SECOND AMENDMENT TO SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 13, 2013 AMONG LINN ENERGY, LLC, AS BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO ______________________________________________________________________________ JOINT BOOK RUNNERS AND JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Second Amendment”) dated as of December 13, 2013, among LINN ENERGY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (the “Borrower”); the Guarantors signatory hereto, each of the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement referred to below that are signatory hereto; and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

A.    The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Agents party thereto entered into that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 24, 2013 as amended by that certain First Amendment dated as of October 30, 2013 (the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain credit and other financial accommodations available to and on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

B.    The Borrower has requested and the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement.

C.    NOW, THEREFORE, to induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders constituting the Majority Lenders to enter into this Second Amendment and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1.Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used herein but not otherwise defined herein has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment. Unless otherwise indicated, all section or article references in this Second Amendment refer to sections or articles of the Credit Agreement.

2.1    Amendment to Section 1.02. Section 1.02 is hereby amended by:

“‘Agreement’ means this Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, as the same may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated.”

“‘Second Amendment’ means the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 13, 2013 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders.”

2.2    Amendment to Section 8.19(a). Section 8.19(a) is hereby amended by deleting the term “$700,000,000” in such Section and replacing it with “$1,200,000,000”.

Section 3.    Conditions Precedent. This Second Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, the “Second Amendment Effective Date”), when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Credit Agreement):

3.1    The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Lenders constituting the Majority Lenders and the Borrower, counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Second Amendment signed on behalf of such Person.

3.2    No Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the terms of this Second Amendment.

The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and directed to declare this Second Amendment to be effective when it has received documents confirming or certifying, to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 3 or the waiver of such conditions as permitted in Section 12.02 of the Credit Agreement. Such declaration shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties to the Agreement for all purposes.

4.1    Confirmation. The provisions of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect following the effectiveness of this Second Amendment.

4.2    Ratification and Affirmation; Representations and Warranties. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantors hereby (a) acknowledges the terms of this Second Amendment; (b) ratifies and affirms its obligations under, and acknowledges its continued liability under, each Loan Document to which it is a party and agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect as expressly amended hereby and (c) represents and warrants to the Lenders that as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the terms of this Second Amendment:

(i)    all of the representations and warranties contained in each Loan Document to which it is a party are true and correct in all material respects (except those which have a materiality qualifier, which shall be true and correct as so qualified), except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct as of such specified earlier date,

(ii)    no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and

(iii)    no event or events have occurred which individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.3    Loan Document. This Second Amendment is a Loan Document.

4.4    Counterparts. This Second Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of this Second Amendment

by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

4.5    NO ORAL AGREEMENT. THIS SECOND AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND THEREWITH REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

4.6    GOVERNING LAW. THIS SECOND AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

4.7    Payment of Expenses. In accordance with Section 12.03 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of- pocket costs and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with this Second Amendment, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent.

4.8    Severability. Any provision of this Second Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

4.9    Successors and Assigns. This Second Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.