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EXHIBIT 2.1
AMERADA HESS CORPORATION
DAVID G. STEVENSON P. 0. BOX 2040
VICE PRESIDENT AND HOUSTON, TEXAS 77252-2040
ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL 713-609-4100
May 7, 1996
DLB Oil & Gas, Inc.
1601 N.W. Expressway
Suite 700
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118-1401
Attention: Mark Liddell
Gentlemen:
Reference for all purposes is herein made to that certain Agreement for
Purchase and Sale dated April 16, 1996, between Amerada Hess Corporation
("Seller") and DLB Oil & Gas, Inc. ("Buyer") covering the sale of various oil
and gas properties in Oklahoma ("Agreement").
Buyer has requested that the Closing Date under Section 11.1 of the
Agreement be changed from June 14, 1996 to May 31, 1996. Seller is agreeable
to this change, subject to the following conditions and amendments of the
Agreement:
1. Buyer shall complete its title review under
Article VII of the Agreement and notify Seller of any Title
Defects by May 17, 1996.
2. Buyer shall complete its environmental assessment
of the Assets as prescribed in Article XIV of the Agreement by
May 17, 1996.
If you are in agreement with the above, please execute a copy of this
letter at the place designated below, whereupon this letter will be an
amendment of the Agreement, binding upon both Seller and Buyer.
Sincerely,
AMERADA HESS CORPORATION
By: /s/ D. G. Stevenson
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D. G. Stevenson
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO THIS
8TH DAY OF MAY, 1996
DLB OIL & GAS, INC.
By: /s/ Mark Liddell
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Mark Liddell President