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EXHIBIT 10.6

GUARANTEE

     THIS GUARANTEE, dated as of the 29th day of June, 2005, is made by Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), in favor of Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline
Limited Partnership, a New Brunswick limited partnership (the “Beneficiary”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

     WHEREAS, Anadarko Canada LNG Marketing, Corp., a Nova Scotia corporation (the “Customer”), is
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor; and

     WHEREAS, Beneficiary and Customer are parties to that certain Precedent Agreement dated as of
even date herewith (the “Agreement”) (the term “Agreement” shall include the Agreement and any
successor agreement entered into by the Beneficiary and the Customer that supercedes and replaces
the Agreement); and

     WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Beneficiary entering into the Agreement that the Guarantor
provide this Guarantee; and

     WHEREAS, the Guarantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Guarantee with respect to the
Customer’s payment obligations under the Agreement;

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor hereby
covenants and agrees, from and after the execution and delivery of the Agreement, as follows:

	 	1.	 	Guarantee of Obligations. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantees to the Beneficiary, as primary obligor and not as surety,
the full and prompt payment by the Customer of all the Customer’s payment obligations
under the Agreement, strictly in accordance with the terms thereof, however created,
arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, primary or secondary, absolute or
contingent, joint or several, and whether now or hereafter existing or due or to become
due (such payment obligations, the “Obligations”). The Guarantor further agrees to pay
all out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable expenses for
legal services) actually paid or incurred by the Beneficiary in enforcing this
Guarantee following any default by the Guarantor hereunder, whether the same shall be
enforced by a suit or otherwise. Such guarantee is an absolute, unconditional,
irrevocable, present and continuing guarantee of payment and not of collectability.
	 
	 	2.	 	Notice and Payment. If for any reason any Obligation to be paid by the
Customer shall not be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the
Guarantor shall, no later than five (5) Business Days following the Guarantor’s receipt
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	 	 	 	Obligation then due and owing for which the Customer shall have received notice of
non-payment at the place provided for in the Agreement, regardless of whether the
Beneficiary or anyone on behalf of it shall have instituted any suit, action or
proceeding or exhausted its remedies or taken any steps to enforce any rights
against the Customer to compel any such payment or to collect all or any part of
such amount pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement, or at law or in equity, or
otherwise, and regardless of any other condition or contingency.
	 
	 	3.	 	Waivers. The Guarantor hereby waives notice of: (i) the acceptance of
this Guarantee; (ii) notice of any default of whatsoever kind or nature or demand in
the case of such default (other than the notice set forth in the immediately preceding
Section 2 hereof); and (iii) notice of transactions between the Beneficiary and the
Customer under the Agreement.
	 
	 	4.	 	Effect of Guarantee. The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties
of the Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect and enforceable until
the Obligations are finally, indefeasibly and unconditionally paid in full in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement, and, to the maximum extent permitted by
law, shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to
time of any other event, including, without limitation, the following, whether or not
any such event shall have occurred without notice to or the consent of the Guarantor:
(i) the waiver, compromise, settlement, termination or other release of the performance
or observance by the Customer of any or all of its agreements, covenants, terms or
conditions contained in the Agreement; (ii) the modification or amendment (whether
material or otherwise) of any obligation, covenant or agreement set forth in the
Agreement, including, without limitation, any increase in the payment obligations
thereunder, if such modification or amendment was made with the consent of the Customer
and with any required prior written notice to the Guarantor pursuant to Section 6
hereof; (iii) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of all or
substantially all of the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities, receivership,
conservatorship, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar
proceedings affecting the Customer or any of its assets or any allegation or contest of
the validity of the Agreement in any such proceeding; (iv) any set-off, counterclaim,
reduction, or diminution of any Obligation, or any defense of any kind or nature
whatsoever (other than non-performance by the Beneficiary under the Agreement or
payment by or on behalf of the Customer or the Guarantor), which the Guarantor or the
Customer may have or assert against the Beneficiary; (v) the surrender or impairment of
any security for the performance or observance of any of the Obligations; (vi) the
failure or omission on the part of the Beneficiary to enforce, ascertain or exercise
(or any delay in enforcing, ascertaining or exercising) any right, power or remedy
under or pursuant to the terms of the Agreement; (vii) any other circumstance (other
than performance) that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable defense or
discharge of the Guarantor under this Guarantee or of a guarantor or surety with
respect to the Obligations.

