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	 	Exhibit 10.15

Robert J. (Bob) Button

14th March 2012

Dear Bob:

     Glori Energy Inc. (“Company”) is pleased to offer you the position of President of Glori
Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”) collectively the “Company”). This letter sets forth the terms of your
employment.

     Start Date, Position/Job Title, Duties: You will start on or before March 19th 2012
and will report to the CEO of the Company. You will serve as President of Holdings, in which
capacity you will perform the duties of such office as established from time to time by the Board
of Directors (“Board”) of the Company, including the duties set forth on Schedule A hereto, Please
note, by signing this letter you confirm with the Company that you are under no contractual or
other legal obligations that would prohibit you from taking this position or performing your duties
with the Company.

     Place of Performance. In connection with your employment by the Company, your principal
business address shall be at the Company’s current principal executive offices in Houston, Texas
(the “Principal Place of Employment”) or in such other place as the Executive and the Company may
agree.

     Compensation: You will be paid a salary of $240,000 annually, less applicable taxes,
deductions and withholding (“Base Salary”), payable on the Company’s regular payroll dates. The
Compensation Committee shall review your Base Salary at least annually. Your Base Salary may be
increased but not decreased, unless such decrease is agreed by You and the Company. Additionally,
you will be eligible for annual bonus award of up to 30% of base salary to be paid at the
discretion of the Board. Applicable objectives, metrics, and employee performance impacting the
annual bonus will be discussed with the CEO at regular intervals throughout the year. On
commencement of employment you will be paid a one time “sign-on” bonus of $30,000 (less applicable
taxes, withholdings and deductions). Should you terminate your
employment without Good Reason within 6 months, this bonus will be forfeit and you will be required
to reimburse the Company for the full amount.

     Employee Benefits: You will be eligible to participate in all present and future
medical, dental, vision, accident and disability plans, and all similar benefits made available
generally to employees of the Company. You also will be eligible to receive paid vacation time.
Currently, you will be eligible for four (4) weeks of paid vacation per year, which shall accrue on
a prorated

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basis. Materials regarding the Company’s employee benefits, including accrual of paid
time off, are being provided to you under separate cover.

     Stock: Contingent upon commencement of your employment and subject to the approval of
the Company’s Board of Directors, you will be granted an option (the “Option”) to purchase 300,000
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Option Shares”) under the Company’s Stock Option/Stock
Issuance Plan (the “Plan”). The Option Shares will vest over four years with 25% vesting on the
first anniversary of your employment and the remainder monthly over 36 months thereafter and have
an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant
as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. It is intended that this Option will be
structured as a non qualified stock option for federal income tax purposes. As will be set forth
in the Option and Plan, the Option Shares granted to you shall be subject to vesting and other
terms and conditions. The Option and the Plan will be provided to you under separate cover.

     Expenses: The Company shall promptly reimburse you for all reasonable business expenses
incurred during your employment in performing services hereunder, including all expenses of travel
and living expenses while away from home on business or at the request of and in the service of the
Company; provided, in each case, that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in accordance
with the policies and procedures established by the Company. Such payments under this paragraph
shall be made within ten (10) business days after the delivery of the Executive’s written request
for the payment accompanied by such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company may
reasonably require. The parties intend and agree that such ten (10) business day deadline is not
to be extended as a result of the following sentence which is included solely for the purpose of
complying with Section 409A. The Company shall pay you the amount of such expenses by the last day
of your taxable year following the taxable year in which you incurred such expenses. The expenses
that are subject to reimbursement pursuant to this paragraph shall not be limited as a result of
when the expenses are incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this
paragraph during a given taxable year of the your employment shall not affect the amount of
expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year of your employment. The right to
reimbursement pursuant to this paragraph is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another
benefit.

     Confidentiality, Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment, and Non-Compete
Agreement: You will be required, as a condition of your employment with the Company, to sign a
Confidentiality, Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment, and Non-Compete Agreement in
the form attached hereto (“Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement” or “PIIA”), which
requires, among other provisions, the assignment of patent rights to any invention made during your
employment at the Company, a non-disclosure of proprietary information as well as a restrictive
covenant regarding employment with entities which

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compete with the Company and non-solicitation of
the Company’s employees for a period of time.

     Employment Relationship:

          1. At-Will Employment. Employment with the Company is for no specific period of time. Your
employment with the Company will be “at will,” meaning that either you or the Company may terminate
your employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause, provided, that in the event
of termination without cause, you will be provided 30 days written notice. This is the full and
complete agreement between you and the Company on this term. Except as expressly provided below,
or under the Option or Plan or any other Company program or arrangement, upon termination
you shall only be entitled to receive your Base Salary earned to the date of termination and any
“Benefit Obligation,” which shall mean payment by the Company to you (or your designated
beneficiary or legal representative, as applicable), when due, and in accordance with the terms of
the applicable employee benefit plans and compensation arrangements, of all vested benefits to
which you are entitled under the terms of the employee benefit plans and compensation arrangements
in which the you are a participant as of the date of termination.. Termination shall be
communicated by personal delivery of written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For
purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice that shall indicate the
specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances which are the basis for termination of your employment under
the provision so indicated.

          2. Involuntary Termination. If your employment is terminated by the Company without “Cause”
(as defined below), if you voluntarily terminate your employment with Company for “Good Reason” (as
defined below), or your employment is terminated due to death or Disability (as defined in Section
422 (c) of the Code) then, contingent upon you or your estate executing a full and complete general
release of and covenant not to sue the Company you shall be entitled to receive severance equal to
(i) that portion of any bonus earned but unpaid, (ii) continuation of your base salary for six
months, to be paid on regular payroll dates and (ii) continuation of your medical insurance
benefits during such period or reimbursement of COBRA premiums in the event we are not able to
maintain you as a member of our insured group. The bonus payment shall be made within 30 days from
termination of employment.

          3. Termination for Cause or Without Good Reason. If the Company terminates your employment
for Cause or if you voluntarily terminate your employment
without Good Reason, then (i) the Company’s obligations under this Letter Agreement shall
immediately cease, and (ii) you shall not be entitled to receive payment of, and the Company shall
have no obligation to pay, any severance or similar compensation attributable to such termination,
other than the portion of your Base Salary, any unpaid expenses, any accrued vacation pay earned by
you, in each case, to the extent not theretofore paid. The Company shall pay you the Benefit
Obligation at the times specified in and in accordance with the terms

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of the applicable employee
benefit plans and compensation arrangements. You shall not have breached this Agreement if you
terminate your employment for any reason.

          4. Definitions.

               “Cause” shall mean (i) the commission of any act of fraud or embezzlement by you; (ii) any
unauthorized use or disclosure by you of any material confidential information or trade secrets of
the Company; (iii) your indictment for, conviction of, or plea of no contest with respect to any
felony violation or any crime of moral turpitude or dishonesty; (iv) your unauthorized absence from
work for reasons other than illness or legally protected leave of absence as determined by the
Board; (v) your substance abuse or other misconduct that in any manner that materially interferes
with the performance of your duties on behalf of the Company; (vi) any failure or refusal by you to
perform your material duties in an acceptable manner or to follow the lawful and proper directives
of the Company that are within the scope of your duties after a reasonable notice and cure period
of not less than 30 days, as determined by the Board; or (vii) any other misconduct by you that
materially and adversely affects the business or affairs of the Company after a reasonable notice
and cure period of not less than 15 days, as determined by the Board.

          Cause shall not exist unless and until the Company has delivered to you a copy of a resolution
duly adopted by the Board of Directors determining that one of the foregoing requirements has
been met.

               “Good Reason” shall mean your voluntary resignation within three months following: (i) a
change in your position with the Company that materially reduces your duties and responsibilities;
(ii) a reduction in your Base Salary by more than 10%, other than a reduction that by resolution of
the Board is applicable to all executive officers of the Company generally; or (iii) a relocation
of your principal place of employment resulting in more than 20 miles additional/incremental
commute from your current residence, as stated in the Notice provision below, without your consent;
provided and only if any such change, reduction or relocation is effected by the Company without
your consent.

     Outside Activities: While you render services to the Company, you will devote your
full time and attention to the Company and agree that you will not engage in any other employment,
consulting or other business activity without the written consent of the CEO, provided that you may
engage in additional activities in connection with investments, current or future, commitments
regarding the boards of directors of other business entities and community affairs that are not
inconsistent or do not interfere with your duties.

     Withholding Taxes: All forms of compensation referred to in this letter are subject
to applicable withholding and payroll taxes.

     Tax and Legal Advice: By signing this letter, you acknowledge that you have had an
opportunity to consult with legal counsel and tax and other advisors regarding this Letter
Agreement.

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     Severability: If any provision of this Letter Agreement is held illegal, invalid or
unenforceable to any extent, this Letter Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such
provision was never a part of this Letter Agreement and the remaining provision of this Letter
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provision or by their severance.

     Indemnification, Insurance; The Company shall indemnify you to the fullest extent
extended to the other executive officers of the Company. In addition, you will be covered by
directors and officers insurance policies the Company shall maintain generally for the benefit of
its officers and directors against all costs, charges and expenses incurred in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding to which you may be made a party by reason of being an officer of the
Company. In the event of Involuntary Termination as set forth above, you shall not be required to
release any rights to indemnification or insurance coverage related to your service as an officer
of the Company.

     Notice: For the purposes of this Agreement, notices, demands and all other
communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given when delivered or (unless otherwise specified) upon receipt by United States certified
or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	If to the Executive:	 	 
	 

	 	22615 Arbor Stream Drive
	 	 
	 

	 	Katy, Texas 77450	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to the Company:	 	 
	 

	 	4315 South Drive
	 	 
	 

	 	Houston, Texas 77053	 	 

or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

     Entire Agreement: If you wish to accept this offer, please sign and date this letter
below where indicated. You will be required to sign the enclosed PIIA and return it on your first
day of employment. This Letter Agreement along with the PIIA supersede all prior discussions and
agreements, whether written, oral or implied, among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and contain the sole and entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to
the subject matter herein. You further represent, warrant, and agree that, except as expressly set
forth herein, no representations or promises, whether expressed, implied or otherwise, of any kind,
nature or description whatsoever have been made to you by the Company or relied upon by you as an
inducement to entering into this Letter Agreement.

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     Proof of Right to Work: As required by law, your employment with the Company is also
contingent upon your providing legal proof of your identity and authorization to work in the United
States.

     Controlling Law: This Letter Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without giving effect to conflict of law principles.
With respect to any suit, action, or other proceeding arising from (or relating to) this Letter
Agreement or your employment, you and the Company irrevocably agree to the exclusive personal
jurisdiction and venue of any federal or Texas state court within Harris County, Texas.

     Successors or Assigns: This Letter Agreement shall inure to the benefit of any
successor or assigns of the Company. You shall not be entitled to assign any of your rights or
obligations under this Letter Agreement. The terms and provision of this Letter Agreement are
intended solely for the benefit of each party hereto and the Company’s successors or assigns, and
it is not the intention of the parties to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other
person.

Dispute Resolution: Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
Agreement, the Executive’s employment by the Company or the Executive’s compensation or benefits (a
“Dispute”) shall be attempted to be resolved in accordance with the procedures described in this
Section.

     (a) First, the parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any Dispute promptly by
negotiations between you and the executives or directors of the Company who have authority to
settle the Dispute. Either party may give the other disputing party written notice of any Dispute
not resolved in the normal course of business. Within five days after the effective date of that
notice, the Executive and such executives or directors of the Company shall agree upon a mutually
acceptable time and place to meet and shall meet at that time and place, and thereafter as often as
they reasonably deem necessary, to exchange relevant information and to attempt to resolve the
Dispute. The first of those meetings shall take place within 30 days of the effective date of the
disputing party’s notice. If the Dispute has not been resolved within 60 days of the disputing
party’s notice, or if the parties fail to agree on a time and place for an initial meeting within
five days of that notice, either party may initiate mediation of the Dispute as provided
hereinafter. If a negotiator intends to be accompanied at a meeting by an attorney, the other
negotiators shall be given at least three business days’ notice of that intention and may also be
accompanied by an attorney. All negotiations pursuant to this Section shall be treated as
compromise and settlement negotiations for the purposes of applicable rules of evidence and
procedure.

     (b) Second, if the Dispute is not resolved through negotiation as provided above, either
disputing party may require the other to submit to non-binding mediation with the assistance of a
neutral, unaffiliated mediator. If the parties encounter difficulty in agreeing upon a neutral
mediator, they shall seek the assistance of the American Arbitration Association in the selection
process. Each party shall bear the cost of mediation equally.

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     Compliance With Section 409A. It is intended that this Agreement shall comply with Section
409A. The provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and administered in a manner that
complies with Section 409A.

     We are very excited about the prospect of your joining the Company. We look forward to your
favorable reply and to a productive working relationship. This offer, if not accepted, will expire
at the close of business on Friday, 16th March, 2012, unless extended by mutual
agreement.

     If you have any questions regarding this offer, please call me.

Sincerely,

/s/ Stuart Page

Stuart Page, CEO

I accept this Letter Agreement:

/s/ Robert Button

Robert Button

Date: March 16, 2012

Attachment: 1. Confidentiality, Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment, and
Non-Compete Agreement

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Schedule A

Key responsibilities for this leadership role include:

	•	 	Identification and evaluation for potential acquisition of waterflood driven oilfields.
Typically, these will be fields that are already abandoned or severely depleted.

	•	 	Lead the negotiations and close on the acquisition of these oilfields.

	•	 	Provide “hands-on” technical and operational leadership in waterflood production
operations. This will include all facets of surface and subsurface equipment and water
injection / oil production wellbores.

	•	 	Development and implementation of future work programs to optimize and enhance production.

	•	 	Provide organization development leadership in building and supporting an engineering and
operations team as Glori Energy acquires more oilfield assets.

	•	 	Participate as a member of the leadership team to determine strategy, and direction in all
relevant matters

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CONFIDENTIALITY, PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND

INVENTIONS ASSIGNMENT, AND NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT

     This Confidentiality, Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment, and Non-Compete
Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement” or “Agreement”) is entered into between Robert J. Button
(“I” or “me”) and Glori Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is entered
into as of April 10, 2012 and effective as of March 19, 2012.

     In consideration of the following: (1) my employment by the Company; (2) the Company’s
initial and continued disclosure to me of certain Proprietary Information (as defined below); (3)
the initial and continued provision of specialized training by the Company to me; (4) any
compensation now and/or hereafter paid to me; and (5) for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I hereby agree with the Company as
follows:

     1. Definitions:

          1.1 The term “Cause” shall mean shall mean (i) the commission of any act of fraud or
embezzlement by me; (ii) any unauthorized use or disclosure by me of any material confidential
information or trade secrets of the Company; (iii) my indictment for, conviction of, or plea of no
contest with respect to any felony violation or any crime of moral turpitude or dishonesty; (iv) my
unauthorized absence from work for reasons other than illness or legally protected leave of absence
as determined by the Board; (v) my substance abuse or other misconduct that in any manner that
materially interferes with the performance of my duties on behalf of the Company; (vi) any failure
or refusal by me to perform your material duties in an acceptable manner or to follow the lawful
and proper directives of the Company that are within the scope of your duties after a reasonable
notice and cure period of not less than 30 days, as determined by the Board; or (vii) any other
misconduct by me that materially and adversely affects the business or affairs of the Company after
a reasonable notice and cure period of not less than 15 days, as determined by the Board..

          1.2 The term “Corporate Transaction” shall mean a change in ownership or control of the
Company effected through any of the following transactions:

               (a) a stockholder-approved merger, consolidation or other reorganization in which securities
representing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding
securities are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a person or persons different from
the person or persons who beneficially owned those securities immediately prior to such
transaction;

               (b) a stockholder-approved sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the Company’s assets; or

               (c) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other
than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, the Company), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13-d3 of the
1934 Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total

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combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities from persons other than the
Corporation.

     In no event shall either of the following be deemed to constitute a Corporate Transaction: (A)
any public offering of the Company’s securities or (B) the sale by the Company of its shares of its
capital stock to investors in bona fide financing transactions.

