TOLLING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.2
This Tolling Agreement (“Agreement”), dated as of November 25, 2009 (“Effective Date”), is
made by and between Xxxxxx Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Owner”),
and Cross Oil Refining & Marketing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Customer”), sometimes referred
to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Owner is the owner and operator of a naphthenic lubricant refinery located in
Ouachita County, Arkansas (“Refinery”);
WHEREAS, Customer desires to secure the refining and storage services of Owner in order to
provide for the refining and storage of various quantities of crude oil supplied by Customer into
various grades and quantities of naphthenic lubricants designated by Customer from time to time
(all such services referred to herein as the “Refining Services”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to enter into this Agreement for the purposes of detailing their
respective agreements with respect to the foregoing matters.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, the
Parties agree to the following terms and conditions relating to Owner’s provision of refining and
storage services in favor or Customer at the Refinery.
Section 1. Definitions. In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, the
following terms will have the meanings indicated below:
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. A Person shall be
deemed to be controlled by any other Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly,
power (a) to vote 10% or more of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors, managing members, or managing general partners; or (b) to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or
otherwise.
“Aggregate Quarterly Tolling Fee” means, for the applicable quarter an amount equal to the sum
of (a) the Minimum Quarterly Tolling Fee, (b) the Monthly Reservation Fees paid with respect to
such quarter (c) the Gas Surcharge (if any) and (d) the Excess Quarterly Tolling Fee (if any).
“Change of Control” has the meaning set forth in that certain Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2005, among Owner, as borrower, Xxxxxx Midstream Partners
L.P. (“MMLP”), as a guarantor, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, and the financial
institutions party thereto, as lenders, as amended by the First Amendment to Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2006, the Second Amendment to Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 28, 2007,
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and the Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 24,
2008.
“Contract Year” means a period of 365 days commencing with the Effective Date of this
Agreement and each successive period of 365 days during the Term of this Agreement with the
exception of any Contract Year in which February has 29 days when the period will be 366 days.
“Contribution Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement dated
November 25, 2009, among MRMC, Customer, owner and MMLP.
“Customer” has the meaning specified in the preamble paragraph to this Agreement.
“Designated Xxxxxx Shareholders” means the current shareholders of MRMC, including the
beneficiaries of any trusts that are current shareholders of MRMC.
“Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the preamble paragraph to this Agreement.
“Excess Tolling Volume” means the number of barrels of Stock per fiscal quarter in excess of
the product of (a) 6,500 multiplied by (b) the number of days in such fiscal quarter.
“Excess Quarterly Tolling Fee” means the following amounts determined for the applicable
fiscal quarter in the aggregate if there is Excess Tolling Volume: an amount equal to the product
of (a) the Excess Tolling Volume, multiplied by (b) $4.28.
“Force Majeure” means (i) acts of nature, landslides, severe lightning, earthquakes, fires,
tornadoes, hurricanes, storms, and warnings for any of the foregoing which require the shut-down of
xxxxx, plants, pipelines, gathering systems, loading facilities or the Refinery or other related
facilities, floods or other water conditions, washouts, severe lightning, freezing of machinery,
equipment, xxxxx or lines of pipe, inclement weather that necessitates extraordinary measures and
expense to construct facilities or maintain operations, and other adverse weather conditions, (ii)
explosions, breakage or accidents to equipment, machinery, plants, facilities or lines of pipe, the
making of repairs or alterations to lines of pipe or plants, inability to secure labor or materials
to do so, partial or entire failure of xxxxx or gas supply, electric power shortages, accidents of
navigation or breakdown or injury of vessels, or (iii) any other causes, whether of the kind
enumerated above or otherwise, which were not reasonably foreseeable, and which are not within the
control of the Party claiming suspension and which by the exercise of due diligence such Party is
unable to prevent or overcome.
“Gas Surcharge” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
“Minimum Daily Tolling Volume” means 6,500 barrels of Stock per day.
“Minimum Quarterly Tolling Fee” means an amount equal to the product of (a) the Minimum Daily
Tolling Volume, multiplied by (b) the Tolling Fee, multiplied by (c) the number of days in the
applicable fiscal quarter.
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“Monthly Reservation Fee” means $1,308,333.33 per calendar month, as adjusted pursuant to this
Agreement; provided, that, for any period of the Term that runs less than a full calendar month,
the Monthly Reservation Fee shall be prorated based upon the number of days in the full calendar
month and the number of days constituting the applicable period.
“Person” means any natural person, trustee, corporation, general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
bank, business association, firm, joint venture, governmental authority, company or other entity
“Product” means naphthenic lubricants, distillates, asphalt flux and other intermediate cuts.
“Owner” has the meaning specified in the preamble paragraph to this Agreement.
“Refinery” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Refining Services” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Stock” means crude oil.
“Term” means 12 Contract Years commencing on the Effective Date.
“Tolling Fee” means $4.00 per barrel of Stock that is refined into Product, as adjusted
pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 2. Refining Services, Statements, Documents and Records.
