FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 10.1

THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (herein called the “Amendment”) made as of December 9, 2009 by and among Encore Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), Encore Operating, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“Operating”), Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and L/C Issuer (the “L/C Issuer”), and the Lenders party to the Original Agreement defined below (the “Lenders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Operating, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents named therein and the Lenders are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 7, 2007 (as heretofore amended, the “Original Agreement”), for the purpose and consideration therein expressed, whereby the L/C Issuer became obligated to issue Letters of Credit to the Borrower and the Lenders became obligated to make loans to the Borrower as therein provided; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Operating, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders party hereto desire to amend the Original Agreement as set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Original Agreement, in consideration of the loans and other credit which may hereafter be made by the Lenders and the L/C Issuer to the Borrower, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES

Section 1.1. Terms Defined in the Original Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise expressly defined herein, the terms defined in the Original Agreement shall have the same meanings whenever used in this Amendment.

Section 1.2. Other Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms when used in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.2.

“Amendment” means this Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

“Amendment Documents” means this Amendment, the Consent and Agreement of the Guarantors relating to this Amendment and all other documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith.

“Credit Agreement” means the Original Agreement as amended hereby.

[Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]

ARTICLE II.

AMENDMENT TO ORIGINAL AGREEMENT

Section 2.1. Amendment to Schedule. Schedule 2.01 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and replaced with Schedule 2.01 attached hereto.

Section 2.2. Borrowing Base. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that from the Effective Date (as defined below) until the next redetermination or adjustment thereof, the Borrowing Base shall be $925,000,000.

ARTICLE III.

CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS

Section 3.1. Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective when and only when the Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of this Amendment (or a consent to this Amendment) from one hundred percent (100%) of the Lenders and the following conditions precedent has been satisfied (the date such conditions are so satisfied herein called the “Effective Date”):

(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Credit Party, each dated the Effective Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Effective Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(i) counterparts of the Amendment Documents executed by the applicable Credit Parties sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;

(ii) a certificate on behalf of each Credit Party certifying that none of the resolutions, incumbency certificates, organizational documents and/or certificates of Responsible Officers of each Credit Party as the Administrative Agent has previously required evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with the Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party have been amended or are otherwise inaccurate since they were delivered.

(b) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Effective Date shall have been paid.

(c) Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Effective Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).

[Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]

ARTICLE IV.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the L/C Issuer and each Lender to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower and Operating represent and warrant to the L/C Issuer and each Lender that the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Original Agreement or any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects on the Effective Date (including, for all purposes, after giving effect to the Amendment Documents as “Loan Documents” referred to therein), except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except for purposes of this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.04 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Ratification of Agreements. The Original Agreement as hereby amended is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. The other Loan Documents, as they may be amended or affected by the various Amendment Documents, are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Any reference to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be deemed to be a reference to the Original Agreement as hereby amended. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment and the other Amendment Documents shall not, except as expressly provided herein or therein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document.

Section 5.2. Survival of Agreements. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of any Loan Party herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance hereof, and shall further survive until all of the Obligations are paid in full. All statements and agreements contained in any certificate or instrument delivered by any Loan Party hereunder or under the Credit Agreement to the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be deemed to constitute representations and warranties by, and/or agreements and covenants of such Loan Party under this Amendment and under the Credit Agreement.

Section 5.3. Provisions Relating to Commitments. From and after the Effective Date, the Lenders shall have the respective Commitments as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Lenders and the Borrower hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to request borrowings from the Lenders, to make prepayments of Loans and to reduce commitments under the Credit Agreement among the Lenders in order to ensure that, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Loans of the Lenders shall be outstanding on a ratable basis in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (after giving effect to this Amendment) and that the Commitments shall be as set forth on Schedule 2.01 as amended hereby and no such borrowing,

[Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]

prepayment or reduction shall violate any provisions of the Credit Agreement or this Amendment. The Lenders hereby confirm that, from and after the Effective Date, all participations of the Lenders in respect of Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder pursuant to Section 2.03(c) shall be based upon the Applicable Percentages of the Lenders (after giving effect to this Amendment).

Section 5.4. Loan Documents. This Amendment is and the other Amendment Documents are each a Loan Document, and all provisions in the Credit Agreement pertaining to Loan Documents apply hereto and thereto.

Section 5.5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws applicable to the Credit Agreement.

Section 5.6. Counterparts; Fax. This Amendment may be separately executed in counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Amendment. This Amendment and the other Amendment Documents may be validly executed by facsimile or other electronic transmission.

THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.

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[Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is executed as of the date first above written.


		ENCORE ACQUISITION COMPANY

		By:	/s/ Robert C. Reeves

			Robert C. Reeves,
			Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


		ENCORE OPERATING, L.P.
		By:	EAP Operating, LLC., its sole general partner


		By:	/s/ Robert C. Reeves

			Robert C. Reeves,
			Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

[Signature Page to Forth Amendment to Credit Agreement]


		BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and a Lender


		By:	/s/ Jeffrey H. Rathkamp

			Jeffrey H. Rathkamp
			Managing Director

[Signature Page to Forth Amendment to Credit Agreement]


WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., as a Lender


By:	/s/ Charles D. Kirkham
	Name:	Charles D. Kirkham
	Title:	Senior Vice President