Apex 26-113 & 114

Apex 26-113 & 114 - 3 - SHREVEPORT AND CEDAR GROVE FIELDS 26-113 and 26-114 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, APRIL 21, 2026, upon the application of APEX NATURAL GAS, LLC. 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 Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Shreveport and Cedar Grove Fields, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. 1. To dissolve two existing drilling and production units for the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Shreveport Field, designated as HA RA SUU and HA RA SUT and created by Office of Permitting and Compliance Order Nos. 13-L-23 and 13-L-24, effective April 30, 2024, as shown on the plat submitted with the application. 2. To simultaneously create a single revised drilling and production unit (to be designated as HA RA SUY) for the exploration for and production of gas and condensate from the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Shreveport Field, as shown on the plat submitted with the application. 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 permit applicant to drill, designate and utilize five cross unit horizontal wells, one of which to serve as a unit well for HA RA SUY and HA RA SUAA, and the other four cross unit horizontal wells to serve as alternate unit wells for HA RA SUY and HA RA SUAA, at the locations and in the general manner shown on the plat submitted with the application, in exception to the spacing provisions of the 13-L and 967-C Series of Orders, and in accordance with the LAC 43:XIX.4307 et seq. (Statewide Order No. 29-S). 5. To specifically find that the proposed cross unit horizontal wells for HA RA SUY and HA RA SUAA are reasonable and in the interest of conservation and necessary to efficiently and economically drain a portion of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, underlying said units, which cannot be efficiently and economically drained by any existing well within such units, including portions of the participating units that are contained within 330' of either side of the common unit boundary between said units. 6. To provide that with respect to horizontal wells drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, within or to serve HA RA SUY and HA RA SUAA, where the horizontal portion of the well is cased and cemented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit boundary and offset well(s) should be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well and not based on the penetration point or terminus. 7. To designate applicant as the operator of HA RA SUY and confirm applicant as operator of HA RA SUAA. 8. To permit the operator to produce the allowable for each unit from the respective unit well, any alternate unit well, or from any combination thereof, at its discretion. 9. To provide that unit production from the proposed cross unit horizontal wells should be allocated to each unit in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each such unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral, as determined by an "as-drilled" survey performed after such cross unit horizontal wells are drilled and completed. 10. To provide that production from the proposed cross unit horizontal wells should be separated and metered individually, and this information should be reported to the Office of Permitting and Compliance in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy. 11. To continue in force and effect, except to the extent contrary herewith, the pertinent provisions of the Order No. 13-L, effective April 28, 2009, as amended and supplemented by the 13-L Series of Orders, and Order No. 967-C, effective August 12, 2008, as amended and supplemented by the 967-C Series of Orders, and all applicable Statewide Orders. 12. To consider such other matters as may be pertinent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Shreveport Field, was defined in Order No. 13-L, effective April 28, 2009. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Cedar Grove Field, was originally defined in Order No. 967-C, effective August 12, 2008, and was redefined INSOFAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as HA RA SUAA is concerned, by Order No. 967-C-31, effective June 4, 2024. Plats are available for inspection in the Department of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, 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 3/17/26;3/20/26 S lck IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE AT THE HEARING, 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. 820295 March 22 2026 LLOU0481687