2.1 During the term of this Agreement, Owner agrees to provide all necessary Refining
Services, including services relating to the receipt, storage and refining, in connection with the
refinement of Customer’s inventories of Stock supplied by Customer to Owner from time to time into
various grades and quantities of Product designated by Customer from time to time. Owner agrees
that the facilities at the Refinery, together with the right to use the Retained Refinery Related
Assets (as defined in the Contribution Agreement), are reasonably suited to perform such tasks.
Those activities will be performed by Owner in a manner consistent with good operational procedures
and safeguards and in compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations and ordinances.
2.2 All inventories of Stock delivered by Customer to Owner hereunder shall be FOB to Owner at
its designated internal point of delivery at the Refinery. All inventories of Product delivered by
Owner to Customer hereunder shall be FOB to Customer at Owner’s designated internal point of
delivery at the Refinery. Customer agrees to bear all freight and transportation charges relating
to all inbound quantities of Stock and all outbound quantities of Product hereunder.
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2.3 Owner will transmit to Customer a statement of receipts and deliveries of Stock to and
Product from the Refinery on a daily basis no later than 10:00 a.m. local time at the Refinery for
the immediately preceding business day; provided, however, that if a holiday precedes a business
day, the statement with respect to the preceding business day shall not be due until 3:00 p.m.
local time on the business day following such holiday. This statement will be transmitted to
Customer by facsimile.
2.4 Owner will provide to Customer copies of individual tank gauging documents, tank truck
loading rack bills of lading and scale tickets for receipts or deliveries as requested by Customer
to verify the amount of Stock delivered to and Product received from the Refinery.
2.5 Each Party will maintain a true and correct set of records pertaining to its performance
of this Agreement and all transactions related to such performance and will retain copies of all
such records for a period of not less than one year following termination or cancellation of this
Agreement. Upon reasonable prior notice, a Party or its authorized representative may, during the
Term of this Agreement and for the aforesaid one-year period, audit such records of the other Party
during normal business hours at the other Party’s place of business to verify the accuracy of any
statement, charge, computation, or demand made under or pursuant to this Agreement. Each Party
agrees to keep records and books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the industry. Any statement shall be deemed accurate and final as to both Parties
unless questioned within one year after payment thereof has been made.
Section 3. Fees, Charges, Invoices and Taxes.
3.1 Concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, Customer shall pay to Owner the Monthly
Reservation Fee, pro rated for the number of days remaining in the month on which this Agreement is
executed. Thereafter, at least 10 days prior to first day of each calendar month, Customer shall
pay Owner the Monthly Reservation Fee for such month. Within 30 days following the end of each
fiscal quarter during the Term of this Agreement, Owner will submit to Customer statements
recording the volume of Customer’s Stock received into and Product delivered from the Refinery
during such fiscal quarter and shall submit an invoice to Customer in respect of Refining Services
provided by Owner during such quarter reflecting an amount equal to the Aggregate Quarterly Tolling
Fee for such Quarter, minus the Monthly Reservation Fees already paid with respect to such quarter
(the “Quarterly Payment”). The Minimum Quarterly Tolling Fee for a particular fiscal quarter shall
not be subject to any downward adjustment due to the failure of Customer to throughput at the
Refinery the aggregate Minimum Daily Tolling Volume for the entirety of such quarter; provided,
however, unless such failure is (a) a reasonable result of Customer’s breach of any aspect of the
Contribution Agreement, or (b) due to Customer’s failure to provide sufficient Stock, or (c) the
result of a Force Majeure event, the effects of which are covered in Section 9 hereof, then the
Minimum Quarterly Tolling Fee and the Monthly Reservation Fee for a particular quarter will be
subject to a proportional downward adjustment to the extent that, due to Owner’s operational
difficulties and/or downtime at, or the closing of any portion of, the Refinery, Owner is not able
to refine for the entirety of such quarter a volume equal to the product of the aggregate Minimum
Daily Tolling Volume multiplied by the number of days in such quarter. If the Monthly Reservation
Fees paid with respect to such
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quarter have been subject the proportional downward adjustment, such proportionate reduction, to
the extent already paid by Customer to Owner with respect to such quarter, shall be refunded to
Customer within 30 days following the end of the applicable quarter.
The Tolling Fee and the Monthly Reservation Fee are subject to any applicable adjustment set forth
in Section 3.3 below and adjustment set forth in Section 3.6 below.
3.2 All fees and charges reflected in Owner’s invoices are due and payable within ten days of
the date of Owner’s invoice.
3.3 The Tolling Fee, the Excess Tolling Fee and the Monthly Reservation Fee payable under this
Agreement will be adjusted, effective on the first day after the end of the first Contract Year and
each Contract Year thereafter, from the Tolling Fee, the Excess Tolling Fee and Monthly Reservation
Fee for the previous Contract Year to reflect the greater of (i) a 3% increase over the previous
Contract Year or (ii) the percentage change (increase or decrease) in the Consumer Price Index For
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (1967=100) specified for “All Items United States” compiled
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor (“CPI”), by comparing
the CPI for the months of June immediately prior to the commencement of the Contract Year for which
the fee escalation is being calculated with the CPI for the same month in the preceding 12-month
period. For example, if the Contract Year for which the adjusted fees are being calculated
commences on November 1, 2010, the base months for determining the adjustment would be June 2010
and June 2009. In this example, assuming any CPI adjustment would be greater than 3%, the fees and
charges would be adjusted, effective November 1, 2010, based upon the percentage increase in the
CPI between that published for June 2009 and that published for June 2010. If the United States
Government materially changes the manner of computing the CPI or ceases to publish the CPI at any
time during the Term of this Agreement, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to agree upon a
substitute index or methods of computing the index for purposes of escalating the fees and charges
under this Agreement.
