GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION

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3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock (par value $0.20 per share)

Underwriting Agreement

July 8, 2008

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
As Representative of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10172

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Goodrich Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.20 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”). In addition, the Company proposes to issue and sell, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 450,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of Common Stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are herein referred to as the “Stock”.

The Company also proposes, subject to the terms of this agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the FINRA (as defined below) and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations, that 60,000 of the Underwritten Shares (the “Directed Shares”) shall be reserved for sale by the Underwriters to certain officers, directors, employees and other persons designated by the Company (“Directed Share Purchasers”). To the extent that sales of Directed Shares are not orally confirmed for purchase by Directed Share Purchasers by 8 a.m. (Eastern) on the first trading day after the date of this Agreement, the Directed Shares will be offered to the public as part of the Offering.

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:

1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on Form S-3 (No. 333-151352) (the initial filing being referred to as the “Initial Registration Statement”); and such Initial Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form previously delivered to you, have

been declared effective by the Commission, in such form. Other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, which will become effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission. The various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including (i) the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 4 hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Securities Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it became effective under the Securities Act with respect to the Underwriters, and (ii) the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the Initial Registration Statement at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement becomes effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective under the Securities Act with respect to the Underwriters, are hereafter collectively referred to as the “Registration Statement.” Any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the effective date of the Initial Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference therein. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission.

The prospectus supplement dated as of July 7, 2008 in the form in which it is to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (the “Prospectus Supplement”), along with the base prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement became effective (the “Base Prospectus”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” except that if any revised prospectus or prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection with the Offering which differs from the Prospectus (whether or not such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b)), the term “Prospectus” shall also refer to such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first provided to the Underwriters for such use. Any preliminary prospectus supplement or supplements to the Base Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus, which describes the Shares and the Offering, is hereafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares, as amended or supplemented immediately prior to the Time of Sale (as defined below), is hereafter referred to as the “Pricing Prospectus”. Any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) relating to the Shares is hereafter referred to as an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; and the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the number of Underwritten Shares and the number Option Shares that the Underwriters have an option to purchase, the public offering price of the Shares, the amount of the net proceeds of the offering (estimated after the purchase of the capped call option and payment of expenses) and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, attached and listed in Annex B hereto, taken together, are hereafter referred to collectively as the “Time of Sale

Information”. Any reference herein to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include (x) any wrapper or supplement thereto prepared in connection with the distribution of the Shares in any jurisdiction and (y) the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be. Any reference herein to any “amendment” or “supplement” to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated therein by reference and (ii) any such document so filed.

The Company was not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) as of the eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Shares contemplated hereby.

All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall be deemed to include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).

At or prior to the time when sales of the Shares were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information: a Preliminary Prospectus dated July 7, 2008, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto.

2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell, the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at a price per share (the “Purchase Price”) of $61.44 from the Company the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto.

In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company at the Purchase Price, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares, that portion of the number of Option Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you in your sole discretion so as to eliminate fractional Shares) determined by multiplying such number of Option Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of Option Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Option Shares which all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder. Any such election to purchase Option Shares shall be made in proportion to the maximum number of Option Shares to be sold by the Company.

The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement, by written notice from the Representative to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof. Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.

(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representative is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Shares purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company to the Representative in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue New York, N.Y. 10017 at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on July 14, 2008, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representative in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the “Closing Date” and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date”.

Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Company, as applicable. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.

(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall

consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

(a) With respect to the Registration Statement, at the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and with respect to the Prospectus, when the Prospectus is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 434 under the Securities Act (“Rule 434”), when any supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, at the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), as of any Additional Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and at all times during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the day following the completion of the Offering (the “Offering Period”), the Registration Statement complies and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”), and did not and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (i) in the case of the Registration Statement, not misleading and (ii) in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that (x) this representation and warranty shall not apply to any information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for use therein, and (y) subject to an extension of the Offering Period as set forth in Section 4(b) hereof, the Offering Period will be deemed suspended for purposes of this Section 3(a), and this representation shall not apply, from the time a notice is given by the Company pursuant to such Section 4(b) until the amendment referred to in such Section 4(b) becomes effective (such period, the “Suspension Period”). The parties hereto agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters consists solely of the material referred to in Section 7(b) hereof.

(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a

material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any information contained in or omitted from any Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for use therein. The parties hereto agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters consists solely of the material referred to in Section 7(b) hereof.

