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    Exhibit
10.4

    

    REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT

    

    This Registration Rights Agreement
(this “Agreement”) is made
and entered into as of February 28, 2008, between China North East Petroleum
Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and each of
the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and,
collectively, the “Purchasers”).

    

                   This
Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase
Agreement”).

    

                   The
Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:

    

            1.                      Definitions

    

                   Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have
the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

    

                “Advice” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

    

    “Conversion Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.

    

    “Effectiveness Date”
means, with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, the 180th calendar day following the date hereof and with respect to
any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section
3(c), the 60th calendar day following the date on which an additional
Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder; provided, however, that in the
event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above
Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further
review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement
shall be no longer than the tenth Trading Day following the date on which the
Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required
above.

    

    “Effectiveness Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

    

    “Event” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

    

    “Event Date” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

    

    “Filing Date” means,
with respect to the initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 60th
calendar day following the date hereof and, with respect to any additional
Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the
earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to
file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable
Securities.

    
      
         

      

      
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    “Holder” or “Holders” means the
holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable
Securities.

    

    “Indemnified Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

    

    “Initial Registration
Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to
this Agreement.

    

    “Losses” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

    

    “Plan of Distribution”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

    

    “Prospectus” means the
prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation,
a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus
filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion
of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other
amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

    

    “Registrable
Securities” means all Shares of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise in full of the Warrants, so long as such shares are not eligible for
sale without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144.

    

    “Registration
Statement” means the registration statement required to be filed
hereunder and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section
3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to
such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective
amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.

    

     “Rule 415” means Rule
415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.

    

    “Rule 424” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.

    
      
         

      

      
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    “Selling Shareholder
Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a).

    

    “SEC Guidance” means
(i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or
requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

    

    “Warrants” means the
Class A Warrants, Class B Warrants and Class C Warrants as described in the
Purchase Agreement.

    

            2.                      Shelf
Registration

    

    (a)           On
or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all or such portion
of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance (provided that the
Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the
registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC
Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations D.29) that are not then registered on an effective
Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant
to Rule 415.  The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except
if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable
Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another
appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise
directed by at least an 66% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially
the “Plan of
Distribution” attached hereto as Annex
A.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall
use its best efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but
in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best
efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the
Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to
Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written
opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s
transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness
Period”).  The Company shall telephonically request
effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on
a Trading Day.   The Company shall immediately notify the Holders
via facsimile or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file of the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the
Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall
be the date requested for effectiveness of a Registration
Statement.  The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the
Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a final Prospectus with the
Commission as required by Rule 424.  Failure to so notify the Holder
within 1 Trading Day of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a
final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section
2(b).  Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages in
Section 2(b), if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of
Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration
Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to
advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless
otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the
number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement
will first be reduced by Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares
(applied, in the case that some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders
on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares
held by such Holders), and second by Registrable Securities represented by
Conversion Shares (applied, in the case that some Conversion Shares may be
registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of
unregistered Conversion Shares held by such
Holders).

    
      
         

      

      
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    (b)           If:
(i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing
Date or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for
acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated
under the Securities Act, within ten (10) Trading Days of the date that the
Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the
Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or not be
subject to further review, or (iii) prior to the Effectiveness Date of a
Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and
otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of
such Registration Statement within 10 Trading Days after the receipt of comments
by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for
such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (iv) as to, in the
aggregate among all Holders on a pro-rata basis based on their purchase of the
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, a Registration Statement
registering for resale all of the  Registrable Securities, is not
declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Date of the Initial
Registration Statement, or (v) all of the Registrable Securities are not
registered for resale pursuant to one or more effective Registration Statements
on or before April __, 2008, or (vi) after the Effectiveness Date of a
Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to
remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize
the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than 10
consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of 30 calendar days during
any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive calendar days) (any such
failure or breach being referred to as an “Event, and for
purposes of clause (i), (iv) or (v) the date on which such Event occurs, or for
purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) the date which such 10 calendar day period is
exceeded, or for purposes of clause (vi) the date on which such 10 or 30
calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then,
in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under
applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each
such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date)
until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an
amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1%
of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such
Holder.  The parties agree that the maximum aggregate liquidated
damages payable to a Holder under this Agreement shall be 10% of the aggregate
Subscription Amount paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.  The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms
hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to
the cure of an Event.

    
      
         

      

      
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     3.           
Registration
Procedures.

    

                   In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:

    

    (a)           Not
less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration
Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any
related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any
document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such
Holders and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent
certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary,
in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a
reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company
shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments
or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that the Company is
notified of such objection in writing no later than 5 Trading Days after the
Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or 1 Trading
Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or
amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company
a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Shareholder
Questionnaire”) not less than two Trading Days prior to the Filing Date
or by the end of the fourth Trading Day following the date on which such Holder
receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.

    

    (b)           (i)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously
effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness
Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration
Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the
Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this
Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule
424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received
from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and
complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a
Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information
contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to
any Holder which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company);
and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in
accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of
disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as
so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

    
      
         

      

      
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    (c)           If
during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any
time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a
Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably
practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional
Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the
number of such Registrable Securities.

    

    (d)           Notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant
to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as
promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than
one Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person)
confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following the day
(i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the
Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such
Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such
Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other
federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable
Securities 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 or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any
Proceeding for such purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of
time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement
ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as
the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending
corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may
be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the
best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration
Statement or Prospectus, provided that any and all of such information shall
remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes
public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law; provided, further, that
notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential,
each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is material,
non-public information.

    
      
         

      

      
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    (e)           Use
its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal
of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

    

    (f)           Furnish
to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and
all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available
on the EDGAR system need not be furnished in physical form.

    

    (g)           Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after
the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

    

    (h)           The
Company shall effect a filing at its cost and expense with respect to the public
offering contemplated by each Registration Statement (an “Issuer Filing”) with
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (recently renamed Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Corporate Financing Department pursuant
to NASD Rule 2710(b)(10)(A)(i) within one Trading Day of the date that the
Registration Statement is first filed with the Commission and pay the filing fee
required by such Issuer Filing.  The Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to pursue the Issuer Filing until FINRA issues a letter
confirming that it does not object to the terms of the offering contemplated by
the Registration Statement as described in the Plan of Distribution attached
hereto as Annex A.  A copy of the Issuer Filing and all related
correspondence to or from FINRA with respect thereto shall be provided to the
Holder.

    

    (i)         
  Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the
selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or
exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities
for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in
writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom)
effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or
things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of
the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided,
that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in
any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

    
      
         

      

      
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    (j)           
If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to
be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which
certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement,
of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in
such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may
request.

    

    (k)           Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as
reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s
good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its
stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or
amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or
a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If the Company notifies the
Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to
suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus
have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such
Prospectus.  The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the
use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is
practicable.  The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right
under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement
and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages otherwise
required pursuant to Section 2(b), for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days
(which need not be consecutive days) in any 12 month period.

    

    (l)           
Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

    

    (m)          The
Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified
statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such
Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have
voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the
Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the
registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to
furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any
liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall
be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay
shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered
to the Company.

    
      
         

      

      
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    4.             Registration
Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company
whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall
include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and auditors) (A)
with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings
required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then
listed for trading, (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue
Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without
limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with
Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities) and (D) if
not previously paid by the Company in connection with an Issuer Filing, with
respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through
which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA
pursuant to NASD Rule 2710, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a
customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing
expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv)
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability
insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses
of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  In addition, the
Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required
hereunder.  In no event shall the Company be responsible for any
broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided
for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the
Holders.

    

    5.             Indemnification.

    

    (a)           Indemnification by the
Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this
Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors,
members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell
Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to
perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees
(and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding
such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of
them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers,
directors, members, shareholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other
Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles,
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such
controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively,
“Losses”), as
incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment
or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or
relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any
Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the
Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or
any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent,
that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder
expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to
such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable
Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has
approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence
of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such
Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified
such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to
the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section
6(d).  The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the
institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is
aware.

    
      
         

      

      
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    (b)           Indemnification by
Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person
who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or
employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising
out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so
furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in
such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such
information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of
Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by
such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood
that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus
or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) in the case of an occurrence
of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such
Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified
such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to
the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no
event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount
than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale
of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification
obligation.

    
      
         

      

      
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    (c)           Conduct of Indemnification
Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any
Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”),
such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is
sought (the “Indemnifying Party”)
in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the
extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
(which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such
failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

    

                 An
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties
unless:  (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such
fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named
parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both
such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the
Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest
is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party
and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies
the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no
more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying
Party).  The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement
of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  No Indemnifying Party shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any
settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party
is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such Proceeding.