3.4 Owner may add a reasonable surcharge to reflect increased natural gas costs utilized in
the refining of the Products (the “Gas Surcharge”), which shall be calculated for each fiscal
quarter in accordance with the following formula:
(a) The excess of (i) the average of the NYMEX Xxxxx Hub daily closing prices of
natural gas during the fiscal quarter (expressed in dollars per MMBTU), over (ii) $4.00
MMBTU; multiplied by
(b) the total number of barrels of Stock refined during such fiscal quarter; multiplied
by
(c) 0.57.
Direct natural gas costs will be based upon usage as determined by metering equipment that serves
the Refinery.
3.5 During the term of this Agreement and in consideration of Owner’s agreement to provide
Refining Services to Customer hereunder, in addition to the other amounts owed to the
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Owner hereunder, Customer shall be responsible for all taxes, including ad valorem taxes, assessed
against the Stock and the Products, including any sales and use tax.
3.6 On each of the third (3rd), sixth (6th), and ninth (9th) anniversaries of the Effective
Date of this Agreement, a party may request a renegotiation of the Quarterly Reservation Fee, if
such party reasonably believes that the adjustments in Section 3.3 do not accurately reflect actual
increases or decreases in operating costs. In such a case, the parties shall negotiate in good
faith to reach mutual agreement on a revised Monthly Reservation Fee which the parties believe will
more accurately operating costs for subsequent periods. Any such revised Monthly Reservation Fee
that is mutually agreed to shall apply in quarterly periods beginning subsequent to the time of
such mutual agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no adjustments shall be made to the Monthly
Reservation Fee to account for any differences between actual and projected operating costs
previously incurred, i.e. there is no “true up” contemplated by the Parties.
Section 4. Operations, Receipts and Deliveries.
4.1 Customer’s Stock may be delivered and its Product received by Owner at the Refinery via
pipeline, rail or truck or on behalf of Customer free of any charge to Owner.
4.2 Receipts of Product by the Owner will be handled within the normal business hours of the
Refinery, as may be established from time to time. Owner will not be responsible for the payment
of any demurrage or costs incurred by Customer or its transportation carrier for any delay in
receiving Stock or delivering the Product, and all such charges shall be the responsibility of the
Customer.
4.3 Owner will notify Customer of changes to the normal business hours of the Refinery, in
advance or as soon after implementation as is practicable.
4.4 Owner and Customer shall perform all activities specified herein in accordance with all
applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees, orders, permits,
licenses or other requirements having the force of law.
4.5 Customer must arrange for and pay all third party costs relating to the transportation,
receipt, delivery and packaging of all Stock and Products of Customer which are delivered to and
from the Refinery.
4.6 Within 45 days following termination of this Agreement, Customer, at its sole cost and
expense, will remove and properly dispose of, or cause to be removed and properly disposed of all
Stock, Product, residue, scale, non-merchantable bottoms, and any other accumulation from the
Refinery which constitute property of Customer, including the storage tanks and clean the storage
tanks’ interior to a condition suitable for the storage of Stock and Product as is typical for the
Refinery. If Customer fails to comply with this requirement within the time period referenced,
Customer authorizes Owner to either (i) take such action on Customer’s behalf, and Customer will
reimburse Owner for all cost and expense reasonably incurred in taking such action, plus a 15%
handling fee, and (ii) charge Customer for the cost of
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storage and handling of said Product at a rate of $0.02 per barrel per day storage in addition to
any other fees and rates payable to Owner by Customer under this Agreement, which fees and rates
will continue to apply if the Product has not been removed by Customer within the aforesaid 45-day
period. Owner’s remedies under this Section 4.6 are in addition to any other remedies that
Owner may have at law, in equity or otherwise.
4.7 Owner will not be required to make any improvements, alterations or additions to the
Refinery in connection with the provision of the Refining Services. If any federal, state or local
governmental body requires installation of any improvement, alteration or addition to the Refinery
for purposes of compliance with applicable law or regulation that would materially interfere with
or change the nature or cost of providing the Refining Services under this Agreement, Owner will
notify Customer of (i) the cost of making any such improvement, alteration or addition, and (ii)
when such improvement, alteration or addition must be completed. In the event such costs are
$100,000 or less, Owner shall proceed to make such required improvements, alterations or additions.
