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Commonwealth of VirginiaLand Record InstrumentCover Sheet-Form A
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Instrument 201500986Recorded in the Clerk's Office of
Wise County and the City of NortonOn Mar 04, 2015 at 04:02 PM.
). )ack Kennedy, )r., ClerkRecorded by: April Huff
(Box For Deed Stamp Only)
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[VIRGINIA GAS a OIL BOARD I
Last Name
Last Name
First and Second GrantorsFirst N am e
First and Second GranteesFirst N am e
Middle N am e
Middle N am e
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[RANGE RESOURCES PINE MOUNTAIN INC I
Grantee Address (Name) ]RANGE RESOURCES PINE MOUNTAIN INC
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[BEING THAT CERTAIN TRACT 0 R PARCEL 0 F LAND LOCATED IN THE
(Addressl) POUND QUADRANGLE, GLADEVILLE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, WISE
(Address2) COUNTY, VIRGINIA. VGOB —14 —0320-4047 ]
(City, State, Zip) ]SEE DOCUMENT
]WISE I ]VA I ]24293 I
Instrument Prepared by
Recording Paid for by
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[DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY ]
[DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY ]
(Name) ]DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY
(Addressl) ]133 HIGHLAND DRIVE
(Address2) l P. O. DRAWER 139 l
(City, State, Zip) ]LEBANON I [VA I [24266 I
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INSTRUMENT PREPARED BYVIRGINIA GAS AND OIL BOARD
ORDER RECORDED UNDER CODEOF VIRGINIA SECTION 45.1-361.26
VIRGINIA:
BEFORE THE VIRGINIA GAS AND OIL BOARD
IN RE:
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER REGARDING DOCKET NO. VGOB-14-0520-4047ELECTIONS: V-530387(hereinafter "Subject Drilling Unit" )
REPORT OF BOARD
FINDINGS AND ORDER
This Supplemental Order is entered by the Board sua sponte in the form
authorized by the Board at its hearing held at 9:00 a.m. on October 20,1992, Board of Supervisors Room, Courthouse, Grundy, Virginia, and
pursuant to authority granted to the Board's Chairman at the hearing of
the Virginia Gas and Oil Board on June 16, 1992 at 9:00 a.m. at the
Rhododendron Restaurant at the Breaks Interstate Park, Breaks, Virginia;
and this Supplemental Order is being recorded for the purpose of (1)complying with the requirements of the Virginia Gas and Oil BoardRegulations, 4 VAC 25-160.70C by supplementing the Order previously
issued by the Board for subject Docket on May 28, 2014, and recorded asInstrument No. 201402556 in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court forWise County, Virginia on June 4, 2014 (herein "Board Order" ) and (2) tocomplete the record regarding elections. The Board Order established addilling unit and pooled all interests in Subject Drilling Unit including thoseof the Respondents more particularly set forth and identified by the
Designated Operator in the affidavits attached hereto and made a parthereof. The Board finds it has jurisdiction over the subject matter
pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Gas and Oil Act, 5 45.1-361.1etseq., Virginia Code, 1950 as amended.
2. Findings: The Board finds that:
(a) The Board Order directed Range Resources-Pine Mountain, Inc.,(herein the "Designated Operator" ), to mail copies of the BoardOrder to all Respondents whose interests, if any, were pooled bysaid Board Order;
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(b) The Designated Operator filed its affidavit of mailing datedFebruary 9, 2015, disclosing that it had mailed a correct copy of theBoard's Order to all Respondents whose interests, if any, werepooled by said Board Order;
(c) The Board Order required each Respondent whose interests, if
any, were pooled by the terms of said Board Order to make his orher election within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing orrecording, as applicable, of said Order; the Designated Operatorhas filed its affidavit dated August 25, 2014, in accordance with tJ
7.C of the Virginia Gas and Oil Board Regulations and 4 VAC 25-160.7C (herein "Affidavit of Elections" annexed hereto), wherein it
has, for each Respondent whose interests, if any, were pooled bysaid Board Order, stated: (i) whether each Respondent has madeor failed to make a timely election; (ii) the nature of the election(s)made, if any; and (iii) whether, by reason of failure to elect or totimely elect one or more Respondents are deemed, under theterms of the Board's Order, to have leased all their rights, title,interests, estates and claims in Subject Drilling Unit to theDesignated Operator;
3.
