Exhibit 10.1

THIRD AMENDMENT TO

SENIOR CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO SENIOR CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated effective as of April 8, 2016 (the "Third Amendment"), is made and entered into between and among UNIT CORPORATION, SUPERIOR PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C., UNIT DRILLING COMPANY, UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY, SUPERIOR PIPELINE TEXAS, L.L.C., and SUPERIOR APPALACHIAN PIPELINE, L.L.C. (collectively, the "Borrowers"), the Lenders signatory parties to this Third Amendment (individually a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders") and BOKF, NA dba Bank of Oklahoma, as administrative agent for the Lenders now or hereafter signatory parties thereto (the "Administrative Agent").

RECITALS:

A.      The Borrowers, the Lenders signatory thereto and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain Senior Credit Agreement dated as of September 13, 2011, as amended by that certain First Amendment and Consent to Senior Credit Agreement dated as of September 5, 2012 and as further amended by that certain Second Amendment and Consent to Senior Credit Agreement dated as of April 10, 2015 (collectively, the "Existing Credit Agreement"), under which the Lenders severally established certain Commitments set forth on the Lenders Schedule annexed as Schedule 2 to the Existing Credit Agreement until the Facility Termination Date, subject to the Maximum Credit Amount and the Borrowing Base.

B.      Borrowers have requested and the Required Lenders have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement all as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Third Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1.      Pricing Schedule. Schedule 1 annexed to the Existing Credit Agreement is deleted and replaced in its entirety by the revised Schedule 1 annexed to this Third Amendment.

2.      Lenders Schedule. Schedule 2 annexed to the Existing Credit Agreement is deleted and replaced in its entirety by the revised Schedule 2 annexed to this Third Amendment with each Lender having the Commitment set forth opposite such Lender's name on the replacement Schedule 2 .

3.      Reduction of the Total Commitment and Maximum Credit Amount . Borrowers, Lenders and Administrative Agent agree, stipulate and confirm that effective as of the date of this Third Amendment (i) the Total Commitment is hereby reduced from “$500,000,000” to "$475,000,000" and (ii) the Maximum Credit Amount is hereby reduced from “$900,000,000” to “$875,000,000”, and from and after the date of this Third Amendment all references in Section 2.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement and elsewhere in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Total Commitment and a Maximum Credit Amount shall, for all

purposes, mean and refer to a Total Commitment of "$475,000,000" and a Maximum Credit Amount of “$875,000,000”.

4.      Borrowing Base . From and after the effective date of this Third Amendment, the reference in Section 2.6.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement to a Borrowing Base of "$550,000,000" is deleted and replaced with a reference to the Borrowing Base of "$475,000,000" until the next scheduled Determination Date (i.e., October 1, 2016). Borrowers, Lenders and Administrative Agent agree, stipulate and confirm that the Borrowing Base, as, from and after the effective date of this Third Amendment, will be $475,000,000 until such next scheduled Determination Date. The parties acknowledge and agree that the redetermination of the Borrowing Base as provided in this Section 4 of the Third Amendment shall constitute the April 1, 2016 scheduled redetermination of the Borrowing Base under the Existing Credit Agreement.

5.      Additional Definitions . Section 1.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add thereto in alphabetical order the following definitions which shall read in full as follows:

“Anti-Corruption Laws” mean, collectively, the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, and all other legal requirements and guidelines of any jurisdiction applicable to any Credit Party from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” mean, collectively, all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar legal requirements or guidelines, which in each case are issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any Credit Party.

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“Equity Interest” and “Equity Interests” mean, individually or collectively as the context requires, shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such Equity Interest.

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time

“FCPA” means The United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (Pub. L. No. 95 213, §§101 104), as amended or replaced.

“Mortgage” means each mortgage, deed of trust or any other document creating and evidencing a Lien on real or immovable Property and other Property (including any Oil and Gas Property that constitutes real property) in favor of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders), which shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the Loan Documents.

“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement executed and delivered by Unit effective as of the date of the Third Amendment.