In the event such costs exceed $100,000, Owner and Customer agree to renegotiate the terms of this
Agreement in good faith to effect a sharing of such costs. In addition, Owner may, in its
discretion, make such improvements, alterations or additions to the Refinery as it may from time to
time deem necessary, provided that such discretionary alterations due not interfere with the
provision of Refining Services hereunder.
Section 5. Product Quality Standards and Requirements.
5.1 Customer agree that Owner shall not be required to receive Stock into the Refinery that
contains adulterants, which are not normally present in the Product, which pose a risk of damage to
Owner’s equipment, or which contains any Hazardous Substance (other than petroleum or petroleum
by-products).
5.2 Owner may sample any Stock delivered to the Refinery for the purpose of conducting an
analysis of such Stock. The cost of such analysis will be borne by Owner. The Owner shall use
reasonable efforts to keep the results of such analysis confidential.
Section 6. Title, Custody and Loss of Product.
Title to Customer’s Stock and Product will remain with Customer at all times, subject to any
lien in favor of Owner created pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or under applicable law.
Owner will assume custody of the Stock and Product beginning when such Stock or Product passes to
the internal point of delivery referred to in the first sentence of Section 2.2 and custody will
pass back to Customer at the time such Stock or Product passes to the internal point of delivery
referred to in the second sentence of Section 2.2.
Section 7. Limitation of Liability and Damages.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Owner shall not be responsible for any
lost or contaminated Stock or Product, nor liable for any loss, additional cost, lost profit or
opportunity, or consequential damage arising therefrom.
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Section 8. Stock and Product Measurement.
8.1 Quantities of Stock received into and Product delivered from the Refinery will be
determined for the applicable mode of receipt and delivery by either (i) shore tank or truck tank
gauge reading taken before and after each receipt or delivery, (ii) loading rack meter readings,
(iii) certified scales, (iv) pipeline meters or (v) other appropriate quantity measuring devices,
as determined by Owner. Absent obvious error, the quantities of Stock and Products at the Refinery
at any time will be determined from Refinery inventory records of receipts and deliveries.
Inventory records of Stock and Product will be verified against the sum of the material at the
Refinery as well as line charge. Gauging of Stock received, Product delivered and Stock or Product
in storage will be taken jointly by representatives of the Parties; provided, that if Owner does
not have representatives present for gauging, Customer’s gauging will be conclusive. Owner may use
certified public inspectors at its own expense.
8.2 Refinery and loading facility meters will be calibrated periodically and upon each
completion of repair or replacement of a meter, at Owner’s expense. Current calibration charts,
licenses and inspection permits will be available at the Refinery for examination during normal
business hours. If a meter is determined by either Party to be defective or inoperative, such
Party shall immediately notify the other Party, and it will be the responsibility of the Owner to
promptly make repairs or replacements.
8.3 Unless indicated otherwise, quantity determinations will be based on barrels of Stock or
Product.
Section 9. Force Majeure; Cessation of Operations.
9.1 If either Party is rendered unable to perform or delayed in performing, wholly or in part,
its obligations under this Agreement, other than the obligation to pay the Aggregate Quarterly
Tolling Fee when due, which shall be payable irrespective of whether a Force Majeure event exists,
as a result of a Force Majeure event, that Party may seek to be excused from such performance by
giving the other Party prompt written notice of the Force Majeure event with reasonably full
particulars of such event. The obligations of the Party giving notice, so far as they are affected
by the Force Majeure event, will be suspended during, but not longer than, the continuance of the
Force Majeure event. The affected Party must act with commercially reasonable diligence to resume
performance and notify the other Party that the Force Majeure event no longer affects its ability
to perform under the Agreement.
9.2 The requirement that any Force Majeure event be remedied with all reasonable dispatch will
not require the settlement of strikes, lockouts, or other labor difficulty by the Party claiming
excuse due to a Force Majeure event contrary to its wishes.
9.3 If either Party is rendered unable to perform by reason of Force Majeure for a period in
excess of 120 days, and if the party seeking excused performance has not, within such 120 day
period, sought to effect a solution to the inability to perform and thereafter diligently continued
with such solution until the event has passed and the ability to act and perform is
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restored, then the other Party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Party
claiming excuse due a Force Majeure event.
9.4 If Owner is excused from providing service pursuant to this Agreement due to an event of
Force Majeure that extends beyond a 120 consecutive day period, the fees hereunder that accrue
after the expiration of such 120 day period, and the Quarterly Minimum Tolling Fee and the Monthly
Reservation Fees with respect to such quarter, if any, that are directly affected by such Force
Majeure event will be excused or proportionately reduced to the extent that such event of Force
Majeure results in Owner being unable to refine for the entirety of such quarter a volume equal to
the product of the aggregate Minimum Daily Tolling Volume multiplied by the number of days in such
quarter. With respect to any reduction in the Monthly Reservation Fees, any such amount shall be
refunded to Customer upon determination of the adjustments to be made pursuant to this Section 9.4.
9.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event that
Owner cannot provide the services under this Agreement as a result of any breech of a
representation, warranty or indemnity of Customer contained in the Contribution Agreement, there
shall be no reduction in fees under this Agreement and Owner shall be entitled to receive the
Aggregate Quarterly Tolling Fee with respect to the period for which services cannot be performed.
