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Exhibit 10.42

Eugene Island Block 10

OCS-G 23851

ASSIGNMENT OF OVERRIDING ROYALTY INTEREST

	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF LOUISIANA

	 	§	 	 
	 

	 	§
	 	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
	PARISH OF IBERIA

	 	§	 	 

     THAT the undersigned, Dutch Royalty Investments, Land and Leasing, LP, a Texas limited
partnership (hereinafter referred to as “Assignor”), whose address is c/o John R. Miller,
General Partner, 635 Hunters Grove Lane, Houston, Texas 77098, for and in consideration of the
sum of One Hundred and No/100 dollars ($100.00) and other good and valuable consideration, in
hand paid by Assignee, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, does hereby
TRANSFER, BARGAIN, SELL, ASSIGN and CONVEY unto Contango Operators, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as “Assignee”), whose address is 3700 Buffalo Speedway, Suite 960,
Houston, Texas 77098, an overriding royalty interest of 0.30000% of 8/8ths (hereinafter referred
to as the “Assigned ORRI”), in and to the production from or allocable to the oil and gas lease
described in Exhibit “A” (said lease as to the area and depths described is hereinafter referred
to as the “Lease”), attached hereto and made a part hereof.

     Reference is hereby made for all purposes to that certain Assignment of Overriding Royalty
Interest, executed by Republic Exploration LLC (“REX”) in favor of Linda G. Ferszt (“Ferszt”), a
single person, Assignor, Mark A. Stephens and Donna R. Stephens (collectively, “Stephens”),
husband and wife, Gary Clack and Judith Ann Clack (collectively, “Clack”), husband and wife, and
Assignee (Ferszt, Assignor, Stephens, Clack, and Assignee are collectively referred to as the
“ORRI Owners”), on April 12, 2007, effective November 20, 2006, filed with the Minerals
Management Service (non-required records) on April 16, 2007 and recorded on April 16, 2007 in
Conveyance Book 1361, Page 262, under File Number 2007-00004069, of the records of Iberia
Parish, Louisiana, wherein REX conveyed to the ORRI Owners an overriding royalty interest equal
to 3.33333% of 8/8ths (which overriding royalty interest includes the Assigned ORRI) in and to
and affecting production from the Lease, subject to all of the terms and provisions set forth
therein (the “Assignment”). The Assignment was amended by that certain Amendment to Assignment
of Overriding Royalty Interest, executed by and between REX, et al., Assignor and Assignee,
effective November 20, 2006 (the Assignment, as so amended, is referred to hereafter as the “EI
10 Assignment”).

     It is the intention of Assignor and Assignee that the Assigned ORRI affect and include a
portion of the overriding royalty interest acquired by Assignor in the EI 10 Assignment, that no
portion of the Assigned ORRI expire or terminate through merger or confusion as a result of the
execution of this instrument due to Assignee’s current ownership of working interest in and to
the Lease, and that the Assigned ORRI is conveyed subject to and conditioned by the terms and
provisions of the EI 10 Assignment, the Farmout Agreement (as defined in the EI 10 Assignment)
and the JOA (as defined in the EI 10 Assignment).

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     TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the Assigned ORRI unto Assignee and Assignee’s respective
heirs, successors and assigns forever, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the terms,
covenants and provisions of the Lease. Assignor hereby binds Assignor and Assignor’s successors
and/or assigns to warrant and defend the title to the Assigned ORRI unto Assignee and Assignee’s
heirs, successors and assigns against every person lawfully claiming, or to claim the same, or any
part thereof, by, through and under Assignor but not otherwise.

     All of the terms, provisions, covenants and agreements herein contained shall extend to and
be binding upon Assignor and Assignee and their respective successors in title, assigns and/or
heirs.

