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EX-10.11 8 d48341a5exv10w11.htm CRUDE OIL PURCHASE CONTRACT exv10w11
 

EXHIBIT 10.11
         
  TEPPCO CRUDE OIL, LLC
100 N. BROADWAY, SUITE 2500
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73102
PHONE: (405) 239-7191
FAX: (405) 232-1815
   
             
DATE OF CONTRACT:
  02/04/99   TEPPCO CRUDE OIL CONTRACT # P-990187    
 
      TEPPCO CRUDE OIL CONTACT: GREG HAMBRICK    
 
      CUSTOMER CONTRACT #:    
     
ATTN:
  NECIE TERRELL
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.
POST OFFICE BOX 3178
MIDLAND, TEXAS ###-###-####
PHONE: (915) 683-4768
FAX: (915)  ###-###-####
THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE BETWEEN TEPPCO CRUDE OIL, LLC (“TEPPCO CRUDE OIL ”) AND PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. (“PIONEER”) WHEREBY PIONEER AGREES TO SELL AND DELIVER AND TEPPCO CRUDE OIL AGREES TO PURCHASE AND RECEIVE CRUDE OIL AND CONDENSATE UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN.
PIONEER’S SALE AND DELIVERY TO TEPPCO CRUDE OIL
     
QUALITY:
  WEST TEXAS INTERMEDIATE CRUDE OIL
 
   
QUANTITY:
  EQUAL TO LEASES LISTED ON ATTACHMENT I. APPROXIMATELY 700 BARRELS PER DAY
 
   
DELIVERY:
  1) INTO TEPPCO CRUDE PIPELINE, AT THE LEASE
 
   
 
  2) INTO TEPPCO CRUDE OIL TRUCKS, AT THE LEASE
 
   
“PRICE:
  1) KOCH OIL COMPANY’S WEST TEXAS INTERMEDIATE POSTED PRICE PLUS PLATT’S P-PLUS, PLUS OR MINUS PLATT’S MIDLAND DIFFERENTIAL MINUS THIRTY-SEVEN CENTS PER BARREL (-$0.37) PER BARREL GATHERING AND HANDLING
 
   
 
  2) KOCH OIL COMPANY’S WEST TEXAS INTERMEDIATE POSTED PRICE PLUS PLATT’S P-PLUS, PLUS OR MINUS PLATTS MIDLAND DIFFERENTIAL MINUS FORTY-FOUR CENTS PER. BARREL (-$0.44) PER BARREL GATHERING AND HANDLING
 
   
 
  *THE P-PLUS VALUE WILL BE THE MEAN OF THE DAILY AVERAGE OF PLATT’S POSTING PLUS WTJ PRICES QUOTED IN PLATT’S OILGRAM FROM THE 26TH OF THE MONTH TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE MONTH OF DELIVERY THROUGH THE 25TH OF THE MONTH ONE MONTH PRIOR TO DELIVERY (EXCLUDING WEEKENDS [ILLEGIBLE]).
 
   
*TERM:
  COMMENCING JULY 1,1998, THROUGH JUNE 30,2001, THEREAFTER MONTH TO MONTH UNTIL EITHER PARTY PROVIDES THIRTY (30) DAYS ADVANCE WRITTEN NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
 
   
*PAYMENT:
  PURCHASER WILL PAY SELLER BASED ON SELLER’S 100% INDEMNIFYING DIVISION ORDER, LESS TAXES. FUNDS WILL BE WIRED ON THE 20TH OR THE MONTH FOLLOWING DELIVERY TO BANK OF SELLER’S CHOICE. IF PAYMENT DUE DATE FALLS ON A SUNDAY OR MONDAY BANKING HOLIDAY, PAYMENT WILL BE EFFECTED ON THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS DAY. IF PAYMENT DUE DATE FALLS ON A SATURDAY OR A BANKING HOLIDAY OTHER THAN A MONDAY, PAYMENT WILL BE EFFECTED ON THE PRECEDING DAY.
 
   
*SPECIAL
PROVISIONS:
 
1) THE CONTRACT STIPULATES THAT TEPPCO CRUDE OIL WILL PAY PIONEER ON THE BASIS OF ITS 100% DIVISION ORDER, LESS TAXES. TEPPCO CRUDE OIL AGREES TO HOLD THE BASIC DIVISION ORDER AND DISBURSE TO THE INTEREST OWNERS AT PIONEER’S REQUEST, PROVIDED THAT BOTH PARTIES MUTUALLY AGREE TO A FEE FOR THIS SERVICE.
 
