NO:  9001-03466            A.D.     1993
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                                              IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH
                                                       OF ALBERTA
                                              JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF CALGARY

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                                        BETWEEN:

                                             CANADA SOUTHERN PETROLEUM LTD.

                                                                       Plaintiff

                                                         - and -


                                             AMOCO CANADA PETROLEUM COMPANY
                                             LTD., AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY,
                                            DOME PETROLEUM LIMITED, COLUMBIA
                                             GAS DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA LTD.,
                                               MOBIL OIL CANADA LTD., ESSO
                                              RESOURCES CANADA LIMITED and
                                               AMOCO CANADA RESOURCES LTD.

                                                                      Defendants

                                                         - and -


                                               COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT OF
                                             CANADA LTD., CANADIAN SUPERIOR
                                             OIL LTD., ESSO RESOURCES CANADA
                                             LIMITED, MOBIL OIL CANADA LTD.,
                                              ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., HOME OIL
                                            COMPANY LIMITED, KERN COUNTY LAND
                                              COMPANY and MOBIL OIL CANADA
                                                       PROPERTIES

                                                                   Third Parties


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                                        AND BETWEEN:

                                               COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT OF
                                                       CANADA LTD.

                                                       Plaintiff by Counterclaim

                                                         - and -
                                             CANADA SOUTHERN PETROLEUM LTD.,
                                              AMOCO CANADA RESOURCES LTD.,
                                             AMOCO CANADA PETROLEUM COMPANY
                                           LTD., CANADIAN SUPERIOR OIL LTD.,
                                             MOBIL OIL CANADA LTD., IMPERIAL
                                             OIL LIMITED and ESSO RESOURCES
                                                     CANADA LIMITED

                                                      Defendants by Counterclaim


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                                                          ORDER

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                                               BALLEM McDILL MacINNES EDEN
                                                BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS
                                                4000 Petro-Canada Centre
                                                       West Tower
                                                  150 - 6 Avenue, S.W.
                                                Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3Y7

                                                    J. Peter McMahon
                                                      Ph: 292-9836

                                               Solicitor's File: 27,207.37



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                    IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH OF ALBERTA
                          JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF CALGARY

BETWEEN:

                         CANADA SOUTHERN PETROLEUM LTD.
                                                                       Plaintiff

                                     - and -

                      AMOCO CANADA PETROLEUM COMPANY LTD.,
                AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, DOME PETROLEUM LIMITED,
                    COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA LTD.,
              MOBIL OIL CANADA LTD., ESSO RESOURCES CANADA LIMITED
                         and AMOCO CANADA RESOURCES LTD.
                                                                      Defendants

                                     - and -

                    COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA LTD.,
                   CANADIAN SUPERIOR OIL LTD., ESSO RESOURCES
                 CANADA LIMITED, MOBIL OIL CANADA LTD., ALLIED-
                   SIGNAL INC., HOME OIL COMPANY LIMITED, KERN
               COUNTY LAND COMPANY AND MOBIL OIL CANADA PROPERTIES

                                                                   Third Parties

AND BETWEEN:

                     COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA LTD.

                                                       Plaintiff by Counterclaim

                                     - and -


                  CANADA SOUTHERN PETROLEUM LTD., AMOCO CANADA
              RESOURCES LTD., AMOCO CANADA PETROLEUM COMPANY LTD.,
               CANADIAN SUPERIOR OIL LTD., MOBIL OIL CANADA LTD.,
                            IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED and
                          ESSO RESOURCES CANADA LIMITED

                                                      Defendants by Counterclaim


Before the Honourable Mr.               )        At the Court House, in the
Chief Justice W. K. Moore               )        City of Calgary, on Wednesday,
In Chambers                             )        the 17th day of November, 1993.
                                     

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                                      ORDER

