Exhibit 10.5

 

*** Where this marking appears throughout this Exhibit 10.5, information has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and such information has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission separately.

 

GAS GATHERING CONTRACT

 

BETWEEN

 

DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P.

 

AS “SHIPPER”

 

AND

 

SWG PIPELINE, L.L.C.

 

AS “GATHERER”

 

March 7, 2014

Effective as of March 1, 2014

 

 

East Johnson County System

 

Johnson County, Texas

 











 

GAS GATHERING CONTRACT

 

This Gas Gathering Contract is made and entered into this 7th Day of March, 2014 but effective as of the 1st Day of March, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Devon Gas Services, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“Shipper”), and SWG Pipeline, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company (“Gatherer”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, Shipper has available a supply of Committed Gas and desires for Gatherer to perform the services described herein with respect to said Committed Gas; and

 

WHEREAS, Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agents operates a pipeline system which is capable of receiving deliveries of Committed Gas and redelivering the Committed Gas; and

 

WHEREAS, Shipper desires to deliver to Gatherer the Committed Gas for Gathering and Gatherer desires to receive from Shipper such Committed Gas for those purposes, all subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this Contract.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Contract, Shipper and Gatherer (individually, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”) agree with each other as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                               Each of the following terms enclosed by quotation marks in this ARTICLE 1.1 shall be a defined term, and each term enclosed by parentheses and quotation marks in the preamble or body of this Contract, or otherwise defined in this Contract, shall also be a defined term, and wherever used in this Contract, each such defined term shall have the meaning provided for it in this Contract:

 

1.1.1                     “Appendix” shall mean that certain “Appendix — General Terms and Conditions to Gas Gathering Contract”, which is attached hereto.

 

1.1.2                     “Btu” shall mean British Thermal Unit.

 

1.1.3                     “Committed Gas” shall mean all Natural gas produced from the Dedicated Area and attributable to Contractually Dedicated Area Interests, except for all Natural gas (including all constituents and components thereof, and all products derived therefrom) expressly excluded or reserved by Shipper hereunder, including but not limited to, ITEM 1.1 of this Contract. The term “Committed Gas” shall also include quantities of Natural gas Shipper elects to make subject to this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE 2.6.

 

1.1.4                     “Condensate” shall mean the liquid hydrocarbons, condensates, and/or distillates that are recovered from gas in typical oil and gas separators or pipeline drips,

 

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compressor discharge, or suction scrubbers, usually from changes in ambient or ground temperature and/or pressure, but not from processing.

 

1.1.5                     “Contract” shall mean this Gas Gathering Contract, including the Appendix and Exhibits attached hereto and any future amendments and/or exhibits.

 

1.1.6                     “Contractually Dedicated Area Interests” shall mean the following interests and rights (insofar only as those interests and rights cover or pertain to any lands located in the Dedicated Area) that are now or hereafter subject to a legally binding agreement or arrangement by virtue of which Shipper has or will have the right to market and/or Gather Natural gas and provide other services attendant thereto that is produced from those lands and/or lands spaced, pooled, or communitized therewith and is attributable to those interests and rights: (i) any fee or term mineral or royalty interest; (ii) any interest or right in or derived or carved from any oil and gas lease; (iii) any interest or right derived from any pooling or unitization order; and (iv) any interest or right in or derived from any agreement (including any farmout, operating, communitization, marketing, purchase and sales, pooling, or unit agreement) pertaining to any right or interest identified or referenced in clause or item (i), (ii) or (iii) of this definition of Contractually Dedicated Area Interests; and (v) any option or contractual right to acquire or earn any interest or right identified or referenced in clause or item (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this definition of Contractually Dedicated Area Interests.

 

1.1.7                     “Cubic Foot of gas” shall mean the volume of gas necessary to fully fill one (1) cubic foot of unfilled space at a pressure base of 14.65 pounds per square inch absolute at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60°F).

 

1.1.8                     “Day” or “day” shall mean a period of 24 consecutive hours beginning and ending at 9:00 a.m., Central Clock Time.

 

1.1.9                     “Dedicated Area” shall mean all the lands included or enclosed in the bold outlined area depicted in Exhibit “A.” With respect to Tarrant County, Texas, the “Dedicated Area” shall only apply to those Contractually Dedicated Area Interests that are located entirely within Abstract A-931 of the Abner Lee Survey.

 

1.1.10              “Delivery Point(s)” shall be the locations as identified in ARTICLE 5.1, where Shipper delivers the Committed Gas to Gatherer.

 

1.1.11              “Firm Basis” shall mean the highest level of Gathering services then offered by Gatherer on Gatherer’s Pipeline System where Gatherer may interrupt its performance without liability only to the extent such performance is prevented by reasons of Force Majeure or any other agreed upon event. The term “Firm Basis” shall also incorporate the concept of “no notice service” which means the delivery and redelivery of Natural gas on an instantaneous or as-soon-as-reasonable basis without the need to provide any minimum amount of advance notice or to specify the quantity of gas to be delivered and redelivered.

 

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1.1.12              “Gathered Volume” shall mean, for any period, the sum of Shipper’s volume of Committed Gas (in MMBtu) delivered at each Delivery Point during that period less (i) Committed Gas used during that period by Gatherer for compression and treating fuel as described in ARTICLE 3.2.3 but excluding any purchased fuel gas, (ii) Shipper’s pro-rata share of Committed Gas used for fuel on Gatherer’s Pipeline System, including fuel use for treating purposes hereunder, (iii) loss and unaccounted for gas on Gatherer’s Pipeline System (including gains or losses) during that period, and (iv) gas used by Shipper for gas lift operations on Wells during that period.

 

1.1.13              “Gatherer’s Agent” shall mean any person or entity with which Gatherer has contracted to provide, on occasion, certain post-production services, including transmission, Gathering, treating, compression, measurement, accounting, or testing services, on behalf of Gatherer with respect to the Committed Gas.

 

1.1.14              “Gatherer’s Metering Facilities” shall mean Gatherer’s or Gatherer’s Agent’s meter and related facilities located at the Delivery Points and/or the Redelivery Points.

 

1.1.15              “Gatherer’s Pipeline System” shall mean Gatherer’s and/or Gatherer’s Agent’s pipeline system which is utilized to Gather the Committed Gas hereunder.

 

1.1.16              “Gathering” shall mean the receipt of gas at the Delivery Points by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent and the compression, treating, dehydration, and redelivery of said gas by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent at the Redelivery Points. Wherever the term “Gather” or “Gathered” is used with initial capitalization in this Contract, such term shall have the same meaning as Gathering.

 

1.1.17              “GPM” shall mean gallons per Mcf.

 

1.1.18              “Gross Heating Value” shall mean the number of Btus produced by the combustion at constant pressure of an amount of gas which would fully fill one (1) Cubic Foot of gas at saturated conditions.

 

1.1.19              “Law” shall mean any and all constitutional provisions, rules, codes, regulations, statutes, ordinances, enactments, judicial and administrative orders, decrees, standards, decisions and rulings that are adopted, enacted, promulgated or issued by any federal, state, municipal, parish or tribal governmental authority, including the common law.

 

1.1.20              “Losses” shall mean any actual loss, cost, claim, penalty, liability, damage, demand, suit, sanction, cause of action of every kind of character (including damage to property, personal injury, or death), judgment, lien, encumbrance, fine, or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, investigation expenses, and court costs.

 

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1.1.21              “Maximum Delivery Pressure” shall have the meaning set forth in ARTICLE 5.1.

 

1.1.22              “Natural gas” or “gas” shall mean natural gas produced from gas wells and gas produced in association with oil, including all hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon components, casinghead gas produced from oil wells, gas well gas and stock tank vapors.

 

1.1.23              “Mcf” shall mean one thousand (1,000) Cubic Feet of gas.

 

1.1.24              “MMBtu” shall mean one million (1,000,000) Btus.

 

1.1.25              “Month” or “month” shall mean the period of time beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central Clock Time on the first day of the calendar month and ending at 9:00 a.m. on the first day of the next succeeding calendar month.

 

1.1.26              “Psig” or “psig” shall mean pounds per square inch gauge.

 

1.1.27              “Redelivery Point(s)” shall have the meaning as set forth in ARTICLE 5.2.

 

1.1.28              “Settlement Point(s)” shall mean, if applicable, the location or point at which title, custody, and possession of the Committed Gas attributable to Shipper is first transferred from Shipper or Shipper’s designee to a Third Party or its designee. For purposes of allocating said Committed Gas back to each Well, such Committed Gas shall be measured at dry conditions.

 

1.1.29              “Third Party” shall mean any person or entity other than Gatherer, Gatherer’s Agent, or Shipper.

 

1.1.30              “Wells” shall mean any well classified by any governmental authority or under any applicable Law as a gas well or oil well in which gas produced therefrom and attributable to a Contractually Dedicated Area Interest subject to this Contract has been dedicated to Shipper, whether such well now exists or is hereafter drilled.

 

1.2                               The headings and titles in this Contract are for guidance and convenience of reference only and do not limit or otherwise affect or interpret the provisions of this Contract.  Each reference made in this Contract to an article or item (as used in the Appendix) is to the applicable article or item in this Contract unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

1.3                               The words “this Contract”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, and words of similar import refer to this Contract as a whole and not to any particular part of this Contract, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

1.4                               Each reference made in this Contract to an exhibit is to the applicable exhibit attached hereto, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.  The Appendix and each exhibit attached hereto are made a part hereof.

 

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1.5                               As used in this Contract, (i) any pronoun in masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall be construed to include all other genders, (ii) the term “including” shall be construed to be expansive rather than limiting in nature and to mean “including without limitation”, except where the context clearly otherwise requires, (iii) each term that is defined in this Contract in the singular shall include the plural of such term, and each term that is defined in this Contract in the plural shall include the singular of such term, and (iv) the words, phrases, and terms used herein shall have their ordinary meaning unless it is clearly indicated otherwise in this Contract or unless such word, phrase or term is defined in this Contract.

 

1.6                               Both Parties participated in the drafting of this Contract.  If any ambiguity is contained herein, no weight shall be given in favor of or against a Party in resolving that ambiguity on account of that Party’s drafting of this Contract.

 

1.7                               Any reference to any time or period of time is to the applicable time or period of time in the Dedicated Area.

 

ARTICLE 2

DEDICATION AND PROPERTIES COVERED

 

2.1                               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Contract and except as otherwise provided in this Contract, Shipper hereby commits and dedicates exclusively to Gatherer all of the Committed Gas attributable to the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests for the term of this Contract for the purposes provided in this Contract. The commitment and dedication set forth in this Section 2.1 shall be deemed a covenant running with the Dedicated Area and shall be binding on the successors and assigns of Shipper.

 

2.2                               Shipper represents and warrants to Gatherer that when Shipper delivers the Committed Gas to Gatherer during the term hereof, Shipper will have the right to Gather and/or market the Committed Gas produced from the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests, free from liens and adverse claims of every kind and, subject to the reservation of rights described in ITEM 1.1(c), will not waive or consent to any release, termination, or early expiration of any said Contractually Dedicated Area Interests during the term hereof without the express prior written consent of Gatherer, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Shipper further represents and warrants that when the Committed Gas is delivered to Gatherer at the Delivery Points that such Committed Gas will be owned or controlled by Shipper and will not be subject to any prior unreleased dedication as of the Effective Date. If after the Effective Date Shipper obtains the right to market and/or Gather gas within the Dedicated Area, then that gas shall become Committed Gas hereunder when Shipper obtains that right except as otherwise provided herein; provided, however, if said gas is subject to prior unreleased written dedication or commitment for the type of services provided for herein, then such interests shall be excluded from dedication hereunder unless and until all such contractual commitments and dedications have expired or are terminated, or have been assigned to Shipper or released.  Shipper shall indemnify, protect, defend, and hold Gatherer harmless from all Losses incurred or suffered by Gatherer arising from and out of claims of any Third Party with respect to the representations and warranties in this ARTICLE 2.2.

