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Exhibit 10.1

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

     THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Fourth
Amendment”) is entered into as of July 11, 2010, among POSTROCK ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION,
formerly known as QUEST RESOURCE CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors
listed on the signature pages hereto (“Guarantors”), ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent
and Collateral Agent for the Lenders party to the hereinafter defined Credit Agreement (in such
capacities, the “Administrative Agent” and “Collateral Agent,” respectively), and as the Lender.

     Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September
11, 2009, as amended by a First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of November 30, 2009, a Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of December 17, 2009 and a Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
as of February 18, 2010 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined in this
Fourth Amendment, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Credit
Agreement; all section, exhibit and schedule references herein are to sections, exhibits and
schedules in the Credit Agreement; and all paragraph references herein are to paragraphs in this
Fourth Amendment.

RECITALS

          The Borrower, Guarantors, Administrative Agent and Lender desire to, among other things, enter
into this Fourth Amendment to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and to extend the
maturity date of certain indebtedness governed by the Credit Agreement.

     Accordingly, for adequate and sufficient consideration, the parties hereto agree, as follows:

     Paragraph 1. Amendments. Effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date
(hereinafter defined), the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

     1.1 Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

     (a) The following definitions are amended in their entirety to read as follows:

     “Agreement means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as amended
by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, the Second Amendment to Credit
Agreement, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement and the Fourth Amendment to
Credit Agreement.”

     “Maturity Date means with respect to the Revolving O&G Development Loans,
Interest Deferral Loan, PIK Loan and Second PIK Loan, the Extension Date and with
respect to the Original Term Loan, January 11, 2012.

     (b) The following definitions are inserted alphabetically into Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement:

     “Extension Date” means October 9, 2010.

     “Fourth Amendment Effective Date means July 11, 2010.”

 

     “Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement means that certain Fourth Amendment to
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2010, among the
Borrower, Guarantors, Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent and as the Lender.”

     1.2 Section 2.08(b) ORRI. Section 2.08(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended by
deleting each occurrence of the date “July 11, 2010” therein and substituting therefor, in each
case, the term “the Extension Date”.

     1.3 Section 6.01(c). Section 6.01(c) of the Credit Agreement (relating to updates of
Schedule 6.12, Phase I Oil and Gas Properties Development Funding) is amended by deleting the date
“July 11, 2010” therein and substituting therefor the term “the Extension Date”.

     1.4 Section 8.02 Remedies upon Event of Default. Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement
is amended by deleting each occurrence of the date “July 11, 2010” therein and substituting
therefor, in each case, the term “the Extension Date”.

     Paragraph 2. Conditions. This Fourth Amendment shall not become effective until such
time as the Administrative Agent receives all of the agreements, documents, certificates,
instruments, and other items described below:

     (a) this Fourth Amendment, executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative and
the Lender;

     (b) fees and expenses required to be paid pursuant to Paragraph 5 of this Fourth Amendment, to
the extent invoiced prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date;

     (c) all documentation relating to the Fourth Amendment shall be satisfactory to the Lenders,
as evidenced by their execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent of a signed signature page
to this Fourth Amendment; and

     (d) such other assurances, certificates, documents and consents as the Administrative Agent
may require.

     Paragraph 3. Acknowledgment and Ratification. The Borrower and the Guarantors each (i)
consent to the agreements in this Fourth Amendment and (ii) agree and acknowledge that the
execution, delivery, and performance of this Fourth Amendment shall in no way release, diminish,
impair, reduce, or otherwise affect the respective obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantor
under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, which Loan Documents shall remain in full force
and effect, as amended and waived hereby, and all rights thereunder are hereby ratified
and confirmed.

     Paragraph 4. Representations. The Borrower and the Guarantors each represent and
warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lender that as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date
and after giving effect to the waivers and amendments set forth in this Fourth Amendment (a) all
representations and warranties in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects
as though made on the date hereof, except to the extent that any of them speak to a different
specific date, and (b) no Default or Event of Default exists.

     Paragraph 5. Expenses. The Borrower shall pay on demand all reasonable costs, fees,
and expenses paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent incident to this Fourth Amendment,
including,

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without limitation, Attorney Costs in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
delivery, and execution of this Fourth Amendment and any related documents, filing and recording
costs, and the costs of title insurance endorsements, if any.

     Paragraph 6. Miscellaneous. This Fourth Amendment is a “Loan Document” referred to in
the Credit Agreement. The provisions relating to Loan Documents in Article X of the Credit
Agreement are incorporated in this Fourth Amendment by reference. Unless stated otherwise (i) the
singular number includes the plural and vice versa and words of any gender include each other
gender, in each case, as appropriate, (ii) headings and captions may not be construed in
interpreting provisions, (iii) this Fourth Amendment must be construed, and its performance
enforced, under New York law and applicable federal law, and (iv) if any part of this Fourth
Amendment is for any reason found to be unenforceable, all other portions of it nevertheless remain
enforceable.

     Paragraph 7.
Entire Agreement. This Fourth Amendment represents the final
agreement between the parties about the subject matter of this amendment and may not be
contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements of the parties.
There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

     Paragraph 8. Parties. This Fourth Amendment binds and inures to the benefit of the
Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lender, and their
respective successors and assigns.

     Paragraph 9. Further Assurances. The parties hereto each agree to execute from time to
time such further documents as may be necessary to implement the terms of this Fourth Amendment.

     
Paragraph 10. Release. As additional consideration for the execution, delivery and
performance of this Fourth Amendment by the parties hereto and to induce the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent and the Lender to enter into this Fourth Amendment, the Borrower warrants and
represents to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lender that no facts, events,
statuses or conditions exist or have existed which, either now or with the passage of time or
giving of notice, or both, constitute or will constitute a basis for any claim or cause of action
against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lender or any defense to (i) the
payment of Obligations under the Notes and/or the Loan Documents, or (ii) the performance of any of
its obligations with respect to the Notes and/or the Loan Documents. In the event any such facts,
events, statuses or conditions exist or have existed, the Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably
hereby RELEASES, RELINQUISHES and forever DISCHARGES Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the Lender, as well as their predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, officers, directors,
shareholders, employees and representatives, of and from any and all claims, demands, actions and
causes of action of any and every kind or character, past or present, which the Borrower may have
against any of them or their predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, officers, directors,
shareholders, employees and representatives arising out of or with respect to (a) any right or
power to bring any claim for usury or to pursue any cause of action based on any claim of usury,
and (b) any and all transactions relating to the Loan Documents occurring prior to the date hereof,
including any loss, cost or damage, of any kind or character, arising out of or in any way
connected with or in any way resulting from the acts, actions or omissions of any of them, and
their predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, officers, directors, shareholders, employees and
representatives, including any breach of fiduciary duty, breach of any duty of fair dealing, breach
of confidence, breach of funding commitment, undue influence, duress,
economic coercion, conflict of interest, negligence, bad faith, malpractice, intentional or
negligent infliction of mental distress, tortious interference with contractual relations, tortious
interference with corporate governance or prospective business advantage, breach of contract,
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trade practices, libel, slander or conspiracy, but in each case only to the extent
permitted by applicable Law.

