LEGAL NOTICE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RE: APPLICATION FOR UNITIZATION WITHEY NE WRN BL UNIT BELMONT AND GUERNSEY COUNTIES, OHIO NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Applicant Ascent Resources – Utica, LLC ("Ascent") hereby gives notice that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management (the "Division"), has scheduled a hearing pursuant to Revised Code Section 1509.28 concerning Ascent's Withey NE WRN BL Unit to occur on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. The hearing will be held via video conference, as set forth below. Ascent seeks to obtain an Order for Unit Operation from the Chief of the Division as to the Utica/Point Pleasant Formation covering the Withey NE WRN BL Unit area. This proposed unit area includes lands in Sections 25, 31, 32, and 33, Township 8N, Range 6W, Warren Township, Belmont County, Ohio, and Sections 2 and 3, Township 9N, Range 7W, Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. The surface location for the Withey NE WRN BL Unit will be located in Section 31, Township 8N, Range 6W, Warren Township, Belmont County, Ohio, on Parcel No. 41-00423.000. Certain tracts in the Withey NE WRN BL Unit are owned, in whole or in part, by persons for whom no address can be located. These tracts are described below by reference to their parcel numbers and their owners' names: (1) Parcel No. 41-00612.000 – Owners: Jerald L. Booth; The Earl M. Robinson Revocable Trust dated June 6, 1993; and Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Roscoe R. (R.R.) Robinson, deceased, Hazel Mary Robinson, deceased, John Harrison Robinson, deceased, Oliver Fairchild, deceased, Howard F. Henderson, deceased, Bert E. Davis, deceased, Mary Ellen Manton, deceased, Juanita Shaw, deceased, Pauline Irby, deceased, Roscoe Ross (Ike) Robinson, deceased, William Brook Robinson, III, deceased, and Jerry Robinson, deceased; (2) Parcel 41-00771.000 – Owners: Sandra D. Powers; Karen Semple; Dean B. Shaw; William G. Deerwester; Gregg M. Stubbs; Marcia Jo Wells; John Richard Horne; Daniel Bruce Horne; David D. Horne; Deborah Marie Lee; Sandra Kay Kinstle; Tracy Ann Miller; Todd Eric Moell; Anna Molnar, Trustee of the Carl E. Venard Trust Agreement dated November 8, 1990; Cheryl S. Rickert, Trustee; Unknown Successor Trustee(s) of the Clara Reynolds Trust; and Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Mabel Hoffman, deceased, Marvin Lee Doudna, deceased, Carolyn Jean Wolfson, deceased, Leona M. Rapp, deceased, Dorothy E. Horger, deceased, Mabel C. Cline, deceased, Charlotte Ralph, deceased, Ruth Morgan, deceased, Reitta Sullivan, deceased, Melva Beatrice Strawser, deceased, Billie Virginia Darkenwald, deceased, Ruth Campbell, deceased, Lee Edward Campbell, deceased, and Colleen Horne, deceased; (3) Parcel No. 23-0000000.000 (located in the northeast quarter of Section 2, Township 9N, Range 7W, Millwood Township, Guernsey County) – Owners: Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Perry Barker, deceased; and (4) Parcel No. 23-0000000.000 (located in the southwest quarter of Section 3, Township 9N, Range 7W, Millwood Township, Guernsey County) – Owners: Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Solomon Coles, deceased. Additionally, certain tracts in the Withey NE WRN BL Unit area may potentially be owned, in whole or in part, by persons for whom no address can be located. These tracts are described below by reference to their parcel numbers and their possible owners' names: (1) Parcel 41-00612.000 – Potential Owners: Jerald L. Booth; Edward Robinson; Stephen R. Shaw; Katherine C. Honea; Susan A. Hawn; and Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Mary Ellen Manton, deceased, Jerry William Robinson, deceased, Juanita Ruth Shaw, deceased, Luella Van Fossen Henderson, deceased, Margaret Robinson, deceased, Pauline Irby, deceased, Pratt Irby, deceased, Robert A. Fairchild, deceased, Roscoe Ross Robinson, deceased, William Brook Robinson, III, deceased, and William R. Shaw, deceased; (2) Parcel Nos. 41-00575.000, 41-00575.001, and 41-00576.000 – Potential Owners: Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Janice Greider, deceased, and William Russell Mulquin, deceased; (3) Parcel 41-00771.000 – Potential Owners: Jerry Jo Snyder; William (Billy) Clarke; Beverly Joy Greco; Brian W. Strawser; Carol Bull; Christy Noeth; Clement B. Darkenwald; Daniel Bruce Horne; David D. Horne; Debbie K. Yankoupe; Denise Kramer; Diana Lynn Harwood; Geoffrey Cline; Gilbert Robert Darkenwald; James Douglas Cline; James Edward Gibson; James Michael Snyder; Janet M. Daubert; Janet Snyder; Jeannette Marilyn Black; John Richard Horne; Marian Walters; Mary E. Snyder; Patricia Lou Snyder; Ruth Ann Snyder; Sandra Polli; Thomas Kent Snyder; John F. Darkenwald; and Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Marilyn Chamberlain, deceased, Carolyn Jean Wolfson, deceased, Mabel Hoffman, deceased, Victor Lee Jacobs, deceased, Reitta Sullivan, deceased, Bonnie Sue Smith, deceased, Jennifer L. Gibson, deceased, Charlotte Ralph, deceased, Colleen Horne, deceased, Billie Virginia Darkenwald, deceased, Ruth Morgan, deceased, Terry F. Morgan, deceased, Jeffrey A. Ralph, deceased, Marvin Lee Doudna, deceased, Melva Beatrice Strawser, deceased, Donald W. Strawser, deceased, John David Strawser, deceased, Lourie Stubbs, deceased, Dorothy E. Horger, deceased, Mabel C. Cline, deceased, William Geoffrey Cline, deceased, Leona M. Rapp, deceased, Lee Edward Campbell, deceased, Ruth Campbell, deceased, Melvin Herbert Snyder, deceased, Daniel Eugene Snyder, deceased, Frank Snyder, deceased, James Orion Snyder deceased, and Bill Snyder, deceased; and (4) Parcel No. 23-0000000.000 (located in the southwest quarter of Section 3, Township 9N, Range 7W, Millwood Township, Guernsey County) – Potential Owners: Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Benjamin Coles, deceased. If you would like to attend this hearing, which is being held via Webex, you can join the meeting using one of the options below: Join from the meeting link: https://ohio.webex.com/ohio/j.php?MTID=m4a38ff7b4720bf07295c55bc6f77fe6a Join by meeting number at www.webex.com: Meeting number (access code): 2346 182 1112 Meeting password: 8MThAcdp632 Join by phone: 1-408-418-9388 Meeting number (access code): 2346 182 1112 Meeting password: 8MThAcdp632 Join from a video system or application: Dial 23461821112@webex.com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number (see above). Service by publication shall be complete upon the expiration of five days after the date of the first publication of this notice. The date of the first publication of this notice is Monday, November 3, 2025. The date of last publication is Friday, November 7, 2025. Dated: Monday, November 3, 2025 Applicant contact information: Ascent Resources – Utica, LLC Attn: Rachel Lenox 3501 NW 63rd Street Oklahoma City, OK 73116 (405) 252-7607 Email: rachel.lenox@ascentresources.com For further information regarding this hearing, please visit the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management's website at https://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/unitization. November 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 2025 LWOO0398518