CROSS - ASSIGNMENT AND STIPULATION OF INTEREST
CROSS
- ASSIGNMENT AND
STIPULATION
OF INTEREST
STATE OF TEXAS | § |
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COUNTY OF GALVESTON | § |
THIS
CROSS - ASSIGNMENT and STIPULATION OF INTEREST (“Assignment”) is between XXXXX
ENERGY 1986A PARTNERSHIP, a New York limited partnership (“Xxxxx Energy”),
XXXXXX X. XXXXX (“Xxxxx”) and THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD., a Nevada
corporation (“AEG”).
WHEREAS,
Xxxxx Energy, Xxxxx and AEG each own interests in certain oil and gas leases
and
lands located in Galveston County, Texas, which leases and lands are described
more particularly on Exhibit
“A”
attached
hereto and incorporated by reference herein (the “Leases”);
WHEREAS,
disputes have arisen between AEG, on the one hand, and Xxxxx Energy and Xxxxx
on
the other hand, concerning the extent of the interests owned by each in the
Leases and the rights of each with respect to the interests owned;
and
WHEREAS,
AEG, Xxxxx Energy and Xxxxx have resolved their differences and desire
to stipulate to the interests owned by each in the Leases.
Now,
therefore, in consideration of the premises and to effect the settlement of
the
disputes between AEG, Xxxxx Energy and Xxxxx, it is hereby covenanted, granted,
concluded and agreed by and between the parties, and each of them covenants,
grants, concludes and agrees, for itself and its successors and assigns, that
a
stipulation of interest and cross - conveyance of the Leases be made as follows,
viz:
1. Xxxxx
Energy shall from henceforth have, hold, possess and enjoy, in severalty, by
itself and to itself and its successors and assigns, free from any and all
claims of AEG the following rights, title and interest:
i) All
interests owned or claimed by AEG including and above the depth of ten thousand
feet (10,000’) in the Leases;
ii) All
interests owned or claimed by AEG in and to the interest reserved to Luck
Petroleum Corporation as a 15% back in reversionary interest at 125% recoupment
of Xxxxx Energy 1986A Partnership and O & G’s investment costs, as specified
in paragraph 8 of that certain Partial Assignment of Oil and Gas Leases dated
May 12, 1986, between Luck Petroleum Corporation, Xxxxx Energy, Xxxxx Energy
Co., Inc., Xxxxx and O & G Carriers, Inc., recorded under Film Code number
###-##-####, of the Official Public Records of Galveston County, Texas, as
same
was conveyed to AEG pursuant to that certain Assignment of Oil and Gas Leases
dated June 13, 1997, from Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate
of Luck Petroleum Corporation under Case Number 93-48561-H3-7, reference to
which is made for all purposes.
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AEG
hereby grants, conveys, releases, and confirms unto Xxxxx Energy the above
described property, to have and to hold in severalty, with all and singular
the
hereditaments and appurtenances thereto unto Xxxxx Energy, its successors and
assigns, forever. And for the same consideration, AEG hereby binds itself,
its
successors and assigns, respectively, to warrant and forever defend all and
singular the said premises against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming
or
to claim the same or any part thereof by, through or under AEG, but not
otherwise.
2. AEG
shall from henceforth have, hold, possess and enjoy, in severalty, by itself
and
to itself and its successors and assigns, free from any and all claims of Xxxxx
Energy the following rights, title and interest:
i) All
interests and rights owned or claimed by Xxxxx Energy and Xxxxx below the depth
of ten thousand feet (10,000’) in
the
Leases;
ii) All
interests and rights owned or claimed by Xxxxx Energy and Xxxxx in and to a
three percent (3%) overriding royalty interest in the Xxxx Xxxxxxx A Lease
designated on Exhibit
“A”
as the
“Xxxx Xxxxxxx ‘A’ Lease as specified in that certain Partial Assignment of Oil
and Gas Leases dated May 12, 1986, between Luck Petroleum Corporation, Xxxxx
Energy, Xxxxx Energy Co., Inc., Xxxxx and O & G Carriers, Inc., recorded
under Film Code number 000-00-0000, of the Official Public Records of Galveston
County, Texas, reference to which is made for all purposes, including any
interests in said overriding royalty which Xxxxx Energy or Xxxxx may have
acquired from O & G Carriers, Inc. by subsequent instrument.
