**Exhibit 10.13**

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|  | GAS PURCHASE  CONTRACT Between EVOLUTION OPERATING CO., INC., as Seller And DCP MIDSTREAM,  LP as Buyer Dated December 1, 2007 INDEX SECTION PAGE 1. COMMITMENT 1 2.  DELIVERY POINTS 1 3. DELIVERY PRESSURE 1 4. QUANTITY 1 5. PRICE 2 6. TERM 5 7.  ADDRESSES AND NOTICES 5 SIGNATURE PAGE 6 EXHIBIT A GENERAL TERMS AND  CONDITIONS A. DEFINITIONS A-1 B. DELIVERY DATE; COMPRESSION A- 1 C.  RESERVATIONS OF SELLER A-2 D. METERING AND MEASUREMENT A-2 E. DETERMINATION  OF GAS COMPOSITION, GRAVITY, AND HEATING VALUE A-3 F. QUALITY OF GAS A-3 G.  BILLING AND PAYMENT A-4 H. FORCE MAJEURE A-5 I. WARRANTY OF TITLE A-5 J.  ROYALTY AND OTHER INTERESTS A-5 K. SEVERANCE AND SIMILAR TAXES A-5 L.  INDEMNIFICATION AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE A-5 M. RIGHT OF WAY A-6  N. ASSIGNMENT A-6 O. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS A-6 EXHIBIT B COMMITTED LEASES  AND WELLS |
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|  |  GDS0821PUR GAS PURCHASE CONTRACT This  Contract is entered as of December 1, 2007 between EVOLUTION OPERATING CO.,  INC. (“Seller”) and DCP MIDSTREAM, LP (“Buyer”). For and in consideration of  the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows: 1.  COMMITMENT. Seller will sell and deliver and Buyer will purchase and receive  Seller’s owned and controlled gas produced from the leases and wells now or  later owned or controlled by Seller on or allocated to the lands listed on  Exhibit “B.” Definitions and General Terms and Conditions included in this  Contract are attached as Exhibit A. All Exhibits referenced herein are  attached and incorporated by reference. Seller may opt to switch any  particular committed Exhibit “B” units to commitment under the Gas Purchase  Contract dated December 2, 2007, Buyer’s File No. GDS0821-BPUR (“Contract 2”)  as of the first day of any month during the term of Contract 2 on at least  ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Buyer. Any unit so switched will be  committed under Contract 2 in lieu of this Contract for the remainder of the  term of Contract 2. Those units for which Seller elects to switch commitment  to Contract 2 will be released from commitment under this Contract upon the  effective date of Seller’s switching election. 2. DELIVERY POINTS. The  Delivery Points for all sources of production committed under this Contract  will be established under Section B.2 of Exhibit A. Title to the gas and all  its components shall pass to and vest in Buyer at the Delivery Points without  regard to the purposes for which Buyer may later use or sell the gas or its  components. 3. DELIVERY PRESSURE. Seller will deliver the gas at the Delivery  Points at a pressure sufficient to enable it to enter Buyer’s Facilities  against the working pressure at reasonably uniform rates of delivery, not to  exceed the maximum allowable operating pressure established by Buyer or  pressures that prevent others from producing ratably. Buyer in its discretion  may require that Seller install and operate a pressure relief or reduction  device upstream of any Delivery Point set at the pressure designated by Buyer  to limit the pressure at which Seller delivers gas, where Seller’s deliveries  might interfere with ratable deliveries from others, or to enhance safety. 4.  QUANTITY. (a) Seller shall deliver and Buyer shall purchase and take Seller’s  gas subject to the operating conditions and capacity of Buyer’s Facilities  and resale markets. Although there is no specific purchase quantity, Buyer  will use commercially reasonable efforts to market gas for resale and operate  and expand its facilities in an effort to maintain consistent takes of all  available quantities. If Buyer takes less than the full quantities available,  Buyer will use commercially reasonable efforts to |
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|  |  purchase gas from the lands covered by this  Contract ratably with its purchases of similar gas in each common gathering  system or area within its capabilities using existing facilities, in  compliance with Buyer’s existing contracts and with applicable laws and  regulations, including ratable purchases from Buyer’s Affiliates. (b) Seller  may dispose of any gas not taken by Buyer for any reason, including events of  Force Majeure, subject to Buyer’s right to resume purchases at any subsequent  time. If Buyer does not take gas for fifteen (15) consecutive Days and Seller  secures a different temporary market, Buyer may resume purchases only upon  fifteen (15) Days’ advance written notice prior to the beginning of a month  unless otherwise agreed. (c) Seller will use commercially reasonable efforts  to deliver gas meeting the quality requirements and to avoid delivery of  Inferior Liquids. If the gas at any Delivery Point becomes insufficient in  volume, quality, or pressure, Buyer may cease gas takes from the Delivery  Point as long as the condition exists. If Buyer ceases taking gas under this  Section for thirty (30) consecutive Days for reasons other than quality or Force  Majeure, Seller may terminate this Contract with respect to the affected  Delivery Points upon thirty (30) Days’ advance written notice to Buyer;  provided that during the notice period Buyer may resume consistent takes and  purchases, and thereby avoid Contract termination under Seller’s notice. 5.  PRICE. 5.1 Consideration. As full consideration for the gas and all its  components delivered to Buyer each month, Buyer shall pay Seller (i) 100% of  the net value determined under Section 5.2 below for residue gas attributable  to Seller’s gas, and (ii) 100% of the net value determined under Section 5.3  below for any recovered NGLs attributable to Seller’s gas. No separate  payment or value calculation is to be made under this Contract for helium,  sulfur, CO2, other non-hydrocarbons, or for Inferior Liquids. 5.2 Residue Gas  Value. The net Residue Gas value will be the price per MMBtu published in  Inside F.E.R.C.‘s Gas Market Report in its first publication of the delivery  month for “Prices of Spot Gas Delivered to Pipelines” for Houston Ship  Channel (“Index Price”) less $0.13 per MMBtu. If this price quotation is  discontinued or materially modified, its successor will be used, or in the  absence of a successor, Buyer will select another publication that enables  calculation of an Index Price closely comparable to that previously used. If  a change in the Index Price becomes necessary, Buyer will so inform Seller by  written notice, stating the changes and the reason for the changes. 3 |