   
 
  2) PIONEER MAY, WITH ADEQUATE NOTICE TO TEPPCO CRUDE OIL, ELECT TO CHANGE THE PRICING BASIS FROM THE “PLATT’S P-PLUS” FORMULA TO ANOTHER FORMULA MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TO BOTH PARTIES. IN ANY CA THE TRANSPORTATION RATES STIPULATED IN THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT CHANGE OVER THE SPECIFIED TERM.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS — ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED SHALL BE GOVERNED BY CONOCO, INC’S GENERAL PROVISIONS DATED JANUARY 1,1993, INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND MADE A PART HEREOF.
TEPPCO CRUDE OIL, LLC
100 N. BROADWAY, SUITE 2500
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73102
FAX: (405) 232-1815
THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS THE COMPLETE AGREEMENT OF BOTH PARTIES AND CANNOT BE MODIFIED UNLESS IN WRITING. THIS FAXED COMMUNICATION WILL SERVE AS THE FORMAL CONTRACT. PLEASE EXECUTE YOUR AGREEMENT BY RETURN FAX (405)  ###-###-#### TO TEPPCO CRUDE OIL, LLC, ATTN: KYLE LAFFOON, WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS.
TEPPCO CRUDE OIL, LLC
BY /s/ Sam Brown                                     
     SAM BROWN
     VICE PRESIDENT
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.
BY: /s/ Hershal K. Wolfe                                       
TITLE: DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
DATE: 9/20/99

 


 

                 
TEPPCO                
LSE #   LEASE NAME   CNTY/TX   PRICE CODE   EFF. DATE
 
16123
  MURRAY L #1   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16124
  MURRAY J   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16125
  GOLLADAY S   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16144
  BUCHANAN R # 2   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16145
  BEAL SNYDER HEIRS #3   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16146
  FASKEN K # 2   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16164
  BRANHAM   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16165
  FRANKLIN C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16166
  GOLLADAY   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16167
  GOLLADAY D   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16168
  BUCHANAN F   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16171
  ROBERSON E   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16182
  FASKEN G   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16184
  TXL B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16194
  CRAWFORD F   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16214
  TXL -C-   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
43502
  FASKEN H   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
43612
  FASKEN O   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
43760
  TEXAS TEN B   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43761
  TEXAS TEN D   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43762
  TEXAS TEN E   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43763
  TEXAS TEN F   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43764
  TEXAS TEN H   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43765
  TEXAS TEN I   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43766
  TEXAS TEN L   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43767
  TEXAS TEN M   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43768
  TEXAS TEN N   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43769
  TEXAS TEN O   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43770
  TEXAS TEN P   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43771
  TEXAS TEN Q   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43772
  BRADFORD A #1   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43773
  BRADFORD E & I   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43775
  BRADFORD K 1 & 2   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43777
  BRADFORD N   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43778
  BRADFORD #1   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
43779
  TEXAS TEN   MIDLAND   2   1/1/99
PRICE CODE:
         1     KOCH WTI + PLATT’S MIDLAND P+ AVG LESS $0.37
         2     KOCH WTI + PLATT’S MIDLAND P+ AVG LESS $0.44

 


 

     
TEPPCO CRUDE OIL, LLC   PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES
ATTACHMENT I   CONTRACT NO. P-990187
    CONTRACT DATED: FEBRUARY 3, 1999
                 
