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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-09-014587
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090305

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001006655
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				411781991
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2500 CITYWEST BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77042
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-935-0122

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2500 CITYWEST BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77042

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS INC/NEW
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040817

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040810

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	REALITY INTERACTIVE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960301
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;4, 2009</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Via Facsimile and EDGAR</font></u></i></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;H. Roger Schwall</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Assistant Director</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, NE &#151; Mail Stop 7010</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549-7010</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Evolution Petroleum
Corporation</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;10-K for Fiscal Year Ended June&nbsp;30, 2008</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed September&nbsp;24, 2008</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended September&nbsp;30, 2008</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed November&nbsp;14, 2008</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended Schedule 14A</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed November&nbsp;4, 2008</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">File No.&nbsp;001-32942</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Schwall:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On behalf of Evolution Petroleum Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;, &#147;we&#148;, &#147;our&#148;
or &#147;us&#148;), I am responding to comments received in a letter dated January&nbsp;30,
2009 from you with respect to the filings listed above.&#160; For your convenience, I have repeated in bold
type the comments and requests for additional information as set forth in your
letter.&#160; My response follows each
applicable comment or request.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended June&nbsp;30, 2008</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">General</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>We
direct your attention to Item 601(b)(10)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K.&#160; Please confirm that all material contracts
have been filed.&#160; We note, in particular,
that it does not appear that the agreements with your customers from whom you
derive 10 percent or more of your net oil and natural gas revenues referenced
on pages&nbsp;7 and 53, have been filed.&#160;
If you do not believe that such contracts fall within the purview of
Item 601(b)(10), please explain why.</b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Evolution Petroleum Corporation&#160;&#160; </font><b><font face="Symbol" style="font-weight:bold;">&#183;</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 2500 CityWest Blvd., Suite 1300&#160;&#160; <font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>&#160;&#160; Houston, Texas&#160; 77042</p>