 

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2.3                               Subject to the terms of this Contract, at the Delivery Points, Shipper will deliver to Gatherer, and Gatherer will receive from Shipper, all of the Committed Gas produced from the Wells insofar as that Committed Gas is attributable to the Contractually Dedicated Area Interest in the Wells.

 

2.4                               Contemporaneously with the execution of this Contract, the Parties shall execute, acknowledge, deliver, and record a “short form” memorandum of this Contract in the form of Exhibit “C” which shall be placed of record in the counties in which the Dedicated Area is located. All preparation to, filing of, and costs associated with the “short form” memorandum and any subsequent amendment to said “short form” memorandum shall be the sole responsibility of and borne solely by Gatherer.

 

2.5                               Promptly after Gatherer’s receipt of each written request for same by Shipper, Gatherer shall deliver to Shipper a written release in recordable form of the dedication and commitment provided in ARTICLE 2.1 regarding any Natural gas (including any Committed Gas) released by Gatherer under ITEM 2.4 or ITEM 3.2.

 

2.6                               From time to time during the first five (5) years of the Initial Term hereof and subject to the terms of this ARTICLE 2.6, Shipper shall have the right to deliver quantities of Natural gas to Gatherer at mutually agreeable locations on Gatherer’s Pipeline System and said Natural gas shall be deemed Committed Gas for purposes hereunder, in each case if it (i) is owned or controlled by Shipper, (ii) is located outside of the Dedicated Area, (iii) is not attributable to Contractually Dedicated Area Interests, (iv) meets the quality specifications of ITEM TWO, (v) does not cause material operational issues on Gatherer’s Pipeline System, and (vi) does not require Gatherer to spend more than a de minimus amount of money to make changes to Gatherer’s Pipeline System to accommodate such quantities of Natural gas. The quantities of said designated Committed Gas shall be subject to the provisions of ITEM FIVE; provided, however, once Shipper has satisfied its Gathering Volume Commitment, the priority status of Natural gas delivered pursuant to this ARTICLE 2.6 shall be changed from a Firm Basis to a priority status equal to other Third Party contracts previously agreed to by the Parties. Shipper shall be solely responsible for the cost of constructing new Delivery Points on Gatherer’s Pipeline System in order to facilitate the receipt of said designated Committed Gas. If Gatherer receives Committed Gas pursuant to this ARTICLE 2.6, then Shipper represents and warrants to Gatherer that Shipper will have the right to Gather and/or market said Committed Gas, free from liens and adverse claims of every kind. Shipper shall indemnify, protect, defend, and hold Gatherer harmless from all Losses incurred or suffered by Gatherer arising from and out of claims of any Third Party with respect to the representations and warranties in this ARTICLE 2.6.  The Parties understand and agree that Committed Gas delivered and received pursuant to this ARTICLE 2.6 is not a dedication of any wells, lands, leases, or other similar interests. Further, the Committed Gas delivered and received pursuant to this ARTICLE 2.6 shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement except for the following provisions: ARTICLE 1.1.6, ARTICLEs 2.1 through 2.5, ITEM ONE, ITEM THREE, and ITEM 4.1 as such provision applies to Wells only.

 

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ARTICLE 3

FEES, VOLUME COMMITMENT AND ALLOCATION

 

3.1                               Subject to all other applicable provisions of this Contract and as full consideration for the quantity of Committed Gas Gathered hereunder by Gatherer each month, Shipper shall pay and Gatherer shall accept from Shipper an amount equal to sum of the applicable fees and payments as described in this ARTICLE 3.

 

3.2.1                     The fee for Gathering, compressing, treating, and dehydrating the Committed Gas from the Delivery Point to the Redelivery Point (“Gathering Fee”) shall equal $*** per MMBtu multiplied by the Gathered Volume.

 

3.2.2                     Beginning January 1, 2015 and each January 1st thereafter during the term hereof, the Gathering Fee shall be automatically adjusted by the percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers (“CPI”) as published by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics calculated for the twelve (12) Months immediately preceding the date of escalation; provided, however, the fee shall never be decreased below its initial amount.  The Parties shall use the negotiation procedure described in ITEM 11.1 to attempt to resolve any dispute between them regarding any change or adjustment to the CPI.  If the Parties fail to fully resolve the dispute, either Party may invoke the binding arbitration procedure described in ITEM 11.6 to resolve it.  The Gathering Fee for the immediately preceding calendar year shall remain in effect until a new Gathering Fee (as well as the effective dates thereof) is agreed upon by the Parties or determined by arbitration, and such agreed upon or determined fee shall be retroactively applied for the applicable new calendar year.

 

3.2.3                     Each Month during the term of this Contract, Gatherer is authorized to utilize a portion of the Committed Gas received from Shipper at each Delivery Point as compression fuel for the operation of Gatherer’s compression equipment hereunder.

 

3.2.4                     The allocation of Committed Gas (in MMBtu) measured at the Redelivery Point(s) and/or Settlement Point(s), as applicable, among the Wells which are attributable to the Committed Gas delivered to Gatherer each Month from such Wells shall be determined each Month on a Well-by-Well basis by multiplying the Gas as measured at the applicable Redelivery Point or Settlement Point by a ratio where the numerator is (a) each Delivery Point’s share of Gathered Volume MMBtu excluding the loss/gain deductions pursuant to ARTICLE 1.1.12(iii) and the denominator is (b) the sum of all Delivery Point’s Gathered Volumes excluding the loss/gain deductions pursuant to ARTICLE 1.1.12(iii). For the purposes of allocating fuel deduction pursuant to ARTICLE 1.1.12(i) and ARTICLE 1.1.12(ii), such fuel (expressed in MMBtu) will be allocated to each Well based on a ratio where the numerator is (a) each Delivery Point’s share of Committed Gas less gas used by Shipper for gas lift operations pursuant to ARTICLE 1.1.12(iv) and the denominator is (b) the sum of all Delivery Point’s share of Committed Gas less gas used by Shipper for gas lift operations.

 

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3.3                               Volume Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Parties agree upon the following:

 

(a)         Gathering Volume Commitment. Shipper shall deliver to Gatherer a daily average of not less than 125,000 Mcf per Day of Committed Gas during each calendar year for the first five (5) years of the Initial Term (“Gathering Volume Commitment”). Subject to ARTICLE 3.3(b) and ARTICLE 3.3(c), in the event Shipper fails to deliver at least the Gathering Volume Commitment for any applicable calendar quarter, Shipper shall pay Gatherer an amount equal to the product of the (i) Gathering Fee, (ii) positive difference between (A) the product of the Gathering Volume Commitment and the number of days in such calendar quarter and (B) the Gathered Volume for such calendar quarter and (iii) the average Gross Heating Value of the Gathered Volume for such calendar quarter (“Gathering Volume Commitment Deficiency Payment”). Any Gathering Volume Commitment Deficiency Payment made by Shipper to Gatherer hereunder shall be considered liquidated damages and Gatherer’s sole and exclusively remedy regarding the delivery deficiency of the Gathering Volume Commitment.

 

(b)         Relief from Volume Commitment. Shipper shall be excused from delivering a portion of the Gathering Volume Commitment and making payment of any corresponding deficiency payment related thereto only under the following circumstances:

 

(i)                                     If Gatherer fails to Gather at least the Gathering Volume Commitment and such failure is not expressly excused hereunder, the applicable corresponding deficiency payment shall not apply to the extent of the affected volumes of Committed Gas; or

 

(ii)                                  If, due to an event of Force Majeure, on any day, Gatherer is unable to Gather at least the Gathering Volume Commitment, such day shall be excluded from the calculations of the Gathering Volume Commitment Deficiency Payment as if such day had not occurred during the applicable calendar quarter.

 

(c)          Over/Under Deliveries of Gathering Volume Commitment. If Shipper, during any quarter of a calendar year in which the Gathering Volume Commitment is in effect, delivers to Gatherer an amount of Committed Gas: (i) in excess of the Gathering Volume Commitment for such quarter (“Excess Gathered Amount”), then Shipper shall have the right to credit said Excess Gathered Amount against its Gathering Volume Commitment for the succeeding calendar quarter; or (ii) that is less than the Gathering Volume Commitment for such quarter (“Deficient Gathered Amount”), then Shipper shall have the right to make-up its Gathering Volume Commitment for such calendar quarter by delivering to Gatherer the Deficient Gathered Amount in excess of the Gathering Volume Commitment for the succeeding calendar quarter. In the event Shipper fails to deliver the Deficient Gathered Amount to Gatherer during

 

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said succeeding calendar quarter, then Shipper shall pay Gathering Volume Commitment Deficiency Payment in accordance with ARTICLE 3.3(a).

 

3.4                               Mutually Beneficial Projects. From time to time during the term hereof, the Parties may desire to evaluate and participate in certain mutually beneficial projects that would add or enhance the value each receives under this Contract. Such projects may include, but not be limited to, reducing fuel consumption, lowering pipeline pressures to enhance gas deliveries hereunder (whether by offloading gas volumes or through compression), changing, modifying, or altering gas flow patterns across Gatherer’s Pipeline System from the current system configuration, offloading volumes of gas to Third Parties and modifying Gatherer’s Pipeline System in order to accommodate the disposition of said volumes, and expanding capacity on Gatherer’s Pipeline System.

 

3.4.1                     If a Party (“X”) desires to propose a project to the other Party (“Y”), then X shall submit said proposal to Y in writing where such proposal shall contain at least the following information: type and scope of project; anticipated benefits (i.e. cost savings, increased volumetric throughput); estimated timeline for construction, installation, and initial operation; and estimated cost and expenses. Within thirty (30) days of Y’s receipt thereof, the Parties shall meet to discuss the commercial viability of the proposal taking into consideration the cost of the project, the estimated payout, and the anticipated benefits for both Parties. If the Parties agree to proceed with the proposed project (either as initially proposed or as modified), then such arrangement shall be memorialized in a separate agreement containing necessary terms including, but not limited to, the scope of work, cost, and the payor and payee.

 

3.4.2                     If, after sixty (60) days from Y’s receipt of the proposal described above in ARTICLE 3.4.1, the Parties are unable to agree upon the proposal or any alternatives thereto, then the Parties shall submit such proposal to designated representatives from both Parties for their review and consideration of said proposal. The designated representatives shall be comprised of individuals who were not part of the initial or any subsequent review and/or discussion of the project and have the requisite corporate authority to bind its respective Party. Within thirty (30) days from receipt of said proposal, the designated representatives from each Party shall make a determination to (i) approve the project, (ii) disapprove the project, or (iii) re-submit the project to the initial group with further guidance and/or instructions.

 

3.5                               Gas Lift. At any time and from time to time during the term hereof, Shipper may request Gatherer to deliver to Shipper a quantity of gas for Shipper’s gas lifting operations. Such service shall be offered by Gatherer to Shipper in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit “D,” attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 

ARTICLE 4

TERM AND TERMINATION

 

4.1                               This Contract shall be effective from the Effective Date and shall continue and remain in full force and effect for a primary term of ten (10) years (the “Initial Term”) and year-to-

 

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year thereafter until terminated by Gatherer or Shipper (i) upon the giving of notice to the other Party of its intention to terminate this Contract at least one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the end of the Initial term or any extension term or (ii) as otherwise provided in this ARTICLE 4.

