Fredrikson

& BYRON, P.A.

VIA EMAIL and U.S. MAIL

October 8, 2013

RECEIVED OCT 1 5 2013

DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES - RAPID CITY

Ms. Jenny Hegg Department of Environment and Natural Resources 2050 West Main, Suite #1 Rapid City, SD 57701

RE: CASE NO. 33-2013 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. FOR AN ORDER OF THE BOARD AMENDING BOARD ORDER NOS. 6-83, 12-08, 13-08, AND 5-10 SO AS TO AMEND THE FIELD RULES FOR THE TABLE MOUNTAIN FIELD AND ESTABLISH THE FOLLOWING OVERLAPPING 1280-ACRE SPACING UNIT: SECTIONS 1 AND 12, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, AND THE FOLLOWING 1280-ACRE SPACING UNITS: SECTIONS 17 AND 20, SECTIONS 18 AND 19, SECTIONS 29 AND 32, AND SECTIONS 30 AND 31, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, TABLE MOUNTAIN FIELD, HARDING COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA; AND ALLOW THE DRILLING OF ONE HORIZONTAL WELL TO THE RED RIVER "B" POOL ON EACH SPACING UNIT NOT LESS THAN 500 FEET TO THE SPACING UNIT BOUNDARY RELIEF AS THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

Dear Ms. Hegg:

Please find enclosed herewith the following with regard to the captioned matter:

NOTICE OF DISMISSAL CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.; and AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE BY MAIL

Attorneys & Advisors

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

main 701.221.4020

200 North Third Street, Suite 150

fax 701.221.4040

Bismarck, North Dakota www.fredlaw.com

58501-3879

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Ms. Jenny Hegg October 8, 2013 Page 2

Please note Continental Resources, Inc. is requesting a dismissal with regard to Sections 30 and 31, Township 22 North, Range 3 East, Table Mountain Field, Harding County, South Dakota ONLY.

If you should have any questions, plea advise. .4t

LAWREN DER

LB/leo

Enclosure

cc: Mr. Mike Lees — (w/enc.) Via Email Mr. Jim Canon — (w/enc.) Via Email

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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

BOARD OF MINERALS AND ENVIRONMENT

CASE NO. 33-2013

RECEIVED OCT 1 5 2013

DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES - RAPID CITY

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. FOR AN ORDER OF THE BOARD AMENDING BOARD ORDER NOS. 6-83, 12-08, 13-08, AND 5-10 SO AS TO AMEND THE FIELD RULES FOR THE TABLE MOUNTAIN FIELD AND ESTABLISH THE FOLLOWING OVERLAPPING 1280-ACRE SPACING UNIT: SECTIONS 1 AND 12, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, AND THE FOLLOWING 1280-ACRE SPACING UNITS: SECTIONS 17 AND 20, SECTIONS 18 AND 19, SECTIONS 29 AND 32, AND SECTIONS 30 AND 31, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, TABLE MOUNTAIN FIELD, HARDING COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA; AND ALLOW THE DRILLING OF ONE HORIZONTAL WELL TO THE RED RIVER "B" POOL ON EACH SPACING UNIT NOT LESS THAN 500 FEET TO THE SPACING UNIT BOUNDARY RELIEF AS THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

NOTICE OF DISMISSAL FOR CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC,

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Thursday, October 17, 2013, Continental Resources, Inc.

will respectfully request that the portion of the above-captioned hearing, pertaining to Sections 30

and 31, Township 22 North, Range 3 East, Table Mountain Field, Harding County, South

Dakota ONLY, be dismissed without prejudice.

DATED this 8th day of October, 2013.

LAWREN BENDER SOUTH DAKOTA LICENSE #3461 200 North 3rd Street, Suite 150 P. O. Box 1855 Bismarck, ND 58502-1855

(701) 221-4020

ATTORNEYS FOR APPLICANT AND PETITIONER, CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.

