Fill and Sign the Durable Special Power of Attorney Granting Agent the Right Form

DURABLE SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY (Granting Agent the Right to Execute Oil and Gas Leases, Attendant Instruments, and Deal with Oil and Gas Properties) State: County: Principal: (Name and Address) Agent: (Name and Address) Effective Date: Principal, named above, makes, constitutes and appoints Agent, named above, as Principal's true and lawful Agent and Attorney-in-Fact and in Principal's name, place a nd stead, to execute any and all oil and gas leases covering all oil, gas, and mineral s owned by Principal located within the State of ____. (If the power of attorney is limited to a specifi c property, or properties, the properties should be described here.) Principal's Agent shall have the right to execute all ratification's, rental divi sion orders, division orders, amendments, extensions, and renewals of oil and gas leases, correction oil and gas leases, and receipts for the payment of bonus and delay rentals, and any other payme nts due under oil and gas leases. Agent is granted the right to accept drafts, checks, or other m ethods of payment for bonus, delay rentals, royalty, and other payments under oil and gas leases exec uted by the Agent and to retain the monies in a separate account of the Agent or in an account for the Principal. Principal specifically grants to Agent the right to do all acts and sign every i nstrument necessary, advisable, or appropriate to lease, pool, or unitize the oil, gas, and other mine rals owned by Principal in the state of ____ (or the specific property to which the Power of Attorney applies) for the exploration, production, and development of oil and/or gas and to deal with a ll oil, gas, and mineral properties even though the instrument or document which Agent may be called upon to execute for Principal is not specifically listed in this Power of Attorney. Principal appoints Agent to act for Principal in accordance with the powers granted, and ratifies all acts done by Agent. The Agent's authority shall begin on the Effective Date stated above and end when this Power of Attorney is revoked by Principal in writing, acknowledged and filed for record in counties in which Principal owns interests. Principal binds (himself/herself) and (his/her) heirs and personal representatives to indemnify and hold Agent harmless from any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, accidents, or expenses that Agent may sustain or incur in connection with carrying out of t he authority granted to Agent in this Power of Attorney. THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY SHALL NOT TERMINATE BY PRINCIPAL'S DISABILITY. THE AUTHORITY OF THE AGENT SHALL BE EXERCISABLE NOTWITHSTANDING PRINCIPAL'S LATER DISABILITY OR INCAPACITY OR LATER UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER PRINCIPAL IS ALIVE. ANY ACT DONE BY AGENT DURING ANY PERIOD OF PRINCIPAL'S DISABILITY OR INCOMPETENCY OR DURING ANY PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER PRINCIPAL IS ALIVE SHALL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH PRINCIPAL WERE ALIVE, COMPETENT AND NOT DISABLED, AND SHALL INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF AND BE BINDING ON PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL'S HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES.This Power of Attorney is signed by Principal as of the date of the acknowledgment below, but is effective for all purposes as of the Effective Date stated above. Principal