(d) Current Board standards requiring the escrow of funds and theBoard's agreement with its Escrow Agent, First Bank and TrustCompany, Trust Division, 38 East Valley Street, Bristol, Virginia24201; Tel: (276) 466-9222; Attn: Julie Eades, or any successornamed by the Board, require the entry of a Supplemental Orderestablishing of record the elections made or deemed to have beenmade and specifying the sums or percentage thereof subject toescrow. Current Board escrow standards were made applicable toSubject Drilling Unit by a Board Order dated July 18, 2006. TheAffidavit of Elections indicates that the escrow of funds is requiredwith regard to Well No. V-530387.
Order: By this Order, the Board orders the Designated Operator to tender,consistent with and in accordance with the findings set forth at Paragraph2 above, to the extent escrow was required and to the extent it pertainedto the elections and interests of the Respondents who have entered into aroyalty split agreement and no longer require escrow of any funds, theApplicant is hereby directed to provide the Board with reconciliation of itsand the Escrow Agent's records so that any funds affected by this Ordermay be disbursed in an appropriate manner.
Mailina of Order and Filina of Affidavit: The Designated Operator underthe captioned Order or its Attorney shall file an affidavit with the Secretaryof the Board within ten (10) days after the date of receipt of this
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Supplemental Order stating that a true and correct copy of thisSupplemental Order was mailed within seven (7) days from the date ofreceipt of this Supplemental Order to each Respondent whose address isknown.
5. Conclusion: Therefore, the findings and all terms and provisions set forthabove be and hereby are granted and IT IS SO ORDERED.
6. Effective Date: This Order shall be effective as of the date of the Board'sapproval of this Application, which is set forth at Paragraph 1 above.
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DONE AND EXECUTED this 10 day of February, 2015 by a majority of the Virginia Gas and OilBoard.
Chairman, Bradley C. Lambert
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIACOUNTY OF RUSSELL
Acknowledged on this~day of kbrMm .~W personally before mes notary publicin and for the Commonwealth of Virginia, appeared Bradley C. Lambert, being duly sworn diddepose and say that he is the Chairman of the Virginia Gas and Oil Board, that he executed»l»" "III...the same and was authorized to do so.
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SaraR Jessee ~er, Notary Public = p:,,„,;,r>uiliissi"":~ =262946
My Commission expires: July 31, 2017 /IPE/ LIPIIIIIIIIII 'I
DONE AND PERFORMED this 11 day of February, 2015 by Order of the Virginia Gas and OilBoard.
-Z'~ C; ~aRick CooperPrincipal Executive to thestaff, Virginia Gas and Oil Board
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIACOUNTY OF RUSSELL
Acknowledged on this ~jday of jrl~~s~ .HIS personally before mes notary publicin and for the Commonwealth of Virginia, appeared Rick Cooper, being duly sworn diddepose and say that he Is Principal Executive to the staff of the Virginia Gas and Oil Board,that he executed the same and was authorized to do so. »IIII IIIIIIII
Sarah Jessee Gil@r, Notary Public = <».: P" "262946 = * ~~ Cou<ltSSiiiii: » =
gape=.6My Commission expires: July 31, 2017
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VIRGINIA:
BEFORE THE VIRGINIA GAS AND OIL BOARD
IN RE; Application of Range Resources-Pine Mountain. Inc, for the Forced Pooling ofInterests in V-530387, Docket No. VGOB-14-0520-4047 in the Gladeville District, PoundQuadrangle, Wise County, Virginia.