[Signatures follow]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest has been executed by
Assignor and Assignee as of 

February 8, 2008 but shall be effective for all purposes as of
January 1, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Dutch Royalty Investments, Land and Leasing, LP

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/   JOHN R. MILLER
 	 
	 	 	John R. Miller 	 
	 	 	General Partner 	 
	 
	 	Contango Operators, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ KENNETH R. PEAK
 	 
	 	 	Kenneth R. Peak 	 
	 	 	Chairman and Secretaryexv10w43

	 	 	 	 	 

Exhibit 10.43

Eugene Island Block 11

OCS-G 31362

ASSIGNMENT OF OVERRIDING ROYALTY INTEREST

	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF LOUISIANA

	 	§	 	 
	 

	 	§
	 	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
	PARISH OF IBERIA

	 	§	 	 

     THAT the undersigned, Dutch Royalty Investments, Land and Leasing, LP, a Texas limited
partnership (hereinafter referred to as “Assignor”), whose address is c/o John R. Miller,
General Partner, 635 Hunters Grove Lane, Houston, Texas 77098, for and in consideration of the
sum of One Hundred and No/100 dollars ($100.00) and other good and valuable consideration, in
hand paid by Assignee, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, does
hereby TRANSFER, BARGAIN, SELL, ASSIGN and CONVEY unto Contango Operators, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Assignee”), whose address is 3700 Buffalo Speedway,
Suite 960, Houston, Texas 77098, an overriding royalty interest of 0.30000% of 8/8ths
(hereinafter referred to as the “Assigned ORRI”), in and to the production from or allocable to
the oil and gas lease described in Exhibit “A” (said lease as to the area and depths described
is hereinafter referred to as the “Lease”), attached hereto and made a part hereof.

     Reference is hereby made for all purposes to that certain Assignment of Overriding Royalty
Interest, executed by Republic Exploration LLC (“REX”) in favor of Linda G. Ferszt (“Ferszt”),
a single person, Assignor, Mark A. Stephens and Donna R. Stephens (collectively, “Stephens”),
husband and wife, Gary Clack and Judith Ann Clack (collectively, “Clack”), husband and wife,
and Assignee (Ferszt, Assignor, Stephens, Clack, and Assignee are collectively referred to as
the “ORRI Owners”), on January 24, 2008, effective December 1, 2007, and recorded on January
29, 2008 in Conveyance Book 1390, Page 914, under File Number 2008-00001176, of the records of
Iberia Parish, Louisiana, wherein REX conveyed to the ORRI Owners an overriding royalty
interest equal to 3.33333% of 8/8ths (which overriding royalty interest includes the Assigned
ORRI) in and to and affecting production from the Lease, subject to all of the terms and
provisions set forth therein (the “REX Assignment”).

     It is the intention of Assignor and Assignee that the Assigned ORRI affect and include a
portion of the overriding royalty interest acquired by Assignor in the REX Assignment, that no
portion of the Assigned ORRI expire or terminate through merger or confusion as a result of the
execution of this instrument due to Assignee’s current ownership of working interest in and to
the Lease, and that the Assigned ORRI is conveyed subject to and conditioned by the terms and
provisions of the REX Assignment and that certain Joint Operating Agreement, dated February 7,
2007, executed by and between Assignee, as Operator, and REX, CGM, LP, Olympic Energy Partners,
LLC and Unocal Oil Company of California, as Non-Operators.

     TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the Assigned ORRI unto Assignee and Assignee’s
respective heirs, successors and assigns forever, subject to the terms and conditions hereof
and the terms, covenants and provisions of the Lease. Assignor hereby binds Assignor and
Assignor’s successors and/or assigns to warrant and defend the title to the Assigned ORRI unto
Assignee and Assignee’s heirs, successors and assigns against every person lawfully

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claiming, or to claim the same, or any part thereof, by, through and under Assignor but not
otherwise.

     All of the terms, provisions, covenants and agreements herein contained shall extend to and be
binding upon Assignor and Assignee and their respective successors in title, assigns and/or heirs.

[Signatures follow]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest has been executed by
Assignor and Assignee as of February 8, 2008 but shall be effective for all purposes as of
January 1, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Dutch Royalty Investments, Land and Leasing, LP

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/   JOHN R. MILLER
 	 
	 	 	John R. Miller  	 
	 	 	General Partner 	 
	 
	 	Contango Operators, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ KENNETH R. PEAK
 	 
	 	 	Kenneth R. Peak 	 
	 	 	Chairman and Secretaryexv10w44

	 	 	 	 	 

Exhibit 10.44

State Lease 19396

Portion of EI 11

ASSIGNMENT OF OVERRIDING ROYALTY INTEREST

	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF LOUISIANA

	 	§	 	 
	 

	 	§
	 	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
	PARISH OF IBERIA

	 	§	 	 

     THAT the undersigned, Dutch Royalty Investments, Land and Leasing, LP, a Texas limited
partnership (hereinafter referred to as “Assignor”), whose address is c/o John R. Miller, General
Partner, 635 Hunters Grove Lane, Houston, Texas 77098, for and in consideration of the sum of One
Hundred and No/100 dollars ($100.00) and other good and valuable consideration, in hand paid by
Assignee, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, does hereby TRANSFER,
BARGAIN, SELL, ASSIGN and CONVEY unto Contango Operators, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as “Assignee”), whose address is 3700 Buffalo Speedway, Suite 960,
Houston, Texas 77098, an overriding royalty interest of 0.30000% of 8/8ths (hereinafter referred
to as the “Assigned ORRI”), in and to the production from or allocable to the oil and gas lease
described in Exhibit “A” (said lease as to the area and depths described is hereinafter referred
to as the “Lease”), attached hereto and made a part hereof.

     Reference is hereby made for all purposes to that certain Assignment of Overriding Royalty
Interest, executed by Republic Exploration LLC (“REX”) in favor of Linda G. Ferszt (“Ferszt”), a
single person, Assignor, Mark A. Stephens and Donna R. Stephens (collectively, “Stephens”),
husband and wife, Gary Clack and Judith Ann Clack (collectively, “Clack”), husband and wife, and
Assignee (Ferszt, Assignor, Stephens, Clack, and Assignee are collectively referred to as the
“ORRI Owners”), on October 30, 2007, effective June 13, 2007, and recorded on October 31, 2007
in Conveyance Book 1383, Page 266, under File Number 2007-00013692, of the records of Iberia
Parish, Louisiana, wherein REX conveyed to the ORRI Owners an overriding royalty interest equal
to 3.33333% of 8/8ths (which overriding royalty interest includes the Assigned ORRI) in and to
and affecting production from the Lease, subject to all of the terms and provisions set forth
therein (the “REX Assignment”).

     It is the intention of Assignor and Assignee that the Assigned ORRI affect and include a
portion of the overriding royalty interest acquired by Assignor in the REX Assignment, that no
portion of the Assigned ORRI expire or terminate through merger or confusion as a result of the
execution of this instrument due to Assignee’s current ownership of working interest in and to
the Lease, and that the Assigned ORRI is conveyed subject to and conditioned by the terms and
provisions of the REX Assignment and that certain Joint Operating Agreement, dated February 7,
2007, executed by and between Assignee, as Operator, and REX, CGM, LP, Olympic Energy Partners,
LLC and Unocal Oil Company of California, as Non-Operators.

     TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the Assigned ORRI unto Assignee and Assignee’s
respective heirs, successors and assigns forever, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and
the terms, covenants and provisions of the Lease. Assignor hereby binds Assignor and Assignor’s
successors and/or assigns to warrant and defend the title to the Assigned ORRI unto Assignee and
Assignee’s heirs, successors and assigns against every person lawfully claiming, or to claim the
same, or any part thereof, by, through and under Assignor but not otherwise.

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State Lease 19396

Portion of EI 11

     All of the terms, provisions, covenants and agreements herein contained shall extend to and be
binding upon Assignor and Assignee and their respective successors in title, assigns and/or heirs.

[Signatures follow]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest has been executed by
Assignor and Assignee as of February 8, 2008 but shall be effective for all purposes as of
January 1, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Dutch Royalty Investments, Land and Leasing, LP

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/   JOHN R. MILLER
 	 
	 	 	John R. Miller  	 
	 	 	General Partner 	 
	 
	 	Contango Operators, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ KENNETH R. PEAK
 	 
	 	 	Kenneth R. Peak 	 
	 	 	Chairman and Secretary

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