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	 	5.	 	Subrogation. This Guarantee is given on the understanding and
condition that upon full and final, indefeasible payment of the Obligations and all
other amounts owed hereunder, the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Beneficiary against the Customer with respect to the Obligations under the Agreement or
otherwise to the extent of any or all payments made by the Guarantor hereunder. The
Beneficiary agrees to take such steps as the Guarantor may reasonably request to
implement such subrogation including, without limitation, the assignment to the
Guarantor, in one or more instruments satisfactory in form and substance to the
Guarantor and the Beneficiary, of all of the Beneficiary’s rights against the Customer
under the Agreement and under any other document or instrument delivered in connection
therewith with respect to the amounts so paid by the Guarantor.
	 
	 	6.	 	Knowledge of Agreement/Amendment of Agreement. The Guarantor confirms
that it has been provided with a copy of the Agreement, and that it is aware of the
obligations of the Customer pursuant to the Agreement. The Guarantor acknowledges that
the Beneficiary is relying on this Guarantee in entering into the Agreement. The
Agreement may not be amended in any material respect without the prior written notice
thereof to the Guarantor; provided however, that no notice is required with respect to
any amendments to the Beneficiary’s tariff, including toll schedules and general terms
and conditions.
	 
	 	7.	 	Assignment/Transfer of the Customer Interest. If the Customer shall
assign or otherwise transfer all or any part of its interest in the Agreement (the
“Assigned Interest”) as permitted under the Agreement, and if the Customer is thereby
released from its obligations under the Agreement, this Guarantee shall remain in
effect only for Obligations of the Customer accruing prior to such assignment or
transfer. If the Assigned Interest is part but not all of the Customer’s interest in
the Agreement, this Guarantee shall also remain in full force and effect with respect
to the interest which is not assigned by the Customer. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, upon an assignment, release, and consent described in the first
sentence of this Section 7, the Guarantor shall not be liable for any payments relating
or arising from the Assigned Interest from and after the date of the assignment or
transfer thereof by the Customer as permitted under the Agreement.
	 
	 	8.	 	Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder,
shall be in writing (including, without limitation, telecopy) and telecopied or
delivered by hand, if to the Guarantor, addressed to it at Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation, 1201 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77380, Attn: Treasurer; or
if to the Beneficiary, addressed to it at Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Limited
Partnership, 890 Winter Street, Suite 300, Waltham, Massachusetts 02415, Attn:
President, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd., Telecopy No. (617) 560-1392;
or as to any party at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
written notice to each other party. All such notices and other communications shall,
when telecopied, be effective when transmitted by telecopier.

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	 	9.	 	No Waiver/Remedies. No delay in exercising or omission to exercise any
right or power accruing upon any default, omission or failure of performance hereunder
shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but
any such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be
deemed expedient. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any
remedies provided by law. In the event that Guarantor fails to pay or perform any of
its obligations hereunder, including the failure to make payment when due, the
Beneficiary may avail itself of all available remedies, in law or in equity, to enforce
its rights hereunder.
	 
	 	10.	 	Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction.

