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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                Standard Chartered Bank, as Administrative Agent,
                  L/C Issuer and Lender under and as defined in
                 the Reimbursement Agreement (as defined below)
                           1285 Avenue of the Americas
                                New York NY 10019

                                                     Dated as of August 13, 2002

EOTT Energy Operating Limited Partnership
2000 W. Sam Houston Parkway, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77042

         RE:  LIMITED FORBEARANCE

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated
Reimbursement, Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2002 (as
heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect on the date
hereof, the "REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT"), among EOTT ENERGY OPERATING LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership ("EOTT OLP"), EOTT ENERGY CANADA
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership ("EOTT CANADA"), EOTT ENERGY
LIQUIDS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("EOTT LIQUIDS"), EOTT ENERGY
PIPELINE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership ("EOTT PIPELINE"
and together with EOTT Canada and EOTT Liquids, collectively, the "ADDITIONAL
OBLIGORS" and the Additional Obligors together with EOTT OLP on a joint and
several basis, "BORROWER"), EOTT ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("EOTT MLP"), EOTT ENERGY GENERAL PARTNER, L.L.C. a Delaware limited
liability company ("EOTT GP" and together with EOTT MLP, collectively, the
"GUARANTORS" and together with EOTT OLP and each of the Additional Obligors,
collectively, the "CREDIT PARTIES"), EOTT ENERGY CORP., a Delaware corporation
("EOTT CORP." and together with the Credit Parties, the "ORIGINAL CREDIT
PARTIES"), each of the banks or other lending institutions from time to time
party thereto (the "LENDERS") and STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, a banking institution
organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales ("STANDARD
CHARTERED"), as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT"), and as L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms which are used in this Agreement
(this "AGREEMENT")

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without definition and which are defined in the Reimbursement Agreement shall
have the same meanings herein as in the Reimbursement Agreement.

         The Credit Parties have informed the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders that the Credit Parties have failed to comply with Section 9(o)
("Minimum Consolidated Net Income (Loss), Minimum Consolidated EBITDA and
Minimum Consolidated Net Worth") of the Reimbursement Agreement for the Fiscal
Quarter ended June 30, 2002, such failure to comply constituting an Event of
Default under Section 10(d) of the Reimbursement Agreement (such Event of
Default being herein referred to as the "SPECIFIED DEFAULT");

         The Credit Parties have requested that the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent agree to forbear from exercising their rights and remedies
as a result of the occurrence of the Specified Default. The Lenders and the
Administrative Agent have advised the Credit Parties that they are prepared to
agree to such forbearance for a limited period on the terms, subject to the
conditions and in reliance on the representations contained herein.

         SECTION 1. LIMITED FORBEARANCE. In consideration of and reliance upon
the representations of the Credit Parties contained herein, the Lenders hereby
agree to forbear from exercising their contractual, legal and equitable rights
and remedies arising as a result of the occurrence of the Specified Default for
(but solely for) the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending 5:00
p.m. (New York time) on September 16, 2002 (the "FORBEARANCE PERIOD"). Such
agreement to forbear shall automatically, and without action, notice, demand or
any other occurrence, expire on and as of the end of the Forbearance Period. The
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders hereby expressly reserve
their right, at any time after the Forbearance Period, to proceed to enforce any
or all of their respective rights and remedies under or in respect of the Credit
Documents and applicable law which are available as a result of the occurrence
of the Specified Default. The agreement to forbear set forth in this Section 1
shall apply only to the Specified Default. No forbearance with respect to any
other Default or Event of Default, whether presently existing or hereafter
arising, is agreed to hereby.

         SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each of the Credit Parties
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

         (a) The representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained
in the Credit Documents (i) were true when made, and (ii) shall be true on and
as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representation or warranty
was made as of a specific date.

         (b) This Agreement, the Reimbursement Agreement and the other Credit
Documents to which the Credit Parties are a party constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar Laws of general application relating to the enforcement of
creditors' rights.

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         (c) No Default or Event of Default exists on the date hereof after
giving effect to the agreement to forbear in respect of the Specified Default
described in Section 1 above.

         SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall become
effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of duly executed counterparts
of this Agreement, which, when taken together, bear the authorized signatures of
each of the parties hereto.

         SECTION 4. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO CONFLICT OF LAWS).

         SECTION 5. EXPENSES. The Credit Parties shall pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and
expenses) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and enforcement of this Agreement.