 

4.2                               Prior to the termination or expiration of this Contract, each Party shall use its best efforts to negotiate in good faith mutually agreeable services and associated rates in order to extend the term of this Contract. If the Parties are unable to agree upon a certain service, what may or may not be included in said service, or the rate for said service, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with ITEM ELEVEN.

 

4.3                               The termination of this Contract in accordance with this ARTICLE 4 shall not impair, impede or otherwise adversely affect any right, claim or cause of action that a Party may have arising prior to or as a result of that termination, including the right to obtain and receive any payment owing under this Contract.

 

4.4                               This ARTICLE 4.4, ARTICLE 4.3, ARTICLE 4.2, ARTICLE 7.2, and ITEMs 10.7, 10.13, 10.14, and ELEVEN of the Appendix shall survive the termination of this Contract.

 

ARTICLE 5

DELIVERY/REDELIVERY POINTS AND PRESSURE

 

5.1                               The Delivery Point(s) for the Committed Gas shall be at the inlet flange of Gatherer’s Metering Facilities located near the site of production facilities for each Well, or at other mutually agreeable locations on Gatherer’s Pipeline System. Shipper shall cause the Committed Gas to be delivered at a pressure sufficient to allow the Committed Gas to flow into Gatherer’s Pipeline System at each Delivery Point against the prevailing line pressure at such point but not in excess of the maximum allowable operating pressure (“MAOP”) of Gatherer’s Pipeline System at such Delivery Point. Gatherer retains the right to set a maximum delivery pressure, relative to Shipper’s deliveries of Committed Gas, so that the system can be operated in an efficient manner (“Maximum Delivery Pressure”); provided, however, it is the Parties’ intent for Gatherer to operate Gatherer’s Pipeline System in a manner that maximizes the amount of Committed Gas to be delivered into the system while allowing Gatherer to optimize the efficiency thereof. If Shipper elects to install compression facilities and Gatherer reasonably determines that there is a pulsation problem because of those compression facilities, then Shipper will install a pulsation dampener (which shall have a design reasonably acceptable to Gatherer) at Shipper’s sole cost and expense, between such compression facilities and Gatherer’s Metering Facilities at the Delivery Point(s).

 

5.2                               The Redelivery Point(s) for the Committed Gas shall be at the inlet to each downstream pipeline’s metering facilities located at mutually agreeable points as further described on Exhibit “B.” Gatherer shall cause the Committed Gas to be delivered at a pressure sufficient to allow the Committed Gas to flow into each downstream pipeline at the Redelivery Point(s) against the prevailing pressure but not in excess of the MAOP of the downstream pipeline at the Redelivery Point(s).

 

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5.3                               Consistent with the Firm Basis service provided by Gatherer hereunder, Shipper shall not be required to provide Gatherer with nominations of the Committed Gas at the Delivery Points. Shipper shall be solely responsible for all nominations and scheduling for its Committed Gas at the Redelivery Points and shall be solely responsible for any costs, penalties, and expenses associated therewith including any imbalances. If Shipper fails for any reason to take or otherwise dispose of all or any part of Shipper’s share of Committed Gas for any month during the term hereof and such failure adversely affects the operations or integrity of Gatherer’s Pipeline System, then Gatherer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to market Shipper’s share of Committed Gas in a commercially reasonable manner but with prior written notice to Shipper; provided, however, that Gatherer shall account to and timely pay Shipper for the proceeds received by Gatherer from the disposition thereof.

 

ARTICLE 6

NOTICES

 

6.1                               All notices provided for herein shall be in writing and may be sent by facsimile or mutually acceptable electronic means, a nationally recognized overnight courier service, first class mail, or hand delivered to a Party at its applicable address listed below.  Notice shall be considered given on the first business day after its receipt by the addressee.  In the absence of proof of the actual receipt date, the following presumptions will apply:  (i) notices sent by facsimile will be deemed to have been received upon the sending Party’s receipt of its facsimile machine’s confirmation of successful transmission; (ii) notice by overnight mail or courier will be deemed to have been received on the next business day after it was sent or such earlier time as is confirmed by the receiving Party; and (iii) notice via first class mail will be considered delivered five (5) business days after mailing. The Parties may communicate to each other via email for general business purposes (including operational notices) but emails shall not be considered as an acceptable means of delivering legal notices hereunder.  Each Party will promptly notify to the other Party upon any change in its address.

 

	
GATHERER’S   ADDRESS:
    	
 
    
	
SWG   Pipeline, L.L.C.
    	
 
    
	
Attn:  Contract Administration
    	
 
    
	
2501   Cedar Springs Road, Suite 100
    	
 
    
	
Dallas,   TX 75201
    	
 
    
	
Fax:   (214) 953-9501
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
SHIPPER’S   ADDRESS:
    	
 
    
	
NOTICES   & CORRESPONDENCE
    	
STATEMENTS   & PAYMENTS
    
	
Devon   Gas Services, L.P.
    	
Devon   Gas Services, L.P.
    


 

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Attn:  Contract Administration - Marketing 
    	
Attn:  Accounting
    
	
333   West Sheridan Avenue
    	
333   West Sheridan Avenue
    
	
Oklahoma   City, OK 73102-5015
    	
Oklahoma   City, OK 73102-5015
    
	
Fax:  (405) 234-2737
    	
Fax:  (405) 552-1520
    
	
Email:   devongasmarketing@dvn.com
    	
 
    


 

ARTICLE 7

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

 

7.1                               If either Party (“X”) has reasonable grounds for insecurity regarding the performance of any material obligation under this Contract (whether or not then due) by the other Party (“Y”) (including, without limitation, the occurrence of a material change in the creditworthiness of Y or its credit support provider, if applicable), X may demand Adequate Assurance of Performance.  “Adequate Assurance of Performance” shall mean sufficient security in the form, amount, for a term, and from an issuer, all as reasonably acceptable to X, including, but not limited to cash, a standby irrevocable letter of credit, a prepayment, a security interest in an asset, or a guaranty.

 

7.2                               In the event (each an “Event of Default”) either Party or, if applicable, its credit support provider (the “Defaulting Party”) shall: (i) make an assignment or any general arrangement for the benefit of creditors; (ii) file a petition or otherwise commence, authorize, or acquiesce in the commencement of a proceeding or case under any bankruptcy or similar Law for the protection of creditors or have such petition filed or proceeding commenced against it; (iii) otherwise become bankrupt or insolvent (however evidenced); (iv) be unable to pay its debts as they fall due; (v) have a receiver, provisional liquidator, conservator, custodian, trustee or other similar official appointed with respect to it or substantially all of its assets; (vi) fail to perform any material obligation to the other Party with respect to any credit support obligations relating to this Contract; (vii) fail to give Adequate Assurance of Performance hereunder within 48 hours but at least one business day of a written request by the other Party; (viii) not have paid any material amount due the other Party hereunder on or before the second business day following written notice that such payment is due; or (ix) fail to promptly take and diligently prosecute appropriate actions to remedy a material default or breach of a material covenant or provision hereunder after receiving written notice thereof from the other Party and to remedy such default or breach within thirty (30) days (or longer if such default or breach reasonably requires a longer cure period); then the other Party (the “Non-Defaulting Party”) shall have the right, at its sole election, to immediately withhold and/or suspend deliveries or payments upon notice, in addition to any and all other remedies available hereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Contract to be executed in multiple originals by the proper representatives thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first hereinabove written, but this Contract shall be effective as of the Effective Date.

 

 

	
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/s/   Darryl G. Smette
    	
 
    	
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/s/   Susan E. Alberti
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Darryl   G. Smette
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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APPENDIX - GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

TO GAS GATHERING CONTRACT

BETWEEN

DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P., “SHIPPER”

AND

SWG PIPELINE, L.L.C., “GATHERER”

DATED MARCH 7, 2014

EFFECTIVE:   March 1, 2014

 

For the consideration stated in this Contract, the Parties further agree as follows:

 

ITEM ONE

RESERVATIONS BY SHIPPER

 

1.1                               The following rights, which are vested in Third Parties owning the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests, are and shall be excepted and excluded from the purview of this Contract and are not and shall not be subject to the dedication and commitment provided in ARTICLE 2.1, and each such Third Party may exercise the following rights free and clear of any claim of Gatherer:

 

(a)                                 The right to use, but not to sell to others, sufficient gas for the development and operation of the Wells and appurtenant facilities (in conjunction therewith) in which that Third Party has an ownership interest, including use of gas for drilling, workovers, completions, operations, treating, gas lift, pressure maintenance, and fuel.

 

(b)                                 The right to space, pool, communitize, and unitize any of the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests with other lands, leases, interests, and properties of that Third Party or others located in the field in which those Contractually Dedicated Area Interests are located, and all Committed Gas attributable to those Contractually Dedicated Area Interests produced therefrom shall be covered by this Contract, except as otherwise provided in this Contract; provided, that the exercise of such right by that Third Party shall not diminish Gatherer’s right or increase its obligations in any material respect with respect to the Committed Gas produced from the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests covered hereby.

 

(c)                                  The right to exploit, use, maintain, and operate the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests covered by this Contract and all Wells, properties, facilities, and equipment incidental, related or appurtenant thereto in which that Third Party has an interest in such manner as that Third Party deems advisable, in the Third Party’s sole discretion, including the right to drill or complete new Wells, to repair, recomplete, or rework any Wells, to reduce, suspend or shut-in the production from any Wells, to acquire new or additional Contractually Dedicated Area Interests, to renew, extend or amend in whole or in part any of the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests covered by this Contract, to abandon any

 

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Well, and to release or terminate all or any portion of Contractually Dedicated Area Interests in order to avoid or resolve any pending or threatened litigation concerning the validity of those Contractually Dedicated Area Interests, or that are not deemed by that Third Party as being capable of producing oil or gas in commercial quantities or as having been perpetuated beyond their respective stated terms in accordance with the terms of the respective instruments creating those Contractually Dedicated Area Interests.

 

(d)                                 The right to provide Natural gas which such Third Party is obligated to provide to a lessor, an owner of an overriding royalty or other owner of a non-cost bearing interest, or a surface owner under the terms of an oil and gas lease or other agreement, contract or conveying instrument.

 

(e)                                  The right to market and/or Gather all of such Third Party’s share of Natural gas attributable to (1) any Contractually Dedicated Area Interests that are subject on the date hereof to a prior dedication in favor of an affiliate of Gatherer or another Third Party (whether under a gas purchase, Gathering and/or processing contract, call on production, or similar agreement or arrangement) or (2) any Contractually Dedicated Area Interests that are acquired after the date hereof by such Third Party and are subject, when acquired, to a pre-existing prior sales, Gathering and/or processing dedication made by another Third Party in favor of a purchaser, gatherer or processor other than Gatherer or Shipper.

 

(f)                                   The right to market and/or Gather all of such Third Party’s share of Natural Gas from any Well not operated by it during any period in which such Third Party does not own a majority working interest in such Well and such Third Party has elected to market its share of production from that Well to another Third Party in accordance with applicable Law, or the applicable operating, unit or other agreement between such Third Party and the operator of that Well.

 

1.2                               It is agreed that Shipper may cause or allow the Committed Gas to be separated by means of a conventional ambient mechanical wellhead gas-oil separator prior to its delivery to Gatherer.

 

ITEM TWO

QUALITY

 

2.1                               Gatherer shall not be obligated to take any Committed Gas tendered hereunder unless the same meets the following requirements as to quality:

 

Hydrogen Sulfide:  The Committed Gas shall not contain more than four parts per million (4 ppm) of hydrogen sulfide as determined by a quantitative test generally accepted in the natural gas industry for such purpose.

