Viking Gas Transmission Company

Original Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 06/01/1991, Docket: GT91- 25-000, Status: Effective

First Revised Sheet No. 154 First Revised Sheet No. 154 : Superseded

Superseding: Original Sheet No. 154

GAS TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT (Continued)

authorizations. Further, if any governmental body having jurisdiction over the service

provided for herein authorizes abandonment of such service on a date other than the

Termination Date as defined in Section 10.1 herein, then the Termination Date shall

nevertheless be the abandonment date so authorized.

11.2 Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Parties will file, or cause to be

filed, and diligently prosecute, any necessary applications or notices with all necessary

regulatory bodies for approval of the service provided for herein.

11.3 In the event the Parties are unable to obtain all necessary and satisfactory regulatory

approvals for service prior to the expiration of two (2) years from the effective date

hereof, then, prior to receipt of such regulatory approvals, either Party may terminate

this Agreement by giving the other Party at least thirty (3O) days prior written notice,

and the respective obligations hereunder, except for the provisions of Article 6 herein,

shall be of no force and effect from and after the effective date of such termination.

11.4 The transportation service described herein shall be provided subject to the provisions

of the following FERC Regulations (check one):

_____ Part 284, Subpart B

_____ Part 284, Subpart G

ARTICLE XII - ASSIGNMENTS

12.1 Either Party may assign or pledge this Agreement and all rights and obligations hereunder

under the provisions of any mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, or other instrument which

it has executed or may execute hereafter as security for indebtedness; otherwise, Shipper

shall not assign this Agreement or any of its rights and obligations hereunder.

12.2 Any person or entity which shall succeed by purchase, transfer, merger, or consolidation

to the properties, substantially or as an entirety, of either Party hereto shall be

entitled to the rights and shall be subject to the obligations of its predecessor in

interest under this Agreement.

ARTICLE XIII - WARRANTIES

In addition to the warranties set forth in Article IX of the General Terms and Conditions of

Transporter's FERC Gas Tariff, Shipper warrants the following: