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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.20









                                WARRANT AGREEMENT


                                 by and between

                             INLAND RESOURCES INC.,

                            a Washington corporation

                                       and

           TCW PORTFOLIO NO. 1555 DR V SUB-CUSTODY PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,

                        a California limited partnership


                            Dated as of March 5, 1999

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS



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RECITALS........................................................................................     1 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................     1 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
SECTION 1.      Issuance of Warrants............................................................     4 
                                                                                                       
         1.01   Authorization and Issuance of Shares and Warrants...............................     4 
                                                                                                       
         1.02   Closing; Subsequent Issuances...................................................     4 
                                                                                                       
         1.03   TCW Investment Representation...................................................     5 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
SECTION 2.      [Intentionally Left Blank]......................................................     5 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
SECTION 3.      Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company........................     5 
                                                                                                       
         3.01   Sale is Legal, etc..............................................................     5 
                                                                                                       
         3.02   Governmental Consent............................................................     6 
                                                                                                       
         3.03   Private Offering................................................................     7 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
SECTION 4.      Additional Covenants of the Company.............................................     7 
                                                                                                       
         4.01   Delivery Expenses...............................................................     7 
                                                                                                       
         4.02   Taxes...........................................................................     7 
                                                                                                       
         4.03   Replacement of Instruments......................................................     7 
                                                                                                       
         4.04   Information, etc................................................................     8 
                                                                                                       
         4.05   Inspection......................................................................     8 
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SECTION 5.      Registration Rights.............................................................     8 
                                                                                                       
         5.01   Demand Registration.............................................................     8 
                                                                                                       
         5.02   Piggyback Registration..........................................................    10 
                                                                                                       
         5.03   Registration Procedures.........................................................    11 
                                                                                                       
         5.04   Expenses; Limitations on Registration...........................................    13 
                                                                                                       
         5.05   Termination of Restrictions.....................................................    14 
                                                                                                       
         5.06   Rule 144 and 144A...............................................................    15 
                                                                                                       
         5.07   Indemnification.................................................................    15 
                                                                                                       
         5.08   Miscellaneous Registration Provisions...........................................    17 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
SECTION 6.      Transfer Restrictions...........................................................    17 
                                                                                                       
         6.01   Transfers of Securities.........................................................    17 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
SECTION 7.      Miscellaneous...................................................................    18 
                                                                                                       
         7.01   Successors and Assigns..........................................................    18 
                                                                                                       
         7.02   Governing Law...................................................................    18 
                                                                                                       
         7.03   Headings........................................................................    18 
                                                                                                       
         7.04   Entire Agreement................................................................    18 
                                                                                                       
         7.05   Counterparts....................................................................    18 
                                                                                                       
         7.06   Notices.........................................................................    18 
                                                                                                       
         7.07   Accounting Terms................................................................    18 
                                                                                                       
         7.08   Brokers; Information............................................................    19 
                                                                                                       
         7.09   Jurisdiction and Service of Process.............................................    19 
                                                                                                    
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                                WARRANT AGREEMENT

                  THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of March
5, 1999, by and between Inland Resources Inc., a Washington corporation (the
"Company"), and TCW Portfolio No. 1555 DR V Sub-Custody Partnership, L.P., a
California limited partnership ("TCW").

                                    RECITALS

                  1. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as
amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of September 11,
1998, among the Company, Inland Production Company, a Texas corporation (the
"Borrower"), and TCW Asset Management Company, a California corporation, in its
capacities set forth in the Credit Agreement ("TAMCO"), Trust Company of the
West, in its capacity as holder of the Notes described therein ("Trustco"), and
TCW (together with TAMCO and Trustco, the "TCW Entities"), the TCW Entities have
made loans or other advances of credit to the Borrower for the benefit of the
Company.

                  2. In consideration of the TCW Entities' agreement to make
certain concessions to the Borrower for the benefit of the Company in connection
with the Credit Agreement, the Company shall issue the Warrants (as defined
below) to TCW.

                                    AGREEMENT

                  In consideration of the premises and of the terms and
conditions herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

                                   DEFINITIONS

                  As used herein, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:

                  "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other
         Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
         common control with such Person. As used in this definition, "control"
         (including, with its correlative meanings, "controlled by" and "under
         common control with") shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of
         power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies
         (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other
         ownership interests, by contract or otherwise). Notwithstanding the
         foregoing, (i) no individual shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of a
         corporation solely by reason of his or her being an officer or director
         of such corporation and (ii) neither TCW nor TCW shall be deemed to be
         an Affiliate of the Company or its Affiliates.

                  "Board" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01
         below.

                  "Board of Advisors" shall mean the individuals appointed from
         time to time by management of the Company to provide nonbinding
         informal advice and direction to the Company and management of the
         Company.



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                  "Business Day" shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, a
         Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or
         obligated by law or executive order to close, in the State of
         California.

                  "Closing" shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.02(a)
         below.

                  "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
         Commission.

                  "Common Stock" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
         the form of Warrant attached hereto as Annex 1.

                  "Company" shall have the meaning specified in the introductory
         paragraph to this Agreement.

                  "Credit Agreement" shall have the meaning specified in the
         recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Current Market Price" shall have the meaning assigned to such
         term in the form of Warrant attached hereto as Annex 1.

                  "Current Warrant Price" shall have the meaning assigned to
         such term in the form of Warrant attached hereto as Annex 1.

                  "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
         as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

                  "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles,
         applied on a consistent basis.

                  "Governmental Body" shall mean any federal, state, municipal
         or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
         instrumentality, domestic or foreign.