 

Total Sulphur:  The Committed Gas shall not contain more than twenty (20) grains of total sulphur per one hundred (100) cubic feet of gas as determined by a quantitative test generally accepted in the natural gas industry for such purpose.

 

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Temperature:  The Committed Gas shall not have a temperature of less than forty degrees Fahrenheit (40°F) nor more than one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (120°F).

 

Carbon Dioxide:  The Committed Gas shall not contain carbon dioxide in excess of two percent (2%) by volume.

 

Oxygen:  The Committed Gas shall contain no oxygen.

 

Nitrogen:  The Committed Gas shall not contain nitrogen in excess of two percent (2%) by volume.

 

Total Inert Gases:  The Committed Gas shall not contain total inert gases in excess of four percent (4%) by volume.

 

Objectionable Liquids and Solids and Dilution:  The Committed Gas shall (i) be free of objectionable liquids and solids, as determined by Gatherer in good faith, (ii) be commercially free from dust, salts, soaps, foam-forming constituents, gums, gum-forming constituents, paraffins, or other similar liquid or solid matter which become separated from the Committed Gas in the course of gathering through Gatherer’s Pipeline System, and (iii) any other impurities, including microbiologically corrosive agents.

 

Heating Value:  The Committed Gas shall not have a Gross Heating Value of less than 950 Btu per Cubic Foot of gas under the conditions of measurement contained herein.

 

In the event that the quality specifications of any pipeline receiving gas from Gatherer’s Pipeline System is more stringent than the applicable quality specification set forth in this ITEM 2.1, then notwithstanding any reasonableness standard agreed to by Gatherer regarding said quality specifications, all Committed Gas delivered by Shipper to Gatherer shall meet the quality specifications of that pipeline. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this ITEM TWO, the quality specifications set forth herein shall not apply during the period of time when any Well dedicated herein is being completed/recompleted and is flowing into Gatherer’s Pipeline System during said completion/recompletion phase; provided, however, for the suspension of the quality specifications set forth herein during the completion/recompletion phase to apply to any Well which has been connected to Gatherer’s Pipeline System pursuant to this Contract, Shipper shall require the Contracted Parties (as defined in ITEM 4.1) to furnish, install, and maintain, or use their respective reasonable efforts to cause the operator of such Well to furnish, install, and maintain equipment at the well site of such Well (such as a separator) as is reasonably necessary for the removal of the objectionable liquids from such Well, as reasonably determined by such Contracted Parties in their sole discretion.

 

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2.2                               Gatherer’s acceptance of any quantities of Committed Gas which fail to conform to any of the applicable quality specifications provided in ITEM 2.1 shall not constitute a waiver by Gatherer of the quality specifications with regard to future deliveries of Committed Gas.

 

2.3                               In the event Shipper delivers Committed Gas which fails to meet the quality specifications described in ITEM 2.1:  (a) Shipper shall be responsible for any and all Losses suffered by Gatherer to Gatherer’s Pipeline System or the gas within Gatherer’s Pipeline System arising from or relating to the delivery of the Committed Gas not meeting those quality specifications including, without limitation, corrosion or damage to Gatherer’s Pipeline System, the loss of line pack due to contamination, and loss of business while purging and re-packing Gatherer’s Pipeline System and (b) in the event gas which is committed to Gatherer’s Pipeline System is commingled with the Committed Gas from Shipper which fails to meet the quality specifications provided herein, Shipper shall also be responsible for any and all Losses suffered or incurred by Gatherer due to claims from any other shipper on Gatherer’s Pipeline System who can demonstrate to Gatherer’s reasonable satisfaction that such shipper’s gas was rejected or rendered “non-conforming” due to it being commingled with the Committed Gas that did not meet the specifications described in ITEM 2.1.

 

2.4                               If Gatherer notifies Shipper at any time that the Committed Gas tendered at any Delivery Point does not conform with the quality specifications described in ITEM 2.1 (excluding the specifications for hydrogen sulfide), then Shipper may bring such Committed Gas into conformity with such specifications within a reasonable period of time (immediately in those situations in which Gatherer notifies Shipper that such Committed Gas threatens the integrity of Gatherer’s Pipeline System or adversely affects Gatherer’s ability to deliver into downstream pipelines), including the right to blend or pare gas delivered at a particular non-conforming Delivery Point with gas from one or more conforming Delivery Points such that effect of such blending is that the commingled gas conforms with the quality specifications, so long as Shipper’s actions do not adversely affect (i) Gatherer’s ability to operate any portion of Gatherer’s Pipeline System or (ii) the integrity of any portion of Gatherer’s Pipeline System. If Shipper fails to do so promptly after its receipt of such notification, Gatherer may, at its option and without limitation, (i) continue to accept the Committed Gas as delivered by Shipper without charging Shipper any type of fee, cost or expense for such off-spec Committed Gas, (ii) refuse to accept delivery of such Committed Gas pending the correction of the deficiency by Shipper, or (iii) take any action reasonably necessary to conform the Committed Gas with the quality specifications provided in ITEM 2.1, the cost of which shall be charged to Shipper hereunder.  Absent exigent circumstance, before Gatherer takes any action under the immediately preceding sentence to conform the Committed Gas to the quality specifications provided in ITEM 2.1, Gatherer shall notify Shipper of such intended action and the estimated cost thereof. After receiving Gatherer’s notification, Shipper shall immediately inform Gatherer whether Shipper authorizes Gatherer to conform the Committed Gas to those quality specifications.  If Shipper elects not to treat the Committed Gas itself or does not allow Gatherer to treat the Committed Gas, or if Gatherer elects not to treat or blend the Committed Gas to conform the Committed Gas to

 

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the quality specifications provided in ITEM 2.1, Gatherer shall, upon the written request of Shipper, permanently release from this Contract all non-conforming Natural gas. Notwithstanding this ITEM 2.4, Gatherer shall have the ongoing right to immediately shut off any Committed Gas with written notice to Shipper if Gatherer reasonably determines that such Committed Gas threatens the integrity of Gatherer’s Pipeline System or adversely affects downstream facilities or markets.

 

ITEM THREE

PIPELINE CONNECTION

 

3.1                               It is understood and agreed that Gatherer and Shipper, in accordance with ARTICLE 5.1, have decided, or will at a subsequent point in time decide, upon the location of the Delivery Point for each Well committed hereunder.  In the event multiple Wells are located on a common drill pad, the Parties will establish a single Delivery Point (“SDP”) for such Wells. Gatherer shall provide a meter site for the SDP at a mutually agreeable location determined by the Parties. If Shipper prefers another location, then it will be responsible for any incremental cost for Gatherer to connect to that site. If both Parties agree that the pad size or number of Wells drilled on it render a single site infeasible, the Parties shall mutually agree on the location and number of additional sites and SDPs.  Shipper shall make the necessary connections from the drill pad to the meter site. Further, in the event a Contract Party (as defined in ITEM 4.1 below) establishes another drill pad at or within 330 feet of an existing drill pad (edge of pad to edge of pad), Shipper will connect all Wells from the subsequent drill pad to the SDP on the existing meter site. However, Gatherer understands and agrees that in the event Shipper, in its sole and reasonable opinion, determines that circumstances exist that make it unacceptable to connect Wells from different drilling pads to the same SDP, Gatherer shall be obligated to establish a new SDP at the existing meter site in accordance with the terms described herein.

 

3.2                               The Parties shall use the following process for connecting Wells to Gatherer’s Pipeline System:

 

(a)                                 Promptly after Shipper has informed Gatherer that a Well committed to or dedicated to Gatherer under this Contract is ready to be drilled, Gatherer will determine the anticipated length of right-of-way required to connect the Well to Gatherer’s Pipeline System (at the Well pad or at a SDP as herein provided).  If Gatherer determines that connecting the Well to Gatherer’s Pipeline System requires three (3) miles of right-of-way or less, Gatherer will promptly proceed with commercially reasonable efforts to construct such pipelines and connect the Well to Gatherer’s Pipeline System at its sole cost and expense.

 

(b)                                 If Shipper has informed Gatherer that a Well committed to or dedicated to Gatherer under this Contract is ready to be drilled, and Gatherer determines that the anticipated length of right-of-way to connect the Well to Gatherer’s Pipeline System as provided in ITEM 3.2(a) will require the construction of a pipeline with more than 3 miles of right-of-way, Gatherer will evaluate whether the construction of such pipeline (an “Expansion Line”) is commercially reasonable

 

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for Gatherer to undertake, taking into consideration any information provided by Shipper and Gatherer’s expected financial returns with respect to such pipeline.  If Gatherer does not notify Shipper, within 3 business days of receiving Shipper’s notice that said Well is ready to be drilled, that Gatherer requests a meeting with Shipper (the “Expansion Meeting”), Gatherer will proceed with commercially reasonable efforts to construct the Expansion Line and connect it to the Well at Gatherer’s sole cost and expense.  If Gatherer requests an Expansion Meeting within such 3 business day period, the representatives of Shipper and Gatherer will discuss in good faith alternative Well connection methods.

 

(c)                                  If the parties are unable to agree on any alternative arrangements pursuant to ITEM 3.2(b) above, then Gatherer shall promptly provide Shipper, upon Shipper’s written request, with a written release from this Contract insofar as it covers such Well, the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests covering such Well, and the Natural gas produced therefrom or attributable thereto.

 

3.3                               In the event Shipper requests that any established Delivery Point be moved, Gatherer shall relocate such Delivery Point at Shipper’s expense.  Prior to performing the work to relocate any such Delivery Point, Gatherer shall provide Shipper with a detailed cost estimate acceptable to Shipper for the work to be performed. Upon completion, Gatherer shall invoice Shipper for the actual costs, not to exceed 110% of Gatherer’s cost estimate.

 

ITEM FOUR

FIELD EQUIPMENT

 

4.1                               Subject to the terms of this Contract, with respect to any Well which has been connected to Gatherer’s Pipeline System pursuant to this Contract, Shipper shall contractually require that one or more owners of the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests in the Well (“Contracted Parties”) furnish, install and maintain, or use their respective reasonable efforts to cause the operator of such Well to furnish, install and maintain such post-production equipment at the well site of such Well (such as a separator or a treater) between the wellhead of such Well and the first pipe connection to Gatherer’s Pipeline System as is reasonably necessary for the proper, safe and efficient operation of such Well, as reasonably determined by such Contracted Parties in their sole discretion, and to enable Shipper to make delivery, or cause delivery to be made, of Committed Gas to such pipe connection to the Delivery Points.

 

(a)                                 Promptly after receiving a written request from Gatherer, Shipper shall require the applicable Contracted Parties to install a high-low shut-in device on those Contracted Parties’ applicable facilities covered by this Contract which will shut off deliveries of Committed Gas in the event those Contracted Parties’ delivery pressure reaches or exceeds the Maximum Delivery Pressure, which may be reestablished by the Parties from time to time, or in the event Gatherer has, or the Contracted Parties have, a sudden drop in line pressure.  Shipper shall contractually require all applicable Contracted Parties to annually test their respective high-low shut-in devices through which the Committed Gas flows.

 

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(b)                                 Shipper shall furnish any information reasonably requested by Gatherer regarding any Contracted Parties’ high-low shut-in equipment, or delivery lines through which the Committed Gas flows.  Shipper shall contractually require Contracted Parties to maintain their respective production equipment at or in the vicinity of the Wells in good condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) at all times in accordance with generally accepted prudent industry practices when producing Wells are connected to Gatherer’s Pipeline System at any Delivery Point.