          1.3 The term “Inventions” means discoveries; developments; trade secrets; processes;
formulas; data; software programs; and all other works of authorship, mask works, ideas, concepts,
know-how, designs, and techniques, whether or not any of the foregoing is or are patentable,
copyrightable, or registrable under any intellectual property laws or industrial property laws in
the United States or elsewhere. The term “Inventions” shall not apply to an invention that the
employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the Company’s resources or
Proprietary Information or trade secret information, unless such inventions relate at the time of
conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the business of the Company, which shall
be defined as (i) the research and development, promotion and commercialization of microbial
enhanced oil recovery and other microbial-based products/services for the oil and gas business,
including the acquisition of non-producing end-of-life oil fields and low-producing oil fields in
geographies that the Company’s expects will improve our portfolio of field successes (the “Company
Business”) or (ii) actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Company.

          1.4 The term “Proprietary Information” means information owned by the Company or
licensed from third parties regarding (a) research, development, products, services, marketing,
selling, business plans, budgets, unpublished financial statements, licenses, prices, costs,
contracts and other agreements, suppliers, customers, and customer lists; (b) the identity, skills
and compensation of employees, contractors, and consultants; (c) specialized training provided to
employees and contractors; and (d) information related to Inventions owned by the Company or
licensed from third parties and trade secrets. Proprietary Information shall not include material
or information (i) already in the public domain through no action of my own or (ii) actions of a
third party not authorized to release such material into the public domain, or (iii) information
already in my possession, provided the information is not known by me to be subject to another
confidentiality agreement, or other obligation of secrecy, with the company or any of its
subsidiaries, or (iv) becomes available to me on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than
the company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, agents or
advisors, provided that such source is not known by me to be bound by a confidentiality agreement
or other obligation of secrecy to the Company or any of its subsidiaries..

          1.5 The term “Service” means any period during which I am employed by the Company.

          1.6 The term “Third Party Information” means confidential or trade secret
information that the Company may from time to time receive from third parties or information
related to Inventions of third parties, which is subject to a duty on the Company’s part to
maintain the confidentiality of such Third Party Information and to use it only for certain limited
purposes. Third Party Information shall not include material already in the public domain through
no action of my own or actions of a third party not authorized to release such material

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into the public domain or (iii) information already in my possession, provided the
information is not known by me to be subject to another confidentiality agreement, or other
obligation of secrecy, with the company or any of its subsidiaries, or (iv) becomes available to me
on a non confidential basis from a source other than the company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective directors, officers, agents or advisors, provided that such source is not known
by me to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of secrecy to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries.

     2. Nondisclosure.

          2.1 I acknowledge that in connection with the commencement of my Service the Company provided
me with Proprietary Information and will continue to provide me with Proprietary Information
during the term of my Service. I further acknowledge that throughout my Service the Company will
continue to provide Proprietary Information to me. In consideration of the Company’s provision of
Proprietary Information , I agree that during my Service and thereafter, pursuant to this
Agreement, I will hold in strictest confidence and will not disclose, discuss, transmit, use,
lecture upon, or publish any Proprietary Information, except as such disclosure, discussion,
transmission, use, or publication may be required in connection with my Service, or unless the
Board of Directors of the Company expressly authorizes such in writing. I also agree that in
connection with this Agreement, I will also be bound by the provisions of Section 7. I further
acknowledge and agree that the Company’s conduct in providing me with Proprietary Information in
exchange for disclosure to me of Proprietary Information gives rise to the Company’s interest in
restraining me from competing against the Company as set forth in Section 7 (the
“Non-Compete Agreement”), and that my agreement to the Non-Compete Agreement is designed
to enforce my Nondisclosure Agreement.

          2.2 At all times during my Service and thereafter, I will hold Third Party Information in the
strictest confidence and will not disclose, discuss, transmit, use, lecture upon, or publish any
Third Party Information, except as such disclosure, discussion, transmission, use, or publication
may be required in connection with my Service, or unless the Board of Directors of the Company
expressly authorizes such in writing.

     3. Assignment.

          3.1 The term “Ownership Rights” means all rights, title and interest (including but
not limited to Intellectual Property Rights) in property, whether that property is tangible or
intangible. The term “Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property and
industrial property rights of any kind whatsoever throughout the world, including but not limited
to patent rights, copyrights (including but not limited to mask work rights), trade secret rights,
and, if recognized, Moral Rights (where “Moral Rights” means all rights related to
paternity, integrity, disclosure, and withdrawal). I hereby irrevocably assign to the Company any
Ownership Rights I may have or may acquire in any Proprietary Information and acknowledge that all
Proprietary Information shall be the sole property of the Company and that the Company shall be the
sole owner of all Ownership Rights in connection therewith.

          3.2 The term “Company Inventions” means all Inventions that (a) relate to the
Company Business and that are discovered, developed, created, conceived, reduced to practice,

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made, learned or written by me, either alone or jointly with others, in the course of my
Service; (b) utilize, incorporate or otherwise relate to Proprietary Information; (c) I discovered,
developed, created, conceived, reduced to practice, made, or wrote prior to or outside the scope of
my Service and that I have incorporated into any Inventions owned by or assigned to the Company
and/or its assigns; or (d) are discovered, developed, created, conceived, reduced to practice,
made, or written by me using Company property or equipment. I hereby irrevocably assign to the
Company all my Ownership Rights in and to any and all Company Inventions. All Inventions made,
during the period commencing with the date hereof and terminating one year after termination of the
employment relationship shall be presumed to have been conceived during my employment by the
Company unless I can prove conclusively that it was conceived after the termination of my
employment with the Company.

          3.3 I acknowledge and agree that any work of authorship comprising Company Inventions shall be
deemed to be a “work made for hire,” as that term is defined in the United States
Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 101 (2000)). To the extent that any such work of authorship may not be
deemed to be a work made for hire, I hereby irrevocably assign all my Ownership Rights in and to
such work to the Company. If any such work of authorship cannot be assigned, I hereby grant to the
Company an exclusive, assignable, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, sublicenseable (through one or
multiple tiers), royalty-free, unlimited license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative
works of, publicly perform, publicly display and digitally perform and display such work in any
media now known or hereafter known. Outside the scope of my Service, I agree not to (a) modify,
adapt, alter, translate, or create derivative works from any such work of authorship or (b) merge
any such work of authorship with other Inventions. Excluded from this definition are items already
in the public domain through no action of my own or actions of a third party not authorized to
release such material into the public domain. To the extent Moral Rights may not be assignable
under applicable law and to the extent the following is allowed by the laws in the various
countries where Moral Rights exist, I hereby irrevocably waive such Moral Rights and consent to any
action of the Company that would violate such Moral Rights in the absence of such consent.

          3.4 I acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to grant, by
implication, estoppel or otherwise, (a) a license from the Company to me to make, use, license, or
transfer in any way a Company Invention or (b) a license from the Company to me regarding any of
the Company’s existing or future Ownership Rights.

          3.5 For clarity, the assignments in this section shall not apply to any material that the
employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the Company’s resources or
Proprietary Information , unless such materials relate, at the time of conception or reduction to
practice, to the Company Business during the period of my Service.

     4. Enforcement of Rights.

          4.1 I will assist the Company in every proper and legal way to obtain and from time to
time enforce Ownership Rights relating to Company Inventions in any and all countries. To that end
I will execute, verify, and deliver such documents and perform such other acts (including
appearances as a witness) as the Company may reasonably request for use in applying for, obtaining,
perfecting, evidencing, sustaining, and enforcing such Ownership Rights and the

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assignment thereof. In addition, I will execute, verify, and deliver assignments of such
Ownership Rights to the Company. My obligation to assist the Company with respect to Ownership
Rights relating to such Company Inventions in any and all countries shall continue beyond the
termination of my Service, but the Company shall compensate me at a mutually agreeable reasonable
rate plus expenses after such termination for the time actually spent by me at the Company’s
request on such assistance.

          4.2 In the event the Company is unable for any reason, after reasonable effort, to secure my
signature on any document needed in connection with the actions specified in the preceding
paragraph except for my refusal to sign, I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and
its assigns duly authorized officers and agents as my agent and attorney in fact, to act for and in
my behalf to execute, verify, and file any such documents and to do all other lawfully permitted
acts to further the purposes of the preceding paragraph thereon with the same legal force and
effect as if executed by me. I hereby waive and quitclaim to the Company any and all claims, of
any nature whatsoever, that I now or may hereafter have for infringement of any Ownership Rights
assigned hereunder to the Company.

     5. Obligation to Keep Company Informed.

     During my Service, I will promptly disclose to the Company fully and in writing and will hold
in trust for the sole right and benefit of the Company any and all Company Inventions (but to the
extent a Company Invention is based only upon ideas or know-how, then the Company Invention must be
commercially material before it must be disclosed in writing to the Company). In addition, during
the first year after termination of my Service, I will provide the Company with a complete copy of
each patent application and copyright registration application related to the Company Business
(including but not limited to any mask work registration application) that is either filed by me or
that names me as an inventor, co-inventor, author, co-author, creator, co-creator, developer, or
co-developer. I will not be obligated to provide such copy until such application becomes public
record.

     6. Non-Solicitation and Non-Competition.

          6.1 During my Service, I will not, directly or indirectly, participate in the ownership,
management, operation, financing or control of, or be employed by or consult for or otherwise
render services to, any person, corporation, firm, or other entity that competes with the Company
in the state of Texas, or in any other state in the United States, in which the business of the
Company is conducted or has been proposed to be conducted, nor shall I engage in any other
activities that conflict with my obligations to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I am
permitted to own up to 1% of any class of securities of any corporation in competition with the
Company that is traded on a national securities exchange or through NASDAQ.

          6.2 During my Service and for a period of one year after my Service is terminated for any
reason, I will not, directly or indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other person, firm,
partnership, corporation or business entity of any type, solicit, assist or in any way encourage
any current employee or consultant of the Company to terminate his or her employment relationship
or consulting relationship with or for the Company, nor will I, directly or indirectly,
individually or on behalf of any other person, firm, partnership, corporation or

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business entity that competes with the Company solicit the services of any former employee of
the Company whose service has been terminated for less than three (3) months. I acknowledge that
these restrictions are fair, reasonable, ancillary to Section 2.1 of this Agreement, and are
required for the protection of the Company, including, but not limited to, the protection of the
goodwill of the Company, the Proprietary Information of the Company (as provided to me), the
Intellectual Property Rights of the Company, the Inventions of the Company, as well as the business
of the Company.

          6.3 For a period of (i) nine months after my Service is terminated by Company for Cause or I
resign my employment; or (ii) six months after my Service is terminated by the Company for any
reason other than Cause, I will not, directly or indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other
person, firm, partnership, corporation or business entity of any type, solicit to the detriment of
the Company and/or for the benefit of myself or any competitor of the Company, take away or attempt
to take away, in whole or in part, any Customer of the Company or otherwise interfere with the
Company’s relationship with any Customer, including inducing or attempting to induce any customer,
supplier, vendor or any other person to cease doing business with the Company for any reason. For
purposes of this Section 6(c), “Customer” shall mean prospective, present and former
(within twelve months prior to the date of termination) customers of the Company. A prospective
customer is one which the Company has met with to obtain business or made a proposal to during the
twelve months immediately preceding my termination of employment. I acknowledge that these
restrictions are fair, reasonable, ancillary to Section 2.1 of this Agreement, and are required for
the protection of the Company including, but not limited to, the protection of the goodwill of the
Company, Proprietary Information of the Company (as provided to me), Intellectual Property Rights
of the Company, Inventions of the Company, as well as the business interests of the Company.

     7. Post-Employment Non-Compete and Notice Agreement.

          7.1 I agree that for (i) a six month period following my resignation if I resign my
employment with the Company (the “Resignation Non-Compete Period”); or (ii) a six month period
following the termination of employment by the Company for Cause (the “Cause Non-Compete Period”);
or (iii) a six month period following the Company’s terminating my employment for any reason other
than for Cause or if I terminate for Good Reason (the “Termination Non-Compete Period”) except
under the circumstances as described in this Section 7, I will not accept employment,
provide contract services to, or otherwise participate directly or indirectly in any business which
engages in the Company Business directly or indirectly, in the state of Texas, or in any other
State of the United States or any province or state in any other country in the world where the
Company engages or has plans to engage in business, provided that this prohibition shall not apply
to me working for an E&P Company that utilizes the Company’s enhanced oil recovery technology or
other available enhanced oil recovery technologies, whether or not such other oil recovery
technology competes with the Company’s enhanced oil recovery technology. I also agree that for the
same period I will not participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing or control
of, or consult for or otherwise render services to a business which engages in the Company
Business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I am permitted to own up to 1% of any class of securities
of any corporation in competition with the Company that is traded on a national securities exchange
or through NASDAQ. I acknowledge that these restrictions are fair, reasonable, ancillary to
Section 2.1 of this

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Agreement, and are required for the protection of the Company, including, but not limited to,
the protection of the goodwill of the Company, Proprietary Information of the Company (as provided
to me), Intellectual Property Rights of the Company, Inventions of the Company, as well as the
business interests of the Company.

          7.2 During my employment and during either the (i) Resignation Non-Compete Period; the (ii)
Cause Non-Compete Period or the (ii) Termination Non-Compete Period, as applicable, I agree to
provide written notice to either the Company’s Chairman, CEO or President notifying the Company of
any employment which I intend to accept or self-employment in which I intend to engage (the “New
Employment Notice”), if the employment relates to the Company Business. The New Employment Notice
shall provide the name of the potential employer and a statement of the general nature of the
potential employment or in the case of self-employment, the business which I intend to engage. I
agree to provide the New Employment Notice at least 14 days prior to the anticipated scheduled
commencement of such employment.

     8. No Improper Use of Materials. I represent and warrant that during my
Service I shall not use or incorporate into any Company Invention any confidential information or
trade secrets of any former employer, any person or entity for whom I provided services, or any
other person or entity, unless I have obtained all consents, licenses, or other rights necessary to
allow me to provide the Company with the assignments and licenses set forth herein. I represent
and warrant that during my Service I shall not improperly use or disclose any confidential or trade
secret information, if any, of any former employer or any other person or entity to whom I have an
obligation of confidentiality, and I will not bring onto the premises of the Company any
unpublished documents or any property belonging to any former employer or any other person or
entity to whom I have an obligation of confidentiality unless expressly consented to in writing by
that former employer, person, or entity. Excluded from this clause are items already in the public
domain through no action of my own or actions of a third party not authorized to release such
material into the public domain or (iii) information already in my possession, provided the
information is not known by the executive to be subject to another confidentiality agreement, or
other obligation of secrecy, with the company or any of its subsidiaries, or (iv) becomes available
to me on a non confidential basis from a source other than the company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their respective directors, officers, agents or advisors, provided that such source is
not known by me to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of secrecy to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries.

     9. No Conflicting Obligation. I represent that my performance of all the
terms of this Confidentiality Agreement and my Service does not and will not breach any agreement
between me and any other employer, customer, person or entity. I have not entered into, and I
agree I will not enter into, any agreement either written or oral in conflict herewith.

     10. Return of Company Property. When my Service is completed, I will
immediately deliver to the Company all drawings, notes, memoranda, specifications, devices,
formulas, and documents (whether written, printed, or otherwise reproduced or recorded), together
with all copies thereof, and any other material containing or disclosing any Company Inventions,
Third Party Information or Proprietary Information. I will also immediately deliver all Company
property; including but not limited to laptops, pagers, cell phones, corporate credit cards, keys

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and/or access cards. I further agree that all property situated on the Company’s premises and
owned, leased, or licensed by the Company, including disks and other storage media, filing cabinets
or other work areas, is subject to inspection by personnel of the Company at any time with or
without notice.

     11. Legal and Equitable Remedies. Because my services are personal and
unique and because I will have access to and become acquainted with Proprietary Information, the
Company shall have the right to enforce this Confidentiality Agreement and any of its provisions by
injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief without bond, and without prejudice to
any other rights and remedies that the Company may have for a breach of this Confidentiality
Agreement.

     12. Authorization to Notify New Employer. I agree to provide and hereby
authorize the Company to provide a written copy of this agreement or to notify in writing any new
employer or entity, engaged in the Company Business, for whom I provide services about my rights
and obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement for six months following the termination of my
Service.