         SECTION 6. MISCELLANEOUS. From and after the date hereof, this
Agreement shall be deemed a Credit Document for all purposes of the
Reimbursement Agreement and the other Credit Documents and each reference to
Credit Documents in the Reimbursement Agreement and the other Credit Documents
shall be deemed to include this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein,
this Agreement shall not, by implication or otherwise, limit, impair, constitute
an agreement to forbear or otherwise affect any rights or remedies of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders in respect of the Reimbursement Agreement or
the other Credit Documents, nor alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of
the obligations or covenants contained in the Reimbursement Agreement or any of
the other Credit Documents, all of which are ratified and confirmed in all
respects and shall continue in full force and effect. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, but all of such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page by facsimile transmission shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. In making proof
of this Agreement, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than
one such counterpart.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their duly authorized officer, all as of the date first above
written.

                                     EOTT ENERGY OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
                                     as a Borrower Party and as the Borrower
                                     Representative

                                     By: EOTT ENERGY GENERAL PARTNER,
                                         L.L.C., its General Partner

                                         By:     /s/  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
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                                            Name:  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
                                            Title:  Senior VP and CFO

                                     EOTT ENERGY CANADA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
                                     as a Borrower Party

                                     By: EOTT ENERGY GENERAL PARTNER, L.L.C.,
                                         its General Partner

                                         By:     /s/  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
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                                            Name:  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
                                            Title:  Senior VP and CFO

                                     EOTT ENERGY LIQUIDS, L.P.,
                                     as a Borrower Party

                                     By: EOTT ENERGY GENERAL PARTNER, L.L.C.,
                                         its General Partner

                                         By:     /s/  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
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                                         Name:  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
                                         Title:  Senior VP and CFO

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                                    EOTT ENERGY PIPELINE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
                                    as a Borrower Party

                                    By: EOTT ENERGY GENERAL PARTNER, L.L.C.,
                                        its General Partner

                                        By:     /s/  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
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                                            Name:  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
                                            Title:  Senior VP and CFO

                                    EOTT ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.,
                                    as a Guarantor

                                    By: EOTT ENERGY CORP., its General Partner

                                        By:        /s/  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
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                                            Name:  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
                                            Title:  Senior VP and CFO

                                    EOTT ENERGY GENERAL PARTNER, L.L.C.,
                                    as a Guarantor

                                        By:        /s/  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
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                                            Name:  Lawrence Clayton, Jr.
                                            Title:  Senior VP and CFO

                                    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,
                                    a Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and
                                    Lender

                                        By:       /s/  Barry Barnes
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                                            Name:  Barry Barnes
                                            Title:  Head Commodity Finance

                                        By:       /s/  Robert C. Munro
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                                            Name:  Robert C. Munro
                                            Title:  Senior Vice President<PAGE>
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                             AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT
                               TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

         This Agreement and Amendment to Credit Agreement (this "Amendment")
dated as of March 20, 2002 among the financial institutions (collectively, the
"Lenders") party to the Credit Agreement (as such term is hereinafter defined);
AMERICAN PLUMBING & MECHANICAL, INC. (the "Borrower"), and BANK ONE, NA
(successor by merger to The First National Bank of Chicago), as agent (in such
capacity, the "Agent") for the Lenders;

                                   WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agent and the Documentation
Agent executed and delivered that certain Credit Agreement (as heretofore
amended and supplemented, the "Credit Agreement") dated as of March 31, 2001;
and

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements, representations and warranties herein set forth, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
acknowledged, the parties here do hereby agree as follows:

         Section 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement.

               (a) Section 6.26.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

               6.10. Dividends. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any
          Subsidiary to, declare or pay any dividends or make any Distribution
          on its Capital Stock (other than dividends payable in its own Capital
          Stock) or redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any of its
          Capital Stock at any time outstanding, except that (i) any Subsidiary
          of the Borrower may declare and pay dividends and make Distributions
          (a) to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Guarantor
          if no Default or Unmatured Default would result from such declaration,
          payment or making, or (b) to the Borrower, (ii) the Borrower (x) may
          declare and pay dividends on Borrower Preferred Stock to the holders
          thereof if no Default or Unmatured Default exists at the time of such
          declaration or payment and if no Default or Unmatured Default would
          result from such declaration or payment or (y) may make Distributions
          in the manner expressly specified in clause (ii) and (iii) of Section
          2.02 and (iii) the Borrower may redeem Borrower Preferred Stock on or
          after March 20, 2002 for payment of consideration in an aggregate
          dollar amount not to exceed $3,500,000 so long as no Default or
          Unmatured Default exists at the time of such redemption and provided
          that the ratio of the liquidation value of the Borrower Preferred
          Stock being redeemed to the payments made for such redemption shall
          not be less than 2.00 to 1.00.

