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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2182 - Amendment To Oil & Gas Lease With W.E. Medlock - 10/24/1985Resolution #2182 October 24, 1985 Agenda Item #33 : js RESOLUTION E IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock an Amendment to Oil and Gas Lease by and between the City of Lubbock and W. E. Medlock, Sr., attached herewith, which shall be spread upon the minutes of the Council and as spread upon the minutes of this Council shall constitute and be a part of this Resolution as if fully copied herein in detail. Passed by the City Council this 24th day of October , 1985. ATTEST: ALAW HENRY, KAYOR anette-toys, city Secretary APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: Kobert Massengale, Assistant City Manager for Financial Services (APPROVED AS TO FORM: art, Assistant t:lty Attorney Resolution #2182 AMENDMENT TO OIL AND GAS LEASE This Amendment, made and entered into on this 24th day of October , 1985 by and between the City of Lubbock, Texas, Lessor and W. E. Medlock, Sr., Lessee. WHEREAS, the Oil and Gas Lease entered into by Lessee and Lessor on the 9th day of November, 1984 requires that not more than six (6) months shall expire between the completion as a producer and the commencement of operations for the drilling of the next succeeding well, and and WHEREAS, Comanche Canyon No. 1 was completed July 17,.1985, WHEREAS, due to weather conditions and requirements of the "Texas Historical Commission" Lessee might not be able to commence operations for the drilling of Comanche Canyon No. 2, (the next succeeding well) within six (6) months after completion of Comanche Well No. 1, and WHEREAS, Lessor and Lessee desire to extend the time allowed for completion of Comanche Well No. 2 from six (6) months to nine (9) months; therefore such Oil and Gas Lease is hereby amended as follows: Despite anything to the contrary contained in Section 5(c) of the Oil and Gas Lease, the Lease shall not expire if operations for drilling Comanche Canyon No. 2 have not commenced within six (6) months of completion of Comanche Canyon No. 1, but instead such Lease shall remain in force and effect as to all the lands covered thereby so long and only so long as Lessee commences operations for the drilling of Comanche Canyon No. 2 within nine (9) months of completion of Comanche Canyon No. 1. If Lessee fails to commence operations for the drilling of Comanche Canyon No. 2 within nine (9) months of completion of Comanche Canyon No. 1 the Lease shall thereupon terminate as to all of the leased premises, except: (a) Surrounding Comanche Canyon No. 1 the greater of: (1) forty acres; or (2) that number of acres prescribed or permitted by such governmental authority to be allocat- ed to such well to entitle such well to receive the maximum allowable production to a depth of 100 feet below the stratigraphic equivalent of the deepest depth at which such well is then completed as a well capable of producing in paying quantities. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, this instrument is executed on the day and year first above written. LESSOR: CIT BY: ATTt�l: C� O , Ranet a Boyd, City Secr ar THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF LUBBOCK § BY: ATTEST: BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and For said County, Texas on this day personally appeared W. E. MEDLOCK, SR., Lessee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same, for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER OY HAND AND 11V � THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK SEAL OF OFFICE this day of 1985. Q"b No arA7yP ub Lubbock ounty, Texas 1 j_ 1 b— e - Y JUANITA LUNDISERG 0 0 BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said County, Texas on this day personally appeared ALAN HENRY, Mayor, known to me to be the person whose name is sub- scribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same, for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. E.'UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this �g — day of _4 1985. Notary Public, Lubbock County, Texas - 2 - No Text