     13. Non-disparagement. I agree that I will not make any negative or
disparaging statements or comments, either as fact or as opinion, about the Company, including but
not limited to its employees, officers, directors, shareholders, vendors, products or services,
business, technologies, market position, performance and other similar information concerning the
Company. The Company agrees that its Chief Executive Officers as well as the members of its Board
of Directors will not make any negative or disparaging statements or comments, either as fact or as
opinion, about me. Nothing contained in this paragraph is intended to prevent anyone from
testifying truthfully in any legal proceeding.

     14. Confidentiality. I acknowledge and agree that the terms of this Agreement are
strictly confidential and may not be disclosed to anyone except my lawyer, spouse, financial
consultant or as necessary to perform my notification or disclosure obligations hereunder or to
enforce the agreement. Without in any way limiting your agreement that this Agreement is
confidential, I expressly understand that I shall not disclose the content or existence of this
Agreement to any third party, potential employees, employees and former employees of the Company,
except as necessary to (i) comply with Section 12, (ii) enforce this Agreement or (ii) disclose to
such third party or person that I am subject to a duty of confidentiality to the Company (without
disclosing the specific provisions of this Agreement).

     15. Notices. Any notices required or permitted hereunder shall be given to the
appropriate party at the party’s last known address. Such notice shall be deemed given upon
receipt by personal delivery to the last known address or if sent by certified or registered mail,
three days after the date of mailing.

     16. General Provisions.

          16.1 Governing Law. This Confidentiality Agreement will be governed by and construed
according to the laws of the State of Texas without regard to conflicts of law principles.

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          16.2 Exclusive Forum. I and Company hereby irrevocably agree that the
exclusive forum for any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of or in any way related to
this Agreement shall be in the state or federal courts in Houston, Harris County, Texas, and we
agree to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of any court in Harris County, Texas and
waive any defense thereto.

          16.3 Entire Agreement. This Confidentiality Agreement along with the Offer
Letter (collectively, the “Employment Agreements”) supersede all agreements, whether oral or
written, representations or discussions relating to the subject matter hereof and the Employment
Agreements set forth the entire agreement related to the subject matter hereof. No modification of
or amendment to any of the Employment Agreements nor any waiver of any rights under any of the
Employment Agreements, will be effective unless in writing signed by the party to be charged. Any
subsequent change or changes in my duties, salary, or compensation will not affect the validity or
scope of the Employment Agreements.

          16.4 Severability. I acknowledge and agree that each agreement and covenant
set forth herein constitutes a separate agreement independently supported by good and adequate
consideration and that each such agreement shall be severable from the other provisions of this
Confidentiality Agreement and shall survive this Confidentiality Agreement. I understand and agree
that this Confidentiality Agreement is to be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Accordingly, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the scope and/or operation of
Section 7 of this Agreement is too broad to be enforced as written, the Company and I
intend that the court should reform such provision to such narrower scope and/or operation as it
determines to be enforceable, provided, however, that such reformation applies only with respect to
the operation of such provision in the particular jurisdiction with respect to which such
determination was made. If, however, Section 7 of this Agreement is held to be illegal,
invalid, or unenforceable under present or future law, and not subject to reformation, then (i)
such provision shall be fully severable, (ii) this Confidentiality Agreement shall be construed and
enforced as if such provision was never a part of this Confidentiality Agreement, and (iii) the
remaining provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision or by its severance.

          16.5 Successors and Assigns. This Confidentiality Agreement will be binding
upon my heirs, executors, administrators, and other legal representatives and will be for the
benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns, except with regard to the non-compete covenants
I have made in Section 7. When there is a Corporate Transaction then the following changes
shall be made to Section 7: upon the closing of a Corporate Transaction, the Resignation
Non-Compete Period shall remain at six months and the Termination Non-Compete Period shall change
from six months to three months. Notwithstanding, I expressly agree that the Company has the right
to assign this Confidentiality Agreement.

          16.6 Survival. The provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement shall
survive the termination of my Service for any reason and the assignment of this Confidentiality
Agreement by the Company to any successor in interest or other assignee.

          16.7 At-Will Relationship. I agree and understand that my Service is at
will, which means that either I or the Company may terminate the relationship at any time, with or

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without prior notice and with or without cause. I further agree and understand that nothing
in this Confidentiality Agreement shall confer any right with respect to continuation of Service,
nor shall it interfere in any way with my right or the Company’s right to terminate my Service at
any time, with or without notice and with or without cause.

          16.8 Waiver. No waiver by the Company or Employee of any breach of this
Confidentiality Agreement shall be a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach. No waiver by
the Company or Employee of any right under this Confidentiality Agreement shall be construed as a
waiver of any other right. Neither the Company nor the Employee shall be required to give notice
to enforce strict adherence to all terms of this Confidentiality Agreement.

          16.9 Recovery of Attorney’s Fees. In the event of any litigation arising
from or relating to this Confidentiality Agreement, the prevailing party in such litigation
proceedings shall be entitled to recover, from the non-prevailing party, the prevailing party’s
costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, in addition to all other legal or equitable remedies to which
it may otherwise be entitled.

          16.10 Headings. The headings to each section or paragraph of this
Confidentiality Agreement are provided for convenience of reference only and shall have no legal
effect in the interpretation of the terms hereof.

     I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
AGREEMENT AFFECTS MY RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS I MAKE DURING MY SERVICE, RESTRICTS MY RIGHT TO DISCLOSE
OR USE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION DURING OR SUBSEQUENT TO MY PERIOD OF SERVICE, AND PROHIBIT ME FROM
COMPETING WITH THE COMPANY UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOTED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR FROM SOLICITING
EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS OF THE COMPANY UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOTED IN THIS AGREEMENT AFTER MY SERVICE
IS TERMINATED FOR ANY REASON.

[Signature Page Follows]

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Dated April 10, 2012 and effective as of such date.

	 	 	 

	 

	 	/s/ Robert J. Button
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Robert J. Button
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	GLORI ENERGY INC.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	By /s/ Stuart M. Page
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Name Stuart M. Page
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title President and Chief Executive Officer
	 

	 	 

Signature Page to Confidentiality, Proprietary Information and

Inventions Assignment, and Non-Compete Agreementexv10w16

Exhibit 10.16

EXECUTION VERSION

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made and dated as of June 11, 2012 and is entered into by
and between GLORI ENERGY INC., a Delaware corporation, GLORI CALIFORNIA INC., a Delaware
corporation, GLORI HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation and GLORI OIL (ARGENTINA) LIMITED, a
Delaware corporation (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Borrower”), and HERCULES
TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation (“Lender”).

RECITALS

     A. Borrower has requested Lender to make available to Borrower a loan in an aggregate
principal amount of up to Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) (the “Term Loan”);

     B. Lender is willing to make the Term Loan on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.

AGREEMENT

     NOW, THEREFORE, Borrower and Lender agree as follows:

SECTION 1.

DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

     1.1 Unless otherwise defined herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the following
meanings:

          “Account Control Agreement(s)” means any agreement entered into by and among the
Lender, any Borrower and a third party Bank or other institution (including a Securities
Intermediary) in which such Borrower maintains a Deposit Account or an account holding Investment
Property and which perfects Lender’s first priority security interest in the subject account or
accounts.

     “ACH Authorization” means the ACH Debit Authorization Agreement in substantially the
form of Exhibit E.

     “Advance” means a Term Loan Advance.

     “Advance Date” means the funding date of any Advance.

     “Advance Request” means a request for an Advance submitted by Borrower to Lender in
substantially the form of Exhibit A.

     “Affiliate” of a person means any other person that directly or indirectly, through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
person. The term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control
with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction

 

 

of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.

          “Agreement” means this Loan and Security Agreement, as amended from time to time.

          “Assignee” has the meaning given to it in Section 11.13.

          “Borrower Services” means all services provided by Borrower and any goods, offerings,
technical data or technology currently being designed, manufactured or provided by Borrower in
connection with such services or which Borrower intends to sell, license, or distribute in the
future including any products or service offerings under development, collectively, together with
all service offerings, technical data or technology that have been sold, licensed or distributed by
Borrower since its incorporation.

          “Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which
banking institutions in Houston, Texas or Palo Alto, California are authorized or obligated to
close.

          “Cash” means all cash and liquid funds.

          “Change in Control” means any (i) reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or
merger (or similar transaction or series of related transactions) of any Borrower, sale or exchange
of outstanding shares (or similar transaction or series of related transactions) of a Borrower in
which the holders of such Borrower’s outstanding shares immediately before consummation of such
transaction or series of related transactions do not, immediately after consummation of such
transaction or series of related transactions, retain shares representing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the voting power of the surviving entity of such transaction or series of related
transactions (or the parent of such surviving entity if such surviving entity is wholly owned by
such parent), in each case without regard to whether such Borrower is the surviving entity, or (ii)
sale or issuance by a Borrower of new shares of Preferred Stock of such Borrower to investors, none
of whom are current investors in such Borrower, and such new shares of Preferred Stock are senior
to all existing Preferred Stock and Common Stock with respect to liquidation preferences, and the
aggregate liquidation preference of the new shares of Preferred Stock is more than fifty percent
(50%) of the aggregate liquidation preference of all shares of Preferred Stock of such Borrower;
provided, however, neither an Initial Public Offering nor a reorganization in which the stock of a
Borrower is sold or transferred to another Borrower nor the conversion of any series of preferred
stock of a Borrower existing on the date hereof shall constitute a Change in Control.

          “Claims” has the meaning given to it in Section 11.10.

          “Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.

          “Collateral” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1.

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          “Commitment Fee” means $35,000, which fee is due to Lender on or prior to the Closing
Date, and shall be deemed fully earned on such date regardless of the early termination of this
Agreement.

          “Confidential Information” has the meaning given to it in Section 11.12.

          “Contingent Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect
liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to (i) any indebtedness, lease,
dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another Person, including any such obligation
directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made or discounted or sold with recourse by such
other Person, or in respect of which such other Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable;
(ii) any obligations with respect to undrawn letters of credit, corporate credit cards or merchant
services issued for the account of that Person; and (iii) all obligations arising under any
interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate
collar agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against
fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; provided, however, that
the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith; provided, however, that
such amount shall not in any event exceed the maximum amount of the obligations under the guarantee
or other support arrangement.

          “Copyright License” means any written agreement granting any right to use any
Copyright or Copyright registration, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Borrower or in which
any Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

          “Copyrights” means all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, held pursuant
to the laws of the United States, any State thereof, or of any other country.

          “Debtor Relief Laws” means Title 11 of the United States Code and all other applicable
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, or similar Laws in effect from
time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally.

          “Deposit Accounts” means any “deposit accounts,” as such term is defined in the UCC.

          “Disclosure Letter” means that certain Disclosure Letter dated as of even date
herewith from Borrower to Lender.

          “Environmental Laws” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining to public
health and safety, worker health and safety, the environment or the preservation or reclamation of
natural resources, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which any Borrower is conducting or at
any time has conducted business, or where any Property of Borrower is located, including without
limitation, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the
Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability

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Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control
Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, and other environmental conservation or
protection Governmental Requirements. The term “oil” shall have the meaning specified in OPA, the
terms “hazardous substance” and “release” (or “threatened release”) shall have the meanings
specified in CERCLA, the terms “solid waste” and “disposal” (or “disposed”) shall have the meanings
specified in RCRA and the term “oil and gas waste” shall have the meaning specified in Section
91.1011 of the Texas Natural Resources Code (“Section 91.1011”); provided, however, that (a) in the
event either OPA, CERCLA, RCRA or Section 91.1011 is amended so as to broaden the meaning of any
term defined thereby, such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the effective date of such
amendment and (b) to the extent the laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which any Oil and
Gas Property of Borrower is located establish an applicable meaning for “oil,” “hazardous
substance,” “release,” “solid waste,” “disposal” or “oil and gas waste” which is broader than that
specified in either OPA, CERCLA, RCRA or Section 91.1011, such broader meaning shall apply.

          “ERISA” is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and its regulations.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning given to it in Section 9.

          “Etzold Property” means Etzold Unit North located in Seward County, Kansas.

          “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to Lender, income or franchise taxes imposed on
(or measured by) its net income by the United States of America or such other jurisdiction under
the laws of which Lender is organized or in which its principal office is located or in which its
applicable lending office is located.

          “Facility Charge” means one percent (1.0%) of the Maximum Term Loan Amount.

          “Financial Statements” has the meaning given to it in Section 7.1.

          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America,
as in effect from time to time.

          “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions.

          “Governmental Requirement” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order,
determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, certificate,
license, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect,
including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, energy regulations and occupational, safety and
health standards or controls, of any Governmental Authority.

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          “Hydrocarbon Interests” means all rights, titles, interests and estates now or
hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or
gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net
profit interests and production payment interests, including any reserved or residual interests of
whatever nature. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Hydrocarbon
Interests” shall mean Hydrocarbon Interests of any Borrower.

          “Hydrocarbons” means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline,
condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all products refined or
separated therefrom. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Hydrocarbons”
shall mean Hydrocarbons of any Borrower.

          “Indebtedness” means (without duplication), with respect to any Borrower, (a) all
indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
trade credit entered into in the ordinary course of business due within sixty (60) days), including
reimbursement and other obligations with respect to surety bonds and letters of credit, (b) all
obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all capital lease
obligations, and (d) all Contingent Obligations.

          “Initial Advance” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.1.

          “Initial Public Offering” means the initial firm commitment underwritten offering of a
Borrower’s common stock pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 filed
with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “Initial Reserve Report” means the report of Collarini Associates dated January 1,
2012, with respect to the Etzold Property.

          “Insolvency Proceeding” is any proceeding by or against any Person under the United
States Bankruptcy Code, or any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, including assignments for the
benefit of creditors, compositions, extensions generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking
reorganization, arrangement, or other relief.

          “Insolvent” means, with respect to any Borrower, as of any date of determination, (a)
the aggregate fair market value of such Borrower’s assets does not exceed such Borrower’s
liabilities, or (b) such Borrower does not have sufficient cash flow or cash on hand to enable it
to pay its debts as they mature.

          “Intellectual Property” means all of each Borrower’s Copyrights; Trademarks; Patents;
Licenses; trade secrets and inventions; mask works; each Borrower’s applications therefor and
reissues, extensions, or renewals thereof; and each Borrower’s goodwill associated with any of the
foregoing, together with each Borrower’s rights to sue for past, present and future infringement of
Intellectual Property and the goodwill associated therewith.

          “Investment” means any beneficial ownership (including stock, partnership or limited
liability company interests) of or in any Person, or any loan, advance or capital contribution to
any Person or the acquisition of all, or substantially all, of the assets of another Person.

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          “Joinder Agreements” means for each Subsidiary, a completed and executed Joinder
Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

          “knowledge”, as it relates to a Borrower, means knowledge of any officer of such
Person.

          “Lender” has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.

          “Lender Expenses” are all audit fees and expenses, costs, and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) for preparing, negotiating, defending and enforcing the
Loan Documents (including, without limitation, those incurred in connection with appeals or
Insolvency Proceedings) or otherwise incurred with respect to Borrower.

          “License” means any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other
license of rights or interests.

          “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for
security, security interest, encumbrance, levy, lien or charge of any kind, whether voluntarily
incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise, against any property, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature of a security interest.

          “Loan” means the Advances made under this Agreement.

          “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter, the Notes, the ACH
Authorization, the Account Control Agreements, the Joinder Agreements, all UCC Financing
Statements, the Warrant (provided that Lender or a an Affiliate of Lender holds the Warrant), the
Mortgages, the Collateral Information Certificate and any other documents executed in connection
with the Secured Obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby, as the same may from time to
time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.

          “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect upon: (i) the business,
operations, properties, assets, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower; or
(ii) the ability of Borrower to perform the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the
Loan Documents, or the ability of Lender to enforce any of its rights or remedies with respect to
the Secured Obligations; or (iii) the Collateral or Lender’s Liens on the Collateral or the
priority of such Liens.

          “Maximum Term Loan Amount” means Eight Million Dollars and No/100 Dollars
($8,000,000).

          “Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2.

          “Mortgage” means each mortgage, deed of trust or other document creating and
evidencing a Lien on real or immovable Property and other Property to secure the Obligations, which
shall be in a form substantially similar to Exhibit F hereto, as the same may be amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the Loan Documents.

