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  <xs:element id="mtdr_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssetsLandAndSeismicAcquisitionExpenditures" abstract="false" name="PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssetsLandAndSeismicAcquisitionExpenditures" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="mtdr_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssetsNoncontrollingInterest" abstract="false" name="PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssetsNoncontrollingInterest" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="mtdr_OpenBasisSwapContractsMember" abstract="true" name="OpenBasisSwapContractsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
</xs:schema>