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|  |  5.3 NGL Value. The net value of any  recovered NGLs attributable to Seller will be the simple average of the  midpoint of the daily high/low spot price for (i) ethane in E-P mix, (ii)  Non-TET propane, (iii) Non-TET isobutane, (iv) Non-TET normal butane, and (v)  Non-TET natural gasoline (pentanes and heavier) during the delivery month as  reported for Mont Belvieu, Texas by the Oil Price Information Service (or in  its absence, a comparable successor publication designated by Buyer) less a  transportation, fractionation, and storage (“TF&S”) fee of $0.0375 per  gallon. As of January 1 of each year beginning with 2009, Buyer will adjust  the TF&S fee upward or downward as follows, but not below the initial  fee, by an amount equal to the annual percentage of change in the preliminary  estimate of the implicit price deflator, seasonally adjusted, for the gross  domestic product (“GDP”) as computed and most recently published by the U.S.  Department of Commerce, rounded to the nearest 100th cent, or in its absence,  a similar successor adjustment factor designated by Buyer. 5.4 Low Volume  Delivery Points. For any metered Delivery Point at which the volume delivered  is less than 300 Mcf in any month, Seller will pay Buyer a low volume fee of  $150.00 per low volume month per meter. Buyer will collect amounts due under  this Section by deductions from proceeds payable under the Contract. If the  amounts due exceed proceeds payable under the Contract, Buyer may invoice  Seller for the amount due, and in that event Seller will remit full payment  to Buyer within thirty (30) days following Buyer’s invoice date. Seller may  cease application of low volume fees under this Section by giving Buyer  thirty (30) days advance written notice of Seller’s request to have the  affected meters disconnected; the low volume fees will no longer apply as of  the end of the month following the notice period, and Buyer may disconnect  the affected meters. 5.5 Allocation of Residue Gas and NGLs. Buyer will  determine the Residue Gas and NGLs attributable to Seller on a proportional  basis by component using the following definitions and procedures. Additional  definitions are in Section A of Exhibit A. From time to time Buyer may make  changes and adjustments in its allocation methods, other than fixed  percentages below, to improve accuracy or efficiency. (a) NGLs Allocable to  Seller. The quantity of each NGL component allocable to Seller’s gas will be  determined by multiplying the total quantity of each NGL component recovered  at the plant or plants by a fraction. The numerator will be the gallons of  that NGL component contained in the gas delivered by Seller, determined by  chromatographic analysis or other accepted method in the industry, and the  denominator will be the total gallons of that component contained in all gas  delivered to Buyer from sources connected to Buyer’s Facilities. Sub-area  breakdowns may be used as stated in (b)(ii) below. (b) Residue Gas Allocable  to Seller. (i) The MMBtus of “Residue Gas allocable to Seller” will be  determined by multiplying the MMBtus of “Residue Gas available for sale” from  Buyer’s Facilities by a 4 |
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|  |  fraction. The numerator will be the  “theoretical MMBtus of Residue Gas remaining from Seller’s gas” delivered by  Seller, and the denominator will be the total of the theoretical MMBtus of  Residue Gas remaining from all gas delivered to Buyer from the common sources  connected to Buyer’s Facilities. “Residue Gas available for sale” means all  remaining Residue Gas available from Buyer’s Facilities, net of Residue Gas  used for the operation of Buyer’s Facilities. “Theoretical MMBtus of Residue  Gas remaining from Seller’s gas” means the sum of the MMBtus of methane and  heavier hydrocarbons contained in Seller’s gas, determined by chromatographic  analysis or other accepted method in the industry, less the MMBtus of  recovered NGLs attributable to Seller’s gas. (ii) Buyer may apply the  allocation principles of this Section repeatedly to sub-areas or separately  measured systems to improve accuracy. For example, Buyer may allocate plant  NGL and Residue Gas volumes to field gathering system boosters, then use the  same principles to allocate those results further to sources behind those  boosters, except that field booster fuel for low pressure gas will be fixed  at 5.0%, and plant fuel will be fixed at 4.5% of the Delivery Points MMBtus.  For any gas delivered initially into a high-pressure gathering system,  Seller’s theoretical MMBtus of Residue Gas remaining will be adjusted upward  by four percent (4%) to recognize the fuel economies realized by Buyer’s  avoidance of compression for these high pressure deliveries. 5.6 Gathering,  Processing, and Compression Fees. For processing, gathering and compression  services rendered hereunder, Buyer shall deduct each month from the  consideration due Seller or invoice Seller separately for either or both of  the following fees, as applicable: (a) A fee equal to the value under Section  5.3 of 100% of the NGL gallons allocated to Seller under Section 5.5(a),  multiplied by seven percent (7% or 0.07) or, if the month’s daily average gas  volume delivered by Seller under this Contract exceeds 2,000 Mcf/Day, the  applicable fee percentage shall be five percent (5% or 0.05); and (b) A fee  equal to 100% of the Residue Gas quantity allocable to Seller as determined  under Section 5.5(b), multiplied by the Index Price, and further multiplied  by seven percent (7% or 0.07) or, if the month’s daily average gas volume  delivered by Seller under this Contract exceeds 2,000 Mcf/Day, the applicable  fee percentage shall be five percent (5% or 0.05). 6. TERM. This Contract  shall be in force for a primary term through November 30, 2017, and from year  to year thereafter until canceled by either party as of the end of the  primary term or any anniversary thereafter by giving the other party at least  thirty (30) Days’ advance written notice of termination. 7. ADDRESSES AND  NOTICES. Either party may give notices to the other party by first class mail  postage prepaid, by overnight delivery service, or by facsimile with receipt  confirmed at the following addresses or other addresses furnished by a party  by written notice. Unless Seller objects in writing, Buyer may also use  Seller’s current address for payments. Any telephone numbers below are solely  for information and are not for Contract notices. The parties opt out of electronic  delivery of 5 |
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|  |  notices and amendments under this Contract,  except that notices and hand-signed amendments may be delivered by facsimile  with receipt confirmed as stated above. Notices to Seller – Correspondence:  Evolution Operating Co., Inc. 2500 CityWest Blvd. Suite 1300 Houston, Texas  77042 Payments to Seller: Evolution Operating Co., Inc. 2500 CityWest Blvd.  Suite 1300 Houston, Texas 77042 Notices to Buyer – Billings & Statements:  DCP Midstream, LP Attn: Revenue Accounting 5718 Westheimer Road, Suite 2000  Houston, Texas 77057 Phone: (713) 735-3600 Fax: (713) 735-3600 Buyer -  Correspondence DCP Midstream, LP Attn: Contract Administration 5718  Westheimer Road, Suite 2000 Houston, Texas 77057 Phone: (713) 735-3600 Fax:  (713) 735-3600 The parties have signed this Contract by their duly authorized  representatives as of the date first stated above. EVOLUTION OPERATING CO.,  INC DCP MIDSTREAM, LP By: /s/ Robert S. Herlin By: /s/ George F. Manzelmann  George F. Manzelmann, Title: President Managing Director – South and Central  Texas Signed on: 1/28, 2008 Signed on: 1/30, 2008 /s/ David F. Gannett 6 |
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|  |  EXHIBIT A to GAS PURCHASE CONTRACT Between  EVOLUTION OPERATING CO., INC. as Seller and DCP MIDSTREAM, LP as Buyer Dated  as of December 1, 2007 GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS A. DEFINITIONS Except  where the context indicates a different meaning or intent, and whether or not  capitalized, the following terms will have meanings as follows: a. Affiliate  — a company (i) in which a party owns directly or indirectly 50% or more of  the issued and outstanding voting stock or other equity interests; (ii) which  owns directly or indirectly 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting  stock or equity interests of the party; and (iii) in which a company  described in (ii) owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the issued and  outstanding voting stock or other equity interests. b. Btu — British thermal  unit. MMBtu — one million Btus. c. Buyer’s Facilities — the gas delivered by  Seller will be gathered in gathering systems and may be redelivered to a gas  processing plant or plants for the removal of NGLs together with gas produced  from other properties. The gathering systems and plant or plants, or  successor facilities, are “Buyer’s Facilities” whether owned by buyer, an  Affiliate of Buyer, or an unaffiliated third party. No facilities downstream  of the processing plant or plants other than short connecting lines to  transmission lines are included in “Buyer’s Facilities.” d. Day — a period of  24 consecutive hours beginning and ending at 9:00 AM local time, or other 24  hour period designated by Buyer and a downstream pipeline. e. Delivery Points  — whether one or more, see Sections 2, B.1 and B.2. f. Force Majeure — see  Section H.2 below. g. Gas or gas — all natural gas that arrives at the  surface in the gaseous phase, including all hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon  components, casinghead gas produced from oil wells, gas well gas, and stock  tank vapors. h. Inferior Liquids — Mixed crude oil, slop oil, salt water,  nuisance liquids, and other liquids recovered by Buyer in its gathering  system or at plant inlet receivers. Revenues from Inferior Liquids, drips,  and other gathering system liquids will be retained by Buyer to defray costs  of treating and handling; Buyer will not allocate or pay for those liquids.  i. Mcf — 1,000 cubic feet of gas at standard base conditions of 60°F and  14.65 psia. j. MMcf —1,000 Mcf. k. Month or month — a calendar month  beginning on the first Day of a Month. l. NGL or NGLs — natural gas liquids,  or ethane and heavier liquefiable hydrocarbons separated from gas and any  incidental methane in NGL after processing. m. psi — pounds per square inch;  psia — psi absolute; psig — psi gauge. n. Residue Gas — merchantable  hydrocarbon gas available for sale from Buyer’s Facilities remaining after  processing, and hydrocarbon gas resold by Buyer without first being  processed. o. TET — price quotes for NGL on the Texas Eastern Products  Pipeline Company, LLC system. p. TF&S — NGL transportation,  fractionation, and storage, see Section 5.3. B. DELIVERY DATE; COMPRESSION  B.1 Connection of Sources. As to sources not yet connected, Seller will  commence and complete with due diligence the construction of the facilities  necessary to enable Seller to deliver the committed gas at the Delivery  Points and Buyer will cause prompt commencement and complete with due  diligence the construction of the facilities necessary and economically  feasible to enable Buyer or its gas gathering contractor to receive  deliveries of gas at the Delivery Points. If Buyer determines it is not  profitable to construct the facilities, Seller will have the option to  construct facilities necessary to deliver gas into Buyer’s then existing  facilities. If neither Buyer nor Seller elect to construct the necessary  facilities, either party may cancel this Contract as to the affected gas upon  fifteen (15) Days advance written notice to the other. B.2 Delivery Rates.  Seller will have agents or employees available at all reasonable times to  receive advice and directions from Buyer for changes in the rates of delivery  of gas as required from time to time. B.3 Options to Compress. If Seller’s  wells become incapable of delivering gas into Buyer’s Facilities, neither  party will be obligated to compress, but either party will have the option to  do so. If neither party elects to compress within a reasonable time after the  need for compression appears, Buyer upon written request of Seller will  either arrange promptly to provide compression or as Seller’s sole |
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|  |  remedy, release the affected gas sources as  to the then-producing formations from commitment under this Contract C.  RESERVATIONS OF SELLER C.1 Reservations. Seller reserves the following rights  with respect to the oil and gas properties committed by Seller to Buyer under  this Contract together with sufficient gas to satisfy those rights: a. To  operate Seller’s oil and gas properties free from control by Buyer as Seller  in Seller’s sole discretion deems advisable, including without limitation the  right, but never the obligation, to drill new wells, to repair and rework old  wells, renew or extend, in whole or in part, any oil and gas lease covering  any of the oil and gas properties, and to abandon any well or surrender any  oil and gas lease, in whole or in part, when no longer deemed by Seller to be  capable of producing gas in paying quantities under normal methods of  operation. b. To use gas for developing and operating Seller’s oil and gas  properties committed under this Contract and to fulfill obligations to Seller’s  lessors for those properties. c. To pool, combine, and unitize any of  Seller’s oil and gas properties with other properties in the same field, and  to alter pooling, combinations, or units; this Contract will then cover  Seller’s allocated interest in unitized production insofar as that interest  is attributable to the oil and gas properties committed under this Contract,  and the description of the property committed will be considered to have been  amended accordingly. C.2 Exception. Notwithstanding Section C.1, Seller will  not engage in any operation, including without limitation reinjection, or  recycling that would materially reduce the amount of gas available for sale  to Buyer except upon one hundred twenty (120) Days advance written notice to  Buyer. Buyer will own and be entitled to collect and pay Seller for any NGLs  that condense or are manufactured from gas during any of Seller’s operations,  excluding crude oil and distillate recovered from gas by conventional type  mechanical separation equipment and not delivered to Buyer. D. METERING AND  MEASUREMENT D.1 Buyer to Install Meters. Buyer will own, maintain, and  operate orifice meters or other measuring devices of standard make at or near  the Delivery Points. Except as otherwise specifically provided to the  contrary in this Section D, orifice meters or other measurement devices will  be installed and volumes computed in accordance with AGA Gas Measurement  Report No. 3 as in effect from time to time. Buyer may re-use metering  equipment not meeting current standards but meeting 1985 or later published  standards for gas sources not expected to deliver in excess of 100 Mcf per  Day. A party providing compression facilities will also provide sufficient  pulsation dampening equipment to prevent pulsation from affecting measurement  at the Delivery Points. Electronic recording devices may be used. Seller will  have access to Buyer’s metering equipment at reasonable hours, but only Buyer  will calibrate, adjust, operate, and maintain it. D.2 Unit of Volume. The  unit of volume will be one cubic foot of gas at a base temperature of 60F and  at a pressure base of 14.65 psia. Computations of volumes will follow  industry accepted practice. D.3 Pressure, Temperature. Buyer may measure the  atmospheric pressure or may assume the atmospheric pressure to be 14.65 psia.  Buyer may determine the gas temperature by using a recording thermometer;  otherwise, the temperature will be assumed to be 60F. D.4 Check Meters.  Seller may install, maintain, and operate in accordance with accepted industry  practice at its own expense pressure regulators and check measuring equipment  of standard make using separate taps. Check meters shall not interfere with  operation of Buyer’s equipment. Buyer will have access to Seller’s check  measuring equipment at all reasonable hours, but only Seller will calibrate,  adjust, operate, and maintain it. D.5 Meter Tests. At least semiannually,  Buyer will verify the accuracy of Buyer’s measuring equipment, and Seller or  its lease operator will verify the accuracy of any check measuring equipment.  If Seller, its lease operator, or Buyer notifies the other that it desires a  special test of any measuring equipment, they will cooperate to secure a  prompt verification of the accuracy of the equipment. If any party at any  time observes a variation between the delivery meter and the check meter, it  will promptly notify the other, and both will then cooperate to secure an  immediate verification of the accuracy of the equipment. Buyer will give  Seller and Seller’s lease operator reasonable advance notice of the time of  all special tests and calibrations of meters and of sampling for  determinations of gas composition and quality, so that the lease operator may  have representatives present to witness tests and sampling or make joint tests  and obtain samples with its own equipment. Seller will give or cause its  lease operator to give reasonable advance notice to Buyer of the time of  tests and calibrations of any check meters and of any sampling by Seller for  determination of gas composition and quality. D.6 Correction of Errors. If at  any time any of the measuring or testing equipment is found to be out of  service or registering inaccurately in any percentage, it will be adjusted  promptly to read accurately within the limits prescribed by the manufacturer.  If any measuring equipment is found to be inaccurate or out of service by an  amount exceeding the greater of (i) 2.0 percent at a recording corresponding  to the average hourly rate of flow for the period since the last test, or  (ii) 50 Mcf per month, previous readings will be corrected to zero error for  any known or agreed period. The volume of gas delivered A - 2 |