    

                 Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the
Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred
in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a
manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified
Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses
applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially
determined to be not entitled to indemnification hereunder.

    
      
         

      

      
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    (d)           Contribution. If the
indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified
Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then
each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission.  The amount paid or payable by a party
as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations
set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses
incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such
party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms.

     

     

    The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no
Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess
of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from
the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the
amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission.

    

    The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition
to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified
Parties.

    

    6.             Miscellaneous.

    

    (a)         
  Remedies.  In
the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective
obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may
be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and
under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.  The Company
and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate
compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the
provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any
action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert
or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

    

    (b)         
  No
Piggyback on Registrations. Except as set forth on Schedule
6(b) attached hereto [and in connection with transactions contemplated by
clause (d) under Exempt Issuance], neither the Company nor any of its
security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may
include securities of the Company in any Registration Statements other than the
Registrable Securities.  The Company shall not file any other
registration statements until all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant
to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission,
provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing
amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this
Agreement.

    
 

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    (c)          
 Compliance. Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

    

    (d)           Discontinued
Disposition.  By its acquisition of Registrable Securities,
each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the
occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi),
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the
“Advice”) by
the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been
supplemented or amended) may be resumed.  The Company will use its
best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly
as it practicable.  The Company agrees and acknowledges that any
periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of
the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 2(b).

    

    (e)         
  Piggy-Back
Registrations. If at any time during the Effectiveness Period there is
not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable
Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the
Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account
or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or
other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder a
written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen days after the date
of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall
include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable
Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to
this Section 6(e) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective
Registration Statement.

    

    (f)          
 Amendments and
Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority
of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (including, for this purpose any
Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any
Security).  If a Registration Statement does not register all of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with
the previous sentence,
then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall
be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to
designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to
depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates
exclusively to the rights of some Holders and that does not directly or
indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of
the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the
provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except
in accordance with the provisions of the first  sentence of this
Section 6(f).

    
      
         

      

      
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    (g)         
  Notices. Any and all
notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be
provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.

    

    (h)          
 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to
the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the
Holders of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign
their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted
under the Purchase Agreement.

    

    (i)         
   No
Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement
with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the
rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof.  Except as set forth on Schedule 6(i),
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has previously entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities
to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.

    

    (j)           
 Execution and
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement
and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and
delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not
sign the same counterpart.  In the event that any signature is
delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format
data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same
force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.

    

    (k)         
  Governing
Law.  All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

    

    (l)        
    Cumulative Remedies.
The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
remedies provided by law.

    

      
        
           

        

        
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      (m)           Severability. If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder
of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

       

    

    (n)          
 Headings.
The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a
part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the
provisions hereof.

    

    (o)           Independent Nature of
Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder
are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder,
and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any
other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any
Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as
a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including
without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.

    

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                   IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as
of the date first written above.

     

     

    
      
        	 	CHINA NORTH EAST PETROLEUM
      HOLDINGS, INC	 
	 	 	 	 
	
                 

              	
                By:
      

              	/s/
       Wang Hongjun 	 
	 	 	Name: Wang
      Hongjun	 
	 	 	Title: 
       Chairman	 
	 	 	 	 

      

    

    
 

    

    

    [SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]

    

    
      
         

      

      
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    [SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RRA]

    

    

    Name of
Holder: Lotusbox Investments Limited

    

    Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Holder: /s/
Diana The Hui
Ling                                                                                                                                          

    

    Name of
Authorized Signatory: Diana The Hui Ling

    

    Title of
Authorized Signatory: General Counsel, signing authority pursuant to Lotusbox
Investments Limited’s Board of Directors’ Resolutions dated 25 February
2008

    

    

      
        
           

        

        
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    Annex A

    

    Plan of
Distribution

    

    Each
Selling Stockholder (the “Selling
Stockholders”) of the common stock and any of their pledgees, assignees
and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their
shares of common stock on the [principal Trading Market] or any other stock
exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in
private transactions.  These sales may be at fixed or negotiated
prices.  A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the
following methods when selling shares:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              ordinary
      brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
      solicits purchasers;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              block
      trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent
      but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
      facilitate the transaction;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              purchases
      by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
      account;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              an
      exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
      exchange;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              privately
      negotiated transactions;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              settlement
      of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration
      statement of which this prospectus is a
part;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              broker-dealers
      may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such
      shares at a stipulated price per
share;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              through
      the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions,
      whether through an options exchange or
  otherwise;

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              a
      combination of any such methods of sale;
or

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              any
      other method permitted pursuant to applicable
  law.