(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the “Time of Sale” is 4:45 p.m. (Eastern) on the date of this Agreement. The Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale, did not, and as of the Closing Date, will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and does not include information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus not listed in Annex B hereto, as supplemented by and taken together with the Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale, did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No representation and warranty is made in this Section 3(c) with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for use therein. The parties hereto agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters consists solely of the material referred to in Section 7(b) hereof.

(d) KPMG LLP and Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified the financial statements and supporting schedules and information of the Company and its subsidiaries that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations.

(e) Netherland Sewell & Associates, Inc. (“Netherland Sewell”), a petroleum engineering firm from whose reserve reports information (the “Reserve Information”) is set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, are independent petroleum engineers with respect to the Company. Other than (i) the production of reserves in the ordinary course of business (ii) intervening price fluctuations or (iii) as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would result in a material adverse change in its proved reserves in the aggregate, or

the aggregate present value of estimated future net revenues of the Company or the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows therefrom, as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and reflected in the Reserve Information as of the respective dates such information is given. Estimates of the proved reserves and the present value of the estimated future net revenues and the discounted future net cash flows derived therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and reflected in the Reserve Information comply in all material respects to the applicable requirements of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act Regulations and Industry Guide 2 under the Securities Act.

(f) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Information, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information, the Company has not declared, paid or made any dividends or other distributions of any kind on or in respect of its capital stock and there has been no material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties or prospects of the Company and each subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule 2 hereto (the “Subsidiaries”), taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Change”). Since the date of the latest balance sheet included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Information, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, whether direct or indirect, liquidated or contingent, matured or unmatured, or entered into any transactions, including any acquisition or disposition of any business or asset, which are material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole, except for liabilities, obligations and transactions incurred in the ordinary course of business which are disclosed in the Time of Sale Information.

(g) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” (other than for subsequent issuances in the ordinary course of business, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans or upon exercise of outstanding options or conversion of convertible securities described in the Time of Sale Information) will be as set forth in the column headed “As Adjusted” under the caption “Capitalization.” All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right that does or will entitle any person, upon the issuance or sale of any security, to acquire from the Company or any Subsidiary any Common Stock or other security of the Company or any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock or any other such security (any “Relevant Security”), except for such rights as may have been fully satisfied or waived prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

(h) The Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right that entitles any person to acquire any Relevant Security from the Company. The Common Stock and the Shares conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information, the Company has no outstanding warrants, options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any Relevant Security (other than for subsequent issuances in the ordinary course of business, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans). Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information, no holder of any Relevant Security has any rights to require registration under the Securities Act of any Relevant Security in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares contemplated hereby.

(i) The Subsidiaries are the only “subsidiaries” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Except for the Subsidiaries and as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information, the Company holds no ownership or other interest, nominal or beneficial, direct or indirect, in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity. Goodrich Petroleum Company LLC (the “Principal Subsidiary”) is the only Subsidiary that meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” of the Company under the conditions specified in Rule 1-02(w) Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. All of the issued shares of capital stock of or other ownership interests in the Principal Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim, equity, trust or other encumbrance, preferential arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever, except for liens that arise under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 11, 2008 by and among the Principal Subsidiary, BNP Paribas, as the agent, and the lenders party thereto, as amended, and the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement dated as of January 16, 2008 by and among the Principal Subsidiary, BNP Paribas, as the agent, and the lenders party thereto, as amended (together, the “Credit Agreements”), (any “Lien”).

(j) Each of the Company and the Principal Subsidiary has been duly organized and validly exists as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which (individually and in the aggregate) could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties or

prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). Each of the Company and the Principal Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority, and all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses, filings and permits of, with and from all judicial, regulatory and other legal or governmental agencies and bodies (collectively, the “Consents”), to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted and as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. No Consent contains a materially burdensome restriction not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(k) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Company. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company.

(l) The execution, delivery, and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by herein and therein do not and will not (i) conflict with, require consent under or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or their respective properties, operations or assets may be bound, (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iii) violate or conflict with any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, except (in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above) as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(m) No consent of, with or from any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body or any third party, foreign or domestic, is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Shares, which is in full force and effect, and such Consents as may be required under state or foreign securities or blue sky laws or the by-laws and rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.

(n) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information, there is no legal or governmental proceeding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or of which any property, operations or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is the subject which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceeding is threatened or contemplated.