                  "Lien" shall mean with respect to any property or assets, any
         right or interest therein of a creditor to secure debt owed to him or
         any other arrangement with such creditor which provides for the payment
         of such debt out of such property or assets or which allows him to have
         such debt satisfied out of such property or assets prior to the general
         creditors of any owner thereof, including any lien, mortgage, security
         interest, pledge, deposit, production payment, rights of a vendor under
         any title retention or conditional sale agreement or lease
         substantially equivalent thereto, tax lien, mechanic's or materialman's
         lien, or any other charge or encumbrance for security purposes, whether
         arising by law or agreement or otherwise, but excluding any right of
         offset which arises without agreement in the ordinary course of
         business. "Lien" also means any filed financing statement, any
         registration of a pledge (such as with an issuer of unregistered
         securities), or any other arrangement or action which would serve to
         perfect a Lien described in the preceding sentence, regardless of
         whether such financing statement is filed, such registration is made,
         or such arrangement or action is undertaken before or after such Lien
         exists.



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                  "Notes" shall mean an aggregate amount of $75,000,000 of the
         Company's Senior Subordinated Secured Amortizing Term Notes due
         December 31, 2006.

                  "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership,
         association, joint stock company, trust or trustee thereof, estate or
         executor thereof, unincorporated organization or joint venture, court
         or governmental unit or any agency subdivision thereof, or any other
         legally recognizable entity.

                  "Recommended Number" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto
         in Section 5.01(a).

                  "Restricted Certificate" shall mean a certificate for Common
         Stock or a Warrant bearing the restrictive legend set forth in Section
         1.03 of this Agreement.

                  "Restricted Securities" shall mean Restricted Stock and
         Restricted Warrants.

                  "Restricted Stock" shall mean Warrant Stock evidenced by a
         Restricted Certificate or otherwise restricted from transfer pursuant
         to the Securities Act or Exchange Act.

                  "Restricted Warrant" shall mean a Warrant evidenced by a
         Restricted Certificate.

                  "Rule 144" shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
         under the Securities Act, and any successor provision thereto.

                  "Securities" shall mean any of the Warrants and Warrant Stock.

                  "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
         amended, and all rules and regulations thereunder.

                  "Seller" shall mean a holder of Restricted Stock of the
         Company for which the Company shall be required to file a registration
         statement or which shall be registered under the Securities Act at the
         request of such holder pursuant to any of the provisions of Section 5.
         Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall be deemed a
         "Seller" for any purposes of this Agreement.

                  "Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
         corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or other business
         or corporate entity, enterprise or organization which is directly or
         indirectly (through one or more intermediaries) controlled by or owned
         fifty percent or more by such Person, provided that associations, joint
         ventures, partnership or other relationships (a) which are established
         pursuant to a standard form operating agreement or similar agreement or
         which are partnerships for purposes of federal income taxation, (b)
         which are not corporations or partnerships (or subject to the Uniform
         Partnership Act) under applicable state law, and (c) whose businesses
         are limited to the exploration, development and operation of oil, gas
         or mineral properties and interests owned directly by the parties in
         such associations, partnerships, joint ventures or relationships, shall
         not be deemed to be "Subsidiaries" of such Person.



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                  "TCW" shall have the meaning specified in the introductory
         paragraph to this Agreement.

                  "Warrant" and "Warrants" shall have the meanings specified in
         Section 1.01 below.

                  "Warrant Stock" shall mean the shares of Common Stock
         purchasable by the holder of a Warrant upon exercise of such Warrant.

         SECTION 1. Issuance of Warrants.

                  1.01 Authorization and Issuance of Shares and Warrants. The
Company has authorized: (a) the issue of one or more warrant certificates
covering the purchase of shares of Common Stock in the form of the Warrant
certificate issued to TCW at the Closing in the form set forth as Annex 1 to
this Agreement (herein, together with the rights to purchase Common Stock
provided thereby, sometimes called, individually, a "Warrant" and, collectively,
the "Warrants") pursuant to this Agreement and (b) the issue of such number of
shares of Common Stock as will permit the compliance by the Company with its
obligations to issue Common Stock pursuant to the Warrants.

                  1.02 Closing; Subsequent Issuances.

                       (a) At a closing (the "Closing") held on the date hereof 
the Company issued to TCW Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 58,512 shares of
Common Stock of the Company (representing approximately 0.7% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Company, on a fully diluted basis as of the date
hereof) and subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrants.

                       (b) No later than five (5) Business Days after the 
agreement by any TCW Entity to defer the payment by the Company, Borrower or any
Affiliates (or forebear from taking enforcement actions with respect to the
nonpayment or delinquent payment) of any amounts owing under the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document (as defined therein) (the "Deferred
Amount"), the Company shall issue to TCW (in each case, a "Subsequent Issuance")
Warrants to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
(subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrant) equal to the product of (i)
sixteen (16) multiplied by (ii) the quotient (rounding up to the next integer in
the case of any fractional amount) of (x) the Deferred Amount divided by (y) one
thousand (1,000).

                       (c) At the Closing and each Subsequent Issuance, the 
Company delivered to TCW:

                           (i)      a certificate for the Warrants issued in
                                    TCW's name; and

                           (ii)     certified resolutions of the Board
                                    authorizing the execution and delivery of
                                    this Agreement and all related documents and
                                    the consummation of the transactions
                                    contemplated hereby and thereby.



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                  1.03 TCW Investment Representation. In connection with the
purchase of the Warrants, TCW represents and warrants to the Company that (a)
TCW acquired the Warrants solely for TCW's own account with no intention to
resell or distribute the Warrants or any Warrant Stock or any portion thereof,
(b) TCW is an "accredited investor," as such term is defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. TCW is a sophisticated
investor with such knowledge and experience in financial matters as is necessary
to enable it to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Warrants
and in the Common Stock, and is capable of bearing the economic risks of such
investment. TCW acknowledges that (a) the sale of the Securities has not been
registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under applicable
state securities or blue sky laws and TCW agrees that the Securities will not be
sold, conveyed, transferred or disposed of by TCW except in compliance with the
Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky law and (b) that in
making the representations set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03, the
Company is relying, to the extent applicable, upon the representations and
warranties of TCW made in this Section 1.03. The certificates for the Securities
shall bear a legend to the effect of clause (a) of the preceding sentence until
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act or Rule 144.