TEPPCO                
LSE #   LEASE NAME   CNTY/TX   PRICE CODE   EFF. DATE
 
16008
  BRYANT B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16014
  WINKLEMAN   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16021
  WILLIS B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16022
  WINKLEMAN B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16025
  MRS. O.P. BUCHANAN, ETAL   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16026
  FASKEN C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16027
  O.P. BUCHANAN   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16028
  O.P. BUCHANAN A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16029
  O.P. BUCHANAN B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16030
  O.P. BUCHANAN C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16031
  FASKEN A/MURAY K UNIT   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16033
  GOLLADAY C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16035
  GOLLADAY A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16036
  GOLLADAY B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16037
  GOLLADAY C-2   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16038
  HUTT A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16039
  HUTT   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16040
  FASKEN E   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16041
  FASKEN F   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16043
  TXL A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16044
  HUTT B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16045
  HUTT C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16046
  HUTT D   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16047
  WINKLEMAN   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16048
  GOLLADAY I   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16049
  GOLLADAY K   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16050
  GOLLADAY J   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16051
  BEAL SNYDER B & C   MIDLAND   1   1/199
16052
  FASKEN I   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16053
  OLDHAM A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16054
  OLDHAM   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16057
  OLDHAM B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16058
  ROBERSON A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16059
  FASKEN J   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16060
  FASKEN K   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16061
  FASKEN L   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16062
  FASKEN N   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16064
  EVANS B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16065
  EVANS C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16068
  BUCHANAN H   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16070
  FRANK   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16071
  ROBERSON D   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16074
  CRAWFORD C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16075
  CRAWFORD A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16076
  SALLY   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16077
  SALLY A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16078
  SALLY B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16079
  SALLY C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16080
  BEAL SNYDER G   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16081
  BERMAN A & B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16082
  WILLIS D   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16083
  MCALISTER P   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16091
  BRANHAM A # 1   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16092
  WILLIS E   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16093
  BEAL SNYDER H   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16097
  BRIDGEWATER B 1 & 2   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16098
  CRAWFORD J   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16101
  LAY B   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16102
  MCALISTER R   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16103
  WILLIS A   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16106
  WILLIS F   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16108
  CRAWFORD K & L   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16109
  MCALISTER “S”   MIDLAND   1   1/l/99
16111
  TINNEY   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16112
  WINKLEMAN “C”   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16113
  CRESPI Q   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16114
  FASKEN Z   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16115
  CRESPI S   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16116
  CASSIDY B & C   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16117
  BEAL SNYDER F # 2   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16120
  BUCHANAN V   MIDLAND   1   1/l/99
16121
  GOLLADAY Q   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99
16122
  BUCHANAN W   MIDLAND   1   1/1/99

 


 

     
  210 [ILLEGIBLE], Suite 1800
  Oklahoma City, OK 73102
  Phone: (405) 239-7191
  FAX: (405)  ###-###-####
     
October 26, 2008
  TEPPCO Contact: Laynce Nix
TEPPCO Contract #: PNR-P06118065-W
Pioneer Natural Resources, USA, Inc. Contract #: OIL-10570
 
 
(Please Supply)
     
Company:
  Pioneer Natural Resources, USA, Inc.
Marketer:
  Deb Stewart
 
  P.O. Box 3178
 
  Midland, TX 79702
 
   
FAX Number:
  (972) 969-3587
Pioneer’s Sale and Delivery to TCO
This agreement (“Original Agreement”) is made between TEPPCO Crude Oil, L.P, (“TCO”) and Pioneer Natural Resources, USA, Inc. (“Pioneer”) whereby Pioneer agrees to sell and deliver and TCO agrees to purchase and receive crude oil and/or condensate under the terms and conditions set forth herein:
     
1. Quality:
  West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil
 
   
2. Quantity:
  Equal to leases listed on Exhibit A
 
   
3. Delivery:
  Into TEPPCO trucks or pipeline, at the lease
 
   
4. Price:
  ConocoPhillips Company’s West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil Posted Price deemed 40° gravity and deemed delivered in equal daily quantities plus the average of the daily high and low quotes for WTI P-Plus for the month of delivery in Platt’s Crude Oil Market Wire “Crude Price Assessments” based on pricing assessed for the days the U.S. crude market is open (weekends and U.S. holidays excluded) during the period beginning with the 26th day of the month that is two months prior to the month of delivery through and including the 25th day of the month that is immediately prior to the month of delivery, provided, however, that if the first day of the period falls on a day on which the U.S. crude oil market is closed, the period shall begin on the first trading day thereafter, and if the last day of the period falls on a day on which the U.S. crude oil market is closed, the period shall end on the last trading day prior thereto, minus the Platt’s WTI (Midland) vs WTI (Cushing) differential based on the same reported period minus twenty-five cents ($0.25) per barrel.
 
   
5. Term:
  Commencing November 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007, thereafter month to month until either party provides thirty (30) days advance written notice of cancellation.
 
   
6. Payment:
  Payment shall be made by check via TCO’s Royalty System on or before the 20th of the month following delivery
 
   
7. General Terms and Conditions:
  All other terms and conditions not specifically stated shall be governed by TEPPCO Crude Oil. L.P.’s General Provisions attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Please acknowledge by return FAX/mail your acceptance and agreement to the terms stated herein. Photocopies and faxes of signed copies of the Original Agreement shall have the same force and effect as signed originals. Unless we receive from you written notice of objection within three (3) business days, this Original Agreement shall constitute a final and complete contract binding upon both parties, shall supersede all prior written and oral communications by either party and between the parties regarding the subject matter of this contract and cannot be modified unless in writing. If you have any questions, please call Christy Borelll, (405)  ###-###-####.
             
