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LINCOLN COUNTY CLERK
OIL AND GAS LEASE
This hldenturc of lea~e enler(d'l!f(bqjy and belween (he Stale of Wyon)lng, doling by and through Ils Board of Land
CoJnmhsloners ~s LESSOR, and (h~ [ollowlng tis LESSEE;
Cabot Oil and Oas Corporation 50%
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 25%
Questar Exploratlon.Producllon Co. 25%
Sc,dion I, PURPOSE. The LESSOR, In co.slder~llon of (he rrnls ~nd ro)'allJ¢ltobepildlndlhecovrnintl and
pgreclnenll io be kept dud per[armed b)'.tJlJ LESSEE, docs hertb)' grant and leiil lo the LESSEE, the exclusive
right (o drill roe, Iolne, extract, remove, And dhpo~e of ill th~ oil, gas lad alsoclaled hydrocarbon substances and
gnseo.s substa.ces and elements produced Ihercwlth, Including ~uJphur, hydrogen sulfide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen,
carbon dioxide nnd bHlum, which may be produced from Ihe [ollowln~ described had, to wit:
Descl'ipllon Section Town,bin
Part Lot 44(forn'I, Res 02IN
NENE Secl6)
Range
113W
Count)' Lincoln Acres 40,00
Advanced Real S40,'O0
Togedier v,'llhlbe rlghloflngressand egressand/herlgblto use id much of (he surfaceofsaldlands AS IS
necessary Io conslruc( and maintain Ihereupon all works, building, planls, r, ilerways, roads, communlc,allon lines,
Section 2. TERM OF LEASE, 'This lease shall become effective on Iht da)' and )'ear set out below' and shall
renlaln In effec,t for a primary lerm of flve,($) )'ears lad for so long IhtreJfter as leased subslances ma)' be produced
from the'lands In paying qtJanlJlles. This lease may also be exlended be)'~nd Ils primary lerm In the absence 0/'
I)rod)tclJo. of Jeasedsubstances as ma)' be provided by lJle statules of the State of Wyomlng andlheregulatlonsof
Ille Board of Land Con)mlssJ6ners adopledpursuaullherelo, Provldrd, ho.'ever, JfdrJllh)g, compJelJon, lesllng or
reworklngoperalJons are belngdlligenlly conducied, ellher during the prlmary term or during an)'exlen$loo
Ihereof, lids leaseshaJJcontlnueJn full force and effeclsolong as such operalJnns are belngconducled and so long
thereafler ns,oH or gas may be produced In paying qu.a))lltles. Thh lease ma)' be relinquished or lermlnaled al an
earlier dale as hcreh) provided. '
Sectlnn 3. ,If Ibc LESSORo)vn~ anJnlercstln oil and gas In said land less than Ihe eniJre fee slnlpleestate, lhenthe
royalties and renlals lo be paid LESSOR shall be rc,duced propordonalel),.
Secllon 4. LESSEE expresslyrepresenlsdlal, lfanlndtvidual, LESSEE Is a cl(Iz~noftheUnlledStates, or'has
declared an lnlentlon Io become a etd~en, and Is over 19 )ears of age-and If a corporallon, Is duly qualified lo transact
business In \Vyonting,
Secllqn 5, Thh lease Is Issued under the aulhorlly conferred by Tide 36, W.S. 1977 as lo tile State and School Lands.
audTIIle I I,\V.S, 1977alto F~,rm Loan lands, andshallbesubJecllo, and optrallons by LESSEE hereunder sball he
conducted In compliance ~l(h the specific lease (ernls set dill on Iht reverse of this lemle, and ~sJlh ill ippllcable stale
slil.iory rrqulrrmenls and Ihe reguladonsls~uedth~reunder~lncludlngthose providing for; the leasing of)tailor
Farm Loan Lands for oll and gas; Iht conservation droll and gas; and the regulation of sccurll)' transactions,
Sec'lion6. IIEIRS AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, lllsc,ovenanled and agreed {Isa) cae ,oblgallonhereunder
shall exlcnd lo and be blndlng upon, a~d every benefil thereof shall lnure lo lhe heirs e.'~eculors, adt))lnlslra{ors,
suc,cessors of, o)' assigns of the i'eSl)ccllve i)ariies hereto,
Secllon 7. SOVEREIGN h\IMUNITY. The Stale of \Vyomlng and Ihe lessor do nol wah'e sovereign Immunlly by
eutcrluglntolhlslcase, and speclfically retain lmmunity and all defenses avallable lo them as sovare gns pursuantlo
Wyon)lng Stnlute 1-39-104 Ia)and all other slate
IN WITNESS \VIIEREOF, Ihlilease has been executed by LESSOR and LESSEEIo become effecth'eonlhe 2 nd
da)' of June 1990, A.D,
LESSOR; STATE OF' WYOMING, Ac,ling is)' and through Ils Board of Land Commissioners.: - :
A"ldr"s:6b'0 17t'h St., See 900 north
Phone// 303/~26-9400' - CHEVRON U.S.A. Znc '. .
d.~. NKESE x----VJ_UE ~ ~ES'IDENT -dd .....
Address: ~0~ 17~h ~trest, Suite 500 ~ res): 11~11 S. Wilcrest
Denver, CO 80265 tloustoq, ~ 77099
Phone ~1..' 303-672-6900 Phone#
S~ATE Oi~' COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF DENVER )
SS.
662
On this ! ~rl4 day of August, 2003 personally appeared before me, J. B. Neese, who, being by me duly sworn, did say
that he is the Vice-President of Questar Exploration amt Production Company, a Texas corporation, and that said instrumeut
was executed in behalf of said corporation by authority of a resolution of its Board of Directors and said J.B. Neese
acknowledged to me that said corporation executed the same.
My commission expires:
Notary Publi&---~ ~
STATE OF COLORADO )
) SS.
COUNTY OF DENVER )
Before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said County and State, on this ./o-/~ day
July, 2003, appeared John S. Muire, as Attorney-in-Fact of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, a Delaware
Corporation, personally known to me to be the identical person who executed the within and foregoing
instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free and voluntary act and deed and
as the free and voluntary act and deed of such corporation, for the uses and purposes therein seL fb~h.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my official s~gnature and aff~xed my
day and year first above written.
My Commission Expires: //-/Y_ -.,_ o 03
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARRIS §
This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 15th day .c 1..~- .~,,
........ . . ~ ,,, ~-,y, z,,,,~, uy ~v~. ,,,. ~euerry, Attorney-in-pact for Chevron
u.s.a, mc., ~ ......... . ' . · · if of said corporation.//
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~COM~ISS~O. EXPIRES I / ¢
'q--2"~"~'~ - 7 ........ J ~.-amy ~e. M~Cvme
...... Notary l~l~'ic for the State of Texas
My Commission Expires: August 11, 2006