            

    

     

    The
Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if
available, rather than under this prospectus.

     

    Broker-dealers
engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to
participate in sales.  Broker-dealers may receive commissions or
discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent
for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated,
but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an
agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in
compliance with NASDR Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a
markup or markdown in compliance with NASDR IM-2440.

     

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    In
connection with the sale of the common stock or interests therein, the Selling
Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other
financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common
stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume.  The Selling
Stockholders may also sell shares of the common stock short and deliver these
securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common
stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities.  The
Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with
broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more
derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other
financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such
broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this
prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such
transaction).

     

    The
Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in
selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the
Securities Act in connection with such sales.  In such event, any
commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.  Each Selling
Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral
agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to
distribute the Common Stock. NASD Rule 2710 requires FINRA members firms (unless
an exemption applies) to satisfy the filing requirements of Rule 2710 in
connection with the resale, on behalf of selling shareholders, of the securities
on a principal or agency basis.  FINRA has recently proposed rule changes
to NASD Rule 2710 which may, if approved, modify the requirements of its members
to make filings under NASD Rule 2710. Further, no FINRA member firm may receive
compensation in excess of that allowable under FINRA rules, including Rule 2710,
in connection with the resale of the securities by selling shareholders, which
total compensation may not generally exceed 8%, subject to the amount being
raised in the offering.

     

    The
Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company
incident to the registration of the shares.  The Company has agreed to
indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

     

    Because
Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of
the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder.  In addition, any
securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this
prospectus.  There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in
connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling
Stockholders.

     

    
      
        
           

        

        
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      We agreed
to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the
shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and
without regard to any volume limitations by reason of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares
have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale shares
will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required
under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the
resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for
sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or
qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

       

    

    Under
applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in
the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market
making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted
period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the
distribution.  In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject
to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and
sales of shares of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other
person.  We will make copies of this prospectus available to the
Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of
this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including
by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    Annex
B

     

    [__________]

     

    Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire

     

    The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable
Securities”) of China North East Petroleum Holdings, Inc, a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”),
understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement (the “Registration
Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of
the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”) to which this document is annexed.  A copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the
address set forth below.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights
Agreement.

     

    Certain
legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus.  Accordingly,
holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult
their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or
not being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and
the related prospectus.

     

    NOTICE

     

    The
undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling
Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the
Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

     

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    The
undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

     

    QUESTIONNAIRE

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              1.

            	
              Name.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (a)

            	
              Full
      Legal Name of Selling Securityholder

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              (b)

            	
              Full
      Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through
      which Registrable Securities are held:

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              (c)

            	
              Full
      Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who
      directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose
      of the securities covered by the questionnaire):

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

    

    
 

    
      	
            	
              2.

            	
              Address
      for Notices to Selling
Securityholder:

            

    

     

    
      	 
      	 
	 
      	 
	 
      	 
	
              Telephone:
      

            	 
	
              Fax:

            	 
	
              Contact
      Person:

            	 

    

     

     

    
      	
            	
              3. 

            	
              Broker-Dealer
      Status:

            

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              Are
      you a broker-dealer?

            
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Yes  
      o	No   o 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
              (b)

            	
              If
      “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as
      compensation for investment banking services to the
    Company.

            
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Yes  
      o	No   o 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
              Note:

            	
              If
      no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
      an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

            
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

    

    

      
        
           

        

        
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                (c)

              

            	
              
                Are
      you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

              

            
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Yes  
      o	No   o
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
              
                (d)

              

            	
              
                If
      you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought
      the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the
      time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had
      no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person
      to distribute the Registrable Securities?

              

            
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Yes  
      o	No   o 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
              Note:

            	
              If
      no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
      an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

            
	 	 	 	 	 

    

     

    
      	
            	
              4.

            	
              Beneficial
      Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
      Securityholder.