          “Note” means a Term Note.

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          “Oil and Gas Properties” means (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the Properties now or
hereafter pooled or unitized with Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) all presently existing or future
unitization, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby
(including without limitation all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any
Governmental Authority) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; (d) all
operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, including production sharing contracts and
agreements, which relate to any of the Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, purchase,
exchange or processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; (e) all
Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or attributable to the Hydrocarbon
Interests, including all oil in tanks, and all rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues
and other incomes from or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; (f) all tenements,
hereditaments, appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or
incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests and (g) all Properties, rights, titles, interests and
estates described or referred to above, including any and all Property, real or personal, now owned
or hereinafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use or useful in connection with the
operating, working or development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding
drilling rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which may be on
such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses) and including
any and all oil wells, gas wells, injection wells or other wells, buildings, structures, fuel
separators, liquid extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering
systems, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines,
boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires, towers,
casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements and servitudes together with all
additions, substitutions, replacements, accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing.
Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Oil and Gas Properties” shall mean
Oil and Gas Properties of any Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

          “Patent License” means any written agreement granting any right with respect to any
invention on which a Patent is in existence or a Patent application is pending, in which agreement
Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

          “Patents” means all letters patent of, or rights corresponding thereto, in the United
States or in any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for
letters patent of, or rights corresponding thereto, in the United States or any other country.

          “Permitted Indebtedness” means: (i) Indebtedness of Borrower in favor of Lender
arising under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) Indebtedness existing on the Closing
Date which is disclosed in Disclosure Letter Section 1A; (iii) Indebtedness of up to an aggregate
of $300,000 outstanding at any time secured by liens described in clause (vii) of the defined term
“Permitted Liens”; (iv) Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of
business, including Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business with corporate credit
cards; (v) Indebtedness that also constitutes a Permitted Investment; (vi) Subordinated
Indebtedness; (vii) reimbursement obligations in connection with letters of credit that are secured
by cash or cash equivalents and issued on behalf of a Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof in an amount
not to exceed $200,000 at any time outstanding; (viii) other Indebtedness in an amount not to
exceed $100,000 at any time outstanding; and (ix) extensions,

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refinancings and renewals of any items of Permitted Indebtedness, provided that the principal amount is not
increased or the terms modified to impose materially more burdensome terms upon such Borrower or
its Subsidiary, as the case may be.

          “Permitted Investment” means: (i) Investments existing on the Closing Date which are
disclosed in Disclosure Letter Section 1B; (ii) (a) marketable direct obligations issued or
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or any State thereof
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no
more than one year from the date of creation thereof and currently having a rating of at least A-2
or P-2 from either Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service, (c) certificates of
deposit issued by any bank with assets of at least $500,000,000 maturing no more than one year from
the date of investment therein, and (d) money market accounts and money market mutual funds; (iii)
repurchases of stock from former employees, directors, or consultants of a Borrower under the terms
of applicable repurchase agreements at the original issuance price of such securities in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year, provided that no Event of Default has
occurred, is continuing or would exist after giving effect to the repurchases; (iv) Investments
accepted in connection with Permitted Transfers; (v) Investments (including debt obligations)
received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in
settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in
the ordinary course of Borrower’s business; (vi) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or
prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not affiliates,
in the ordinary course of business, provided that this subparagraph (vi) shall not apply to
Investments of Borrower in any Subsidiary; (vii) Investments consisting of loans not involving the
net transfer on a substantially contemporaneous basis of cash proceeds to employees, officers or
directors relating to the purchase of capital stock of a Borrower pursuant to employee stock
purchase plans or other similar agreements approved by a Borrower’s Board of Directors; (viii)
Investments consisting of travel advances in the ordinary course of business; (ix) Investments by a
Borrower in any other Borrower or Investments in newly-formed Subsidiaries organized in the United
States, provided that such Subsidiaries enter into a Joinder Agreement promptly after their
formation by a Borrower and execute such other documents as shall be reasonably requested by
Lender; (x) Investments in subsidiaries organized outside of the United States existing on the date
hereof or approved in advance in writing by Lender; (xi) joint ventures or strategic alliances in
the ordinary course of Borrower’s business consisting of the nonexclusive licensing of technology,
the development of technology or the providing of technical support, provided that any cash
Investments by Borrower do not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year; (xii)
Investments by Borrower in subsidiaries organized outside of the United States in an amount not to
exceed $500,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year or as otherwise approved in advance by Lender;
and (xiii) additional Investments that do not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate.

          “Permitted Liens” means any and all of the following: (i) Liens in favor of Lender;
(ii) Liens existing on the Closing Date which are disclosed in Disclosure Letter Section 1C; (iii)
Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or levies, either not delinquent
or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided, that Borrower maintains
adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP; (iv) Liens securing claims or demands of
materialmen, artisans, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and

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other like Persons arising
in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, provided that (i) no Lien has been
filed, or (ii) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by lawful
proceedings diligently conducted, reserve or other provision required by GAAP has been made, levy
and execution thereon have been (and continue to be) stayed, or payment is fully covered by
insurance (subject to the customary deductible); (v) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or
attachments in circumstances which do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder; (vi) the
following deposits, to the extent made in the ordinary course of business: deposits under worker’s
compensation, unemployment insurance, social security and other similar laws, or to secure the
performance of bids, tenders or contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or to
secure indemnity, performance or other similar bonds for the performance of bids, tenders or
contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or to secure statutory obligations
(other than liens arising under ERISA or environmental liens) or surety or appeal bonds, or to
secure indemnity, performance or other similar bonds; (vii) Liens constituting purchase money liens
and liens in connection with capital leases securing Indebtedness permitted in clause (iii) of
“Permitted Indebtedness” and which encumber only the assets acquired with such purchase money
indebtedness or the assets subject to such capital lease; (viii) Liens incurred in connection with
Subordinated Indebtedness; (ix) leasehold interests in leases or subleases and licenses granted in
the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of
the licensor; (x) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to
secure payment of custom duties that are promptly paid on or before the date they become due; (xi)
Liens on insurance proceeds securing the payment of financed insurance premiums that are promptly
paid on or before the date they become due (provided that such Liens extend only to such insurance
proceeds and not to any other property or assets); (xii) statutory and common law rights of set-off
and other similar rights as to deposits of cash and securities in favor of banks, other depository
institutions and brokerage firms; (xiii) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar
encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business so long
as they do not materially impair the value or marketability of the related property; (xiv) Liens on
cash or cash equivalents securing obligations permitted under clause (vii) of the definition of
Permitted Indebtedness; (xv) contractual Liens which arise in the ordinary course of business under
operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil and gas partnership agreements, oil and gas
leases, farm-out agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of
oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest
agreements, overriding royalty agreements, marketing agreements, processing agreements, net profits
agreements, development agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection,
repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or other
geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements which are usual and customary in the oil
and gas business and are for claims which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with
GAAP, provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause does not materially impair the use of
any material Property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such Property is held by a
Borrower or materially impair the value of any material Property subject thereto; (xvi) easements,
restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any
Property of any Borrower for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation
lines, distribution lines for the removal of gas, oil, coal or other minerals or timber, and other
like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real estate, rights

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of way, facilities and
equipment, that do not secure any monetary obligations and which in the
aggregate do not materially impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such
Property is held by such Borrower or materially impair the value of any material Property subject
thereto; and (xvii) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the
indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clauses (i) through (xi) above;
provided, that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property
encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the indebtedness being extended,
renewed or refinanced (as may have been reduced by any payment thereon) does not increase.

          “Permitted Transfers” means (i) sales or use of Inventory in the normal course of
business, (ii) non-exclusive licenses and similar arrangements for the use of Intellectual Property
in the ordinary course of business and licenses that could not result in a legal transfer of title
of the licensed property but that may be exclusive in respects other than territory and that may be
exclusive as to territory only as to discreet geographical areas outside of the United States in
the ordinary course of business, or (iii) dispositions of worn-out, obsolete or surplus Equipment
at fair market value in the ordinary course of business, and (iv) other Transfers of assets having
a fair market value of not more than $250,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year.

          “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution,
other entity or government.

          “Preferred Stock” means at any given time any equity security issued by a Borrower
that has any rights, preferences or privileges senior to such Borrower’s common stock.

          “Prepayment Premium” means the amount achieved by multiplying the percentage in the
table below by the principal balance of the Term Loan Advances as of the date of the prepayment:

	 	 	 	 	 

	If prepayment occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Closing
Date

	 	 	3.00	%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	If prepayment occurs on or after the first anniversary, but prior to
the second anniversary of the Closing Date

	 	 	2.00	%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	If prepayment occurs on or after the second anniversary, but prior
to the third anniversary of the Closing Date

	 	 	1.00	%

          “Prime Rate” is the rate most recently announced as the “prime rate” in the Money
Rates section of The Wall Street Journal.

          “Principal Commencement Date” means April 1, 2013.

          “Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal
or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.

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          “Receivables” means (i) all of each Borrower’s Accounts, Instruments, Documents,
Chattel Paper, Supporting Obligations, letters of credit, proceeds of any letter of credit, and
Letter of Credit Rights, and (ii) all customer lists, software, and business records related
thereto.

          “Remedial Work” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.16(a).

          “Reserve Report” means an annual report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Lender, setting forth, the oil and gas reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties,
together with a projection of the rate of production and future net revenue, taxes, operating
expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date, either (i) prior to an
Initial Public Offering of any Borrower based upon the economic assumptions consistent with
Lender’s lending requirements at the time, or (ii) following an Initial Public Offering of any
Borrower, consistent with Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements at the time.

          “Secured Obligations” means Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and any Loan
Document, including any obligation to pay any amount now owing or later arising.

          “Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness subordinated to the Secured Obligations
on subordination terms and conditions satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion.

          “Subsequent Financing” means the closing of any Borrower financing which becomes
effective after the Closing Date.

          “Subsidiary” means an entity, whether corporate, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or otherwise, in which a Borrower owns or controls 50% or more of the
outstanding voting securities, including each entity listed on Disclosure Letter Section 1.

          “Term Loan Advance” means any Term Loan funds advanced under this Agreement.

          “Term Loan Interest Rate” means for any day a per annum rate of interest equal to the
greater of (i) 10.0% or (ii) the sum of 10.0%, plus the Prime Rate minus 3.25%.

          “Term Loan Maturity Date” means June 1, 2015.

          “Term Note” means a Promissory Note in substantially the form of Exhibit B.

          “Trademark License” means any written agreement granting any right to use any
Trademark or Trademark registration, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Borrower or in which a
Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

          “Trademarks” means all trademarks (registered, common law or otherwise) and any
applications in connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States,
any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof.

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          “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same is, from time to time, in effect
in the State of California; provided, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of
law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Lender’s
Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as the same is, from time to
time, in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, then the term “UCC” shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in such other jurisdiction solely
for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or
remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

          “Warrant” means the warrant entered into in connection with the Loan.

          Unless otherwise specified, all references in this Agreement or any Annex or Schedule hereto
to a “Section,” “subsection,” “Exhibit,” “Annex,” or “Schedule” shall refer to the corresponding
Section, subsection, Exhibit, Annex, or Schedule in or to this Agreement. Unless otherwise
specifically provided herein, any accounting term used in this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents shall have the meaning customarily given such term in accordance with GAAP, and all
financial computations hereunder shall be computed in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.
Unless otherwise defined herein or in the other Loan Documents, terms that are used herein or in
the other Loan Documents and defined in the UCC shall have the meanings given to them in the UCC.

SECTION 2.

THE LOAN

     2.1 Term Loan.

     (a) Advances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender will make,
and Borrower agrees to draw, a Term Loan Advance of $4,000,000 on the Closing Date (the
“Initial Advance”). Borrower may request additional Term Loan Advances in an
aggregate amount up to $4,000,000 in minimum increments of $1,000,000 through August 31,
2012. The aggregate outstanding Term Loan Advances may be up to the Maximum Term Loan
Amount.

     (b) Advance Request. To obtain a Term Loan Advance, Borrower shall complete, sign and
deliver an Advance Request (at least five Business Days before the Advance Date) and Term
Note to Lender. Lender shall fund the Term Loan Advance in the manner requested by the
Advance Request provided that each of the conditions precedent to such Term Loan Advance is
satisfied as of the requested Advance Date.

     (c) Interest. The principal balance of each Term Loan Advance shall bear interest
thereon from the Advance Date of such Term Loan Advance at the Term Loan Interest Rate based
on a year consisting of 360 days, with interest computed daily based on the actual number of
days elapsed. The Term Loan Interest Rate will float and change on the day the Prime Rate
changes from time to time.

     (d) Payment. Borrower will pay interest on each Term Loan Advance on the first day of
each month, beginning the month after the Advance Date for such Term Loan Advance. Borrower
shall repay the aggregate principal balance of the Term Loan that is

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outstanding in twenty-seven (27) equal monthly installments of principal beginning on
the Principal Commencement Date and continuing on the first Business Day of each month
thereafter. The entire unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan and all accrued but unpaid
interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. Borrower shall
make all payments under this Agreement without setoff, recoupment or deduction and
regardless of any counterclaim or defense. Lender will initiate debit entries to the
Borrower’s account as authorized on the ACH Authorization on each payment date of all
periodic obligations payable to Lender under each Term Note or Term Advance and as reflected
in amortization schedules provided by Lender to Borrower from time to time. Whenever any
payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a date other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

     2.2 Maximum Interest. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Notes, or
any other Loan Document, it is the parties’ intent not to contract for, charge or receive interest
at a rate that is greater than the maximum rate permissible by law that a court of competent
jurisdiction shall deem applicable hereto (which under the laws of the State of California shall be
deemed to be the laws relating to permissible rates of interest on commercial loans) (the “Maximum
Rate”). If a court of competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that Borrower has actually
paid to Lender an amount of interest in excess of the amount that would have been payable if all of
the Secured Obligations had at all times borne interest at the Maximum Rate, then such excess
interest actually paid by Borrower shall be applied as follows: first, to the payment of principal
outstanding on the Notes; second, after all principal is repaid, to the payment of Lender’s accrued
interest, costs, expenses, professional fees and any other Secured Obligations; and third, after
all Secured Obligations are repaid, the excess (if any) shall be refunded to Borrower.

     2.3 Default Interest. In the event any payment is not paid on the scheduled payment
date, an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the past due amount shall be payable on demand. In
addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default hereunder, all
Secured Obligations, including principal, interest, interest upon interest, and professional fees,
shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate set forth in Section 2.1(c) plus five
percent (5%) per annum. In the event any interest is not paid when due hereunder, delinquent
interest shall be added to principal and shall bear interest on interest, at the rate set forth in
Section 2.1(c).

     2.4 Prepayment. At its option upon at least 5 Business Days’ prior notice to Lender,
Borrower may prepay all, but not less than all, of the outstanding Advances by paying the entire
outstanding principal balance, all accrued and unpaid interest, and the Prepayment Premium then
applicable. Borrower agrees that the Prepayment Premium is a reasonable calculation of Lender’s
lost profits in view of the difficulties and impracticality of determining actual damages resulting
from an early repayment of the Advances.

     2.5 End of Term Charge. On the earliest to occur of (i) the Term Loan Maturity Date,
(ii) the date that Borrower prepays the entire outstanding Secured Obligations, or (iii) the date
that the Secured Obligations become due and payable, Borrower shall pay Lender a charge of

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$280,000. Notwithstanding the required payment date of such charge, it shall be deemed earned
by Lender as of the Closing Date.

SECTION 3.