     Paragraph 11. Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. This Fourth
Amendment may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means. The
effectiveness of any such signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and
effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders. The Administrative Agent may also require that any
such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided,
however, that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any
facsimile document or signature.

     Paragraph 12. Execution in Counterparts. This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.

     The parties hereto have executed this Fourth Amendment in multiple counterparts to be
effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank

Signature Pages to Follow.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to be duly executed
as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BORROWER:

POSTROCK ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION,

as the Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David Lawler
 	 
	 	 	David Lawler 	 
	 	 	Chief Executive Officer and President 	 
	 

     The undersigned, as the Guarantors referred to in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this
Fourth Amendment, hereby consent to this Fourth Amendment and hereby confirm and agree that (i) the
Loan Documents (which specifically includes the Guaranty executed by each Guarantor and each
Security Agreement and Mortgage executed by each Guarantor) in effect on the date hereof to which
each is a party are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed
and ratified in all respects except that, upon the effectiveness of, and on and after the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date, all references in such Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement shall mean
the Credit Agreement as amended by this Fourth Amendment, and (ii) such Loan Documents consisting
of Guaranties, Security Agreements, Mortgages, and assignments and all of the collateral described
therein do, and shall continue to, secure the payment by the Borrower of the Obligations under the
Credit Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GUARANTORS:

QUEST OIL & GAS, LLC,

as a Guarantor

By:  PostRock Energy Services Corporation,

        its sole member

 	 
	 	/s/ David Lawler
 	 
	 	David Lawler 	 
	 	Chief Executive Officer and President 	 
	 
	 	QUEST ENERGY SERVICE, LLC,

as a Guarantor

By:  PostRock Energy Services Corporation,

        its sole member

 	 
	 	/s/ David Lawler
 	 
	 	David Lawler 	 
	 	Chief Executive Officer and President 	 

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	 	QUEST EASTERN RESOURCE LLC,

as a Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David Lawler
 	 
	 	 	David Lawler 	 
	 	 	President 	 
	 
	 	QUEST MERGERSUB, INC.

as a Guarantor

By:  PostRock Energy Services Corporation,

        its sole shareholder

 	 
	 	/s/ David Lawler
 	 
	 	David Lawler 	 
	 	Chief Executive Officer and President 	 

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	 	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Leslie P. Vowell
 	 
	 	 	Leslie P. Vowell 	 
	 	 	 	 

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	 	L/C ISSUER AND LENDER:

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender

and L/C Issuer

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Susan Khokher
 	 
	 	 	Susan Khokher 	 
	 	 	Manager, Agency 	 
	 

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Exhibit 10.1

	*	 	 PMFG, INC. HAS REQUESTED AN ORDER FROM THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE
“ COMMISSION”) PURSUANT TO RULE 24B-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED, GRANTING CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT TO
SELECTED PORTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.  ACCORDINGLY, THE CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS EXHIBIT, AND HAVE BEEN FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.  OMITTED PORTIONS ARE INDICATED BY “[REDACTED]”.

CEFCO PROCESS MANUFACTURING LICENSING AGREEMENT

     This CEFCO Process Manufacturing Licensing Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered
into to be effective as of July 12, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), by and between CEFCO Global Clean
Energy, LLC (the “Company”), a Texas limited liability company, and Peerless Mfg. Co.,
(“Peerless”), a Texas corporation, (each a “Party” and collectively “Parties”). Capitalized terms
used herein are defined in Section 1.01 or in the applicable Section cross-referenced in Section
1.01.

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, CEFCO, LLC (the “Parent” or the “Owner”) owns all right, title, and interest in the
Licensed Process and has granted the exclusive usage and licensing rights to the Company in the
Field of Use pursuant to that certain Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement (the “I.P.
Agreement”) between the Parent and the Company, made effective as of March 20, 2009;

     WHEREAS the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement which provides Peerless with an
exclusive license to the CEFCO Process in the Territory within the Field of Use, subject to the
terms and conditions in Article 2 for the CEFCO Process Units and CEFCO Process Components;
and

     WHEREAS, the Company intends to separately grant non-exclusive marketing and distribution
licenses to Licensed Distributors in the Territory as distinct in purpose and function from this
grant to Peerless to be the Licensed Manufacturer in the Territory, subject to the terms and
conditions of Article 2.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants contained in this
Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which the
Parties hereby acknowledge, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Definitions and Construction

     1.01 Definitions

     The following terms with initial capital letters shall have the following meanings:

     “Affiliate” of a specified Person means any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, the specified Person, where control means the power or ability to
affect the management or policies of a Person, whether by contract, ownership of securities, or

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otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Peerless will not be deemed an Affiliate of the
Company or the Parent.

     “Agreement” is defined in the Preamble.

     “Alternative Order” is defined in Section 2.02.

     “Auditor” is defined in Section 3.05.

     “Books and Records” is defined in Section 3.04.

     “CEFCO Process Components” means all hardware pieces, parts, and components making up a CEFCO
Process Unit including, but are not limited to the flue gas capture, reagent lines and steam
circulation system, aerodynamic reaction chambers, coalescers, product-recovery and other
components, except for the CEFCO supersonic nozzles and the associated reagent injection spray
mechanism.

     “CEFCO Intellectual Property means all Intellectual Property owned by, assigned to, controlled
by, or under an obligation to be assigned to the Company or the Parent.

     “CEFCO Patent Application” is defined in Section 4.03.

     “CEFCO Process” or “Licensed Process” means the process for the selective and sequential
capture and removal of pollutants from gaseous mixtures, the scope of which is specifically set out
and described in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0250715, entitled, “PROCESS AND
APPARATUS FOR CARBON CAPTURE AND ELIMINATION OF MULTI-POLLUTANTS IN FLUE GAS FROM HYDROCARBON FUEL
SOURCES AND RECOVERY OF MULTIPLE BY-PRODUCTS.”

     “CEFCO Process Unit” means the processing unit combining the CEFCO Process Components and the
CEFCO supersonic nozzles and reagent injection spray mechanisms.

     “Commercially Reasonable” means “reasonable commercial standards for fair dealing” within the
meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code for the State of Delaware as in effect on the Effective
Date.

     “Company” is defined in the Preamble.