TEPPCO Crude Oil, L.P.   TEPPCO Crude Oil, L.P.
 
           
By TEPPCO Crude GP, LLC   By TEPPCO Crude GP, LLC
Its general partner   Its general partner
 
By:
  /s/ Joe Simon   By   /s/ Glen Smith
 
           
Joe Simon   Glen Smith
Vice President, Crude Supply and Marketing   Vice President, Crude Supply and Marketing
         
Pioneer Natural Resources, USA, Inc.
   
 
       
By:
  /s/ Hershal K. Wolfe    
 
       
Tittle:
  Hershal K. Wolfe    
 
  Director of Worldwide    
 
  Marketing    
Date:
12/21/06      

 


 

     
TEPPCO CRUDE OIL, L.P.
  PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES
EXHIBIT A
  CONTRACT DATED: OCTOBER 26, 2006
 
  CONTRACT NO.I PNR-P06118065-W
                     
                    LEASE
TEPPCO                   EFFECTIVE
LEASE # LEASE NAME   COUNTY   RRC#   TRANSPORTER   AMOUNT   DATE
44885 BETH A& BETH E
  MIDLAND   COMM 5747   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
16017 BUCHANAN J
  MIDLAND   22168   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
43830 BUCHANAN M
  MIDLAND   33016   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43831 BUCHANAN O
  MIDLAND   32972   TCO TRUCK   -$0,25   11/01/06
44883 BUCHANAN P
  MIDLAND   33035   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43832 BUCHANAN Q
  MIDLAND   32989   TCO TRUCK   -$0,25   11/01/06
16090 CRESPI L
  MIDLAND   32110   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
16105 CRESPI R
  MIDLAND   32941   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
18180 DONOVAN C.
  MIDLAND   22255   TCO PIPELINE   -$0,25   11/01/06
16098 DONOVAN E
  MIDLAND   32239   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
18222 DONOVAN F
  MIDLAND   32560   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
43892 GOLLADAY P
  MIDLAND   31605   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43828 GOLLADAY P 3
  MIDLAND   31605   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44884 HARTGROVE CTB A,B,C,D,E,F
  REAGAN   COMM 7344   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43834 HEIDELBERG A
  MIDLAND   33074   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44882 HUTCHISON D
  MIDLAND   33711   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44887 JUDKINS C & JUDKINS D
  GLASSCOCK   COMM 5746   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
16086 KING A
  MIDLAND   31664   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
49335 KING B
  MIDLAND   32498   TOC TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43840 LEONARD B
  MIDLAND   34265   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43838 MARION A
  MIDLAND   31429   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43841 MARION B
  MIDLAND   33041   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
16055 MCALISTER H
  MIDLAND   28843   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
18084 MCALISTER O
  MIDLAND   31576   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
16095 MCALISTER Q
  MIDLAND   32225   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
44895 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRTY TR 26
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44902 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRYTR 26A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44903 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRY TR 50A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44904 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRY TR 72A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44905 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRY TR 91A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44906 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRY TR 92A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44907 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRY TR 25A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44908 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRY TR 49A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44909 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRY TR 23A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44910 NORTH PEMBROOK SPRAYBERRY TR 63A
  UPTON   03913   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44876 POWELL C 1
  UPTON   10571   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
16087 RAGGETT C
  MIDLAND   31475   TCO PIPELINE   -$0.25   11/01/06
43837 RAGGETT D
  MIDLAND   33147   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43848 STOUT B
  REAGAN   12184   TCO TRUCK   -$0,25   11/01/06
44877 STOUT G
  REAGAN   12304   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44880 TXL D
  MIDLAND   31816   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44879 TXL QQ
  MIDLAND   06503   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44878 TXL UU
  GLASSCOCK   33712   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
43849 WINDHAM Q
  UPTON   13053   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06
44886 WRAGE HENDERICKSON & WRANGE HENDERICKSON A
  GLASSCOCK   COMM 5651   TCO TRUCK   -$0.25   11/01/06

 


 

TEPPCO CRUDE OIL L.P.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
REVISED: AUGUST 24, 2005
A.   Measurement and Tests:
 
    All measurements hereunder shall be made from static tank gauges on 100 percent tank table basis or by positive displacement meters. All measurements and tests shall be made in accordance with the latest ASTM or ASME-API (Petroleum PD Meter Code) published methods then in effect, whichever apply. Volume and gravity shall be adjusted to 60 degrees Fahrenheit by the use of Table 6A and 5A of the Petroleum Measurement Tables ASTM Designation D1250 in their latest revision. The Product delivered hereunder shall be marketable and acceptable in the applicable common or segregated stream of the Carriers involved but not exceed 1% S&W. Full deduction for all free water and S&W content shall be made according to the API/ASTM Standard Method then in effect. Either Party shall have the right to have a representative witness all gauges, tests, and measurements. In the absence of the other Party’s representative, such gauges, tests and measurements shall be deemed to be correct.
 
B.   Warranty:
 
    The Seller represents and warrants that: (1) it has good title to all Product sold and/or delivered hereunder, (2) the Product is free from adverse claims of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to, royalties, liens, encumbrances and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local taxes, (3) the Product has been produced, handled and transported in accordance with all applicable laws, orders and regulations of all governmental authorities, and (4) the Product delivered shall not be contaminated by chemicals foreign to virgin Product including, but not limited to chlorinated and/or oxygenated hydrocarbons and lead. Buyer shall have the right, without prejudice to any other remedy available to Buyer, to reject and return to Seller any quantities of Product which are found to be so contaminated, even after delivery to Buyer. Seller shall furnish, at no cost to Buyer, evidence of title satisfactory to Buyer. If Seller receives proceeds hereunder on behalf of, on the account of or belonging or owing to any other person or entity (including, without limitation, owners of working interest, royalty interest, overriding royalty interests, production payments, otter interests in lands, leases or production or governmental taxing authorities), it shall promptly make full and proper settlement to each such person or entity. Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold Buyer and its affiliated, directors, officers, employees, agents and harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, demands, actions, causes of action, costs, losses, damages, and expenses of every character (including, without limitation, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and costs required to investigate, handle, respond to or defend any such claims, demands, or actions) arising from or in any way relating to adverse claims regarding Seller’s title to or ownership of the Product Buyer may withhold that portion of the proceeds due hereunder reasonably related to any adverse claim to title to the Product, without interest or damages, until such claim is finally determined. SUCH INDEMNIFICATION SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING SUCH ACT MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE, IT BEING THE INTENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH INDEMNIFICATION SHALL APPLY TO ALL SUCH ACTS.
 
C.   Rules and Regulations:
 
    The terms, provisions and activities undertaken pursuant to this Contract shall be subject to all applicable laws, orders and regulations of all governmental authorities. If any time a provision hereof violates any such applicable laws, orders or regulations, such provision shall be voided and the remainder of this Contract shall continue in full force and effect unless terminated by either Party upon giving written notice to the other Party hereto. If applicable, the Parties shall comply with all provisions (as amended) of the Equal Opportunity Claused

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    prescribed in 41 C.F.R.60-1.4; the Affirmative Action Clause for disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era prescribed in 41 C.F.R. 60-250.4; the Affirmative Action Clause for Handicapped Workers prescribed in 41 C.F.R.60-741.4; 48 C.F.R. Chapter 1 Utilization of Labor Surplus Area Concerns; Executive Order 12138 and regulations thereunder regarding subcontracts to women-owned business concerns; Affirmative Action Compliance Program (41 C.F.R. 60-1,40); annually file SF-100 Employer information Report (41 C.F.R. 60-1.7): 41 C.F.R. 60-1.8 prohibiting segregated facilities: and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended, all of which are incorporated in this Contract by reference.
 
D.   Hazard Communication:
 
    Seller shall provide its Material Safety Data Sheet (“MSDS”) to Buyer. Buyer acknowledges the hazards and risks in handling and using Product. Buyer shall read the MSDS and advise its employees, its affiliated, and third parties, who may purchase or come into contact with such Product, about the hazards of Product, as well as the precautionary procedures for handling Product, which are set forth in such MSDS and any supplementary MSDS or written warning(s) which Seller may provide to Buyer from time to time.
 
