Exhibit 10.1


 


UNITS OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE PARTNERSHIP HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY
STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION.  WITHOUT
SUCH REGISTRATION, SUCH UNITS MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT UPON DELIVERY TO THE GENERAL PARTNER OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE GENERAL PARTNER OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR SUCH TRANSFER OR THE SUBMISSION TO THE GENERAL
PARTNER OF THE PARTNERSHIP OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY BE SATISFACTORY TO THE
GENERAL PARTNER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY SUCH TRANSFER SHALL NOT BE IN VIOLATION
OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR BLUE
SKY LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. 
IN ADDITION, ANY TRANSFER OF UNITS REQUIRES THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF
THE GENERAL PARTNER AND IS SUBJECT TO OTHER RESTRICTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS
AGREEMENT.


 


AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP




OF




CWEI SOUTH LOUISIANA III, L. P.


 





















 


TABLE OF CONTENTS


 


	
  ARTICLE
  I DEFINITIONS

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.01

  	
  Certain
  Definitions

  	
   

  
	
  1.02

  	
  Construction

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  2.01

  	
  Formation

  	
   

  
	
  2.02

  	
  Name

  	
   

  
	
  2.03

  	
  Registered Office;
  Registered Agent; Other Offices

  	
   

  
	
  2.04

  	
  Purposes

  	
   

  
	
  2.05

  	
  Certificate;
  Foreign Qualification

  	
   

  
	
  2.06

  	
  Term

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III
  GENERAL PARTNER; MANAGEMENT

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.01

  	
  Authority of General
  Partner

  	
   

  
	
  3.02

  	
  Certain Restrictions
  on General Partner’s Power and Authority

  	
   

  
	
  3.03

  	
  Duties and
  Services of General Partner

  	
   

  
	
  3.04

  	
  Operating Agreements

  	
   

  
	
  3.05

  	
  Admission of
  Additional General Partners

  	
   

  
	
  3.06

  	
  Withdrawal of
  General Partner

  	
   

  
	
  3.07

  	
  General Partner as
  Limited Partner

  	
   

  
	
  3.08

  	
  Excluded Properties

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV LIMITED PARTNERS

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.01

  	
  Restrictions on
  Limited Partners

  	
   

  
	
  4.02

  	
  Access to Information

  	
   

  
	
  4.03

  	
  Admission of
  Additional Limited Partners

  	
   

  
	
  4.04

  	
  Investment
  Representations of the Limited Partners

  	
   

  
	
  4.05

  	
  Transfer Restrictions

  	
   

  
	
  4.06

  	
  Permitted Transfers;
  Status as Assignee

  	
   

  
	
  4.07

  	
  General Partner’s
  Right of Purchase

  	
   

  
	
  4.08

  	
  Specific Performance

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V CAPITAL
  CONTRIBUTIONS

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.01

  	
  Capital
  Contributions of General Partner

  	
   

  
	
  5.02

  	
  Initial
  Capital Contributions of Limited Partners

  	
   

  
	
  5.03

  	
  Additional
  Capital Contributions of Limited Partners

  	
   

  
	
  5.04

  	
  Capital
  Accounts

  	
   

  
	
  5.05

  	
  Return of Capital
  Contribution

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  VI SHARING, ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.01

  	
  Sharing and
  Allocation of Costs and Expenses

  	
   

  
	
  6.02

  	
  Sharing and Allocation of
  Revenues

  	
   

  
	
  6.03

  	
  Allocations for
  Capital Account and Tax Purposes

  	
   

  
	
  6.04

  	
  Distributions

  	
   

  
	
  6.05

  	
  Withholding
  Taxes

  	
   

  



 





















 


	
  ARTICLE
  VII BOOKS, RECORDS AND BANK ACCOUNTS

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.01

  	
  Maintenance of Books

  	
   

  
	
  7.02

  	
  Accounts

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE
  VIII DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.01

  	
  Dissolution

  	
   

  
	
  8.02

  	
  Liquidation and Termination

  	
   

  
	
  8.03

  	
  Termination

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IX GENERAL
  PROVISIONS

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.01

  	
  Offset

  	
   

  
	
  9.02

  	
  Notices

  	
   

  
	
  9.03

  	
  Entire
  Agreement

  	
   

  
	
  9.04

  	
  Effect of Waiver or Consent

  	
   

  
	
  9.05

  	
  Amendment or Modification

  	
   

  
	
  9.06

  	
  Binding
  Effect

  	
   

  
	
  9.07

  	
  Governing Law;
  Severability

  	
   

  
	
  9.08

  	
  Further
  Assurances

  	
   

  
	
  9.09

  	
  Waiver of Certain Rights

  	
   

  
	
  9.10

  	
  Insurance

  	
   

  
	
  9.11

  	
  Indemnification

  	
   

  
	
  9.12

  	
  Counsel to the Partnership

  	
   

  
	
  9.13

  	
  Power of Attorney

  	
   

  
	
  9.14

  	
  Counterparts

  	
   

  
	
  9.15

  	
  No Employment Contract

  	
   

  
	
  [Signature
  Pages Follow]

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit A – Schedule of Limited Partners

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit B – Area of Interest

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit C – Wells

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit D – Allocations of Profits and
  Losses and Other Tax Matters

  	
   

  



 





















 


AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


 


OF


 


CWEI SOUTH LOUISIANA III, L. P.


 


This AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF CWEI SOUTH
LOUISIANA III, L. P. (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into April 8, 2005 to be
effective as of March 1, 2005 (the “Effective Date”), by and among
the Partners (as defined below).


 


FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF the mutual covenants,
rights, and obligations set forth in this Agreement, the benefits to be derived
from them, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and the
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Partners agree as follows:


 


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS


 


1.01                           Certain Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the following meanings:


 


“Acquisition Costs” means (i) the costs of
acquiring a leasehold interest, including, without limitation, direct costs of
seismic data and interpretation, lease broker services, title examinations,
filing fees, and recording costs, and (ii) the fair value of Partnership
Properties contributed to the Partnership by the General Partner.


 


“Act” means
the Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act and any successor statute, as
amended.


 


“Affiliate”
means, when used with reference to a specified Person, (a) any Person directly
or indirectly owning, controlling or holding power to vote 50% or more of the
outstanding voting securities of the specified Person, (b) any Person 50% or
more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned,
controlled or held with power to vote by the specified Person, (c) any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
the specified Person, (d) if the specified Person is a corporation, any officer
or director of the specified Person or of any corporation directly or
indirectly controlling that specified Person, (e) if the specified Person is a
partnership, any general partner or if the general partner is a partnership,
the general partners of that partnership, and (f) if the specified Person is an
individual, such individual’s spouse and natural and adoptive lineal
descendants and trusts for the benefit of any such Persons.  For purposes of this definition, the ability
through share ownership or contractual arrangement to elect or cause the
election of a majority of the board of directors of a corporation shall
constitute “control.”


 


“Agreed Rate” means 4.55% per annum.


 


“Agreement”
means this Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended or restated from time
to time.


 





















 


“Area of Interest”
means the area described in Exhibit B.


 


“Capital Account” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.04.


 


“Capital Contribution”
means, for any Partner, the dollar amount of any cash contributed to the
capital of the Partnership and the fair value of any property contributed to
the Partnership by such Partner.


 


“Certificate”
means the certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership filed with the
Secretary of State of Texas, as amended or restated from time to time.


 


“Change in Control” has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.01(d).


 


“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.


 


“Contribution Date” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.03(a).


 


“Contribution Notice” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.03(a).


 


“CWEI”
means Clayton Williams Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation.


 


“Event of Forfeiture” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.07.


 


“Event of Withdrawal” means the withdrawal of
the General Partner as provided in Section 3.06.  The events described in subdivisions (4), (5)
and (8) of Section 4.02(a) of the Act shall not be Events of Withdrawal, and a
General Partner shall not cease to be a General Partner upon the occurrence of
any of such events.


 


“Exchange  Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


 


“General
Partner” means
CWEI and each other Person admitted as an additional or successor General
Partner pursuant to Section 3.05.


 


“Indemnified Person”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.11.


 


“Lease” means a lease, mineral interest,
royalty or overriding royalty, fee right, mineral servitude, license,
concession or other right covering oil, gas and related hydrocarbons (or a
contractual right to acquire such an interest) or an undivided interest therein
or portion thereof, together with all appurtenances, easements, permits,
licenses, servitudes and rights-of-way situated upon or used or held for future
use in connection with such an interest or the exploration, development or
production thereof.  A “Lease” shall also
mean and include all rights and interests in all lands and interests unitized
or pooled therewith pursuant to any law, rule, regulation or agreement.


 


“Limited
Partner” means each Person listed as a limited partner
on Exhibit A and each other Person admitted as an additional or
successor Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.03.


 


“Majority in Interest” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.02.


 


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“Non-Contributing Limited Partner”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(b).


 


“Operating
Agreement” means an
agreement between the operator and non-operating interest owners in a Lease for
the testing, development and operation of a tract of land or Lease for the
exploration and development of oil, gas, minerals or hydrocarbons.


 


“Partner”
means any General Partner or any Limited Partner.