(o) The financial statements, including the notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position as of the dates indicated and the cash flows and results of operations for the periods specified of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries; and except as otherwise stated in the Time of Sale Information, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The other financial and statistical information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus are correct and accurate in all material respects and, with respect to such financial information, have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus from which such information has been derived.

(p) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and files reports with the Commission on EDGAR. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and the outstanding shares of Common Stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Common Stock from the NYSE, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the NYSE is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(q) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(r) The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting and other controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded

accounting for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(s) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) has taken, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(t) The Company is not and, at all times up to and including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Time of Sale Information and at all times during the Offering Period, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is not and will not be an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of such act.

(u) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, stockholder, customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by the Exchange Act to be described in the Company’s annual and/or quarterly reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q, as applicable, which is not so described and described as required in such reports. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members. The Company has not, in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, directly or indirectly, including through a Subsidiary, extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of the Company.

(v) Except as otherwise set forth in the Time of Sale Information, and except for (i) the usual and customary liens in favor of the operator under applicable operating agreements, (ii) mechanic’s and materialman’s liens that are not delinquent or are being disputed in good faith, (iii) liens of the various taxing authorities for ad valorem property taxes that are not yet due, or if due, are not delinquent, (iv) liens that arise under the Credit Agreements, and (v) such other liens, encumbrances and defects that, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them, the Company and its Subsidiaries have title to the properties described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as being owned by them as follows: (A) with respect to producing properties (including oil and gas wells, producing leasehold interests and appurtenant personal property), such title is good and Defensible (as defined below) and free and clear of all Liens; (B) with respect to their respective non-producing leasehold properties (including undeveloped locations on leases held by production and those leases not held by production and including exploration prospects described in the Registration

Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as being owned by them), such title was investigated in accordance with customary industry procedures prior to the Company’s acquisition thereof; (C) with respect to their respective real property other than oil and gas interests described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as being owned by them, such title is good and indefeasible and free and clear of all Liens; and (D) with respect to their respective personal property other than that appurtenant to its oil and gas interests, such title is free and clear of all liens, security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, mortgages and restrictions. As used herein, “Defensible” means, with respect to title to the producing properties (including oil and gas wells and producing leasehold interests) described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries, that the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are entitled to receive not less than the net revenue interests of such properties as set forth in the reserve report of Netherland Sewell dated as of December 31, 2007 (the “Netherland Sewell Report”) of all hydrocarbons and minerals produced, saved and marketed from such properties, and proceeds thereof, all without reduction, suspension or termination of such interests throughout the productive life of such properties, and (ii) are obligated to bear a share of the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance, exploration, drilling, completion, development, operation, plugging and abandonment of such properties not greater than the working interests of such properties as set forth in the Netherland Sewell Report, without increase throughout the life of such properties.

(w) The Company and each Subsidiary (i) owns or possesses adequate right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae, customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses does or will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such right of others.

(x) The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably considers adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries, all of which insurance is in full force and effect, except where the failure to maintain such insurance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no material claims by the Company or any Subsidiary under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. The Company reasonably believes that it will be able to renew its existing insurance as and when such coverage expires or will be able to obtain replacement insurance adequate for the conduct

of the business and the value of its properties at a cost that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and timely filed all federal, state, foreign and other tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments, governmental or other similar charges, including without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, with respect to the periods covered by such tax returns (whether or not such amounts are shown as due on any tax return), except where the failure to file or pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s federal, state, local or foreign taxes is pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened, except where such assessment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The accruals and reserves on the books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries in respect of tax liabilities for any taxable period not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments and related liabilities for any such period in all material respects and, since December 31, 2007, the Company and the Subsidiaries have not incurred any liability for taxes other than in the ordinary course of its business. There is no tax lien, whether imposed by any federal, state, foreign or other taxing authority, outstanding against the assets, properties or business of the Company or any Subsidiary.

(z) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is imminent and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbances by the employees of any of its or any Subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case (individually or in the aggregate), could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(aa) No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in either Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”) or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”)), “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or other event of the kind described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have any liability; each employee benefit plan for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have any liability is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law, including (without limitation) ERISA and the Code; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from any “pension plan”; and each plan for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of

the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could cause the loss of such qualification.

