EX-10.1 2 ex10-1.htm

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

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White River Operating LLC

27073 HWY 15, Ferriday LA 71334

 

 

November 18, 2022

 

WHITE RIVER E&P 1 LP

 

Participation Agreement for DENMISS LLC NO 1 Well.

 

When executed by you in the manner provided below, this Participation Agreement (“Agreement”) will evidence an agreement between WHITE RIVER ENERGY CORP. (hereinafter referred to as “Assignor”) and WHITE RIVER E&P 1 LP (hereinafter referred to as “Participant”) covering your participation in the wells drilled on that certain 160 + mineral acres; Section 14, SE/4 of SW/4, Section 23, NW/4 of SE/4 and SE/4 of NW/4 and SW/4 of NE/4, T7N-R4E, Pisgah Oil Field, Rankin County, Mississippi (the “Pisgah Prospect”) under that certain Lease Agreement dated as of July 1, 2022 by and between White River E&P LLC c/o Sky3D LLC and Pearl River Interior, L.L.C (the “Lease”). White River Operating LLC shall be designated as “Operator” of the well(s) Drilled therein. The terms of this Agreement are as follows:

 

I.EXHIBITS

 

The following exhibits are attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement:

 

A.Exhibit A: Well Location Plat
B.Exhibit B: Authority for Expenditure (“AFE”)
C.Exhibit C: Wiring Instructions
D.Exhibit D: Form of Assignment
E.Exhibit E: Joint Operating Agreement

 

II.AGREEMENT TO CONVEY INTEREST IN LEASES

 

A.

Participant shall fund an initial amount of $1,408,000 to Assignor (the “Payment”), which Assignor will in turn use to drill the well or wells described in further detail herein (beginning with the “Test Well” described in Section III hereunder). The Payment is due by November 30th, 2022. In the event the Test Well is determined to be economically viable, then an additional $992,963.27 in costs (the “Second Payment”, and together with the Initial Payment, the “Payments”) would be due to complete and produce the Test Well. The Second Payment will be due within thirty days of the Participant receiving notice from the Assignor that the Test Well has been deemed economically viable.

 

B.

In exchange for the Payments set forth above, the Participant is receiving: (i) a fifty percent (50%) working interest in all wells resulting from the Pigsah Prospect; and (ii) a thirty two and one half percent (32.5%) net revenue interest in all wells resulting from the Pigsah Prospect. The foregoing interests will be assigned to the Participant pursuant to the assignment of interests form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

C.

It is understood and agreed that Assignor (or one of its affiliates) is retaining a twenty five percent (25%) working interest in the Test Well as a “promote”. As such, the Participant is only receiving a fifty percent (50.0%) working interest in such well, despite having the Payments total sixty-six and two-thirds of a percent (66.67%) of the AFE.

 

D.The Assignor shall be responsible for all costs associated with the Test Well in excess of the Payments

 

 
 

 

III.TEST WELLS

 

A.WHITE RIVER E&P 1 LP agrees to participate in the drilling of the initial test well, which shall be designated as the DENMISS LLC No. 1, “TEST WELL” means the well that is proposed and drilled in the Prospect. The Wells shall be drilled to a depth sufficient to evaluate the prospective multiple zones being the Rodessa Sand and Hosston Formations to a depth of 11,500’ (the “Contact Depths”). See AFE #1, Exhibit B.

 

A.The initial drilling well shall be performed by White River Operating, LLC for an agreed price. A copy of the drilling contract will be furnished to Participant upon request.

 

IV.SUBSTITUTE TEST WELL

 

If the initial drilling is abandoned prior to reaching contract depths due to heaving shale, saltwater flow, rock salt, dome formation, lost circulation, impenetrable formation, mechanical difficulty, or other conditions rendering further drilling impractical, any party who participated in drilling the Well shall have the option, but not the obligation, to propose and drill a substitute well (hereinafter referred to a “Substitute Test Well”). The parties who participate drilling the Well shall have the right to participate in other zones of said Well and/or drilling the Substitute Test Well by following the same procedure and the same elections set forth in Section III of this Agreement for the initial Well.