 


“Partnership” means the limited partnership
formed by the Partners pursuant to this Agreement.


 


“Partnership Counsel” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.12.


 


“Partnership Property” means Leases and Wells
in which the Partnership owns an undivided interest.


 


“Payout” means the earliest calendar month
during which the General Partner shall have received distributions pursuant to Section 6.04 in an aggregate amount equal to
the sum of (i) the cumulative Capital Contributions made by the General Partner
pursuant to Section 5.01, plus (ii) an annual rate of return on such
Capital Contributions equal to the Agreed Rate. 
For this purpose, each distribution and Capital Contribution shall be
deemed to have been made on the last day of the month during which it was made
or received.


 


“Person”
means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability company, business trust or other legal entity.


 


“Regulations” mean the regulations
promulgated by the United States Department of Treasury pursuant to the
Code.  All references herein to sections
of the Treasury Regulations shall include corresponding provision or provisions
of succeeding, similar, substitute, temporary or final Treasury Regulations.


 


“Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


 


“Transfer”
means any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, gift
or disposition of a Unit in whole or in part, or any rights or benefits to
which a holder of a Unit may be entitled as provided in this Agreement or the
Act, including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions in cash
or in kind.


 


“Unit” means a Limited Partnership interest,
or fraction thereof, in the Partnership. 
The number of Units owned by each Limited Partner and the total number
of Units of the Partnership are set forth on Exhibit A, as amended from
time to time.


 


“Well” means a well in which the
Partnership holds a Working
Interest derived from its ownership of one or more Leases.  The name and location of each “Well” is shown
on Exhibit C, as amended from time to
time.


 


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“Well Costs”
means the Partnership’s share of costs pursuant to any Operating Agreement for
the drilling, completing, equipping, deepening or sidetracking a Well,
including, without limitation: 
(i) the costs of surveying and staking the Well, the costs of any
surface damages and the costs of clearing, coring, testing, logging and evaluating
the Well; (ii) the costs of casing, cement and cement services for the
Well; (iii) the cost of plugging and abandoning the Well (including
standard and customary remediation activities associated therewith), if it is
determined that the Well would not produce in commercial quantities and should
be abandoned; (iv) all direct charges and overhead chargeable to the
Partnership with respect to the Well under any applicable Operating Agreement
until such time as all operations are carried out as required by applicable
regulations and sound engineering practices to make such Well ready for
production, including the installation and testing of wellhead equipment, or to
plug and abandon a dry hole; (v) all costs incurred by the Partnership in
recompleting or plugging back any Well; (vi) all costs incurred by the
Partnership in reworking any Well if the rework is covered by an authority for
expenditure under the applicable Operating Agreement; (vii) all costs incurred
by the Partnership in locating, drilling, completing, equipping, deepening or
sidetracking any enhanced recovery producer or injector Well (including the
costs of all necessary surface equipment such as steam generators, compressors,
water treating facilities, injection pumps, flow lines and steam lines); and
(viii) the costs of constructing production facilities, pipelines and other
facilities necessary to develop Partnership property acquired pursuant to the
terms hereof and produce, collect, store, treat, deliver, market, sell or
otherwise dispose of oil, gas and other hydrocarbons and minerals therefrom; provided,
that Well Costs shall not include any Acquisition Costs.


 


“Working Interest” means a fractional
operating interest in a Lease that permits the Partnership to explore, develop
and produce one or more properties in the Area of Interest and bear its
percentage of the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance and
development of and operations relating to such properties in return for a share
of the mineral production from the property.


 


1.02                           Construction.
 Whenever the context requires,
the gender of all words used in this Agreement includes the masculine, feminine
and neuter.  All references to Articles
and Sections refer to articles and sections of this Agreement, and all
references to exhibits are to Exhibits attached to this Agreement, each of
which is made a part of this Agreement for all purposes.


 


ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATION


 


2.01                           Formation.  The Persons executing this Agreement
agree to form the Partnership as a limited partnership under the Act for the
purposes and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement.


 


2.02                           Name.  The name of the Partnership is “CWEI SOUTH
LOUISIANA III, L. P.”, and all Partnership business shall be conducted in
that name or such other names that comply with applicable law as the General
Partner may select from time to time.


 


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2.03                           Registered Office; Registered Agent; Other Offices.  The registered office of the Partnership in
the State of Texas shall be at such place as the General Partner may designate
from time to time.  The registered agent
for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Texas or in any other
jurisdiction shall be such Person or Persons as the General Partner may
designate from time to time.  The Partnership
may have such other offices as the General Partner may designate from time to
time.


 


2.04                           Purposes.  The purposes for which the Partnership is
formed are to (i) acquire, explore, hold, develop, produce, dispose of and
otherwise deal with Partnership Property, (ii) collect proceeds, payments and
other distributions from Partnership Property, (iii) make distributions to the
Partners in accordance with the terms hereof and (iv) engage in any other
business or activity that now or in the future may be necessary, incidental,
proper, advisable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing purposes
(including, without limitation, obtaining appropriate financing) and that is
not prohibited by the law of the jurisdiction in which the Partnership engages
in that business.


 


2.05                           Certificate; Foreign Qualification.  The General Partner shall execute and cause
the Certificate to be filed with the Secretary of State of Texas on or as soon
as practicable after the Effective Date. 
Prior to the Partnership’s conducting business in any jurisdiction other
than Texas, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to comply, to the
extent those matters are reasonably within the control of the General Partner,
with all requirements necessary to qualify the Partnership as a foreign limited
partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited
liability) in that jurisdiction.  At the
request of the General Partner, each Limited Partner shall execute,
acknowledge, swear to and deliver all certificates and other instruments
conforming with this Agreement that are necessary or appropriate to form,
qualify, continue, dissolve and terminate the Partnership as a limited
partnership under the law of the State of Texas and to qualify, continue,
dissolve and terminate the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership (or a
partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability) in all other
jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business, and to this end
the General Partner may use the power of attorney set forth in Section 9.13.


 


2.06                           Term.  The term of Partnership shall commence on the
date of filing of the Certificate and shall continue until the close of
business on February 28, 2015, unless the Partnership is dissolved and
liquidated before such time in accordance with this Agreement.


 


ARTICLE III

GENERAL PARTNER; MANAGEMENT


 


3.01                           Authority of General Partner.  In addition to the powers now or hereafter
granted to a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or
which are granted to the General Partner under other provisions of this
Agreement, subject only to any express limitations set forth in this Agreement,
the General Partner shall have the full and exclusive power and authority to do
any and all things necessary, incidental, proper, advisable or convenient for
the furtherance of the purposes of the Partnership and for the protection and
benefit of the Partnership, including without limitation:


 


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(a)                                  to
determine whether to acquire, hold, develop or produce Partnership Property and
other assets of the Partnership and whether, when and on what terms to
farm-out, sell, promote or otherwise transfer any particular prospect, or any
interest therein;


 


(b)                                 to
make all decisions concerning the desirability of payment, and the payment or
supervision of payment, of all delay rentals, shut-in royalty payments, minimum
royalty payments and any other similar or related payments;


 


(c)                                  to
drill, complete, control, rework, side-track, redrill, recomplete, produce,
plug and/or abandon any or all of the Wells;


 


(d)                                 to
form and participate in tax partnerships, joint ventures or other relationships
that it deems desirable with regard to Partnership prospects;


 


(e)                                  to
make any expenditures and incur any obligations it deems appropriate for the
conduct of the activities of the Partnership;


 


(f)                                    to
acquire (including, without limitation, to purchase at premium prices when
deemed appropriate by the General Partner), exchange, sell, lease, dispose of
or exchange any or all Partnership Property;


 


(g)                                 to
use Partnership Property or credit of the Partnership (including without
limitation, cash on hand), for any purpose not inconsistent with this Agreement
and on any terms it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, the
financing of Partnership operations and activities, the repayment of
obligations of the Partnership and the contribution obligations of others under
third-party joint operating agreements or similar agreements;


 


(h)                                 to
negotiate, execute, deliver and perform, in the name and on behalf of the
Partnership, any contracts, conveyances or other instruments which it considers
appropriate for the conduct of Partnership operations or the implementation of
its powers under this Agreement, including, without limitation, Operating
Agreements, unit Operating Agreements and joint development agreements, and the
right to make any and all elections that are required or necessary under the
terms of any agreements;


 


(i)                                     to
distribute cash, Partnership Property or other assets of the Partnership to the
Partners in accordance with this Agreement;


 


(j)                                     to
select and dismiss attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the
Partnership and to determine their compensation and other terms of engagement;


 


(k)                                  to
acquire and maintain such insurance, if any, for the benefit of the Partnership
and the Partners as it deems appropriate;


 


(l)                                     to
establish operating and other offices and facilities;


 


(m)                               to
borrow money, incur indebtedness or make guaranties in the name or on behalf of
the Partnership and to secure the same by mortgages, deeds of trust, security
interests, pledges or other liens or encumbrances on all or any part of the
Partnership Property;


 


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(n)                                 to
construct pipelines, drilling and production platforms and facilities, gas
plants, processing plants and other facilities incidental to the development of
Partnership Property and the production and marketing of oil and gas therefrom;


 


(o)                                 to
execute and deliver division orders and transfer orders upon such terms and
conditions and containing such provisions as the General Partner may consider
appropriate; and


 


(p)                                 to
control any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership
including the conduct of litigation and other incurring of legal expenses and
the settlement of claims in litigation; provided, that, the General
Partner shall not be authorized to settle any claims for which any Limited
Partner has, or may have, any individual liability without the Limited Partner’s
prior written consent.