“Ratings Requirement” means Unit’s unsecured corporate rating is (i) BBB- or better with respect to any rating issued by S&P (without negative outlook or negative watch), or (ii) Baa3 or better with respect to any rating issued by Moody’s (without negative outlook or negative watch), provided, if Unit only satisfies one of the ratings set forth above, Unit shall still be deemed to have satisfied the Ratings Requirement so long as Unit satisfies one of the two ratings above and has an unsecured corporate rating of at least (x) BB+ with respect to S&P (without negative outlook or negative watch), if Unit otherwise satisfies the rating set forth in clause (ii) above and (y) Ba1 with respect to Moody’s (without negative outlook or negative watch), if Unit otherwise satisfies the rating set forth in clause (i) above.

“Sanctions” means, collectively, economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) any U.S. Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, those administered by the OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom; in each such case, as amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time.

“Security Instruments” mean the Pledge Agreement, each Mortgage and all other agreements, instruments, consents and certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered by any Credit Party or other Person as security for the payment or performance of the Obligations, as the same may be amended, modified, restated or replaced from time to time.

“Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Borrowers on a consolidated basis, the sum equal to (a) the principal amount of all outstanding Loans and (b) all Material Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien, excluding any Subordinated Debt or Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(v).

“Subordinated Debt” means (i) the Existing Subordinated Notes and (ii) all other Indebtedness which is contractually subordinated in right of payment, collection, enforcement and lien rights to the prior payment in full of the Obligations on terms satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and includes Indebtedness in the form of subordinated convertible debentures or subordinated promissory notes.

“Third Amendment” means the Third Amendment to Senior Credit Agreement dated April 8, 2016 among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

6.      Amendment and Restatement of Definitions . The definitions of “Capitalized Lease Obligations”, “Consolidated EBITDA”, “Consolidated Net Income”, “Defaulting Lender”, and “Loan Documents”, respectively, contained in Section 1.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” of a Person means the amount of the obligation of that Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on that Persons balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that (i) any lease that was treated as an operating lease under GAAP at the time it was entered into that later becomes a Capital Lease as a result of a change in GAAP during the life of such lease, including any renewals, and (ii) any lease entered into after the date of the Third Amendment that would have been considered an operating lease under the provisions of GAAP, in each case, shall be treated as an operating lease for all purposes under the Third Amendment, provided further, in no event shall the aggregate amount of the obligations under operating leases and/or leases addressed in clauses (i) and (ii) above exceed $25,000,000.00.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means Consolidated Net Income plus, to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) expense for income and income based taxes paid or accrued, (c) depreciation, depletion, and amortization, all calculated on a consolidated basis, (d) non-cash expenses of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries associated with stock-based plans reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, (e) any net loss reducing Consolidated Net Income in connection with any disposition of assets, (f) any extraordinary, unusual or non-cash expenses or losses of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, and (g) all other non-cash charges, minus all non-cash income, added to Consolidated Net Income.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period; but there will not be included in Consolidated Net Income (to the extent it otherwise would be included) any of the following: (a) any after tax extraordinary gain or loss, along with any provisions for taxes on such gain or loss and all related fees and expenses; (b) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; (c) any asset impairment write-downs on Oil and Gas Properties under GAAP or SEC guidelines; (d) any consolidated impairment charges recorded in connection with the application of ASC 350 "Goodwill and Other Intangibles;" (e) any unrealized non-cash gains or losses on charges in respect of Rate Management Obligations or hedging obligations (including those resulting from the application of ASC 815); (f) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued), (g) all deferred financing costs written off, and premiums paid, in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (h) non-cash expenses of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries associated with stock-based plans reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, and (i) any other non-cash charges; and provided further that if the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries shall acquire or dispose of any Property during such period, then Consolidated Net Income shall be calculated after giving the pro forma effect to such acquisition or disposition in accordance with GAAP approved by the Administrative Agent, as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period.

“Defaulting Lender” is amended by: (i) deleting the word “or” located immediately before clause (e) as heretofore set forth therein; (ii) deleting the period at the end of clause (e) as heretofore set forth therein and replacing same with a comma; and (iii) adding the following immediately thereafter: “; or (f) that has, or that has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action.”