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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

BOARD OF MINERALS AND ENVIRONMENT

CASE NO. 33-2013

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. FOR AN ORDER OF THE BOARD AMENDING BOARD ORDER NOS. 6-83, 12-08, 13-08, AND 5-10 SO AS TO AMEND THE FIELD RULES FOR THE TABLE MOUNTAIN FIELD AND ESTABLISH THE FOLLOWING OVERLAPPING 1280-ACRE SPACING UNIT: SECTIONS 1 AND 12, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, AND THE FOLLOWING 1280-ACRE SPACING UNITS: SECTIONS 17 AND 20, SECTIONS 18 AND 19, SECTIONS 29 AND 32, AND SECTIONS 30 AND 31, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, TABLE MOUNTAIN FIELD, HARDING COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA; AND ALLOW THE DRILLING OF ONE HORIZONTAL WELL TO THE RED RIVER "B" POOL ON EACH SPACING UNIT NOT LESS THAN 500 FEET TO THE SPACING UNIT BOUNDARY RELIEF AS THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE BY MAIL

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA ) ss.

served the attached:

NOTICE OF DISMISSAL FOR CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.

by placing a true and correct copy thereof in an envelope addressed as follows:

See attached Exhibit A

COUNTY OF BURLEIGH

Stephanie Sweet, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that on thy day of October, 2013, she

Stepha

and depositing the same, with postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt requested, in the United States mail at Bismarck, North Dakota.

7/ Subscribed and sworn to before me thi day of October, 2013.

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Notary Public My Commission expires:

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A.H. Seebold Trust 1 McKnight Place

St. Louis, MO 63124-1980

Alverda M. Moritz 725 West Ave.

Red Wing, MN 55066

Anne Olson 7512 Aldrich Ave. S Richfield, MN 55423

Berince Merritt c/o Regions Bank-NRRE,

P.O. Box 23100 Jackson, MS 39225-3100

Bruce A. Burke 649 4th Ave. SW.

Dickinson, ND 58601

Carol J, Mahnke P.O. Box 248

Beecher, IL 60401

Charles Sands 352 Spruce Drive E., Apt. B599

Annandale, MN 55302

Cynthia L. Boettcher 13906 Briarwood Dr. Menahga, MN 56464

Daniel S. Linneman 1290 9th Ave.

Baldwin, WI 54002

Acoma Oil Corporation 408 St. Peter Street St. Paul, MN 55102

Alvin R. Koering 6855 7th St. NE

Fridley, MN 55432

Barbara South Jorvig 3633 Park Center Blvd Apt. 223

Minneapolis, MN 55416

Black Stone Mineral Company, LP 1001 Fannin , Suite 2020

Houston, TX 77002

Cara Ventura Geiger 2241 Mabee Mines Road

Washougal, WA 98671-7797

Centralia Foundation c/o Regions Bank-NRRE

P.O. Box 23100 Jackson, MS 39225-3100

Charles T. Bachrach, 117 Magnolia Dr.

Ormond Beach, FL 32176-8114

Daniel I. Anderson 1006 2nd St. SW

Wadena, MN 56482

David Sands 719 Oak Street

Sac City, IA 50583

Allison S. Everett 2018 Huntington Rd.

Oklahoma City, OK 73130

Angeline S. Tyson 10415 Jamestown Dr., Apt. 306

Anchorage, AK 99507-4575

Becky Brakke 5519 110th Ave SW Byron, MN 55920

Briana E. LaPlume P.O. Box 861

Harrah, OK 73045-8508

Carol A. McNearney 8337 Russell Ave. S

Minneapolis, MN 55431-1643

Charlene E. Molyneaux 343 Constance Lane

Chicago Heights, IL 60411

Cheryl Ann Frech 1319 West Downer Place

Aurora, IL 60506

Daniel Johnson 405 1st Street E.

Buffalo, SD 57720

Deborah M. Bednarczyk 287 125th St. NE Rice, MN 56367

Diane Russo

Donald L. Niles

Donald Nelson 1344 Garden Avenue

1612 Palomino Rd. 6172 70 St. N Chicago Heights, IL 60411-2608

Eau Claire, WI 54701-9317

Glyndon, MN 56547-9470

EXHIBIT A

Donna M. Speidel 45248 Air Haven Rd. Watertown, SD 57201

Edson P. Waterhouse 15015 Caminito Ladera

Delmar, CA 92014

Elizabeth T. Osterlund 14331 Glenda Drive

Applevalley, MN 55124

Eugene Boyd Himebaugh, Jr. Revocable Living Trust,

dated 5/19/2009 P.O. Box 245

Arlington, VA 98223-0245

Gary R. Niles 15348 Shady St.

Brooksville, FL 34604-8542

Gerald T. Anderson P.O. Box 121

Fifty Lakes, MN 56448

Harry J. Hedrick 5172 Del Sol Circle La Palma, CA 90623

Howard G. Nelson P.O. Box 2

Dilworth, MN 56529-1052

James Koering 39 5th Ave. S., Apt. 307

Hopkins, MN 55343

Dorine J. Russo 419 Stonegate Way Manteno, IL 60950

Eileen N. Larsen 4 Green View Circle

Richardson, TX 75081-5440

Elsa Jones 9818 Asotin Street S. Tacoma, WA 98444

Frank Lewton Family Trust c/o Thomas J. Burke

7306 - 149th Ave. SW Bowman, ND 58623

General Crude Oil Company c/o ExxonMobil Production Co.

3701 Kirby Drive # 514 Houston, TX 77098-3926

Greg & Nancy Vance Partnership 8080 N. Central Expressway

Ste. 1090 Dallas, TX 75206

Hilton Mineral Trust 14 - 4th Ave. SW

Bowman, ND 58623

Jack L. Jenovese 5330 Olapa St.

Honolulu, HI 96821

James N. Sands 305 2nd Ave. NW Kasson, MN 55944

Dr. David G. Monti 36 Manor Lane

Middleport, NY 14105-1216

Eliah T. Anderson 1006 2nd St. SW

Wadena, MN 56482

Erica R. L. Murray 7353 Ellena West #55

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91370

Gail L. Murner 1421 Spruce Dr.

Woodland, CA 95695

Genevieve F. Perrine Trust c/o Regions Bank-NRRE

P.O. Box 23100 Jackson, MS 39225-3100

Gregory Johnson 25743 Carroll Cr. Rd.

Custer, SD 57730

Hiroko Aikawa 2445 Constance Drive West

Seattle, WA 98199

Jacqueline M. Herbert 22 Ramon St.

Sonoma, CA 95476-5438

James R. Luhman 16760 N. Manor Rd.

Eden Prairie, MN 55346

Jan S. Deer

Jane G. Mathis

Janet M. Luhman 3300 NW 33rd Terrace

155 Saddlebrook Way

P.O. Box 72 Topeka, KS 66618-2713

Deland, FL 32724-7657

Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024

Je'Nai N. Jenovese 5330 Olapa St.

Honolulu, HI 96821

John H. Carver Living Trust 16351 Rotundra Dr., Apt. 316B

Dearborn, MI 48120

John S. & Bonnie J. Johnson 11462 Ladner Road Buffalo, SD 57720

Kalkman Habeck Company P.O. Box 2518

Ardmore, OK 73401

Laurie M. Atwater 7158 Quentin Rd. NE

Outing, MN 56662

Leslie Carol Harrison 15700 Viking Road Noble, OK 73068

Llyn F. Longwell 409 North Grove Ave Oak Park, IL 60302

Lucille R. Moore 681 Thorsen Lane Batavia, IL 60510

Marcela Kotula 16500 92nd Ave. N

Maple Grove, MN 55311

John David Ober 18 Canterbury Way

Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107

John Himebaugh, Trustee, UTD 12/7/2007

P.O. Box 632966 San Diego, CA 92163-2966

Joyce A. Nelson 509 Fifth Ave. NE

Dilworth, MN 56529

Kenneth H. Niles 15415 Saint Francis Blvd.

Ramsey, MN 55303

Lee Allen Gray 7907 NW 21st, Apt. J10

Bethany, OK 73008

Lia Foss Tufts Boxwell 4980 Smokey Ln.

Placerville, CA 95667-7637

Lois E. Reece 20226 20th P1. NE

Shoreline, WA 98155

M. Spencer Rigney 2824 Nacogdoches Rd.

San Antonio, TX 78217

Marcella Gunderson 525 Rio Dr.

Spearfish, SD 57783

John F. Sands 18058 Judicial Way N.

Lakeville, MN 55044-9304

John J. Wood 3493 Levee Road

Centralia, IL 62801

Julie Sands 1225 S 8th St. Apt. #903 Minneapolis, MN 55404

Kristine Ugland Nystuen 45719 60th Ave.

Kenyon, MN 55946

Lee Kottke 115 N. Harbor Dr., Apt. 512

Chicago, IL 60601-7328

Linda J. Olpin 5548 West Town Center Parkway

Highland, UT 84003

Lori J. Del Secco 3370 N. Hayden Rd., #665

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

M. Susan Travis Trust dated 6/4/2001

1749 Independence Ave. Glenview, IL 60026

Margaret J. Fishbaugher 4412 Chowen Ave. N

Robbinsdale, MN 55422

Marian V. Bonin

Marie A. Peterson

Marilyn Barret

4001 Fairwind Dr. 10151 Winslow Way

2422 Via Sienna Winston Salem, NC 27106-4270

Fishers, IN 46037-7969

La Jolla, CA 92037

Robert T. Ober 88 Oxford Street, Apt. 2

Arlington, MA 02474-6925

Roy L. Dahl 10519 N. Camp Crook Rd.