	 	(a)	 	THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED
BY THE LAW OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
PRINCIPLES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW. Any legal action or
proceeding against the Guarantor with respect to this Guarantee or the
Agreement may be brought in any provincial or federal court in the Province of
Nova Scotia, and, by execution and delivery of this Guarantee, the Guarantor
hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally
and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The Guarantor
hereby irrevocably designates, appoints, and empowers Carl Holm, Wickwire Holm,
Suite 2100, 1801 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X6, as its designee,
appointee and agent solely for the purpose of receiving, accepting and
acknowledging for and on its behalf, and in respect of its property, service of
any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents which may be served
in any such action or proceeding. If for any reason such designee, appointee
and agent shall cease to be available to act as such, the Guarantor agrees to
designate a new designee, appointee and agent in the Province of Nova Scotia on
the terms and for the purposes of this provision satisfactory to the
Beneficiary. The Guarantor further irrevocably consents to the service of
process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or
proceeding delivered pursuant to the notice provision contained in Section 8 of
this Guarantee. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Beneficiary to
serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal
proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Guarantor in any other
jurisdiction.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection that it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid
actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Guarantee
brought in the courts referred to in Section 10(a) and hereby further
irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any
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	 	 	 	action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in any
inconvenient forum.

	 	11.	 	Obligation to Make Payments in Dollars. Any and all amounts due from
the Guarantor hereunder shall be made by the Guarantor in Canadian currency
(“Dollars”), and any such payment obligation shall not be discharged or satisfied by
any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment, which is expressed or converted
into any currency other than Dollars, except to the extent such tender or recovery
shall result in the actual receipt for the account of the Beneficiary, of the full
amount of Dollars expressed to be payable in respect of the amounts due hereunder. The
obligation of the Guarantor to make payments in Dollars as aforesaid shall be
enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovery
in Dollars expressed to be payable in respect of any amounts due hereunder, and shall
not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sums due under this Guarantee.
All payments to be made by the Guarantor under this Guarantee or the Agreement shall
be made to the Beneficiary in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
	 
	 	12.	 	Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be
automatically reinstated if and to the extent that, for any reason, any payment or
performance by or on behalf of the Customer in respect of the Obligations is rescinded
or must be otherwise repaid or restored to the Customer by any holder of any of the
Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy, reorganization or
otherwise.
	 
	 	13.	 	Successors and Assigns; Benefitted Parties. This Guarantee is entered
into by the Guarantor for the benefit of the Beneficiary in accordance with the
provisions of this Guarantee and the Agreement. This Guarantee shall not be deemed to
create any right in, or to be in whole or part for the benefit of, any person other
than the Beneficiary and the Guarantor and their respective successors and permitted
assigns, including permitted assigns resulting from an assignment or pledge of the
Agreement under the provisions of any mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, bank credit
agreement, assignment, receivable sale, or similar instrument, as permitted by Article
VII of the Agreement. The Guarantee hereunder is a continuing guarantee and shall
apply to all Obligations whenever arising and shall inure to the benefit of the
successor and assigns of the Beneficiary permitted under the Agreement, and be binding
upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns; provided, however, that the
Guarantor may not make an assignment of this Guarantee or any interest herein by
operation of law or otherwise unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the
Beneficiary, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, so long as any of the Obligations remain outstanding or any
amounts due and owing by the Customer with respect thereto remain unpaid, the Guarantor
may merge or consolidate with any other corporation or dissolve or otherwise sell or
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets as an entirety, if the successor or
transferee corporation (if other than the Guarantor) shall assume the punctual
performance

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	 	 	 	and observance of all covenants, conditions and obligations of this Guarantee to be
performed by the Guarantor.
	 
	 	14.	 	Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby represents and
warrants as follows:

	 	(a)	 	The Guarantor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of Delaware;
	 
	 	(b)	 	The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of
this Guarantee, and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions
contemplated hereby are within the Guarantor’s corporate powers, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not (i) contravene the
Guarantor’s charter or bylaws, (ii) violate any law, rule, regulation, order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award presently applicable
to it, (iii) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default
under, any contract, loan agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease
or other instrument presently binding on or affecting the Guarantor or by which
its properties are now bound; or (iv) result in or require the creation or
imposition of any lien upon or with respect to any of its properties.
	 
	 	(c)	 	No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice
to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other
third party which has not been obtained or filed is required for the due
execution, delivery or performance by the Guarantor of this Guarantee.
	 