 

(c)                                  Upon reasonable notice to Shipper, Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent, at their respective sole risk and expense, shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect and witness any test on any Contracted Parties’ high-low pressure shut-in production equipment at or tied to any Well.  In the event of an emergency or the failure of Shipper to regulate the deliveries of Committed Gas when reasonably requested by Gatherer, Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent shall have the right to require Shipper to require the applicable Contracted Parties to shut-off the flow of Committed Gas into Gatherer’s Pipeline System until such emergency no longer exists or Gatherer begins such resumption of deliveries, as applicable, and Gatherer shall not be liable to Shipper for any damage that may result to the Wells or the Contracted Parties’ equipment.  If reasonably possible under the circumstances, Gatherer will notify Shipper of any action that Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent intends to take pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence before any such action is taken by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent.  If it is not reasonably possible for Gatherer to notify Shipper before Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent takes any such action, then Gatherer shall notify Shipper of such action promptly after taking such action.

 

4.2                               All Condensate and drip liquids attributable to the Committed Gas accumulating in the drips, separators and/or lines from the respective Wells upstream or downstream of a Delivery Point shall belong to and be owned by Shipper.

 

4.3                               In the event the oxygen content of the Committed Gas tendered at any Delivery Point does not conform with the quality specifications set forth in ITEM 2.1 above, Shipper shall, at the request of Gatherer, procure and install (or cause to be procured and installed), at Shipper’s expense, an oxygen analyzer and control device on Shipper’s facilities covered by this Contract that will shut off deliveries of Committed Gas in the event the oxygen content of the Committed Gas tendered at any Delivery Points does not conform with the quality specifications set forth in ITEM 2.1.  Shipper shall annually test, or cause the owner of such facilities to annually test, such analyzer and control device to confirm its proper operation.

 

ITEM FIVE

QUANTITY

 

5.1                               Gatherer shall provide Gathering services to Shipper on a Firm Basis up to the physical and operational capacity of Gatherer’s Pipeline System as exists as of the Effective Date for Committed Gas. During the term hereof and as to the physical and operational 

 

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capacity of Gatherer’s Pipeline System as exists as of the Effective Date, with regard to Committed Gas, Shipper shall have the highest priority of any shipper on Gatherer’s Pipeline System and Shipper’s capacity on Gatherer’s Pipeline System shall not be prorated with respect to any other shipper unless required by applicable Law.

 

5.2                               Subject to the other provisions of this Contract, Shipper shall deliver to Gatherer at the Delivery Points, and Gatherer shall receive from Shipper at the Delivery Points, all of the Committed Gas produced from the Dedicated Area attributable to the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests as well as the Committed Gas delivered by Shipper to Gatherer pursuant to ARTICLE 2.6.  Upon receipt of the Committed Gas at the Delivery Points, Gatherer shall Gather the Committed Gas and redeliver to Shipper at the Redelivery Points the Committed Gas.  Gatherer shall operate the Gatherer’s Pipeline System as a prudent operator in accordance with generally accepted natural gas industry practices and consistent with the terms and conditions of this Contract.

 

5.3                               During any period when the capacity of Gatherer’s Pipeline System is constrained to Gather, transport, compress and/or treat all of the gas connected thereto, the volumes of Committed Gas subject to ARTICLE 3.3 shall not be reduced by Gatherer prior to the reduction of other shippers’ gas volumes unless required by applicable Law. Gatherer’s failure to take said constrained volumes of Committed Gas shall not be deemed a breach of Gatherer’s obligations hereunder.

 

5.4                               In the event Gatherer, in its sole discretion, agrees to allow Shipper to deliver the Committed Gas hereunder “full wellstream,” then in addition to the provisions set forth above in ITEM 5.1 and notwithstanding the provisions of ITEM 4.2, Shipper may also deliver to Gatherer at the Delivery Points all liquids and any produced saltwater (or any similar nuisance liquids) attributable to Shipper from such Wells.  Gatherer shall receive and handle all volumes of liquids and saltwater (or any similar nuisance liquids) attributable to Shipper pursuant to the terms herein and then redeliver to Shipper equivalent volumes of liquids and saltwater (and any similar nuisance liquids) at a mutually agreeable facility.  Shipper shall then dispose of the liquids and saltwater at its sole cost and risk.

 

5.5                               The Parties recognize that certain quantities of gas and/or electricity will be used to fuel or power compression and treating equipment and for operational purposes, and that gas may be lost, gained, and/or unaccounted for on Gatherer’s Pipeline System.  Shipper shall provide Gatherer with its pro rata volumetric share of such fuel and gas lost, gained, and/or unaccounted for in-kind relative to all sources of gas into Gatherer’s Pipeline System and Shipper shall reimburse Gatherer with its pro rata volumetric share of electrical power costs relative to all sources of gas into Gatherer’s Pipeline System.

 

5.6                               If at any time Gatherer is unable or fails for any reason to receive any quantity of Committed Gas available by Shipper under this Contract (absent Shipper’s failure to deliver the Committed Gas to Gatherer), the affected quantity of Committed Gas made available by Shipper and not taken by Gatherer shall be temporarily released from this Contract.  Shipper may, at its sole option and in addition to any other rights and remedies 

 

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Shipper may have hereunder, at law or in equity, deliver all or any portion of the Committed Gas temporarily released from this Contract to an alternative pipeline or purchaser. This temporary release shall cease and Shipper shall resume delivery of the affected Committed Gas to Gatherer when Gatherer has notified Shipper that the cause of Gatherer’s inability or failure to receive has been completely alleviated and Gatherer is ready, willing, and able to begin receiving the Committed Gas again. Upon the earlier of Shipper’s receipt of Gatherer’s notice or at such time when Shipper is legally or contractually able to do so (but in no event greater than 90 Days), Shipper shall resume deliveries to Gatherer.

 

5.7                               Provided that Gatherer is able to meet its obligations to Shipper under the terms of this Contract, this Contract shall not preclude Gatherer from providing Gathering services to Third Parties.

 

ITEM SIX

MEASUREMENT

 

6.1                               The unit of volume for the measurement of Committed Gas shall be one (1) Cubic Foot of gas.  All fundamental constants, observations, records and procedures involved in determining and/or verifying the quantity and other characteristics of Committed Gas delivered hereunder, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be in accordance with the standards prescribed in the American Petroleum Institute Manuel of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 14, Section 3 (Latest Revision).

 

6.2                               Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent shall own, install, maintain and operate Gatherer’s Metering Facility located on Gatherer’s Pipeline System at each Delivery Point and Redelivery Point. At each such Gatherer’s Metering Facility, Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent will own, install, maintain and operate orifice meters or other measuring devices that meet accepted standards prescribed in the American Petroleum Institute Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 14, Section 3 (Latest Revision). Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent may also install Electronic Flow Meters (EFM), which if installed, will be designed, installed, and operated in accordance with generally accepted prudent natural gas industry standards. Each such Gatherer’s Metering Facility shall be so equipped with orifice meters, recording gauge, or other types of pneumatic or electronic meters or measuring devices of standard make and design commonly utilized in the natural gas industry in order to accomplish the accurate measurement of gas flowing through such equipment. Gatherer shall maintain all such meters, devices, gauges, and equipment in good operating condition in accordance with generally accepted prudent natural gas industry standards. Shipper will have access to Gatherer’s metering equipment and information received from such metering equipment at reasonable hours. To the extent Shipper is contractually obligated to a Contracted Party, such Contracted Party will have access to any equipment and information if that Contracted Party’s Committed Gas flows through said equipment. If a meter station is set up with a chart recorder, the changing of charts shall be done by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent and Gatherer shall provide Shipper with a copy thereof upon reasonable request. The maintaining, calibrating and adjusting of all meters and related measurement facilities 

 

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shall be done by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent in accordance with generally accepted prudent natural gas industry standards and practices. The measuring stations located at any Redelivery Point may be installed, maintained and operated by a Third Party in conformity with the requirements provided in this ARTICLE 6.2 and the Parties agree that the volume, quality, Gross Heating Value, and specific gravity determined by such Third Party in accordance with this Contract shall be utilized in this Contract as if determined by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent hereunder.

 

6.3                               Shipper or any applicable Contracted Party may, at its option and expense, install a check meter or meters at any or all Delivery Points for the purpose of checking Gatherer’s or Gatherer’s Agent’s metering equipment.  Any such check meter shall be installed in such a way so as not to interfere with the operations of Gatherer’s Pipeline System. The operating, maintaining, calibrating and adjusting of such check meters and related measurement equipment shall be performed or caused to be performed by Shipper or such Contracted Party in accordance with generally accepted prudent natural gas industry standards and practices.

 

6.4                               When chart measurement is used, the temperature of the Committed Gas shall be the arithmetical average of the hourly temperatures accurately recorded during each day by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent.  The temperature of the Committed Gas flowing through the meter shall be determined by the use of a temperature measuring device operated in accordance with generally accepted prudent natural gas industry standards and installed immediately downstream of the meter so that it will accurately record the temperature of the Committed Gas flowing through the meter. If a temperature measuring device is not available at any Delivery Point, the average temperature from other temperature measuring devices in the Gatherer’s Pipeline System, which are in reasonably close vicinity to such Delivery Point will be used.

 

6.5                               Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent shall, at each Delivery Point, Redelivery Point, or any other measurement point where such measured quantities are used in the allocation of system fuel and/or losses, calibrate the meters and instruments, in accordance with generally accepted prudent natural gas industry practices, and obtain a representative spot or composite sample on a frequency to be reasonably determined by Gatherer in accordance with generally accepted prudent natural gas industry practices, but not less often than twice each year or more frequently as required under applicable Law.

 

6.6                               The computation from fractional analysis of samples of Committed Gas, as provided for in ITEM 6.5, will be used to determine the composition, specific gravity, GPMs, and Gross Heating Value of the hydrocarbon components of the Committed Gas samples. The computations so determined will be used for quality tests and in calculating Committed Gas deliveries as described in ITEM 6.7 below with the first day of the month during which the sample is taken.

 

6.7                               The Gross Heating Value of the Committed Gas will be determined by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent by taking samples, as provided for in ITEM 6.5, at Gatherer’s Metering Facilities. Gatherer will obtain a representative spot or composite sample of Committed 

 

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Gas delivered at each Delivery Point or Redelivery Point. Gatherer will determine the composition, specific gravity, GPMs, and Gross Heating Value of the hydrocarbon components of the Committed Gas to conform to Gas Gatherers Association Standards GPA 2166, GPA 2261, and GPA 2172, and any supplements and revisions thereto.  For all purposes hereunder, including, pricing and payment, the Gross Heating Value of and the number of Btus contained in the Committed Gas shall mean, and be measured in terms of, the gross number of Btus that would be contained in the volume of such Committed Gas when saturated with water at the pressure and temperature as defined in the Cubic Foot of gas herein. The Btus contained in hydrogen sulfide or other non-hydrocarbon components shall be excluded in any calculation of the number of Btus contained in the Committed Gas under this Contract.

 

6.8                               Each Party shall have the right to be present at the time of any installation, reading, cleaning, changing, repairing, inspecting, testing, calibrating, or adjustment performed in connection with the other Party’s measuring equipment. The records involving measuring equipment shall remain the property of their owner, but upon request each Party agrees to submit to the other its records and charts, together with calculations made therefrom subject to return within fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof by the Party owning them.  EFM data and charts shall be kept on file for a period of at least two (2) years.

 

6.9                               Samples shall be taken, as provided for in ITEM 6.5, by Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent to determine compliance with the gas specifications in ITEM 2.1.  Each Party as well as any applicable Contracted Party (to the extent such Contracted Party has such right) shall have the right to be present at the time such samples are taken. Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent shall give Shipper no less than five (5) days prior notice of such tests.