     “Confidential Information” means all information, data, or materials, in any medium or format,
written or oral, received by (i) the Company, its Parent, their Affiliates, or their Subordinates
from Peerless, its Affiliates, or its Subordinates, on the one hand, or (ii) by Peerless, its
Affiliates, or its Subordinates, from the Company, its Parent or their Affiliates, or
Subordinates, on the other; pursuant to this Agreement, and all information and materials
incorporating the material so received, including know-how and trade secrets, but only to the
extent that any and all information and materials incorporating trade secrets have specifically
identified in writing the trade secrets therein by the providing party prior to or concurrently
with the disclosure of the trade secrets. Confidential Information does not include information
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     (a) is now, or hereafter, through no act or failure to act on the part of the receiving party,
becomes, generally known without restriction on disclosure and without violation of trade secret
protection or a duty of confidentiality;

     (b) is hereafter furnished to the receiving party by a third party as matter of right without
restriction on disclosure and without violation of trade secret protection or a duty of
confidentiality;

     (c) is independently developed by the receiving party without the use of the Confidential
Information and such can be clearly and convincingly proved by contemporaneous documentary
evidence;

     (d) is disclosed to any Person by the party owning the Confidential Information without any
restriction, express or implied, including trade secrets that are not specifically identified in
writing by the providing party prior to or concurrently with disclosure;

     (e) is required to be disclosed in an unprotected manner (such as disclosure in a judicial or
administrative proceeding without a protective order) by the receiving party pursuant to a legal,
judicial, or administrative procedure, or as is otherwise required by law; provided that the party
required to disclose the Confidential Information gives the party owning the Confidential
Information notice, to the extent reasonably practicable, of the proposed disclosure so as to
afford the party owning the Confidential Information an opportunity to seek to prevent its
disclosure;

     (f) is already known to the receiving party without restriction on disclosure from a Person
that was not under a duty of confidentiality to the Person owning such Confidential Information and
such can be clearly and convincingly proved by the receiving party;

     (g) is approved for release or use without restriction by written authorization of an officer
of the party owning the Confidential Information; or

     (h) is part of or disclosed within a patent prosecution file of a published patent application
or issued patent that was published or issued without any confidentiality restrictions.

     “Dispute” means any controversy, claim, cause of action, or dispute arising between the
Parties relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected with this Agreement or any term or
condition of this Agreement, or the performance by any party of its obligations under this
Agreement, whether before or after termination of this Agreement.

     “Dispute List” means a statement identifying and listing the specific reasons that a Peerless
Proposal is unacceptable to a potential Licensed User or a Licensed User.

     “Effective Date” is defined in the Preamble.

     “Engagement Letter” is defined in Section 6.02.

     “Exclusivity Period” is defined in Section 2.02.

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     “Field of Use” means the field of air quality control systems for post-combustion gases,
including air filtration, air emissions control, carbon emission and capture and air pollutants
recovery, and the production of end-products, including chemicals, fertilizers, fuels, and metals
and minerals, from the products of such filtration, control, capture or recovery process.

     “Force Majeure Event” is defined in Section 11.06.

     “Grant Fee” is defined in Section 3.01.

     “Improvement” means any invention, idea, or know-how, whether or not protectable Intellectual
Property that materially modifies, improves, or changes the operation or operability of the CEFCO
Process from the operation, material, or processes as explicitly described in U.S. Patent
Application Publication No. 2008/0250715.

     “Intellectual Property” means all intellectual or industrial property and rights therein,
however denominated, throughout the world, whether or not registered, including all patent
applications, patents, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, moral rights,
technology, inventions, discoveries, improvements, know-how, proprietary rights, formulae, software
containing: spreadsheet formulae, ChemCAD, AutoCAD, any CAD, and such design programs showing the
proprietary know-how and trade secrets, processes, methods, technical information, and related
confidential and proprietary information, and all other similar intellectual and industrial
property rights, whether or not subject to statutory registration or protection and, with respect
to each of the foregoing, all registrations and applications for registration, renewals,
extensions, continuations, reexaminations, reissues, divisionals, improvements, modifications,
goodwill and common law rights, and causes of action relating to any of the foregoing, as well as
all past, present, and future rights in patents, industrial property rights, copyrights,
trademarks, know how, and trade secrets as separately protected under the appropriate trade secret
law relating thereto.

     “Licensed Distributor” means a Person duly licensed by the Company as an authorized
distributor and marketer of the CEFCO Process in an authorized territory, market segment or
industrial sector, as the case may be, that is current and maintaining its related payment
obligations of fees or royalties to the Company in accordance with its terms.

     “Licensed Manufacturer” means a Person duly licensed to the CEFCO Process by the Company as an
authorized manufacturer of the CEFCO Process Units and the CEFCO Process Components in an
authorized territory, market segment or industrial sector, as the case may be, which may directly
contact and negotiate with Licensed Users and potential Licensed Users for the manufacture of such
CEFCO Process Units and/or CEFCO Process Components and that is current and maintains its related
payment obligations of fees and royalties to the Company.

     “Licensed User” means an actual or potential end user customer who has agreed to pay user
license fees to the Company under a user licensing agreement for the CEFCO Process in order to
become authorized as a Licensed User, and is further defined as a purchaser of the CEFCO Process
Unit(s) as described in this Agreement.

     “Management Agreement” is defined in Section 6.02.

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     “Manufacturing Project” means a project for the design, manufacturing, procurement and
construction of CEFCO Process Units and CEFCO Process Components, as applicable, for a Licensed
User that has contracted for the manufacture and installation of the CEFCO Process into the
Licensed User’s designated facilities in the Territory.

     “Manufacturing Order” means a written purchase order identifying a Manufacturing Project
including identification of the proposed Licensed User and purchaser of the CEFCO Process Unit(s),
the location of the end user’s target facilities, the specifications for the manufacturing, time
frame, price, margin, and other terms of the manufacturing, and includes all agreements, licenses,
and instruments in customary commercial form, constituting an offer such that, if duly executed and
delivered by the accepting Person, such agreements, licenses, and instruments would comprise a
binding integrated agreement with respect to the proposed Manufacturing Project. The Parties agree
that a “Manufacturing Order” will not include or be interpreted to include the manufacture or sale
of any equipment for any pilot testing or pilot program of the CEFCO Process or CEFCO Process
Units.

     “Pace” is defined in Section 6.02.

     “Parent” is defined in the Preamble.

     “Party” is defined in the Preamble.

     “Peerless” is defined in the Preamble.

     “Peerless Intellectual Property Rights” means all Intellectual Property owned by, assigned to,
controlled by, or under an obligation to be assigned to Peerless.

     “Peerless Invention” is defined in Section 5.02.

     “Peerless Proposal” means a proposal or offer, prepared on a Commercially Reasonable basis,
submitted by Peerless in response to a request for proposal or quotation for a proposed
Manufacturing Project, as requested by either a Licensed User, a Licensed Distributor or by the
Company on the one hand, or alternatively, as a sample quotation to a potential or future Licensed
User who is negotiating with or is in discussions with the Company or a Licensed Distributor.

     “Person” will be broadly construed to include any individual; any public or private entity,
including any corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, or
business enterprise or any governmental agency or instrumentality; and any “group” within the
meaning of §13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “Subordinate” of a specified Person means any officer or similar functionary of; employee,
representative, or agent of; independent contractor to; or any other Person acting for or on behalf
of, the specified Person.

     “Territory” shall mean the continental United States of America.

     “Third Party Inventions” is defined in Section 5.01.

     1.02 Rules of Construction.

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     Unless the context otherwise clearly requires:

     (a) the word “or” will not be exclusive;

     (b) inclusion of items in a list will not be deemed to exclude other terms of similar import;

     (c) all parties will be considered to have drafted this Agreement together, with the benefit
of counsel, and no provision will be strictly construed against any person or Party by reason of
having drafted such provision;

     (d) the word “include” and its derivations means to include without limitation;

     (e) use of terms that imply gender will include all genders;

     (f) defined terms will have their meanings in the plural and singular case;

     (g) references to Sections, Articles, and Exhibits are to the Sections, Articles, and Exhibits
to this Agreement;

     (h) financial terms that are not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them under
United States generally accepted accounting principles as of the date of this Agreement;

     (i) no example included in this Agreement will be deemed to create any ambiguity or vagueness
in the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement; to the extent that any example included
in this Agreement is construed as being in clear conflict with any other provision of this
Agreement, such example will be deemed superseded by the provisions of this Agreement; and
inclusion of any example in this Agreement will not be deemed to exclude any other example or to
create any inference that any other example not included was intended to be excluded from the
coverage of any provision of this Agreement; and

     (j) the use of “will” as an auxiliary will not be deemed to be a mere prediction of future
occurrences.