         SECTION 2. [Intentionally Left Blank]

         SECTION 3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants, as set forth below in this Section 3.


                  3.01 Sale is Legal, etc.

                       (a) Upon the issuance of the Warrants the total
number of shares of capital stock which the Company had authority to issue was
25,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company has the power and authority and
has taken all actions necessary to authorize it to enter into and perform its
obligations and undertakings under this Agreement and the Warrants. Immediately
prior to the issuance of the Warrants, 8,529,765 shares of Common Stock were
issued and outstanding. Upon the issuance of the Warrants, the Company did not
have outstanding any (i) stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable
for any shares of capital stock except for the Warrants or (ii) rights to
subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, or any
agreements providing for the issuance (contingent or otherwise) of, or any
calls, commitments or claims of any character relating to, any capital stock or
stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock,
other than (a) the Warrants; (b) the 127,400 outstanding unexercised options
issued pursuant to the Amended 1988 Stock Option Plan of the Company; (c) the
500,000 options issued or to be issued under the Company's 1997 Stock Option
Plan; (d) 100,000 shares of the Company's Series C Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock issued as of the date hereof; and (e) warrants and/or options to
purchase an aggregate of 1,376,911 shares of Common Stock issued to the parties
and in the amount indicated on Schedule 3.01(a) hereto. There are no preemptive
rights or rights of first refusal to purchase any capital stock of the Company,
other than the anti-dilution rights of the Series C Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock upon conversion.



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                       (b) The Company will at all times reserve and keep 
available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for
the purpose of the exercise of the Warrants, such number and class of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. All shares
of Common Stock which are so issuable will, when issued, be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, charges and
preemptive rights. The Company will take all such actions as may be necessary to
assure that all such shares of Common Stock may be so issued without violation
of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements of any
domestic securities exchange upon which shares of Common Stock may be listed.

                       (c) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement 
or the issue and sale of the Warrants and the Warrant Stock, or the consummation
of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or compliance with the terms
and provisions hereof and thereof will violate or result in a breach of, or
require any consent under, the Charter or Bylaws of the Company, or any
applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any
court or Governmental Body (other than (i) filings that have been made by the
Company to the extent required pursuant to applicable securities laws and (ii)
filings that may be required hereafter in connection with matters set forth in
Section 5 hereof), or any material agreement or material instrument to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound
or to which any of them is subject, or constitute a default (or an event which,
with notice or the passage of time or both, would be a default) under any such
material agreement or material instrument, or result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of the revenues or assets of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any such agreement or instrument.

                       (d) There is not in effect on the date hereof any 
agreement by the Company (other than this Agreement) pursuant to which any
holders of securities of the Company have a right to cause the Company to
register such securities under the Securities Act, except as disclosed on
Schedule 3.01 to this Agreement.

                       (e) The Company is a corporation duly organized and 
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Washington. The
Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Warrants and to perform the terms hereof and thereof,
including the issuance of Warrant Stock upon exercise of the Warrants. The
Company has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the issuance of the Warrants and the issuance of
the Warrant Stock upon exercise of the Warrants. This Agreement and the Warrants
have been duly authorized and executed and constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles
relating to or limiting creditors', rights generally.

                  3.02 Governmental Consent. Neither the nature of the Company
or of any of the Company's Subsidiaries, or of any of their respective
businesses or properties, nor any relationship between the Company or any of the
Company's Subsidiaries and any other Person, nor (except as expressly provided
for in this Agreement) any circumstance in connection with the offer, issue or
sale of the Warrants, or the issue to TCW of Warrant Stock upon exercise of the


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Warrants, is such as to require consent, approval or authorization of, or
filing, registration or qualification with, any Governmental Body on the part of
the Company as a condition to the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the issue of the Warrants or the issue of Warrant Stock upon
exercise of the Warrants.

                  3.03 Private Offering. Neither the Company nor any Person
acting on its behalf has offered or will offer the Warrants, the Warrant Stock,
or any part thereof or any similar securities for issue or sale to, or has
solicited or will solicit any offer to acquire any of the same from, anyone so
as to cause the Warrants or the Warrant Stock to be required to be registered
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act.

         SECTION 4. Additional Covenants of the Company.

                  4.01 Delivery Expenses. If TCW surrenders any certificate for
Warrants or Warrant Stock to the Company or a transfer agent of the Company for
exchange for instruments of other denominations, the Company will cause such new
instruments to be issued (provided that such issuance does not violate any
applicable securities laws) and will pay the cost of delivering to or from the
office of TCW from or to the Company or its transfer agent, duly insured, the
surrendered instrument and any new instruments issued in substitution or
replacement for the surrendered instrument.

                  4.02 Taxes. The Company will pay all taxes (other than
federal, state or local income taxes) which may be payable in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance and sale of the
Warrants or Warrant Stock hereunder or in connection with any modification of
the Warrants and will save TCW harmless without limitation as to time against
any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying,
or omission to pay such taxes, except as provided otherwise in the Warrant. The
obligations of the Company under this Section 4.02 shall survive any redemption,
repurchase or acquisition of Warrants or Warrant Stock by the Company and the
termination of this Agreement.

                  4.03 Replacement of Instruments. Upon receipt by the Company
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Warrants or Warrant Stock, and

                       (a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on receipt
of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company (provided that, if the owner
of the same is TCW or a commercial bank, its own agreement of indemnity shall be
deemed to be satisfactory), or

                       (b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and 
cancellation thereof, the Company, at the holder's expense, will execute,
register and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new certificate or instrument for (or
covering the purchase of) an equal number of Warrants or Warrant Stock.