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	Except
      as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial
      or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the
      securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
	 	 	 
	 	 	
              
                (a)        Type
      and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Security
      holder:

              

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

    

    
    

    
      
         

      

      
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                5.

              	
                Relationships
      with the Company:

              
	 	 	 
	 	 	Except
      as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates,
      officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of
      the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office
      or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its
      predecessors or affiliates) during the past three
  years.
	 	 	 
	 	 	
                State
      any exceptions here:

              
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

      

    

     

    The
undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes
in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof
at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.

     

    By
signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information
contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such
information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto.  The undersigned understands that
such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the
preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus.

     

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice
and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly
authorized agent.

    
       

      
        	Dated: 	 	 	Beneficial
      Owner:   	 
	 	 	 	 	 

      

       

      
        	 	By: 	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:

      

       

    

    PLEASE
FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN
THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Schedule
6(b)

    

    1.                 480,000
shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the warrants to be issued to
Hong Jie Ltd. (“Hong Jie”)  at closing pursuant to a letter
agreement dated November 6, 2007 by and between the Company and Penumbra
Worldwide LTD and subsequently assigned to Hong Jie on February 12,
2008.

    

    2.                 300,000
shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the warrants issued to Chris
Wenbing Wang pursuant to the Consulting Agreement dated as of October 9, 2007 by
and between Chris Wenbing Wang and the Company.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Schedule
6(i)

    

    Pursuant
to the Consulting Agreement dated as of October 9, 2007 by and between Chris
Wenbing Wang and the Company, Chris Wenbing Wang is entitled to warrants to
purchase up to 100,000 shares of common stock at the per share exercise price of
$1.00 and 200,000 shares of common stock at the per share exercise price of
$1.20.  The shares underlying such warrants are entitled to the same
registration rights as the registration rights granted to any investors in an
equity or debt financing of the Company.

     

     

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    Exhibit
10.5

    OPTION
AGREEMENT

    

     

    This
Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) is
entered into as of February 28, 2008, by and between CHINA NORTH EAST PETROLEUM HOLDINGS
LIMITED, a Nevada corporation (the “Grantor”), and LOTUSBOX INVESTMENTS LIMITED,
a British Virgin Island company  (the “Option
Holder”).

     

    In
consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by
the Grantor, the Grantor desires to grant Option Holder, and Option Holder
desires to accept from the Grantor, an option to purchase up to 24% of the
registered capital (whether represented by actual share certificates or not)
(for reference purposes referred to as the “Option Shares”) of
the registered capital of Song Yuan North East Petroleum Technical Service Co.
Ltd., a Sino Foreign entity established under the laws of the People’s Republic
of China (the “Company”), at the
Option Exercise Price (as hereinafter defined) and upon the terms and subject to
the conditions hereinafter contained.

     

    1.               Grant of
Option.   Grantor
hereby grants to Option Holder an option (the “Option”) to purchase
the Option Shares, free and clear of any and all charges, liens or encumbrances.
This Option Agreement has been entered into, and the Option granted herein, in
order to induce the Option Holder to make the loan to the Grantor in the
principal amount of U.S. $15,000,000 upon the terms and conditions in the
Debentures (as defined below) and the Securities Purchase Agreement as defined
below.

     

    2.               Vesting;
Time of Exercise.   The Option
shall automatically vest in its entirety on the date which is immediately after
the occurrence of an “Event of Default” (as hereinafter defined) which results
in the acceleration of the Debentures (as defined below).   The
right to purchase the Option Shares pursuant to the Option shall be exercisable,
in whole, at any time following the vesting thereof.

    

    3.               Method of
Exercise. The
Option shall be exercised by written notice, in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto, from the Option Holder to Grantor specifying whether the Option Shares
are to be issued in the name of the Option Holder or transferee(s) designated by
Option Holder and accompanied by a copy of the written offer or purchase
agreement evidencing the determination of the Fair Market Value of the Option
Shares and payment in full of the Option Exercise
Price.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option Exercise Price
may be paid, at the election of the Option Holder, by reduction and offset from
the principal and interest due under the Debentures (as hereinafter defined)
without being required to make any actual cash payment for the Option Exercise
Price.

    

    4.              Certain
Definitions.  For the purposes
herein:

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    “Debentures” shall mean Grantor’s 8% Secured
Debentures due February 27, 2012 and issued on February 28, 2008, in the
original aggregate principal amount of U.S. $15,000,000, to Option
Holder.