ARTICLE 2

Grant of Rights and Right of First Refusal

     2.01 Grant of Rights. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, including the terms and
conditions set forth in this Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, the Company hereby grants to Peerless
an exclusive license in the Field of Use to the CEFCO Process for all Manufacturing Projects in the
Territory, and, as such Licensed Manufacturer, Peerless will be entitled to the exclusive right to
perform all manufacturing services for all CEFCO Process Units and CEFCO Process Components for a
Manufacturing Project in the Territory. The Company explicitly reserves all rights to the CEFCO
Process outside the Field of Use and explicitly reserves the rights to perform testing, research
and development of the CEFCO Process within the Field of Use. The Company expressly reserves all
rights to develop, manufacture and sell the CEFCO supersonic nozzles and the associated reagent
injection spray mechanisms. Peerless’ exclusive license begins from the Effective Date of this
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Licensed Manufacturer or a Licensed Distributor receives an inquiry or a request for a
quotation or proposal for a Manufacturing Project in the Territory the Company will cause such
inquiry or request to be promptly forwarded to Peerless for its exclusive consideration and to
evaluate whether to submit a Peerless Proposal. Peerless will promptly consider all such requests,
referrals and inquiries received relating to a proposed Manufacturing Project. The failure of
Peerless to consider a reasonable and bona fide proposal during its Exclusivity Period may be
deemed a breach of the Agreement under Section 9.02; provided that nothing herein is intended to
require Peerless to accept any proposal and Peerless’ Commercially Reasonable rejection of any
proposal will not be deemed a breach of this Agreement. The Peerless Proposal must be in
sufficiently specific form to allow a Commercially Reasonable evaluation of the proposed
Manufacturing Project by the Licensed User or potential Licensed User.

     2.02 Exclusivity Period.

     (a) Peerless’ exclusivity for any proposed Manufacturing Project in the Territory
will continue until Peerless or the Licensed User or potential Licensed User indicates to
Company that Peerless is unable or unwilling to accept or fulfill the requirements of the
Manufacturing Order (the “Exclusivity Period”); [REDACTED]* Peerless shall use its best
efforts to enter into Manufacturing Orders with Licensed Users or potential Licensed
Users. Peerless shall not unreasonably delay or refuse to negotiate a definitive purchase
order and contract for a Manufacturing Project with such Licensed User and Peerless will
negotiate in a Commercially Reasonable manner with such Licensed User during the
Exclusivity Period. If, following the Peerless Exclusivity Period, the Licensed User
declares that the parties failed to agree on terms and conditions of the Manufacturing
Order, it will submit a Dispute List and request to Peerless and the Company, and the
Company will use Commercially Reasonable efforts to negotiate a compromise for no less
than 30 days, which period will be deemed to be an extension of the Exclusivity Period.
[REDACTED]*

     (b) The Company agrees that it will not and will not cause its Affiliates, Parent or
Subordinates or other Licensed Manufacturers or Licensed Distributors to, directly or
indirectly, solicit, initiate, cooperate with or facilitate the creation or submission of
any Manufacturing Order in violation or breach of this Agreement, including this
Article 2. If the Parent, the Company or any such other Persons violates or
breaches this Article 2, in addition to specific performance or injunctive relief
or other rights and remedies, Peerless will be entitled to a cash amount, which will be
paid by the Company as and when received, on demand, equal to manufacturing royalties the
Company received, will receive or are due as a result of the applicable Manufacturing
Order entered into in violation of this Agreement. Company will be responsible for any
violations of this Agreement by its Parents, their Affiliates, Subordinates or Licensed
Distributors or other Licensed Manufacturers and will immediately inform Peerless in
writing of any violation or breach of this Agreement upon obtaining knowledge thereof.

     (c) The Company will promptly provide Peerless with the abstract of key relevant
non-financial terms of any license agreement for either Licensed Users or Licensed
Distributors, and all related modifications thereto together with the full text of

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the IP provisions of each such license agreement and any modification thereof and
will keep Peerless informed of the status and material developments with respect to any
such license agreement for the CEFCO Process in the Territory. The Company will use
Commercially Reasonable efforts to promptly enter into any such proposed license agreement
with a potential Licensed User for a Manufacturing Project in the Territory.

ARTICLE 3

Payment

     3.01 Payment for Grant of Rights. In consideration of the grant pursuant to Section 2.01,
Peerless will pay to Company an fee in the amount of Ten Million U.S. Dollars ($10,000,000, the
“Grant Fee”), which will be paid in installments as follows:

     (a) $1,100,000 will be paid to Company immediately upon the execution of this
Agreement.

     (b) $1,400,000 will be paid to Company promptly (but no later than ten business days)
after the successful completion of the lab tests which will be conducted and paid for by
Peerless, as further described and defined in the lab scale testing agreement to be
entered into by Peerless and Company; provided that (i) if the lab testing is successful,
as defined by the lab scale testing agreement, Peerless will deduct all costs, subject to
a maximum (“not-to-exceed”) agreed cost as set forth in such agreement, it incurred to
conduct the lab tests as such agreement may be amended, modified or expanded by the mutual
agreement of the Parties, from this second installment payment or if such costs are in
excess of this second installment payment, then from any future installment payments until
set-off in full; or (ii) if the lab testing is not successful, as defined by the lab scale
testing agreement, Peerless may terminate this Agreement and will have no obligation to
pay any additional installments of the Grant Fee to Company other than the initial payment
pursuant to clause (a) which is non-refundable.

     (c) $2,500,000 promptly (but no later than ten business days) after Peerless’
acceptance of its first final, binding Manufacturing Order and entrance into a final,
executed purchase order with a Licensed User. The Parties agree that a Manufacturing
Order will not include or be interpreted to include the manufacture or sale of any
equipment for any pilot testing or pilot program of the CEFCO Process or CEFCO Process
Units.

     (d) $5,000,000 promptly (but no later than ten business days) after Peerless’ receipt
and acceptance of an aggregate of $50,000,000 in gross sales revenues represented by final
and binding Manufacturing Orders with one or more Licensed Users. The Parties agree that a
Manufacturing Order will not include or be interpreted to include the manufacture or sale
of any equipment for any pilot testing or pilot program of the CEFCO Process or CEFCO
Process Units.