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713-935-0122&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FAX:&#160; 713-935-0199</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 601(b)(10)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K</font></b>
requires that contracts <u>made</u> in the ordinary course of business should
be filed as an exhibit for those contracts for which the company is:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">substantially dependent as in the case of
continuing contracts to sell the major part of registrant&#146;s products&#160; or services or to purchase the major part of
registrant&#146;s requirements of goods, services or raw materials . . .</font></i></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our crude oil contracts are in the ordinary course of business, are of
short duration and we believe we are not overly dependent on the performance of
the contract or on the purchaser.&#160;
Although our contracts are with purchasers who buy 10 percent or more of
our production of crude oil, the contracts themselves are not substantial as we
believe there would be numerous other purchasers of our oil production if we
lost or were unable to renew any of our current contracts.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although our natural gas contracts are in the ordinary course of
business, our relationships with our purchasers could be considered
significant, in that there are not as many alternatives to market our natural
gas.&#160; Based on this,&#160; we believe our sales contracts with DCP
Midstream, LP, and ETC Texas Pipeline, LTD may be considered material contracts
as defined by Item 601(b)&nbsp;(10), and as such we will file the contracts as
exhibits to a Form&nbsp;8-K to be filed based on your concurrence.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2. Properties, page&nbsp;16</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Please
provide support for the statement that the companies that submitted offers to
participate with you in the Delhi Bryant Unit, &#147;believe that the Delhi Bryant
Unit is an excellent candidate for a CO</b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:1.0pt;">2
</font>EOR project&#133;..&#148;</b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Prior to our June&nbsp;2006 sale of the Delhi Holt Bryant Unit through
a farmout to Denbury Resources, we conducted a competitive offering process soliciting
major participants with CO2-EOR expertise, funding and operating
abilities.&#160; During the process, we
offered analyses of three CO2 pilot tests successfully completed in our field
by a prior operator, along with comparisons to analogous full scale projects in
the same geological formation.&#160; The
solicitation was made primarily on the basis of the EOR potential of a CO2
flood and not on the relatively immaterial associated proved reserves existing
at that time. After considerable analyses by three parties and extensive
negotiations with two of them, two confidential competitive offers were made to
us in writing that focused on the CO2-EOR potential.&#160; Of these, we accepted Denbury&#146;s offer,
wherein they paid us $50 million in cash and committed to develop, at their
sole cost and expense, an EOR flood with dedicated proved CO2 reserves from
Denbury&#146;s Jackson Dome property, including the construction of the necessary
pipeline to transport the CO2 approximately 100 miles to the Delhi Field.&#160; Based on the two competitive offers,</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">we believe that both offering parties considered the field to be an
excellent candidate for such, due to their willingness to pay us substantial
funds, up front for an immaterial amount of proved reserves, combined with
their commitment to fund hundreds of millions of dollars in capital
expenditures.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In total, Denbury has expended over $190 million on the Delhi CO2-EOR
project through November&nbsp;2008, in addition to the $50 million they paid us
at closing.&#160; We understand through public
presentations by Denbury that the CO2 delivery pipeline from the Jackson Dome
to the Delhi Field is complete, except for the crossing at the Mississippi
River.&#160; Well preparations in the field
have begun, with CO2 injection expected to begin by mid-year 2009.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Controls and Procedures, page&nbsp;57</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>We
note your statement that you &#147;&#133; carried out an evaluation&#133; of the effectiveness
of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the
end of the <i>quarter</i> covered by this report.&#148; (emphasis
added).&#160; Please revise to state whether
your evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operations of your
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the <i>fiscal year</i>
covered by your Form&nbsp;10-K.</b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and
operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June&nbsp;30, 2008,
the last day of our fiscal year.&#160; In our Form&nbsp;10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) on September&nbsp;24,
2009, which covered our fiscal period July&nbsp;1, 2007 through June&nbsp;30,
2008, we stated in our statement on <i>Disclosure Controls and
Procedures</i> under <i>Item 9A. Controls and Procedures</i><b>  </b>that
the report covered the<b>  </b><u>fiscal </u><u>quarter</u>
ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 instead of the <u>fiscal year</u> ended June&nbsp;30,
2008<i>. </i>&#160;Although this did not correctly state the
period covered by our report, it correctly identified the date of our
evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures in effect as of June&nbsp;30, 2008.&#160; We respectfully suggest prospectively
correcting the statement in our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year
ended June&nbsp;30, 2009.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Financial Statements</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Note 2 &#151; Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page&nbsp;41</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Limitation on Capitalized Costs, page&nbsp;41</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
ceiling test that you describe does not reflect differentiation between
unproved property costs excluded from costs to be amortized, and unproved
property costs that are subject to amortization.&#160; The test required by Rule&nbsp;4-10(c)(4)&nbsp;of
Regulation S-X stipulates that you must utilize the lower of cost or</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">estimated fair value for this latter group of
costs.&#160; Please tell us the extent to
which you have followed this guidance for each of the periods presented, and
submit the disclosures that you propose to clarify your practice.</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have followed the guidance referenced for all accounting periods
presented in our Form&nbsp;10-K filed as of June&nbsp;30, 2008.&#160; During those periods, no amounts exceeding
the lower of cost or estimated fair value for unproved property costs subject
to amortization have been included in the &#147;ceiling amount&#148;.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We suggest prospectively clarifying our current policy on &#147;Limitation
on Capitalized Costs&#148; with the following:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Limitation on Capitalized Costs. </font></i></b>Under the full-cost method of accounting, we
are required on a quarterly basis to perform a &#147;ceiling test&#148; which determines
a limit on the book value of our oil and natural gas properties. If the
capitalized cost of our oil and natural gas properties, net of accumulated
depreciation, depletion, and amortization, and net of related deferred income
taxes, exceed the &#147;ceiling amount&#148;, the excess is charged to expense and
reflected as additional accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization or
as a credit to oil and natural gas properties.&#160;
The &#147;ceiling amount&#148; is defined as the sum of: (a)&nbsp;the present
value, discounted at 10 percent, of estimated future net revenues from proved
reserves, which is computed using oil and natural gas prices in effect at the
balance sheet date (with consideration of price changes only to the extent
provided by contractual arrangements), less estimated future expenditures
(based on current costs) to be incurred in developing and producing the proved
reserves; plus (b)&nbsp;the cost of unproved oil and gas properties not subject
to amortization; plus (c)&nbsp;the lower of cost or estimated fair value of
unproven properties included in the costs being amortized; net of (d)&nbsp;the
related tax effects.&#160;&#160; We did not have a &#147;ceiling
test&#148; impairment during the years ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 and 2007.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Note 5 &#151; Property and Equipment, page&nbsp;45</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Please
expand your note to add disclosures pertaining to unproved properties and major
development projects as required by Rule&nbsp;4-10(c)(7)(ii)&nbsp;of Regulation
S-X.&#160; This guidance requires that you
disclose the current status of properties and projects for which costs are
excluded from amortization, the anticipated timing of the inclusion of such
costs in amortization, and a table indicating the nature of costs by category and
identifying the periods in which the costs were incurred.&#160; Please ensure that your totals per the table
agree to the corresponding amounts presented in this note and Note 16.</b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We respectfully request that we prospectively provide additional disclosures
pertaining to unproved properties in all future filings, including our
quarterly reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q.&#160;
Below is our property and equipment footnote for the year ended June&nbsp;30,
2008, as if the expanded disclosures were included in Note 5 of our financial
statements included in our fiscal 2008 Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Note 5 &#151;</font></b><b> Property and Equipment</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As
of June&nbsp;30, 2008 and 2007 our oil and natural gas properties and other
property and equipment consisted of the following:</font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="86%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.5in;width:86.66%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">June&nbsp;30,<br>
  2008</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">June&nbsp;30,<br>