AFFIDAVIT OF MCKINNIS 8 SCOTT, Attorneys-at-Law, Agents for the DesignatedOperator REGARDING ELECTIONS, ESCROW ACCOUNTS AND SUPPLEMENTALORDER
Timothy E. Scott (herein Affiant), being duly sworn on oath, deposes and says:
1. That the Affiant is an attorney in the law firm of MCKINNIS & SCOTT, theAgent for the Designated Operator, with offices located at 135 W. MainStreet, Suite 200, Kingsport, Tennessee 37660, and is authorized to givethis Affidavit in its behalf;
2. That the Order entered on May 28, 2014, by the Virginia Gas and OilBoard regarding the captioned conventional gas unit required theApplicant to mail a true and correct copy of said Order to each personpooled by said Order;
That within seven (7) days of the receipt of an executed and recordedcopy of the Order referred to at Paragraph 2, above, the Affiant wasdirected to cause a true and correct copy of said Order to be mailed viathe United States Postal Service to each Respondent, if known andlocatable, named in the captioned Application, whose address was known,and to all persons, if any, who are added as Respondents at the hearingheld in the captioned matter; that proof of such mailing has previouslybeen tendered to the Division of Gas and Oil, the Office of the Gas and OilInspector, at Lebanon, Virginia;
4. That the Order of the Virginia Gas and Oil Board in the captioned matterrequired all persons pooled thereby to tender written notice of theirelection of the option selected under Paragraph 9 of the Order to theDesignated Operator within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of acopy of the recorded Order;
5. That the Designated Operator, by and through its agent, McKinnis & Scott,Attorneys-at-Law, has established procedures to review all mail receivedand all written documents received by means other than by mail toascertain whether parties whose interests have been pooled have made awritten election, in a timely fashion, as required by the captioned Order;
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that said procedures were followed to identify the elections, if any, madewith regard to Subject Drilling Unit; that the following persons or entitiesdelivered, by mail or otherwise, written elections to the Unit Operator,within the thirty day elections period:
None
That the interest and/or claims of the following persons or entities (whomade timely elections, or who are deemed under the terms of the Board'sOrder to have leased, or who, subsequent to the pooling hearing held inthe captioned matter, have leased or otherwise entered into an agreementwith the Designated Operator) are subject to escrow under the Board'sOrder pooling the captioned Unit, are in conflict and/or unknown orunlocatable:
See Exhibit E.
7. That after the pooling hearing held in the captioned matter, the followingpersons or entities have leased or entered into a voluntary agreement withthe Designated Operator with regard to their interest and/or claims:
None
That the Designated Operator with regard to persons previously requiringthe services of the Escrow Agent have now reached an agreementregarding their interests or claims that allows Applicant/DesignatedOperator to make royalty distribution without the need to escrow fundswhich would otherwise be in conflict:
None
9. That the Respondents identified in Exhibit B-3 hereto have not made atimely election and have failed to enter into an agreement with theDesignated Operator and their respective oil and gas rights, interests andclaims shall be deemed to have leased to Applicant/Designated Operatorpursuant to and in accordance with Paragraph 10 of the Board Orderdated May 28, 2014:
See Exhibit B-3
10. The Designated Operator requests that the following persons bedismissed as Respondents:
That pursuant to the provisions of 4VAC 25-160.70.A.10and .C and VAC25-160-80, annexed hereto and incorporated herein is a proposed supplementalorder to be entered to complete the record regarding elections; that said annexed
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supplemental order sets forth that the services of the Escrow Agent is required inthis matter pursuant to the terms of 8 45.1-361.21.Dand 45.1-361.22.A.3and.4.
Dated at Kingsport, Tennessee, this 900 day of February, 2015.
<~),l,.~CTimottty E. Scott, Affiant
Taken, subscribed and sworn to before me by Timothy E. Scott, the Agent forRange Resources-Pine Mountain, Inc., a corporation, on behalf of the corporation, this9ib day of February, 2015.
Notary Public
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of Omy 1 t2.69 Ac.Well Coordinates: (Ceo9rophic IC?7)J7.0424Ã'82514857
Nota lr The boundary lines shown hereonare hosed on deeds, plate ond maps of recordond do not depict a cunent boundary survey.
Note 2 The well sill be dnflied wilhinthe permitted coonlinates.
Latitude 3T 05'0
Mineral Line
Surface Una
Alpha Land & Ress
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5 1446 E221.81'OJ't6' ~ IP
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lYeh Coordinates. (VA SL Plane 6 Zone,NAD 8J)N J,56J97796 E'0JII,SJLLZSWell Coordinafesr (VA SL Plane 5 Zone,NAD 27 Cakukfed from NLD 8J)N 28J.104.18 E 8218554 10 +a ba
VWell Coordinofesr (Clinchfiofd Coal Co.)S 2091&17 W J8.JJ0.18
WELL LOCATION PLAT NORA GRID BN-13
Note: Sea Attached TractOwnership Information Schedule I
V-5JOJ46+
frail elevation determined by CPSsurvey from ItARN Monument P-424
COMPANY Ronne Resources-Pine Mountain. /nc. WELL NAME ANO NUMBER V—530387TRACT NO. T-885 ELEVATION 2.327.91'UADRANGLE PoundCOUNTY Wise SCALE
'" = 400'ATE 4-14-20This Plat is a new plat s; an updated plat; or o final location plat
+ Denotes the location of a well on United States topographic Mops, scale 1 to24.000. latitude and longitude lines Peinfi represented by border lines as shown.
