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                                                               Exhibit 10.3

                             Donor Pledge Agreement

                  THIS DONOR PLEDGE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of this
28th day of March, 2003, by and among EQUITABLE PRODUCTION COMPANY, a
Pennsylvania corporation, NORESCO HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation,
NORESCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and EQUITABLE ENERGY, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter collectively referred to as
"Donors"), and EQUITABLE RESOURCES FOUNDATION, INC., a tax-exempt, charitable
foundation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
(hereinafter referred to as the "Foundation").

                                   WITNESSETH:

                  WHEREAS, Equitable Resources, Inc. ("Equitable"), the ultimate
parent of the Donors, has organized and established the Foundation, which will
make charitable grants in the communities where the Donors do business; and

                  WHEREAS, NORESCO Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of
NORESCO, LLC and Equitable Energy, LLC; and

                  WHEREAS, Equitable Production Company, NORESCO, LLC and
Equitable Energy, LLC have indicated a desire to make a current cumulative
charitable gift of approximately Seventeen Million Dollars ($17,000,000)
(hereinafter referred to as the "Commitment") to pre-fund the charitable giving
commitments to the communities where they and their affiliated companies do
business for a ten year period; and

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                  WHEREAS, NORESCO Holdings, Inc. intends to satisfy any current
charitable gifts that are to be made on behalf of NORESCO, LLC and Equitable
Energy, LLC; and

                  WHEREAS, the Donors intend to satisfy the Commitment by
donating shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Westport
Resources Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Stock") to the Foundation
rather than cash, such Stock having been contributed to the capital of Equitable
Production Company and NORESCO Holdings, Inc. by ERI Investments, Inc.; and

                  NOW, THEREFORE intending to be legally bound, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

                  FIRST: Equitable Production Company irrevocably commits to
make donations of 575,000 shares of Stock to the undation during the year 2003.

                  SECOND: NORESCO Holdings, Inc. irrevocably commits to make
donations of 330,000 shares of Stock to the Foundation during the year 2003, on
behalf of NORESCO, LLC and Equitable Energy, LLC.

                  THIRD: The Donors irrevocably commit to cause the cumulative
donations of 905,000 shares of Stock to the Foundation to occur no later than
the earlier of April 15, 2003 or, if Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended ("Rule 144"), limits the amount of shares of Stock that can be sold
by the Foundation during the three-month period after the date of the gift,
within fifteen days after the expiration of the first Rule 144 volume limitation
period when the remaining shares of Stock can be sold by the Foundation.

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                  FOURTH: Equitable Production Company and NORESCO Holdings,
Inc. shall authorize and execute any agreements or documents necessary to allow
the Foundation to sell any donated Stock under Rule 144 and further agree that
the Donors will not sell any amounts of Stock that would cause the Foundation to
be unable to sell any donated Stock under Rule 144.

         This Agreement is executed as of the date first written above.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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                                         DONORS:

ATTEST:                                  EQUITABLE PRODUCTION COMPANY

/s/ Jean F. Marks                        By  /s/ Philip P. Conti
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Asst. Secretary                               Asst. Treasurer

ATTEST:                                  NORESCO HOLDINGS, INC.

/s/ Jean F. Marks                        By  /s/ Philip P. Conti
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Asst. Secretary                               Asst. Treasurer

ATTEST:                                  NORESCO, LLC

/s/ Jean F. Marks                        By  /s/ Philip P. Conti
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Asst. Secretary                               Asst. Treasurer

ATTEST:                                  EQUITABLE ENERGY, LLC

/s/ Jean F. Marks                        By  /s/ Philip P. Conti
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Asst. Secretary                               Asst. Treasurer

                                         FOUNDATION:

ATTEST:                                  EQUITABLE RESOURCES FOUNDATION, INC.

/s/ Martin Fritz                         By /s/ James E. Crockard, III
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Secretary                                    Treasurer<PAGE>
                                                                    Exhibit 10.4

                             CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

         THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") is made and entered into as
of this 28th day of March, 2003 by and among ERI Investments, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("ERI"), Equitable Production Company, a Pennsylvania corporation
and wholly owned subsidiary of ERI ("PRODUCTION"), and NORESCO Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of ERI ("NORESCO", and together
with Production, the "ERI SUBSIDIARIES").

                                   WITNESSETH

         WHEREAS, ERI directly owns 13,911,152 shares of Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of Westport Resources Corporation, a Nevada corporation
("WRC"); and

         WHEREAS, ERI desires to contribute to the capital of the ERI
Subsidiaries 905,000 shares of Common Stock of WRC (the "SHARES"), and the ERI
Subsidiaries desire to accept the capital contribution of the Shares pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements made
herein, the receipt, adequacy and legal sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as
follows:

         1. RECITATIONS. The recitations set forth hereinabove are true, correct
and incorporated herein by reference.

         2. SHARES. ERI hereby transfers all of its right, title and interest to
the Shares to the capital of the ERI Subsidiaries as follows: 575,000 of the
Shares to Production and 330,000 of the Shares to NORESCO.

         3. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or the application
of any provision hereof to any party or set of circumstances is held invalid,
the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to the
other parties or set of circumstances shall not be affected, unless the
provision held invalid shall substantially impair the benefits of the remaining
portions of this Agreement.

         4. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement among
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior
agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. The headings in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

         5. WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended, modified,
superseded, cancelled, renewed or extended, and the terms and conditions hereof
may be waived only be a written instrument signed by all of the parties hereto.
No delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver by any party
of any right, power or privilege hereunder, nor any single or partial exercise
of any right, power or privilege hereunder, preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege
hereunder. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights or remedies which either party may otherwise have at law
or in equity.

         6. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to
the conflicts of law provisions thereof.

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         7. BINDING EFFECT; ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective legal representatives,
successors and assigns.

         8. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number- of
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall constitute an original copy
hereof, but all of which together shall be considered but one in the same
document.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Contribution
Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                     ERI INVESTMENTS, INC.

                                     By:  /s/ Kenneth J. Kubacki
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                                           Name:    KENNETH J. KUBACKI
                                           Title:   VICE PRESIDENT

                                     EQUITABLE PRODUCTION COMPANY

                                     By: /s/ Philip P. Conti
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                                           Name:    PHILIP P. CONTI
                                           Title:   ASST. TREASURER

                                     NORESCO HOLDINGS, INC.

                                     By:  /s/ Philip P. Conti
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                                           Name:    PHILIP P. CONTI
                                           Title:   ASST. TREASURER

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