1. Due and regular notice of the time, place and purpose of the February 2020 Board

hearing was properly given to all parties whose legally protected interests are affected by the

Request, in the form and manner as required by law and the Utah Admin. Code.

2. The Board has jurisdiction over all matters covered by the Request and all

interested parties therein, and has the power and authority to render the order herein set forth

pursuant to Utah Code Ann. §§ 40-6-5(3)(b) and 40-6-6.

3. The Subject Formations constitute a “common source of supply,” as that phrase is

defined in Utah Code Ann. § 40-6-2(19).

4. Correlative rights will be protected, and waste will be prevented, by the increased

vertical and/or directional well density, and application of the 100’ north-south drilling unit

boundary productive interval setbacks, outlined above.

10. The amendment of Order 139-134 and Order 139-158 pursuant to the Request and

as contemplated herein is fair, reasonable and justified under the circumstances.

13. The relief granted hereby will result in consistent and orderly development of the

Subject Lands and Subject Formations; greater recovery of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons

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from the Subject Lands and Subject Formations; the prevention of waste; and the adequate

protection of the correlative rights of all affected owners.

14. CH4/Finley has sustained its burden of proof, demonstrated good cause, and

satisfied all legal requirements for the granting of the Request.

ORDER

Based upon the Request, the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in Order

139-134 and Order 139-158, the testimony and evidence submitted at the February 2020 Board

hearing, and the findings of fact and conclusions of law as stated above, the Board hereby orders

that:

1. The Request in this Cause is hereby granted.

2. The Subject Formations are hereby designated a “common source of supply,” as

that phrase is defined in Utah Code Ann. § 40-6-2(19).

3. Order 139-134 is hereby amended to: (a) authorize the drilling, completion and

production of up to thirty-two (32) vertical and/or directional wells in each 1,280-acre drilling

unit established on the Subject Lands pursuant to Order 139-134 and (b) authorize 100’ north-

south drilling unit productive interval setbacks for all short lateral horizontal wells and long

lateral horizontal wells drilled, completed and produced on the Subject Lands from the Subject

Formations, provided that Order 139-134 shall otherwise remain valid and in full force and affect

as to all lands covered thereby.

4. Order 139-158 is hereby amended to authorize 100’ north-south drilling unit

productive interval setbacks for all long lateral horizontal wells drilled, completed and produced

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on the Subject Lands from the Subject Formations, provided that Order 139-158 shall otherwise

remain valid and in full force and affect as to all lands covered thereby.

5. Pursuant to Utah Admin. Code Rule R641 and Utah Code Ann. §§ 63G-4-204

through 208, the Board has considered and decided this Cause as a formal adjudication.

6. This Order is based exclusively on evidence of record in the adjudicative

proceeding, or on facts officially noted as weighed and analyzed by the Board in the exercise of

its expertise as set forth in Utah Code Ann. §§ 40-6-4(2)(a) through (3), and constitutes the

signed written order stating the Board’s decision and the reasons for the decision, all as required

by the State of Utah Administrative Procedures Act, Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-208 and Utah

Admin. Code Rule R641-109.

7. Notice Regarding Right to Seek Judicial Review by the Utah Supreme Court or to

Request Board Reconsideration: As required by Utah Code Ann. §§ 63G-4-208(e) through (g),

the Board hereby notifies all parties in interest that they have the right to seek judicial review of

this final Order in this Cause by timely filing an appeal with the Utah Supreme Court within 30

days of the issuance of this Order, pursuant to Utah Code Ann. §§ 63G-4-401(3)(a), -403. As an

alternative to seeking immediate judicial review, and not as a prerequisite to seeking judicial

review, the Board also hereby notifies all parties that they may request that the Board reconsider

this Order, which constitutes a final agency action of the Board. Utah Code Ann. §63G-4-302,

entitled “Agency Review – Reconsideration,” states:

(1)(a) Within 20 days after the date that an order is issued for

which review by the agency or by a supervisor agency under

Section 63G-4-301 is unavailable, and if the order would otherwise

constitute a final agency action, any party may file a written

request for reconsideration with the agency, stating the specific

grounds upon which relief is requested.

