Exhibit 10.1

CLASSIC PIPELINE & GATHERING, LLC

1301 McKinney, Suite 2100

Houston, Texas 77010

(713) 588-8300

Service Agreement

May 1, 2014

Classic Hydrocarbons Operating, LLC

1301 McKinney, Suite 2100

Houston, TX 77010

Re:

Natural Gas Midstream Services Agreement

General Terms and Conditions dated May 1, 2014

Between Classic Pipeline & Gathering, LLC (Gatherer) and

Classic Hydrocarbons Operating, LLC (Producer)

Gentlemen:

This Service Agreement is agreed to by the Parties under the terms and
conditions of the above General Terms and Conditions (the “General Terms”). Each
capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning
given to it in the General Terms. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
General Terms, Producer agrees to deliver to the Receipt Point(s) and to receive
at the Delivery Point(s), and Gatherer agrees to receive at the Receipt
Point(s), gather and redeliver to the Delivery Point(s) Gas volumes and
quantities as follows, subject to operational variances and Gatherer’s System
Capacity:

Receipt Point(s): See Exhibit A attached hereto. Downstream Flange of Gatherer’s
Meter Stations where Gatherer connects Producer’s Gas at locations in Panola and
Shelby Counties, Texas. The Meter Stations will be located at mutually agreeable
locations adjacent to Gatherer’s existing facilities. Producer will be
responsible for the cost of all required facilities located upstream of the
Receipt Point and will reimburse Gatherer for the actual cost of the Receipt
Point installation and any required meter modifications or installations
incurred during the Effective Period.

Delivery Point(s): See Exhibit B attached hereto.

Gathering Fee: $0.30 / MMBtu shall be assessed on Producer’s Allocated Actual
Quantities attributable to the Receipt Point(s) from the wells within the
Contract Area (as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto). The Gathering Fee set
forth above shall be adjusted upward only, and annually on each May 1, beginning
May 1, 2015 by multiplying the Gathering Fee by the sum of (i) one, plus (ii)
3.5%.

Compression Fee and Fuel: Producer will pay Gatherer, (i) in-kind, its allocated
share of compressor fuel, and (ii) $0.07 per MMBtu per stage of compression
actually utilized to move Producer’s Gas from Receipt Point(s) to Delivery
Point(s), or from Delivery Point(s) to the Transporter(s). Such Compression Fee
shall be assessed on Producer’s Allocated Actual

 

Quantities attributable to the Receipt Point(s) from the wells within the
Contract Area. The Compression Fee set forth above shall be adjusted upward
only, and annually on each May 1, beginning May 1, 2015 by multiplying the
Compression Fee by the sum of (i) one, plus (ii) 3.5%.

Contract Quantity (MMBtu/Day): Producer shall deliver all of Producer’s Delivery
Capacity, up to the physical meter capacity for each Receipt Point, from the
wells committed and dedicated hereunder during the Effective Period. In the
event Producer’s Delivery Capacity is greater than the applicable meter
capacity, Shipper and Gatherer shall negotiate terms to expand measurement and/
or gathering and compression capacities in order to receive Producer’s gas.

 

 

 

 

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Effective Period: From May 1, 2014 and continuing for an initial term of nine
(9) years and eight (8) months through December 31, 2023 (“initial term”), and
year to year thereafter, until terminated by either Party upon at least one
hundred and eighty (180) Days advance written notice prior to the end of the
initial term or any additional one (1) year term thereafter. Dedication: Subject
to the terms and conditions of Section 13 of the General Terms, Producer hereby
exclusively commits and dedicates to Gatherer for the performance of Midstream
Services under this Service Agreement and the General Terms, without other
disposition (i) all of Producer’s acreage, leases and leasehold rights, and
Producer’s Delivery Capacity from Producer’s wells located on the Contract Area
acreage connected upstream of the Receipt Point(s) of Gatherer, and (ii) all Gas
produced from the acreage, leases and leasehold rights within each Contract Area
owned or controlled by Producer (e.g., as lessee, joint owner, joint venture or
as operator), and all production therefrom, both present and future, whether now
or hereafter developed thereon. Producer covenants to deliver or cause to be
delivered to Gatherer at the Receipt Point(s) all of Producer’s Delivery
Capacity without other dispositions, except as otherwise provided in
Section 13.4 of the General Terms. This dedication creates a real property right
and covenant running with the lands, acreage, and leases committed and dedicated
hereunder.