    

    “Event of Default”
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Debentures.

    

    “Fair Market Value”
shall mean the purchase price that a willing buyer would be willing to pay and a
willing seller would be willing to accept in an arm’s length transaction,
provided that neither party is under any compulsion to buy or sell, as the case
may be, which purchase price shall be evidenced by a written offer or purchase
agreement between such buyer and seller.

    

    “Option Exercise
Price” shall mean the Fair Market Value of the Option
Shares.

    

    “Securities Purchase
Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date
hereof between the Grantor and the Option Holder.

    

    5.              Transferability.   The Option
and the Option Holder’s rights hereunder shall be fully transferable and
assignable by the Option Holder and the Option may be exercised by the Option
Holder or its transferee(s) upon an Event of Default resulting in the
acceleration of the Debentures.

    

    6.              Representations
and Warranties of the Grantor.   The Grantor
hereby represents and warrants to Option Holder as follows:

    

    (a)     The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the People’s Republic of China and has full power to own its
properties and to conduct its business as presently
conducted.   

    

    (b)   Grantor
has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
this Agreement and the other agreements, certificates and instruments to be
executed by Grantor in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement. The
execution, delivery and performance by Grantor of this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
Grantor.  This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
agreement of Grantor, enforceable against Grantor in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in
equity).

     

    (c)     The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of registered capital shares,
of US$1,121,000 shares issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, of which
US$610,000 has been paid as of the date hereof, of which Grantor legally and
beneficially owns 90%.  As of the date hereof, there are no
outstanding commitments, options, warrants, calls, rights or agreements of any
character to issue any capital shares of the
Company and no capital shares are held in treasury or reserved for
issuance.   As of the date hereof, the Option Shares represent
Twenty-Four Percent (24%) of all of the outstanding capital shares of the
Company, on a fully-diluted basis.  The Option Holder is the Pledgee
of the 66% of the registered share capital of the Company pursuant to the terms
of a Onshore Share Pledge Agreement of even date herewith (“Onshore Pledge
Agreement”) between the Grantor and the Option Holder.

    
      
         

      

      
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    (d)           Grantor
is the record and beneficial owner of all of the Option Shares, free and clear
of all liens, security interests, claims, charges and encumbrances of any nature
whatsoever.   None of the Option Shares are subject to any
restrictions, directly or indirectly, with respect to their transferability or
any other restrictions.  Upon transfer and delivery of the Option
Shares to the Option Holder or its transferee(s) pursuant to the exercise of the
Option, the Option Holder (or its transferee(s)) will have good and marketable
right, title and interest in and to the Option Shares, free and clear of all
liens, security interests, claims, charges and encumbrances of any nature
whatsoever.

     

    
      7.              Covenants
of the Grantor.   Grantor
hereby agrees and covenants that:

    

    

    (a)           Grantor
shall, and shall cause the Company to, take all steps necessary or desirable in
connection with the rights granted to Option Holder hereunder, the exercise of
the Option, and the transfer and delivery of the Option Shares to Option Holder
or its transferee(s) in an expeditious manner, including, without limitation,
the registration of the sale and transfer of the Option Shares with any
governmental authorities in the People’s Republic of China.  On the
date of this Option Agreement, Grantor shall further execute or procure the
execution of the documents as listed on Schedule 7(a) hereto, such documents
which shall be held by the Option Holder.

    

    (b)           Grantor
shall not, and shall cause the Company to not, take any action, whether through
a judicial process or otherwise, which would have the effect of impeding or
delaying the due exercise of the Option by Option Holder (or its transferee(s))
and/or the transfer and delivery of the Option Shares to Option Holder (or its
transferee(s)).

    

    8.              Remedies upon
Default.

    

    (a)           Upon
an Event of Default, (as defined in the Debentures) Option Holder shall have the
right, at its option, to acquire, or have a third party acquire, the remaining
registered capital of Company owned by the Grantor, which, as of the date
hereof, represents 24% of the outstanding registered capital the Company (at the
“Option Price”) at Fair Market Value.  In addition, Option Holder may
assign its rights under this Option Agreement. .  The purchase price of the
Option Shares shall be the Fair Market Value.  The phrase “Fair Market Value” shall
mean the purchase price that a willing buyer would be willing to pay and a
willing seller would be willing to accept in an arm's length transaction,
provided that neither party is under any compulsion to buy or sell, as the
case may be.  The FMV shall be evidenced by a written offer or purchase
agreement, a copy of which shall be made available to the Grantor.  In
the event of the sale of the Option Shares in accordance with this Section 8,
the sale of such
Option Shares and be deemed commercially
reasonable.  