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(b) Unless otherwise provided by statute, the filing of the

request is not a prerequisite for seeking judicial review of the

order.

(2) The request for reconsideration shall be filed with the

agency and one copy shall be sent by mail to each party by the

person making the request.

(3)(a) The agency head, or a person designated for that purpose,

shall issue a written order granting the request or denying the

request.

(b) If the agency head or the person designated for that purpose

does not issue an order within 20 days after the filing of the

request, the request for reconsideration shall be considered denied.

8. The Board also hereby notifies all parties that Utah Admin. Code Rule R641-110-

100, which is part of a group of Board rules entitled “Rehearing and Modification of Existing

Orders,” states:

Any person affected by a final order or decision of the Board may

file a petition for rehearing. Unless otherwise provided, a petition

for rehearing must be filed no later than the 10th day of the month

following the date of signing of the final order or decision for

which the rehearing is sought. A copy of such petition will be

served on each other party to the proceeding no later than the 15th

day of the month.

9. Utah Admin. Code Rule R641-110-200 provides the required contents of a

petition for rehearing.

10. If there is any conflict between the deadline in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-302 and

the deadline in Utah Admin. Code Rule R641-110-100 for moving to rehear this Cause, the

Board hereby rules that the later of the 2 deadlines shall be available to any party moving to

rehear this Cause. If the Board later denies a timely petition for rehearing, the party may still

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seek judicial review of this Order by perfecting a timely appeal with the Utah Supreme Court

within 30 days thereafter.

11. The Board retains continuing jurisdiction over all parties and over the subject

matter of this Cause, except to the extent said jurisdiction may be divested by the filing of a

timely appeal to seek judicial review of this Order by the Utah Supreme Court.

12. For all purposes, the Chairman’s signature on a faxed or electronic copy of this

Order shall be deemed the equivalent of a signed original.

DATED this 24th day of April, 2020.

STATE OF UTAH

BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING

By:_________________________________

Ruland J Gill, Chairman

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EXHIBIT “A”

Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order in Cause No. 600-01

Name API Surface Location Well Type

KENDALL TRIBAL 1-

13-3-1W

4304753144 13-3S-1W Vertical

KENDALL TRIBAL 9-

13-3-1W

4304753143 13-3S-1W Vertical

UTE TRIBAL 2-23-3-

1W

4304753817 23-3S-1W Vertical

UTE TRIBAL 2-24-3-

1W-H1

4304753815 24-3S-1W Horizontal

UTE TRIBAL 4-23-3-

1W-H1

4304753818 23-3S-1W Horizontal

UTE TRIBAL 3-24-3-

1W-H1

4304754708 24-3S-1W Horizontal

UTE TRIBAL 13-13-3-

1W-H1

4304753819 24-3S-1W Horizontal

UTE TRIBAL 2-23-3-

1W-H1

4304754709 23-3S-1W Horizontal

KENDALL TRIBAL 1-

13-3-1W-H1

4304754243 13-3S-1W Horizontal

UTE TRIBAL 13-21-16-

3-1W-H1

4301353641 21-3S-1W Horizontal

BADGER 1-26-35-3-

1W-H3

4304755747 26-3S-1W Horizontal

CPG 1-26-35-3-1W-H1 4304755650 26-3S-1W Horizontal

BADGER 1-26-35-3-

1W-H2

4304755748 26-3S-1W Horizontal

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BADGER 1-26-35-3-

1W-H4

4304755749 26-3S-1W Horizontal

MEACHAM TR 1-25-

36-3-1W-H1

4304755750 24-3S-1W Horizontal

MEACHAM TRBL 16-

24-13-3-1W-H1

4304755729 24-3S-1W Horizontal

BASTIAN TRBL 14-22-

15-3-1W-H3

4301353482 22-3S-1W Horizontal

BASTIAN TRBL 13-22-

15-3-1W-H1

4301353486 22-3S-1W Horizontal

BASTIAN TRBL 4-27-

34-3-1W-H1

4301353483 22-3S-1W Horizontal

UTE TRIBAL 13.5-21-

16-3-1W-H1

4301353640 21-3S-1W Horizontal

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 27th day of April, 2020, I caused a true and correct copy of

the foregoing FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER for Docket