 


Any person
dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
protected in relying, on the authority of the General Partner to act for the
Partnership.


 


3.02                           Certain Restrictions on General Partner’s Power and Authority.  The General Partner shall not have the power
or authority to, and shall not, do, form or authorize any of the following
without the prior written consent of Limited Partners holding a majority of the
Units held by all Limited Partners (a “Majority in Interest”):


 


(a)                                  do
any act in contravention of this Agreement;


 


(b)                                 do
any act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the
Partnership;


 


(c)                                  possess
Partnership Property or other assets of the Partnership or assign any rights in
specific Partnership Property or assets for other than a Partnership purpose;


 


(d)                                 change
or reorganize the Partnership into any other legal form; or


 


(e)                                  commingle
the funds of the Partnership with the funds of any other person or entity.


 


3.03                           Duties and Services of General Partner.  The General Partner shall comply in all
respects with the terms of this Agreement and shall use its reasonable efforts
to cause the Partnership to: (i) comply in all material respects with the terms
and provisions of all agreements to which the Partnership is a party or to
which its properties are subject; (ii) comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws, ordinances or governmental rules and regulations to which the
Partnership is subject; and (iii) obtain all licenses, permits, franchises and
other governmental authorizations material and necessary with respect to the
ownership of Partnership properties and the conduct of Partnership business and
operations.  During the existence of the
Partnership, the General Partner shall devote such time and effort to the
Partnership business and operations as shall be necessary for the furtherance
of the purposes of the Partnership; provided,
however, that the Partners acknowledge
and agree that neither the General Partner nor any Affiliate thereof nor any of
their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be required to
devote full time to Partnership business and may from time to time engage in
and possess interests in other business ventures of any and every type and
description, independently


 


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or with others, including
without limitation, the ownership, acquisition, exploration, development,
operation and management of oil and gas properties, oil and gas drilling
programs and other partnerships similar to this Partnership, and that neither
the Partnership nor any Limited Partner shall by virtue of this Agreement have
any right, title, interest or expectancy in or to such activities or ventures. 
The Partners acknowledge and agree that the General Partner engages in
the same business as the Partnership, and that that General Partner has no duty
to any Limited Partner with regard to the operation of the General Partner’s
business affairs or prospects outside of the Partnership.  The Partners also agree and acknowledge that
the General Partner may operate the General Partner’s business affairs or
prospects outside of the Partnership without offering the Partnership or any
Limited Partner the right to participate in such other affairs or prospects.


 


3.04                           Operating Agreements.  The General Partner shall use its reasonable
efforts to cause the Partnership to become a party to all applicable Operating
Agreements for any Partnership Property. 
To the extent the General Partner is not able to cause the Partnership
to become a party to an applicable Operating Agreement, the General Partner
agrees to use its reasonable efforts to act in accordance with the provisions
of such Operating Agreement as if the Partnership were a party to such
Operating Agreement.  In addition,
following dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership, each Partner agrees
to become a party to all Operating Agreements in which the General Partner serves
as operator, and further agrees to use its reasonable efforts to become a party
to all other applicable Operating Agreements. 
To the extent any Partner is not able to become a party to an applicable
Operating Agreement, such Partner agrees to use its reasonable efforts to act
in accordance with the provisions of such Operating Agreement as if it were a
party to such Operating Agreement.


 


3.05                           Admission of Additional General Partners.  After the date of this Agreement, the General
Partner may admit one or more additional General Partners at such times and
upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the General Partner, in
its sole discretion.  Each such
additional General Partner, as a condition to its admission to the Partnership,
shall adopt and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement
and will assume all obligations and liabilities of the Partnership arising
before its admission as though it had been a General Partner when such
obligations and liabilities were incurred.


 


3.06                           Withdrawal of General Partner. 
A General Partner shall cease to be a General Partner and shall be
deemed to have withdrawn from the Partnership upon the General Partner’s
written notice of its withdrawal to the other Partners.  A General Partner may not be removed as a
General Partner.


 


3.07                           General Partner as Limited Partner.  The General Partner shall also be treated as
a Limited Partner to the extent that it acquires, holds or becomes an assignee
of Units of a Limited Partner, whether pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or
otherwise.


 


3.08                           Excluded Properties.  Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the General Partner may at any
time and from time to time and in its sole discretion determine that Leases
acquired by the General Partner in the Area of Interest, Wells in the Area of
Interest or Working Interests derived from the General Partner’s ownership of
Leases in the Area of Interest shall not be Partnership property and may
designate such Leases, Wells or


 


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Working Interests or any portion of the
General Partner’s interest therein as “Excluded Property” for purposes of this Agreement.  The Limited Partners acknowledge and agree
that the General Partner (i) shall not have any obligation to contribute
Excluded Property to the Partnership, (ii) may acquire, own, hold and develop
Excluded Property for itself, its Affiliates or any other Person and (iii) may
transfer, assign or contribute any or all of its interests in Excluded Property
to any other Person, including, without limitation, to a partnership or other
entity formed by the General Partner or an Affiliate of the General Partner and
one or more Limited Partners or other officers, employees, agents or
contractors of the General Partner or an Affiliate of the General Partner, in
which one or more Limited Partners do not participate or participate on a basis
that differs from their ownership of Units in the Partnership.


 


ARTICLE IV

LIMITED PARTNERS


 


4.01                           Restrictions on Limited Partners. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, a Limited
Partner, in his or her capacity as such, shall not:


 


(a)                                  be
allowed to manage or control or take part in the management or control of the
Partnership business or to act for or bind the Partnership, such power being
vested solely and exclusively in the General Partner;


 


(b)                                 be
entitled to be paid any fee, salary or other compensation by the Partnership or
General Partner or to have a Partnership drawing account;


 


(c)                                  be
entitled to receive any interest or a return of Capital Contributions except as
expressly provided for herein;


 


(d)                                 be
entitled to a partition of Partnership Property or other assets of the
Partnership;


 


(e)                                  be
bound by, nor be personally liable for, the expenses, liabilities or
obligations of the Partnership; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not limit or expand any obligation or liability of any Limited
Partner to the Partnership set forth in this Agreement or to the extent such
obligation or liability is required by law; or


 


(f)                                    be
entitled to withdraw from the Partnership.


 


4.02                           Access to Information.   A Limited Partner or a permitted assignee of
Units, on written request to the General Partner stating the purpose, may
examine and copy, at any reasonable time, for any proper purpose, and at the
expense of the Limited Partner or assignee, records required to be kept by the
Partnership under Section 1.07 of the Act and other information regarding the
business affairs and financial condition of the Partnership as is just and
reasonable for the Person to examine and copy. 
On the written request by any Limited Partner or an assignee of Units
made to the General Partner at the principal place of business of the
Partnership, the Partnership shall provide to the requesting Limited Partner or
assignee, without charge, true copies of:


 


(a)                                  this
Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments and restatements; and


 


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(b)                                 any
of the tax returns described in Subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) of Section
1.07 of the Act.


 


Information
provided to or obtained by a Limited Partner or an assignee of Units relating
to the Partnership or Partnership Property shall be used by such Limited
Partner or assignee solely in furtherance of his or her interests as a Limited
Partner and shall not be used for any other purpose.  Limited Partners and assignees of Units shall
maintain the confidentiality of all such information and shall not disclose
such information to any other Person.  If
a Limited Partner or assignee of a Unit receives a request to disclose
information relating to the Partnership or Partnership Property under the terms
of a subpoena, investigative demand or order issued by a court or governmental
agency, the Limited Partner or assignee shall promptly notify the General
Partner of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such request, so
that the General Partner may seek a protective order or confidential treatment
of such information.


 


4.03                           Admission of Additional Limited Partners.  The General Partner may admit an assignee of
Units who has acquired Units in a Transfer permitted under Sections 4.05, 4.06 or 5.03(b)
as an additional or successor Limited Partner to the Partnership at such times
and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the General Partner,
in its sole discretion.


 


4.04                           Investment
Representations of the Limited Partners.


 


(a)                                  Each
Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership in reliance upon such Limited
Partner’s representation to the General Partner and the Partnership, which by
executing this Agreement each Limited Partner hereby confirms, that such
Limited Partner is acquiring his or her Units for his or her own account, for
investment purposes only and not with a view to the resale or distribution
thereof, in whole or in part.  Each
Limited Partner understands that the Units have not been registered under the
Securities Act and that any Transfer of the Units may not be made without
registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption
therefrom.  The Limited Partners
understand that no market exists for any Units and that it is unlikely that a
market will ever exist for any Units.


 


(b)                                 Each
Limited Partner represents that he or she has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of an investment in the Units.