	 	(d)	 	This Guarantee has been duly executed and delivered by the
Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with the terms
hereto except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by the application of general equitable
principles which may limit the availability of certain remedies.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered
as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ James R. Larson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	James R. Larson
	 

	 	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer and 

Senior Vice President, Finance

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EXHIBIT 10.7

Contract No. 210099

FORM OF SERVICE AGREEMENT

FOR RATE SCHEDULE MN365

     This Service Agreement is made and entered into this 29th day of June,
2005, by and between Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (herein called “Pipeline”)
and Anadarko LNG Marketing, LLC (herein called “Customer”, whether one or more),

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Customer and Pipeline are parties to a precedent agreement dated as of even
date herewith (“Precedent Agreement”), pursuant to which Pipeline will expand its
existing system to make available additional pipeline capacity on its system;

WHEREAS, Customer desires that Pipeline transport gas for Customer’s account subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Pipeline’s Rate Schedule MN365; and

WHEREAS, Pipeline desires to transport gas for Customer’s account subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and Pipeline’s Rate Schedule MN365.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, the parties do covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

SCOPE OF AGREEMENT

     Subject to the terms, conditions and limitations hereof, of Pipeline’s Rate
Schedule MN365, and of the GT&C, transportation service hereunder will be firm and
Pipeline agrees to deliver for Customer’s account quantities of natural gas up to the
following quantity:

Maximum Daily Transportation Quantity (MDTQ) 699,300 Dth

Maximum Annual Transportation Quantity (MATQ) 255,244,500 Dth

Notwithstanding the foregoing, commencing on the Initial Commencement Date, as that
term is defined in the Precedent Agreement, the MDTQ shall be a quantity equal to the
Initial MDTQ, as determined pursuant to the terms of Paragraph 5 of the Precedent
Agreement, and the MATQ shall be a quantity equal to the product of such Initial MDTQ
multiplied by 365. From and after the Service Commencement Date, as that term is
defined in the Precedent Agreement, this paragraph shall be of no further force or
effect and the MDTQ and MATQ shall be as set forth in the immediately preceding
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     Pipeline will receive for Customer’s account for transportation hereunder daily
quantities of gas up to Customer’s MDTQ, plus Fuel Retainage Quantity, at Point(s) of
Receipt as specified in Article IV herein. Pipeline will transport and deliver for
Customer’s account such daily quantities tendered up to such Customer’s MDTQ (and, on
a cumulative basis, the MATQ) at Point(s) of Delivery as specified in Article IV
herein.

     On any given Day, Pipeline shall not be obligated to, but may at its sole
discretion, receive at Point(s) of Receipt quantities of gas in excess of Pipeline’s
Maximum Daily Receipt Obligation (MDRO), plus Fuel Retainage Quantity, but shall not
receive in the aggregate at all Points of Receipt on any day a quantity of gas in
excess of the applicable MDTQ, plus Fuel Retainage Quantity. On any given day,
Pipeline shall not be obligated to, but may at its sole discretion, deliver at any
Point of Delivery quantities of gas in excess of Pipeline’s Maximum Daily Delivery
Obligation (MDDO), but shall not deliver in the aggregate at all Points of delivery on
any day quantities of gas in excess of the applicable MDTQ.

ARTICLE II

TERM OF AGREEMENT

     Service under this Agreement shall commence on the earlier of the Initial
Commencement Date or the Service Commencement Date, as such terms are defined in the
Precedent Agreement, and shall continue in effect for a term ending twenty (20) years
after the Service Commencement Date, as such term is defined in the Precedent
Agreement (“Primary Term”) and shall remain in force from year to year thereafter
unless terminated by either party by two (2) years written notice prior to the end of
the Primary Term or any successive term thereafter. Customer agrees that Pipeline may
terminate this Service Agreement at any time subject to the provisions of Sections 4
and 16 of the GT&C and such provisions are incorporated herein by reference. If the
Precedent Agreement terminates for a reason other than pursuant to Paragraph 10(F)
thereof, then upon such termination, this Service Agreement shall terminate and have
no further force or effect.

     THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED A “ROFR AGREEMENT” UNDER THE GT&C OF
PIPELINE’S FERC GAS TARIFF, AND THE PROVISION OF A TERMINATION NOTICE BY EITHER
CUSTOMER OR PIPELINE, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE II, OR THE EXPIRATION OF THIS SERVICE
AGREEMENT BY ITS OWN TERMS TRIGGERS CUSTOMER’S RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL UNDER SECTION
4.2 OF THE GT&C OF PIPELINE’S FERC GAS TARIFF.

     Any portions of this Service Agreement necessary to correct or cash-out
imbalances or to make payment under this Service Agreement as required by the GT&C
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Agreement until such time as such balancing or payment has been accomplished. To the
extent that Customer desires to terminate this Service Agreement and Pipeline agrees
to such termination, Pipeline will collect as part of the exit fee all (or such lesser
portion as Pipeline agrees to) of the capacity Reservation Charges otherwise
recoverable by Pipeline from Customer for the balance of the contractual term, absent
such early termination.

ARTICLE III

RATE SCHEDULE

     For the entire period when this Service Agreement is in effect, this Service
Agreement will be subject to all provisions of Rate Schedule MN365 and the GT&C of
Pipeline’s Tariff on file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, all of which
are by this reference made a part hereof.

     Customer agrees to and will pay Pipeline all Reservation, Usage and other charges
and fees provided for in Rate Schedule MN365, as effective from time to time, for
service under this Service Agreement. In the event Pipeline and Customer agree to a
discounted rate for a specified term of service hereunder, provisions governing such
discounted rate and term shall be applicable, and shall be as specified in the
Discount Confirmation to this Service Agreement. In the event Pipeline and Customer
agree to a negotiated rate for a specified term of service hereunder, provisions
governing such negotiated rate and term shall be applicable, and shall be as specified
in the written negotiated rate agreement between Customer and Pipeline and reflected
on an appropriate rate sheet filed as part of Pipeline’s Tariff.

     Customer agrees that Pipeline shall have the unilateral right to file with the
appropriate regulatory authority and make changes effective in: (i) the rates and
charges applicable to service pursuant to Pipeline’s Rate Schedule MN365 and under
this FERC Gas Tariff; (ii) Pipeline’s Rate Schedule MN365; and/or (iii) any provision
of the GT&C under Pipeline’s Tariff. Customer shall have the right to take any
position before the appropriate regulatory authority in response to any filing
contemplated in this paragraph, unless Customer has otherwise agreed not to take a
particular position.

ARTICLE IV

POINT(S) OF RECEIPT, DELIVERY AND MEASUREMENT

     The Point(s) of Receipt and Point(s) of Delivery at which Pipeline shall receive
and deliver gas, respectively, shall be specified in Exhibit(s) A and B of this
effective Service Agreement. The Point(s) of Measurement shall be specified in
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     Exhibit(s) A and B are hereby incorporated as part of this Service Agreement for
all intents and purposes as if fully copied and set forth herein at length.

ARTICLE V

QUALITY

     All natural gas tendered to Pipeline for Customer’s account shall conform to the
quality specifications set forth in Section 12 of Pipeline’s GT&C. Customer agrees
that if Customer tenders gas for service hereunder and Pipeline accepts such gas which
does not comply with Pipeline’s quality specifications, Customer will pay all costs
associated with processing of such gas as necessary to comply with such quality
specifications.

ARTICLE VI

ADDRESSES

     Except as herein otherwise provided or as provided in the GT&C, any notice,
request, demand, statement, invoice or payment provided for in this Service Agreement,
or any notice which any party desires to give to the other, must be in writing and
will be considered as duly delivered when mailed by registered, certified, or regular
mail to the post office address of the parties hereto, as the case may be, as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(a) Pipeline:
	 	Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.
	 