(bb) There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due to, or caused by the Company or any Subsidiary (or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other entity for whose acts or omissions the Company is or may be liable) upon any other property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, or upon any other property, which would be a violation of or give rise to any liability under any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit relating to pollution or protection of human health (to the extent relating to exposure to toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances) and the environment (“Environmental Law”), except for any violation or liability which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no disposal discharge, emission or other release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances, except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed to assume, undertake or provide indemnification for any liability of any other person under any Environmental Law, including any obligation for cleanup or remedial action. There is no pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial action, claim or notice of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any Subsidiary, except where such action, claim, notice or violation could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc) Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees or agents has at any time during the last five years (i) made any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States of any jurisdiction thereof.

(dd) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, (ii) is in default under, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation in any respect of any law, rule, regulation,

ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any court or governmental or regulatory agency or body, except (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above) violations or defaults that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except (in the case of clause (ii) alone) for any lien, charge or encumbrance disclosed in the Time of Sale Information.

(ee) The Company has complied with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act with respect to each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus including, without limitation, all prospectus delivery, filing, record retention and legending requirements applicable to any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company has not (i) distributed any offering material in connection with the Offering other than the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus set forth on Annex B hereto, or (ii) filed, referred to, approved, used or authorized the use of any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act with respect to the Offering or the Shares, except for any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus set forth in Annex B hereto and any electronic road show previously approved by the Underwriters.

(ff) The Company has established and maintains required “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) of the Exchange Act). The Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” are reasonably designed to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Exchange Act, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.

(gg) The Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and Prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will comply, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, directives, judgments, decrees and orders of foreign jurisdictions in the Shares are offered and the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, may be distributed in connection therewith; and no consent of, from or with any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, other than such as have been obtained, is necessary under any such law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order.

(hh) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, Shares to any person with the intention of unlawfully influencing (i) a customer or supplier of the Company or any Subsidiary to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company, any Subsidiary or its products.

(ii) With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the

“Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, (iv) the per share exercise price of each Stock Option was equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date and (v) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinate the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.

(jj) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(kk) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(ll) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of

Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.

4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:

(a) The Company shall prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative and file such Prospectus pursuant to, and within the time period specified in, Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A or 430C under the Securities Act; prior to the termination of the Offering Period, the Company shall file no further amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to which the Representative shall reasonably object in writing after being furnished in advance a copy thereof and given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon; the Company shall notify the Representative promptly (and, if requested by the Representative, confirm such notice in writing) (A) when the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (C) of the Company’s intention to file, or prepare any supplement or amendment to, the Registration Statement relating to the Shares, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus prior to termination of the Offering Period, (D) of the mailing or the delivery to the Commission prior to termination of the Offering Period for filing of any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including but not limited to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, (E) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or, in each case, of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings therefore, (F) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, and (G) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose. If the Commission shall propose or enter a stop order at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain the lifting of such order as soon as possible.

(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or at any time during the Offering Period, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Time of Sale Information (prior to the availability of the

Prospectus) or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would, in the judgment of the Representative or the Company, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time of delivery of such Time of Sale Information or Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) to the purchaser, not misleading, or if to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations it shall be necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement, or to file any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, the Company will notify the Representative promptly and prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement or document (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative) that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and will use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible; provided, however, that at any time during the Offering Period, following the sale of the Shares, the Company may delay the preparation and filing of such correcting amendments, supplements or documents for such time as, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, it would not be in the best interests of the Company to prepare and file such correcting amendments, supplements or documents; provided further that the Company shall promptly notify the Representative of any such delay and such delay shall extend the Offering Period by the number of business days equal to the number of business days in any Suspension Period.

(c) The Company will not, without the prior consent of the Representative, (A) make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, except for any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus set forth in Annex B hereto and any electronic road show previously approved by the Underwriters, or (B) file, refer to, approve, use or authorize the use of any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act with respect to the Shares. If at any time any event shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would, in the judgment of the Underwriters or the Company, conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented or would, in the judgment of the Underwriters or the Company, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time of delivery to the purchaser, not misleading, or if to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations it shall be necessary at any time to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will notify the Underwriters promptly and, if requested by the Representative, prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriters an appropriate amendment or supplement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative) that will correct such statement, omission or conflict or effect such compliance.

(d) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 with respect to each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus including, without limitation, all prospectus delivery, filing, record retention and legending requirements applicable to each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(e) The Company will promptly deliver to each of you and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five years after the date of filing. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as you may reasonably request. On the business day next succeeding the date of the filing of the Prospectus and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities and at such times as you may reasonably request.