Section 10. Inspection of and Access to Refinery.
10.1 Subject to Customer meeting Owner’s safety requirements and its other reasonable rules
and regulations concerning activities in and around the site, Customer’s right and that of its
authorized representatives to enter the Refinery in order to observe and verify Owner’s performance
hereunder will be exercised in a way that will not interfere with or diminish Owner’s control over
or its operation of the Refinery and will be subject to reasonable rules and regulations from time
to time promulgated by Owner.
10.2 Customer acknowledges that any grant of the right of access to the Refinery under this
Agreement or under any document related to this Agreement is a grant of merely a license and
conveys no interest in or to the Refinery or any part of it, and may be withdrawn by Owner at its
discretion at any time, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
Section 11. Assignment.
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto
and their permitted successors and assigns. Neither Party may assign this Agreement, directly or
indirectly, without the express prior written consent of the other Party; provided, however, that
either Party may assign this Agreement to a wholly-owned entity or to an entity that wholly-owns
the assigning Party; and provided further, that Owner shall be permitted to pledge its rights under
this Agreement to any current or future lenders of Owner and Xxxxxx Midstream Partners L.P. and
Customer acknowledges that such lenders have the right to take an assignment of this Agreement if
such pledge is foreclosed upon. For purposes of this Section, “assign” will be considered to
include any Change of Control of a Party or an assignment by
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operation of law in connection with a merger, consolidation, reorganization, receivership,
bankruptcy or similar event or by asset sale. In the event the non-assigning Party, upon request
by the assigning Party, consents to such assignment, the rights of obligations of the assigning
Party shall be binding upon the permitted assignees. The consent by a Party to any assignment,
subletting, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance, mortgage of this Agreement will not constitute a
waiver of such Party’s right to withhold its consent to any other or further assignment,
subletting, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance, mortgage of the Agreement. The absolute and
unconditional prohibitions contained in this Section are material inducements by the Parties to
enter into this Agreement and any breach thereof by a Party will constitute a material default by
such Party under this Agreement permitting the non-breaching Party to exercise all remedies
provided for in this Agreement or by law.
(b) In the event that this Agreement is terminated as a result of Section 12.1(d), upon the
written request of Customer, Owner will seek to cause any successor to negotiate a reasonably
acceptable agreement with Customer to provide continued Refining Services to Customer. The
obligations under this Section 11(b) shall terminate in the event that Customer’s secured credit
facility agented by Amegy Bank National Association is terminated
Section 12. Termination.
12.1 This Agreement may be terminated as follows:
(a) This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the mutual agreement of the Parties.
(b) This Agreement may be terminated by a Party as a result of a breach by the other Party as
provided in Section 15.
(c) This Agreement may be terminated by a Party as a result of the other Party (including such
Party’s assets) (i) filing for bankruptcy (whether voluntary or involuntary, including any petition
under insolvency or similar laws), or being adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, (ii) seeking
dissolution or reorganization or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator
for a substantial portion of its property, assets or business or to effect a plan or other
arrangement with its creditors, (iii) making a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
or consenting or acquiescing in the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator for
a substantial portion of its property, assets or business, or (iv) becoming subject of an
involuntary petition for dissolution, reorganization or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or liquidator or becoming subject to any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution
or similar process which is not dismissed within 60 days.
(d) This Agreement will automatically terminate in the event that the Owner or its permitted
assignees hereunder no longer owns the Refinery.
(e) This Agreement will automatically terminate in the event the Omnibus Agreement among
Owner, Xxxxxx Midstream GP, LLC Customer and MMLP, dated November 1, 2002, is terminated.
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(f) This Agreement is terminated at Owner’s sole and exclusive election in the event that
either Customer or Xxxxxx Resource Management Corporation materially defaults under the
Contribution Agreement and such default is not cured within the applicable cure period of such
Contribution Agreement and the cure period provided in Section 15 of this Agreement; provided,
however, that any Party that has claimed a dispute pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Contribution Agreement shall not be deemed to be in default until such dispute is resolved against
such Party in accordance with the provisions of the Contribution Agreement.
Section 13. Notice.
Any notice required under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed received when
actually received and delivered by (i) United States mail, certified or registered, return receipt
requested, (ii) confirmed overnight courier service, or (iii) confirmed facsimile transmission
properly addressed or transmitted to the address of the Party indicated below or to such other
address or facsimile number as a Party will provide to the other Party in accordance with this
provision:
If to Customer:
Cross Oil Refining & Marketing, Inc.
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
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If to Owner:
Xxxxxx Operating Partnership L.P.
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Section 14. Compliance with Law and Safety.
14.1. Customer warrants that the Stock delivered by it to the Refinery is produced,
transported, and handled are in full compliance with all statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations,
orders and directives of federal, state, or local authority (“laws”), including those applicable to
environmental pollution, and all presidential proclamations that apply to either Party. Customer
also warrants that the Product tendered to it by Owner at the Refinery is transported and handled
in full compliance with all laws, including those applicable to environmental pollution, and all
presidential proclamations that apply to either Party.