                  4.04 Information, etc. The Company covenants and agrees that,
it will, to the extent not already provided to TCW or its Affiliates pursuant to
the Credit Agreement, deliver to TCW at the Company's expense the information
specified below:



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                       (a) promptly after the same are available, copies of all 
such proxy statements, financial statements and reports as the Company shall
send or make available generally to any of its security holders or as any
Subsidiary of the Company shall send or make available generally to any of its
security holders other than the Company or another Subsidiary, and copies of all
regular and periodic reports on Forms 10-KSB, 10-QSB or 8-K and of all final
registration statements (other than those on Form S-8) and prospectuses which
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company may file with the Commission, or
with any securities exchange; and

                       (b) such other information, including financial 
statements and computations, relating to the performance of the provisions of
this Agreement and the affairs of the Company or any of the Company's
Subsidiaries as TCW may from time to time reasonably request.

                  4.05 Inspection. The Company covenants and agrees that it
shall afford one or more representatives chosen by TCW reasonable access, at
reasonable times and at TCW's sole expense, upon reasonable prior notice and for
a proper purpose, to inspect the books and records of the Company and to discuss
with management the business and affairs of the Company.

         SECTION 5. Registration Rights.

                  5.01 Demand Registration. At any time after the Warrants
become exercisable and so long as the Company continues to have a class of
securities registered in accordance with Section 12 or Section 15A of the
Exchange Act, the holders of Restricted Securities may request the Company to
register for sale under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities
or "blue sky" laws all or any portion of the Restricted Stock that is then
outstanding. From and after December 31, 2007, the holders of Restricted Stock
shall have no further rights to require the Company to register Restricted Stock
pursuant to this Section 5.01. The Company shall be obligated to effect
registration pursuant to this Section 5.01 no more than one time,
notwithstanding the fact that Restricted Stock may be held by more than one
person. Whenever the Company shall have received a request to effect
registration pursuant to this Section 5.01, the Company shall promptly give
written notice to all other holders of outstanding Restricted Securities of such
proposed registration. Any such holder of Restricted Securities may, within 30
days after receipt of such notice, request that all of such holders' Restricted
Stock, or any portion thereof designated by such holder, be included in the
offering. In connection therewith, the Company shall file a registration
statement covering the Restricted Stock sought to be registered by such holder
with the Commission within 60 days of such request by such holder, unless such
request is withdrawn. The managing underwriter in any such offering will be
designated by the Seller and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
Except as permitted in the next succeeding paragraph, the Company agrees not to
effect any public or private sale or distribution of its equity securities
during the 10-day period prior to, and during the 30-day period beginning on,
the effective date of the registration statement relating to such offering.

                  The Company, and any other shareholder of the Company entitled
to participate in such registration, may participate in such registration (i)
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the last paragraph of this Section 5.01 and (ii) only if the Company or such
other shareholder agrees (x) to sell any shares being registered on their behalf
on the same basis as provided in any underwriting agreement to which the Seller
or Sellers are a party, (y) to timely complete and execute all questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, hold-back agreements and other documents
reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting agreement or by the
Commission or any state securities regulatory body, and (z) to withdraw any
shares from such registration which they may desire to withdraw only on terms
and at a time agreed to by the Sellers which agreement will not be unreasonably
withheld. If the Company participates in such registration and registers a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to or greater than the number being
registered by the Sellers, then the Company may specify a co-managing
underwriter for the offering which is reasonably acceptable to the Sellers and
the managing underwriter selected by the Sellers.

                  If the managing underwriter for the offering advises that the
registration of the number of shares of Restricted Stock sought to be registered
by the Sellers, together with the number of shares of Common Stock sought to be
registered by the Company and any other shareholder of the Company entitled to
participate in such registration, if any, in its opinion will have a material
adverse impact on the offering (including without limitation causing the
proceeds or the price per share the Sellers will derive from such registration
to be reduced or causing the number of securities to be registered to be too
large a number to be reasonably sold), the number of securities sought to be
registered shall be reduced as follows:

                       (a) first, the number of shares of Common Stock sought to
be registered by the Company or any holders of Common Stock, other than
Restricted Stock, shall be reduced pro rata, to the extent necessary to reduce
the total number of shares of Common Stock sought to be registered to the number
recommended by the managing underwriter (the "Recommended Number"); and

                       (b) second, if the reduction provided for in clause (a) 
above does not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock sought to be
registered to the Recommended Number, then the remaining number of shares of
Restricted Stock sought to be registered shall be reduced pro rata to the extent
necessary to reduce the number of securities to be registered to the Recommended
Number.

                  5.02 Piggyback Registration. If the Company at any time
proposes to register any of its equity securities under the Securities Act on
Form S-1, S-2, S-3 or SB-2, or the equivalent, whether of its own accord or at
the request of any holder or holders of such securities, it will each such time
(so long as any holder of Restricted Securities has registration rights under
this Section 5.02) give written notice to all holders of outstanding Restricted
Securities of its intention so to do not less than 30 days prior to the filing
of such registration statement, stating in such notice the number and type of
equity securities proposed to be registered and the name of the managing
underwriter.

