NINTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS NINTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of April 30, 2014 by and among BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( the “Borrower”), WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and the Lenders party to the Original Credit Agreement defined below (the “Lenders”).

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 15, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or restated to the date hereof, the “Original Credit Agreement”), for the purpose and consideration therein expressed, whereby the Lenders became obligated to make loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrower as provided therein; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders now desire to amend the Original Credit Agreement upon the terms and conditions as set forth herein;

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

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

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

“Amendment” means this Ninth Amendment to Second Amended and restated Credit Agreement.

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

SECTION 2.1.   Definitions. The following definitions in Section 1.1 of the Original Credit Agreement are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows:

“‘Maturity Date’ means April 6, 2019.

‘Maximum Credit Amount’ means $1,200,000,000.”

SECTION 2.2.   Pro Forma EBITDAX for Asset Acquisitions. Section 6.2(i) of the Original credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it with “Reserved”.

SECTION 2.3.   Delivery of Title Information. Section 6.17(d) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “45 days” and replacing it with “60 days”.

SECTION 2.4.   Current Ratio. Section 7.11 of the Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“Section 7.11    Current Ratio. The Borrower will not permit, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, its ratio of (a) Current Assets to (b) Current Liabilities to be less than 1.0 to 1.0, provided however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, it shall not be a Default or Event of Default under this Agreement if such ratio is less than 1.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (up to three Fiscal Quarters in each calendar year) if the ratio determined in accordance with Section 9.01(b) of the Linn Credit Agreement (but including the Current Assets and Current Liabilities of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in such calculation) for such Fiscal Quarter is not less than 1.0 to 1.0.”

SECTION 3.1.   Borrowing Base. For the period from and including the Ninth Amendment Effective Date to but excluding the date of the next Scheduled Redetermination or Special Redetermination, as the case may be, the amount of the Borrowing Base shall be equal to $1.4 billion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base may be subject to further adjustments from time to time pursuant to ‎Section 2.9, ‎Section 7.3 or Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement.

The Lenders have agreed among themselves, in consultation with the Borrower, to reallocate their respective Commitments and to, among other things, add National Bank of

Canada, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and BP Energy Company as “Lenders” under the Credit Agreement (each a “New Lender”) and Regions Bank has decided to exit as a Lender (the “Exiting Lender”). The Administrative Agent and the Borrower hereby consent to such reallocation and the Lenders’ and Exiting Lender’s assignments of their Commitments, including assignments to the New Lenders. On the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and after giving effect to such reallocations, the Commitment of each Lender shall be as set forth on Schedule 1 of this Ninth Amendment which Schedule 1 supersedes and replaces the Schedule 1 to the Original Credit Agreement. With respect to such reallocation, each Lender shall be deemed to have acquired the Commitment allocated to it from each of the other Lenders and the Exiting Lender pursuant to the terms of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement attached as Exhibit F to the Original Credit Agreement as if each such Lender and Exiting Lender had executed an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to such allocation. In connection with this Assignment and for purposes of this Assignment only, the Lenders, the New Lenders, the Exiting Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower waive the processing and recordation fee under Section 10.5(b)(iv).

This Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, the “Ninth Amendment Effective Date”), when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement):

SECTION 5.1.   Fees and Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and all other fees the Borrower has agreed to pay in connection with this Amendment and (b) to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 5.2.   Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received from all of the Lenders and the Borrower, counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Amendment signed on behalf of such Person.

The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and directed to declare this 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 Article V or the waiver of such conditions as permitted in Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement. Such declaration shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties to the Agreement for all purposes.

SECTION 6.1.   Confirmation. The provisions of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect following the effectiveness of this Amendment.

SECTION 6.2.   Ratification and Affirmation; Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby (a) acknowledges the terms of this 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 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.

SECTION 6.3.   Loan Document. This Amendment is a Loan Document.

SECTION 6.4.   Counterparts. This 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 Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

SECTION 6.5.   NO ORAL AGREEMENT. THIS 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.

SECTION 6.6.   GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SECTION 6.7.   Payment of Expenses. In accordance with Section 10.4 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 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.

SECTION 6.8.   Severability. Any provision of this 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.

SECTION 6.9.   Credit Agreement. On and after the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

SECTION 6.10.   Successors and Assigns. This 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 Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.