  2007</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Oil and natural gas properties</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Property costs subject to amortization</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.56%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,105,766</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.56%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,187,440</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion,
  and amortization</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(632,040</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(652,439</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unproved properties not subject to
  amortization</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7,573,507</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,924,552</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oil and natural gas properties, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.56%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">22,047,233</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.56%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,459,553</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Other property and equipment</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Furniture, fixtures and equipment, at cost</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">231,841</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">173,205</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Less: Accumulated depreciation</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(70,814</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0.375pt 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(18,333</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0.375pt 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other property and equipment, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.56%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">161,027</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.56%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">154,872</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unproved
properties not subject to amortization are excluded from our full-cost pool
until it is determined that proved reserves can be assigned to such properties
or until such time as we have made an evaluation that impairment has occurred.
Unproved properties not subject to amortization include unevaluated acreage of
$5.6 million as of June&nbsp;30, 2008, consisting of properties in the Giddings
Field and our projects in the Woodford Shale trend in Oklahoma.&#160; Unproved properties not subject to
amortization also consist of approximately $2.0 million and $1.9 million as of June&nbsp;30,
2008 and 2007, respectively, of participating interests through separately
acquired royalty and overriding royalty interests aggregating 7.4% of the Delhi
Holt Bryant Unit in the Delhi Field in Louisiana.&#160; Evaluation of these properties is currently
expected to be completed within three years.&#160;
Our evaluation of impairment of unproved properties occurs, at a
minimum, on a quarterly basis.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following table provides a summary of costs that are not being amortized as of June&nbsp;30,
2008, by the fiscal year in which the costs were incurred:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="86%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.5in;width:86.66%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="41%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For&nbsp;the&nbsp;Year&nbsp;Ended&nbsp;June&nbsp;30,</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="41%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Total</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2008</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2007</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2006&nbsp;and<br>
  Prior</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Costs excluded from amortization</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Leasehold acquisition costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,622,766</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,893,690</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">729,076</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Royalty and overriding royalty interests</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,950,741</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">966,794</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">983,947</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:right;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7,573,507</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,893,690</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,695,870</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">983,947</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Certifications, exhibits 31.1 and 31.2</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>We
note, in both certifications, you still referred to yourself as a &#147;small
business issuer.&#148;&#160; Please revise your
certifications to match the <i>exact</i> form set
forth in Item 601(b)(31) of Regulation S-K.&#160;
We note that your current certifications also include other deviations
from the exact language of the form.</b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During our transition from the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-B to the scaled
disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies under Regulation S-K, we inadvertently failed to
make the necessary changes to the verifications as set forth in Item
601(b)(31).&#160; However, these changes were
implemented in our Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
2008.&#160; We will continue to follow the certification
requirement set forth in Item 601(b)(31) of Regulation S-K.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amended
Schedule 14A filed November&nbsp;4, 2008</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Legal
Proceedings, page&nbsp;5</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">7.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Please
provide a confirmation, if true, that none of your directors or executive
officers have been involved in any legal proceeding listed in Section&nbsp;401(f)&nbsp;of
Regulation S-K within the last five years, instead of limiting your statement
to only whether they are not currently involved in a legal proceeding.</b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our executive officers and directors have verified through their annual
Directors&#146; and Officers&#146; questionnaires that they have not been involved in any
legal proceeding listed in Section&nbsp;401(f)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K within
the last five years.&#160; In compliance with
the rules&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;401(f), we suggest prospectively limiting our
disclosure to positively affirming if any director or executive officers have
been involved in such legal proceedings in the last five years, failing which
there will be no confirmation or disclosure.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Executive Compensation and Related Information, page&nbsp;10</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Short Term Incentive Bonuses, page&nbsp;11</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">8.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Provide
us with an explanation, in table format or otherwise, as to how the committee
determines the quantitative amount of these short term incentive bonuses for <i>each</i> named executive officer.&#160; Explain what the payout factor is and how it
was determined for each named executive officer.&#160; Further, explain the weighting of each of the
performance goals.&#160; See Item 402(b)(1)(v)&nbsp;of
Regulation S-K.</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We request to prospectively clarify how we determine the amount of
short-term incentive bonus for each executive officer in our 2009 proxy
statement.&#160; The paragraph on short-term
incentive bonus in our Amended Schedule 14A filed on November&nbsp;4, 2008,
would be modified in our 2009 proxy statement as follows:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Short Term Incentive Bonus</font></i>.&nbsp; Short term incentive bonuses, generally and historically paid
in cash, are a major portion of total compensation paid and are intended to
vary with individual and Company performance against pre-determined goals.&#160; The bonus targets are 100% of base pay for
the chief executive officer and 75% of base salary for other named executive
officers. The Committee determines awards of short term incentive bonuses to
our executive officers based upon overall performance against those goals on a <u>qualitative</u>
basis, wherein individual and corporate performances are equally weighted, then
multiplied to reach a payout factor. Since the two factors are multiplied, a 0%
factor on either results in no bonus being paid. &#160;A substantial list of goals is mutually agreed
upon between the employee, the chief executive officer and the compensation
committee through a series of meetings.&#160;
Each goal is not individually weighted &#151; the chief executive officer
reviews progress against those goals as a whole and then proposes an individual
factor to the compensation committee for consideration.&#160; The committee evaluates the corporate
performance as a whole against the corporate goals to determine the corporate
factor.&#160; Progress against goals is
measured and reviewed quarterly by the Board of Directors. Short term incentive
bonus targets are set to allow recipients to achieve base and short-term
incentive compensation at the upper quartile of the Reno survey range, if all
goals are accomplished.&#160; For fiscal 2008,
the chief executive officer requested that his individual factor be lowered
from that recommended by the Committee to the lowest factor awarded to his
direct reports.&#160; Short term incentive
awards for fiscal 2008 for executive officers averaged 17% below target
awards.&#160; Most of the senior management
and all of the named executive officers took a substantial portion of their
short term incentive bonus in the form of restricted stock.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Estimated Proved Oil and Natural Gas Reserves and Future Net Revenues, page&nbsp;19</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">9.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>You
indicate that future net revenues used in estimating your reserves were
determined using average NYMEX prices.&#160;
Please tell us whether the NYMEX prices utilized in your computations
were spot or futures prices.&#160; We believe
that you would need to use the year-end spot prices, adjusted for
differentials, for reserve determinations to comply with the guidance in Rule&nbsp;4-10(a)(2)&nbsp;of
Regulation S-X.&#160; If you have not used the
year-end spot prices, please quantify the effects on your reserve
determination.</b></p>

