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<b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Note K.  </font></b>
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<b><i><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Commitments
and contingencies</font></i></b>
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<i>Severance agreements.</i>  The Company has entered
into severance and change in control agreements with all of its
senior officers. The current annual salaries for the
Company’s officers covered under such agreements total
approximately $3.4 million.
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<i>Indemnifications.</i>  The Company has agreed to
indemnify its directors and officers, with respect to claims and
damages arising from certain acts or omissions taken in such
capacity.
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<i>Legal actions.</i>  The Company is a party to
proceedings and claims incidental to its business. While many of
these matters involve inherent uncertainty, the Company believes
that the amount of the liability, if any, ultimately incurred
with respect to any such proceedings or claims will not have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated
financial position as a whole or on its liquidity, capital
resources or future results of operations. The Company will
continue to evaluate proceedings and claims involving the
Company on a
<font style="white-space: nowrap">quarter-by-quarter</font>
basis and will establish and adjust any reserves as appropriate
to reflect its assessment of the then current status of the
matters.
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<i>Daywork commitments.</i>  The Company periodically
enters into contractual arrangements under which the Company is
committed to expend funds to drill wells in the future,
including agreements to secure drilling rig services, which
require the Company to make future minimum payments to the rig
operators. The Company records drilling commitments in the
periods in which well capital is incurred or rig services are
provided. The following table summarizes the Company’s
future drilling commitments at December 31, 2010:
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</td>
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<b>Payments Due by Period</b>
</td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>Less Than<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>1 - 3<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>3 - 5<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>More than<br />
</b>
</td>
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Total</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>1 Year</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Years</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Years</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>5 Years</b>
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="19" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>(In thousands)</b>
</td>
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Daywork drilling contracts with related parties(a)
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
1,000
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
1,000
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">
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Other daywork drilling contracts
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
1,400
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
1,400
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
Total contractual drilling commitments
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
2,400
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
2,400
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
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<div style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"> 
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<td width="3%"></td>
<td width="1%"></td>
<td width="96%"></td>
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(a) </td>
<td></td>
<td valign="bottom">
Consists of daywork drilling contracts with Silver Oak Drilling,
LLC, an affiliate of Chase Oil Corporation (“Chase
Oil”), a stockholder of the Company.</td>
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<i>Operating leases.</i>  The Company leases vehicles,
equipment and office facilities under non-cancellable operating
leases. Lease payments associated with these operating leases
for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 were
approximately $2.8 million, $2.3 million and
$1.3 million, respectively.
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Future minimum lease commitments under non-cancellable operating
leases at December 31, 2010 are as follows:
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<td width="1%" align="right"> </td><!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>(In thousands)</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<td> 
</td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
2011
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
3,471
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
2012
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
3,151
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
2013
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
2,558
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
2014
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
2,373
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
2015 and thereafter
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
3,689
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
Total
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
15,242
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
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