Common use of Nature of Business; No International Operations Clause in Contracts

Nature of Business; No International Operations. The Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Restricted Subsidiary to, allow any material change to be made in the character of its business as an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. From and after the date hereof, the Parent and its Domestic Subsidiaries will not acquire or make any other expenditure (whether such expenditure is capital, operating or otherwise) in or related to, any Oil and Gas Properties not located within the geographical boundaries of the United States or of the offshore federal waters of the United States, and the Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into marketing contracts other than in the normal course of, or ancillary to, the exploration and production business. The Borrower shall at all times remain organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.