ACCEPTED 06-15-00044-CV SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 12/21/2015 4:04:48 PM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK

Cause No. 06-15-00044-CV _______________________________________________ FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 6th COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS 12/21/2015 4:04:48 PM AT TEXARKANA DEBBIE AUTREY _______________________________________________ Clerk

BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY, LP,

Appellant,

v.

PETROMAX OPERATING CO., INC., WOODBINE ACQUISITION, LLC, PETRO TEXAS, LLC, CH4 ENERGY II, LLC, AND TEXCAL ENERGY SOUTH TEXAS, L.P.

Appellees. ______________________________________________

On Appeal from the 12th Judicial District Court Madison County, Texas, Cause No. 12-13130-012-10 ______________________________________________

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF LEAD COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE TEXCAL ENERGY SOUTH TEXAS, L.P. ______________________________________________

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1, the undersigned counsel

file this Notice of Appearance of Lead Counsel for Appellee TexCal Energy South

Texas, L.P., and respectfully ask that the clerk of court so reflect their appearance

on the docket of this matter.

1 Deborah G. Hankinson State Bar No. 00000020 [email protected] Stephanie Dooley Nelson State Bar No. 24002006 Hankinson LLP [email protected] 750 North St. Paul St., Suite 1800 Dallas, Texas 75201 214.754.9190 214.754.9140 (fax)

Please note that Jesse R. Pierce and Brian K. Tully of the law firm of Pierce

& O’Neill, LLP will remain as additional counsel for Appellee TexCal Energy

South Texas, L.P. in this appeal.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Stephanie Dooley Nelson

JESSE R. PIERCE DEBORAH G. HANKINSON State Bar No. 15995400 State Bar No. 00000020 [email protected] [email protected] Brian K. Tully STEPHANIE DOOLEY NELSON State Bar No. 24039217 State Bar No. 24002006 [email protected] [email protected] Pierce & O’Neill, LLP HANKINSON LLP 4203 Montrose Blvd. 750 North St. Paul St., Suite 1800 Houston, Texas 77006 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: 713-634-3600 Telephone: 214-754-9190 Facsimile: 713-634-3601 Facsimile: 214-754-9140

Attorneys for Appellee TexCal Energy South Texas, L.P.

2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing was served upon the following persons via electronic service on this 21st day of December, 2015:

Attorneys for Appellant Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company, LP:

Kirsten M. Castenada [email protected] Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend, LLP 4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510 Dallas, Texas 75206

Roger D. Townsend [email protected] Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend, LLP 1844 Harvard Street Houston, Texas 77008

Fred Hagans [email protected] Kendall C. Montgomery [email protected] Hagans Burdine Montgomery & Rustay, P.C. 3200 Travis, Fourth Floor Houston, TX 77006

John R. Mercy [email protected] Mercy Carter Tidwell, L.L.P. 1724 Galleria Oaks Drive Texarkana, Texas 75503

Vincent L. Marable III [email protected] Paul Webb, P.C. 221 N. Houston Street Wharton, Texas 77488

3 Attorneys for Appellee Woodbine Acquisition, LLC n/k/a MD America Energy, LLC:

Greg W. Curry [email protected] Gregory D. Binns [email protected] Richard B. Phillips, Jr. [email protected] Thompson & Knight LLP One Arts Plaza 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201-2533

Jeffrey C. Lewis Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, L.L.P. 1710 Moores Lane Texarkana, Texas 75503

Attorneys for Appellees PetroMax Operating Co., Petro Texas, LLC, CH4 Energy II, LLC:

David J. Beck [email protected] David M. Gunn [email protected] Thomas E. Ganucheau [email protected] Beck Redden LLP 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500 Houston, TX 77010-2010

4 Attorneys for Appellee PetroMax Operating Co., Inc.:

Brad D’Amico [email protected] Cantey Hanger LLP 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 3300 Dallas, TX 75201

/s/ Stephanie Dooley Nelson Stephanie Dooley Nelson

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