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

|  |  during that period will be estimated by the  first feasible of the following methods: (i) Using the data recorded by any  check measuring equipment if registering accurately; (ii) Correcting the  error if the percentage of error is ascertainable by calibration, test, or  mathematical calculation; or (iii) Using deliveries under similar conditions  during a period when the equipment was registering accurately. No adjustment  will be made for inaccuracies unless they exceed the greater of (i) 2.0  percent of affected volumes, or (ii) 50 Mef per month. D.7 Meter Records. The  parties will preserve for a period of at least two (2) years all test data,  charts and similar measurement records. The parties will raise metering  questions as soon as practicable after the time of production. No party will  have any obligation to preserve metering records for more than two (2) years  except to the extent that a metering question has been raised in writing and  remains unresolved. E. DETERMINATION OF GAS COMPOSITION, GRAVITY, AND HEATING  VALUE At least semiannually, Buyer will obtain a representative sample of  Seller’s gas delivered at each Delivery Point; Buyer may use spot sampling,  continuous samplers or on-line chromatography. By chromatography or other  accepted method in the industry, Buyer will determine the composition,  gravity, and gross heating value of the hydrocarbon components of Seller’s gas  in Btu per cubic foot on a dry basis at standard conditions, then adjust the  result for the water vapor content of the gas (by either the volume or Btu  content method) using an industry accepted practice. No heating value will be  credited for Btus in H2S or other non-hydrocarbon components. The first  determination of Btu content for Seller’s deliveries will be made within a  reasonable time after deliveries of gas begin. If a continuous sampler or  online chromatography is used, the determinations will apply to the gas  delivered while the sampler was installed. If not, the determination will  apply until the first Day of the month following the next determination. F.  QUALITY OF GAS F.1 Quality Specifications. The gas shall be merchantable  natural gas, at all times complying with the following quality requirements.  The gas shall be commercially free of crude oil, water in the liquid phase,  brine, air, gums, gum-forming constituents, bacteria, and other objectionable  liquids and solids, and not contain more than: a. 1/4 grain of H2S per 100  cubic feet. b. Five grains of total sulfur nor more than one grain of  mercaptan per 100 cubic feet. c. Two mole percent of carbon dioxide. d. Three  mole percent of nitrogen. e. 10 parts per million by volume of oxygen, and not  have been subjected to any treatment or process that permits or causes the  admission of oxygen, that dilutes the gas, or otherwise causes it to fail to  meet these quality specifications. f. Five mole percent of combined carbon  dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygen. The gas shall: g. Not exceed 120°F in  temperature at the Delivery Point. h. Have a total heating value of at least  1,050 Btus per cubic foot. i. If a third party pipeline receiving the gas  delivered has more stringent quality specifications than those stated above,  Seller’s gas shall conform to the more stringent pipeline quality standard.  F.2 Quality Tests. Buyer will make determinations of conformity of the gas  with the above specifications using procedures generally accepted in the gas  industry as often as Buyer reasonably deems necessary. If in the Seller or  Seller’s lease operator’s judgment the result of any test or determination is  inaccurate, Buyer upon request will again conduct the questioned test or  determination. The costs of the additional test or determination will be  borne by Seller unless it shows the original test or determination to have  been materially inaccurate. F.3 Separation Equipment. Seller will employ only  conventional mechanical separation equipment at all production sites covered  by this Contract. Low temperature, absorption, and similar separation  facilities are not considered conventional mechanical separation equipment.  Except for liquids removed through operation of conventional mechanical  separators and except for removal of substances as required to enable Seller  to comply with this Section F, Seller will remove no components of the gas  prior to delivery to Buyer. F.4 Rights as to Off Specification Gas. a. If any  of the gas delivered by Seller fails to meet the quality specifications  stated in this Section F, Buyer may at its option accept delivery of and pay  for the gas or discontinue or curtail taking of gas at any Delivery Point  whenever its quality does not conform to the quality specifications.  Notwithstanding, Buyer agrees to accept gas that does not exceed 11/4 grains  of H2S per 100 cubic feet and six mole percent of carbon dioxide and that  meets all A - 3 |
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|  |  other quality specifications in Section F.1,  subject to the applicable treating and handling fees below. b. If Buyer  accepts delivery of off specification gas from Seller or incurs costs  relating to inferior gas quality in the gathering system, Buyer may deduct  from the proceeds otherwise payable a fee of $0.07 per Mcf, escalating each  January 1 beginning with January 1, 2010, in the manner stated for TF&S  in Section 5.3, for monitoring the gas quality and treating and handling the  gas. c. If Buyer is declining to take off quality gas, Seller may by written  notice to Buyer request a release of the affected gas from commitment under  this Contract. In response, Buyer will within thirty (30) Days either (i)  waive its right to refuse to take the affected off quality gas (subject to  its right to charge treating fees under this Section F) and again take gas  from the affected sources, or (ii) release the affected gas from commitment  under this Contract. G. BILLING AND PAYMENT G.1 Statement and Payment Date.  