 


4.05                           Transfer Restrictions. 
Except as provided in Sections 4.06 and 5.03(b), no
Limited Partner shall Transfer any Units or any interest therein without the
prior written consent of the General Partner. 
Any attempted Transfer in violation of this Section 4.05 shall be
null and void, and the Partnership shall refuse to recognize any such Transfer
and shall not reflect on its records any change in ownership of such Units
pursuant to any such Transfer.


 


4.06                           Permitted Transfers; Status as Assignee.  A Limited Partner may Transfer all or any
portion of his or her Units (i) to the Partnership, (ii) to his or her spouse,
parents or natural or adoptive lineal descendants, or to one or more trusts or
partnerships established exclusively for the benefit of his or her spouse,
parents or natural or adoptive lineal descendants, or (iii) pursuant to Section
4.07; provided, that any such
permitted assignee shall receive and hold such rights subject to the provisions
of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions of this


 


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Article IV.  A Limited Partner intending to Transfer Units
pursuant to this Section 4.06
shall provide at least 10 days prior written notice of such proposed transfer
to the General Partner.  An assignee of
Units shall have only the rights of an assignee under the Act and, except as
expressly provided under the Act, shall not be considered a Partner for any
purpose under this Agreement or otherwise unless and until such assignee is
admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner with the approval of the
General Partner pursuant to Section 4.03.


 


4.07                           General Partner’s Right of Purchase.  The General Partner shall have the right and
option to purchase any and/or all Units held by a Limited Partner following
such Limited Partner’s admission to or conviction of a felony or misdemeanor
offense against CWEI or any of its Affiliates (“Event of
Forfeiture”).  The General
Partner may exercise such right and option of purchase within 60 days of an
Event of Forfeiture.  The purchase price
to be paid for the Units held by the Limited Partner shall be equal to such
Limited Partner’s Capital Contribution as set forth on Exhibit A.  To the extent the General Partner exercises
its option to purchase a Limited Partner’s Units under this provision, such
Units shall then be held by the General Partner in accordance with Section 3.07 hereof.


 


4.08                           Specific Performance. 
The parties agree
that the Partnership and each Partner would be irreparably damaged if any of
the provisions of this Article IV are not performed in accordance with
their specific terms and that monetary damages would not provide an adequate
remedy in such event.  Accordingly, it is
agreed that, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled, at
law or in equity, the Partnership, the General Partner and any nondefaulting
Limited Partner shall be entitled to injunctive relief to prevent breaches of
the provisions of this Article IV and specifically to enforce the terms
and provisions hereof in any action instituted in any court of competent
jurisdiction.


 


ARTICLE V

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS


 


5.01                           Capital Contributions of General Partner. The General Partner shall
contribute to the Partnership (i) cash in such amounts as shall be necessary to
pay timely the costs and expenses allocated and charged to the General Partner
pursuant to Section 6.01 and elsewhere herein, and (ii) an undivided 4%
of the General Partner’s interest in Partnership Property.  In the event any Partnership Property
contributed to the Partnership are subject to any liens or similar
encumbrances, the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to cause such
liens or similar encumbrances to be released prior to any dissolution of the
Partnership.


 


5.02                           Initial Capital Contributions of Limited Partners.  On the Effective Date, each Limited Partner
shall initially contribute to the Partnership cash in the amount of $10.00 per
Unit, as set forth on Exhibit A.


 


5.03                           Additional
Capital Contributions of Limited Partners.


 


(a)                                  After
Payout, if the General Partner determines, in its sole discretion, that
additional Capital Contributions from the Limited Partners are required to fund
the payment of costs and expenses allocated and charged to the Limited Partners
pursuant to Section 6.01 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the General
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Partners (a “Contribution Notice”) setting forth the date on which such
additional Capital Contributions shall be payable (the “Contribution Date”),
which date shall be not less than 10 days after the date of the Contribution
Notice, the total amount of the additional Capital Contributions required and
the amount of the additional Capital Contribution to be made by each Limited
Partner pursuant to this Section 5.03(a).  Each Limited Partner’s additional Capital
Contribution shall be in proportion to the number of Units held by such Limited
Partner.


 


(b)                                 If
a Limited Partner does not make an additional Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in the amount, at the time or in the manner provided in Section
5.03(a) (a “Non-Contributing Limited
Partner”), the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may make the
additional Capital Contribution that the Non-Contributing Limited Partner
failed to make within 20 days after the Contribution Date, in which case the
Non-Contributing Limited Partner, without further action on his or her part,
shall be deemed to have assigned to the General Partner on the Contribution
Date the economic rights to the Units held by the Non-Contributing Limited
Partner, and the General Partner, as the assignee of the Non-Contributing
Limited Partner and the holder of such Units, shall be entitled to receive all
allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or similar items, and all
distributions, to which the Non-Contributing Limited Partner would otherwise be
entitled from and after the Contribution Date. 
The General Partner shall hold such economic rights to the Units
attributable to the Non-Contributing Limited Partner until such time as the
General Partner, as the holder of such Units, shall have received distributions
pursuant to Section 6.04 in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (i)
the additional Capital Contributions made by the General Partner pursuant to
this Section 5.03(b), plus (ii) an annual rate of return on such
additional Capital Contributions from the Contribution Date equal to the prime
rate as established from time to time by Bank One NA, or its successors, plus
2%, whereupon the General Partner, without further action on its part, shall be
deemed to have re-assigned the economic rights to such Units to the
Non-Contributing Limited Partner.  The
General Partner may use the power of attorney set forth in Section 9.13
to reflect any assignment pursuant to this Section 5.03(b).


 


5.04                           Capital Accounts. 
An individual capital account (a “Capital Account”) shall be established
and maintained for each Partner as provided in Exhibit D.


 


5.05                           Return of Capital Contribution                    No
interest shall accrue on any Capital Contributions, and no Partner shall have
the right to withdraw or be repaid any Capital Contributions by such Partner
except as expressly provided for herein.


 


ARTICLE VI

SHARING, ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS


 


6.01                           Sharing and Allocation of Costs and Expenses.  All costs and expenses of the Partnership
shall be allocated and charged to the Partners as follows:


 


(a)                                  Acquisition Costs shall be allocated (i) 100%
to the General Partner before Payout and (ii) 100% to the Limited Partners as a
class after Payout;


 


(b)                                 Well
Costs shall be allocated (i) 100% to the General Partner before Payout and (ii)
100% to the Limited Partners as a class after Payout;


 


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(c)                                  All
other costs and expenses of the Partnership not specifically allocated above
shall be allocated (i) 100% to the General Partner before Payout and (ii) 100%
to the Limited Partners as a class after Payout.


 


All
allocations made to Limited Partners “as a class” pursuant to this Agreement
shall be apportioned among the Limited Partners in proportion to the number of
Units held by such Limited Partners.


 


6.02                           Sharing and Allocation of Revenues.  All revenues of the Partnership (which shall
not include Capital Contributions and proceeds of loans to the Partnership)
shall be allocated (i) 100% to the General Partner before Payout and (ii) 100%
to the Limited Partners as a class after Payout.


 


6.03                           Allocations for Capital Account and Tax Purposes.  Subject to Section 8.02(c), all items of
income, gain, deduction, loss, credit and amount realized shall be allocated to
the Partners in accordance with the provisions of Exhibit D.


 


6.04                           Distributions. 
At least monthly (commencing with the first full calendar month after
the receipt by the Partnership of its first revenues other than Capital
Contributions and proceeds of loans to the Partnership), all cash funds of the
Partnership (exclusive of Capital Contributions or proceeds of loans) which the
General Partner reasonably determines are not needed for the payment of any
existing or reasonably foreseeable Partnership obligations and expenditures
shall be distributed to the Partners. 
All such cash funds of the Partnership shall be distributed to the
Partners in the same respective percentages as the revenues to which such cash
funds are attributable were allocated to the Partners pursuant to Section
6.02 (after deducting therefrom the costs and expenses charged to the
Partners pursuant to Section 6.01 and elsewhere herein); provided,
however, that if Payout would occur as a result of a distribution of
cash funds to the General Partner, such distribution shall be deemed to
constitute two distributions:  (i) the
first distribution shall consist of the amount of cash funds necessary to cause
Payout to occur, and (ii) the second distribution shall consist of the balance
of the funds then distributed.


 


6.05                           Withholding Taxes.  The Partnership shall at all times be
entitled (but not obligated) to make payments required to discharge any
obligation of the Partnership or the General Partner to withhold or make
payments to any governmental authority with respect to any federal, state or
local tax liability of any Limited Partner for such taxes arising out of such
Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership. 
The amount of each such payment made by the Partnership with respect to
any Limited Partner shall be deducted from any distributions otherwise payable
to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Partnership fails to withhold any
federal, state or local taxes in respect of any Limited Partner when required
to do so (including as a result of any change in law or interpretation thereof
or otherwise) any liability incurred by the Partnership (including any interest
and penalties) as a result of such failure shall be borne by such Limited
Partner (and charged to such Limited Partner’s Capital Account), and such
Limited Partner shall indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership and the
General Partner from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities,
costs, damages and causes of action of any nature whatsoever related to such
withholding obligation.