Xxxxx
Energy hereby grants, conveys, releases, and confirms unto AEG the above
described property, to have and to hold in severalty, with all and singular
the
hereditaments and appurtenances thereto unto AEG, its successors and assigns,
forever. And for the same consideration, Xxxxx Energy hereby binds itself,
its
successors and assigns, respectively, to warrant and forever defend all and
singular the said premises against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming
or
to claim the same or any part thereof by, through or under Xxxxx Energy but
not
otherwise.
This
Assignment shall be effective at _________ o’clock, ___. m. C.S.T. on April ___,
2006.
Xxxxx
Energy, Xxxxx and AEG agree to execute, to acknowledge and to deliver to the
other any additional instruments, notices, division orders, transfer orders
and
other documents and to do any other acts and things which may be necessary
to
more fully and effectively assign and convey to the other the Leases intended
to
be assigned hereby.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Xxxxx Energy, Xxxxx and AEG have executed this Assignment
on
the date of the acknowledgment annexed hereto, but this Assignment shall be
effective as of the Effective Date hereinabove recited.
THE
BALANCE OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK.
SIGNATURES
APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
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XXXXX ENERGY 1986A PARTNERSHIP | ||
acting by and through its general partner, | ||
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By: | ||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, General Partner |
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Xxxxx Energy 1986A Partnership | ||
XXXXXX X. XXXXX |
THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD. | ||
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By: | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, President and CEO |
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STATE OF NEW YORK | § |
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COUNTY OF _______ | § |
Before
me
the undersigned authority on this ____ day of ________, 2006, personally
appeared Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, individually and as general partner of Xxxxx Energy
1986A Partnership, a New York limited partnership, and acknowledged to me that
he executed the same in his individual capacity and in the capacity therein
stated on behalf of such partnership for the purposes and consideration therein
expressed.
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Notary Public in and for the Xxxxx Xx Xxx Xxxx |
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XXXXX XX XXX XXXX | § |
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XXXXXX OF _______ | § |
Before
me
the undersigned authority on this ____ day of ________, 2006, personally
appeared Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, as President and CEO of The American Energy Group,
Ltd., a Nevada corporation, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same
in
the capacity therein stated on behalf of such partnership for the purposes
and
consideration therein expressed.
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Notary Public in and for the State Of Connecticut |
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EXHIBIT
“A”
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx A Lease:
Oil
and
Gas Lease dated April 30, 1935, between XXXX XXXXXXX, as Lessor and COAST
PETROLEUM CORPORATION, as Lessee, covering 393 acres, more or less, recorded
in
Volume 516, Page 313, Oil and Gas Records, Galveston County, Texas.
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx B Lease:
Oil,
Gas
and Mining Lease dated May 4, 1949, between XXXX XXXXXXX and XXXXXX XXXXXX
XXXXXXX, as Lessors, and XXXX X. XXXXX, as Lessee, covering 1,400 acres, more
or
less, recorded in Volume 779, Page 573, Oil and Gas Records, Galveston County,
Texas, insofar and only insofar as said lease is described as containing 280
acres in that certain Partial Release, dated January 28, 1985, between ATLANTIC
RICHFIELD COMPANY, as Lessee, and XXXXXXXX X. XXXX, XXXX XXXXXXX III, XXXXX
XXXXXXX and XXXXXX XXXXXX GISBEY, Trustee, as Lessors, recorded in Film Code
###-##-####, Deed Records, Galveston County, Texas, and also in that unrecorded
Partial Release of January 28, 1985, between ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, as
Lessee, and XXXXXXXX X. XXXX, XXXX XXXXXXX XX, XXXXX XXXXXXX and XXXXXX XXXXXX
XXXXXX, Trustee, as Lessors.
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