 

6.10                        As provided for in ITEM 6.5, each Party (at its sole expense) shall calibrate the meter and instruments installed by it or cause the same to be calibrated, all in accordance with generally accepted prudent natural gas industry standards and practices.  Each Party shall give the other Party no less than five (5) days prior notice of such tests so that the latter may, at its election, be present in person or by its representative to observe adjustments (if any) which are made.  For the purpose of measurement and meter calibration, the atmospheric pressure shall be assumed to be 14.4 pounds per square inch.

 

6.11                        Each Party shall have the right at any time and from time to time to challenge the accuracy of any measurement equipment used by the other Party in connection with this Contract.  If the percentage of inaccuracy upon any test of the measurement equipment is greater than two percent (2%) of the corrected quantity, the registration thereof and any payment based upon such registration shall be corrected at the rate of such inaccuracy for any period of inaccuracy which is reasonably determinable or agreed upon.  If the period is not reasonably determinable or agreed to, then for a period extending back one-half (1/2) of the time elapsed since the date of the last calibration, not to exceed ninety (90) days.  Following any test, any measurement equipment found to be inaccurate shall be adjusted or repaired to measure accurately, or replaced if such adjustment is not successful.  If for any reason any meter is out of service or out of repair so that the quantity of Committed Gas delivered through such meter cannot be accurately 

 

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ascertained or computed from the readings thereof, the quantity of Committed Gas so delivered during such period shall be estimated and agreed upon by the Parties upon the basis of the best available data, using the first of the following methods which, under the circumstances, is most feasible:

 

(a)                                 by using the registration of any check measuring equipment of Shipper or the applicable Contracted Party, if installed and registering accurately;

 

(b)                                 by correcting the error if the percentage of error is ascertainable by calibration, test or mathematical calculation;

 

(c)                                  by estimating the quantity of deliveries by deliveries during preceding periods under similar conditions when the equipment was registering accurately.

 

ITEM SEVEN

PAYMENT

 

7.1.1                     As soon as is reasonably practicable, but no later than the twelfth (12th) Day following the end of each month, Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent shall furnish Shipper an electronic file containing each Well’s Delivery Point volumes in Mcf (including Btu factors for saturated), GPMs and Mol percentages by component, and any other data necessary for any allocations to be calculated hereunder.

 

7.1.2                     Upon the receipt by Gatherer of any settlement statement(s) from Gatherer, an affiliate of Gatherer, or Gatherer’s Agent concerning the Committed Gas that is Gathered by such Third Party on behalf of Gatherer hereunder, Gatherer shall immediately forward and provide Shipper copies of such support, where applicable.

 

7.1.3                     As soon as is reasonably practicable, but no later than the twenty-fifth (25th) Day following the end of each month, Gatherer or Gatherer’s Agent shall furnish Shipper a statement for the preceding month accurately and completely depicting the Gathered Volume and all information necessary for the calculation thereof; the quantities of Committed Gas (in Mcf and MMBtu) received; any amounts due pursuant to ARTICLE 3.3 and all information necessary for the calculation thereof (provided, however, that any payment and related information pertaining to ARTICLE 3.3 shall be due the month following the applicable calendar quarter in which the calculation was made taking into consideration any period of time for make-up volumes of Committed Gas); any applicable fees, the taxes contemplated in ITEM 9.3, and/or payments; electronic files supporting the settlement statement allocations as described herein containing a summary and detail by Delivery Point of the various allocations for Committed Gas offloaded to Third Party pipeline systems; amount of Committed Gas (in Mcf and MMBtus) redelivered incident to this Contract; and the total amount due Gatherer for such production Month. Shipper shall pay Gatherer the amount on said statement on or before the last Day of the Month following the applicable production Month. If a Party fails to pay any undisputed amount due hereunder on or before such payment become delinquent, then interest shall accrue at a per annum rate of interest equal to the lower of: (i) the 

 

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maximum lawful rate or (ii) the then effective London Inter/Bank Offering Rate (LIBOR) rate plus six (6) percent.

 

7.2                               As between Shipper and Gatherer, Shipper shall make proper settlement and accounting to the applicable Contracted Party or all the owners of interest in the proceeds from the sale of Committed Gas, including royalty, overriding royalty and production payment interest owners, to which Shipper is contractually or otherwise legally obligated to make.

 

7.3                               In the event an error is discovered by either Gatherer or Shipper in any statement, invoice, or payment, such error shall be adjusted within thirty (30) days of the determination thereof; provided that a written claim therefore shall have been received and made within twenty-four (24) months from the date of such statement or payment in error.

 

7.4                               Gatherer and Shipper shall each have the right to examine at all reasonable times and locations the books, records, ledgers, and charts of the other to the extent necessary to verify or audit the accuracy of any payment, statement, invoice, bill, chart, or computation made under or pursuant to this Contract but only for such purposes.

 

7.5                               Gatherer and Shipper shall preserve for a period of at least two (2) years all test data, meter records, charts and other similar records generated or made under this Contract.

 

ITEM EIGHT

FORCE MAJEURE

 

8.1                               In the event either Party is unable wholly or in part by “Force Majeure” as defined in ITEM 8.2, to carry out its obligations under this Contract, other than payment of sums of money, it is agreed that on such Party giving notice and full particulars of such Force Majeure by telephone (as soon as reasonably possible) and confirmed in writing to the other Party after the occurrence of the cause relied on, then the obligations of the Party giving such notice, so far as they are affected by such Force Majeure, from its inception, shall be suspended during the continuance of any inability so caused, but for no longer period.  Said cause shall be, as far as reasonably possible, remedied with all reasonable dispatch. Upon the closure, completion, or extinguishment of a Force Majeure event declared hereunder, the Party claiming Force Majeure shall immediately provide the other Party with written notice of said closure, completion, or extinguishment.

 

8.2                               The term “Force Majeure” as used herein shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts, or other material industrial disturbances, acts of the public enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, floods, washouts, arrests and restraints of the government, either federal, state or tribal, inability of any Party to obtain necessary materials, supplies, or permits due to existing or future Laws, interruption or curtailment of firm transportation or firm storage by Third Parties, interruptions by government or court orders, present and future orders of any regulatory body having proper jurisdiction, civil disturbances, explosions, sabotage, breakage or accident to machinery or lines of pipe, the necessity for making repairs or alterations or 

 

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the performance of tests to machinery or lines of pipe, freezing of lines of pipe, partial or entire failure of Wells, irrespective of whether such Wells or machinery or lines of pipe are operated by either of the Parties, and any other causes whether of the kind herein enumerated or otherwise not within the control of the Party claiming suspension and which by the exercise of due diligence such Party could not have prevented or is unable to overcome.  The term Force Majeure shall also include the inability to acquire, or the delays in acquiring, necessary permits, right-of-way, easements or licenses required to enable a Party to fulfill its obligation hereunder if such Party exercised its commercially reasonable and diligent efforts to acquire same.

 

8.3                               The settlement of strikes or lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of the Party having the difficulty, and the above-requirement of the use of diligence in restoring normal operating conditions shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the terms of the opposing Party when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the difficulty.

 

ITEM NINE

TAXES

 

9.1                               Shipper shall pay, or cause to be paid, all taxes and assessments levied and imposed under applicable Law upon the Committed Gas except as otherwise specifically provided in this ITEM NINE.  Subject to ITEM 9.3 below, neither Party shall be responsible nor liable for any taxes or other statutory charges levied or assessed against any of the facilities of the other Party used for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Contract.

 

9.2                               Shipper shall make, or cause to be made, all reports required by applicable Law with respect to gross production or severance taxes applicable to the Committed Gas, unless Gatherer has such obligation under applicable Law.

 

9.3                               (a)         Notwithstanding anything contained in this Contract, if any regulatory body having proper jurisdiction over the Gatherer’s Pipeline System imposes any new Laws (“Regulatory Change(s)”) which requires Gatherer to pay any fee, tax, assessment, charge, or other cost on the carbon, greenhouse gases, or Btu content of the Committed Gas or the constituents associated therewith (collectively, “Carbon Fee”) and such Regulatory Changes do not require any modification or alteration to Gatherer’s Pipeline System, then Gatherer shall have the right to recover from Shipper the actual Carbon Fee attributable to the Committed Gas and the constituents associated therewith resulting from such Regulatory Changes. Gatherer may invoice Shipper monthly for the Carbon Fee that Gatherer reasonably believes that it will incur associated with the Regulatory Changes. If Gatherer invoices Shipper for such costs, Shipper shall pay Gatherer the amount invoiced within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof.  Gatherer shall adjust the estimated costs of the Carbon Fee to the actual costs of the Carbon Fee when such actual costs are available and shall adjust its invoicing (or netted amounts as the case may be) to Shipper to reflect the actual costs of the Carbon Fee incurred by Gatherer.  The difference between the estimated costs 

 

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invoiced by Gatherer and the actual costs associated with the Regulatory Changes will bear interest at the rate described in ITEM 11.6(j) herein and will accrue interest from the dates billed or withheld and such difference and accrued interest will be payable to the party to whom it is owed within ten (10) business days following receipt of an invoice for such amounts from such Party.

 

(b)         In the event Gatherer is required by applicable Law to pay any Carbon Fee as a result of any Regulatory Changes and if any of those Regulatory Changes require a modification, change, or alteration of Gatherer’s Pipeline System in order to comply therewith, then Gatherer and Shipper shall amend this Contract to permit Gatherer to recover the actual costs incurred by Gatherer to comply with those Regulatory Changes insofar as attributable to the Committed Gas and the constituents associated therewith.  The Parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon such amendment to this Contract that will permit recovery by Gatherer for all such costs.  In the event the Parties cannot agree upon such an amendment incorporating the foregoing within sixty (60) days from the date Gatherer becomes obligated to make payment, then all disputed issues associated with the proposed amendment shall be subject to resolution in accordance with the provisions of ITEM 11 herein.  Upon reaching a resolution, whether by mutual agreement or ITEM 11, such resolution will retroactively apply to the Contract as of the date those Regulatory Changes became effective without the necessity of a formal written amendment to this Contract.

 

ITEM TEN

MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1                        LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:  EXCEPT FOR THOSE MATTERS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 2 HEREIN, NO PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY SUCH PARTY RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF THIS CONTRACT OR THE BREACH THEREOF UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, INDEMNITY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF USE, INCREASED COST OF OPERATIONS, LOSS OF PROFIT OR REVENUE, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS.  IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, EACH PARTY RELEASES EACH OTHER AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT OF RECOVERY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY SUCH PARTY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY SUCH DAMAGES ARE CAUSED BY THE OTHER PARTY’S NEGLIGENCE (AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH NEGLIGENCE IS SOLE, JOINT, CONCURRENT, ACTIVE, OR PASSIVE), FAULT, OR LIABILITY WITHOUT FAULT.

 

10.2                        RIGHT OF WAY:  Gatherer shall be solely responsible for all costs and expense regarding the acquisition of land rights, easements, and rights-of-way necessary to perform its obligations hereunder. If Gatherer has used commercially reasonable efforts (which shall not be deemed to include exercising powers of eminent domain) to acquire but failed to secure said land rights and Shipper is able to do so, then to the extent it may contractually or lawfully do so under any of the Contractually Dedicated Area Interest without impairing its own similar rights, Shipper will grant to Gatherer the right of 

 

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ingress and egress, and the right to lay and maintain pipeline and communication lines and to install any other necessary equipment on and across the lands covered by each Contractually Dedicated Area Interest subject to this Contract when such pipeline, communication line, and other equipment is necessary in the performance of this Contract. Gatherer shall notify Shipper (who will promptly notify the applicable Contracted Party) before laying or installing any pipeline, line or equipment to enable the Parties to determine the extent of Gatherer’s rights, if any, to perform such activity or operation.  Gatherer shall comply with all applicable terms and provisions of the instruments creating or granting the Contractually Dedicated Area Interest, and applicable Law insofar as pertaining to the rights granted to and exercised by Gatherer in this ITEM 10.2.  All lines and other equipment placed by Gatherer on said lands shall remain the personal property or fixtures, as classified by applicable Law, of Gatherer, and, subject to the terms of this Contract, the instruments creating or granting the Contractually Dedicated Area Interest and applicable Law, may be removed by Gatherer at any time with at least five (5) days prior written notice to Shipper (who will promptly notify the applicable Contracted Party).