    

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the LC Applications, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, each Subsidiary Guaranty, the Security Instruments and each compliance certificate, Borrowing Notice, and Conversion/Continuation Notice executed by Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.

7.      Addition of New Section 5.22 to the Existing Credit Agreement . A new Section 5.22 (EEA Financial Institutions) is hereby added to the Existing Credit Agreement as follows:

“5.22      EEA Financial Institutions . No Credit Party is an EEA Financial Institution.”

8.      Amendment to Section 6.10 to the Existing Credit Agreement . Section 6.10 (Compliance with OFAC Rules and Regulations) of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new subsections immediately after subsection 6.01(b) as follows:

“(c)      No Credit Party has heretofore or will hereafter knowingly become associated with or act on behalf of any Person that: (i) has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) offered, paid, given, promised to pay, authorized the payment of, or taken any action in furtherance of the payment of anything of value directly or indirectly to a Government Authority or any other Person to improperly influence the recipient’s action

or otherwise to obtain or retain business or to secure an improper business advantage; or (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of any Anti-Corruption Law.

(d)      Each Credit Party has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to promote compliance by such Credit Party and its respective directors, officers and employees with Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and each Credit Party and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of each such Loan Party, its directors, are in compliance with all Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws and all applicable Sanctions in all material respects. No Advance, other borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents will violate any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, any Anti-Corruption Laws, or any applicable Sanctions.”

9.      Addition of New Section 6.11 to the Existing Credit Agreement . A new Section 6.11 (Pledged Collateral) is hereby added to the Existing Credit Agreement as follows:

 

(i) one or more Mortgages encumbering Oil and Gas Properties of the Credit Parties and granting the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) a first-priority Lien interest (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) therein such that after giving effect thereto, the mortgaged Oil and Gas Properties will represent at least 85% of the proved developed producing (discounted at present worth at 8% (“PDP PW8”) total value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently completed reserve report or engineering report (as applicable) after giving effect to exploration and production activities, acquisitions, dispositions and production, all as determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with Administrative Agent’s then-current practices, economic and pricing parameters, methodology, assumptions, and prudent oil and gas banking industry standards established by Administrative Agent from time to time for its petroleum industry customers. All such Liens will be created and perfected by and in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgages and UCC financing statements, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in sufficiently executed (and acknowledged where necessary or appropriate) counterparts for recording purposes with accurate and complete legal descriptions (which instruments

Administrative Agent shall then cause to be recorded, at Borrowers’ cost, in all applicable jurisdictions as determined by Administrative Agent);

(ii) all documents, if any, required by the applicable jurisdictions for filing in connection with the recording of any such Oil and Gas Properties Mortgage(s);

(iii) all title information and materials respecting the Oil and Gas Properties that will be encumbered by such Mortgage(s). Borrowers shall at all times, promptly following Administrative Agent’s request, provide Administrative Agent title opinions, assurances or such other reasonable title information and data requested by and/or reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent to the extent related to the Oil and Gas Properties and covering enough of the Oil and Gas Properties so that the Administrative Agent shall have received together with title information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, satisfactory title information on at least 85% of the PDP PW8 total value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently completed reserve report or engineering report (as applicable). Without limitation of any of the foregoing, but in furtherance thereof, a correct, complete and accurate schedule of the Oil and Gas Properties that will be encumbered by such Mortgage(s) is attached to and incorporated into this Third Amendment as Exhibit A hereto; and

(iv) the Pledge Agreement which shall provide the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) a first-priority Lien interest in all of the Equity Interests of Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C.

Administrative Agent and in sufficient executed (and acknowledged where necessary or appropriate) counterparts for recording purposes.