Buyer will render to Seller on or before the 20th Day of each month a  statement showing the volume of gas delivered by Seller during the preceding  month and Buyer’s calculation of the amounts due under this Contract for the  preceding month’s deliveries. Buyer will make payment to Seller on or before  the last Day of each month for all gas delivered during the preceding month.  As between the parties, late payments by Buyer and recoupments/refunds from  Seller will carry simple interest at the lower of 6% per annum or the maximum  lawful interest rate; provided that no interest will accrue as to monthly  principal amounts of less than $1,000 due for less than one year when paid.  The parties waive any rights to differing interest rates. Except as limited  in Section G.2 below, Buyer may recover any overpayments or collect any  amounts due from Seller to Buyer for any reason at any time under this or  other transactions by deducting them from proceeds payable to Seller. G.2  Audit Rights: Time Limit to Assert Claims. (a) Each party will have the right  during reasonable business hours to examine the books, records and charts of  the other party to the extent necessary to verify performance of this  Contract and the accuracy of any payment, statement, charge or computation  upon execution of a reasonable confidentiality agreement. If any audit  examination or review of the party’s own records reveals an inaccuracy in any  payment, Buyer will promptly make the appropriate adjustment. (b) No  adjustment for any billing or payment shall be made, and payments shall be  final after the lapse of two (2) years from their due date except as to matters  that either party has noted in a specific written objection to the other  party in writing during the two (2) year period, unless within the two (2)  year period Buyer has made the appropriate correction. However, Seller’s  responsibilities for severance taxes and third party liabilities and related  interest are not affected by this subsection. (c) No party will have any  right to recoup or recover prior overpayments or underpayments that result  from errors that occur in spite of good faith performance if the amounts  involved do not exceed $10/month/meter. Either party may require prospective  correction of such errors. H. FORCE MAJEURE H.1 Suspension of Performance. If  either party is rendered unable, wholly or in part, by Force Majeure to carry  out its obligations under this Contract, other than to make payments due, the  obligations of that party, so far as they are affected by Force Majeure, will  be suspended during the continuance of any inability so caused, but for no  longer period. H.2 Force Majeure Definition. “Force Majeure” means acts of  God, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances, acts of the public  enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides,  lightning, earthquakes, storms, floods, washouts, arrests and restraints of governments  and people, civil disturbances, fires, explosions, breakage or accidents to  machinery or lines of pipe, freezing of wells or lines of pipe, partial or  entire failure of wells or sources of supply of gas, inability to obtain at  reasonable cost servitudes, right of way grants, permits, governmental  approvals or licenses, inability to obtain at reasonable cost materials or  supplies for constructing or maintaining facilities, and other causes,  whether of the kind listed above or otherwise, not within the control of the  party claiming suspension and which by the exercise of reasonable diligence  the party is unable to prevent or overcome. H.3 Labor Matters Exception. The  settlement of strikes or lockouts will be entirely within the discretion of  the party having the difficulty, and settlement of strikes, lockouts, or  other labor disturbances when that course is considered inadvisable is not  required. I. WARRANTY OF TITLE Seller warrants it has good title or the right  and lawful authority to sell the gas delivered, free and clear of any and all  liens, encumbrances, and claims. Seller owns or controls and grants to Buyer  the right to process Seller’s gas for extraction of NGLs and other valuable  components. If Seller’s title or right to receive any payment is questioned  or involved in litigation, Buyer will have the right within reason to  withhold the contested payments until title information is received, during  the litigation, until the title or right to receive the questioned payments  is freed from question, or until Seller furnishes security for repayment A -  4 |
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|  | acceptable to  Buyer. Without impairment of Seller’s warranty of its right and authority to  sell the gas and related processing rights, if Seller owns or controls less  than full title to the gas delivered, payments will be made only in the  proportion that Seller’s interest bears to the entire title to the gas. J.  ROYALTY AND OTHER INTERESTS Seller is responsible for all payments to the  owners of all working interests, mineral interests, royalties, overriding  royalties, bonus payments, production payments and the like. Buyer assumes no  liability to Seller’s working or mineral interest, royalty, or other interest  owners under this Contract. K. SEVERANCE AND SIMILAR TAXES K.1 Included in  Price. Reimbursement to Seller for Seller’s full liability for severance and  similar taxes levied upon Seller’s gas production is included in the prices  payable under this Contract, regardless of whether some included interests  may be exempt from taxation. K.2 Tax Responsibilities and Disbursements.  Seller shall bear, and unless otherwise required by law, will pay to taxing  authorities all severance, production, excise, sales, gross receipts,  occupation, and other taxes imposed upon Seller with respect to the gas on or  prior to delivery to Buyer. Buyer will bear and pay all taxes imposed upon  Buyer with respect to the gas after delivery to Buyer. L. INDEMNIFICATION AND  RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE L.1 Title. Royalty, and Severance Taxes.  