14.2. Customer certifies, on behalf of itself, its employees, agents, and contractors that all
vehicles and vessels used in connection with this Agreement will comply with all applicable
federal, state, and local laws and that they will comply with Owner’s safety rules. Customer will
furnish Owner with information (including Material Safety Data Sheet) concerning the safety and
health aspects of each of the Products produced under this Agreement. Customer will communicate
such information to all persons who may be exposed to or may handle such Products, including
without limitation, Owner’s employees, agents and contractors.
14.3 Unless the Stock provided by Customer contained adulterants or Customer has breached its
Pre-Closing Liabilities under the Contribution Agreement, Owner warrants that the Products produced
are in full compliance with all statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders and directives of
federal, state, or local authority (“Laws”), including those applicable to environmental pollution,
and all presidential proclamations that apply to either Party.
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Section 15. Default, Waiver and Remedies.
A material breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement by either Party will
constitute a default. Upon default, the non-defaulting Party shall, within 30 calendar days of
knowledge of such default, notify the defaulting Party of the particulars of such default and the
defaulting Party has 30 calendar days thereafter to cure such default. Upon the defaulting Party’s
failure to cure the default within the 30-day grace period, any and all obligations, including
payments of fees due under this Agreement, will, at the option of the non-defaulting Party, become
immediately due and payable and the non-defaulting Party may terminate this Agreement upon written
notice to the defaulting Party. The waiver by the non-defaulting Party of any right under this
Agreement will not operate to waive any other such right nor operate as waiver of that right at any
future date upon another default by either Party under this Agreement and a single or partial
exercise of any right, power or privilege will not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or
further exercise of that right, power, or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, or
privilege. Nothing in this Section is intended in any way to limit or prejudice any other rights
or remedies the non-defaulting Party may have under this Agreement or the law. The remedies of
Owner provided in this Agreement are not exclusive and, except as otherwise expressly limited by
this Agreement, are in addition to all other remedies of Owner at law or in equity. Acceptance by
Owner of any payment from Customer for any charge or service after termination of this Agreement
shall not be deemed a renewal of this Agreement under any circumstances, nor a waiver of any rights
Owner may have under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 16. Insurance.
16.1. Coverage by Owner.
(A) During the term of this Agreement Owner will procure and maintain, at its sole expense,
with solvent underwriters, policies of insurance in the minimum amounts outlined below:
(1) Commercial General Liability (Occurrence Form) for bodily injury and property damage,
including the following coverage: premises/operations, independent contractors, blanket
contractual liability, explosion, broad form property damage, products/completed operations, sudden
and accidental pollution liability and, where appropriate, stop-gap coverage with total limits to
all insureds for not less than $1 million for each occurrence and $2 million aggregate for each
annual period;
(2) Excess Liability of $5 million in excess of the limits for all of the above insurance
policy types to include a “drop down” provision in the event the underlying limits are exhausted;
(3) Workers’ Compensation complying with the laws and statutory minimum coverage of the state
or states where performance under this Agreement takes place, whether or not such coverage its
required by law, including, coverage for voluntary compensation and alternate employer and an
“other states coverage” endorsement;
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(4) Employer’s Liability with limits of $1 million (combined single limit) for each accident,
including occupational disease coverage with a limit of $100,000 for each employee and a $1 million
policy limit, including coverage under the Federal Longshoremen and Harbor Workers’ Act, the Xxxxx
Act, the Federal Death on the High Seas Act and general maritime remedies of seamen including
transportation, wages, maintenance and cure whether the action is in rem or in personam;
(5) Pollution Legal Liability applicable to bodily injury, property damage, including loss of
use of damaged property or loss of property that has not been physically injured or destroyed,
cleanup costs and defense, including costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, defense or
settlement of claims, and all such coverage to apply to sudden and non-sudden pollution conditions
resulting from the escape or release of smoke, vapors, fumes, acids, alkalis, toxic chemicals,
liquids, or gases, waste materials, or other irritants, contaminants or pollutants, in an amount of
$1 million per loss, with an annual aggregate of $2 million;
(6) Business Interruption applicable to the Refinery and its operations of $20,000,000
million; and
(7) Such other insurance, including Business Income and Extra Expense, Off Premise Services
and Business Income for Dependent Properties, as reasonably determined to be necessary by Owner and
Customer
16.2. Certificates of Insurance. Prior to Customer commencing any performance under
this Agreement and as a condition of exercising any rights under this Agreement, Owner will furnish
to Customer, certificates of insurance, evidencing that proper insurance has been secured in
accordance with the specific terms of this Agreement. Failure of Customer to require such
certificate or to object to any such certificate it receives or to commence performance without
first providing a conforming certificate or request copies of any policy will not be a waiver of
Owner’s obligation to meet its insurance obligations under this Section, including, without
limitation, its obligation to provide conforming certificates.