SECURITY INTEREST

     3.1 As security for the prompt, complete and indefeasible payment when due (whether on the
payment dates or otherwise) of all the Secured Obligations, each Borrower grants to Lender a
security interest in all of such Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the following
personal property whether now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the “Collateral”): (a)
Receivables; (b) Equipment; (c) Fixtures; (d) General Intangibles (other than Intellectual
Property); (e) Inventory; (f) Investment Property (but excluding thirty-five percent (35%) of the
capital stock of any foreign Subsidiary that constitutes a Permitted Investment); (g) Deposit
Accounts; (h) Cash; (i) Goods, and other tangible and intangible personal property of Borrower
whether now or hereafter owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or acquired by, Borrower
and wherever located; and, to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds of each of the
foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and
products of each of the foregoing; and excluding all Intellectual Property. No Borrower shall
permit a Lien to exist on its Intellectual Property (other than Permitted Liens) without the prior
written consent of Lender. The Collateral shall include all proceeds from the sale of all
Intellectual Property outside the ordinary course of business and all other rights arising out of
Intellectual Property, excluding the Intellectual Property itself. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if a judicial authority (including a U.S. Bankruptcy Court) holds that a security interest in the
underlying Intellectual Property is necessary to have a security interest in the proceeds from the
sale of such Intellectual Property, at the time of a sale, then the Collateral shall automatically,
and effective as of the date of this Agreement, include the Intellectual Property to the extent
necessary to permit perfection of Lender’s security interest in the sales proceeds of Intellectual
Property.

     3.2 Notwithstanding Section 3.1 hereof, (a) if a Borrower raises a minimum of $55,000,000 in
one or more new equity financings or (b) a Borrower completes an Initial Public Offering, (a
“Qualified Financing”), any additional Oil and Gas Properties acquired by each Borrower after the
date of consummation of such Qualified Financing (such assets, the “After-Acquired Assets”) shall
not constitute Collateral; provided, that, Borrower shall not be permitted to encumber any of these
After-Acquired Assets without the prior written consent of Lender; provided, further that, if at
any time after the consummation of a Qualified Financing, unrestricted cash of Borrower is less
than $16,000,000 (such occurrence, a “Collateral Event”), the After-Acquired Assets shall
automatically as of the date of such Collateral Event (and on any subsequent date of acquisition by
any Borrower of any Oil and Gas Properties) become Collateral hereunder and Borrower shall take all
commercially reasonable actions necessary to grant Lender a first priority perfected security
interest in such After-Acquired Assets.

SECTION 4.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOAN

     The obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are subject to the satisfaction by
Borrower of the following conditions:

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     4.1 Initial Advance. On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall have delivered
to Lender the following:

     (a) executed originals of the this Agreement, the Warrant, the Mortgage, the Note,
Collateral Information Certificate, the ACH Authorization and all other documents and
instruments reasonably required by Lender to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby
or to create and perfect the Liens of Lender with respect to all Collateral, in all cases in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender;

     (b) an Account Control Agreement with respect to Glori Energy Inc.’s money market
account and operating account at JP Morgan Chase;

     (c) the Disclosure Letter;

     (d) certified copy of resolutions of each Borrower’s board of directors evidencing
approval of (i) the Loan and other transactions evidenced by the Loan Documents; and (ii)
the Warrant and transactions evidenced thereby;

     (e) certified copy of resolutions of at least two-thirds of the holders of Glori Energy
Inc.’s Series C Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock voting together as a class
evidencing approval of the incurrence of indebtedness under the Loan Documents and issuance
of the Warrant;

     (f) certified copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, as amended
through the Closing Date, of each Borrower;

     (g) a certificate of good standing as of a recent date for each Borrower from Delaware
and similar certificates from all other jurisdictions in which it does business and where
the failure to be qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect;

     (h) payment of the Facility Charge and reimbursement of Lender’s current expenses
reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement, which amounts may be deducted from the initial
Advance;

     (i) Lender shall be reasonably satisfied that this Agreement and the Mortgage with
respect to the Etzold Property will create upon recording (A) first priority, perfected Lien
(subject only to Permitted Liens) on at least 80% of the total value of the proved Etzold
Property evaluated in the Initial Reserve Report;

     (j) Lender shall be reasonably satisfied with the environmental condition of the Etzold
Property of the Borrower;

     (k) Lender shall have received an opinion of (i) Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., special
counsel to the Borrower, and (ii) Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, local counsel to Lender in
Kansas; and

     (l) such other documents as Lender may reasonably request.

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     4.2 All Advances. On each Advance Date:

     (a) Lender shall have received (i) an Advance Request and a Note for the relevant
Advance as required by Section 2.1(b) duly executed by each Borrower’s Chief Executive
Officer or Chief Financial Officer, and (ii) any other documents Lender may reasonably
request.

     (b) The representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement in Section 5 and in
the Warrant shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Advance Date
with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.

     (c) Borrower shall be in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth herein
and in each other Loan Document on its part to be observed or performed, and at the time of
and immediately after such Advance no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.

     (d) Each Advance Request shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by
Borrower on the relevant Advance Date as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c)
of this Section 4.2 and as to the matters set forth in the Advance Request.

     4.3 No Default. As of the Closing Date and each Advance Date, (i) no event has
occurred or circumstance exists that would (or would, with the passage of time, the giving of
notice, or both) constitute an Event of Default and (ii) no event that has had or would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing.

     4.4 Post-Closing. Borrower shall deliver to Lender the following,

     (a) duly executed landlord waiver for 4315 South Drive, Houston, Texas, within thirty (30)
days of the Closing Date;

     (b) duly executed Account Control Agreements as required by Section 7.12 hereof.

SECTION 5.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BORROWER

     Borrower represents and warrants that:

     5.1 Corporate Status. Each Borrower is a corporation duly organized, legally existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its business or location of its properties
require such qualifications and where the failure to be qualified could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Borrower’s present name, former names (if any), locations,
place of formation, tax identification number, organizational identification number and other
information are correctly set forth in Disclosure Letter Section 5.1, as may be updated by

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such Borrower in a written notice (including any Compliance Certificate) provided to Lender
after the Closing Date.

     5.2 Collateral. Each Borrower owns its portion of the Collateral and the Intellectual
Property, free of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. Each Borrower has the power and authority
to grant to Lender a Lien in its portion of the Collateral as security for the Secured Obligations.

     5.3 Consents. Each Borrower’s execution, delivery and performance of the Notes, this
Agreement and all other Loan Documents, and such Borrower’s execution of the Warrant (if
applicable), (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (and, if applicable, equity
holder) action of such Borrower, (ii) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens and the Liens created by this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, (iii) do not violate any provisions of such Borrower’s Certificate of
Incorporation, bylaws, or any, law, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree or writ to
which such Borrower is subject and (iv) except as described above or on Disclosure Letter Section
5.3, do not violate any contract or agreement or require the consent or approval of any other
Person. The individual or individuals executing the Loan Documents and the Warrant are duly
authorized to do so.

     5.4 Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2011, no event that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing. Borrower
is not aware of any event likely to occur that is reasonably expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.

     5.5 Actions Before Governmental Authorities. Except as described on Disclosure Letter
Section 5.5, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any
Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against or
affecting a Borrower or its property that, if adversely determined would result, in the opinion of
the board of directors of the applicable Borrower, in the creation of an obligation or liability of
Borrower in excess of $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate with any other litigation
not disclosed in Section 5.5 of the Disclosure Letter.

     5.6 Laws. No Borrower is in violation of any law, rule or regulation, or in default
with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority applicable
to it or its Property, where such violation or default is reasonably expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. No Borrower is in default in any material respect under any provision of
any agreement or instrument evidencing indebtedness, or any other material agreement to which it is
a party or by which it is bound.

     5.7 Information Correct and Current. No information, report, Advance Request,
financial statement, exhibit or schedule furnished, by or on behalf of Borrower to Lender in
connection with any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto contained,
contains or, with respect to such document to be delivered after the date hereof, will contain any
material misstatement of fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were, are or
will be made, not misleading at the time such statement was made or deemed made. Additionally,

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any and all financial or business projections provided by a Borrower to Lender have been or
will be (if delivered after the date hereof) (i) provided in good faith and based on current data
and information available to Borrower, and (ii) consistent with the then current projections
provided to such Borrower’s Board of Directors.

     5.8 Tax Matters. Except as described on Section 5.8 of the Disclosure Letter, (a)
Borrower has filed all federal, state and local tax returns that it is required to file (or
extensions have been granted), (b) Borrower has duly paid or fully reserved for all taxes or
installments thereof (including any interest or penalties) as and when due, which have or may
become due pursuant to such returns, and (c) Borrower has paid or fully reserved for any tax
assessment received by Borrower for the three (3) years preceding the Closing Date, if any
(including any taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings).

     5.9 Intellectual Property Claims. One or more Borrowers are the sole owner(s) of, or
otherwise have the right to use, the Intellectual Property. Except as described on Disclosure
Letter Section 5.9, (i) each of the material Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents is valid and
enforceable, (ii) no material part of the Intellectual Property has been judged invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, and (iii) no claim has been made to a Borrower that any
material part of the Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third party. Disclosure
Letter Section 5.9 also contains a true, correct and complete list of each Borrower’s Patents,
registered Trademarks, registered Copyrights, and material agreements under which such Borrower
licenses Intellectual Property from third parties (other than shrink-wrap software licenses),
together with application or registration numbers, as applicable, owned by a Borrower or any
Subsidiary, in each case as of the Closing Date. The applicable Borrower is not in material breach
of, nor has such Borrower failed to perform any material obligations under, any of the foregoing
contracts, licenses or agreements and, to such Borrower’s knowledge, no third party to any such
contract, license or agreement is in material breach thereof or has failed to perform any material
obligations thereunder.

     5.10 Intellectual Property. Except as described on Disclosure Letter Section 5.10,
Borrower has, or in the case of any proposed business, will have, all material rights with respect
to Intellectual Property necessary in the operation or conduct of Borrower’s business as currently
conducted and proposed to be conducted by Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and in the case of Licenses, except for restrictions that are unenforceable under
Division 9 of the UCC, Borrower has the right, to the extent required to operate Borrower’s
business, to freely transfer, license or assign Intellectual Property without condition,
restriction or payment of any kind (other than license payments in the ordinary course of business)
to any third party, and a Borrower owns or has the right to use, pursuant to valid licenses, all
software development tools, library functions, compilers and all other third-party software and
other items that are used in the design, development, promotion, sale, license, manufacture,
import, export, use or distribution of Borrower Services.

     5.11 Borrower Services. Except as described on Disclosure Letter Section 5.11, no
Intellectual Property owned by a Borrower or Borrower Services has been or is subject to any actual
or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened litigation, proceeding (including any proceeding in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any corresponding foreign office or agency) or
outstanding decree, order, judgment, settlement agreement or stipulation that

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restricts in any material manner such Borrower’s use, transfer or licensing thereof or that
may affect the validity or enforceability thereof. There is no decree, order, judgment, agreement,
stipulation, arbitral award or other provision entered into in connection with any litigation or
proceeding that obligates a Borrower to grant licenses or an ownership interest in any future
Intellectual Property related to the operation or conduct of the business of Borrower or Borrower
Services. No Borrower has received any written notice or claim, or, to the knowledge of Borrower,
oral notice or claim, challenging or questioning a Borrower’s ownership in any of its Intellectual
Property (or, to Borrower’s knowledge, written notice of any claim challenging or questioning the
ownership in any licensed Intellectual Property of the owner thereof) or suggesting that any third
party has any claim of legal or beneficial ownership with respect thereto nor, to Borrower’s
knowledge, is there a reasonable basis for any such claim. To Borrower’s knowledge, neither
Borrower’s use of its Intellectual Property nor the production and sale of Borrower Services
infringes the Intellectual Property or other rights of others.

     5.12 Financial Accounts. Disclosure Letter Section 5.12, as may be updated by the
Borrower in a written notice provided to Lender after the Closing Date, is a true, correct and
complete list of (a) all banks and other financial institutions at which a Borrower maintains
Deposit Accounts and (b) all institutions at which a Borrower maintains an account holding
Investment Property, and such exhibit correctly identifies the name, address and telephone number
of each bank or other institution, the name in which the account is held, a description of the
purpose of the account, and the complete account number therefor.

     5.13 Employee Loans. No Borrower has outstanding loans to any employee, officer or
director of such Borrower nor has such Borrower guaranteed the payment of any loan made to an
employee, officer or director of such Borrower by a third party, except for such guarantees for
travel expenses or other business expenses in the ordinary course of business that may be provided
by a third party (e.g. corporate credit card).

     5.14 Capitalization and Subsidiaries. Borrower’s capitalization as of the Closing
Date is set forth on Disclosure Letter Section 5.14. No Borrower does owns any stock, partnership
interest or other securities of any Person, except for Permitted Investments. Listed on Disclosure
Letter Section 5.14, as may be updated by Borrower in a written notice provided after the Closing
Date, is a true, correct and complete list of each Subsidiary.

     5.15 Properties. (a) Each Borrower has good and defensible title to its Oil and Gas
Properties and such Borrower has good title to all of its personal Properties, in each case, free
and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens. After giving full effect to Permitted Liens, the
Borrower specified as the owner owns the net interests in production attributable to the
Hydrocarbon Interests, and the ownership of such Properties shall not in any material respect
obligate such Borrower to bear the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance, development and
operations of each such Property in an amount in excess of the working interest of each Property
that is not offset by a corresponding proportionate increase in Borrower’s net revenue interest in
such Property.

     5.16 Maintenance of Properties. Except for such acts or failures to act as could not
be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Oil and Gas Properties (and
Properties unitized therewith) have been maintained, operated and developed in a good and

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workmanlike manner and in conformity with all Governmental Requirements and in conformity with
the provisions of all leases, subleases or other contracts comprising a part of the Hydrocarbon
Interests and other contracts and agreements forming a part of the Oil and Gas Properties.
Specifically in connection with the foregoing, except for those as could not be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Oil and Gas Property is subject to having allowable
production reduced below the full and regular allowable level (including the maximum permissible
tolerance) because of any overproduction (whether or not the same was permissible at the time) and
none of the wells comprising a part of the Oil and Gas Properties (or Properties unitized
therewith) is deviated from the vertical more than the maximum permitted by the requirements of any
applicable Governmental Authority, and such wells are, in fact, bottomed under and are producing
from, and the well bores are wholly within, the Oil and Gas Properties (or in the case of wells
located on Properties unitized therewith, such unitized Properties). All pipelines, wells, gas
processing plants, platforms and other material improvements, fixtures and equipment owned in whole
or in part by a Borrower that are necessary to conduct normal operations are being maintained in a
state adequate to conduct normal operations, and with respect to such of the foregoing which are
operated by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in a manner consistent with customary industry
practices (other than those the failure of which to maintain in accordance with this Section 5.16
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

     5.17 Environmental Matters. Except for such matters that, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

     (a) no real property of Borrower nor the operations conducted thereon violate any order
of any court or Governmental Authority or any requirement of any applicable Environmental
Law.

     (b) no real property of Borrower nor the operations currently conducted thereon or, to
the knowledge of Borrower, by any prior owner or operator of such Property or operation, are
in violation of or subject to any existing, pending or threatened action, suit,
investigation, inquiry or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Authority or to
any remedial obligations under Environmental Laws.

     (c) all notices, permits, licenses, exemptions, approvals or similar authorizations, if
any, required to be obtained or filed in connection with the operation or use of any and all
Property of Borrower, including, without limitation, past or present treatment, storage,
disposal or release of a hazardous substance, oil and gas waste or solid waste into the
environment, have been duly obtained or filed, and Borrower is in compliance with the terms
and conditions of all such notices, permits, licenses and similar authorizations.

     (d) all hazardous substances, solid waste and oil and gas waste, if any, generated at
any and all Property of Borrower has in the past been transported, treated and disposed of
in accordance with Environmental Laws and, to the knowledge of Borrower, all such transport
carriers and treatment and disposal facilities have been and are operating in compliance
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Borrower, are not the subject of any existing, pending or threatened action,
investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority in connection with any Environmental
Laws.

     (e) Borrower has taken reasonable steps to determine and has determined that no oil,
hazardous substances, solid waste or oil and gas waste, have been disposed of or otherwise
released, and there has been no threatened release of any oil, hazardous substances, solid
waste or oil and gas waste, on or to any Property of Borrower, except in material compliance
with Environmental Laws.

     (f) to the extent applicable, all Property of Borrower currently satisfies all design,
operation, and equipment requirements imposed by the OPA, and Borrower has no reason to
believe that such Property, to the extent subject to the OPA, will not be able to maintain
compliance with the OPA requirements during the term of this Agreement, subject to ordinary
wear and tear, obsolescence or repair or replacement of such Property in the ordinary course
of business.