 


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ARTICLE VII

BOOKS, RECORDS AND BANK ACCOUNTS


 


7.01                           Maintenance of Books.   The books of account for the Partnership shall
be maintained on an accrual basis in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, except that the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be maintained
in accordance with Exhibit D.  The accounting year of the Partnership shall
be the calendar year.


 


7.02                           Accounts.  The General Partner shall establish
and maintain one or more separate bank and investment accounts and arrangements
for Partnership funds in the Partnership name with financial institutions and
firms that the General Partner determines.


 


ARTICLE VIII

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION


 


8.01                           Dissolution.  The Partnership shall dissolve and its
business and affairs shall be wound up on the first to occur of the following:


 


(a)                                  the
expiration of the term of the Partnership set forth in Section 2.06;


 


(b)                                 the election of the General Partner, in its
sole discretion, to dissolve and liquidate the Partnership;


 


(c)                                  an Event of Withdrawal; provided, that upon
the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal if there is at least one remaining
General Partner, the business of the Partnership shall be carried on by the
remaining General Partner, and the Partnership shall not be dissolved and its
affairs shall not be wound up by reason of such Event of Withdrawal; or


 


(d)                                 a
Change of Control (as hereinafter defined); provided, that if a Change
in Control occurs prior to Payout, dissolution of the Partnership shall be
postponed until Payout occurs.  For
purposes of this Section 8.01(d), “Change
in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:


 


(i)                                     Any
Person, including a “group” as determined in accordance with Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, is or
becomes, through one or a series of related transactions or through one or more
intermediaries, the beneficial owners, directly or indirectly, of securities of
CWEI representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of CWEI’s then
outstanding securities, other than a Person who is such a beneficial owner on
the Effective Date and any Affiliate of such Person;


 


(ii)                                  As
a result of, or in connection with, any tender offer or exchange offer, merger
or other business combination, sale of assets or contested election, or any
combination of the foregoing transactions (a “Transaction”),
the Persons who were directors of the Company before the Transaction shall
cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of CWEI or any
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(iii)                               Following
the Effective Date, CWEI is merged or consolidated with another corporation and
as a result of such merger or consolidation less than 40% of the outstanding
voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation shall then be owned
in the aggregate by the former stockholders of CWEI, other than any party to such
merger or consolidation or any Affiliates of such party;


 


(iv)                              A
tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated for the ownership of
securities of CWEI representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of
CWEI’s then outstanding voting securities; or


 


(v)                                 CWEI
or a subsidiary of CWEI transfers more than 50% of its assets, or the last of a
series of transfers results in the transfer of more than 50% of the assets of
CWEI, to another corporation the capital stock of which is not wholly-owned by
CWEI.  For this purpose, the
determination of what constitutes 50% of the assets of CWEI shall be determined
based on the sum of the values attributed to (A) the oil and gas reserves of
CWEI as reflected by the most recent reserve report prepared or audited by CWEI’s
independent petroleum engineers, (B) CWEI’s undeveloped oil and gas properties
as determined by an independent appraisal thereof, and (C) the net book value
of all other assets of CWEI, each taken as of the date of the related transfer
of assets.


 


8.02                           Liquidation
and Termination.  Upon
dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner shall act as liquidator or
may appoint one or more other Persons to act as liquidator.  The liquidator shall proceed to wind up the
affairs of the Partnership and make final distributions as provided in this
Agreement. The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a Partnership expense.
Until final distribution, the liquidator shall continue to operate the
Partnership properties with all of the power and authority of the General
Partner. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows:


 


(a)                                  As
promptly as practicable after dissolution and again after final liquidation,
the liquidator shall cause a proper accounting to be made of the Partnership’s
assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month
in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as
applicable;


 


(b)                                 From
Partnership funds, the liquidator shall pay all of the debts and liabilities of
the Partnership (including, without limitation, all expenses incurred in
liquidation) or otherwise make adequate provision for such debts and
liabilities, including, without limitation, by establishing a cash escrow fund
for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidator
may reasonably determine; and


 


(c)                                  All
remaining assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to the Partners as
follows:


 


(i)                                     The
liquidator may sell any or all Partnership Property and other assets, including
to Partners, and any resulting gain or loss from each sale shall be computed
and allocated to the Capital Accounts of the Partners in accordance with Section
8.02(c)(iii);


 


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(ii)                                  With
respect to all Partnership Property and other assets that have not been sold,
the fair market value of that Partnership Property and other assets shall be
determined and any unrealized income, gain, loss, and deduction inherent in
property that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Partners
previously shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with Section
8.02(c)(iii);


 


(iii)                               All
items of income, gain, loss and deduction referred to in Sections 8.02(c)(i)
and (ii) shall be allocated among the Partners in such a manner as to
cause, to the maximum extent possible, the positive Capital Account balance of
each Partner to equal the distribution such Partner would receive if the
distributions upon liquidation were made in accordance with Section 6.04
of this Agreement;


 


(iv)                              Partnership
Property and other assets shall then be distributed among the Partners in
accordance with the positive Capital Account balances of the Partners, as
determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for the
taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership
occurs (other than those made by reason of distributions pursuant to this
clause (iv)), and those distributions shall be made by the end of the taxable
year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership occurs
(or, if later, 90 days after the date of the liquidation);


 


(v)                                 It
is intended that the distributions made to each Partner pursuant to this Section 8.02(c) be equal to the distributions
to which such Partner would be entitled if liquidating distributions were made
in accordance with Section 6.04 of this
Agreement.  To the extent the Partners’
positive Capital Account balances after application of Section 8.02(c)(iii) do
not correspond to the amounts of such intended distributions, the allocations
provided for in Exhibit D for the
fiscal year in which the liquidation occurs shall be adjusted, to the maximum
extent possible, to produce Capital Account balances which correspond to the
amount of such intended distributions.


 


All
distributions in kind to the Partners shall be made subject to the liability of
each distributee for his, her or its allocable share of costs, expenses and
liabilities previously incurred or for which the Partnership has committed
prior to the date of termination and those costs, expenses and liabilities
shall be allocated to the distributee under this Section 8.02. The
distribution of cash or property to a Partner in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 8.02 constitutes a
complete return to the Partner of his, her or its Capital Contributions and a
complete distribution to the Partner of his, her or its Units and all the
Partnership Property and other assets and constitutes a compromise to which all
Partners have consented within the meaning of Section 5.02(d) of the Act. To
the extent that a Partner returns funds to the Partnership, it has no claim
against any other Partner for those funds.


 


8.03                           Termination. On completion of the
distribution of Partnership assets as provided in this Agreement, the
Partnership is terminated, and the General Partner (or such other Person or
Persons as the Act may require or permit) shall cause the cancellation of the
Certificate and any filings made as provided in Section 2.05 and shall
take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership.


 


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ARTICLE IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS


 


9.01                           Offset.  Whenever the Partnership or the
General Partner is to pay any sum to any Partner, including pursuant to Section 4.07, any amounts that Partner owes
the Partnership or the General Partner or its Affiliates may be deducted from
that sum before payment.


 


9.02                           Notices.  All notices, requests or consents
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement must be in writing and
shall be considered as properly given if mailed by first class United States
mail, postage paid, and registered or certified with return receipt requested,
or if delivered to the recipient in person, by courier or by facsimile transmission.  Notices, requests and consents shall be sent
to a Limited Partner at the address shown on its Signature Page for Limited
Partners.  A Limited Partner may change
its address by giving written notice to the General Partner.  Any notice, request or consent to the
Partnership or to the General Partner shall be sent to the General Partner at
its principal place of business, to the attention of the Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer.


 


9.03                           Entire Agreement. 
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Partners relating
to the Partnership and supersedes all prior contracts or agreements with
respect to the Partnership, whether oral or written.


 


9.04                           Effect of Waiver or Consent.  A waiver or consent, express or implied, to
or of any breach or default by any Person in the performance by that Person of
its obligations with respect to the Partnership is not a consent or waiver to
or of any other breach or default in the performance by that Person of the same
or any other obligations of that Person with respect to the Partnership.  Failure on the part of a Person to complain
of any act of any Person or to declare any Person in default with respect to
the Partnership, irrespective of how long that failure continues, does not
constitute a waiver by that Person of its rights with respect to that default
until the applicable statute of limitations period has run.


 


9.05                           Amendment
or Modification.


 


(a)                                  Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 9.05, any amendment to this
Agreement must be proposed by the General Partner and approved in writing by
the General Partner and at least a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners
within 90 days of its proposal to be effective.


 


(b)                                 The
General Partner may amend this Agreement without the consent of any Limited
Partner (i) to remove or correct any inconsistency, ambiguity or error
contained herein, provided that such amendment does not materially and
adversely affect the Limited Partners, (ii) to admit additional Partners
pursuant to Sections 3.04 or 4.03, 
(iii) to reflect any assignment of Units pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or
(iv) to amend Exhibit C to designate Leases, Wells or Working Interests or any
interest therein as Excluded Properties.