 

10.3                        TITLE, POSSESSION, AND INDEMNITY:  As between the Parties, Shipper shall be in control and in possession of the Committed Gas delivered hereunder and responsible for any damages or injuries caused thereby until the same shall have been delivered to Gatherer at the Delivery Points and received from Gatherer at the Redelivery Points, except injuries and damages which shall be occasioned by the negligence or willful misconduct of Gatherer.  After receipt of the Committed Gas at the Delivery Points and until redelivery of same to Shipper at the Redelivery Points, Gatherer shall be deemed to be in exclusive control and possession thereof and responsible for any damages or injuries caused thereby, except injuries and damages (i) which shall be occasioned by the negligence or willful misconduct of Shipper or (ii) as described in ITEM 2.3. Title to the Committed Gas and the constituents associated therewith shall remain with Shipper. In the event of any dispute, question, or litigation at any time regarding Shipper’s right to Gather or market any of the Committed Gas hereunder, Gatherer shall be entitled to suspend its performance hereunder until such dispute, defect, or question is corrected or removed to Gatherer’s reasonable satisfaction or Shipper furnishes Gatherer with a corporate undertaking designed to hold Gatherer harmless.

 

10.4                        WAIVER OF BREACH:  The waiver by either Party of any of its rights or any breach of the provisions of this Contract shall not constitute a continuing waiver of those rights or other breaches of the same or other provisions of this Contract.

 

10.5                        REGULATORY BODIES:  This Contract and all operations hereunder are subject to all applicable Laws; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall be construed as a waiver of any right of any Party to question or contest any such Law.

 

10.6                        INTRASTATE:  Shipper represents and warrants that the Committed Gas hereunder is deregulated pursuant to the Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989.  Each Party represents and warrants to the other that the Committed Gas delivered hereunder will not have been and will not be sold or resold, transported, commingled, used or consumed in

 

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interstate commerce in such a manner that would subject the Committed Gas, this Contract, either Party, their designees, or the facilities of either Party or their designees to the jurisdiction or regulation under the Natural Gas Act of 1938, as amended.  If either Party breaches or threatens to breach this representation and warranty, the other Party shall have the right to terminate this Contract immediately in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have under the provisions hereof or at law or in equity.

 

10.7                        CHOICE OF LAW AND INTERPRETATION:  This Contract shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of Texas without regard to the conflicts of law.  The captions or headings preceding the various parts of this Contract are inserted and included solely for conveniences and shall never be considered or given any effect in construing this Contract or any part of this Contract, or in connection with the intent, duties, obligation, or liabilities of the Parties. This Contract was prepared by the Parties and not by any Party to the exclusion of one or the other.

 

10.8                        ASSIGNMENT:  This Contract and the rights and obligations under it may be assigned and delegated by a Party only with the prior written consent of the other Party where such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. All covenants, stipulations, terms, conditions, and provisions of this Contract shall extend to, inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors, assigns, and representatives in bankruptcy of the Parties. Any complete or partial assignment of by Shipper of any of its Contractually Dedicated Area Interests shall contain a provision obligating Shipper’s assignee to recognize and perform its respective obligations under this Contract.  No conveyance or transfer of any Contractually Dedicated Area Interests by Shipper or the transfer by any owners of any royalty, overriding royalty or production payments shall be binding upon Gatherer until Gatherer has been furnished notice thereof, including such conveyance or transfer, and letter in lieu or transfer order signed by the grantor or assignor, or an acceptable division order signed by the grantor or assignor, all to the reasonable satisfaction of Gatherer.

 

10.9                        FINALITY OF PAYMENT: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Contract, any statement and payment thereunder shall be deemed final as to both Gatherer and Shipper unless the information contained on the statement is questioned in writing within two (2) years after payment thereof has been received.

 

10.10                 ENTIRE AGREEMENT:  This Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties, and there is no other agreement between the Parties, either oral or written, concerning the Dedicated Area. This Contract supersedes and replaces, in entirety, any and all prior agreements, if any, between the Parties or their predecessors in interest for the transportation, Gathering, compression, and/or handling of the Committed Gas from or attributable to the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests including that certain Natural Gas Gathering Agreement dated January 1, 2007 between the Parties.

 

10.11                 COUNTERPART EXECUTION:  This Contract may be signed in counterparts and shall be fully effective regardless of whether both the Parties signed the same counterpart, provided that each Party signs at least one (1) or more such counterparts.

 

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10.12                 AMENDMENT:  Any amendment to this Contract shall not be valid unless it is agreed to in writing and signed by a duly authorized officer or agent of each Party.

 

10.13                 CONFIDENTIALITY: Each Party agrees that it will maintain the terms and provisions of this Contract (“Confidential Information”) in strictest confidence and that it will not cause or permit disclosure of those terms to any Third Party without the express written consent of the other Party.  Disclosures otherwise prohibited by this ITEM 10.13 may be made by either Party to the extent: (1) necessary for a Party to enforce its rights hereunder against the other Party, (2) a Party is contractually or legally bound to disclose Confidential Information hereunder to a Third Party, (3) a Party is required to disclose all or part hereof by applicable Law, including by a court, agency, or other governmental body exercising jurisdiction over the subject matter hereof, by order, by regulation or by other compulsory process (including, but not limited to, deposition, subpoena, interrogatory, or request for production of documents), (4) necessary to effectuate the transportation of the Committed Gas, (5) any prospective purchaser of either Party and/or the assets and facilities utilized by either Party in performing their respective obligations hereunder, or (6) its affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, partners, members, managers, owners, attorneys, agents, lenders, advisors, consultants and contractors of such Party and its affiliates who have a “need to know” (“Representative”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Party disclosing Confidential Information hereunder to Third Parties or Representatives pursuant to any one of the aforementioned exceptions shall instruct such Third Parties and Representatives of its confidential nature and of the obligation to keep the Confidential Information secret and confidential.  Such Party disclosing Confidential Information to Third Parties or Representatives shall be liable to the other Party for any breach by such Third Parties and Representatives of these confidentiality obligations.

 

10.14                 INDEMNITY: EXCEPT FOR THOSE MATTERS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 2.3, GATHERER SHALL INDEMNIFY, PROTECT, DEFEND, AND HOLD SHIPPER HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL LOSSES INCURRED BY SHIPPER RELATED TO, OR ARISING OUT OF (I) THE OPERATIONS OF GATHERER, (II) THE HANDLING, DELIVERY, OR RE-DELIVERY OF THE COMMITTED GAS WHILE THE SAME IS IN THE CUSTODY AND/OR CONTROL OF GATHERER, AND (III) GATHERER’S EXERCISE OF ITS RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF SHIPPER’S FACILITIES DURING THE TERM HEREOF.  SHIPPER SHALL INDEMNIFY, PROTECT, DEFEND, AND HOLD GATHERER HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL LOSSES INCURRED BY GATHERER RELATED TO, OR ARISING OUT OF (I) THE OPERATIONS OF SHIPPER, (II) THE HANDLING, DELIVERY, OR RE-DELIVERY OF THE COMMITTED GAS WHILE THE SAME IS IN CUSTODY AND/OR CONTROL OF SHIPPER, (III) SHIPPER’S FAILURE TO MEET THE GAS QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS IN ITEM 2, AND (IV) SHIPPER’S EXERCISE OF ITS RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF GATHERER’S FACILITIES DURING THE TERM HEREOF. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE OBLIGATED TO INDEMNIFY, PROTECT, DEFEND, OR HOLD THE OTHER PARTY HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST LOSSES TO THE EXTENT SUCH LOSSES RESULT FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY.

 

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10.15                 PAYMENTS: As between Shipper and Gatherer, Shipper shall have the sole and exclusive obligation and liability for the payment of all persons due any proceeds derived from the Committed Gas (including all constituents and products thereof) delivered under this Contract. In no event shall Gatherer have any obligation to those persons due any of those proceeds of production attributable to any such gas (including all constituents and products thereof) delivered under this Contract. Shipper shall indemnify, defend, and save Gatherer harmless from all Losses arising from and out of claims of any or all Third Parties with respect to those payments described in this ITEM 10.15.

 

ITEM ELEVEN

DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES

 

11.1                        Negotiation — In the event that any dispute arises related to this Contract including any alleged non-performance or breach of any provision of this Contract by a Party, or any disagreement concerning the meaning of any provision of this Contract or any disagreement concerning any action taken or failed to be taken under this Contract (a “Dispute”), the Parties shall first seek to resolve any Disputes by negotiation between managers of each who have authority to settle the controversy.

 

11.2                       Notification.  When a Party believes there is a Dispute relating to the Contract, the Party will give the other Party notice of the Dispute providing sufficient detail for the recipient to understand the provider’s position and the legal and contractual basis for it.

 

11.3                        Meeting Among Managers.  The managers shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the notice to exchange relevant information and to attempt to resolve the Dispute.  The managers may involve a third-party mediator, if they so choose.  If a manager intends to be accompanied at a meeting by legal counsel, the other Party’s manager shall be given at least three (3) business days’ notice of such intention and may also be accompanied by legal counsel.

 

11.4                        Confidentiality.  All negotiations concerning the Dispute shall be confidential and shall be treated as compromise and settlement negotiations under the United States Federal Rules of Evidence.

 

11.5                        Tolling.  A Party’s receipt of any notice of the Dispute shall immediately toll the running of all statutes of limitation relating to the matters in Dispute, which statutes shall remain suspended for forty-five (45) days from and after the recipient’s receipt of that notice.

 

11.6                        Arbitration.  If a Dispute has not been resolved within the period described in ITEM 11.5, then either Party may provide the other Party with notice to initiate arbitration proceedings, which proceedings shall be conducted as provided in this ITEM 11.6.

 

(a)                                 Scope/Final and Binding — Any Dispute (including any controversy or claim) of any and every kind or type, whether based on contract, tort, statute, regulations, or otherwise, arising out of, connected with, or relating in any way to this Contract, the relationship of the Parties, the obligations of the Parties or the operations 

 

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carried out under this Contract, including any Dispute as to the existence, validity, construction, interpretation, negotiations, performance, non-performance, breach, termination, or enforceability of this Contract including the applicability and enforceability of this ITEM 11, shall be settled through final and binding arbitration, it being the intention of the Parties that this is a broad form arbitration agreement designed to encompass all possible Disputes between the Parties relating to the Contract.  Initiation of arbitration shall toll the running of all statutes of limitation relating to the matters in Dispute.

 

(b)                                 Institutional Arbitration — The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) as in effect on the date of commencement of the arbitration proceeding, except as modified herein.

 

(c)                                  Number of Arbitrators — If the amount in Dispute involves less than $2 million, exclusive of interest and costs, then the arbitration shall be conducted and finally settled by a sole arbitrator.  If the amount in Dispute, exclusive of interest and costs, is $2 million or more, if the amount in Dispute is unknown, or if relief other than damages is sought, then the arbitration shall be conducted and finally settled by the majority vote of three (3) arbitrators.