     (g) Borrower has no known contingent liability or Remedial Work in connection with any
release or threatened release of any oil, hazardous substance, solid waste or oil and gas
waste into the environment.

     5.18 Marketing of Production. Except for contracts listed and in effect on the date
hereof on Disclosure Letter Section 5.19, and thereafter either disclosed in writing to Lender
(with respect to all of which contracts the applicable Borrower represents that it or its
Subsidiaries are receiving a price for all production sold thereunder which is computed
substantially in accordance with the terms of the relevant contract and are not having deliveries
curtailed substantially below the subject Property’s delivery capacity, except as disclosed in
Disclosure Letter Section 5.19), no material agreements exist which are not cancelable on sixty
(60) days notice or less without penalty or detriment for the sale of production from a Borrower’s
or its Subsidiaries’ Hydrocarbons (including, without limitation, calls on or other rights to
purchase, production, whether or not the same are currently being exercised) that pertain to the
sale of production at a fixed price and have a maturity or expiry date of longer than six (6)
months.

SECTION 6.

INSURANCE; INDEMNIFICATION

     6.1 Coverage. Borrower shall cause to be carried and maintained commercial general
liability insurance, on an occurrence form, against risks customarily insured against in Borrower’s
line of business, but in no event less than set forth in this Section 6.1. Such risks shall
include the risks of bodily injury, including death, property damage, personal injury, advertising
injury, and contractual liability per the terms of the indemnification agreement found in Section
6.3. Borrower must maintain a minimum of $2,000,000 of commercial general liability insurance for
each occurrence. Borrower has and agrees to maintain a minimum of $2,000,000 of directors and
officers’ insurance for each occurrence and $5,000,000 in the aggregate. So long as there are any
Secured Obligations outstanding, Borrower shall also cause to be carried and maintained insurance
upon the Collateral, insuring against all risks of physical loss or damage howsoever caused, in an
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Collateral, provided that such insurance may be subject to standard exceptions and
deductibles. Borrower shall also carry and maintain a fidelity insurance policy in an amount not
less than $100,000 and maintain a title insurance policy with respect to the Oil and Gas
Properties.

     6.2 Certificates. On or before the Closing Date and thereafter upon request, Borrower
shall deliver to Lender certificates of insurance that evidence Borrower’s compliance with its
insurance obligations in Section 6.1 and the obligations contained in this Section 6.2. Borrower’s
insurance certificate shall state Lender is an additional insured for commercial general liability,
an additional insured and a lender loss payee for all risk property damage insurance, subject to
the insurer’s approval, a loss payee for fidelity insurance, and a lender loss payee for property
insurance and additional insured for liability insurance for any future insurance that Borrower may
acquire from such insurer. Attached to the certificates of insurance will be additional insured
endorsements for liability and lender’s loss payable endorsements for all risk property damage
insurance and fidelity. All certificates of insurance will provide for a minimum of thirty (30)
days advance written notice to Lender of cancellation. Any failure of Lender to scrutinize such
insurance certificates for compliance is not a waiver of any of Lender’s rights, all of which are
reserved.

     6.3 Indemnity. Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Persons
from and against any and all claims, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities (including such
claims, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities based on liability in tort, including strict
liability in tort), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other reasonable
costs of investigation or defense (including those incurred upon any appeal), that may be
instituted or asserted by a third party against and incurred by such Indemnified Person as the
result of credit having been extended, suspended or terminated under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents or the administration of such credit, or in connection with or arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, or any actions or failures to act in connection
therewith, or arising out of the disposition or utilization of the Collateral, excluding in all
cases claims resulting primarily from Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. “Indemnified
Persons” means Lender and its officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and
shareholders. Borrower agrees to pay, and to save Lender harmless from, any and all liabilities
with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all excise, sales or other similar
taxes (excluding taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of Lender) that may be payable or
determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or this Agreement.

SECTION 7.

COVENANTS OF BORROWER

     Borrower agrees as follows:

     7.1 Financial Reports. Borrower shall furnish to Lender the financial statements and
reports listed hereinafter (the “Financial Statements”):

     (a) as soon as practicable (and in any event within 30 days) after the end of each
month, unaudited interim and year-to-date financial statements as of the end of such month
(prepared on a consolidated basis), including balance sheet and related statements

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of income and cash flows accompanied by a report detailing any material contingencies
(including the commencement of any material litigation by or against Borrower) or any other
occurrence that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all
certified by Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer to the effect
that they have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with
Borrower’s historical financial statements, except (i) for the absence of footnotes, (ii)
that they are subject to normal year end adjustments, and (iii) they do not contain certain
non-cash items that are customarily included in quarterly and annual financial statements;

     (b) as soon as practicable (and in any event within one hundred fifty (150) days) after
the end of each fiscal year, unqualified audited financial statements as of the end of such
year (prepared on a consolidated basis), including balance sheet and related statements of
income and cash flows, and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for
the preceding fiscal year, certified by Grant Thornton LLP or another firm of independent
certified public accountants selected by Borrower and reasonably acceptable to Lender,
accompanied by any management report from such accountants;

     (c) as soon as practicable (and in any event within 30 days) after the end of each
month, a Compliance Certificate in the form of Exhibit C;

     (d) within sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a report setting
forth, for each calendar month during the then current fiscal year to date, the volume of
production and sales attributable to production (and the prices at which such sales were
made and the revenues derived from such sales) for each such calendar month from the Oil and
Gas Properties, and setting forth the related ad valorem, severance and production taxes and
lease operating expenses attributable thereto and incurred for each such calendar month;

     (e) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, as the case may be, copies of any
proxy statements, financial statements or reports that Borrower has made available to
holders of its Preferred Stock and copies of any regular, periodic and special reports or
registration statements that Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any governmental authority that may be substituted therefor, or any national securities
exchange; provided, that after an Initial Public Offering of any Borrower, any documents
required to be delivered pursuant to this clause shall be deemed delivered on the date that
such documents are publicly available on “EDGAR” or other similar publicly accessible
sources of which Borrower provides written notice to Lender.

     (f) within 10 days of transmission to and in the same manner as it gives to its
directors, copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials that Borrower
provides to its directors in connection with meetings of the Board of Directors, and within
30 days after each such meeting, minutes of such meeting (excluding, in each case,
Intellectual Property, proprietary and technical information, sensitive information
regarding the Borrower’s activities, including acquisition, customer and research

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activities, executive session materials, attorney-client privileged materials and
materials presenting a conflict of interest with respect to Lender); and

     (g) budgets promptly following their approval by Borrower’s Board of Directors, as well
as other financial information reasonably requested by Lender.

Borrower shall not (without the consent of Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), make any change in its (a) accounting policies or reporting practices,
except as required by GAAP or (b) fiscal years or fiscal quarters. As of the Closing Date,
the fiscal year of Borrower ends on December 31.

The executed Compliance Certificate and all Financial Statements required to be delivered
pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall be sent via e-mail to
financialstatements@herculestech.com with a copy to jbourque@htgc.com provided, that if
e-mail is not available or sending such Financial Statements via e-mail is not possible,
they shall be sent via facsimile to Lender at: (866) 468-8916, attention Chief Credit
Officer; provided, that after an Initial Public Offering of any Borrower, documents required
to be delivered pursuant to clause (b) hereof shall be deemed delivered on the date that
such documents are publicly available on “EDGAR” or other similar publicly
accessible sources of which Borrower provides written notice to Lender at the email
addresses set forth above.

     7.2 Management Rights. Borrower shall permit any representative that Lender
authorizes, including its attorneys and accountants, to inspect the Collateral and examine and make
copies and abstracts of the books of account and records of Borrower at reasonable times and upon
reasonable notice during normal business hours. In addition, any such representative shall have
the right to meet with management and officers of Borrower to discuss such books of account and
records. In addition, Lender shall be entitled at reasonable times and intervals to consult with
and advise the management and officers of Borrower concerning significant business issues affecting
Borrower. Such consultations shall not unreasonably interfere with Borrower’s business operations
and Borrower shall have no obligation to follow the advice of Lender or its representatives as it
relates to these meetings. The parties intend that the rights granted Lender shall constitute
“management rights” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R Section 2510.3-101(d)(3)(ii), but that any
advice, recommendations or participation by Lender with respect to any business issues shall not be
deemed to give Lender, nor be deemed an exercise by Lender of, control over Borrower’s management
or policies.

     7.3 Further Assurances. Borrower shall from time to time execute, deliver and file,
alone or with Lender, any financing statements, security agreements, collateral assignments,
notices, control agreements, or other documents to perfect or give the highest priority to Lender’s
Lien on the Collateral. Borrower shall from time to time procure any instruments or documents as
may be reasonably requested by Lender, and take all further action that may be necessary or
desirable, or that Lender may reasonably request, to perfect and protect the Liens granted hereby
and thereby. In addition, and for such purposes only, each Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to at
any time, and from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and
amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Collateral, and (b) contain any other information required
by Chapter 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or

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amendment is filed regarding the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing
statement or amendment, including, without limitation, (i) whether such Borrower is an
organization, the type of organization and the organization number issued to such Borrower and (ii)
in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral to be
extracted or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which the
Collateral relates. Each Borrower shall protect and defend such Borrower’s title to the Collateral
and Lender’s Lien thereon against all Persons claiming any interest adverse to such Borrower or
Lender other than Permitted Liens.

     7.4 Indebtedness. Borrower shall not create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain
liable with respect to any Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary so to do, other than Permitted
Indebtedness, or, except with respect to any Indebtedness in the aggregate not in excess of $50,000
in any fiscal year of Borrower (i) prepay any Indebtedness or (ii) take any actions which impose on
Borrower an obligation to prepay any Indebtedness, except for the conversion of Indebtedness into
equity securities and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with such
conversion.

     7.5 Collateral. Borrower shall at all times keep the Collateral and real property
that is subject to a Mortgage to secure the Secured Obligations free and clear from any legal
action reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Collateral or real property or
Liens whatsoever (except for Permitted Liens), and shall give Lender prompt written notice of any
such legal action affecting the Collateral such real property, or any Liens thereon. Borrower
shall at all times keep the Intellectual Property free and clear from any Liens (except for
Permitted Liens), and shall give Lender prompt written notice of any Liens thereon. Borrower shall
cause its Subsidiaries to protect and defend such Subsidiary’s title to its assets from and against
all Persons claiming any interest adverse to such Subsidiary, and Borrower shall cause its
Subsidiaries at all times to keep such Subsidiary’s property and assets free and clear from any
legal action reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such property or assets or
Liens whatsoever (except for Permitted Liens), and shall give Lender prompt written notice of any
such legal action affecting such Subsidiary’s assets. Borrower shall not agree with any Person
other than Lender not to encumber its property.

     7.6 Investments. No Borrower shall directly or indirectly acquire or own, or make any
Investment in or to any Person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries so to do, other than Permitted
Investments.

     7.7 Distributions. No Borrower shall, and no Borrower shall allow any of its
Subsidiaries to, (a) repurchase or redeem any class of stock or other equity interest other than
pursuant to employee, director or consultant repurchase plans or other similar agreements,
provided, however, in each case the repurchase or redemption price does not exceed the original
consideration paid for such stock or equity interest, or (b) declare or pay any cash dividend or
make a cash distribution on any class of stock or other equity interest, except that a Subsidiary
or a Borrower may pay dividends or make distributions to a Borrower, or (c) lend money to any
employees, officers or directors or guarantee the payment of any such loans granted by a third
party in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate or (d) waive, release or forgive any indebtedness owed
by any employees, officers or directors in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate.

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     7.8 Transfers. (a) Except for Permitted Transfers, a Borrower shall not voluntarily
or involuntarily transfer, sell, lease, license, lend or in any other manner convey any equitable,
beneficial or legal interest in any material portion of their assets; and (b) in the event a
Borrower enters into any agreement to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any Oil or Gas
Properties, such Borrower shall provide prior written notice of such disposition, the price thereof
and the anticipated date of closing and any other details thereof reasonably requested by Lender.

     7.9 Mergers or Acquisitions. No Borrower shall merge or consolidate, or permit any of
its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with or into any other business organization (other than
mergers or consolidations of a Subsidiary into another Subsidiary or into Borrower), or acquire, or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or
property of another Person (other than the capital stock or property of a Subsidiary or a
Borrower).

     7.10 Taxes. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall pay when due all taxes, fees,
assessments or other governmental charges or levies (together with any related interest or
penalties) now or hereafter imposed or assessed against Borrower, Lender (except for Excluded
Taxes) or the Collateral or upon Borrower’s ownership, possession, use, operation or disposition
thereof or upon Borrower’s rents, receipts or earnings arising therefrom. Borrower shall file on
or before the due date therefor all personal property tax returns required in respect of the
Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may contest, in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, taxes for which Borrower maintains adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP.

     7.11 Corporate Changes. No Borrower or any Subsidiary shall change its corporate
name, legal form or jurisdiction of formation without ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice
to Lender (or such shorter period as agreed to by Lender in writing). No Borrower or any
Subsidiary shall suffer a Change in Control. No Borrower or any Subsidiary shall relocate its
chief executive office or its principal place of business unless: (i) it has provided prior
written notice to Lender; and (ii) such relocation shall be within the continental United States.
No Borrower or any Subsidiary shall relocate any item of Collateral (other than (x) sales or use of
Inventory in the ordinary course of business, (y) relocations of Equipment in the ordinary course
of business in the continental United States and Canada, and (z) relocations of other Collateral
from a location described on Disclosure Letter Section 5.1 to another location described on
Disclosure Letter Section 5.1) unless (i) it has provided prompt written notice to Lender, (ii)
such relocation is within the continental United States and, (iii) if such relocation is to a third
party bailee, it has delivered a bailee agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Lender.

     7.12 Deposit Accounts. Except as required by Section 4.1(b), each Borrower shall
diligently pursue to cause, as soon as administratively practicable after (i) the Closing Date
(with respect to any Deposit Accounts or accounts holding Investment Property of such Borrower
existing on the Closing Date), or (ii) the date any Borrower opens or acquires any Deposit Account
or account holding Investment Property of such Borrower after the Closing Date, each bank or other
financial institution with respect to such account to execute and deliver to the Lender an Account
Control Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, duly executed by
such Borrower and such bank or financial institution. If any Borrower

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has not delivered any Account Control Agreement referred to in (i) above to the Lender within
thirty (30) days after the date hereof, the Lender may request in writing that such Borrower move
the funds in such account for which no Account Control Agreement was provided to another bank or
financial institution for which an Account Control Agreement will be provided, and Borrower shall
promptly comply with such request and diligently pursue to deliver such Account Control Agreements
within thirty (30) days after the date thereof.

     7.13 Subsidiaries. Borrower shall notify Lender of each Subsidiary formed subsequent
to the Closing Date and, within 15 days of formation, shall cause any such Subsidiary organized
under the laws of any State within the United States to execute and deliver to Lender a Joinder
Agreement.

     7.14 Capital Expenditures. Prior to a Qualified Financing, Borrower shall not make
capital expenditures in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year with respect to
the acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties.

     7.15 Operation and Maintenance of Properties. Borrower, at its own expense, will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

     (a) operate its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties or cause such Oil
and Gas Properties and other material Properties to be operated in accordance with the
practices of the industry and in compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements and
in compliance with all Governmental Requirements, including, without limitation, applicable
pro ration requirements and Environmental Laws, and all applicable laws, rules and
regulations of every other Governmental Authority from time to time constituted to regulate
the development and operation of its Oil and Gas Properties and the production and sale of
Hydrocarbons and other minerals therefrom, except, in each case, where the failure to comply
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (b) keep and maintain all Property material to the conduct of its business in good
working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and preserve, maintain and
keep, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be preserved, maintained and
kept, in good repair, working order (ordinary wear and tear and depletion excepted) all of
its material Oil and Gas Properties.

     (c) promptly pay and discharge, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be
paid and discharged, all delay rentals, royalties, expenses and indebtedness accruing under
the leases or other agreements affecting or pertaining to its Oil and Gas Properties and
will do, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be done, all other things
necessary to keep unimpaired their rights with respect thereto and prevent any forfeiture
thereof or default thereunder, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expect to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (d) promptly perform or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be performed,
in accordance with industry standards, the obligations of Borrower under each

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and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases, contracts and agreements
affecting its interests in its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties.

