Exhibit 10.7

PAR PETROLEUM CORPORATION

NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

(Employee)

1. Grant of Stock Option. As of                     (the “Grant Date”) Par
Petroleum Corporation, a Deleware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants a
Nonstatutory Stock Option (the “Option”) to [name] (the “Optionee”), an Employee
of the Company, to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock
(the “Stock”) identified below, subject to the terms and conditions of this
agreement (the “Agreement”) and the Par Petroleum Corporation 2012 Long Term
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety
by reference and is attached as Exhibit A. The Option is not an “incentive stock
option” as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.

2. Definitions. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Plan unless otherwise specifically provided herein.

3. Option Term. The Option shall commence on the Grant Date and terminate on the
date immediately prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Determination Date,
as defined below. The period during which the Option is in effect and may be
exercised is referred to herein as the “Option Period.”

4. Number of Shares of Stock and Option Price. The number of shares of Stock
subject to this Option is                     . The “Option Price” per share of
Stock is                     , which is the “Fair Market Value,” as defined in
the Plan, per share of Stock on the Grant Date.

5. Vesting. The Options granted will only become exercisable and vested if the
Optionee is continuously providing Service to the Company or a Company Affiliate
from the Grant Date through the date the Committee determines the number of
Option shares that will be exercisable under the Par Petroleum Corporation
Discretionary Long Term Incentive Plan for 2014 (the “Determination Date”). The
number of shares of Stock subject to the Option that the Committee determines
will be exercisable will be specified on Exhibit A as the “Total Number.” Shares
of Stock subject to Option specified in Section 4 that are not specified by the
Committee as the Total Number on Exhibit A shall be forfeited and the Option
shall have no right with respect thereto. This Option may be exercised for the
number of Total Number of shares of Stock subject to the Option on or after the
“Vesting Dates” as follows: one-third (1/3) on the first anniversary of the
Determination Date, and one-third (1/3) of each subsequent anniversary of the
Determination Date until fully vested provided that the Optionee is continuously
providing Services to the Company or a Company Affiliate through the applicable
Vesting Date. The Option may be exercised at any time after the applicable
Vesting Date, in whole or in part, during the Option Period; provided, however,
the Option may only be exercisable to acquire whole shares of Stock. The right
of exercise provided herein shall be cumulative so that if the Option is not
exercised to the maximum extent permissible after vesting, the vested portion of
the Option shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the
Option Period.

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6. Method of Exercise. The Option is exercisable by delivery of a written notice
to the Secretary of the Company, at the address for notices to the Company
provided below, signed by the Optionee, specifying the number of shares of Stock
to be acquired on, and the effective date of, such exercise. The Optionee may
withdraw notice of exercise of this Option, in writing, at any time prior to the
close of business on the business day preceding the proposed exercise date. In
this Award, the Committee has determined that the Optionee may elect to have
withheld from the number of shares of Stock to be issued in connection with the
exercise the number of shares equal to the Option Price (a cashless exercise),
provided that election shall be on a form as determined by the Committee and the
Committee may in its sole discretion may disapprove of such election.

7. Restrictions on Exercise. The Option may not be exercised if the issuance of
such Stock or the method of payment of the consideration for such Stock would
constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities or other
laws or regulations, including any laws or regulations or Company policies
respecting blackout periods, or any rules or regulations of any stock exchange
on which the Stock may be listed.

8. Termination of Employment. If Optionee’s Service is terminated for any reason
prior to the Determination Date the Option shall be forfeited. Voluntary or
involuntary termination of the Optionee’s Service with the Company and its
Affiliates or any successor thereto after the Determination Date shall affect
Optionee’s rights under the Option as provided in Section 9 of the Plan.

9. Independent Legal and Tax Advice. Optionee acknowledges that the Company has
advised Optionee to obtain independent legal and tax advice regarding the grant
and exercise of the Option and the disposition of any Stock acquired thereby.

10. No Rights in Stock. Subject to the terms of the Plan, Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder until the Optionee becomes the record holder of such
Stock, or upon a Change in Control, with respect to the Stock.

11. Investment Representation. Optionee will enter into such written
representations, warranties and agreements as Company may reasonably request in
order to comply with any federal or state securities law. Moreover, any stock
certificate for any Stock issued to Optionee hereunder may contain a legend
restricting their transferability as determined by the Company in its
discretion. Optionee agrees that Company shall not be obligated to take any
affirmative action in order to cause the issuance or transfer of Stock hereunder
to comply with any law, rule or regulation that applies to the Stock subject to
the Option.

12. No Guarantee of Employment or Services. The Option shall not confer upon
Optionee any right to continued employment or Services with the Company or any
Company Affiliate.

13. Withholding of Taxes. The Option is subject to and the Company shall have
the right to take any action as may be necessary or appropriate to satisfy any
federal, state, or local (foreign and domestic) tax and withholding obligations
upon exercise of the Option. The Committee has determined in connection with
this Award, the Participant may elect to have the Company withhold that number
of shares of Stock otherwise deliverable to the Participant upon the exercise of
the Option or to deliver to the Company a number of shares of Stock, in each
case, having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the minimum
amount required to be withheld for taxes as a result of such exercise. The
election must be made in writing and must be delivered to the Company prior to
the date of exercise. If the number of shares so determined shall include a
fractional share, the Participant shall deliver cash in lieu of such fractional
share. All elections shall be made in a form approved by the Committee and shall
be subject to disapproval, in whole or in part by the Committee.

 

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14. General.

(a) Notices. All notices under this Agreement shall be mailed or delivered by
hand to the parties at their respective addresses set forth beneath their
signatures below or at such other address as may be designated in writing by
either of the parties to one another. Notices shall be effective upon receipt.

(b) Nontransferability of Option. The Option granted pursuant to this Agreement
is not transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution or by a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in
Section 4l4(p) of the Internal Revenue Code). The Option will be exercisable
during Optionee’s lifetime only by Optionee or by Optionee’s legal
representative in the event of Optionee’s Disability. No right or benefit
hereunder shall in any manner be liable for or subject to any debts, contracts,
liabilities, obligations or torts of Optionee.

(c) Amendment and Termination. No amendment, modification or termination of the
Option or this Agreement shall be made at any time without the written consent
of Optionee and Company.

(d) No Guarantee of Tax Consequences, Legal Consult. The Company and the
Committee make no commitment or guarantee that any federal or state tax
treatment will apply or be available to any person eligible for benefits under
the Option. The Optionee has been advised and been provided the opportunity to
obtain independent legal and tax advice regarding this Award including, without
limitation, with respect to the grant and exercise of the Option and the
disposition of any Stock acquired thereby.

(e) Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be
held illegal, invalid, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be
fully severable, but shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Agreement,
and the Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal, invalid, or
unenforceable provision had not been included herein.

(f) Supersedes Prior Agreements. This Agreement shall supersede and replace all
prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, between the Company and
the Optionee regarding the grant of the Options covered hereby.

(g) Governing Law. The Option shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Deleware without regard to its conflict of law provisions, to the
extent federal law does not supersede and preempt Deleware law and venue shall
be in Harris County, Texas.

 

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15. Counterparts: This Agreement may be executed in multiple original
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, as of the Grant Date has caused this Agreement
to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer and Optionee has
hereunto executed this Agreement as of the same date.

 

PAR PETROLEUM CORPORATION By:  

 

Name:   Title:   OPTIONEE:

 

Signature

 

Printed Name Address:  

 

   

 

   

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

Total Number of Shares

 

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