 

(d)                                 Method of Selecting Arbitrators — If the arbitration is to be conducted by a sole arbitrator, then the arbitrator will be jointly selected by the Parties.  If the Parties fail to agree on the arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the initiation of the arbitration, then the AAA shall appoint the arbitrator.  If the arbitration is to be conducted by three (3) arbitrators, each Party shall within fifteen (15) days after initiation of the arbitration select one (1) arbitrator, and these two (2) arbitrators shall select a third (3rd) presiding arbitrator.  If the two (2) Party-appointed arbitrators fail to agree on the third (3rd) arbitrator within fifteen (15) days after the appointment of the later of the two, then the third (3rd) arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA.

 

(e)                                  Place of Arbitration — Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, the situs of the arbitration under this Contract shall be Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

 

(f)                                   Qualifications and Conduct of the Arbitrators — All arbitrators, no matter how selected, shall be and remain at all times wholly independent, unbiased and impartial and shall provide the Parties with a statement that they shall decide the case impartially.

 

(g)                                  Interim Measures — The arbitrators, or in an emergency the presiding arbitrator acting alone in the event one or more of the other arbitrators are unable to be involved in a timely fashion, may grant interim measures including injunctions, attachments and conservation orders in appropriate circumstances, which measures the Parties agree may be immediately enforced by the arbitrators or by a court of competent jurisdiction.  Notwithstanding the requirement for negotiation, 

 

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prior to the constitution of the arbitration tribunal and thereafter as necessary to enforce the arbitrators’ rulings or in the absence of the jurisdiction of the arbitrators to rule on interim measures in a given jurisdiction, any Party may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for interim measure, and the Parties agree that seeking and obtaining such measures shall not waive the right to arbitration.  Furthermore, notwithstanding the above provisions regarding negotiation, if either Party deems that time is of the essence in resolving the dispute, it may initiate arbitration and seek interim measures, as provided herein, and then comply with the requirements for negotiations as long as they are fully completed before the commencement of the final hearing on the merits in the arbitration proceeding.

 

(h)                                 Waiver of Appeals — To the extent permitted by applicable Law, any right to appeal from or to cause a review of any arbitral award by any court is hereby waived by the Parties.

 

(i)                                     Costs and Attorneys’ Fees — The arbitral tribunal is authorized to award costs and attorneys’ fees or allocate them between the Parties, and the costs of the arbitration proceedings, including attorneys’ fees, shall be borne in the manner determined by the arbitral tribunal.

 

(j)                                    Interest — Any award may include interest from the date of any breach or violation of this Contract, as determined by the arbitral award, and from the date of the award until paid in full.  Interest shall be awarded at the rate stated in ITEM 7.1.

 

(k)                                 Punitive Damages — Penal, punitive, treble, multiple, consequential, incidental or similar damages may not be recovered or awarded in connection with any Dispute.

 

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EXHIBIT “A”

 

TO GAS GATHERING CONTRACT

BETWEEN

DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P., “SHIPPER”

AND

SWG PIPELINE, L.L.C., “GATHERER”

DATED MARCH 7, 2014

EFFECTIVE:  March 1, 2014

 

PLAT OF DEDICATED AREA

 



 

With respect to Tarrant County, Texas, the “Dedicated Area” shall only apply to those Contractually Dedicated Area Interests that are located entirely within Abstract A-931 of the Abner Lee Survey.

 












 

EXHIBIT “B”

 

TO GAS GATHERING CONTRACT

BETWEEN

DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P., “SHIPPER”

AND

SWG PIPELINE, L.L.C., “GATHERER”

DATED MARCH 7, 2014

EFFECTIVE:   March 1, 2014

 

REDELIVERY POINTS

 

1.              Existing and future interconnect points between Gatherer’s Pipeline System and Third Party pipelines.

2.              Any other mutually agreeable point(s) between Shipper and Gatherer.

 

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EXHIBIT “C”

 

TO GAS GATHERING CONTRACT

BETWEEN

DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P., “SHIPPER”

AND

SWG PIPELINE, L.L.C., “GATHERER”

DATED MARCH 7, 2014

EFFECTIVE:   March 1, 2014

 

SHORT FORM MEMORANDUM

 

MEMORANDUM OF GAS GATHERING CONTRACT

 

THIS MEMORANDUM OF GAS GATHERING CONTRACT (this “Memorandum”) is entered into this 7th day of March, 2014 but effective as of the 1st Day of March, 2014 (“Effective Date”) by and between DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P. (“Shipper”), with an address of 333 West Sheridan Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-5015, and SWG PIPELINE, L.L.C., with an address of 2501 Cedar Springs Road, Suite 100, Dallas, TX 75201 (“Gatherer”).  Shipper and Gatherer are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, Shipper and Gatherer entered into that certain Gas Gathering Contract dated March 1, 2014 (the “Contract”) but made effective as of the Effective Date, pursuant to which Gatherer will provide certain gas Gathering services as therein set forth;

 

WHEREAS, any capitalized term used, but not defined, in this Memorandum shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Contract; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to file this Memorandum of record in the real property records of various counties located in the State of Texas, to give notice of the existence of the Contract and certain provisions contained therein.

 

NOW THEREFORE, FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Notice.  Notice is hereby given of the existence of the Contract and all of its terms, covenants and conditions to the same extent as if the Contract was fully set forth herein.  Certain provisions of the Contract are summarized in Sections 2 through 5 below.

 

2.                                      Term.  The Contract shall be effective from the Effective Date and shall continue and remain in full force and effect for a primary term of ten (10) years (the “Initial Term”) and year-to-year thereafter or as otherwise provided for in the Contract until terminated by either Gatherer or Shipper (i) upon the giving of notice to the other Party of its intention to terminate the Contract 

 

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at least 180 Days prior to the end of the Initial Term or any subsequent extension term or (ii) as otherwise provided for in the Contract.

 

3.                                      Dedication.  Subject to the exceptions, exclusions, and reservations set forth in the Contract and the other terms and conditions of the Contract, Shipper has exclusively dedicated and committed for Gathering, and has agreed to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Gatherer all of the Committed Gas attributable to its Contractually Dedicated Area Interests located within the area described in Schedule 1 attached hereto and incorporated herein (the “Dedicated Area”).

 

4.                                      Covenant Running with the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests.  So long as the Contract is in effect, the dedication in the Contract shall be a covenant running with the Contractually Dedicated Area Interests and, subject to the exceptions and reservations set forth in the Contract, any complete or partial assignment of by Shipper of its Contractually Dedicated Area Interests shall contain a provision obligating Shipper’s assignee to recognize and perform its respective obligations under the Contract.

 

5.                                      No Amendment to Contract.  This Memorandum is executed and recorded solely for the purpose of giving notice and shall not amend nor modify the Contract in any way.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Memorandum has been signed by or on behalf of each of the Parties as of the day first above written.

 

	
 
    	
SWG   PIPELINE, L.L.C.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Darryl G. Smette
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Executive Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
DEVON   GAS SERVICES, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Susan E. Alberti
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Senior Vice President
    


 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

	
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This instrument was acknowledged before me on 7th day of March, 2014 by Darryl G. Smette, Executive Vice President of SWG PIPELINE, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company, on behalf of such entity.

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Notary   Public in and for Oklahoma
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 7th day of March, 2014, by Susan E. Alberti, Senior Vice President of DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, on behalf of said entity.

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Schedule 1 to 
 Memorandum of Gas Gathering Contract

 

PLAT OF DEDICATED AREA

 



 

With respect to Tarrant County, Texas, the “Dedicated Area” shall only apply to those Contractually Dedicated Area Interests that are located entirely within Abstract A-931 of the Abner Lee Survey.

 

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EXHIBIT “D”

 

TO GAS GATHERING CONTRACT

BETWEEN

DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P., “SHIPPER”

AND

SWG PIPELINE, L.L.C., “GATHERER”

DATED MARCH 7, 2014

EFFECTIVE:  MARCH 1, 2014

 

Pursuant to ARTICLE 3.5 of the Contract, at any time and from time to time during the term hereof, Shipper may request Gatherer to deliver to Shipper a quantity of gas which Shipper will utilize for its gas lift system and/or other equipment or systems (“System”) to facilitate production from such Wells. Such service shall be offered by Gatherer to Shipper in accordance with the terms and conditions as set forth below:

 

I.

 

From time to time during the term hereof, the services contemplated herein and provided by Gatherer to Shipper shall only be eligible for those existing and/or future Wells owned or controlled by Shipper which are located within the Dedicated Area.

 

II.

 

Gatherer shall design and install regulating and measurement equipment (hereinafter referred to as the “Facilities” and as further described in this Article II) required in establishing a point at which gas can be delivered from Gatherer’s Pipeline System to Shipper for use in the operation of a System at each Well (“Lease Delivery Point”). Each Lease Delivery Point shall be located at the Delivery Point for each Well on Gatherer’s Pipeline System. Such Facilities shall consist of appropriately sized metering facilities (meter run, EFM and communications equipment) and auxiliary facilities. Shipper shall reimburse Gatherer a one-time charge of $*** for each of the new Facilities, to be paid by Shipper to Gatherer within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice. Gatherer will own, operate and maintain, or cause to be operated and maintained, the Facilities and Shipper shall pay to Gatherer a monthly fee $*** for each Lease Delivery Point provided by Gatherer under this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shipper hereby authorizes Gatherer to establish a temporary point at which gas can be delivered from Gatherer’s Pipeline System to Shipper for use on a short-term basis in operation of a System at each Well.  Gatherer may design and install portable regulating and measurement equipment (hereinafter referred to as the “Portable Facilities”) at said temporary point.  Prior to the installation of Portable Facilities, Shipper shall notify a representative of Gatherer at least three (3) days prior to such installation.  Notice shall be made in any manner provided in the Contract as well as through telephonic or email communication.  Each temporary Lease Delivery Point shall be located at the Delivery Point for each Well on Gatherer’s Pipeline System.  Such Portable Facilities shall consist of a complete portable meter system (meter tube, EFM, battery, and solar panel).  Gatherer will own, operate and maintain, or cause to be operated and maintained, the Portable Facilities.  Gatherer will provide the EFM data and final measurement data to Shipper.  Shipper agrees to reimburse Gatherer for the actual cost, within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice, incurred by Gatherer for the Portable Facilities authorized herein.

 

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At such time that a Facility or a Portable Facility is disconnected, relocated and connected to another Lease Delivery Point, Shipper shall reimburse Gatherer $*** for meter technician services to start up the facilities plus any actual system refurbishment costs if required.  Shipper shall provide any other services required to disconnect, relocate, and re-connect a Facility or Portable Facility.  Further, Shipper shall be responsible for all meter damage incurred during the disconnection, relocation and reconnection process.

 

III.

 

With respect to gas delivered by Gatherer to Shipper at the Lease Delivery Point(s), Shipper agrees neither to resell nor to use the gas purchased incident to this Agreement for any purpose other than those specified herein, nor to assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of Gatherer, where such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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It is understood that the gas supplied hereunder comes direct from wells in the area and that the supply will be variable and may, at any time without notice, temporarily or permanently cease. The gas may be untreated and unprocessed and may contain various impurities, including but not limited to, water. Shipper agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Gatherer against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, and causes of actions asserting liability arising downstream the Lease Delivery Point (s) for damage or injury to person or persons or property resulting from the handling or use of such gas but only to the extent such claims, demands, suits, actions, or causes of actions were caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Shipper.

 

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Gatherer shall have the right to shut off gas delivery to Shipper at any time with notice for any of the following:

 

A. for repairs,

B. for want of supply,

C. for non-payment of bills when due, or

D. for a breach of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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