(f) The Company will cooperate with the Representative to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Shares of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the Offering; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to take any other action that would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject.

(g) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than twelve months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement of the Company and the Subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).

(h) During the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the later of (x) the date that is three years following the Closing Date, (y) the last date that a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares, and (z) the last day of the Offering Period, the Company will, upon written request, furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished

to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission); provided that the Company need not furnish copies of any report, communication or information filed with EDGAR.

(i) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list the Shares on the NYSE.

(j) The Company, during the period when a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares and during the Offering Period, will file all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.

(k) The Company will not take, and will cause its affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(l) The Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representative, during the period when a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares and during the Offering Period, on each date after the Closing Date on which the Registration Statement or Prospectus is amended or supplemented and in the judgment of the Representative it would be reasonable to request a supplemental letter of Netherland Sewell and upon the request of the Representative supplemental letters of Netherland Sewell in substantially the same form as those delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4 hereof.

(m) The Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representative, during the period when a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares and during the Offering Period, on each date after the Closing Date on which the Registration Statement or Prospectus is amended or supplemented and in the judgment of the Representative it would be reasonable to request a supplemental letter of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. and the Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, LLP and upon the request of the Representative, supplemental letters of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. and the Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, LLP in substantially the same form as the “cold comfort”

paragraphs contained in the form of legal opinion of those firms attached hereto as Annex A-I and Annex A-II.

(n) The Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representative, during the period when a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares and during the Offering Period, on each date after the Closing Date on which the Registration Statement or Prospectus is amended or supplemented because of new or updated financial or accounting information and in the judgment of the Representative it would be reasonable to request an updated comfort letter and upon the request of the Representative, supplemental letters of KPMG LLP and Ernst & Young LLP in substantially the same form as those delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4 hereof.

(o) The Company agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, upon the filing of a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and during the Offering Period, a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated within one business day of the filing of such report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in form and substance satisfactory to you, as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3 hereof as of the date thereof, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed during the Offering Period, as to the matters set forth in this Section 4, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.

(p) The Company has complied and will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Shares are offered.

(q) For a period of 90 days after the date of the initial public offering of the Shares, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representative, in each case other than (1) the Shares to be sold hereunder, and (2) the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock option plans, which options are outstanding on the date hereof; provided, that no sales shall be permitted pursuant to “cashless” exercises of options.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.

(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative and all necessary regulatory or stock exchange approvals shall have been received.

(b) The respective representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(c) Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(d) No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(f) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(e) The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, (x) a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Executive Officer (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the best knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 1, 3(a) and 3(c) hereof are true and correct, and (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.

(f) At the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, you shall have received the written opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to you, substantially in the form of Annex A-I hereto.

(g) At the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, you shall have received an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel, dated the Closing Date or the Additional

Closing Date, as the case may be, of the Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, LLP, counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and substantially in the form of Annex II hereto.

(h) At the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, you shall have received the written opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and such other matters as you may require, and the Company shall have furnished to Underwriters’ Counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(i) At the time this Agreement is executed and at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, you shall have received a comfort letter, from KPMG LLP and Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, dated, respectively, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel.

(j) The Underwriters shall have received letters from Netherland Sewell, an independent petroleum engineers firm for the Company, dated, respectively, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel, with respect to the estimated quantities of the Company’s reserves, the future net revenues from those reserves and their present value as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and such related matters as the Underwriters shall reasonably request.

(k) At the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Shares shall have been approved for listing upon notice of issuance on the NYSE.

(l) The Company shall have furnished the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel with such other certificates, opinions or other documents as they may have reasonably requested.

(m) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A-I hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the Company listed on Exhibit A-II hereto, relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) or any Time of Sale Information (including any Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or prospectus wrapper material distributed in connection with the reservation and sale of the Directed Shares or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, when considered in conjunction with the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or Preliminary Prospectus, not misleading; in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the 3rd paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”

and, the information contained in the 10^th, 11^th and 12^th paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting”.