                  Upon the written request of a holder or holders of any
Restricted Securities given within 20 days after receipt of any such notice
(stating the intended method of disposition of such securities by the
prospective Seller or Sellers), the Company will use its best efforts to cause
all Restricted Stock, the holders of which shall have so requested registration
thereof, to be 


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registered under the Securities Act, all to the extent requisite to permit the
sale or other disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as
aforesaid) by the prospective Seller or Sellers of the Restricted Stock so
registered; provided, however, the Company may elect not to file a registration
statement pursuant to this Section 5.02 or may withdraw any registration
statement filed pursuant to this Section 5.02 at any time prior to the effective
date thereof. In the case of an underwritten public equity offering by the
Company, (i) each holder of Restricted Securities shall, if requested by the
managing underwriter, agree not to sell publicly any equity securities of the
Company held by such holder of Restricted Securities (other than the Restricted
Stock so registered) during the 15-day period prior to, and during the 90-day
period beginning on, the effective date of the registration statement relating
to such offering (and the Company may issue stop transfer instructions with
respect to the Restricted Stock to enforce the foregoing covenant), and (ii)
each Seller agrees (x) to sell any shares being registered on his behalf on the
same basis as provided in any underwriting agreement to which the Company is a
party, (y) to timely complete and execute all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, hold-back agreements, and other documents reasonably
required under the terms of such underwriting agreement or by the Commission or
any state securities regulatory body, and (z) to withdraw any shares from such
registration which they may desire to withdraw only on terms and at a time
agreed to by the Company, which agreement will not be unreasonably withheld.

                  If the managing underwriter for the offering advises that the
inclusion in such registration of the Restricted Stock sought to be registered
by the Seller or Sellers, together with the shares sought to be registered by
the Company and any other shareholder of the Company participating in such
registration, in its opinion will have a material adverse impact on the offering
(including without limitation causing the proceeds or the price per share which
the Company or the holders of securities will derive from such registration to
be materially reduced or causing the number of securities to be registered to be
too large a number to be reasonably sold), the number of securities sought to be
registered shall be reduced as set forth below:

                       (a) first, the number of shares of Restricted Stock 
sought to be registered by the Sellers shall be reduced pro rata along with
other sellers selling pursuant to similar piggyback registration rights (subject
only to the terms of agreements in effect dated prior to the date hereof, if
any, providing piggyback registration rights to holders of the Company's capital
stock), to the extent necessary to reduce the total number of shares of Common
Stock sought to be registered to the Recommended Number; and

                       (b) second, if the reduction provided for in clause (a) 
above does not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock sought to be
registered to the Recommended Number, then the number of shares of Common Stock
sought to be registered by the Company or other persons exercising demand
registration rights, as the case may be, shall be reduced, in the manner that
the Company and such other persons may agree, to the extent necessary to reduce
the number of shares of Common Stock sought to be registered to the Recommended
Number.

                  Without the prior written consent of the holders of at least a
majority of the Restricted Stock, the Company will not grant to any person at
any time on or after the date hereof the right to request the Company to
register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act unless such
right provides that such securities shall not be registered and sold at the same
time as any Restricted Stock is being sold in a registered offering pursuant to


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Sections 5.02 or 5.01 if the managing underwriter for the respective Sellers
believes that sale of such securities would materially and adversely affect the
amount of, or price at which, the respective Restricted Stock being registered
under Sections 5.01 or 5.02 can be sold.

                  5.03 Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required by the provisions of this Section 5 to use its best efforts to effect
the registration of any of the Restricted Stock under the Securities Act, the
Company will (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement), as expeditiously
as possible,

                       (a) cooperate with any underwriters for, and the Sellers 
of, such Restricted Stock, and will enter into a usual and customary
underwriting agreement (containing indemnification provisions and procedures no
less favorable to the Sellers and the underwriters, if any, than those set forth
in Section 5.07) with respect thereto and take all such other reasonable actions
as are necessary to permit the disposition of such Restricted Stock in the
manner contemplated by the related registration statement, and the Company will
provide to any Seller of Restricted Stock, any underwriter participating in any
distribution thereof, pursuant to a registration statement, and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by any Seller or underwriter, reasonable
access solely for the purpose of permitting appropriate "due diligence" for the
avoidance of liability under applicable securities laws to appropriate Company
officers and employees to answer questions and to supply information reasonably
requested by any such Seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in
connection with such registration statement;

                       (b) use its best efforts to furnish or cause to be 
furnished to each Seller of Restricted Stock covered by such registration
statement, addressed to such Sellers and to the underwriters, a copy of the
opinion of counsel for the Company, and a copy of the "comfort" letter signed by
the independent public accountants who have certified the Company's financial
statements included in the registration statement, delivered on the closing date
to the underwriters of such Restricted Stock;

                       (c) prepare and file with the Commission a registration
statement with respect to such securities and use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to become and remain effective; and prepare and file with
the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement
and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such
registration statement effective (subject to the terms of this Section 5) and to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or
other disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement
whenever the Seller or Sellers of such securities shall desire to sell or
otherwise dispose of the same; provided that no such registration statement will
be filed by the Company until counsel for the Sellers of securities included
therein shall have had a reasonable opportunity (of no more than 7 days) to
review the same and to exercise their rights under clause (a) above with respect
thereto and no amendment to any such registration statement naming such Sellers
as selling shareholders shall be filed with the Commission until such Sellers
shall have had at least one day to review such registration statement as
originally filed and theretofore amended (to the extent reasonably practicable)
and to exercise their rights under clause (a) above;

                       (d) furnish to each Seller and the underwriters (i) such
numbers of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, in 


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conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other
documents, as such Seller or underwriters may reasonably request in order to
facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the securities owned by such
Seller and (ii) at least one signed copy of the registration statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, including all financial statements, schedules
and exhibits (including any exhibits incorporated by reference);

                       (e) use its best efforts to register or qualify the 
securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as each Seller or the managing underwriter
shall reasonably request, and do any and all other acts and things which may be
necessary to enable such Seller to consummate the public sale or other
disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities owned by such Seller, except
that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify to do
business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it is not so
qualified or to file therein any general consent to service or submit to the
general taxation of any jurisdiction;

                       (f) in the event of the issuance of any stop order 
suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement or of any order
suspending or preventing the use of any prospectus or suspending the
qualification of any Restricted Stock for sale in any jurisdiction, use its best
efforts promptly to obtain its withdrawal;

                       (g) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its
security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement
covering the period of at least twelve months, beginning with the first fiscal
quarter beginning after the effective date of the registration statement, which
earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act; and

                       (h) list such securities on any securities exchange, 
national market system or automated quotation system on which any stock of the
Company is then listed, if the listing of such securities is then permitted
under the rules of such exchange or system; provided, however, that
notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, the Company shall not be
required to maintain the effectiveness of any registration statement for a
period in excess of the earlier of 120 days or the disposition of the Warrant
Stock as described therein (plus any period during which the effectiveness of
such registration has been suspended).

                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Company shall not be required to cause a registration statement previously filed
pursuant to this Section 5 to become effective, and may suspend sales by any of
the Sellers under any registration that has previously become effective, at any
time when, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors, it reasonably
believes that the effectiveness of such registration statement or the offering
of securities pursuant thereto, would materially and adversely affect a pending
or proposed material acquisition, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or
similar transaction or negotiations, discussions or pending proposals with
respect thereto.

                  From time to time after a transfer of Warrant Stock pursuant
to a registration statement, the Company will file all reports required to be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and will 


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take such further action as any holder or holders of Restricted Stock may
reasonably request, all to the extent required to enable such holders to sell
Restricted Stock pursuant to such laws and regulations thereunder and subject to
the terms hereof; and promptly notify the Seller or Sellers and the managing
underwriters (i) when any prospectus or any prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to the registration
statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective,
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the
registration statement or any prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification of the Restricted Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose, and (v) of the happening of any event which makes any statement made in
the registration statement, any prospectus or any document incorporated therein
by reference untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any
changes in the registration statement in order to make the statements therein
not misleading in any material respect.

                  5.04 Expenses; Limitations on Registration. All expenses
incident to the Company's performance of its obligations in connection with any
registration of the Sellers' Restricted Stock, pursuant to Section 5.01 or
Section 5.02, under this Agreement including, without limitation, printing
expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, fees of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with its review
of any offering contemplated in any registration statement and expenses of any
special audits to which the Company shall agree or which shall be necessary to
comply with governmental requirements in connection with any such registration
shall be paid by the Company. In addition, the Company shall pay (i) all
registration and filing fees for the Sellers' Restricted Stock under federal and
state securities laws and (ii) expenses of registering or qualifying under or
complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions pursuant to
Section 5.03(e), unless otherwise required by the securities administrators of
each such jurisdiction. The Sellers shall pay, in connection with the exercise
of their registration rights pursuant to Sections 5.01 or 5.02, all underwriting
discounts and selling commissions allocable to the sale of Restricted Stock
incurred for or on behalf of the Sellers and expenses of Seller's counsel and
other experts.

                  It shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the
Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 5 in respect of the
Securities which are to be registered at the request of any prospective Seller
that (i) subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company shall have
received an undertaking satisfactory to it from such prospective Seller to pay
all expenses to be incurred by or for the account of and required to be paid by
such Seller, and (ii) such prospective Seller shall furnish to the Company such
information regarding the securities held by such Seller and the intended method
of disposition thereof as the Company shall reasonably request and as shall be
required in connection with the action to be taken by the Company.

                  The holders of Warrants and Warrant Stock shall be entitled to
an aggregate of one effective registration pursuant to requests made under
Section 5.01 and an unlimited number of registrations pursuant to requests made
under Section 5.02, each subject to the provisions of Section 5.05 below;
provided that any such registration request made by the requisite number of


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holders specified in Section 5.01 which request shall be withdrawn (other than
by reason of the Company's failure to perform its obligations hereunder or a
material adverse change in its financial position, business or business
prospects) by the holders of a majority in number of shares evidenced or covered
by the Restricted Stock sought to be so registered, after the respective
registration statement shall have become effective, shall be treated as an
"effective" registration for purposes of this Agreement.

                  5.05 Termination of Restrictions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 5, the restrictions imposed upon the
transferability of the Restricted Stock shall cease and terminate as to any
particular Restricted Security when such Restricted Security shall have been
effectively registered under the Securities Act and sold by the holder thereof
in accordance with such registration or the holder of such Restricted Security
has delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company that all of the Restricted Stock may
simultaneously be sold in accordance with the safe harbor provisions of Rule
144(k). No request for registration may be made by a holder of Restricted Stock
pursuant to this Section 5, nor may any registration be required to be
maintained if such holder of Restricted Stock is advised by the Company, and
promptly furnished an opinion of the Company's counsel reasonably satisfactory
to such holder, to the effect that all of the shares of Restricted Stock subject
to registration under this Agreement are eligible for simultaneous sale under
the conditions of Rule 144 as promulgated by the Commission, and no request for
registration may be made with respect to such shares of Restricted Stock to
which such opinion is applicable, and no registration need be maintained in
respect thereof under either such circumstance. Whenever the restrictions
imposed shall terminate as to a Restricted Certificate, as hereinabove provided,
the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without
expense, a new certificate not bearing the restrictive legend otherwise required
to be borne thereby.

                  5.06 Rule 144 and 144A. In order to permit the holders of
Restricted Securities to sell the same, if they so desire, pursuant to Rule 144
or Rule 144A promulgated by the Commission (or any successors to such rules),
the Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission
applicable in connection with use of each of Rule 144 and Rule 144A (or any
successors thereto), including the timely filing of all reports with the
Commission and the provision of any information regarding the Company in order
to enable such holders, if they so elect, to utilize Rule 144 or Rule 144A, and
the Company will cause any restrictive legends to be removed and any transfer
restrictions to be rescinded with respect to any sale of Warrant Stock which is
exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule
144A. Upon the request of any holder of Restricted Securities, the Company will
deliver to such holder a written statement verifying that it has complied with
such requirements.