     3.02 Minimum Gross Sales and Royalty Payments.

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     (a) Peerless may manufacture, procure and sell equipment for a Manufacturing Order
and Manufacturing Project to a Licensed User at any Commercially Reasonable price which
may be set by Peerless in its sole discretion. Peerless agrees that it will pay to
Company a royalty fee equal to Five Percent (5.0%) of Peerless’ gross sales revenue (net
of sales and use taxes paid by Peerless) for a Manufacturing Project, which will be due
and payable to Company in installment payments to be paid in accordance with Peerless’
progress payments received from the Licensed User as set forth in Manufacturing Order with
such Licensed User. Peerless agrees that it will pay Company its applicable royalty
payment within 30 days of Peerless’ receipt of such progress payment from a Licensed User.
If Peerless is installing equipment or performing any other services not part of or
related to the CEFCO Process on any Manufacturing Project, such gross revenues calculation
will not include any revenues from such equipment or services.

     (b) For purposes of calculating the minimum royalty payments due and payable for a 12
month period, the minimum royalty payment will be determined on and will be included in
the calculations as of the date that Peerless and the Licensed User entered into a
definitive Manufacturing Order agreement even though Company agrees that it will be paid
such royalty payments in accordance with Peerless’ progress payment schedule. Such
royalty payment when actually made shall not be counted as a royalty payment in the
subsequent period for any purpose. If subsequent thereto, such payment is not actually
paid in accordance with the anticipated schedule used in the original calculation, then a
true-up of the actual payment will be made by Peerless. Peerless will provide the Company
with reasonable detail setting forth the calculations, with supporting schedules, of the
royalty amounts payable to the Company at the time any royalty payment is made. For
example, if Peerless receives a Manufacturing Order in a given year, whose total royalty
payment amount would meet or exceed the applicable minimum royalty payment for that year,
Peerless will be deemed to have met the minimum royalty payment for that particular year,
even though the royalty payments will be made over time in accordance with the project
schedule, but such royalty payments when actually made will not be counted as a royalty
payment made for any year other than the year in which originally counted.

     3.03 Peerless further agrees that beginning within one year from the first binding and
enforceable commercial sale of the CEFCO Process or a CEFCO Process Unit, that Peerless will pay to
the Company a minimum royalty of $1,000,000 per year until the third anniversary of such first
commercial sale, which will be paid within 30 days of the end of each applicable 12 month period.
Beginning the day of the third anniversary of the first commercial sale, the minimum royalty
payment will then be increased to $3,000,000 per year until the fifth anniversary of the first
commercial sale when the minimum royalty payment will then be increased to $5,000,000 per year
until the termination or expiration of this Agreement. The Parties agree that a “first commercial
sale” will not include or be interpreted to include the manufacture or sale of any equipment for
any pilot testing or pilot program of the CEFCO Process or CEFCO Process Units. If a minimum
royalty payment is in effect and the 5% royalty payments due to the Company resulting from
Peerless’ gross revenue per year as described above is less than the applicable minimum royalty per
year, then only the minimum royalty payments will be the amount due. If no minimum royalty payment
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royalty payments due Company resulting from Peerless’ gross revenue per year as described
above exceeds the applicable minimum royalty payment, then Peerless will pay Company royalties
based upon its 5% royalty rate on its gross sales revenue for that particular year. The Parties
agree that the minimum royalty payment is not in addition to any other royalties previously paid
for a given year and that all royalty payments made (to the extent not previously credited as a
royalty payment for a prior year) or booked in a given year will be aggregated to comprise the
minimum royalty payment, if applicable. If in any year during which a minimum royalty is in effect,
the Company fails to grant a license for the CEFCO Process to any Licensed User in the Territory,
Peerless’ applicable minimum royalty payments for that year will be waived and Peerless will have
no obligation to pay any minimum royalty payments for that year.

     3.04 Records. Peerless shall maintain at its principal office for the duration of any
Manufacturing Project and for five (5) years thereafter accurate books and records for each
Manufacturing Project for which it provides manufacturing services under a Manufacturing Order (the
“Books and Records”) The Books and Records will be in such form and substance and maintained in the
ordinary course of Peerless’ business and in sufficient detail to enable the Company to verify the
basis for and the accuracy of the regular periodic accounting statements and payments to the
Company pursuant to Section 3.02. Upon entering into each Manufacturing Order or amendment thereof
or addendum thereto, Peerless shall forthwith send a copy thereof to the Company.

     3.05 Audit and Inspection Rights. The Company shall have the right, exercisable not more than
once in any calendar year, to audit at Peerless’ principal office, through its own financial
employees or through independent accountants (together the “Auditor”), the Books and Records (both
electronic and hard copy) contemplated by Section 3.03. The Company shall provide Peerless with no
less than two (2) weeks written notice of its intent to audit Peerless’ Books and Records as
provided under this Agreement. Such notice shall indicate the specific period of the specific
Manufacturing Project to be audited, the identity of the auditor and the scope of the audit.

     3.06 Exhibits and Presentations. Peerless and Company desire to support each other with
disseminating information and educating potential Licensed Users and Licensed Users about the CEFCO
Process, including the manufacturing of the CEFCO Process, and may, from time to time, assist each
other with exhibitions or presentations regarding the CEFCO Process or the CEFCO Process Unit(s)
by either video display or by “miniature modeling” with sufficient sales literature at industry
conferences or conventions or may submit for publication papers to recognized industry publications
or magazines.

ARTICLE 4

Other Covenants and Agreements

     4.01 The Company-Supplied Material. The Company will provide all CEFCO supersonic nozzles and
associated reagent injection spray mechanisms required for each Manufacturing Project to Peerless
within a Commercially Reasonable period after a request is made by Peerless. Peerless agrees that
it will use good faith efforts to only request such materials from the Company on an as-needed
basis for each Manufacturing Order, change order thereto or for necessary or expected replacements.
Such CEFCO supersonic nozzles and

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associated reagent injection spray mechanisms will be provided to Peerless at no cost for
installation into the CEFCO Process equipment manufactured by Peerless. The Company will develop
and supply all specifications for the CEFCO supersonic nozzles and the associated reagent injection
spray mechanism as they are constructed along with the CEFCO Process Components into CEFCO Process
Units, which the Company will sell to the Licensed Users in a direct sales transaction, the terms
of which will be agreed upon by the Company and the Licensed User and entered into prior to the
entering into the applicable Manufacturing Order. The Company will be responsible to the Licensed
Users for quality control and assurance of Company supplied nozzles and related mechanisms and
Peerless will have no liability or obligation with respect thereto, except for negligent or faulty
installation of such nozzles and/or spray mechanism assemblies by Peerless.

     4.02 Lab Tests and Pilot Tests for CEFCO Process. Each of Peerless and the Company agrees
that they will use Commercially Reasonable efforts to enter into a lab scale testing agreement
with each other (i) as soon as practicable, whereby Peerless will, in coordination with the
Company, conduct and run the lab test needed to test and verify the system integration
effectiveness of the CEFCO Process, and (ii) as soon as practicable after the completion of a
successful lab test pursuant to the scale testing agreement, Peerless and Company will enter into
a pilot test agreement, if the terms and conditions, including but not limited to the funding of
the pilot study, are mutually agreeable to the Peerless and Company, whereby Peerless will
manufacture and supply the equipment needed to complete a full pilot study.