	 	 	 	Attn: Vice President
	 

	 	 	 	M&N Management Company
	 

	 	 	 	890 Winter Street, Suite 300
	 

	 	 	 	Waltham, MA 0245
	 

	 	 	 	Phone:      (617) 560-1383
	 

	 	 	 	Facsimile: (617) 560-1552
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(b) Customer:
	 	Anadarko LNG Marketing, LLC
	 

	 	 	 	c/o Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
	 

	 	 	 	1201 Lake Robbins Drive
	 

	 	 	 	The Woodlands, Texas 77380
	 

	 	 	 	Attn: Manager, Commercial Development
	 

	 	 	 	Phone: (832) 636-1000_______
	 

	 	 	 	Facsimile: (832) 636-8263______
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Anadarko LNG Marketing, LLC
	 

	 	 	 	c/o Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
	 

	 	 	 	1201 Lake Robbins Drive
	 

	 	 	 	The Woodlands, Texas 77380
	 

	 	 	 	Attn: Gas Marketing Operations Manager
	 

	 	 	 	Phone: (832) 636-1000
	 

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or such other address as either party designates by formal written notice.

ARTICLE VII

ASSIGNMENTS

     Any Company which succeeds by purchase, merger, or consolidation to the
properties, substantially as an entirety, of Customer or of Pipeline will be entitled
to the rights and will be subject to the obligations of its predecessor in title under
this Service Agreement. Either Customer or Pipeline may assign or pledge this Service
Agreement under the provisions of any mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, bank credit
agreement, assignment, receivable sale, or similar instrument which it has executed or
may execute hereafter. Except as set forth above, neither Customer nor Pipeline shall
assign this Service Agreement or any of its rights hereunder without the prior written
consent of the other party; provided, however, that neither Customer nor Pipeline
shall be released from its obligations hereunder without the consent of the other. In
addition, Customer may assign its rights to capacity pursuant to Section 9 of the
GT&C.

ARTICLE VIII

AGENCY ARRANGEMENT

     Customer shall have the right to designate an agent or person to provide
nomination and scheduling information, to receive invoices and make payments, to take
actions necessary to release capacity and to handle imbalance resolutions for Customer
on Customer’s behalf. The agent may be the same as used for similar purposes with
respect to transportation on Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Limited Partnership or
other third party pipeline. Customer must provide Pipeline with thirty (30) days’
advance written notice of its agent and the effective date after which Pipeline is to
act in accordance with the directions of the agent. Pipeline shall be entitled to
rely on the representations, actions, and other directions of the agent on behalf of
Customer and will be fully protected in relying upon such agent. Customer indemnifies
and holds Pipeline harmless with respect to actions taken by Pipeline in reliance on
Customer’s agent.

ARTICLE IX

NONRECOURSE OBLIGATION OF

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,

MANAGING MEMBER AND OPERATOR

     Customer acknowledges and agrees that (a) Pipeline is a Delaware limited
liability company; (b) Customer shall have no recourse against any member of Pipeline
or against Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Limited Partnership or a member thereof with
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recourse shall be against the assets and revenues of Pipeline, irrespective of any
failure to comply with applicable law of any provision of this Service Agreement; (c)
no claim shall be made against any member of Pipeline or against Maritimes & Northeast
Pipeline Limited Partnership or a member thereof under or in connection with this
Service Agreement; (d) no claims shall be made against the Operator, its officers,
employees, and agents, under or in connection with this Service Agreement and the
performance of its duties as Operator (provided that this shall not bar claims
resulting from the gross negligence, undue discrimination or willful misconduct of the
Operator) and Customer shall provide the Operator with a waiver of subrogation of
Customer’s insurance company for all such claims, and (e) this representation is made
expressly for the benefit of the members in Pipeline, the Managing Member, Operator,
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Limited Partnership and its members.

ARTICLE X

INTERPRETATION

     The parties hereto agree that the interpretation and performance of this Service
Agreement must be in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without recourse
to the law governing conflict of laws.

     This Service Agreement and the obligations of the parties are subject to all
present and future valid laws with respect to the subject matter, State and Federal,
and to all valid present and future orders, rules, and regulations of duly constituted
authorities having jurisdiction.