                  5.07 Indemnification.

                       (a) In the event of any registration of any of its 
securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Section 5, the Company
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller of such Restricted Stock, its
directors and officers, and each other Person, if any, who controls such Seller
within the meaning of the Securities Act ("Controlling Person"), against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Seller
or any such director or 


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officer or Controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act or any
other statute or at common law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i)
any alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained, on the effective
date thereof, in any registration statement under which such securities were
registered under the Securities Act, or in any preliminary prospectus or final
prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) any
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any
violation by the Company of any rule or regulation promulgated under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law applicable to
the Company and relating to any action or inaction required of the Company in
connection with such registration, and shall reimburse such Seller or such
director, officer or Controlling Person for any reasonable legal or any other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Seller or such director, officer or
Controlling Person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage
or liability arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement or
alleged omission made in such registration statement, preliminary prospectus,
prospectus, or amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Seller, by any underwriter
in the transaction or by such Controlling Person specifically for use therein;
and provided further, however, that the Company shall not be liable hereunder to
any underwriter or any person who controls an underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act for any claim, damage or liability that
is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or any omission
contained in any preliminary prospectus that was corrected by any subsequent
prospectus, and the underwriter was required to deliver but failed to deliver
such prospectus as required by the Securities Act. Such indemnity shall remain
in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
such Seller or such director, officer or Controlling Person, and shall survive
the transfer of such securities by such Seller. 

                       (b) Each holder of any Restricted Stock shall, by 
acceptance thereof, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors and officers and each other Person, if any, who controls
the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which the Company or any such director or officer or any such Person
may become subject under the Securities Act or any other statute or at common
law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any alleged untrue statement
of any material fact contained, on the effective date thereof, in any
registration statement under which Restricted Stock was registered under the
Securities Act, or in any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) any alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to
the extent that such alleged untrue statement or alleged omission was contained
in written information furnished to the Company by such holder specifically for
use therein, and shall reimburse the Company or such director, officer or other
Person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, obligations of any holder shall be
limited to an amount equal to the proceeds to such holder from the Restricted
Stock sold pursuant to the registration statement to which the losses, claims,
liabilities or damages related.



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                       (c) Indemnification similar to that specified in clauses
(a) and (b) of this Section 5.07 shall be given by the Company and each holder
of any Restricted Certificate (with such modifications as shall be appropriate)
to each other and to any underwriter with respect to any required registration
or other qualification of any Restricted Stock under any federal or state law or
regulation of governmental authority other than the Securities Act. The
indemnity and expense reimbursement obligations of the Company under clause (a)
of this Section 5.07 shall be in addition to any liability the Company may
otherwise have.

                       (d) Each Person ("Indemnitor") who under the preceding
provisions of this Section 5.07 agrees to indemnify another Person
("Indemnitee") shall have the right, subject to the provisions hereto, to
designate counsel (reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee) to defend any case
or proceeding against the Indemnitee arising in respect of any claim of
liability for which such indemnification may be claimed, to the end that
duplication of legal expense may be minimized; provided that, if the Indemnitee
notifies the Indemnitor that the Indemnitee has reasonably concluded and has
been advised by its counsel that any single counsel in such case or proceeding
would have a conflict of interest in representing both the Indemnitor and the
Indemnitee, the Indemnitee may designate its own counsel in such case or
proceeding and, to the extent so provided above in this Section 5.07, shall be
entitled to be reimbursed by the Indemnitor for the Indemnitee's legal expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending itself in such case or
proceeding. Each Indemnitee may engage legal counsel at the Indemnitor's expense
if the Indemnitor shall fail to perform hereunder.

                  5.08 Miscellaneous Registration Provisions.

                          (a) Without limiting in any way any of the rights the
holders of the Restricted Securities may otherwise have at law or in equity, for
damages or otherwise, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each holder of Restricted Securities from and against any loss or expense that
may be incurred or suffered by such holder which arises from any of the
following: (i) a registration statement is not filed with the Commission on or
before the time required in Section 5.01 or (ii) the Company does not use its
best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by
the Commission at the time reasonably requested by the underwriters and to
remain effective until completion of the offering of the Restricted Securities,
or to cause the Restricted Securities to be qualified or registered for sale in
all appropriate jurisdictions as provided in Section 5.03(e) and to remain so
qualified or registered thereafter during the applicable period under applicable
law.

                       (b) Each holder of Restricted Securities, in addition to 
being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law,
including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its
rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by the Company
hereof and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

                       (c) The Company will not on or after the date hereof 
enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent
with the terms hereof, including any agreement which impairs or limits the
registration rights granted to the holder of Restricted Securities or which
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof or would preclude the 


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Company from discharging its obligations hereunder, without the prior written
consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Restricted Stock.

         SECTION 6. Transfer Restrictions.

                  6.01 Transfers of Securities. Prior to any sale, assignment or
other transfer (a "Transfer") or attempted Transfer of any Warrants or any
Warrant Stock, the holder of such Warrants or Warrant Stock shall give at least
ten (10) days prior written notice ("Transfer Notice") to the Company of such
holder's intention to effect such Transfer, such Transfer Notice describing the
manner and circumstances of the proposed Transfer, and shall obtain from legal
counsel to such holder, an opinion that the proposed Transfer of such Warrants
or such Warrant Stock may be effected without registration under the Securities
Act or any other federal or state securities laws. After receipt of the Transfer
Notice and legal opinion, the Company shall, within five (5) days thereof,
notify the holder of such Warrants or such Warrant Stock as to whether such
opinion is reasonably satisfactory, or if the Company does not so notify such
holder within such five (5) day period, such holder shall thereupon be entitled
to effect such Transfer of such Warrants or such Warrant Stock, in accordance
with the terms of the Transfer Notice. The Company shall have no obligation to
register any Warrants under the Securities Act or any other federal or state
securities laws.