SELLER RELEASES AND AGREES TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND SAVE BUYER, ITS  AFFILIATES, AND THEIR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS HARMLESS FROM AND  AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, CAUSES OF ACTION, LIABILITIES, AND COSTS (INCLUDING  REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS OF INVESTIGATION AND DEFENSE) RELATING  TO (a) SELLER’S TITLE OR RIGHT AND AUTHORITY TO SELL GAS AND PROCESSING  RIGHTS, (b) PAYMENTS FOR WORKING, MINERAL, ROYALTY AND OVERRIDING ROYALTY AND  OTHER INTERESTS, AND (c) SALES, SEVERANCE, AND SIMILAR TAXES, THAT ARE THE  RESPONSIBILITY OF SELLER UNDER SECTIONS I, J, AND K ABOVE. L.2 Responsibility  for Injury or Damage. As between the parties, Seller will be in control and  possession of the gas deliverable hereunder and responsible for any injury or  damage relating to handling or delivery of gas until the gas has been  delivered to Buyer at the Delivery Points; after delivery, Buyer will be  deemed to be in exclusive control and possession and responsible for any  injury or damage relating to handling or gathering of gas. THE PARTY HAVING  RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE PRECEDING SENTENCE SHALL RELEASE, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY,  AND HOLD THE OTHER PARTY, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND  AGENTS HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, CAUSES OF ACTION, LIABILITIES,  AND COSTS (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS OF INVESTIGATION  AND DEFENSE) ARISING FROM ACTUAL AND ALLEGED LOSS OF GAS, PERSONAL INJURY,  DEATH, AND DAMAGE FOR WHICH THE PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE UNDER THIS SECTION;  PROVIDED THAT NEITHER PARTY WILL BE INDEMNIFIED FOR ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE OR  THAT OF ITS AGENTS, SERVANTS, OR EMPLOYEES. M. RIGHT OF WAY Insofar as  Seller’s lease or leases permit and insofar as Seller or its lease operator  may have any rights however derived (whether pursuant to oil and gas lease,  easement, governmental agency order, regulation, statute, or otherwise),  Seller grants to Buyer and Buyer’s gas gathering contractor, if any, and  their assignees the right of free entry and the right to lay and maintain  pipelines, meters, and any equipment on the lands or leases subject to this  Contract as reasonably necessary in connection with the purchase or handling  of Seller’s gas. Any rights granted by Seller hereunder shall terminate upon  the termination of this Contract. All pipelines, meters, and other equipment  placed by Buyer or Buyer’s contractors on the lands and leases will remain  the property of the owner and may be removed by the owner at any time. Upon  termination of this Contract, the Buyer, or its assigns, shall remove all  property, within a reasonable time, and in accordance with the terms of the  Leases. Without limitation, Buyer or its gathering contractor may disconnect  and remove measurement and other facilities from any Delivery Point due to  low volume, quality, or term expiration. N. ASSIGNMENT N.1 Binding on  Assignees. Either party may assign this Contract. This Contract is binding  upon and inures to the benefit of the successors, assigns, and  representatives in bankruptcy of the parties, and, subject to any prior  dedications by the assignee, shall be binding upon any purchaser of Buyer’s  Facilities and upon any purchaser of the properties of Seller subject to this  Contract. Nothing contained in this Section will prevent either party from  mortgaging its rights as security for its indebtedness, but |
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|  |  security is subordinate to the parties’  rights and obligations under this Contract. N.2 Notice of Assignment. Any  assignment or sublease by Seller of any oil and gas properties or any gas  rights contracted to Buyer will be made expressly subject to the provisions  of this Contract. No transfer of or succession to the interest of Seller,  however made, will bind Buyer unless and until the original instrument or  other proper proof that the claimant is legally entitled to an interest has  been furnished to Buyer at its Division Order address noted in the Notices  Section or subsequent address. O. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS O.1 Governing Law.  THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS  OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, without reference to those that might refer to the  laws of another jurisdiction. O.2 Default and Nonwaiver. A waiver by a party  of any one or more defaults by the other in the performance of any provisions  of this Contract will not operate as a waiver of any future default or  defaults, whether of a like or different character. O.3 Counterparts. This  Contract may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which will be  considered together as one instrument, and this Contract will be binding upon  all parties executing it, whether or not executed by all parties owning an  interest in the producing sources affected by this Contract. Signed copies of  this Contract and facsimiles of it shall have the same force and effect as  originals. O.4 Negotiations; Entire Agreement; Amendment; No Third Party  Beneficiaries. The language of this Contract shall not be construed in favor  of or against either Buyer or Seller, but shall be construed as if the  language were drafted mutually by both parties. This Contract constitutes the  final and complete agreement between the parties. There are no oral promises,  prior agreements, understandings, obligations, warranties, or representations  between the parties relating to this Contract other than those set forth  herein. All waivers, modifications, amendments, and changes to this Contract  shall be in writing and signed by the authorized representatives of the  parties. The relations between the parties are those of independent  contractors; this Contract creates no joint venture, partnership,  association, other special relationship, or fiduciary obligations. There are  no third party beneficiaries of Buyer’s sales contracts or of this Contract. O.5  Ratification and Third Party Gas. Notwithstanding anything contained herein  to the contrary, Buyer has no duty under this Contract to purchase or handle  gas attributable to production from interests of third parties that has been  purchased by Seller for resale, except that Buyer will purchase Other WI Gas.  “Other WI Gas” means gas attributable to working and mineral interests owned  by third parties in wells operated by Seller that are subject to this  Contract that Seller has the right to market under an operating agreement. If  Buyer requests in writing that Seller obtain ratification of this Contract  from owners of Other WI Gas, Seller will use reasonable commercial efforts to  cause those Other WI Gas owners to execute and deliver to Buyer an instrument  prepared by Buyer for the purpose of ratifying and adopting this Contract  with respect to the owner’s Other WI Gas, and the ratifying owner will become  a party to this Contract with like force and effect as though the Other WI  owner had executed this Contract as amended as of the time of the  ratification, and all of the terms and provisions of this Contract as then  amended will become binding upon Buyer and the ratifying owner. O.6  Compliance with Laws and Regulations. This Contract is subject to all valid  statutes and rules and regulations of any duly constituted federal or state  authority or regulatory body having jurisdiction. Neither party will be in  default as a result of compliance with laws and regulations. O.7 Fees and  Costs; Damages. If a breach occurs, the parties are entitled to recover as  their sole and exclusive damages for breach of the price and quantity  obligations under this Contract the price for gas taken by Buyer in the case  of Seller and the lost margin less avoided costs in the case of Buyer. If  mediation or arbitration is necessary to resolve a dispute other than one  arising under the indemnification obligations of this Contract, each party  agrees to bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation and  defense, and each party waives any right to recover those fees and costs from  the other party or parties. O.8 Mutual Waiver of Certain Remedies. Except as  to the parties’ indemnification obligations, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE OR  OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE TO THE OTHER FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES,  FOR LOST PRODUCTION, OR FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AS TO ANY ACTION OR OMISSION,  WHETHER CHARACTERIZED AS A CONTRACT BREACH OR TORT, THAT ARISES OUT OF OR  RELATES TO THIS CONTRACT OR ITS PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE. O.9  Arbitration. The parties desire to resolve any disputes that may arise  informally, if possible. All disputes arising out of or relating to this  Contract that are not resolved by agreement of the parties must be resolved  using the provisions of this Section. To that end, if a dispute or disputes  arise out of or relating to this Contract, a party shall give written notice  of the disputes to the other involved parties, and each party will appoint an  employee to negotiate with the other party concerning the disputes. 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|  |  resolved by arbitration in accordance with  the then current International Institute for Conflict Prevention and  Resolution Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration and related commentary  (“Rules”) and this Section. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal  Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1, et seq., and the Rules, to the exclusion of  any provision of state law inconsistent with them. The arbitration shall be  initiated by a party seeking arbitration by written notice sent to the other  party or parties to be involved. The parties shall select one disinterested  arbitrator with at least ten years’ experience in the natural gas industry or  ten years’ experience with natural gas law, and not previously employed by  either party or its Affiliates, and, if possible, shall be selected by  agreement between the parties. If the parties cannot select an arbitrator by  agreement within 15 Days of the date of the notice of arbitration, a  qualified arbitrator will be selected in accordance with the Rules. If the  disputes involve an amount greater than $150,000, they will be decided by a  panel of three arbitrators with the above qualifications, one selected by  each party, and the third selected by the party-appointed arbitrators, or in  the absence of their agreement, pursuant to the Rules. The arbitrator(s)  shall resolve the disputes and render a final award in accordance with the  substantive law of the state referenced in Section O.1 above, “Governing  Law.” The arbitration award will be limited by the provisions set forth in  Sections O.7, “Fees and Costs; Damages” and O.8 above, “Mutual Waiver of  Certain Remedies.” The parties intend case specific dispute resolution;  either party may opt out of any attempted class action for all claims of any  party related to this Contract. The arbitrator(s) shall set forth the reasons  for the award in writing, and judgment on the arbitration award may be  entered in any court having jurisdiction. END OF EXHIBIT A TO GAS PURCHASE  CONTRACT |
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|  |  EXHIBIT B to GAS PURCHASE CONTRACT Between  EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORPORATION, as Seller and DCP MIDSTREAM, LP as Buyer  Dated as of December 1, 2007 EXHIBIT B to GAS PURCHASE CONTRACT Between  EVOLUTION OPERATING CO., INC., as Seller and DCP MIDSTREAM, LP as Buyer Dated  as of December 1, 2007 COMMITTED LEASES AND WELLS VARIOUS COUNTIES, TEXAS NO.  BUYER’S METER NO. WELL/LEASE NAME LOCATION COUNTY, STATE 1. TBD Donella No.  1-RE D. Barry Survey, A-116 Fayette, Texas 2. TBD Duncan No. 1 RE J. Bird  Survey, A-5 Burleson, Texas 3. TBD Urbanovsky-Bryant Units 1 RE and 2 RE or  adjacent wellbores O. Perry Survey, A-45 Burleson, Texas 4. TBD Margaret No.  1 RE N. Woods Survey, A-116 S. Austin Survey, A-65 Fayette, Texas Burleson,  Texas 5. TBD John Kacer No. 1-RE or adjacent wellbore Seller will submit Unit  Plats as available for attachment hereto B - 1 POPI Actuals GPC 10-l0-06 |
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