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse

the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) In connection with the offer and sale of Directed Shares the Company agrees promptly upon written notice, to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any

Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by them as a result of (i) the violation of any applicable laws or regulations of any foreign jurisdictions where Directed Shares have been offered or (ii) the failure of any Directed Share Purchaser, who has agreed to purchase Directed Shares, to pay for and accept delivery of the Directed Shares. Under no circumstances will the Representative or any Underwriter be liable to the Company or to any Directed Share Purchaser for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the Directed Shares or any transaction effected with any Directed Share Purchaser, except to the extent found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) to have resulted primarily and directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Representative or such Underwriter, as the case may be.

(f) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(g) The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-

counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

10. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or

if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

11. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate, the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum and any offering of Directed Shares outside of the United States (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by FINRA; (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors; and (x) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the NYSE.

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right,

remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.

14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term “significant subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

15. Miscellaneous. (a) Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

(b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 277 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10172 (fax: (212) 622-8358); Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at the address set forth in the Prospectus, Attention: Walter G. Goodrich, telecopy ###-###-####, with a copy to counsel to the Company at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., First City Tower, 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: James M. Prince, telecopy (713) ###-###-####.

(d) This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(e) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(f) The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.


Very truly yours, GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By:	/s/ David R. Looney
	Name:	David R. Looney
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Accepted: July 8, 2008

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

For itself and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.

By /s/ Yaw Asamoah-Duodu
Authorized Signatory

Schedule 1


Underwriter	Number of Shares
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.		1,050,000
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated		300,000
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.		300,000
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.		180,000
Howard Weil Incorporated		180,000
Jeffries & Company, Inc.		180,000
Johnson Rice & Co. L.L.C.		180,000
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities, Inc.		180,000
BMO Capital Markets Corp.		120,000
Capital One Southcoast, Inc.		120,000
Tristone Capital Co.		120,000
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.		45,000
Collins Stewart LLC.		45,000


Total		3,000,000

Schedule 2

Subsidiaries of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation

•		Goodrich Petroleum Company LLC— organized in the State of Louisiana

•		LECE, Inc.—incorporated in the State of Texas

Annex A-I

Form of Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

1. The Company has been duly incorporated and validly exists as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information. The Company is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation in the State of Texas.

2. The Company has an authorized capital stock as set forth in the Time of Sale Information.

3. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

4. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder.

5. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, similar rights under the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or under the Delaware General Corporation Law that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Common Stock from the Company upon issuance or sale thereof.

6. When the Shares are delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, such Shares will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information.

7. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, except for (1) such as may be required under the Exchange Act and state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters (as to which such counsel need express no opinion), (2) such as have been made or obtained under the Securities Act and (3) such as are required by FINRA.

8. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement do not and will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant

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to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets may be bound and which is listed as an exhibit to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 or as an exhibit to any subsequently filed report under the Exchange Act or (B) violate any provision of the restated certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or (C) result in the violation of any judgment, decree, or order, known to such counsel issued by any court or governmental agency or body under any federal or Texas state statute having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or under the Delaware General Corporations Law (“DGCL”), or of any federal, Delaware or Texas state statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel or of the DGCL except, with respect to clauses (A) and (C) for such violations that, in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the opinion expressed in clause (C) herein shall not include antifraud provisions of federal or state securities laws or Blue Sky laws or other antifraud statutes, rules or regulations.

9. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

10. The Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (other than (a) the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, or omitted therefrom (b) the other financial information included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom and (c) the oil and natural gas reserve data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) appear on their face be appropriately responsive in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.

11. The statements in the Time of Sale Information under the caption “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the legal matters, documents and proceedings referred to therein, fairly present in all material respects the information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings.

12. The statements in the Time of Sale Information under the caption “Certain U.S. Federal Tax Considerations for Non-United States Holders,” insofar as such statements constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.

13. The Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act on June 2, 2008, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof has been issued and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act have been made in the manner and in the time period required therein.

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In addition, such opinion shall also contain a statement that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although it did not independently verify such information, are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for and express no opinion regarding the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus), (except as expressly provided in paragraphs 11 and 12), on the basis of the foregoing participation (relying with respect to factual matters to the extent such counsel deems appropriate upon statements by officers and other representatives of the Company and the Underwriters) no facts have come to the attention of such counsel that would cause such counsel to believe that (A) the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (B) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (C) the Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no belief or opinion with respect to the financial statements, including the notes, and schedules thereto and the auditor’s report thereon and any other financial or accounting data, and the oil and natural gas reserve data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus).

