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Apex 26-91 - 5 - LEEVILLE FIELD 26-91 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with particular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026, upon the application ofCASTEX ENERGY, INC. At such hearing the Department of Conservation and Energy will consider evidence relative to the issuance of Orders pertaining to the following matters relating to the Upper 95-Lower 96 Zone, Reservoir E, in the Leeville Field, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. 1. To create a single drilling and production unit (to be designated as U95-L96 RE SUA) for the exploration for and production of oil and gas from the Upper 95-Lower 96 Zone, Reservoir E, as more particularly shown on the plat submitted with the application and made a part hereof. 2. To establish rules and regulations governing the exploration for and production of oil and gas from said unit. 3. To force pool and integrate all separately owned tracts, mineral leases and other property interests within the unit so created, with each tract sharing in unit production on a surface acreage basis of participation. 4. To designate a unit well for the proposed unit, as may be appropriate, based on the evidence presented at the hearing. 5. To designate Castex Energy, Inc. as operator of U95-L96 RE SUA. 6. To provide that any wells drilled to the Upper 95-Lower 96 Zone, Reservoir E, within or outside of the unit proposed herein, should be located in accordance with the spacing provisions of LAC 43:XIX.1901 et seq. (Statewide Order No. 29-E). 7. To provide that the Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy should be authorized to reclassify the reservoir by Supplemental Order without the necessity of a public hearing if the producing characteristics of the reservoir changes and evidence to justify such reclassification is submitted to and accepted by the Department of Conservation and Energy. 8. To consider such other matters as may be pertinent. The Upper 95-Lower 96 Zone, Reservoir E is hereby defined as being the stratigraphic equivalent of that oil and gas bearing zone encountered between the depths of 11,590' and 12,555' (electrical log measurements) in the Texaco, Inc.-LL&E Leeville No. 250 Well (SN 103097), located in Township 21 South, Range 22 East. A plat is available for inspection in the Office of Conservation in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/conshearings All parties having interest therein shall take notice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY Baton Rouge, LA 2/18/26;2/21/26 L lck IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY AT P.O. BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA 70804-9275 IN WRITING WITHIN TEN (10) WORKING DAYS OF THE HEARING DATE. 1002-026 February 23 2026 LLOU0464552