         UPON THE  APPLICATION of the Plaintiff;  AND UPON READING the Affidavit
of Charles J. Horne filed; AND UPON HEARING counsel for the Plaintiff;  AND UPON
HEARING  counsel for the  Defendants;  AND UPON NOTING that  Magellan  Petroleum
Corporation  and  Pantepec  International,  Inc.  have  consented to be added as
Plaintiffs herein; AND UPON NOTING that the Defendants Amoco Production Company,
Amoco Canada  Petroleum Ltd. and Amoco  Resources  Canada Ltd. filed a Notice of
Motion,  in this  action,  on April 24, 1991,  seeking an order adding  Magellan
Petroleum Corporation and Pantepec International, Inc. as party Plaintiffs;

1. IT IS ORDERED that Magellan Petroleum Corporation and Pantepec International,
Inc. be added as  Plaintiffs in this action,  subject to any existing  rights of
the Defendants  herein to plead or raise limitation or other defences as against
Magellan  Petroleum  Corporation  and  Pantepec  International,  Inc.  up to and
including the date of the granting of this Order.

2. AND IT IS FURTHER  ORDERED  that Mobil  Resources  Ltd.  and Mobil Oil Canada
Properties shall be added as Defendants in this action,  subject to any existing
rights of the  Defendants  named in the Amended  Amended  Statement  of Claim to
plead or raise limitation or other defences as against the Plaintiffs  herein up
to and including the date of the granting of this Order.

3. AND IT IS FURTHER  ORDERED  that the style of cause in this  action  shall be
amended accordingly.

4. AND IT IS FURTHER  ORDERED that the  Plaintiffs  shall be at liberty to amend
the Amended  Statement  of Claim,  in the form of Amended  Amended  Statement of
Claim attached to this Order as Schedule "A."

5. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, as a term of the amendments hereby permitted,
if the  Plaintiffs  shall by any amendment  made under or pursuant to this Order
set up any new cause of  action,  as to such new cause of  action,  this  action
shall be deemed to have been  brought on the date of the  granting of this Order
and the  Defendants  named in the Amended  Amended  Statement  of Claim shall be
entitled  to the  benefit  of any  limitation  or other  defenses  as though the
Statement of Claim in respect of such new cause of action had been issued on the
date of the granting of this Order.


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6. AND IT IS FURTHER  ORDERED  that the  Plaintiffs  shall  deliver  the Amended
Amended  Statement  of  Claim,  a copy of which  is  attached  to this  Order as
Schedule "A," to all other parties in this action.

7. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Defendants  shall be at liberty to deliver
Amended Statements of Defence and/or Amended Third Party Notices, as they may be
advised,  within thirty (30) days after service upon them of the Amended Amended
Statement of Claim.

8. AND IT IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that costs of this  application  shall be in the
cause.




                                                  /s/ __________________________
                                                            J.C.C.Q.B.A.

ENTERED THIS 17th DAY OF
NOVEMBER, A.D. 1993.

/s/ James McLaughlin                     
CLERK OF THE COURT


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Consented to and approved as to form and content:

Bennett Jones Verchere

per:          /s/ ___________________                              
         R.W. Thompson
         Solicitors for Amoco Canada
         Petroleum Company Ltd., Amoco
         Production Company and Dome
         Petroleum Limited (now
         Amoco Canada Resources Ltd.)


McCarthy Tetrault

per:          /s/ J. Glenn Friesen             
         J. Glenn Friesen
         Solicitors for Columbia Gas
         Development of Canada Ltd.
         (now Anderson Oil & Gas Inc.)


Code Hunter

per:          /s/ Kenneth J. Warren            
         Kenneth J. Warren
         Solicitors for Mobil Oil
         Canada Ltd., Mobil Oil Canada
         Properties, Mobil Resources Ltd.
         and Canadian Superior Oil Ltd.


Blake Cassels & Graydon

per:          /s/ Michael McCachen             
         Michael McCachen
         Solicitors for Esso Resources
         Canada Limited (now Imperial
         Oil Resources Limited)


Burnet Duckworth & Palmer

per:          /s/ Douglas G. Mills             
         Douglas G. Mills
         Solicitors for Allied Signal
         Inc.


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Macleod Dixon

per:          /s/ John J. Marshall             
         John J. Marshall, Q.C.
         Solicitors for Home Oil
         Company Limited


Atkinson Milvain

per:          /s/ G. Sean Dunnigan             
         G. Sean Dunnigan
         Solicitors for Kern County
         Land Company