    
      
         

      

      
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    (b)           Grantor
acknowledges that time is of the essence in the completion of its obligations
created under this Agreements and specifically pursuant to the exercise of the
Option. Grantor hereby undertakes to take all steps necessary in connection with
the rights granted to Option Holder hereunder to effect the transfer of the
Option Shares to Option Holder in an expeditious manner, including the
registration of the grant of this Option and the sale and transfer of the Option
Shares with any government authorities in the People’s Republic of China. 
It further undertakes not to take any action, whether through a judicial process
or otherwise, which would have the effect of delaying the due exercise of the
Option by Option Holder and/ or the transfer and delivery of the Option Shares
to Option Holder or ant transferee.  Grantor hereby agrees that it
shall cooperate in good faith with Option Holder in connection with the rights
granted to Option Holder hereunder. In the event that the Option Holder
determines to purchase the Option Shares itself (or through any affiliated
entity), the outstanding amount of the Debenture shall be subject to reduction
and offset by the
amount of the Option Price and the Option Holder shall not be required to make
any actual cash payment to the Grantor.

    

    9.              Failure
to Enforce Not a Waiver.   The failure
of Option Holder to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall in
no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision
hereof.

     

           10.            Governing
Law.  
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Purchase Agreement.

     

    11.            Counterparts.   This Agreement
may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original
but all of which together shall represent one and the same
agreement.

    

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date and
year first set forth above.

     

     

    
      
        	 	China North East Petroleum
      Holdings Limited	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
      Wang Hongjun	 
	 	Name:
      Wang Hongjun	 
	 	
                Title:
      Chairman and President

              	 

      

    

     

     

    
      
         

      

      
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          	 	Lotusbox Investments
      Limited	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
      Diana The Hui Ling	 
	 	Name:
      Diana The Hui Ling	 
	 	
                  Title:
      General Counsel, signing authority pursuant to

                   Lotusbox
      Investments Limited’s Board of Directors’ 

                  Resolutions
      dated 25 February 2008

                	 

        

      

       

       

       

       

      
        
          	 	Acknowledged:	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
                  Song
      Yuan North East Petroleum Technical Service Co. Ltd.

                	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
      Wang Hongjun	 
	 	 	Name:
      Wang Hongjun	 
	 	 	
                  Title:
      President

                	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

        

      

       

    

    
      
         

      

      
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    Exhibit A

     

    NOTICE OF
EXERCISE

     

    1.  Exercise of Option:
Check Applicable
Box

     

    [         ]   The
undersigned Option Holder hereby elects to purchase the Option Shares at the
Option Exercise Price of $__________.  Attached is a copy of the
written offer or purchase agreement evidencing the determination of the Option
Exercise Price.  Please reduce and offset the amount due under the
Debentures by the amount of the Option Exercise Price.

     

    [            ]    The
undersigned Option Holder hereby transfer its rights to exercise the Option to
the undersigned Transferee.   Transferee hereby elects to
purchase the Option Shares at the Option Exercise Price of
$_____________.  Attached is a copy of the written offer or purchase
agreement evidencing the determination of the Option Exercise Price and a check
in the amount $_________________ made payable to Grantor as full payment of the
Option Exercise Price.

     

    2.           Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing Option Shares in the name(s)
specified below:

     

    
      	             Names 	Number of Option
      Shares
	 	 
	
                           _____________________________

            	
              ____________

            
	 	 
	
                           _____________________________

            	
              ____________

            

    

     

    
      
        
          	
                  Dated:____________________   

                	Option
      Holder:	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
                  Lotusbox
      Investments Limited

                	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By: 	 	 
	 	 	Name:
      	 
	 	 	
                  Title:
      

                	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
                  Transferee
      (if applicable):

                	 
	 	 	 
	 	
                  _______________________________[insert
      full name]

                	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By: 	 	 
	 	 	Name:
      	 
	 	 	
                  Title:
      

                	 
	 	 	 

        

      

       

    

     

     

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