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Home My WebLink About953283Effective 11-86 Form ML -2 (Revised 4 -96) Filing Fee $25.00 Non Refundable Wyoming Oil Gas Lease Serial Number 06- 00723 STATE OF WYOMING BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS OIL GAS LEASE INTEREST ASSIGNMENT being the owner of 100% percent Leasehold (Type Interest: Leasehold/Operating Rights /Overriding Royalty) interest in this lease, described in particular if less than the total leasehold as: RECEIVED 5/7/2010 at 11:41 AM RECEIVING 953283 BOOK: 746 PAGE: 720 JEANNE WAGNER LINCOLN COUNTY CLERK, KEMMERER, WY Return To State Land Farm Loan Office 122 West 25th Street Herschler Building, 3 West Cheyenne, WY 82002 -0600 APPROVED Assignment Approval Date ERR; 21 2010 ASSIGNOR, with name and address at, Tourmaline Exploration Company, LLC, 8493 South Woody Way, Littleton, CO 80126 000720 For good and valuable consideration, hereby assigns to:*************************************************** 1) ASSIGNEE, with name and address at: Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc 1401 17th Street, Suite 1200 Denver, CO 80202 100.00% interest in the total leasehold, or as described in particular above. 2) ASSIGNEE, with name and address at: 3) ASSIGNEE, with name and address at: 4). ASSIGNEE, with name and address at: 5) ASSIGNEE, with name and address at: and reserving unto ASSIGNOR, -0- o N R././q1-4) e_.() cry, a percent interest in the total leasehold, or as described in particular above. percent interest in the total leasehold, or as described in particular above. percent interest in the total leasehold, or as described in particular above. percent interest in the total leasehold, or as described in particular above. This assignment is subject to any existing overriding royalties previously reserved. Reservations of overriding interests must be approved by the Director, and any such approval is subject to the condition that overriding royalties may be cancelled by the Board of Land Commissioners if it finds that such overriding royalties create a burden on the lease which prevents or unreasonably interferes with its development. ASSIGNOR certifies by signature on reverse, that ASSIGNOR is the owner of the interest above herein transferred, and ASSIGNEE(S) certify(ies) by sit ing on the r;_verse that this assignment c;S astitutes a binding 3cce tanCe :?f all th "a terms, conditions ip stipulations, restrictions d st t1te- g t;:. g p st,,�_ h_. c.I,,.., ;u�I,, za_� �Y niii lease described above, and of the Rules of the Board, at Chapter 6, Leafing of Subsurface Resources. This form may be duplicated If space is needed for additional assignors or assignees submit copies of this form only. Page 1 of 2 of Lease 06 -00723 assignment dated November 3, 2006 ASSIGNOR Tourmaline Exploration Company, LLC Assignee (1) Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. By John S. Geyer By Betty Brownson T'r e President Title Land Manager and Attorney in fact Attest Attest Assignee (2) Assignee (3) B By Title I Title Attest Attest Assignee (4) Assignee (5) B By Title Title Attest Attest SIGNED AS TO TRANSFER AND ACCEPTANCE this 3rd day of November, 2006 but effective 10/2/2006. ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS Note: Assignments are not valid until approved by the Director, State Land and Farm Loan Office as,.per State Oil Gas Lease Terms, and approval is solely for administrative purposes and should not be interpreted as warranty that any party to this assignment holds legal or equitable interest in this lease. Assignments which do not meet the requirements listed below and those in the Lease and Rules will be returned unapproved. I) This form must be completed and submitted for any assignment of State Oil Gas Lease leasehold interest, undivided or divided as to separate tracts, formations, zones or deposits, and for overriding royalty interest. 2) Assignments of less than a 100% leasehold interest, do not relieve the assignor of the obligations as a lessee under the terms of the lease regarding the interest conveyed unless the State first has in hand, a written agreement to be bound as lessee for all obligations under the lease for the assigned portion from the assignee. This requirement should not be construed in any way as a release or recision of the obligations of any surety bonding parties under the requirements of the State oil and gas lease, Board Rules or this assignment. (All lessees are ultimately responsible for the performance under the lease, and default subjects the entire lease to forfeiture not just the interest related to any performance obligation considered to be in default.) 3) A signed original and one copy of each assignment must be filed with the Wyoming State Land and Farm Loan Office. 4) Each assignment, if approved, is recognized by the State as effective as of the date of approval by the Director. Adequate bond must be furnished covering any and all productive zones prior to approval of any assignment of interest in an operating State oil and gas lease, whether wellbores exist on the leased lands or not, and in no case can drilling operations, including to prospectively productive zones under operating leases, begin without a bond first being in place. 5) If there is more than one party in interest to this assignment, then all such partie; in nterest must sign the document before assignment approval will be given. 6) The appropriate legal description of the conveyed lands interests must be given. 7) Assignments creating a separate (reissue) lease subject to the rules and regulations governing all State of Wyoming Oil Gas Lease do not change the terms and conditions of the original lease, the lease anniversary date, nor the obligations and anniversary date of the lease created therefrom being considered as if it had been issued on the effective date of the original lease. (See Board Rules, Chapter 6, Section A.) 8) Corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships must be qualified with the Wyoming Secretary of State's Office, and general partnership papers are required to be filed with the State Land and Farm Loan Office prior to, and as a condition of Board approval of any assignment. 9) Assignments will not be considered for approval where assignor or any assignee currently has a delinquent (late) royalty or rental payment obligation(s) for any State subsurface resource lease. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: STATE OF Colorado COUNTY OF Denver My Commission expires: 2 -13 -13 for STATE OF WYOMING BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS OIL AND GAS LEASE INTEREST ASSIGNMENT —WY OIL AND GAS LEASE SERIAL NO. 06- 00723— �0 er has sworn to me this Its day of Feb, 9010 that the foregoing instrument is a valid Assignment acknowledged and assigned on November 3, 2006 by John S. Geyer, President of Tourmaline Exploration Company, LLC. WITNESS my hand and official seal. My Commission expires: Notary Public: (,4 It ?r I s N OTAR Y: s S. PUBLI STATE OF Colorado ••r'o ss. aerial° �4a`` COUNTY OF Denver t i e The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 10 day of FEBRUARY 2010, by Betty Brownson as the Attorney -in -Fact of Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. a Delaware corporation, on behalf of said corporation. WITNESS my hand and official seal 2 -13 -13 4.r n,n /4./tr. Notary Public: Gari -Ann Waite C 0u 722