Counsel may also state that as to matters with respect to which an opinion is stated to be “to our knowledge,” “known to us” or words of similar effect, such counsel has not undertaken any independent examination of the facts or records of any court, tribunal or other governmental or regulatory body, but have been based upon reliance upon a certificate of an officer of the Company as to factual matters and upon actual knowledge of attorneys of such counsel who have devoted time to substantive legal matters for the Company and its Subsidiaries.

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Annex A-II

Form of Opinion of the Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, LLP

1. The Principal Subsidiary is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing under the limited liability company laws of the State of Louisiana, is in good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State, and has qualified to do business with the Texas Secretary of State under the name Goodrich Petroleum Company II, L.L.C. The Principal Subsidiary has the requisite company power under the laws of Louisiana to carry on any and all lawful business and to own its properties and assets. The Company is the sole member of the Principal Subsidiary.

2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, the Credit Agreement except for any such breach or default that has been duly and validly waived by the agent and the lenders party thereto.

3. Except for any matters that may be described in the Initial Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, or are identified in Schedule I hereto, we have no knowledge of any facts that would cause us to believe that (a) the Principal Subsidiary is in violation of the Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement, (b) the Principal Subsidiary is in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement (except that this paragraph shall not apply to the Credit Agreement), mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that is material to the Principal Subsidiary, individually or taken as a whole, to which the Principal Subsidiary is a party or by which the Principal Subsidiary or its property is bound, (c) the Principal Subsidiary has violated any environmental law, any provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) the Principal Subsidiary does not have such authorizations of, or has not made all filings with and notices to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable environmental laws, as are necessary to own, lease, license and operate its respective properties and to conduct its business, except where the failure to have any such authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

4. To our knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or overtly threatened in any Federal or state court located in the State of Louisiana or the State of Texas to which the Company or Principal Subsidiary is a party which, if determined adversely to the Company or the Principal Subsidiary, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect except for any matters that may be described in the Initial Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement or are identified in Schedule I hereto.

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In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent it deems proper, on certificates of an officer of the Company provided that copies of any such statements or certificates shall be delivered to Underwriters’ Counsel.

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Annex B

Time of Sale Information

	1.		Public Offering Price: $64.00 per share.

	2.		Free Writing Prospectuses, if any: None

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Exhibit A-I

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

July ___, 2008

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
As Representative of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172

Re:

Goodrich Petroleum Corporation – Public Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you, as Representative of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goodrich Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), of Common Stock (par value $0.20), of the Company (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, $0.20 per share par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of

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ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.

Such agreement will not prevent (a) the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock option plans, which options are outstanding on the date hereof; provided, that no sales shall be permitted pursuant to “cashless” exercises of options; (b) the exercise of warrants that are outstanding on the date hereof; provided, that no sales shall be permitted pursuant to “cashless” exercises of warrants; (c) transfers of shares of Common Stock to the Company or sales pursuant to a broker arrangement in satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation of the undersigned in payment of the exercise price for any stock option exercised by the undersigned or vesting of restricted stock issued pursuant to stock plans of the Company; (d) transfers of shares of Common Stock to accounts that the undersigned controls that results only in a change in the form of the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of securities without changing the undersigned’s pecuniary interest in the securities and does not result in the obligation to file a report pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act; (e) bona fide gifts of shares of Common Stock to immediate family members and charitable institutions, provided as to clause (e), each resulting transferee of shares of Common Stock executes and delivers to you an agreement satisfactory to you certifying that such transferee is bound by the terms of this Agreement and has been in compliance with the terms hereof since the date first above written as if it had been an original party hereto; and (f) sales of Common Stock not otherwise permitted by clauses (a) through (e) of no more than 500,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate among all officer and directors of the Company listed in Exhibit A-II of the Underwriting Agreement. Any shares of Common Stock received upon the exercise of options or warrants granted to the undersigned will also be subject to the terms hereof.

In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the

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Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

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This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.


	Very truly yours, [NAME OF STOCKHOLDER]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

[Signature Page of Lock-Up Agreement]

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Exhibit A-II

Directors and Officers of the Company Executing Lock-Up Agreements

1.		Walter G. Goodrich

2.		Patrick E. Malloy, III

3.		Robert C. Turnham, Jr.

4.		Mark. E. Ferchau

5.		David R. Looney

6.		Henry Goodrich

7.		Josiah T. Austin

8.		Geraldine A. Ferraro

9.		Michael J. Perdue

10.		Arthur A. Seeligson

11.		Gene Washington

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