No. 2020-002, Cause No. 600-01, to be mailed via E-mail, or First Class Mail with postage

prepaid, to the following:

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Brent D. Chicken

600 17th Street

Suite 2300 South

Denver, CO 80202

Email: [email protected]

Attorney for Petitioner CH4 Energy-Finley

Utah, LLC

Petitioner:

CH4 Energy-Finley Utah, LLC

Attn: Kevin Darcy, Landman

P.O. Box 2200

Ft. Worth, TX 76113

Email: [email protected]

Gordon Rowe

Thomas Kessinger

Utah Attorney General’s Office

Natural Resources Division

1594 W. North Temple, Suite 300

Salt Lake City, UT 84116

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

Assistant Attorneys General representing

the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining

Mike Begley

Utah Attorney General’s Office

Natural Resources Division

1594 W. North Temple, Suite 300

Salt Lake City, UT 84116

Email: [email protected]

Assistant Attorney General’s Office

representing the Utah Board of Oil, Gas

and Mining

Bright Rock Energy, LLC

1424 Larimer Street, Suite 100

Denver, CO 80202

BDT Oil & Gas, LP

1308 Lake St.

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Bro Energy, LLC

Creekside Place, Suite 200

4834 South Highland Drive

Salt Lake City, UT 84117

Cat Springs Property, LLC

P.O. Box 450

Sealy, TX 77474

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Finley Production Co., LP

1308 Lake Street

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Finley Resources Inc.

1308 Lake Street

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Grasslands Energy LP

1308 Lake Street

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Metcalfe Oil, LP

1308 Lake Street

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Newfield Production Company

1001 17th Street, Suite 200

Denver, CO 80202

[Undeliverable]

Newfield RMI LLC

24 Waterway Ave., Suite 900

The Woodlands, TX 77380

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Bertha

Crumpacker

C/O Alan D. Crumpacker

1408 Patrick Street

Emporia, KS 66801

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of George F.

Shaw

C/O Dennis Shaw

20606 Fox Borough Lane

Bend, OR 97702

[Undeliverable]

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of

George F. Shaw

C/O Myrna Louise Shaw

Attn: Dina Stoneman, POA

P.O. Box 170

Corvallis, OR 97339

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of George F.

Shaw

C/O Ronald Shaw

6980 Sutter Avenue

Sutter, CA 95982

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Glenn Shaw

C/O Brian Glynn

1124 North Winchester Lane

Liberty Lake, WA 99019

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Glenn Shaw

C/O Debra D. Clifford

1643 Tumbleweed Road

Fallon, NV 89406

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Glenn Shaw

C/O Glenn H. Lee

4261 Reno Highway

Fallon, NV 89406

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Glenn Shaw

C/O Kevin B. Glynn

1124 North Winchester Lane

Liberty Lake, WA 99019

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Glenn Shaw

C/O Laura Kabel

99 McKee Street

East Hartford, CT 06108

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Glenn Shaw

C/O Lisa Hensley

99 McKee Street

East Hartford, CT 06108

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Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Glenn ShawC/O Richard Glynn1124 North Winchester LaneLiberty Lake, WA 99010

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Sara RogersC/O Levi Rogers1881 South 500 EastRoosevelt, UT 84066

United States of America, in Trust for the UteIndian Tribe of the Uintah and OurayReservationP.O. Box 130

Ft. Duchesne, UT 84026

Arizona Corporation Commi ssionAttn: Corporations Div.1300 W. Washington St.Phoenix, A285007

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Lloyd ShawC/O Judith Shaw Simmons10330 W. Thunderbird Blvd. Apt. C304Sun City, AZ. 85351-30865

Unknown Heirs or Devisees of Sue YoungC/O Lavern YoungP.O. Box 82Myton, UT 84052-0082

5C Operating, LLC16400 Dallas Parkway, Suite 305Dallas, TX75248-2644[Address updated 3 l3l 120201

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