 

V.COST OF SUBSEQUENT/DEVELOPMENT WELLS

 

For any well(s) drilled after the drilling of the Test Well and any Substitute Test Well within a unit area in which WHITE RIVER E&P 1 LP participates, WHITE RIVER E&P 1 LP share of costs shall be the same as a “TEST WELL”.

 

VI.OPERATING AGREEMENT

 

Upon drilling of the initial well, Operator shall forward a standard AAPL-610 Joint Operating Agreement (the “JOA”) WHITE RIVER E&P 1 LP applicable to all operations hereunder for your review and execution. White River Operating LLC shall be designated as Operator in said JOA. In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the JOA, this Agreement shall prevail. The JOA shall take the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

 

VII.INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED

 

White River Operating LLC shall notify Participant when actual drilling of a well is commenced and shall, upon request, furnish Participant with copies of all regulatory permits for the Mississippi Office of Conservation. During the drilling or re-entry of any of the Well(s), Participant’s duly authorized representatives shall have access, at their own risk, at all times to the derrick floor and shall be given any available information requested regarding the well, including daily drilling reports, Monday through Friday, and sufficient notice of all tests or the running of a log in order for Participant to have representatives present, if so desired.

 

 
 

 

VIII.INSURANCE

 

At all times while conducting operations under this Agreement, Assignor or Operator, as applicable, shall carry or cause to be carried adequate insurance coverage for the benefit of the Participant, and shall ensure Participant is listed on such insurance as an additional insured.

 

IX.PROVISION CONCERNING TAXATION

 

Nothing in this agreement or in any of the exhibits attached hereto is intended to create or shall it be deemed to create a joint venture or a mining or other partnership of any kind, or to provide for or create any joint liability.

 

X.NOTICES

 

All notices, proposals, reports and other communication given under this Agreement shall be sent to the parties at the following addresses (please complete your contact information):

 

WHITE RIVER E&P 1 LP

567 Kryptonite Drive

Castle Rock, CO 80108

 

White River Operating LLC
27073 HWY 15, Ferriday LA 71334

 

And to such other addressees as the parties may designate in writing, notices, etc. may be sent by mail, fax or expedited delivery service. Any notice, etc. shall be deemed to be received by the addressee on the day after it is actually sent.

 

XI.ASSIGNMENTS

 

The form of assignment(s) shall be mutually agreed upon, and White River Energy LLC consents to the assignment(s).

 

XII.HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS

 

Any assignment or transfer of an interest under this Agreement shall be expressly made subject to this Agreement and the JOA contemplated in Article VIII of this Participation Agreement. In any such assignment, the assigning party shall furnish its Participant with a copy of this Agreement and all exhibits attached thereto, and the Participant(s) shall agree to assume and be bound by the terms and provisions hereof.

 

XIII.CONTROLLING LAW

 

This Agreement and the parties’ rights and obligations under it shall be governed by the Laws of the State of Mississippi.

 

XIV.EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH HEADINGS

 

The headings of the paragraphs herein have been used for convenience only and shall not be used in construing the provisions of this Agreement.

 

 
 

 

XV.EFFECTIVE DATE

 

This Agreement shall be effective for all purposes as of November 22, 2022 regardless of the date of its actual execution.

 

XVI.ACCEPTANCE

 

This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one (1) Agreement.

 

Sincerely,

 

WHITE RIVER ENERGY CORP, PARENT COMPANY

WHITE RIVER E&P LLC, SUBSIDIARY

WHITE RIVER OPERATING LLC, SUBSIDIARY

SKY3D LLC, AFFILIATE

 

By: /s/ Randy May  

 

Randy May, Executive Chairman, on behalf of all of the above listed entities

 

WHITE RIVER E&P 1 MANAGEMENT LLC c/o WHITE RIVER E&P 1 LP

 

By: /s/ Jay Puchir  

 

Jay Puchir, Co-Fund Manager, Manager

 

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED THIS 22nd DAY OF November, 2022.