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                  as a limited term overriding royalty interest,                      
                  fifty percent (50%) of all of Assignor's                            
                  [Malibu's] interest in all gas produced, saved,                     
                  and sold to Assignee [Arkla], if as and when                        
                  produced, saved, and sold to Assignee but not                       
                  otherwise, on and after May 1, 1988 from those                      
                  certain wells specified on Exhibit A attached                       
                  hereto ("Subject Wells") and by this reference                      
                  made a part hereof, under the gas purchase                          
                  agreement between Assignor and Assignee applic-                     
                  able to the Subject Wells.  Assignor further does                   
                  hereby grant bargain, sell, transfer, set over,                     
                  convey and deliver unto Assignee an interest in                     
                  the oil and gas leases and other mineral rights                     
                  of Assignor within the drilling and spacing unit                    
                  for each Subject Well sufficient to convey to                       
                  Assignee the overriding royalty interest above                      
                  described, the legal description of which unit is                   
                  more fully described on Exhibit A.                                  

             The assignment was to last until:                                        

                  such time as the total production attributable                      
                  to the interest assigned hereunder equals in                        
                  value that certain total sum stipulated in the                      
                  "Settlement Agreement" between Assignor and                         
                  Assignee dated April  25 , 1988, at which time                      
                  the interest assigned hereunder shall terminate                     
                  and revert to Assignor.  * * *                                      
                       Finally, paragraph 3 of the Settlement Agreement,              
             quoted above, provides that upon Malibu's request, the                   
             parties will enter into a Release Agreement in the form                  
             attached to the Settlement Agreement as an exhibit.  Under               
             the Release Agreement, Malibu and Arkla would agree as                   
             follows:                                                                 

                  1.   Buyer [Arkla] and Seller [Malibu] hereby                       
                       agree to release from commitment to the                        
                       Contracts for a primary term commencing                        
                       May 1, 1988, and extending through June 30,                    
                       1990 and continuing on a month to month                        





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