**FIRST      AMENDMENT TO ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT**

**THIS      FIRST AMENDMENT TO ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT**
**Amendment**
***Seller***
***Buyer***

**RECITALS      **

**A.**
***Asset      Purchase Agreement***

**B.**

**C.**

**D.**

**E.**

**NOW      THEREFORE**

**AGREEMENT**

| 1.1 | Article                III of the Asset Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated                in its                entirety to read as follows: |
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**Closing**
**Closing      Date**

| 1.2 | Buyer                and Seller agree that the exhibits contained herein shall amend and                replace, in their entirety, the exhibits in the Asset Purchase Agreement                of the same name. Specifically, Exhibit I (Leases) attached hereto                shall                amend and replace Exhibit I in the Asset Purchase Agreement; Exhibit                8.1(c) (Allocated Values) attached hereto shall replace Exhibit 8.1(c)                in                the Asset Purchase Agreement; and Exhibit 9.1(f) (Form of Assignment)                attached hereto shall replace the Exhibit 9.1(f) in the Asset Purchase                Agreement. |
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| 1.3 | Buyer                and Seller agree that the Seller Disclosure Schedule contained in                the                Asset Purchase Agreement shall be amended to include the additional                Call                on Production set forth in the Seller Disclosure Schedule attached                hereto. |
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| 1.4 | The                parties acknowledge that Seller does not presently own record title                to the                office building and premises located in Jal, New Mexico (said office                building and premises together with all furniture, fixtures and equipment                located thereat, as more particularly described in Section 1.1(g)                of the                Asset Purchase Agreement, collectively called herein the “**Jal                Office**”).                Seller shall undertake such curative measures following Closing as                may be                necessary to obtain beneficial and record title to the Jal Office                and then                shall convey same to Buyer as soon as reasonably practical following                the                Closing, but in any event no later than ninety (90) days following                the                Closing Date. |
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| 1.5 | As                part of Seller’s obligations pursuant to Section 7.9 (Operational                Transition) of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Seller agrees to assist                Buyer                in the preparation of all notices to non-operators not finalized                and                executed at the time of the Closing. Seller agrees to provide a sufficient                level of assistance to cause all such notices to be completed and                mailed                to the relevant non-operating working interest owners by no later                than the                fifth (5th)                Business Day following the Closing. |
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| 1.6 | THIS                AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE                WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE                PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS                THEREOF. |
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| 1.7 | This                Amendment may be executed in any number of identical counterparts,                each of                which for all purposes shall be deemed an original, and all of which                shall                constitute collectively, one instrument. It is not necessary that                each                party hereto execute the same counterpart so long as identical                counterparts are executed by each such party hereto. This instrument                may                be validly executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic                transmission. |
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| 1.8 | Except,                and only to the extent, specifically modified herein, the Asset Purchase                Agreement shall remain in full force and effect enforceable in accordance                with its various terms and provisions as specifically modified                herein. |
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**Signature      Pages Follow]**

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**IN      WITNESS WHEREOF**

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|         | **SELLER:** **PLANTATION                OPERATING, LLC,** **a                Delaware limited liability company** |
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|         | By:                                                                                                               | /s/ Thomas              C.              Meneley |
|         | Thomas                C. MeneleyPresident                                                                                   |

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|         | and                                                          |
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|         | By:                                                | /s/ Bill              J.              Walls |
|         | Bill                J. WallsCEO                and Secretary |
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|         | **BUYER:**                                                                                       |
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|         | **EV                PROPERTIES, L.P.,****a                Delaware limited partnership**         |
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|         | By: EV                Properties GP, LLC,its                general partner                 |
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|         | By:                 EV                Energy Partners, L.P.,its                sole member  |
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|         | By:                 EV                Energy GP, L.P.,its                general partner    |
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|         | By:                 EV                Management, LLC,its                general partner    |
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|         | By:                                                                                    | /s/ John              B.              Walker |
|         | John                B. WalkerPresident                and                Chief Executive Officer |
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