16.3. Reports of Accidents. Owner and Customer will immediately provide written
notice to each other of all accidents or occurrences resulting in injuries to employees or third
parties, or damage to property arising out of or during the course of the performance under this
Agreement and, as soon as practical, will furnish each other with a copy of all reports made by any
insurance underwriter or reports to others of such accidents or occurrences.
Section 17. Indemnity.
17.1. To the extent permitted by law and except as otherwise specifically provided in this
Agreement, Customer will defend and indemnify Owner from and against any liability, loss, damage,
claim, suit, penalty, fine, judgment, cost or expense (including reasonable attorney fees and other
costs of litigation) resulting from, associated with or arising out of (i) Customer’s failure to
comply with applicable governmental or quasi-governmental laws, regulations or rules, (ii) bodily
injury or death of any person, including, without limitation, Customer’s and Owner’s employees,
agents and representatives, (iii) damage to natural resources or to property of any
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nature, including, without limitation, that involving the Stock and the Products and other property
of Customer and the Refinery and other property of Owner, to the extent caused by the negligent or
willful acts or omissions of Customer, its employees, agents, representatives or contractors, (iv)
discharges, spills, or leaks of Stock or Products or any other substances, to the extent caused by
the negligent or willful acts or omissions of Customer, its employees, agents, representatives or
contractors in the exercise of any of the rights granted under this Agreement or in the operation,
loading, or unloading of any motor vehicle, or any vessel owned or hired by Customer, its agents or
contractors, (v) all product liability or similar claims relating to the Stock and the Products, or
(vi) governmental proceedings relating to the operations at the Refinery, except to the extent any
such loss, damage, claim, suit, liability, penalty, fine, judgment or expense is (a) finally
determined to have resulted from the negligent or willful misconduct of Owner, or (b) covered by
the following indemnity.
17.2. To the extent permitted by law and as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement,
Owner will defend and indemnify Customer from and against any loss, damage, claim, suit, liability,
penalty, fine, judgment or expense (including reasonable attorney fees and other costs of
litigation) resulting from, associated with or arising out of (i) Owner’s failure to comply with
applicable governmental or quasi-governmental laws, regulations or rules unless such failure is
reasonably resulting from Customer’s failure to comply with its obligations, liabilities or
indemnities in the Contribution Agreement, (ii) bodily injury or death of any person, including,
without limitation, Customer’s and Owner’s employees, agents or representatives, (iii) damage to
natural resources or to property of any nature, including, without limitation, that involving the
Stock and the Products and other property of Customer and the Refinery and other property of Owner
to the extent caused by the negligent or willful acts or omissions of Owner, its employees, agents,
representatives or contractors, (iv) discharges, spills, or leaks of Stock or Products or any other
substances, to the extent caused by the negligent or willful acts or omissions of Owner, its
employees, agents, representatives or contractors in the exercise of any of the rights granted
under this Agreement or in the operation, loading, or unloading of any motor vehicle, or any vessel
owned or hired by Owner, its agents or contractors, and (v) governmental proceedings relating to
the operations at the Refinery, except to the extent any such loss, damage, claim, suit liability,
penalty, fine, judgment or expense is (a) finally determined to have resulted from negligent or
willful misconduct of Customer, or (b) covered by the preceding indemnity.
17.3 Under the foregoing indemnities, where the personal injury to or death of any person, or
loss of or damage to property is the result of the joint or concurrent negligence or willful acts
or omissions of Owner and Customer, each Party’s duty of indemnification will be in proportion to
its share of such joint or concurrent negligence, or willful misconduct.
17.4 To receive the foregoing indemnities, the Party seeking indemnification must notify the
other in writing of a claim or suit promptly and provide reasonable cooperation (at the
indemnifying Party’s expense) and full authority to defend or settle the claim or suit. Neither
Party shall have any obligation to indemnify the other under any settlement made without its
written consent.
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17.5 In addition to and separate and apart from other insurance obligations that Customer may
assume under the terms of this Agreement, insurance covering this indemnity agreement must be
provided by Customer to the extent permitted by law. Further, by requiring insurance in this
Agreement, Owner does not represent that the required insurance coverage and minimum limits will
necessarily be adequate to protect Owner, and such insurance coverage and limits will not be deemed
as a limitation on Customer’s liability under the indemnities granted to Owner in this Agreement.
Section 18. Construction of Agreement.
18.1 Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for
convenience only and will not be used in the interpretation of this Agreement.
18.2 Amendment or Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived
except by written instrument executed by officers or duly authorized representatives of the
respective Parties. In addition, as long as Owner is a party to this Agreement, the Conflicts
Committee of MMLP shall be required to approve any amendment to this Agreement in accordance with
its required procedures.
18.3 Severability of Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
unenforceable, this Agreement shall be considered divisible and such provision shall be deemed
inoperative to the extent it is deemed unenforceable, and in all other respects this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect; provided, however, that if any such provision may be made
enforceable by limitation or modification thereof, then such provision shall be deemed to be so
limited or modified and shall be enforceable to the maximum extent provided by applicable law.
18.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the attachments) contains the entire
and exclusive agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes and renders void all previous agreements, negotiations and representations between the
Parties, whether written or oral. The terms of this Agreement may not be amended, contradicted,
explained or supplanted by any usage of trade, course of dealing or course of performance.