10.      Amendment to Section 7.6 to the Existing Credit Agreement . Section 7.6 (Liens) of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

“(xv) Liens in favor of issuers of surety or performance bonds or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

(xvi) Liens reserved in or exercisable under any lease, license, sublease and sublicense of Property to which any Borrower or any Subsidiary is a lessee (including, without limitation, real property and intellectual property rights) which was entered into in the ordinary course of business and which secures the payment of rent or compliance with the terms of such lease, license, sublease or sublicense; provided, that the rent under such lease, license, sublease and sublicense is not then overdue and such Borrower or such Subsidiary is in material compliance with the terms and conditions thereof;

(xvii) Liens for the purpose of securing the payment of all or a part of the purchase price of, or Capital Lease Obligations or purchase money obligations incurred to finance the acquisition, lease, improvement or construction of or repairs or additions to, Property acquired or constructed in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Liens are only in respect of the Property subject to, and secure only, the respective Capital Lease Obligations or purchase money obligations;

(xviii) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to customary banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution , provided that no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems of the United States (or any successor entity) and no such deposit account is intended by any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries to provide collateral to the depository institution (other than for the payment of administrative fees and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the maintenance of such deposit account) or any other Person (other than the Lenders or otherwise to secure the Obligations);

(xix) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings arising out of the Loan Documents or regarding operating leases entered into by the Borrowers and Credit Parties in the ordinary course of business, provided, that such Liens regarding operating leases do not secure Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary and do not encumber any Property of any Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Property that is the subject of such grants and leases and items located thereon;

(xx) Liens on Property at the time Borrowers or Credit Parties acquired the Property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into any Borrowers or Credit Parties, provided that (w) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of the related Property, (x) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness, (y) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased and (z) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the original price for the purchase of such Property at the time of purchase;

(xxi) Liens securing the Existing Subordinated Notes provided, that (x) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Oil and Gas Property or any other Property other than the Property originally secured by such Indebtedness, and (y) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;

(xxii) Liens on pipelines or pipeline facilities that arise by operation of law;

(xxiii) Liens made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers respecting the financing of insurance premiums;

(xxiv) Liens securing Financial Contracts subject to Section 7.9 of the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by the Third Amendment;

(xxv) minor defects and irregularities in title to any Oil and Gas Property, so long as such defects and irregularities do not secure Indebtedness, deprive the applicable Borrower of any material right in respect of such Oil and Gas Property or constitute a Material Adverse Effect (as determined by Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion);

(xxvi) deposits of cash, securities or instruments (including payment or performance bonds, but excluding appeal bonds) to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations and other obligations of like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(xxvii) royalties, overriding royalties, reversionary interests, production payments and similar burdens respecting the Oil and Gas Properties, which do not constitute a Material Adverse Effect (as determined by Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion);

(xxviii) sales contracts or other arrangements for the sale of oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons in the ordinary course of business which would not (when considered cumulatively with the items referenced in clause referenced in clause (xxvii) immediately preceding) constitute a Material Adverse Effect (as determined by Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion);

(xxix) Liens to secure plugging and abandonment obligations, which do not constitute a Material Adverse Effect (as determined by Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion); and

(xxx) other Liens (if any) expressly permitted by the Oil and Gas Mortgages;

provided , in no event shall any Permitted Encumbrance encumber any Oil and Gas Property other than a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) or Liens permitted in clause (xxix) above.”

11.      Amendment to Section 7.9 (Financial Contracts) of the Existing Credit Agreement . Section 7.9 (Financial Contracts) of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the “; and” at the end of Section 7.9(i) thereof, (ii) deleting the “.” at the end of Section 7.9(ii) thereof and inserting a “; and” and (iii) adding the following at the end thereof:

‘(iii)      So long as no Event of Default shall exist either before or after giving effect to such payment or posting, the Credit Parties shall have the right to post-margin as and to the extent required under the terms of any Financial Contract with a third party counterparty which is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, provided, in no event shall the aggregate amount of any margin or other posted security exceed $25,000,000 at any time.”

12.      Amendment to Section 7.14 to the Existing Credit Agreement . Section 7.14 (Prohibited Action) of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“7.14 Prohibited Action . Without limiting anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Borrowers will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, ensure that no person who owns a controlling interest in or otherwise controls any Borrower or any Subsidiary is or shall be a Sanctioned Person. Borrowers covenant and agree that they shall not use any proceeds of any Credit Extension to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country, or in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person (including any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer) of any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, any Anti-Corruption Laws, or any applicable Sanctions.”