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<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The estimated reserves and projected net revenues attributable to our
oil and natural gas properties as of June&nbsp;30, 2008 were correctly based on
the effective NYMEX <u>spot</u> prices on June&nbsp;30, 2008.&#160; Pricing differentials were applied to all
properties, on an individual property basis, in order to reflect prices
actually received at the wellhead.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our statement on page&nbsp;19 of our fiscal 2008 Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
stated that the prices disclosed were average prices.&#160; In fact, the commodity prices disclosed of
$138.73, $84.39, and $14.00 per barrel of crude oil, per barrel of natural gas
liquid, and per MMBTU of natural gas, respectively, were actually the weighted
average of the June&nbsp;30, 2008 <u>spot</u> NYMEX price, adjusted for price
differentials, which varied per proved location.&#160; Therefore, the June&nbsp;30, 2008</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NYMEX <u>spot</u> price was consistent throughout properties; however
the differentials used were different to ensure an accurate price for each
property.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We will prospectively clarify this in our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for fiscal 2009.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Supplemental Disclosures About Oil and Natural Gas Producing Properties
(unaudited), page&nbsp;55.</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">10.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>You
report that you spent approximately $3 million on proved property acquisitions
in 2008 and that you acquired approximately 3 million barrels equivalent of
proved reserves.&#160; Please tell us the
basis for the proved reserve classification of these 3 million barrels equivalent,
which you purchased for $1 per barrel equivalent.</b></p>