     (e) operate its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties or cause or make
reasonable and customary efforts to cause such Oil and Gas Properties and other material
Properties to be operated in accordance with the practices of the industry and in material
compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance in all material
respects with all Governmental Requirements.

     7.16 Environmental Matters.

     (a) Borrower shall, at its own expense, comply, and shall cause its Properties and
operations and each Subsidiary of the Borrower and each such Subsidiary’s Properties and
operations to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws, where the failure to comply
could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; not dispose of or otherwise
release, and shall cause each such Subsidiary not to dispose of or otherwise release, any
oil, oil and gas waste, hazardous substance, or solid waste on, under, about or from any of
Borrower’s Properties or any other Property to the extent caused by Borrower’s operations
except in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, the disposal or release of which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; timely obtain or file all
notices, permits, licenses, exemptions, approvals, registrations or other authorizations, if
any, required under applicable Environmental Laws to be obtained or filed in connection with
the operation or use of Borrower Properties, which failure to obtain or file could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; promptly commence and diligently
prosecute to completion any assessment, evaluation, investigation, monitoring, containment,
cleanup, removal, repair, restoration, remediation or other remedial obligations
(collectively, the “Remedial Work”) in the event any Remedial Work is required under
applicable Environmental Laws because of or in connection with the actual or suspected past,
present or future disposal or other release of any oil, oil and gas waste, hazardous
substance or solid waste on, under, about or from any of Borrower’s Properties, which
failure to commence and diligently prosecute to completion could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; and establish and implement such procedures as may be
necessary to determine and assure that Borrower’s obligations under this Section 7.16 are
timely and fully satisfied, which failure to establish and implement could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (b) Borrower will promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) days after Borrower’s
knowledge of the occurrence of a triggering event, notify Lender in writing of any
threatened action, investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority or any threatened
demand or lawsuit by any landowner or other third party against Borrower or its Properties
in connection with any Environmental Laws (excluding routine testing and corrective action)
if Borrower reasonably anticipates that such action will result in liability (whether
individually or in the aggregate) in excess of $1,000,000, not fully covered by insurance or
other means of recovery or reimbursement acceptable to the Lenders, subject to normal
deductibles.

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     (c) Borrower will perform any environmental audits and tests of such Properties in
accordance with applicable American Society of Testing Materials standards in connection
with any future acquisitions of Oil and Gas Properties or other Properties and upon
reasonable written request by Lender and no more than once per year in the absence of any
Event of Default (or as otherwise required to be obtained by Lender by any Governmental
Authority) and share with Lender the reports and other results thereof.

     7.17 Additional Collateral. Prior to the occurrence of a Qualified Financing or
following the occurrence of a Collateral Event, upon the acquisition by Borrower of any Oil and Gas
Property, the Borrower shall grant, within thirty (30) days of acquisition of such Oil and Gas
Property, as security for the Obligations a first-priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on
such additional Oil and Gas Property not already subject to a Lien created by this Agreement and
the Mortgages. All such Liens will be created and perfected by and in accordance with the
provisions of applicable mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements and financing statements or
other security instruments, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender and in
sufficient executed (and acknowledged where necessary or appropriate) counterparts for recording
purposes. In connection with granting Lender a first-priority Lien in any newly acquired Oil and
Gas Property, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a Reserve Report, such opinions reasonably requested
by Lender, demonstrate adequate insurance with respect to the newly acquired Oil and Gas Property
and take such further actions with respect to the newly acquired Oil and Gas Property as requested
by Lender.

SECTION 8.

RIGHT TO INVEST

     8.1 Lender or its assignee or nominee (which assignee or nominee shall be an “Accredited
Investor” pursuant to federal securities statutes and the rules and regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto) shall have the right, in its discretion, to participate in any Subsequent
Financing in an amount of up to $1,000,000 on the same terms, conditions and pricing afforded to
the Series C Preferred stockholders.

SECTION 9.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall be an Event of Default:

     9.1 Payments. Borrower fails to pay any amount due under this Agreement, the Notes or
any of the other Loan Documents on the due date; or

     9.2 Covenants. Borrower breaches or defaults in the performance of any covenant or
Secured Obligation under this Agreement, the Note, or any of the other Loan Documents (except as
set forth in Section 9.1), and (a) with respect to a default under any covenant under this
Agreement, the Note or any of the other Loan Documents (other than under Sections 6.1, 6.3, 7.5,
7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 or 7.16) such default continues for more than fifteen (15) days after the
earlier of the date on which (i) Lender has given notice of such default to Borrower and

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(ii) Borrower has actual knowledge of such default or (b) with respect to a default under any of
Sections 6.1, 6.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 or 7.16, the occurrence of such default; or

     9.3 Material Adverse Effect. An event has occurred that would reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

     9.4 Representations. Any representation or warranty made by a Borrower in any Loan
Document or in the Warrant shall have been false or misleading in any material respect at the time
such representation or warranty was made; or

     9.5 Insolvency. (A) Borrower (i) shall make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or (ii) shall be unable to pay its debts as they become due, or be unable to perform
under the Loan Documents, or shall become Insolvent; or (iii) voluntarily seeks, consents to, or
acquiesces in the benefit of any Debtor Relief Law; or (iv) shall seek or consent to or acquiesce
in the appointment of any trustee, receiver, or liquidator of Borrower or of all or any substantial
part (i.e., 33-1/3% or more) of the assets or property of Borrower; or (v) shall cease operations
of its business as its business has normally been conducted, or terminate substantially all of its
employees; or (vi) its directors or majority shareholders shall take any action initiating any of
the foregoing actions described in clauses (i) through (v); or (B) either (i) forty-five (45) days
shall have expired after the commencement of an involuntary action against Borrower under any
Debtor Relief Law, without such action being dismissed, or all orders or proceedings thereunder
affecting the operations or the business of Borrower being stayed; or (ii) a stay of any such order
or proceedings shall thereafter be set aside and the action setting it aside shall not be timely
appealed; or (iii) Borrower shall file any answer admitting or not contesting the material
allegations of a petition filed against Borrower in any such proceedings; or (iv) the court in
which such proceedings are pending shall enter a decree or order against any Borrower granting the
relief sought in any such proceedings; or (v) thirty (30) days shall have expired after the
appointment, without the consent or acquiescence of Borrower, of any trustee, receiver or
liquidator of Borrower or of all or any substantial part of the properties of Borrower without such
appointment being vacated; or

     9.6 Attachments; Judgments. Any portion of Borrower’s assets in excess of $175,000 in
the aggregate is attached or seized, or a levy is filed against any such assets, or a judgment or
judgments is/are entered for the payment of money, individually or in the aggregate, of at least
$175,000 (net of applicable insurance if the insurer has accepted coverage), or Borrower is
enjoined or in any way prevented by court order from conducting any material part (either
individually or in the aggregate) of its business, and such attachment, seizure, levy, judgment or
enjoinment is not discharged within ten (10) days of entry thereof; or

     9.7 Other Obligations. The occurrence of any default under any agreement or
obligation (other than under the Loan Documents) of Borrower (and running of any cure period
provided for in any such agreement or obligations) involving any Indebtedness in excess of $75,000.

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SECTION 10.

REMEDIES

     10.1 General. Upon and during the continuance of any one or more Events of Default,
(i) Lender may, at its option, declare the entire unpaid balance of all or any part of the Secured
Obligations together with any applicable Prepayment Charge immediately due and payable (provided,
that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of the type described in Section 9.6, the Notes and
all of the Secured Obligations shall automatically be accelerated and made due and payable, in each
case without any further notice or act), and (ii) Lender may notify any of Borrower’s account
debtors to make payment directly to Lender, compromise the amount of any such account on Borrower’s
behalf and endorse Lender’s name without recourse on any such payment for deposit directly to
Lender’s account. Lender may exercise all rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral under
the Loan Documents or otherwise available to it under the UCC and other applicable law, including
the right to release, hold, sell, lease, liquidate, collect, realize upon, or otherwise dispose of
all or any part of the Collateral and the right to occupy, utilize, process and commingle the
Collateral. All Lender’s rights and remedies shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

     10.2 Collection; Foreclosure. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, Lender may, at any time or from time to time, apply, collect, liquidate, sell in
one or more sales, lease or otherwise dispose of, any or all of the Collateral, in its then
condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing, in such order as
Lender may elect. Any such sale may be made either at public or private sale at its place of
business or elsewhere. Borrower agrees that any such public or private sale may occur upon ten
(10) calendar days’ prior written notice to Borrower. Lender may require Borrower to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to Lender at a place designated by Lender that is reasonably
convenient to Lender and Borrower. The proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization upon
all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied by Lender in the following order of priorities:

First, to Lender in an amount sufficient to pay in full Lender’s costs and professionals’
and advisors’ fees and expenses as described in Section 11.11;

Second, to Lender in an amount equal to the then unpaid amount of the Secured Obligations
(including principal, interest, and the Default Rate interest), in such order and priority
as Lender may choose in its sole discretion; and

Finally, after the full, final, and indefeasible payment in Cash of all of the Secured
Obligations or to Borrower or its representatives or as a court of competent jurisdiction
may direct.

Lender shall be deemed to have acted reasonably in the custody, preservation and disposition of any
of the Collateral if it complies with the obligations of a secured party under the UCC.

     10.3 No Waiver. Lender shall be under no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral
for the benefit of Borrower or any other Person, and Borrower expressly waives all rights, if any,
to require Lender to marshal any Collateral.

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     10.4 Cumulative Remedies. The rights, powers and remedies of Lender hereunder shall
be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given by statute or rule of law and are
cumulative. The exercise of any one or more of the rights, powers and remedies provided herein
shall not be construed as a waiver of or election of remedies with respect to any other rights,
powers and remedies of Lender.

SECTION 11.

MISCELLANEOUS

     11.1 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be
ineffective only to the extent and duration of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating
the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

     11.2 Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration, service of process or other communication (including the delivery
of Financial Statements) that is required, contemplated, or permitted under the Loan Documents or
with respect to the subject matter hereof shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been
validly served, given, delivered, and received upon the earlier of: (i) the day of transmission by
facsimile or hand delivery or delivery by an overnight express service or overnight mail delivery
service; (ii) upon transmission, when sent by electronic mail, or (iii) the third calendar day
after deposit in the United States mails, with proper first class postage prepaid, in each case
addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

(a) If to Lender:

HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC.

Legal Department

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Facsimile: 650-473-9194

Telephone: 650-289-3060

E-mail: nmartitsch@herculestech.com

HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC.

Attention: Janice Bourque

31 St. James Avenue, Suite 790

Boston, MA 02116

Facsimile: 617-314-9997

Telephone: 617-314-9992

E-mail: jbourque@htgc.com

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(b) If to Borrower:

GLORI ENERGY INC.

Attention: Victor M. Perez, Chief Financial Officer

4315 South Drive

Houston, Texas 77053

Facsimile: 713-237-8585

Telephone: 832-412-1432

E-mail: VPerez@glorienergy.com

With a copy to:

FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P.

Attn: Charles D. Powell

Fulbright Tower

1301 McKinney, Suite 5100

Facsimile: 713-651-5246

Telephone: 713-651-5431

E-mail: cpowell@fulbright.com

     or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.

     11.3 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan
Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the
subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede and replace in their entirety any prior proposals,
term sheets, letters, negotiations or other documents or agreements, whether written or oral, with
respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof (including Lender’s revised proposal letter dated
March 16, 2012). None of the terms of this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents
may be amended except by an instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.

     11.4 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the
negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties
hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

     11.5 No Waiver. The powers conferred upon Lender by this Agreement are solely to
protect its rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and its interest in the Collateral
and shall not impose any duty upon Lender to exercise any such powers. No omission or delay by
Lender at any time to enforce any right or remedy reserved to it, or to require performance of any
of the terms, covenants or provisions hereof by Borrower at any time designated, shall be a waiver
of any such right or remedy to which Lender is entitled, nor shall it in any way affect the right
of Lender to enforce such provisions thereafter.

     11.6 Survival. All agreements set forth in Sections 6.3 and 8.1 of this Agreement,
and the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan
Documents or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall be for the benefit of

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Lender and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and, except with respect
to Section 8.1 following the occurrence of an Initial Public Offering with respect to any Borrower,
the expiration or other termination of this Agreement.

     11.7 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall inure to the benefit of and be binding on Borrower and its permitted assigns (if
any). Borrower shall not assign its obligations under this Agreement, the Note or any of the other
Loan Documents without Lender’s express prior written consent, and any such attempted assignment
shall be void and of no effect. Subject to Section 11.12, Lender may assign, transfer, or endorse
its rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents without prior notice to Borrower, and all
of such rights shall inure to the benefit of Lender’s successors and assign; provided that until
Borrower has notice of such assignment, all obligations, covenants, and agreements under this
Agreement shall be performed or provided to or with respect to Lender.

     11.8 Governing Law. This Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents have been
negotiated and delivered to Lender in the State of California, and shall have been accepted by
Lender in the State of California. Payment to Lender by Borrower of the Secured Obligations is due
in the State of California. This Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California,
excluding conflict of laws principles that would cause the application of laws of any other
jurisdiction.

     11.9 Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue. All judicial proceedings (to the extent that
the reference requirement of Section 11.10 is not applicable) arising in or under or related to
this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents may be brought in any state or federal
court located in the State of California. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party
hereto generally and unconditionally: (a) consents to nonexclusive personal jurisdiction in Santa
Clara County, State of California; (b) waives any objection as to jurisdiction or venue in Santa
Clara County, State of California; and (c) agrees not to assert any defense based on lack of
jurisdiction or venue in the aforesaid courts. Service of process on any party hereto in any
action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be effective if given in accordance with
the requirements for notice set forth in Section 11.2, and shall be deemed effective and received
as set forth in Section 11.2. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of either party to bring proceedings in the courts
of any other jurisdiction.

     11.10 Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial/Judicial Reference.

     (a) Because disputes arising in connection with complex financial transactions are most
quickly and economically resolved by an experienced and expert person and the parties wish
applicable state and federal laws to apply (rather than arbitration rules), the parties
desire that their disputes be resolved by a judge applying such applicable laws. EACH OF
BORROWER AND LENDER SPECIFICALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CAUSE
OF ACTION, CLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, THIRD PARTY CLAIM OR ANY OTHER CLAIM
(COLLECTIVELY, “CLAIMS”) ASSERTED BY BORROWER AGAINST LENDER OR ITS ASSIGNEE OR BY LENDER OR
ITS ASSIGNEE AGAINST BORROWER.

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This waiver extends to all such Claims, including Claims that involve Persons other
than Borrower and Lender; Claims that arise out of or are in any way connected to the
relationship between Borrower and Lender; and any Claims for damages, breach of contract,
tort, specific performance, or any equitable or legal relief of any kind, arising out of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

     (b) If the waiver of jury trial set forth in Section 11.10(a) is ineffective or
unenforceable, the parties agree that all Claims shall be resolved by reference to a private
judge sitting without a jury, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638, before a
mutually acceptable referee or, if the parties cannot agree, a referee selected by the
Presiding Judge of the Santa Clara County, California. Such proceeding shall be conducted
in Santa Clara County, California, with California rules of evidence and discovery
applicable to such proceeding.

     (c) In the event Claims are to be resolved by judicial reference, either party may seek
from a court identified in Section 11.9, any prejudgment order, writ or other relief and
have such prejudgment order, writ or other relief enforced to the fullest extent permitted
by law notwithstanding that all Claims are otherwise subject to resolution by judicial
reference.

     11.11 Professional Fees. Borrower promises to pay Lender’s fees and expenses
necessary to finalize the loan documentation, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys
fees, UCC searches, filing costs, and other miscellaneous expenses. In addition, Borrower promises
to pay any and all reasonable attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses incurred by
Lender after the Closing Date in connection with or related to: (a) the Loan; (b) the collection,
or enforcement of the Loan; (c) the amendment or modification of the Loan Documents; (d) any
waiver, consent, release, or termination under the Loan Documents; (e) the protection,
preservation, sale, lease, liquidation, or disposition of Collateral or the exercise of remedies
with respect to the Collateral; (f) any legal, litigation, administrative, arbitration, or out of
court proceeding in connection with or related to Borrower or the Collateral, and any appeal or
review thereof; and (g) any bankruptcy, restructuring, reorganization, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, workout, foreclosure, or other action related to any Borrower, the Collateral, the
Loan Documents, including representing Lender in any adversary proceeding or contested matter
commenced or continued by or on behalf of Borrower’s estate, and any appeal or review thereof.