     4.03 Patent of CEFCO Process. The Company agrees that if at any time during the term of this
Agreement, the U.S. patent application of the CEFCO Process (U.S. Patent Application Publication
No. 2008/0250715, the “CEFCO Patent Application”) is finally denied by the U.S. Patent Office and
no further appeals are possible, is abandoned by the Company or the Parent or the CEFCO Process is
otherwise deemed to be unpatentable or is infringing on another Person’s patent, Peerless, at its
sole option and discretion, may immediately terminate this Agreement, in which case Peerless will
not be entitled to a refund of any portion of any installment payments or royalty payments
previously made pursuant to Section 3.01 as of the effective date of the termination and Peerless
will no longer have any further monetary obligations to Company, and Peerless shall cease and
desist from using any of the Company’s trade secrets.

     4.04 Notification of Patent Prosecution Efforts. The Company and the Parent will use
Commercially Reasonable efforts to diligently prosecute the CEFCO Patent Application with the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office. The Company or the Parent will promptly provide Peerless with written
progress reports detailing each action or statement received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office with regard to the CEFCO Patent Application and any responses thereto submitted on behalf of
the Company or the Parent. The first such progress report will be due to Peerless no later than
six months after the mailing date of the first Office Action issued by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, with the subsequent progress reports due to Peerless no less than six months
thereafter until a patent issues.

     4.05 Unreasonable Delay in Patent Prosecution. The CEFCO Patent Application will be deemed to
be unpatentable, thereby triggering Peerless’ option to immediately terminate this

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Agreement pursuant to Section 4.03, upon the earliest occurrence of one or more of the following
events: (a) the eighth anniversary of the filing date of the CEFCO Patent Application without a
patent having previously issuing therefrom; (b) the filing date of a third Notice of Appeal with
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on the CEFCO Patent Application without a patent having
previously issued therefrom; and (c) the filing date of a third Request for Continued Examination
of the CEFCO Patent Application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office without a patent having
previously issued therefrom.

ARTICLE 5

Ownership of Intellectual Property

     5.01 CEFCO-Owned.

     (a) The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Parent through the exercise of the
licensed authority of the Company will retain sole ownership of any and all of the CEFCO
Intellectual Property Rights existing prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement.
Parent shall also have sole ownership of any Intellectual Property, idea, or invention,
including any Improvement to the CEFCO Process, conceived of solely by an employee or
representative of the Parent or the Company. Peerless and the Company agree that if
Peerless purposefully or intentionally and/or in cooperation with or at the direction of
the Company, or as a direct result of Peerless’ execution of a right or obligation under
this Agreement conceives of an Improvement to the CEFCO Process or the CEFCO Process Units
that such work will be deemed comparable to a “work for hire” and Peerless and Peerless’
employee or agent inventor will have an obligation to assign all rights in the Improvement
to the Company or the Parent; provided that the Company and Parent, as applicable, will
immediately grant to Peerless a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free
license to use, manufacture, market or sell such Improvement on, for or in connection with
any existing or future Peerless technology or products.

     (b) The Company further agrees that Peerless will be notified of and will be granted
a non-exclusive and royalty-free license to use, manufacture, market and sell CEFCO
Process Units and CEFCO Process Components utilizing any Improvements on or developed for
the CEFCO Process or CEFCO Process Units that are conceived of or developed by Company or
the Parent or by any other Licensed User or any other Licensed Manufacturer or Licensed
Distributor (the “Third Party Inventions”) for Peerless’ manufacture of the CEFCO Process
or CEFCO Process Units and Components. If the Company fails to license to Peerless any
Third Party Inventions, Peerless may, except where such license is prohibited by
applicable law or regulation, at its sole option and discretion, (i) terminate this
Agreement, and (ii) require the Company to refund to it a cash amount equal to the
installment of the Grant Fee previously paid by Peerless pursuant to Section 3.01 (d) up
to a $5,000,000 maximum limit, or (iii) waive the matter where the damage to Peerless is
de minimis.

     5.02 Peerless-Owned. The Parties acknowledge and agree that Peerless will retain sole
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Effective Date this Agreement. The Parties further acknowledge and agree that if Peerless
solely conceives of any Intellectual Property, invention, idea or Improvement for its own products
or products in development and such invention was not (i) purposefully or intentionally created
for, in connection with or at the direction of the Company for the CEFCO Process or the CEFCO
Process Units, or (ii) a direct result of Peerless’ execution of a right or obligation under this
Agreement, even if such invention could potentially be used on or could be an Improvement to the
CEFCO Process or CEFCO Process Units, then such Intellectual Property will be solely owned by
Peerless (the “Peerless Invention”).

     5.03 Joint Conception. Each of Peerless and the Company agree that if Peerless, in
cooperation with or at the direction of the Company, jointly conceives of an Improvement to the
CEFCO Process or the CEFCO Process Units with the Company then such work will be deemed comparable
to a “work for hire” and Peerless and Peerless’ employee or agent inventor will have an obligation
to assign all rights in the Improvement to the Company or Parent; provided that the Company or the
Parent, as applicable, agrees that it will immediately grant to Peerless a non-exclusive,
perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free license to use such Improvement on any existing or future
Peerless technology or products. The Parties will communicate their interest in filing for patent
protection with respect to any such joint inventions and will determine the means for preparing,
filing and prosecuting each application and patent and for the payment of expenses thereof. The
Company agrees that if such joint invention is deemed to be patentable, that Peerless inventor(s)
will be named as an inventor or co-inventor on any filed patent application, and the Company or the
Parent as the named assignee thereof.

     5.04 Proof of Conception. For purposes of Sections 5.01, 5.02, and 5.03, proof of conception
of any such Intellectual Property, idea, or invention claimed by a Party will be written
documentation created at a time contemporaneous with the date of conception.

ARTICLE 6

Representations and Warranties

     6.01 General Representations and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants to the other
Parties as follows: (a) it is a valid and existing corporation or LLC, as applicable, and in good
standing under the laws of the state of its formation; (b) it has the power and authority required
to carry on its activities as they are now conducted; (c) it has the has full legal right and
power, without the consent of any other Person to execute, deliver and to perform its obligations
under this Agreement; (d) all corporate and other actions required to be taken by it to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly and properly taken; (e) no consent, approval, authorization or filing of any
certificate, notice application, report or other document with any governmental authority is
required on the part of such Party in connection with the valid execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the performance by such Party of any of its obligations hereunder; (f) the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement do not violate or conflict with any law applicable to
it, any provision of its governing documents, any order or judgment of any court or other agency of
government applicable to it or any of its assets, or any contractual restriction binding on or
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this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by each Party, and upon execution and
delivery, this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of each Party enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms.

     6.02 Termination of Agreements with and Obligations to Pace. Each of the Parent and Company
represents and warrants that all of its agreements, including but not limited to (i) the Engagement
Letter dated as of December 23, 2008 , as amended (the “Engagement Letter”) and (ii) the Business
Management Agreement dated as of February 25, 2009 (the “Management Agreement”), with Pace Global
Energy Services, LLC (“Pace”), have been terminated as of February 13, 2010 and December 23, 2009,
respectively, except for any of such provisions of said agreements which survive the termination
thereof, and all employees of Pace have been removed from the Board of Directors of the Company and
the Parent and from any management positions with the Company and the Parent. Company further
represents and warrants that Pace has no rights or options to acquire any additional Equity
Interests in Parent or Company, except with respect to any financing raised during the tail period
under the Engagement Letter from any party introduced by Pace during the term of the Engagement
Agreement.