13.      Amendment to Section 8.2 of the Existing Credit Agreement . Section 8.2 (Leverage Ratio) of the Existing Credit Agreement is deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following:

“8.2      Leverage Ratio . Commencing with Unit’s fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2019, and for each fiscal quarter ending thereafter, Unit will not permit the ratio, determined as of the end of each such applicable fiscal quarter, of (i) Funded Debt to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the then most-recently ended rolling four (4) fiscal quarters to be greater than 4.0 to 1.0.”

14.      Addition of New Section 8.3 to the Existing Credit Agreement . A new Section 8.3 (Senior Indebtedness Ratio) is hereby added to the Existing Credit Agreement as follows:

“8.3      Senior Indebtedness Ratio . Commencing with Unit’s fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2016 and for each fiscal quarter thereafter through the fiscal quarter ending March 31. 2019, Unit will not permit the ratio, determined as of the end of each such applicable fiscal quarter, of (i) Senior Indebtedness to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the then most-recently ended rolling four (4) fiscal quarters to be greater than 2.75 to 1.0.”

    

15.      Amendment to Section 10.1 to the Existing Credit Agreement . Section 10.1 (Events of Default) of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) amending and restating Section 10.1.14 in its entirety and (ii) adding a new Section 10.1.16 at the end of Section 10.1 as follows:

“10.1.14 Except to the extent expressly permitted by the Loan Documents, any Subsidiary Guaranty fails to remain in full force or effect or any action is taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of any Subsidiary Guaranty, or any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to comply with any of the terms or provisions of any Subsidiary Guaranty to which it is a party, or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies that it has any further liability under any Subsidiary Guaranty to which it is a party, or gives notice to such effect, or any Subsidiary Guaranty shall be revoked or terminated or any Credit Party attempts to revoke or terminate a Subsidiary Guaranty.”

“10.1.16 Except to the extent expressly permitted by the Loan Documents, any Security Instrument fails to remain in full force or effect and/or ceases to create a valid and perfected first priority lien in and to the property subject to such Security Instrument or any action is taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of any Security Instrument, or any Credit Party fails to comply with any of the terms or provisions of any Security Instrument to which it is a party, or any Credit Party denies that it has any further liability under any Security Instrument to which it is a party, or gives notice to such effect, or any Security Instrument shall be revoked or terminated or any Credit Party attempts to revoke or terminate a Security Instrument.”

16.      Post-Closing Obligations . The Credit Parties, Administrative Agent and Lenders agree that the Credit Parties shall have 60 days following the date of this Third Amendment to execute and deliver the Oil and Gas Mortgages required under Section 6.11(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement as described under Paragraph 9 above (as such 60 days may be extended by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). Borrowers’ failure to deliver such Mortgages within the post-closing time period provided above (as may be extended by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) shall constitute an immediate Event of Default under the Credit Agreement and no additional notice or cure period shall apply to such failure.

17.      Ratification of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Other Provisions . All of the remaining terms, provisions and conditions set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue and remain in full force and effect and are incorporated herein and ratified and adopted herein by reference (including without limitation, the consents, waivers and other provisions of Article XVII thereof). The Borrowers restate, confirm and ratify the warranties, covenants and representations set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement and further represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of the date hereof (after giving effect to this Third Amendment) that (i) no uncured Default or Event of Default exists under the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Third Amendment, (ii) Borrowers have all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under this Third Amendment; (iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this Third Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary action on their part; (iv) this Third Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrowers in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditor’s rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law); (v) the execution and delivery of this Third Amendment by the Borrowers and the performance of their respective obligations hereunder require no authorizations, approvals or consent, or registration or filing with, or further action by, any Governmental Authority, except for those that have been obtained or made and are in effect; and (vi) neither the execution and delivery of this Third Amendment nor compliance with the terms hereof will contravene, or result in a breach of, the charter, by-laws, operating agreement or other corporate governance documents of the Borrowers, any requirement of applicable law, any agreement or instrument to which the Borrowers are a party or by which it is bound or to which it or its Property or assets are subject, or constitute a default under any such agreement or instrument.