                  Each Warrant certificate shall be imprinted with the legend on
the face of the Warrant certificate attached hereto. Each share of Common Stock
issued upon the exercise of a Warrant shall be subject to the legend prescribed
in Section 1.03 of this Agreement.

         SECTION 7. Miscellaneous.

                  7.01 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties, and their respective
successors and assigns.

                  7.02 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California,
excluding principles of conflicts of laws.

                  7.03 Headings. Section headings are inserted herein for
convenience only and do not form a part of this Agreement.

                  7.04 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated
herein, supersedes all prior written agreements and negotiations and oral
understandings, if any, and may not be amended, supplemented or discharged
except by performance or by an instrument in writing signed by the parties
hereto.

                  7.05 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.



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                  7.06 Notices. All notices, statements, instructions or other
documents required to be given hereunder, shall be in writing and shall be given
personally, by courier, by mailing the same in a sealed envelope, first-class
mail, postage prepaid and either certified or registered, return receipt
requested, or by confirmed telecopy addressed to the Company at its principal
office located at 475 17th Street, Suite 1500, Denver, Colorado 80202 and to TCW
at its address reflected in the stock records of the Company. Each party hereto,
by written notice given to the other party hereto accordance with this Section
7.06, may change the address to which notices, statements, instructions or other
documents are to be sent to such party. All notices, statements, instructions
and other documents hereunder that are mailed shall be deemed to have been given
when actually received or five days after deposited in the United States mails.

                  7.07 Accounting Terms. Unless otherwise specified, all
accounting terms used in this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with
GAAP.

                  7.08 Brokers; Information. Neither party hereto nor any of
their Affiliates has dealt with any broker, finder, commission agent or other
Person in connection with the Warrants or Warrant Stock or any other securities
or aspects of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and no party
hereto is under any obligation to pay any broker's fee or other commission in
connection therewith. No party hereto has willfully misrepresented or willfully
provided incomplete or inaccurate information to anyone with respect to any
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

                  7.09 Jurisdiction and Service of Process. Any suit, action or
proceeding against the Company arising from or in connection with this Agreement
may be brought in the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, California or
in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and
the Company irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of each such court for the
purpose of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company hereby irrevocably
waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue
of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any of such courts, and hereby
irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding in any
such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.



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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
instrument to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

                                         INLAND RESOURCES INC.,

                                         a Washington corporation



                                         By:                     
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                 Bill I. Pennington
                                                 Chief Financial Officer



                                         TCW PORTFOLIO NO. 1555 DR V SUB-CUSTODY
                                         PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a California 
                                         limited partnership

                                         By:  TCW Royalty Company V, a 
                                              California corporation, Managing 
                                              General Partner



                                         By:                     
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                 Arthur R. Carlson
                                                 Vice-President



<PAGE>   23


INLAND RESOURCES INC.
Non-Plan Options and Warrants
Schedule 3.01(a)
Prepared 3/8/99



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  Description                Grant Date           Expiration Date           Exercise Price             Shares
                                                                                                      12/31/98

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                           <C>                     <C>                     <C>                 <C>   
Dwight Moorhead               10/16/93                4/30/99                 $  5.00                  30,000
Dave Donegan                  1/23/97                 1/23/02                 $ 10.00                  25,000
Tim Trawick                   7/7/97                  7/7/07                  $  9.00                  20,000
TCW                           9/23/97                 9/23/07                 $ 10.00                 100,000

     MIKE STEVENS
Mike Stevens                  11/10/97                11/10/07                $ 11.00                  50,000
Mike Stevens                  11/10/97                11/10/07                $ 16.00                  50,000
                                                                                               --------------
                                                                                                      100,000
                                                                                               --------------

     BILL PENNINGTON
Bill Pennington               5/22/96                 5/22/06                 $  6.27                  50,000
Bill Pennington               1/23/97                 1/23/02                 $ 10.00                  60,000
Bill Pennington               11/10/97                11/10/07                $ 11.00                  62,500
Bill Pennington               11/10/97                11/10/07                $ 16.00                  62,500
                                                                                               --------------
                                                                                                      235,000
                                                                                               --------------

     JOHN DYER
John Dyer                     5/22/96                 5/22/06                 $  6.27                  50,000
John Dyer                     1/23/97                 1/23/02                 $ 10.00                  70,000
John Dyer                     11/10/97                11/10/07                $ 11.00                  75,000
John Dyer                     11/10/97                11/10/07                $ 16.00                  75,000
                                                                                               --------------
                                                                                                      270,000
                                                                                               --------------

     KYLE MILLER
Kyle Miller                   2/23/93                 6/1/03                  $ 4.375                  46,963
Kyle Miller                   10/15/93                6/1/03                  $  3.30                   3,150
Kyle Miller                   3/22/94                 6/1/03                  $  3.50                   2,857
Kyle Miller                   3/22/94                 6/2/03                  $  3.50                   2,857
Kyle Miller                   9/21/94                 6/1/03                  $ 3.125                  38,523
Kyle Miller                   9/21/94                 6/1/03                  $  3.50                  30,000
Kyle Miller                   9/21/94                 6/1/03                  $  6.00                  44,811
Kyle Miller                   11/16/93                6/1/03                  $  5.00                   1,500
Kyle Miller                   2/1/95                  6/1/03                  $  6.50                   1,250
Kyle Miller                   11/6/95                 6/1/03                  $  5.00                  30,000
Kyle Miller                   5/22/96                 5/22/06                 $  6.27                 100,000
Kyle Miller                   1/23/97                 1/23/02                 $ 10.00                  70,000
Kyle Miller                   11/10/97                11/10/07                $ 11.00                 112,500
Kyle Miller                   11/10/97                11/10/07                $ 16.00                 112,500
                                                                                               --------------
                                                                                                      596,911
                                                                                               --------------

GRAND TOTAL                                                                                         1,376,911
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