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<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:35.3pt;"><u><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The proved reserves claimed were based on an independent reserve report
prepared by the outside petroleum engineering firm of W.D. Von Gonten&nbsp;&amp;
Associates.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As to the specific reserves to which you refer, we acquired proved
undeveloped reserves through the leasing of open acreage targeted to the Austin
Chalk, Buda and Georgetown formations in the Giddings Field in Texas.&#160;&#160; These proved locations are direct offsets to
past and/or presently producing wells in a field with extensive well and
production control data spanning over 10,000 wellbores and over many years of
production.&#160; The acquisition costs we
incurred relate to the leasehold bonus, acquisition and title costs and do not
reflect the considerable drilling and completion costs associated with their
future development.&#160; Of course, such
development costs are included in our PV-10 calculations used in our ceiling
test analysis, with the total cost per barrel of oil equivalent being in line
with industry norms.</font></p>

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<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:1.0pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Subsequent to our acquisition, we have reentered, drilled and
completed eight of our thirty-four identified proved undeveloped locations and
placed another two existing wellbores back onto production through well
workovers.&#160; With limited production
history, these wells<b>  </b>appear to be statistically producing
as expected in the aggregate and validate the aggregate reserves assignments.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">11.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>We
note that you purchased property in the Giddings Field in 2007 and 2008.&#160; We also note that in each purchase you
claimed approximately the same amount of oil reserves.&#160; However, in the 2008 purchase, it appears
that you claimed over twice the gas reserves, compared to the 2007
purchase.&#160; Please explain to us the reasons
for the disproportional relationship between the oil and gas reserves recorded
in these acquisitions.&#160; Please identify
the specific aspects of your computations leading to this difference.</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Giddings Field extends over six or more counties in central Texas,
is more than 100 miles long by 30 miles wide and has had more than 10,000 wells
drilled to date.&#160; Production is from
several distinct formations at various depths, and each formation produces its
own mix of oil, gas and gas liquids.&#160; The
product mix also varies within a given formation, depending upon location and
depth.&#160; Compared to our proved
undeveloped reserves as of July&nbsp;1, 2007, the proved undeveloped locations
we leased in 2008 were concentrated in a different area with a different
product mix, and particularly&#160; included
numerous grassroots locations targeting deeper reservoirs that generally
produce only gas,.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">12.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Please
explain to us what you mean by stating that the revisions of previous estimates
were in part due to &#147;&#133;the effect of the new SEC guideline on PUD locations
within fractured reservoirs,&#148; and tell us the percentage of the revisions made
for this reason.</b></p>

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<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><u><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During preparations for the proved reserves report as of July&nbsp;1,
2008, we were informed by the outside reservoir engineer that prepares our
reserve reports, W.D. Von Gonten, that the SEC had promulgated revised
standards for proved undeveloped reserves in horizontal wells within naturally
fractured reservoirs.&#160; The revised
standards require that proved undeveloped locations be only one offset location
removed from a producing well in the same formation and that <i>only the portion of the horizontal well location lying in the same
fracture path of the offset well could be assigned proved reserves</i>.
The effect was to remove one of our proved undeveloped locations and reduce the
proved reserves previously assigned on three other proved undeveloped locations
by the amounts associated with the portion of their horizontal sections
extending outside of the offset well fracture path.&#160; The downward revisions in these four
locations aggregated approximately 296 MBOE, compared to a total downward
revision in all proved reserves of approximately 192 MBOE; the 296 MBOE
downward revision therefore was offset by positive combined revisions of 104
MBOE in other wells.&#160; The 296 MBOE
downward revision was equivalent to approximately 17% of our total proved
reserves at July&nbsp;1, 2007 of approximately 1,724 MBOE. The standards also
resulted in our not being able to book additional proved undeveloped reserves
on leases acquired in 2008 that we otherwise considered as proved reserves.</font></p>

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<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">If you have any questions or comments concerning these
comments, please contact me at (713) 935-0122 or Mr.&nbsp;Michael Larkin at
(713) 308-0166.</font></p>

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