Section 19. Law.
This Agreement will be construed and governed by the laws of the State of Texas without regard
to principles of conflict of laws.
Section 20. Alternative Dispute Resolution.
20.1. Covered Disputes. Any dispute, controversy or claim (whether
sounding in contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including
without limitation the meaning of its provisions, or the proper performance of any of its terms by
either Party, its breach, termination or invalidity (“Dispute”) will be resolved in accordance with
the procedures specified in this Section, which will be the sole and exclusive procedure for the
resolution of any such Dispute, except that a Party, without prejudice to the following
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procedures, may file a complaint to seek preliminary injunctive or other provisional judicial
relief, if in its sole judgment, that action is necessary to avoid irreparable damage or to
preserve the status quo. Despite that action the Parties will continue, subject to Section 20.6,
to participate in good faith in the procedures specified in this Section.
20.2 Initiation of Procedures. Either Party wishing to initiate the dispute
resolution procedures set forth in this Section with respect to a Dispute not resolved in the
ordinary course of business must give written notice of the Dispute to the other Party (“Dispute
Notice”). The Dispute Notice will include (i) a statement of that Party’s position and a summary
of arguments supporting that position, and (ii) the name and title of the executive who will
represent that Party, and of any other person who will accompany the executive, in the negotiations
under next subsection.
20.3 Negotiation Between Executives. If one Party has given a Dispute Notice under
the preceding subsection, the Parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute within 45
calendar days of the notice by negotiation between executives who have authority to settle the
Dispute and who are at a higher level of management than the persons with direct responsibility for
administration of this Agreement or the matter in Dispute. Within 15 calendar days after delivery
of the Dispute Notice, the receiving Party will submit to the other a written response. The
response will include (i) a statement of that Party’s position and a summary of arguments
supporting that position, and (ii) the name and title of the executive who will represent that
Party and of any other person who will accompany the executive. Within 45 calendar days after
delivery of the Dispute Notice, the executives of both Parties will meet at a mutually acceptable
time and place, and thereafter, as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to attempt to resolve
the Dispute. The Conflicts Committee of MMLP shall have the right to have a representative present
at any such meeting.
20.4 Mediation. If the Dispute has not been resolved by negotiation under the
preceding subsection within 45 calendar days of the Dispute Notice, and only in such event, either
Party may initiate the mediation procedure of this subsection by giving written notice to the other
Party (“Mediation Notice”). The Parties will endeavor to settle the Dispute by mediation within 90
calendar days of the Mediation Notice.
20.5 Arbitration. If the Dispute has not been resolved by mediation under the
preceding subparagraph within 90 calendar days of the Mediation Notice, and only in such event,
either Party may initiate the arbitration procedure of this subsection by giving written notice to
the other Party (“Arbitration Notice”). The Dispute will be finally resolved by binding
arbitration in accordance with the then current Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association (“AAA”) by a single arbitrator, chosen by mutual agreement of both Parties. If the
Parties cannot select an arbitrator within 30 calendar days of the Arbitration Notice, the AAA will
select the arbitrator. The United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sec. 1-16 as amended (“the
Act”), will govern the arbitration. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be
entered by any court of any state having jurisdiction. The statute of limitations of the State of
Texas for the commencement of a lawsuit will apply to the commencement of an arbitration under this
Agreement, except that no defenses will be available based upon the passage of time during any
negotiation or mediation called for by this Section. Each Party will assume its own costs of legal
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representation and expert witnesses and the Parties will share equally the other costs of the
arbitration. The arbitrator will award pre-judgment interest in accordance with the law of Texas;
however, the arbitrator may not award punitive damages. The arbitration will take place in
Houston, Texas
20.6 Tolling and Performance. Except as indicated in the preceding subsection with
regard to the commencement of arbitration, all applicable statutes of limitation and defenses based
upon the passage of time will be tolled while the procedures specified in this Section are pending.
The Parties will take any action required to effectuate that tolling. Each Party is required to
continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement pending final resolution of any Dispute,
unless to do so would be impossible or impracticable under the circumstances. Furthermore,
notwithstanding the pendency of the mediation or arbitration, the Parties shall continue to perform
under this Agreement to the extent that such performance does not exacerbate (other than with
respect to monetary matters) the specific matter giving rise to the dispute, controversy or claim.
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This Agreement has been executed by the authorized representatives of each Party as indicated below
effective as of the Effective Date.
CROSS OIL REFINING & MARKETING, INC.
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III | |||
Title:
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President and CEO |
XXXXXX OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.
By: Xxxxxx Operating GP LLC, Its General Partner
By: Xxxxxx Midstream Partners L.P., Its Sole Member
By: Xxxxxx Midstream GP LLC, Its General Partner
By: Xxxxxx Operating GP LLC, Its General Partner
By: Xxxxxx Midstream Partners L.P., Its Sole Member
By: Xxxxxx Midstream GP LLC, Its General Partner
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III | |||
Title:
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President and CEO |
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