18.      Conditions Precedent . This Third Amendment will become effective as of the date on which each of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

a.      the Borrowers have signed and delivered, or caused to be signed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, each of the following:

i. counterparts of this Third Amendment;

ii. counterparts of the Pledge Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;

iii. a favorable written closing opinion of counsel to the Borrowers (in the event Borrowers use outside counsel such counsel will be acceptable to the Administrative Agent), addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

iv. such good standing certificates and UCC searches concerning the Borrowers as are required by the Administrative Agent.

b.      payment of all fees and expenses owed by Borrowers to the Administrative Agent that have been billed and submitted to the Administrative Agent and Unit as of the execution and delivery date hereof, including the reasonable attorney's fees and expenses of legal counsel for the Administrative Agent, to the extent billed; and

c.      counterparts of this Third Amendment have been signed by the Required Lenders and delivered to the Administrative Agent.

19.      Fees and Costs . Borrowers agree to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent on demand all costs, fees and expenses (including without limitation) reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses incurred or accrued by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, closing, delivery and administration of this Third Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) to the Administrative Agent an amendment fee in an amount pursuant to a separate fee letter between Administrative Agent and Borrowers to be payable to Administrative Agent and each Lender consenting to this Third Amendment (by execution hereof), which fee shall be deemed to be fully earned and non-refundable as of the date hereof.

20.      Effect on Credit Documents . Except only as amended in this Third Amendment, the Existing Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect as originally executed and are hereby ratified, confirmed and continued for all purposes. Nothing in this Third Amendment shall act as a waiver of any of the Administrative Agent's or any Lender's rights under the Loan Documents as amended, including the waiver of any default or event of default, however denominated. Borrowers acknowledge and agree that this Third Amendment shall in no manner impair or affect the validity or enforceability of the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Third Amendment. This Third Amendment is a Loan Document for the purposes of the provisions of the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, any breach of representations, warranties and covenants under this Third Amendment shall be a

Default or Event of Default under Article 10 of the Existing Credit Agreement. All references to the “Credit Agreement” in any document, instrument, agreement, or writing shall be deemed to refer to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Third Amendment.

21.      Undefined Terms/Recitals . Any capitalized term used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Existing Credit Agreement. The Recitals set forth in this Third Amendment are, by this reference, incorporated into and deemed a part of this Third Amendment.

22.      Counterparts . This Third Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of this Third Amendment by facsimile or electronic transmission (e.g., pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

23.      No Course of Dealing . This Third Amendment shall not establish a course of dealing or be construed as evidence of any willingness or commitment on the part of Administrative Agent or any Lender to agree to other or future amendments to or modifications of the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents.

24.      Governing Law . THIS THIRD AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.

25.      ENTIRE AGREEMENT . THIS THIRD AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment to be duly executed and delivered, effective as of the day and year first above written.

UNIT CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation,

SUPERIOR PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C. ,

an Oklahoma limited liability company,

UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY , an Oklahoma

corporation,

UNIT DRILLING COMPANY , an Oklahoma

corporation,

SUPERIOR PIPELINE TEXAS, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, and

SUPERIOR APPALACHIAN PIPELINE, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company

By: /s/ Larry D. Pinkston

Larry D. Pinkston, President of each of UNIT CORPORATION,

UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY,

UNIT DRILLING COMPANY, and

as Chairman of

SUPERIOR PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C.,

and as manager of

SUPERIOR APPALACHIAN PIPELINE, L.L.C.,

and

SUPERIOR PIPELINE TEXAS, L.L.C.