ARTICLE XI

CANCELLATION OF PRIOR CONTRACT(S)

Not applicable.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Service Agreement to be
executed by their respective duly authorized officers and attested by their respective
Secretaries or Assistant Secretaries, the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MARITIMES & NORTHEAST PIPELINE, L.L.C.	 	 
	 

	 	by:
	 	M&N Management Company,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its Managing Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By  	/s/ Douglas P. Bloom	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ATTEST:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	/s/
Randy Pelletier
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Contract No. 210099

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ANADARKO LNG MARKETING, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By 	/s/ James R. Larson	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ATTEST:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	/s/ Charlene Ripley
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

FORM OF SERVICE AGREEMENT

FOR RATE SCHEDULE MN365

(continued)

EXHIBIT A

to SERVICE AGREEMENT UNDER

RATE SCHEDULE MN365

BETWEEN

MARITIMES & NORTHEAST PIPELINE, L.L.C.

AND

ANADARKO LNG MARKETING, LLC (“CUSTOMER”)

DATED June 29, 2005

FIRM RECEIPT POINTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	      	 	 	 	RECEIPT PRESSURE
	      RECEIPT POINT	 	MDRO	 	LIMITATIONS
	(plus applicable fuel
retainage quantities)

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	   Calais, Maine

	 	699,300 Dth/d
	 	None stated

	 	 	 
	MEASUREMENT POINT	 	PRESSURE LIMITATIONS
	As defined the GT&C

	 	None stated

 

	*	 	All interconnections between the facilities of Pipeline and facilities of
other operators, including, without limitation, the interconnection between
Pipeline and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company at Dracut, Massachusetts and the
interconnection between Pipeline and Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC at Beverly,
Massachusetts, shall be available as Secondary Point(s) of Receipt (as defined in
Pipeline’s FERC Gas Tariff).
	 
	*	 	This Exhibit A shall become effective on the Service Commencement Date.
If the Initial Commencement Date is earlier than the Service Commencement Date,
then for the period of time between the Initial Commencement Date and the Service
Commencement Date, the applicable MDRO shall equal the MDTQ which shall be
determined in accordance with Article I of this Agreement.

	 	 	 
	Signed for Identification
	Pipeline:	/s/ Douglas P. Bloom	 
	Customer:	/s/ James R. Larson	 
	Supersedes Exhibit A Dated None

 

 

FORM OF SERVICE AGREEMENT

FOR RATE SCHEDULE MN365

(continued)

EXHIBIT B

to SERVICE AGREEMENT UNDER

RATE SCHEDULE MN365

BETWEEN

MARITIMES & NORTHEAST PIPELINE, L.L.C.

AND

ANADARKO LNG MARKETING, LLC (“CUSTOMER”)

DATED June 29, 2005

FIRM DELIVERY POINTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	DELIVERY
	DELIVERY	 	 	 	PRESSURE
	POINT	 	MDDO	 	LIMITATIONS
	Veazie (mainline interconnect with the Veazie Lateral)

	 	97,200 Dth/d
	 	None stated
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Newington (mainline interconnect with the Newington Lateral)

	 	32,400 Dth/d
	 	None stated
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Portland Natural Gas Interconnect at Westbrook, Maine

	 	75,600 Dth/d
	 	None Stated
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Westbrook Lateral

	 	64,800 Dth/d
	 	None Stated
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Tennessee Interconnect at Dracut, Massachusetts

	 	197,640 Dth/d
	 	None stated
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Algonquin Interconnect at Beverly, Massachusetts

	 	231,660 Dth/d
	 	None stated

 

	*	 	All interconnections between the facilities of Pipeline and facilities of other
operators shall be available as Secondary Point(s) of Delivery (as defined in Pipeline’s
FERC Gas Tariff).

	*	 	This Exhibit B shall become effective on the Service Commencement Date. If the Initial
Commencement Date is earlier than the Service Commencement Date, then for the period of
time between the Initial Commencement Date and the Service Commencement Date, the
Primary Points of Delivery and applicable MDDOs shall be governed by a separate Exhibit
B to which Pipeline and Customer will mutually agree.

	 	 	 
	Signed for Identification
	Pipeline:	/s/ Douglas P. Bloom	 
	Customer:	/s/ James R. Larson	 
	Supersedes Exhibit B Dated

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