     11.12 Confidentiality. Lender acknowledges that certain items of Collateral and
information provided to Lender by Borrower are confidential and proprietary information of
Borrower, if and to the extent such information either (x) is marked as confidential by Borrower at
the time of disclosure, or (y) is information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary and their businesses, other than any such information that is
available to the Lender on a non-confidential basis other than through disclosure by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary (the “Confidential Information”). Accordingly, Lender agrees that any
Confidential Information it may obtain in the course of acquiring, administering, or perfecting
Lender’s security interest in the Collateral shall not be disclosed to any other person or entity
in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Borrower,
except that Lender may disclose any such information: (a) to its own directors,

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officers, employees, accountants, counsel and other professional advisors and to its
affiliates if Lender in its sole discretion determines that any such party should have access to
such information in connection with such party’s responsibilities in connection with the Loan or
this Agreement and, provided that such recipient of such Confidential Information either (i) agrees
to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of this paragraph or (ii) is otherwise subject to
confidentiality restrictions at least as protective of the Confidential Information as provided
herein; (b) if such information is generally available to the public; (c) if required in any
report, statement or testimony submitted to any governmental authority having or claiming to have
jurisdiction over Lender; (d) if required in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection
with any litigation, to the extent permitted or deemed advisable by Lender’s counsel; (e) to comply
with any legal requirement or law applicable to Lender; (f) to the extent reasonably necessary in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under any Loan Document, including Lender’s
sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral after default (provided that such recipient of such
Confidential Information agrees in writing as set forth in clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above; (g) to
any participant or assignee of Lender or any prospective participant or assignee; provided, that
such participant or assignee or prospective participant or assignee agrees in writing to be bound
by this Section prior to disclosure; or (h) otherwise with the prior consent of Borrower; provided,
that any disclosure made in violation of this Agreement shall not affect the obligations of
Borrower or any of its affiliates or any guarantor under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents.

     11.13 Assignment of Rights. Borrower acknowledges and understands that Lender may
sell and assign all of its interest hereunder and under the Note(s) and Loan Documents to any
person or entity (an “Assignee”), subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 11.12. After
such assignment and notice to Borrower of such assignment, the term “Lender” as used in the Loan
Documents shall mean and include such Assignee, and such Assignee shall be vested with all rights,
powers and remedies of Lender hereunder with respect to the interest so assigned; but with respect
to any such interest not so transferred, Lender shall retain all rights, powers and remedies hereby
given. No such assignment by Lender shall relieve Borrower of any of its obligations hereunder.
Lender agrees that in the event of any transfer by it of the Note(s), it will endorse thereon a
notation as to the portion of the principal of the Note(s), which shall have been paid at the time
of such transfer and as to the date to which interest shall have been last paid thereon. Lender
and each Assignee thereof confirm to and agree with each other and with the Borrower as follows:
(i) such Assignee has received this Agreement and an original Note in the amount of the then
current outstanding principal balance assigned to it, together with such other documents and
information it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision; (ii)
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if there are multiple Assignees of Lender’s
interest, the Assignees holding such interests comprising sixty-seven percent (67%) or more of the
then current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the original Note made by Borrower on the
date of this Agreement shall irrevocably appoint an agent to take such actions on behalf of all
holders of the Term Loan and to exercise such powers and rights as are provided to the Lender by
the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Following any assignment hereunder by Lender, the rights set forth
in Sections 9 and 10 of this Agreement shall only be exercised by the agent and must be exercised
on behalf of all holders simultaneously. The instructions as aforesaid and any action taken or
failure to act pursuant thereto by the agent shall be binding on all Assigns

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     11.14 Revival of Secured Obligations. This Agreement and the Loan Documents shall
remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective if any petition is filed by or against
Borrower for liquidation or reorganization, if Borrower becomes insolvent or makes an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, if a receiver or trustee is appointed for all or any significant part
of Borrower’s assets, or if any payment or transfer of Collateral is recovered from Lender. The
Loan Documents and the Secured Obligations and Collateral security shall continue to be effective,
or shall be revived or reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of
the Secured Obligations or any transfer of Collateral to Lender, or any part thereof is rescinded,
avoided or avoidable, reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by, or is
recovered from, Lender or by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether as a “voidable
preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment, performance, or
transfer of Collateral had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is
rescinded, reduced, avoided, avoidable, restored, returned, or recovered, the Loan Documents and
the Secured Obligations shall be deemed, without any further action or documentation, to have been
revived and reinstated except to the extent of the full, final, and indefeasible payment to Lender
in Cash.

     11.15 Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or
supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which when so delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of
which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

     11.16 No Third Party Beneficiaries. No provisions of the Loan Documents are intended,
nor will be interpreted, to provide or create any third-party beneficiary rights or any other
rights of any kind in any person other than Lender and Borrower unless specifically provided
otherwise herein, and, except as otherwise so provided, all provisions of the Loan Documents will
be personal and solely between the Lender and the Borrower.

     11.17 Publicity. Lender may use Borrower’s name and logo, and include a brief
description of the relationship between Borrower and Lender, in Lender’s marketing materials, which
materials are subject to Borrower’s review and approval with respect to the use of Borrower’s name
and logo.

(SIGNATURES TO FOLLOW)

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and Lender have duly executed and delivered this Loan and
Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	BORROWER:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI ENERGY INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:
	 	/s/ Victor M. Perez
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:
	 	Victor M. Perez	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI CALIFORNIA INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:
	 	/s/ Victor M. Perez
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:
	 	Victor M. Perez	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI HOLDINGS INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:
	 	/s/ Victor M. Perez
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:
	 	Victor M. Perez	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI OIL (ARGENTINA) LIMITED
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:
	 	/s/ Victor M. Perez
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:
	 	Victor M. Perez	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 

[Signature continues on next page.]

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Accepted in Palo Alto, California:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	LENDER:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	/s/ K. Nicholas Martitsch	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	K. Nicholas Martitsch	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Associate General Counsel	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

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Table of Addenda, Exhibits and Schedules

	 	 	 

	Exhibit A:

	 	Advance Request
	 

	 	Attachment to Advance Request
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit B:

	 	Term Note
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit C:

	 	Compliance Certificate
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit D:

	 	Joinder Agreement
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit E:

	 	ACH Debit Authorization Agreement

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EXHIBIT A

ADVANCE REQUEST

			
	To: Lender:
	 	Date: __________, 2006

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Facsimile: 650-473-9194

Attn:

Glori Energy, Inc., Glori California Inc., Glori Holdings Inc. and Glori Oil (Argentina) Limited.
(collectively, “Borrower”) hereby requests from Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (“Lender”)
an Advance in the amount of _____________________ Dollars ($________________) on ______________,
_____ (the “Advance Date”) pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated May __, 2012 between
Borrower and Lender (the “Agreement”). Capitalized words and other terms used but not otherwise
defined herein are used with the same meanings as defined in the Agreement.

Please:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	(a)
	 	Issue a check payable to Borrower
	 	________
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	or	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	Wire Funds to Borrower’s account
	 	________

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Bank:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	ABA Number:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Account Number:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Account Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

     Borrower represents that the conditions precedent to the Advance set forth in the Agreement
are satisfied and shall be satisfied upon the making of such Advance, including but not limited to:
(i) that no event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
has occurred and is continuing; (ii) that the representations and warranties set forth in the
Agreement and in the Warrant are and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as
of the Advance Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the
extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date; (iii) that Borrower
is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in each Loan Document on its part to
be observed or performed; and (iv) that as of the Advance Date, no fact or condition exists that
would (or would, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both) constitute an Event of
Default under the Loan Documents. Borrower understands and acknowledges that Lender has the right
to review the financial information supporting this

Exh. A

 

 

representation and, based upon such review in its sole discretion, Lender may decline to fund
the requested Advance.

     Borrower hereby represents that Borrower’s corporate status and locations have not changed
since the date of the Agreement or, if the Attachment to this Advance Request is completed, are as
set forth in the Attachment to this Advance Request.

     Borrower agrees to notify Lender promptly before the funding of the Loan if any of the matters
which have been represented above shall not be true and correct on the Advance Date and if Lender
has received no such notice before the Advance Date then the statements set forth above shall be
deemed to have been made and shall be deemed to be true and correct as of the Advance Date.

     Executed as of [     ], 2012.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	GLORI ENERGY INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI CALIFORNIA INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI HOLDINGS INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI OIL (ARGENTINA) LIMITED
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

Exh. A

 

 

ATTACHMENT TO ADVANCE REQUEST

Dated: _______________________

Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender that each Borrower’s current name and
organizational status is as follows:

	 	 	 

	Name:

	 	[                    ]
	 
	 	 
	Type of organization:

	 	Corporation
	 
	 	 
	State of organization:

	 	[               ]
	 
	 	 
	Organization file number:
	 	 

Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender that the street addresses, cities, states and
postal codes of each Borrower’s current locations are as follows:

Exh. A

 

 

EXHIBIT B

SECURED TERM PROMISSORY NOTE

			
	$[   ],000,000
	 	Advance Date: ___ __, 20[   ]

Maturity Date: _____ ___, 20[   ]

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Glori Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Glori California Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Glori Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and Glori Oil (Argentina)
Limited, a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “Borrower”) hereby jointly and severally promise
to pay to the order of Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation or the
holder of this Note (the “Lender”) at 400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310, Palo Alto, CA 94301 or such
other place of payment as the holder of this Secured Term Promissory Note (this “Promissory Note”)
may specify from time to time in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America, the
principal amount of [ ] Million Dollars ($[ ],000,000) or such lesser principal amount as Lender
has advanced to Borrower, together with interest at a rate equal to the greater of (i) 10.0% or
(ii) the sum of 10.0%, plus the Prime Rate minus 3.25% based upon a year consisting of 360 days,
with interest computed daily based on the actual number of days in each month. For the purposes of
this Promissory Note, the “Prime Rate” is the rate most recently announced as the “prime rate” in
the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal.

     This Promissory Note is a Note referred to in, and is executed and delivered in connection
with, that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated June 11, 2012, by and between Borrower and
Lender (as the same may from time to time be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with
its terms, the “Loan Agreement”), and is entitled to the benefit and security of the Loan Agreement
and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Loan Agreement), to which reference is made for a
statement of all of the terms and conditions thereof. All payments shall be made in accordance
with the Loan Agreement. All terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same definitions
when used herein, unless otherwise defined herein. An Event of Default under the Loan Agreement
shall constitute a default under this Promissory Note.

     Borrower waives presentment and demand for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of
protest under the UCC or any applicable law. Borrower agrees to make all payments under this
Promissory Note without setoff, recoupment or deduction and regardless of any counterclaim or
defense. This Promissory Note has been negotiated and delivered to Lender and is payable in the
State of California. This Promissory Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California, excluding any conflicts of law rules or
principles that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	GLORI ENERGY INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

Exh. B

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	GLORI CALIFORNIA INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI HOLDINGS INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI OIL (ARGENTINA) LIMITED
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

Exh. B

 

 

EXHIBIT C

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310

Palo Alto, CA 94301

     Reference is made to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated June 11, 2012 and all
ancillary documents entered into in connection with such Loan and Security Agreement all as may be
amended from time to time, (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Loan Agreement”) between
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (“Hercules”) as Lender and Glori Energy, Inc., Glori
California Inc., Glori Holdings Inc. and Glori Oil (Argentina) Limited (collectively, the
“Company”) as Borrower. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as
defined in the Loan Agreement.

     The undersigned is an Officer of the Company, knowledgeable of all Company financial matters,
and is authorized to provide certification of information regarding the Company; hereby certifies
that in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, the Company is in
compliance for the period ending ___________ with all covenants, conditions and terms of the Loan
Agreement and hereby reaffirms that all representations and warranties contained therein are true
and correct on and as of the date of this Compliance Certificate with the same effect as though
made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly
relate to an earlier date, after giving effect in all cases to any standard(s) of materiality
contained in the Loan Agreement as to such representations and warranties. Attached are the
required documents supporting the above certification. The undersigned further certifies that, if
applicable, the supporting documents are prepared in accordance with GAAP (except for the absence
of footnotes with respect to unaudited financial statement and subject to normal year end
adjustments) and are consistent from one period to the next except as explained below.

	 	 	 	 	 
	REPORTING REQUIREMENT

	 	REQUIRED
	 	CHECK IF ATTACHED
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Interim Financial Statements

	 	Monthly within 30 days	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Audited Financial Statements

	 	FYE within 150 days	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Very Truly Yours,	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	GLORI ENERGY INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

Exh. C

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	GLORI CALIFORNIA INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI HOLDINGS INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLORI OIL (ARGENTINA) LIMITED
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

Exh. C

 

 

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

     This Joinder Agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) is made and dated as of [ ], 20[ ],
and is entered into by and between_________________., a ___________ corporation (“Subsidiary”), and
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. as a Lender.

RECITALS

     A. Subsidiary’s Affiliate, [     ] (“Company”) has entered into that certain Loan and
Security Agreement dated June 11, 2012, with Lender, as such agreement may be amended (the “Loan
Agreement”), together with the other agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith;

     B. Subsidiary acknowledges and agrees that it will benefit both directly and indirectly from
Company’s execution of the Loan Agreement and the other agreements executed and delivered in
connection therewith;

AGREEMENT

     NOW THEREFORE, Subsidiary and Lender agree as follows:

	1.	 	The recitals set forth above are incorporated into and made part of this Joinder Agreement.
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in the Loan Agreement.

	2.	 	By signing this Joinder Agreement, Subsidiary shall be bound by the terms and conditions of
the Loan Agreement the same as if it were the Borrower (as defined in the Loan Agreement)
under the Loan Agreement, mutatis mutandis, provided however, that Lender shall have no
duties, responsibilities or obligations to Subsidiary arising under or related to the Loan
Agreement or the other agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith. Rather, to
the extent that Lender has any duties, responsibilities or obligations arising under or
related to the Loan Agreement or the other agreements executed and delivered in connection
therewith, those duties, responsibilities or obligations shall flow only to Company and not to
Subsidiary or any other person or entity. By way of example (and not an exclusive list): (a)
Lender’s providing notice to Company in accordance with the Loan Agreement or as otherwise
agreed between Company and Lender shall be deemed provided to Subsidiary; (b) a Lender’s
providing an Advance to Company shall be deemed an Advance to Subsidiary; and (c) Subsidiary
shall have no right to request an Advance or make any other demand on Lender.

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

Exh. D

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO JOINDER AGREEMENT]

SUBSIDIARY:

            
                
                
                
              
.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Telephone:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Facsimile:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

LENDER:

HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Address:	 	 	 	 

400 Hamilton Ave., Suite 310

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Facsimile: 650-473-9194

Telephone: 650-289-3060

Exh. D

 

 

EXHIBIT E

ACH DEBIT AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310

Palo Alto, CA 94301

	 	 	 	Re: Loan and Security Agreement dated _______________ between Glori Energy Inc., Glori
California Inc., Glori Holdings Inc. and Glori Oil (Argentina) Limited (collectively,
“Borrower”) and Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (“Company”) (the “Agreement”)

In connection with the above referenced Agreement, the Borrower hereby authorizes the Company to
initiate debit entries for the periodic payments due under the Agreement to the Borrower’s account
indicated below. The Borrower authorizes the depository institution named below to debit to such
account.

	 	 	 

	DEPOSITORY NAME

	 	BRANCH
	 
	 	 
	CITY

	 	STATE AND ZIP CODE
	 
	 	 
	TRANSIT/ABA NUMBER

	 	ACCOUNT NUMBER

This authority will remain in full force and effect so long as any amounts are due under the
Agreement.

            
                  
               
               
               
       

(Borrower)(Please Print)

	 	 	 	 	 

	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 
	Date:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 

Exh. E

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