 


9.06                           Binding Effect. 
Subject to the restrictions on Transfers set forth in this Agreement,
this Agreement is binding on and inures to the benefit of the Partners and
their respective successors and assigns.


 


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9.07                           Governing Law; Severability. 
THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS RULE OR PRINCIPLE
THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE
LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.  If any
provision of this Agreement or its application to any Person or circumstance is
held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement
and the application of that provision to other Persons or circumstances is not
affected and that provision shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted
by law.


 


9.08                           Further Assurances.  In connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by it, each Partner shall execute and deliver any
additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts that may
be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and perform the provisions of this
Agreement and those transactions.


 


9.09                           Waiver of Certain Rights. 
Except for the General Partner, each Partner irrevocably waives any
right it may have to maintain any action for dissolution of the Partnership or
for partition of the property of the Partnership.


 


9.10                           Insurance.  The Partnership may purchase and
maintain insurance or enter into other arrangements on behalf of the
Partnership, the General Partner or any other Person who is or was a “general
partner,” as defined in Section 11.01 of the Act, or a Limited Partner, who is
or was serving at the request of the Partnership or the General Partner as a “representative,”
as defined in Section 11.01 of the Act, of any other enterprise, against any
liability asserted against the Person and incurred by the Person in that
capacity or arising out of the Person’s status in that capacity, regardless of
whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify the Person against
that liability under this Agreement or the Act. 
In the absence of actual fraud, the judgment of the General Partner as
to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the
identity of the insurer or other Person participating in an arrangement shall
be conclusive, and the insurance or other arrangement shall not be voidable and
shall not subject the General Partner approving the insurance or other
arrangement to liability, on any ground, regardless of whether the General
Partner will be a beneficiary.


 


9.11                           Indemnification.


 


(a)                                  The
Partnership agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the General Partner, its
Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, partners, members,
managers, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”) to the
fullest extent permitted by law, from and against all losses, costs,
liabilities, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, costs of
suit and attorneys’ fees) paid or incurred in connection with or resulting from
any and all claims, actions or demands against such Indemnified Person that
arise out of or in any way relate to or are incidental to the Partnership, the
Partnership Property or the business or affairs of the Partnership; provided,
however, that this indemnity shall not extend to any bad faith, willful
misconduct, gross negligence or deliberate or intentional breach of any
material provision of this Agreement by such Indemnified Person.  THE PARTIES INTEND THAT THE INDEMNIFIED
PERSONS BE INDEMNIFIED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT FROM LIABILITY FOR THEIR OWN
SOLE, PARTIAL OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE.


 


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(b)                                 The
indemnification rights contained in this Section
9.11 shall be cumulative of and in addition to any and all other
rights, remedies and recourses to which any Indemnified Person or their
respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns shall be
entitled, whether pursuant to some other provisions of this Agreement, at law
or in equity.


 


(c)                                  The
Partnership shall advance to any Indemnified Person all reasonable fees, costs
and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and related costs), of defending any
claim, action or demand that arises out of or in any way relates to or is
incidental to the Partnership, the Partnership Property, business or affairs;
provided, that such Indemnified Person agrees in writing to repay to the
Partnership all such advances in the event that it is finally determined that
such Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder with
respect to such claim, action or demand.


 


(d)                                 All
damages awarded by any court or paid in settlement in connection with any
action in the nature of a derivative action shall be paid to the Partnership by
the Person bringing such action.  As used
herein, derivative action shall mean an action brought by a Limited Partner on
behalf of the Partnership.


 


9.12                           Counsel to the Partnership.  The General Partner may select and retain
legal counsel to the Partnership and may execute and deliver on behalf of the
Partnership any consent to the representation of the Partnership that counsel
may request pursuant to the rules of professional conduct or similar rules in
any jurisdiction.  Counsel to the
Partnership may also be counsel to the General Partner.  The Partnership has initially selected Vinson
& Elkins L.L.P. (“Partnership Counsel”) as legal counsel to the Partnership.
Each Limited Partner acknowledges that Partnership Counsel does not represent
such Limited Partner as a Limited Partner, and that Partnership Counsel shall
owe no duties directly to such Limited Partner. 
Each Limited Partner further acknowledges that, whether or not
Partnership Counsel has in the past represented or is currently representing
such Limited Partner with respect to other matters, Partnership Counsel has not
advised or represented the interests of any Limited Partner in the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.


 


9.13                           Power of Attorney.  By the execution of this Agreement,
each Limited Partner does irrevocably constitute and appoint the General
Partner, with full power of substitution, as true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent with full power and authority to act in such Limited Partner’s name,
place and stead and to execute, file and record the Certificate as required
under the Act and to execute all other documents which such attorney-in-fact
deems necessary or reasonably appropriate:


 


(a)                                  to
qualify or continue the Partnership as a limited partnership in the State of
Texas and in all jurisdictions in which the Partnership may or intends to
conduct business or own property;


 


(b)                                 to
reflect a change in the identity of any Limited Partner, the admission of
additional Partners pursuant to this Agreement;


 


(c)                                  to
reflect any modification or amendment of this Agreement;


 


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(d)                                 to
reflect the transfer or assignment of Units by a Limited Partner from time to
time in accordance with Section 4.08 or pursuant to Section 5.03(b),
including without limitation, a transfer or assignment of Units to the General
Partner;


 


(e)                                  to
reflect the dissolution and termination of the Partnership; or


 


(f)                                    to
comply with applicable assumed name laws.


 


9.14                           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts (including by facsimile transmission) with the same effect as
if all signing parties had signed the same document.  All counterparts shall be construed together
and constitute the same instrument.


 


9.15                           No Employment Contract. 
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring
upon any Limited Partner who is or may become an employee of CWEI or any
Affiliate of CWEI any right to continue in the employment of CWEI or any
Affiliate of CWEI for any period of time or interfere with or restrict in any
way the rights of CWEI or any Affiliate of CWEI or such Limited Partner to
terminate the employment of such Limited Partner at any time for any reason (or
without any reason) whatsoever, with or without cause.


 


[Signature Pages
Follow]


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Partnership Agreement as of the Effective Date.


 


	
   

  	
  GENERAL PARTNER:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLAYTON WILLIAMS ENERGY, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  L. Paul Latham

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Executive Vice President

  
				



 





















 


SIGNATURE PAGE FOR LIMITED PARTNER


 


The
undersigned, desiring to become a limited partner in CWEI SOUTH LOUISIANA III, L. P., a Texas
limited partnership (“Partnership”), does hereby agree to all the terms and provisions
of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, including, without
limitation, the power of attorney set forth in Section
9.13 thereof.


 


 


	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
    Signature

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Address:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Fax:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Taxpayer I.D. No.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Number of Units:

  	
   

  
									



 





















 


EXHIBIT A




to Partnership Agreement of


CWEI SOUTH LOUISIANA III, L.
P.


Schedule  of Limited Partners


 


	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Initial

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  No. of

  	
   

  	
  Capital

  	
   

  
	
  Name

  	
   

  	
  Units

  	
   

  	
  Contributions

  	
   

  
	
  Pat Reesby

  	
   

  	
  25.62

  	
   

  	
  256.20

  	
   

  
	
  Kelly Beckham

  	
   

  	
  11.21

  	
   

  	
  112.10

  	
   

  
	
  Richard Wettaw

  	
   

  	
  8.75

  	
   

  	
  87.50

  	
   

  
	
  Paul Latham

  	
   

  	
  4.93

  	
   

  	
  49.30

  	
   

  
	
  Mel Riggs

  	
   

  	
  4.93

  	
   

  	
  49.30

  	
   

  
	
  Greg Benton

  	
   

  	
  4.52

  	
   

  	
  45.20

  	
   

  
	
  Kenneth Lipstreuer

  	
   

  	
  4.50

  	
   

  	
  45.00

  	
   

  
	
  John Kennedy

  	
   

  	
  3.00

  	
   

  	
  30.00

  	
   

  
	
  Ron Halfacre

  	
   

  	
  2.92

  	
   

  	
  29.20

  	
   

  
	
  Jerry Groner

  	
   

  	
  2.50

  	
   

  	
  25.00

  	
   

  
	
  Ron Gasser

  	
   

  	
  2.24

  	
   

  	
  22.40

  	
   

  
	
  Martha Reesby

  	
   

  	
  2.00

  	
   

  	
  20.00

  	
   

  
	
  Sam Lyssy

  	
   

  	
  2.00

  	
   

  	
  20.00

  	
   

  
	
  Clarence Wolfshohl

  	
   

  	
  2.00

  	
   

  	
  20.00

  	
   

  
	
  Mike Pollard

  	
   

  	
  2.00

  	
   

  	
  20.00

  	
   

  
	
  Mark Tisdale

  	
   

  	
  1.50

  	
   

  	
  15.00

  	
   

  
	
  Jana Craig

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Barbara Wynn

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Terri Lengfeld

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Patty Rohleder

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Tom Vineyard

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Joe Stembridge

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Mickey Cunningham

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Robert Thomas

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Danny Alford

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Dennis Polson

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Donnie Pruitt

  	
   

  	
  1.00

  	
   

  	
  10.00

  	
   

  
	
  Greg Welborn

  	
   

  	
  0.90

  	
   

  	
  9.00

  	
   

  
	
  Denise Kelly

  	
   

  	
  0.89

  	
   

  	
  8.90

  	
   

  
	
  Kim Jones

  	
   

  	
  0.75

  	
   

  	
  7.50

  	
   

  
	
  Ron Wetzel

  	
   

  	
  0.59

  	
   

  	
  5.90

  	
   

  
	
  Logan Irvin

  	
   

  	
  0.50

  	
   

  	
  5.00

  	
   

  
	
  Janet Hamilton

  	
   

  	
  0.50

  	
   

  	
  5.00

  	
   

  
	
  Betsy Luna

  	
   

  	
  0.25

  	
   

  	
  2.50

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  100.00

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  1,000.00

  	
   

  
							



 





















 


EXHIBIT B

to Partnership Agreement of




CWEI SOUTH LOUISIANA III, L.
P.