MISCELLANEOUS TERMS & CONDITIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS

1. All Gas delivered by Producer and received by Gatherer at the Receipt
Point(s) will meet or exceed the quality specifications as set forth in
Section 8 of the General Terms.

2. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of any Service
Agreement(s) and the General Terms, the provisions of the Service Agreement will
prevail for the purposes of the relevant transaction.

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If you are in agreement with the above, please so indicate same by signing in
the space provided below and by returning one (1) copy of this Service Agreement
to me at the letterhead address above.

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

CLASSIC PIPELINE & GATHERING, LLC

a Texas limited liability company

 

 

By:

/s/ Larry R. Forney

 

Larry R. Forney

 

Chief Operations Officer

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED THIS

1st day of May 2014

 

 

 

CLASSIC HYDROCARBONS OPERATING, LLC

a Delaware limited liability company

 

 

By:

/s/ John A. Weinzierl

 

John A. Weinzierl

 

President

 

 

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STATE OF TEXAS

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COUNTY OF HARRIS

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The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on the 1st day of May, 2014
by Larry R. Forney, Chief Operations Officer of Classic Pipeline & Gathering,
LLC, a Texas limited liability company, on behalf of said company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal in the City of
Houston, Texas, on the day and year first above written.

 

 

Notary Public in and for the State of Texas

 

/s/ Wendi Cole 

 

STATE OF TEXAS

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COUNTY OF HARRIS

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The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on the 1st day of May, 2014
by John A. Weinzierl, President of Classic Hydrocarbons Operating, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, on behalf of said company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal in the City of
Houston, Texas, on the day and year first above written.

 

 

Notary Public in and for the State of Texas

 

/s/ Wendi Cole

 

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Exhibit A

“Contract Area” and “Receipt Point(s)”

All of Shipper’s Gas from wells operated by Shipper in Panola and Shelby
Counties, Texas, from the following Texas Railroad Commission designated Units.

Texas Railroad Commission designated Units located north of the Sabine River:

Weiner Estate A

Weiner Estate B

Weiner Estate C

Weiner Estate D

Weiner Estate E

Weiner Estate F

Weiner – Micher

Sempra Energy

Frost – Tenaha

Texas Railroad Commission designated Units located south of the Sabine River:

 

May

Cockrell

Spurlock

Freeman et al

Frost Lumber

Brooks

R&M Farms

J B Price

Oxsheer

J S Price

E.O Rushing

Pickering Lumber

Smith - Price

E L Lowe

David Dunham

Horowitz

W M Taylor

Joaquin

D R Taylor

Hardin – Simmons

Eddins

Jireh

Alice Johnson

Pridgen

Trinity

Batts

Ellington

Rushing

Case

J W Hanson

North Naquin

J S Price B

South Naquin

Gordon - Armstreet

Preston - Hart

Charles Childress

Richards

R W Ellis

Whiddon

 

 

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Exhibit B

“Delivery Points”

 

Transporter

Name

 

Delivery (Sales) Point(s)

 

Meter Number

 

Regency

WM Taylor 1

049919

Regency

D. Brooks 1

049930

Regency

Texas Company 1

049925

Regency

Charles Childress 1

049917

Regency

Cook

049910

Regency

Lowe 2

049920

Regency

JS Price 2&6

049912

Regency

Garrett Sales

049922

Regency

Price 11

049913

Regency

WM Taylor 2 Haynesville

049953

Regency

WM Taylor 2

049906

Regency

JS Price 4, 8, 9

049911

Regency

Crosstex - Pickering

049940

Regency

Rushing 1&2

049924

EnBridge

Whiddon 2

021887

EnBridge

Finklea

021379

EnBridge

Oxsheer

015549

Enbridge

May-Dunham

TBD

TPF Services

Jirah 2

10013

DCP Midstream

David Dunham 1

04801298

DCP Midstream

Joaquin West

04201300

DCP Midstream

Joaquin West

04201299

DCP Midstream

Yellow Dog

04801550

DCP Midstream

Yellow Dog

04801552

 

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