7130 South Lewis Avenue, Suite 1000

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136

Attention: Larry Pinkston

Telephone: (918) 493-7700

Facsimile: (918) 493-7711

    

By signing below, each of the undersigned (a) acknowledges, consents and agrees to the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this Third Amendment, (b) acknowledges and agrees that its obligations in respect of its Subsidiary Guaranty (i) are not released, diminished, waived, modified, impaired or affected in any manner by this Third Amendment or any of the provisions contemplated herein and (ii) cover the Commitments as amended and modified by this Third Amendment, (c) ratifies and confirms its obligations under its Subsidiary Guaranty, (d) acknowledges and agrees that it has no claim or offsets against, or defenses or counterclaims to, its Subsidiary Guaranty and (e) acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding anything in its Subsidiary Guaranty to the contrary, “Guaranteed Obligations” as defined in its Subsidiary Guaranty with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations.

UNIT TEXAS COMPANY

UNIT DRILLING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY, PRESTON COUNTY GAS GATHERING, L.L.C. and PETROLEUM SUPPLY COMPANY,

By: /s/ Mark E. Schell

Mark E. Schell, Senior Vice President

BOKF, NA dba Bank of Oklahoma, as LC Issuer, as Administrative Agent, and as a Lender

By: /s/ Pam Schloeder

Pam Schloeder

Senior Vice President

101 East Second Street

Bank of Oklahoma Tower -8 ^th floor/Energy Department

One Williams Center

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172

Telephone: (918) 588-6012

Facsimile: (918) 588-6880

COMPASS BANK , a Lender

By: /s/ Kathleen J. Bowen

Kathleen J. Bowen

Managing Director

2200 Post Oak Blvd.

21 ^st Floor

Houston, Texas 77056

Telephone: (713) 968-8273

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , a Lender

By: /s/ Bryan Heller

Bryan Heller

Director

One Bryant Park, NY1-100-18-07

New York, New York 10036

Telephone: (646) 855-1833

BMO HARRIS FINANCING, INC., a Lender

By: /s/ Kevin Utsey

Kevin Utsey

Director

    

BMO Capital Markets/Houston Agency

700 Louisiana Street, Suite 2100

Houston, Texas 77002

Telephone: (713) 546-9720

Facsimile: (713) 223-4007

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a Lender

By: /s/ David C. Brooks

David C. Brooks

Director

    

1445 Ross Avenue

Suite 4500

MAC T9216-451

Dallas, TX 75202

Telephone: (214) 721-8219

Facsimile: (214) 721-8215

COMERICA BANK, a Lender

By: /s/ Brandon M. White

Brandon M. White

Vice President

1717 Main Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Telephone: (214) 462-4418

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF

COMMERCE, NEW YORK BRANCH , a Lender

By: /s/ Trudy W. Nelson

Trudy W. Nelson

Authorized Signatory

By: /s/ Richard Antl

Richard Antl

Authorized Signatory

333 Clay Street, Suite 4510

Three Allen Center

Houston, Texas 77002

Telephone: (713) 210-4103

Facsimile: (713) 210-4129

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, a Lender

By: /s/ Terry Donovan

Terry Donovan

Managing Director

The Bank of Nova Scotia/Houston Branch

711 Louisiana Street, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77002

Telephone: (713) 752-0900

Facsimile: (713) 752-2425

TORONTO DOMINION (NEW YORK), LLC ,

a Lender

By: /s/ Rayan Karim

Rayan Karim

Authorized Signatory

    

Toronto Dominion (New York), LLC

31 West 52 ^nd Street, 21 ^st Floor

New York, NY 10019-6101

Telephone: (416) 983-5700

Facsimile: (416) 983-0003

For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the following meanings, subject to the final paragraph of this Schedule:

"Level I Status" exists at any date if the Borrowing Base Usage Percentage on such date is less than 50%.

"Level II Status" exists at any date if the Borrowing Base Usage Percentage on such date is greater than or equal to 50% and less than 75%.

"Level III Status" exists at any date if the Borrowing Base Usage Percentage on such date is greater than or equal to 75% and less than 90%.

"Level IV Status" exists at any date if the Borrowing Base Usage Percentage on such date is greater than or equal to 90%.

"Status" means either Level I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status or Level IV Status.

The Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee Rate will be determined on a daily basis in accordance with the foregoing table based on the Borrowing Base Usage Percentage on such day. (Notwithstanding the fact Unit may have designated a lower commitment amount.)