 


Area of Interest


 


The parishes
of Beauregard, Allen, Evangeline, St. Landry, Pointe Coupee, Calcasieu,
Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberville, West Baton Rouge,
Cameron, Vermilion, Iberia, St. Mary, Assumption, West Feliciana, East
Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, St. Tammany, East Baton Rouge,
Livingston, Ascension, St. John the Baptist, St. James, Lafourche, Terrebonne,
St. Charles, Jefferson, Plaquemine, Orleans, St. Bernard, except for the land
described on Exhibit B-1 which shall not be included.


 





















 


EXHIBIT B-1

to Partnership Agreement of




CWEI SOUTH LOUISIANA III, L. P.




Excluded Area of Interest


 


 


Floyd Prospect
in Plaquemine Parish, Louisiana described as follows:


 


A certain tract of land situated in Plaquemine Parish, LA., within a
rectangle formed by the following four corners:


 


	
  Northwest corner:

  	
   

  	
  X = 2632884

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Y = 263546

  
	
  Southwest corner:

  	
   

  	
  X = 2632884

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Y = 246095

  
	
  Northeast corner:

  	
   

  	
  X = 2656944

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Y = 263541

  
	
  Southeast corner:

  	
   

  	
  X = 2656944

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Y = 246095

  



 





















 


EXHIBIT C




to Partnership Agreement of




CWEI SOUTH LOUISIANA III, L.
P.




Wells


 


	
  Well Name

  	
   

  	
  County, State

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Existing Wells:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  [List to
  come]

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Wells
  Drilled:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  [To be
  determined]

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  



 





















 


EXHIBIT D


 


Allocations of Profits and Losses and Other Tax
Matters


 


ARTICLE I




TAX DEFINITIONS


 


Section 1.01                                Definitions.  All
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Agreement of Limited Partnership of CWEI SOUTH LOUISIANA III, L. P. dated March
1, 2005 (the “Agreement”), or as follows:


 


“Adjusted Capital Account”
means the Capital Account maintained for each Partner, (a) increased by any
amounts that such Partner is obligated to restore or is treated as obligated to
restore under Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), 1.704-2(g)(1) and
1.704-2(i)(5)), and (b) decreased by any amounts described in Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) with respect to such Partner.


 


“Minimum Gain” has
the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation Section 1.704-2(d).


 


“Partnership Nonrecourse Liability”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation Section 1.752-1(a)(2).


 


“Partner Nonrecourse Debt”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4).


 


“Partner Nonrecourse Deductions”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(1).


 


“Simulated
Basis” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b) of this
Exhibit.


 


“Simulated
Depletion” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b) of
this Exhibit.


 


“Simulated
Gain” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b) of this
Exhibit.


 


“Simulated
Loss” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b) of this
Exhibit.


 


ARTICLE II




ALLOCATIONS OF PROFIT AND LOSS


 


Section 2.01                                Allocations for Capital Account and Tax Purposes.    Subject
to Section 8.02 of the Agreement and except as otherwise provided herein, for
purposes of any applicable federal, state or local income tax law, rule or
regulation items of income, gain, deduction, loss, credit and amount realized
shall be allocated to the Partners as follows:


 





















 


(a)                                  Income
from the sale of oil or gas production and any credits allowed by
Section 29 of the Code relating thereto shall be allocated in the same
manner as revenue therefrom is allocated and credited pursuant to Section 6.02
of the Agreement.


 


(b)                                 Cost
and percentage depletion deductions and the gain or loss on the sale or other
disposition of property the production from which is subject to depletion
(herein sometimes called “Depletable Property”) shall be computed separately by the
Partners rather than the Partnership. 
For purposes of Section 613A(c)(7)(D) of the Code, the Partnership’s
adjusted basis in each Depletable Property shall be allocated to the Partners
in proportion to each Partner’s respective share of the costs and expenses
which entered into the Partnership’s adjusted basis for each Depletable
Property, and the amount realized on the sale or other disposition of each
Depletable Property shall be allocated to the Partners in proportion to each
Partner’s respective share of the revenue from the sale or other disposition of
such property provided for in Section 6.02 of the Agreement.  For purposes of allocating amounts realized
upon any such sale or disposition which are deemed to be received for federal
income tax purposes and are attributable to Partnership indebtedness or
indebtedness to which the Depletable Property is subject at the time of such
sale or disposition, such amounts shall be allocated in the same manner as
Partnership revenues used for the repayment of such indebtedness would have
been allocated under Section 6.02 of the Agreement.


 


(c)                                  Items
of deduction, loss and credit not specifically provided for above (other than
loss from the sale or other disposition of Partnership property), including
depreciation, cost recovery and amortization deductions, shall be allocated to
the Partners in the same manner that the costs and expenses of the Partnership
that gave rise to such items of deduction, loss and credit were allocated pursuant
to Section 6.01 of the Agreement.


 


(d)                                 Gain
from the sale or other disposition of Partnership property that is not
specifically provided for above shall be allocated to the Partners in a manner
which reflects each Partner’s allocable share of the revenue from the sale of
the Partnership property provided for in Section 6.02 of the
Agreement, and loss from the sale or other disposition of Partnership property
that is not specifically provided for above shall be allocated to the Partners
in a manner which reflects each Partner’s allocable share of the costs and
expenses of the Partnership property provided for in Section 6.01
of the Agreement.


 


(e)                                  All
recapture of income tax deduction resulting from the sale or other disposition
of Partnership property shall be allocated to the Partner to whom the deduction
that gave rise to such recapture was allocated hereunder to the extent that
such Partner is allocated any gain from the sale or other disposition of such
property.


 


(f)                                    Any
other items of Partnership income or gain not specifically provided for above
shall be allocated in the same manner as the revenue that resulted in such
income or gain is allocated and credited pursuant to Section 6.02 of the
Agreement.


 


(g)                                 Notwithstanding
any of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.01 to the
contrary:


 





















 


(i)                                     If
during any fiscal year of the Partnership there is a net increase in Minimum
Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt that gives rise to Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions, each Partner bearing the economic risk of loss for such
Partner Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated items of Partnership deductions and
losses for such year (consisting first of cost recovery or depreciation
deductions with respect to property that is subject to such Partner Nonrecourse
Debt and then, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Partnership’s other
items of deductions and losses, with any remainder being treated as an increase
in Minimum Gain attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt in the subsequent
year) equal to such Partner’s share of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions, as
determined in accordance with applicable Regulations.


 


(ii)                                  If
for any fiscal year of the Partnership there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain
attributable to Partnership Nonrecourse Liabilities, each Partner shall be
allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (consisting first
of gain recognized, including Simulated Gain, from the disposition of
Partnership property subject to one or more Partnership Nonrecourse Liabilities
and then, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Partnership’s other items of
income and gain, and if necessary, for subsequent years) equal to such Partner’s
share of such net decrease (except to the extent such Partner’s share of such
net decrease is caused by a change in debt structure with such Partner
commencing to bear the economic risk of loss as to all or part of any
Partnership Nonrecourse Liability or by such Partner contributing capital to
the Partnership that the Partnership uses to repay a Partnership Nonrecourse
Liability), as determined in accordance with applicable Regulations.


 


(iii)                               If
for any fiscal year of the Partnership there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain
attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt, each Partner shall be allocated
items of Partnership income and gain for such year (consisting first of gain
recognized, including Simulated Gain, from the disposition of Partnership
property subject to Partner Nonrecourse Debt, and then, if necessary, a pro
rata portion of the Partnership’s other items of income and gain, and if
necessary, for subsequent years) equal to such Partner’s share of such net
decrease (except to the extent such Partner’s share of such net decrease is
caused by a change in debt structure or by the Partnership’s use of capital contributed
by such Partner to repay Partner Nonrecourse Debt) as determined in accordance
with applicable Regulations.


 


(h)                                 The
General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to prevent any allocation or
distribution from causing a negative balance in a Limited Partner’s Adjusted
Capital Account.  Consistent therewith,
and notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.01
of this Exhibit to the contrary, if for any fiscal year of the Partnership the
allocation of any loss or deduction (net of any income or gain) to any Limited
Partner would cause or increase a negative balance in such Partner’s Adjusted
Capital Account as of the end of such fiscal year (the “Deficit Partner”)
after taking into account the provisions of Section 2.01(g) of this
Exhibit, only the amount of such loss or deduction that reduces the balance to
zero shall be allocated to such Deficit Partner and the remaining loss or
deduction shall be allocated to the Partners whose Adjusted Capital Accounts
have a positive balance remaining at such time (each, a “Positive Partner”).  After any such allocation, any Partnership
income or gain (including Simulated Gain)


 





















 


that would otherwise be allocated to the Deficit Partner shall be
allocated instead to the Positive Partners up to an amount equal to the
Partnership loss or deduction allocated to each Positive Partner under the
preceding sentence; provided, however, that no allocation of income or gain
realized shall be made under this sentence if the effect of such allocation
would be to cause the Adjusted Capital Account of the Deficit Partner to be
less than zero.  If, after taking into
account the allocation in the first sentence of this Section 2.01(h),
the Adjusted Capital Account balance of the Deficit Partner remains less than
zero at the end of a fiscal year, a pro rata portion of each item of
Partnership income or gain (including Simulated Gain) otherwise allocable to
the Positive Partners for such fiscal year (or if there is no such income or
gain allocable to the Positive Partners for such fiscal year, all such income
or gain (including Simulated Gain) so allocable in the succeeding fiscal year
or years) shall be allocated to the Deficit Partner in an amount necessary to
cause its Adjusted Capital Account balance to equal zero; provided, that no
allocation under this sentence shall have the effect of causing the Positive
Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account to be less than zero.  After any such allocation, any Partnership
gain (including Simulated Gain) resulting from the sale or other disposition of
Partnership property that would otherwise be allocated to the Deficit partner
for any fiscal year under this Section 2.01 shall be allocated
instead to the Positive Partners until the amount of gain so allocated equals
the amount of gain (including Simulated Gain) previously allocated to such
Deficit Partner under the preceding sentence of this Section 2.01(h);
provided, however, that no allocation of gain (including Simulated Gain) shall
be made under this sentence if the effect of such allocation would be to cause
the Adjusted Capital Account of a Deficit Partner to be less than zero.


 


ARTICLE III




OTHER TAX MATTERS


 


Section 3.01                                Tax Elections.


 


(a)                                  For
tax purposes, the Partnership shall elect to use the calendar as its taxable
year, and to report income and loss under the accrual method of accounting.


 


(b)                                 For
tax purposes, the Partnership shall elect to deduct expenses incurred in
organizing the Partnership ratably over a 60-month period as provided in
section 709 of the Code.


 


(c)                                  For
tax purposes, the Partnership shall elect to treat all start-up expenditures as
deferred expenses and to deduct such expenses over a 60-month period as
provided in section 195 of the Code.


 


(d)                                 In
connection with any Transfer or other assignment of an interest in the
Partnership permitted by the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the
General Partner shall, at the written request of the transferor, transferee or
other successor, cause the Partnership to make an election to adjust the basis of
the Partnership’s property in the manner provided in sections 734(b) and 743(b)
of the Code (or any like statute or regulation then in effect), and such
transferor, transferee or other successor shall pay all costs incurred by the
Partnership in connection therewith, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ and accountants’ fees.


 





















 


(e)                                  Unless
approved by the Partners, the Partnership shall not file any election pursuant
to sections 761 or 7701 of the Code, section 301.7701-3 of the Regulations or
otherwise, the effect of which would cause the Partnership not to be treated as
a partnership for Federal income tax purposes.


 


(f)                                    Except
as otherwise specifically provided herein, the General Partner shall have the
sole and absolute discretion to make any other available election under the
Code on behalf of the Partnership without the prior approval by the Partners.


 


Section 3.02                                Tax Matters Partner. 
The General Partner is hereby designated the “tax matters partner” of
the Partnership pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code.


 


ARTICLE IV




CAPITAL ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE


 


Section 4.01                                Maintenance of Capital Accounts.  An individual Capital Account (a “Capital Account”)
shall be maintained by the Partnership for each Partner as provided below:


 


(a)                                  The
Capital Account of each Partner shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be
(A) credited by such Partner’s Capital Contributions when made (net of
liabilities secured by contributed property that the Partnership is considered
to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code), (B) credited with
the amount of any item of taxable income or gain and the amount of any item of
income or gain exempt from tax allocated to such Partner, (C) credited with the
Partner’s share of Simulated Gain as provided in Section 4.01(b) of this
Exhibit, (D) debited by the amount of any item of tax deduction or loss
allocated to such Partner, (E) debited with the Partner’s share of Simulated
Loss and Simulated Depletion as provided in Section 4.01(b) of this
Exhibit, (F) debited by such Partner’s allocable share of expenditures of the
Partnership not deductible in computing the Partnership’s taxable income and
not properly chargeable as capital expenditures, including any non-deductible
book amortizations of capitalized costs, and (G) debited by the amount of cash
or the fair market value of any property distributed to such Partner (net of
liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Partner is
considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code).  Immediately prior to any distribution of
assets by the Partnership that is not pursuant to a liquidation of the
Partnership or all or any portion of a Partner’s interest therein, the Partners’
Capital Accounts shall be adjusted by (X) assuming that the distributed assets
were sold by the Partnership for cash at their respective fair market values as
of the date of distribution by the Partnership and (Y) crediting or debiting
each Partner’s Capital Account with its respective share of the hypothetical
gains or losses, including Simulated Gains and Simulated Losses, resulting from
such assumed sales in the same manner as each such Capital Account would be
debited or credited for gains or losses on actual sales of such assets.


 


(b)                                 The
allocation of basis prescribed by Section 613A(c)(7)(D) of the Code and
provided for in Section 2.01(b) of this Exhibit and each Partner’s
separately computed depletion deductions shall not reduce such Partner’s
Capital Account, but such Partner’s Capital Account shall be decreased by an
amount equal to the product of the depletion deductions that would otherwise be
allocable to the Partnership in the absence of Section 613A(c)(7)(D) of the
Code


 





















 


(computed
without regard to any limitations which theoretically could apply to any
Partner) times such Partner’s percentage share of the adjusted basis of the
property (determined under Section 2.01(b) of this Exhibit) with respect
to which such depletion is claimed (“Simulated Depletion”).  The Partnership’s basis in any Depletable
Property is adjusted from time to time for the Simulated Depletion allocable to
all Partners (and where the context requires, each Partner’s allocable share
thereof, which share shall be determined in the same manner as the allocation
of basis prescribed in Section 2.01(b) of this Exhibit) is herein called
“Simulated
Basis.”  No Partner’s Capital
Account shall be decreased, however, by Simulated Depletion deductions
attributable to any Depletable Property to the extent such deductions exceed
such Partner’s allocable share of the Partnership’s remaining Simulated Basis
in such property.  The Partnership shall
compute simulated gain (“Simulated Gain”) or simulated loss (“Simulated Loss”)
attributable to the sale or other disposition of a Depletable Property based on
the difference between the amount realized from such sale or other disposition
and the Simulated Basis of such property, as theretofore adjusted.  Any Simulated Gain shall be allocated to the
Partners and shall increase their respective Capital Accounts in the same
manner as the amount realized from such sale or other disposition in excess of
Simulated Basis shall have been allocated pursuant to Section 2.01(b).  Any Simulated Loss shall be allocated to the
Partners and shall reduce their respective Capital Accounts in the same
percentages as the costs of the property sold were allocated up to an amount
equal to each Partner’s share of the Partnership’s Simulated Basis in such
property at the time of such sale.


 


(c)                                  Any
adjustments of basis of Partnership property provided for under Sections 734
and 743 of the Internal Revenue Code and comparable provisions of state law
(resulting from an election under Section 754 of the Code or comparable
provisions of state law) and any election by an individual Partner under
Section 59(e)(4) of the Code to amortize such Partner’s share of intangible
drilling and development costs shall not affect the Capital Accounts of the
Partners (unless otherwise required by applicable Treasury Regulations), and
the Partners’ Capital Accounts shall be debited or credited pursuant to the
terms of this Section 4.01 as if no such election had been made.


 


(d)                                 Capital
Accounts shall be adjusted, in a manner consistent with this Section 4.01,
to reflect any adjustments in items of Partnership income, gain, loss or
deduction that result from amended returns filed by the Partnership or pursuant
to an agreement by the Partnership with the Internal Revenue Service or a final
court decision.


 


(e)                                  In
the case of property carried on the books of the Partnership at an amount which
differs from its adjusted basis, the Partners’ Capital Accounts shall be
debited or credited for items of depreciation, cost recovery, Simulated
Depletion, amortization and gain or loss (including Simulated Gain or Simulated
Loss) with respect to such property computed in the same manner as such items
would be computed if the adjusted tax basis of such property were equal to such
book value, in lieu of the capital account adjustments provided above for such
items, all in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g).


 


(f)                                    It
is the intention of the Partners that the Capital Accounts of each Partner be
kept in the manner required under Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv).  To the extent any additional adjustment to
the Capital Accounts is required by such regulations, the General Partner is
hereby authorized to make such adjustment after notice to the Limited Partner.


 


[End of Exhibit D]