E.   Force Majeure:
 
    Except for payment due hereunder, either Party hereto shall be relieved from liability for failure to perform hereunder for the duration and to the extent such failure is occasioned by war, riots, insurrections, fire, explosions, sabotage, strikes, and other labor or industrial disturbances, acts of God or the elements, governmental laws, regulations, or requests, disruption or breakdown of production or transportation facilities, delays of pipeline Carrier in receiving and delivering Product tendered, or by any other cause, whether similar or not, reasonably beyond the control of such Party. Any such failures to perform shall be remedied with all reasonable dispatch, but neither Party shall be required to supply substitute quantities from other sources of supply. Failure to perform due to events of Force Majeure shall not extend the terms of this Contract. Notwithstanding the above, and in the event that this Contract is an associated purchase/sale, or exchange of Product, the Parties shall have the rights and obligations described below in the following circumstances: (1) If, because of Force Majeure, the Party declaring Force Marjeure (the “Declaring Party”) is unable to deliver part or all of the quantity of Product which the Declaring Party is obligated to deliver under this Contract, the other Party (the “Exchange Partner”) shall have the right but not the obligation to reduce its deliveries of Product under the same agreement by an amount not to exceed the number of Barrels of Product that the Declaring Party fails to deliver, and (2) If, because of Force Majeure, the Declaring Party is unable to take delivery of part or all of the quantity of Product to be delivered by the Exchange Partner under the agreement, the Exchange Partner shall have the right but not the obligation to reduce its receipts of Product under the agreement by an amount not to exceed the number of Barrels of Product which the Declaring Party fails to take delivery.
 
F.   Payment:
 
    Unless otherwise specified in this main body of this Contract: (1) Buyer shall make payment against Seller’s invoice for the Product purchased hereunder to a bank designated by Seller in U.S. dollars by telegraphic transfer in immediately available funds, (2) Payments will be due on or before the 20th day of the month following the month of delivery, (3) Payments will be made by wire transfer or other manner agreed upon in writing, (4) If a payment due date is on a Saturday or on a bank holiday other than a Monday, payment shall be due on the preceding day or if the 20th is a Sunday or a Monday bank holiday, the payment is due the succeeding banking day. (5) All past due payments hereunder shall bear interest from the date due until paid at a rate equal to the lesser of (I) a per annum rate equal to the prime rate of interest charged by Citibank, N.A. (or its successors) plus five percent (5%) or (ii) the maximum non-usurious rate of interest permitted to be charged under applicable law.

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G.   Financial Responsibility:
 
    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Contract, should Seller reasonably believe it necessary to assure payment, Seller may at any time require, by written notice to Buyer, advance cash payment or satisfactory security in the form of a Letter or Letters of Credit at Buyer’s expense in a form and from a bank acceptable to Seller to cover any or all deliveries of Product. If Buyer does not provide the Letter of Credit on or before the date specified in Seller’s notice under this Paragraph G, Seller or Buyer may terminate this Contract forthwith. However, if a Letter of Credit is required under the main body of this Contract and Buyer does not provide same, then Seller only may terminate this Contract forthwith. In no event shall Seller be obligated to schedule or complete delivery of the Product until said Letter of Credit is found acceptable to Seller. Each Party may offset any payments or deliveries due to the other Party under this or any other Agreement between the Parties. If a Party to this Agreement should (1) become the subject of bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings, or proceedings for the appointment of a receiver, trustee or similar official, (2) become generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or (3) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, the other Party may withhold shipments without notice.
 
H.   Liquidation:
  (1)   Right to Liquidate. At any time after the occurrence of one or more of the events described in the last sentence of Paragraph G above, the other Party (the “Liquidating Party”) shall have the right, at is sole discretion, to liquidate this Contract by terminating this Contract. Upon termination, the Parties shall have no further rights or obligations with respect to this Contract, except for the payment of the amount(s) (the “Settlement Amount” or “Settlement Amounts”) determined as provided in Paragraph H(3).
 
  (2)   Multiple Deliveries. If this Contract provided for multiple deliveries of one or more types of Product in the same or different delivery months, or for the purchase or exchange of Product by the Parties, all deliveries under this Contract to the same Party at the same delivery location during a particular delivery month shall be considered a single commodity transaction (“Commodity Transaction”) for the purpose of determining the Settlement Amount(s). If the Party elects to liquidate this Contract, the Liquidating Parry must terminate all Commodity Transactions under this Contract
 
  (3)   Settlement Amount. With respect to each terminated Commodity Transaction, the Settlement Amount shall be equal to the contract quantity of Product, multiplied by the difference between the contract per Barrel specified in this Contract (the “Contract Price”) and the market price per Barrel of Product on the date the Liquidating Party terminates this Contract (the “Market Price”). If the Market Price exceeds the Contract Price in a Commodity Transaction, the selling Party shall pay the Settlement Amount to the buying Party. If the Market Price is less than the Contract in a Commodity Transaction, the buying Party shall pay the Settlement Amount to the selling Party. If the Market Price is equal to the Contract Price in a Commodity Transaction, no Settlement Amount shall be due.
 