     6.03 No Partnerships. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Parties that this
Agreement is not intended to create, nor shall it be construed as creating or constituting, by
implication or otherwise, a partnership or other formal business organization between Peerless and
the other Parties, or any investment by Peerless in the Company.

     6.04 CEFCO Intellectual Property. The Company and the Parent represent and warrant that (a)
the Company is the exclusive licensee of the CEFCO Process in the Field of Use and that the CEFCO
Process is free from any liens or encumbrances and b) as of the Effective Date there are no
existing licenses to the CEFCO Process either within or outside of the Field of Use. The Company
will provide notice to Peerless of each license to the CEFCO Process for Licensed Manufacturers
granted after the Effective Date and will identify the field of use for each such license granted.
The Company will provide such notice to Peerless in a Commercially Reasonable time period after
grant of such licenses.

     6.05 Restrictions on Ownership. Each of the Parent and the Company represents and warrants
that, through the Effective Date of this Agreement, it has taken no deliberate, uncustomary action
that would materially affect the ownership or control of any portion of the CEFCO Process and no
commitments which would restrict the Company’s right to grant the licenses and rights contemplated
herein exist.

     6.06 Pending Lawsuits. Each of the Parent and the Company represents and warrants that there
is no action pending in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or on appeal therefrom, and
the Company has no knowledge of any pending court action that would affect Peerless’ use of any
portion of the CEFCO Process.

ARTICLE 7

Confidentiality

     7.01 Confidentiality Obligation. Each Party will, and will cause each of its employees,
agents, and representatives to (a) hold all Confidential Information relating to the

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business of the other Party disclosed to it by reason of this Agreement confidential; (b) not use any such
Confidential Information except as necessary to perform its obligations and exercise its rights
under this Agreement; and (c) not disclose any of such Confidential Information to any third party
unless required by law or otherwise legally compelled to disclose such Confidential Information;
provided, however, that if such Party is required by law or otherwise legally compelled to disclose
such Confidential Information, that such Party notify the other Party of such legal requirement and
attempt to afford the other Party the opportunity to obtain, an appropriate protective order or
other satisfactory assurance of confidential treatment for the Confidential Information required to
be so disclosed.

     7.02 Securities Laws. It is expected that the Confidential Information may contain material
information about Peerless that has not been disclosed to the public generally. Each of the
Company and the Parent acknowledge that it is aware and that it will advise its Affiliates and
Subordinates that U.S. (federal and state) securities laws prohibit any Person who has material,
non-public information about a company from purchasing or selling securities of such company or
from communicating such information to any other Person under circumstances in which it is
reasonably foreseeable that such Person is likely to purchase or sell such securities. In
addition, the Company and the Parent agree not to deal in Peerless’ securities (either directly or
indirectly), or encourage others to deal in Peerless’ securities or disclose any price sensitive
information relating to Peerless and understand doing so could result in criminal or civil
penalties.

ARTICLE 8

Indemnification

     8.01 General Indemnification. Each Party agrees to indemnify the other Parties from any and
all demands, claims, actions, causes of action, proceedings, suits, assessments, losses, damages,
liabilities, settlements, judgments, fines, penalties, interest, costs and expenses (including fees
and disbursements of counsel) of every kind based upon (i) a breach of the representations and
warranties of this Agreement, or (ii) personal injury or death or injury to property to the extent
that any of the foregoing is proximately caused by either a defective product or by neglect or
willful acts or omissions by the indemnifying Party or its officers, employees, subcontractors
and/or agents.

     8.02 Intellectual Property Indemnification. Company and the Parent, jointly and severally,
hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Peerless harmless against and from any and all claims
of infringement of any U.S. patent which may arise in the production, use, marketing, and sale of
the CEFCO Process, the CEFCO Process Components or the CEFCO Process Units, but only to the extent
such claim is a claim of infringement by the CEFCO technology on the patent right of a third party.
Peerless will provide Company with prompt notification of any such claim after which the Company
will assume any resulting litigation or settlement negotiations. Peerless will be permitted to
participate at its own expense, unless there will be a conflict of interest which would prevent
representation by joint counsel, in which event Company will pay for the reasonable fees of
Peerless’ separate counsel. Peerless will provide the Company with reasonable information,
authority, and assistance necessary to perform under this indemnity. Company will reimburse Peerless for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
including attorney’s fees, incurred by Peerless for such assistance. Peerless agrees not to

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unreasonably withhold consent from any proposed settlement or disposition proposed by the Company
or the Parent. If Peerless withholds consent from a proposed settlement or other disposition,
Peerless shall be solely liable for any settlement, judgment, cost or other expense (including,
without limitation, attorneys fees and expenses) which exceeds the amount of the proposed
settlement or disposition.

     8.03 Failure to Act. In the event that the Company fails or refuses to timely assume control
of the resulting litigation or settlement negotiations of such claim of infringement identified
pursuant to Section 8.02, Peerless reserves the right to defend or settle such action at the
Company’s sole expense, but the Company or the Parent may at any time assume such defense.

     8.04 Sole Remedy. THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE 8 ARE THE SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT AVAILABLE TO THE PARTIES.

ARTICLE 9

Term and Termination

     9.01 Term. The term of this Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and will continue
in force for a period of ten (10) years from and after the first commercial sale, unless terminated
earlier as set forth in this, Article 3, Article 4 or Article 9. The
Parties agree that a “first commercial sale” will not include or be interpreted to include the
manufacture or sale of any equipment for any pilot testing or pilot program of the CEFCO Process or
CEFCO Process Units. This Agreement shall be renewable by mutual agreement as to terms and
conditions for renewing an additional 10 year term, or such longer period as the Parties may agree,
upon a notice to renew given by either Party between no later than July 1, 2020 for the
commencement of negotiation to renew. If agreement to renew is not reached by July 12, 2020, then
the Exclusivity Rights of Peerless shall cease at 5:00 p.m. EST on the anniversary date of the
first commercial sale, but Peerless shall remain an authorized Licensed Manufacturer among any
number of authorized or licensed manufacturers of the Company.

     9.02 Termination for Breach. If either the Parent or the Company, on the one hand, or
Peerless, on the other hand, breaches any term, representation, warranty or obligation of this
Agreement, the non-breaching Party may terminate the Agreement upon 30 days written notice to the
defaulting Party specifying such breach. If the breaching Party does not cure the specified breach
to the satisfaction of the terminating party before the end of the 30 days, the termination will be
immediately effective at that time.

     9.03 Termination by Peerless. In addition to all other termination rights set forth in this
Agreement, Peerless has the absolute right, at its sole option and discretion, to terminate this
Agreement for any reason or no reason, at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company
with at least 30 days prior written notice of its intent to terminate. In the event Peerless
exercises its right of termination under this Section 9.03, Peerless will no longer have the right
to provide manufacturing services with respect to any use of the CEFCO Process
(except pursuant to Section 9.04) and will no longer be required or obligated to pay any
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the termination; provided that Peerless will pay Company any remaining and outstanding royalty payments
in accordance with Section 3.02(a) for Manufacturing Orders that have been booked and accounted
for by Peerless prior to the termination date and such royalty payments will be made in accordance
with Peerless’ receipt of progress payments from the Licensed User as set forth in Section
3.02(a).When the termination hereof becomes effective, Peerless shall cease and desist from using
any of the Company’s trade secrets.

     9.04 Effect of Termination. Termination of this Agreement will not affect the right of any
Party to pursue any remedy for breach or violation of this Agreement or any other agreement. Upon
termination of the Agreement, the exclusive license of Peerless granted pursuant to Section 2.01
shall cease; provided however that Peerless may, in its sole discretion, except where the Agreement
has been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 due to breach by Peerless, remain a Licensed
Manufacturer and pay the 5% royalty fees on gross sales revenue (with no minimum royalty fee
applying) as defined in Section 3.02 and otherwise on terms and conditions similar to other
Licensed Manufacturers as appointed in the Territory.

     9.05 Survival. The provisions of the following Sections and Articles will survive termination
of this Agreement: Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Article 5, Section 7.01, Article 8,
Article 9, Section 10.01 and Article 11.

ARTICLE 10

Dispute Resolution

     10.01 Discussions. Prior to commencing any proceeding to enforce rights or seek a remedy
arising out of any Dispute under this Agreement, the Parties will attempt to resolve such Dispute
as set forth in this Section 10.01. Any Dispute between the Company, the Parent or their
Affiliates or Subordinates, on the one hand, and Peerless or its Affiliates or Subordinates, on the
other, will first be referred to the principal executives having responsibility for performance of
this Agreement. Such executives will attempt in good faith to promptly resolve such Dispute. If
such Dispute is not resolved within 10 days of notice to the other Party of the existence of such
Dispute, the Dispute will be referred to a C-level executive of Peerless and an equivalent C-level
executive of the appropriate member of the Parent or Company who will attempt in good faith to
promptly resolve such Dispute. If the Dispute is not resolved within 20 days of being so referred,
the Parties may institute legal proceedings according to the provisions provided in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 11

Miscellaneous

     11.01 Notices. Whenever this Agreement provides that any notice, demand, request, consent,
approval, declaration, or other communication be given to or served upon any of the parties by
another, such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, or other
communication shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, or
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after deposit in the United States mails, certified mail, return receipt requested, with proper
postage prepaid, or upon confirmed receipt thereof (whether by noncertified mail, telecopy, express
delivery, or otherwise), whichever is earlier, and addressed to the party to be notified as
follows:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	If to Peerless, at:
	 	Peerless Mfg. Co.
	 

	 	 	 	14651 North Dallas Parkway
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 500
	 

	 	 	 	Dallas, Texas 75254
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Melissa G. Beare
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: 214.351.0194
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with copies to:
	 	Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
	 

	 	 	 	2200 Ross Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 2800
	 

	 	 	 	Dallas, Texas 75201
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Laura Kalesnik
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: 214.855.8200
	 

	 	 	 	And to email at: lkalesnik@fulbright.com
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to the Company, at:
	 	CEFCO Global Clean Energy, LLC
	 

	 	 	 	5810 Bent Trail
	 

	 	 	 	Dallas, Texas 75248
	 

	 	 	 	Attn: Robert E. Tang
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: (972) 818-0888

     11.02 Choice of Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas, without regard to any conflicts of laws. IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE
BETWEEN THE PARTIES RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF DALLAS AND DOES HEREBY WAIVE ANY CLAIM
THAT SUCH FORUM IS INCONVENIENT.

     11.03 Public Announcements. Each of the Company, the Parent and Peerless agree that neither
it, nor any of its Affiliates or Subordinates will either directly or indirectly make any public
announcements regarding this Agreement or the other Party without the prior written approval of
each Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any public statement or disclosure that is required in
connection with the duties or obligations of Peerless or any of its Affiliates pursuant
to applicable securities laws or stock exchange requirements will not be subject to this
Section 11.03.

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     11.04 Integration; Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among
the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous written, and all
previous or contemporaneous oral, negotiations, understandings, arrangements, understandings, or
agreements. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, or supplemented, or any provision of this
Agreement waived, except by a writing signed by all the Parties. No custom, practice, course of
dealing, or similar conduct will be deemed to amend, modify, or supplement any term of this
Agreement. The failure of any Party to enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement, or to
enforce any such right or remedy promptly, will not constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise to
any estoppel against such Party, nor excuse any other Party from its obligations under this
Agreement. Any waiver of any such right or remedy by any Party must be in writing and signed by
the Party against which such waiver is sought to be enforced. No waiver will be deemed a
continuing waiver or a waiver of any right beyond the specific right waived in such waiver.

     11.05 Further Assurances. Each Party to this Agreement shall, without the necessity of any
further consideration, execute and deliver any and all such further documents and take any and all
such other actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and
purposes of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

     11.06 Force Majeure. No Party will be deemed in default if delayed or prevented from
performing its obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, due to an act of God, fire,
flood, explosion, civil disorder, strike, lockout or other labor trouble, material shortages of
utilities, equipment, materials or facilities, delay in transportation, breakdown or accident,
riot, war, terrorist attack or other cause beyond its reasonable control (a “Force Majeure Event”);
provided that such party will resume full performance of this Agreement as soon as practicable
following the conclusion of the Force Majeure Event; and provided further, that any adverse event
resulting directly or indirectly from conditions generally affecting any industry or industry
sector in which a Party operates or competes which does not have a materially disproportionate
impact on the Party relative to other industry participants shall not be considered a Force Majeure
Event under this Agreement.

     11.07 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are
not part of the substance of this Agreement.

     11.08 Severability. It is not the intention of the Parties to this Agreement expressly to
violate any public policy, statutory or common law rules, regulations, or decisions of any
governmental or regulatory body. If any provision of this Agreement are interpreted or construed
as being in violation of any such policy, rule, regulation, or decision, the provision, section,
sentence, word, clause, or combination thereof causing such violation shall be rendered inoperative
to the minimum extent necessary in order to not be violative as set forth above (and in lieu
thereof the Parties jointly request the court to insert such provision, sentence, word, clause, or
combination thereof that is as favorable as possible to the Party the rights of which were made
inoperative as may be valid and consistent with the intent of the parties under this Agreement) and
the remainder of this Agreement, as amended, shall remain binding upon the
Parties to this Agreement, unless the inoperative provision would cause enforcement of the
remainder of this Agreement to be inequitable under the circumstances.

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     11.09 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder may be transferred or
assigned, nor any duties under this Agreement delegated, by operation of law or otherwise, without
the written consent of all parties to this Agreement.

     11.10 Business Day. Should the terms of this Agreement require the performance of any
obligation or the fulfillment of any condition on a day other than a business day, such obligation
or fulfillment may be delayed until midnight on the next day that is a business day for the party
to perform.

     11.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, by means of
facsimile or portable document format (pdf), which shall individually and collectively constitute
one agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of
the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CEFCO Global Clean Energy, LLC

 
 	 
	 	By:  	/s/      ROBERT TANG
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Robert Tang 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Peerless Mfg. Co.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ PETER BURLAGE
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Peter Burlage 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President 	 
	 

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