ACCEPTED 01-14-00370-cv FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/12/2015 1:06:21 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK NO.Ol-14-00370-CV FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS2/12/2015 1:06:21 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk REPUBLIC PETROLEUM, L.L.C. AND REPUBLIC PETROLEUM PARTNERS, L.P. APPELLANTS V. DYNAMIC OFFSHORE RESOURCES NS, L.L.C. AND W&T OFFSHORE, INC. APPELLEES

On Appeal from the 270th Judicial District Court Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Brent Gamble presiding Trial Court Cause No. 2010-80561

APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLANTS' JOINT OBJECTION TO MEDIATION

KENNETH H. LABORDE Texas State Bar No. 11786070 [email protected] DANIEL G. RAUH Louisiana State Bar No. 27280 (PHV) [email protected] CHARLOTTE A. FIELDS Texas State Bar No. 24032175 [email protected] Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, 1177 West Loop South, Suite 750 Houston, Texas 77027 Telephone: (832) 255-6000 Facsimile: (832) 255-6001 COUNSEL FOR APPELLEEI CROSS-APPELLANT DYNAMIC OFFSHORE RESOURCES NS, L.L.C. -AND- Bradley L. DeLuca Texas Bar No. 05653800 [email protected] Brigid D. Ashcraft Texas Bar No. 09193167 [email protected] JOHNSON DELuCA KURISKY & GOULD, P.C.

4 Houston Center 1221 Lamar, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77010 (713) 652-2525 - Telephone (713) 652-5130 - Facsimile COUNSEL FOR APPELLEEI CROSS-APPELLANT W&T OFFSHORE INC., successor by merger of OFFSHORE SHELF

TO THE HONORABLE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS: Appellees/Cross-Appellants Dynamic Offshore Resources NS, L.L.C. and W&T Offshore, Inc. object to the referral to mediation of this case and file this objection pursuant to TEX. Crv. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 154.022(b). A reasonable basis exists to object to the referral as the case has been unsuccessfully mediated on three prior occasions-April 27, 2011, January 8, 2013, and November 26, 2013. Appellees/Cross-Appellants Dynamic Offshore Resources NS, L.L.C. and W&T Offshore, Inc. contend that a fourth mediation would not be productive and would instead impose unnecessary additional expense on the parties.

For these reasons, Appellees/Cross-Appellants Dynamic Offshore Resources NS, L.L.C. and W&T Offshore, Inc. respectfully request that their objection to the Court's Referral to Mediation be sustained, and for any other relief to which they may be justly entitled.

Texas State Bar No. 11786070 [email protected] DANIEL G. RAUH Louisiana State Bar No. 27280 (PHV) [email protected] CHARLOTTE A. FIELDS Texas State Bar No. 24032175 [email protected] Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, 1177 West Loop South, Suite 750 Houston. Texas 77027 Telephone: (832) 255-6000 Facsimile: (832) 255-6001 COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE/ CROSS-APPELLANT DYNAMIC OFFSHORE RESOURCES NS, L.L.C. -AND-

bzH14Ui~ Bradley L. DeLu~ IMJ · Texas Bar No. 05653800 I ~A!f:-~ [email protected] ~T/r- Brigid D. Ashcraft Texas Bar No. 09193167 [email protected] JOHNSON DELuCA KURISKY & GOULD, P.C.

4 Houston Center 1221 Lamar, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77010 (713) 652-2525 - Telephone (713) 652-5130 - Facsimile COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE/ CROSS-APPELLANT W&T OFFSHORE INC., successor by merger of OFFSHORE SHELF

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 1th day of February, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on the following counsel of record via e-filing and e-mail in accordance with TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5(e).

K. B. Battaglini John G. Bissell Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P. 4900 Woodway Drive, Suite 1200 Houston, Texas 77056 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS REPUBLIC PETROLEUM, L.L.c. AND REPUBLIC PETROLEUM PARTNERS, L.P. Bradley L. DeLuca Brigid D. Ashcraft Johnson, DeLuca, Kurisky & Gould, P.C.

4 Houston Center 1221 Lamar Street, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77010 COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE W&T OFFSHORE, INC.