  (4)   Termination Date. For the Purpose of determining the Settlement Amount the date on which the Liquidating Party terminates this Contract shall be deemed to be (a) the date on which the Liquidating Parry sends written notice of termination to the Defaulting Party, if such notice of termination is sent by telex or facsimile transaction; or (b) the date on which the Defaulting Party receives written notice of termination from the Liquidating Party, if such notice of termination is given by United States mail or a private mail delivery service.

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  (5)   Market Price, Unless otherwise provided in this Contract, the Market Price sold or exchanged under this Contract shall be the price for Product for the delivery month specified in this Contract and at the delivery location that corresponds to the delivery locations specified in this Contract, as reported in Platt’s Oilgram Price Report (“Platt’s”) for the date on which the Liquidating Party terminates this Contract. If Platt’s reports a range of prices for Product on that date, the Market Price shall be the arithmetic average of the high and low prices reported by Platt’s If Platt’s does not report prices for the Product being sold under this Contract, the Liquidating Party shall determine the Market Price of such Product in a commercially manner, unless otherwise provided in this Contract.
 
  (6)   Payment of Settlement Amount. Any Settlement Amount due upon termination of this Contract shall be paid in immediately available funds within two business days after the Liquidating Party terminates this Contract. However, if this Contract provides for more than one Commodity Transaction, or if Settlement Amounts are due under other agreements terminated by the Liquidating Party, the Settlement Amounts are due to each Party for such Commodity Transactions and/or agreements shall be aggregated. The Party owing the net amount after such aggregation shall pay such net amount to the other Party in immediately available funds within two business days after the date on which the Liquidating Party terminates this Contract.
 
  (7)   Miscellaneous. This paragraph H shall not; limit the rights and remedies available the Liquidating Party by law or under other provisions of this Contract. The Parties hereby acknowledge that this Contract constitutes a forward contract for purposes of Section 556 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
I.   Equal Daily Deliveries:
 
    For pricing purposes only, unless otherwise specified in the main body of this Contract, all Product delivered hereunder during any calendar month shall be considered to have been delivered in equal daily quantities during such calendar month.
 
J.   Exchange Balancing:
 
    If volumes are exchanges, each Party shall be responsible for maintaining the exchange in balance on a month-to-month basis, as near as pipeline or other transportation conditions will permit. In all events upon termination of this Contract and after all monetary obligations under this Contract have been satisfied, any volume imbalance existing at the conclusion of this Contract, limited to the total contract volume, will be settled by the underdelivering Party, unless mutually agreed to the contrary. The request to schedule all volume imbalances must be confirmed in writing by one Party or both Parties. Volume imbalances confirmed by the 20th of the calendar month shall be delivered during the calendar month after the volume imbalance is confirmed. Volume in balances confirmed after the 20th of the calendar mouth shall be delivered during the second calendar month after the volume imbalance is confirmed.
 
K.   Delivery, Title, and Risk of Loss:
 
    For lease delivery locations, delivery of the Product to the Buyer shall be effected as the Product passes the last permanent delivery flange and/or meter connecting the Seller’s lease/unit storage tanks or processing facilities to the Buyer’s Carrier. For delivery locations other than lease/unit delivery locations, delivery facility designated by the Seller to the Buyer’s Carrier. If delivery is by in-line transfer, delivery of the Product to the Buyer shall be effected at the particular pipeline facility designated in this Contract. Title to and risk of loss of the Product shall pass from the Seller to the Buyer upon delivery. Each Party shall defend, indemnify and hold the other Party and its affiliated, directors, officers, employees, and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, demands, actions, causes of action, costs, losses, damages, and expenses of every character (including, without limitation, court costs,

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    reasonable attorney fees and costs required to investigate, handle, respond to or defend any such claims, demands, or actions relating to the ownership, control and/or handling of the Product while it has risk of loss, except to the extent caused by the other Party’s negligence.
 
L.   Audit:
 
    Each Party, on execution of the other’s confidentiality agreement, shall have the right to review the records of the other during normal business hours to the extent necessary to verify the accuracy of any statement, charge, computation, or demand made pursuant to this Contract, and shall have the right to obtain payment for, or shall pay, as applicable, any verifiable inaccuracy found; provided, however, any statement shall be final as to the Parties unless questioned within two (2) years of the date of such statement. The sole and exclusive remedy and measure of damages for any improper payments under this Contract shall be the amount of overpayment or underpayment, as the case may be, during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the date on which a statement delivered hereunder was questioned in writing.
 