Camp Crook, SD 57724

Ruth A. Adam f/k/a Ruth A. Burke 1225 E. Bombay Rd.

Hope, MI 48628

Marilyn M. Strange 1891 Appaloosa Dr.

Naperville, IL 60565-6701

Mark V. South 3100 Cherry Creek Dr. South

Denver, CO 80209

Mary Lou Sauer 201 W 136th St.

Burnsville, MN 55337

Melvin Dahl 8489 County Road 98 Nunn, CO 80648-9752

Nancy L. Anderson 2050 W Dunlap Ave., Lot R448

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Pamela J. Anderson P.O. Box 152

Crosslake, MN 56442

Pearl J. Sieckert 6830 20th St. E., Unit F7

Fife, WA 98424

Reverend Gene Lewton 1045 N. Brainerd Ave. Avon Park, FL 33825

Robert Hellerud 4721 Aspasia Circle

Edina, MN 55435

Marjorie C. Crawford 8340 E. 148 Rd.

Calvin, OK 74531

Marsha K. Hurd 906 NW Regent Dr.

Grants Pass, OR 97526

McCoy Family Mineral Rights Irrevocable Trust

752 Fairfield Lake Drive Chesterfield, MO 63017-5928

Michael & Candace Stephens Trust dated 10/17/2007

3214 Notting Hill Ave. Roswell, NM 88201-0403

Nathan Gray 4727 Druid Hills Drive

Frisco, TX 75034

Patrick H. Burke 1723 N. Walnut St. Wahoo, NE 68006

Raymond H. Sands 42845 County Road 1 Blvd.

Kenyon, MN 55946

Richard R. Hoyman 3431 Day Road

Greenbank, WA 98253

Robert J. Koering 4340 Sleepy Hollow Rd.

Ft. Ripley, MN 56449

Mark S. Burke 925 Crescent Lane

Bismarck, ND 58501

Marvin Koering 2496 Sleepy Hollow Rd.

Ft. Ripley, MN 56449

Melissa J. Luth 330 Boyce St., #2

Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Nancy Foss Jirik 1025 11th Ave NE

Faribault, MN 55021

Norma Sands 42785 County Road 8 Blvd.

Kenyon, MN 55946

Paul C. South 8180 Stuart St.

Westminster, CO 80031-4381

Reid C. Lind 2122 Payne Place

Santa Clara, CA 95054

Robert Dahl P.O. Box 328

Baker, MT 59313

Robert Luhman 4222 Village 4

Camarillo, CA 93012-6914

S. Alden Perrine Trust dated 8/31/1937

c/o U.S. Bank, 201 N. Elm Centralia, IL 62801

Shirley Foss Cross 7735 40th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98115

Steven Sands 12501 Overlook Court

Hopkins, MN 55343-8759

Thomas J. Burke 7306 149th Ave. SW Bowman, ND 58623

Tom Wood 1516 E. McCord

Centralia, IL 62801

Vera Joy Perrine Trust c/o U.S. Bank, 201 North Elm

Centralia, IL 62801

William Joy Charitable Trust c/o Bank of Oklahoma

PO Box 3499 Tulsa, OK 74101

Sally Foss Wieman PO Box 426

Cloverdale, CA 95426-0426

Stanley B. Lind 12438 86th Place NE Kirkland, WA 98034

Susan K. Russo 776 Lindsey Lane

Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Thomas Johnson P.O. Box 21

Buffalo, SD 57720

Trust 850 11 c/o Bank of Oklahoma

PO Box 3499 Tulsa, OK 74101

Wanda L. Belland 8607 144th Ave. SW Bowman, ND 58623

Tecton Energy, LLC 3000 Wilcrest, Ste. 300

Houston, TX 77042

Samuel Sands 27006 Floresta Ln.

Mission Viejo, CA 92691

Stanton A. South 6110 Huron Pl.

Castle Rock, CO 80108-9487

Terrell V. Ellis 14250 Powerhouse Rd.

Potter Valley, CA 95469-8767

Tim Koering 39 5th Ave. S., Apt. 307

Hopkins, MN 55343

United States of America c/o Bureau of Land Management

5001 Southgate Drive Billings, MT 59101-4669

William J. McNally, Jr. 10202 44th Ave East Tacoma, WA 98446

Zeneco, Inc. 6100 S. Yale Ave., Ste. 1700

Tulsa, OK 74136

Zenergy Onshore Properties, LLC 6100 S. Yale Ave., Ste. 1700

Tulsa, OK 74136

Zenergy Properties 10 SCC, LLC 6100 S. Yale Ave., Ste. 1700

Tulsa, OK 74136