               (b) Section 6.26.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

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               6.26.01. Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio. The Borrower will not permit
          the ratio, determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters for
          the then most-recently ended four fiscal quarters, of (i) Consolidated
          Funded Total Debt to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA to be greater than (a)
          for the fiscal quarters ending on March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002,
          4.00 to 1.00, (b) for the fiscal quarter ending on September 30, 2002,
          3.75 to 1.00 and (c) for each fiscal quarter thereafter, 3.50 to 1.0.

               (c) Section 6.26.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

               6.26.03. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not
          permit the ratio, determined as of the end of each of its fiscal
          quarters for the then most-recently ended four fiscal quarters, of (i)
          Consolidated EBITDA minus the sum of Consolidated Cash Taxes and
          Consolidated Capital Expenditures other than Discretionary Capital
          Expenditures, to (ii) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, plus current
          maturities of principal Indebtedness, plus Scheduled Preferred
          Dividend Payments, plus one seventh (1/7th) of the Aggregate
          Outstanding Credit Exposure, all calculated for the Borrower and its
          Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be less than (a) for the
          fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2002, 1.10 to 1.00, (b) for the
          fiscal quarter ending on June 30, 2002, 1.05 to 1.00 and (c) for each
          fiscal quarter thereafter, 1.25 to 1.0.

               (d) Schedule I to the Credit Agreement (the Pricing Schedule) is
hereby amended to be identical to Schedule I attached hereto.

         Section 2. Conditions. This Amendment shall not become effective until
(i) it has been executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Required Lenders,
(ii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a certificate of the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Borrower authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of this Amendment and (iii) the Borrower shall have
paid to the Agent (for payment to the applicable Lenders) a fee equal to 0.15%
times the Commitment of each Lender which shall have joined in the execution of
this Amendment.

         Section 3. Representations True; No Default. The Borrower represents
and warrants that the representations and warranties contained in the Loan
Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date
hereof as though made on and as of such date. The Borrower hereby certifies that
no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Unmatured Default
or a Default.

         Section 4. Ratification. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Loan
Documents shall remain in full force and effect. The Credit Agreement, as hereby
amended, and all rights and powers created thereby or thereunder and under the
other Loan Documents are in all respects ratified and confirmed and remain in
full force and effect.

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         Section 5. Definitions and References. Any term used herein which is
defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meaning therein ascribed to it.
The terms "Agreement" and "Credit Agreement" as used in the Loan Documents or
any other instrument, document or writing furnished to the Agent or any Lender
by any Obligor shall mean the Credit Agreement as hereby amended.

         Section 6. Miscellaneous. This Amendment (a) shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agent, the Documentation
Agent and their respective successors, assigns, receivers and trustees (but the
Borrower shall not assign its rights hereunder without the express prior written
consent of the Required Lenders); (b) may be modified or amended only by a
writing signed by the party against whom the same is to be enforced; (c) may be
executed in several counterparts, and by the parties hereto on separate
counterparts, and each counterpart, when so executed and delivered, shall
constitute an original agreement, and all such separate counterparts shall
constitute but one and the same agreement; and (e) together with the other Loan
Documents, embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements,
consents and understandings relating to such subject matter.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
signed by their respective duly authorized officers, effective as of the date
first above written.

         THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING THIS AMENDMENT) REPRESENT THE FINAL
AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,
CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.

         THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

Schedule I - Pricing Schedule

                                           AMERICAN PLUMBING & MECHANICAL, INC.

                                           By:
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                                           Name:
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                                           Title:
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                                           BANK ONE, NA (successor by merger to
                                           The First National Bank of Chicago),
                                           individually and as Agent

                                           By:
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                                           Name:
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                                           Title:
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                                        CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH,
                                        individually and as Documentation Agent

                                        By:
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                                        Name:
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                                        Title:
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                                        UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.

                                        By:
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                                        Name:
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                                        Title:
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                                        FLEET NATIONAL BANK

                                        By:
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                                        Name:
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                                        Title:
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                                        COMERICA BANK

                                        By:
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                                        Name:
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                                        Title:
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                                        BAY VIEW FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                        By:
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                                        Name:
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                                        Title:
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