Form DGO —GO —7rv r r I c:X A.
EXHIBIT A
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V-530387 PLATTRACT OWNERSHIP INFORMATION SCHEDIILE
4/14/2014
I . T-885IL C. Plummer
283.00 Acres
ACIN LLC - coal
Alpha Land & Reserves LLC - coal lesseeWBRD LLC - coalDickenson-Russell Coal Company LLC - coal lesseeRange Resources - Pine Mountain, Inc. - oil & gasGas 99.59 Ac. 88.38%
2 . Lease No.Mark Kelly - surface, oil & gas11 Acres
Gas 1.02 Ac. 0.91%
3 . Lease No. 904576L or Unleased
C. F. Flanary
56.033 AcresACIN-oil & gas
EQT Production Company - oil & gas lesseeGas 2.13 Ac. 1.89%
4 . Lease No. 4501950559Jimmy and Rosie Vanover11.57Acres
Gas 6.26 Ac. 5.55%
5 . T-884D. A. Stallard
55 Acres
Range Resources - Pine Mountain, Inc. - oil & gasGas 3.69 Ac. 3.27%
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Exhibit "8"V-530387
Tract LessorInterest Within Gross Acreage
Lease Status Unit in Unit
Gas Estate Only
Range Resources - Pine Mountain, Inc.
Attn: Jerry Grantham.
PO Box 2136Abingdon, VA 24212Tax Card ID - 01160
Owner 88.38000000 99.59000000
2 Mark & Susan Kelly
PO Box 2293Wise, VA 24293Tax Card ID - 012720
Unleased 0.91000000 1.02000000
3 AGIN LLC
Attn: John Mooney
5260 Irwin Rd
Huntington, WV 25705-3247OR
EQT Production Company
Attn: Tracy CoynePO Box 23536Pittsburgh, PA 15222Tax Card ID - 034489
Unleased
Lessee
1.89000000 2.13000000
1.89000000 2.13000000
4 Jimmy & Rosie Vanover
8262 Boggs Hill Road
Wise, VA 24293Tax Card ID - 011620
Leased 5.55000000 6.26000000
5 Range Resources - Pine Mountain, Inc.Attn: Jerry Grantham
PO Box 2136Abingdon, VA 24212Tax Card ID - Minerals Only
Owner 3.27000000 3.69000000
TOTAL GAS ESTATE
Percentage of Unit Leased
Percentage of Unit Unleased
100.00000000 112.69000000
97.200000002.80000000
Acreage in Unit Leased
Acreage in Unit Unleased109.54000000
3.15000000
OR - subject to lease agreement between ACIN and EQT
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Exhibit "B-3"- Unleased OwnersV-530387
Tract LessorInterest Within Gross Acreage
Lease Status Unit in Unit
2 Mark & Susan Kelly
PO Box 2293Wise, VA 24293Tax Card ID - 012720
Gas Estate Only
Unleased 0.91000000 1.02000000
3 AGIN LLCAttn: John Mooney5260 Irwin Rd
Muntington, WV 25705-3247OR
EQT Production CompanyAttn: Tracy CoynePO Box 23536Pittsburgh, PA 15222Tax Card ID - 034489
Unieased
Lessee
1.89000000 2.13000000
1.89000000 2.13000000
TOTAL GAS ESTATE 2.80000000 3.15000000
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Exhibit "E"- Escrow OwnersV-530367
Tract LessorInterest Within Gross Acreage
Lease Status Unit in Unit
Gas Estate Only
AGIN LLC
Attn: John Mooney
5260 Irwin Rd
Huntington, WV 25705-3247OR
EQT Production Company
Attn; Tracy Coyne
PO Box 23536Pittsburgh, PA 15222Tax Card ID -034489
Unleased
Lessee
1.89000000 2.13000000
1.89000000 2.13000000
TOTAL GAS ESTATE 1.89000000 2.13000000
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201500986 Instrument201500986
Recorded in the Clerk s Office ofWise County and the City of Norton
On Mar 04, 2015 at 04:02 PM.
J. Jack Kennedy, Jr., Clerk
Recorded by: April Huff
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