M.   Necessary Documents:
 
    Upon requests, each Party shall furnish all substantiating documents incident to the transaction, including a Delivery Ticket for each volume delivered and an Invoice for any month in which the sums are due.
 
N.   Division Orders:
 
    If either Party signs a division order in favor of the other party pertaining to the object of this Contract, the terms of this Contract shall control in the event of any conflict. If under such division order or other agreement: (1) Seller is being disbursed 100% of the proceeds of production, it hereby assumes liability and shall be responsible for payment of any and all proceeds from the sale of production to all rightful owners, including, without limitation, working interest, royalty and overriding royalty interest owners and other payments due or to become due on the production and, if such disbursed proceeds are inclusive of taxes, all taxes applicable to the production, purchase, sale, storage or transportation of production, including, without limitation, severance taxes, to the proper governmental authorities and (2) Seller has requested Buyer to disburse the proceeds of production, Buyer will disburse proceeds as the Seller directs.
 
O.   Term:
 
    Unless otherwise specified in the main body of this Contract, delivery months at 7:00 a.m. on the first day of the calendar month and end at 7:00 a.m. on the first day of the following calendar month.
 
P.   Governing Law:
 
    This Contract and the performance hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oklahoma, without regard to any conflict of laws provision thereof that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY.
 
Q.   Attorney’s Fees:
 
    In the event litigation arising out of this Contract is initiated by either Party, the prevailing Party, after the entry of a final non-appealable order, shall be entitled to recover from the other Party, as a part of said order, all court costs, fees and expenses of such litigation, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees.
 
R.   Damage Waiver:
 
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    suffers damages to an unaffiliated third-party in connection with a third-party claim for which a party is entitled to indemnification hereunder, in which event such damages shall be recoverable.
S.   Waiver:
    No course of dealing and no delay on the part of either Party in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such Party’s rights, powers or remedies. No term or condition of this Contract shall be deemed to have been waived nor shall there be any estoppel to enforce any provision of this Contract except by written instrument of the Parties charged with such waiver or estoppel. The waiver of any breach of any term, condition or provision of this Contract shall not be construed as a waiver of any prior, concurrent or subsequent breach of the same or any other term, condition or provision hereof.
T.   Assignment:
    This Contract shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, but neither this Contract nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by either Party (whether by operation of law, merger, consolidation or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, upon the giving of written notice to the other Party, either Party may assign this Contract to an affiliate of such Party without the consent of the other Party. No assignment of this Contract shall in any way operate to enlarge, alter, or change any right or obligation of the other Party hereto and shall not be effective or binding on the other Party until a copy of the same has been delivered to the other Party. This Contract, including any and all renewals, extensions, amendments and/or supplements hereto, shall be binding upon any purchaser or assignee of the Leases, or any part thereof or interest therein. Any Party assigning its interest shall remain responsible for any nonperformance hereunder. This Contract shall constitute a real property right and covenant running with the Leases.
U.   Captions:
    The headings of the paragraphs, sections and other subdivisions of this Contract are included for convenience only and shall not constitute part of this Contract or affect the construction or interpretation hereof or thereof.
V.   Amendments:
    This Contract may not be effectively amended, changed, modified, altered or terminated, except as provided herein, without the written consent of the Parties and such consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given.
W.   No Third Party Beneficiaries:
    This Contract shall be only for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns, it being the intention of the parties hereto that no third party shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Contract.
X.   Entire Agreement:
    This Contract contains the entire agreement of the Parties. This Contract may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the Parties. There are no oral agreements between the Parties.
Y.   Survival:
    Any obligation owed by a Party to the other Party under this Contract, including indemnification obligations, shall survive termination of this Contract.
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Z.   Definition:
    Unless the context requires otherwise, terms defined in the text of this Contract shall have the meaning indicated and the terms listed below have the following meanings:
    API” - means the American Petroleum Institute.
    ASME” - means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
    ASTM” - means the American Society for Testing Materials.
    Barrel” - means 42 U.S. gallons of 231 cubic inches per gallon corrected to 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
    Carrier” - means a pipeline, barge, truck or other suitable transporter of Product.
    Product”- means crude oil or condensate, as appropriate.
    Delivery Ticket”- means a shipping/loading document stating the type and quality of Product delivered, the volume delivered and method of measurement, the corrected specific gravity, temperature, and S&W content.
    Invoice” - means a statement setting forth at least the following information: The date of delivery under the transaction, the location(s) of delivery; the volume(s); price(s); the specific gravity and gravity adjustments to the price(s) (where applicable); and the term(s) of payment.
    S&W”- means sediment and water.

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