Conflicting Provisions. This [Section 2.16] shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13, 4.02 or 10.011]1] to the contrary. Minimum prepayment amounts in [Section 2.05] shall not apply to prepayments pursuant to this Section.

Conflicting Agreements. Executive hereby represents and warrants that the execution of this Agreement and the performance of his obligations hereunder will not breach or be in conflict with any other agreement to which he is a party or by which he is bound, and that he is not subject to any covenants against competition or similar covenants that would affect the performance of his obligations hereunder.

Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in [Section 2.14 or 11.01]1] to the contrary.

Competitive Activities. For purposes of the Agreement, to which this [Exhibit B] is attached,

Prohibited Activities. In exchange for the opportunity to remain employed during the Strategic Advisory Period and post-employment Long-Term Incentive Plan award vesting, Executive agrees to comply with the Company’s standard post-employment covenants and execute the Company’s standard form of release as set forth below. Specifically, Executive agrees:

Outside Activities. During the term of employment, Employee shall perform faithfully the duties assigned to him to the best of his ability, and Employee shall devote his full and undivided business time and attention to the transaction of the Company’s business. Except in conformity with the requirements of the Company’s then-effective Code of Ethical Business Conduct, Employee will not during the term of this Agreement undertake or engage (other than as a passive investor) in any other employment, occupation, or business enterprise, whether as an agent, partner, proprietor, officer, director, employee, consultant, contractor, or otherwise, whether during or outside the business hours of the Company. Employee may engage in civic and not-for-profit activities so long as such activities do not interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder.

Competitive Activities. For purposes of this [Exhibit B]: “Competitive Activities” means any activities relating to products or services of the same or similar type as the products or services # that were or are sold (or, pursuant to an existing business plan, will be sold) to paying customers of the Company or any Related Company, and # for which you are responsible (directly or indirectly) or otherwise have any involvement in planning, developing, managing, marketing, selling, overseeing, supporting, implementing, or performing, or had any such responsibility or involvement within your most recent 24 months of employment with the Company or any Related Company. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, an activity shall not be treated as a Competitive Activity if the geographic marketing area of such same or similar products or services does not have any overlap with the geographic marketing area for the applicable products and services of the Company or any Related Company.

Outside Activities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Executive shall be permitted: # to serve as a member of the board of directors or advisory board (or their equivalents in the case of a non-corporate entity) of any # charitable or philanthropic organization; # to engage in charitable, community or philanthropic activities or any other activities; or # to serve as an executor, trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; provided, that the activities set out in the foregoing clauses shall be limited by the Executive so as not to affect, interfere or conflict with, individually or in the aggregate, the performance of the Executive's duties and responsibilities. Any outside activities in excess of the foregoing shall require the consent of the Chairman of the Board.

Trading Activities. Neither the Buyer nor its affiliates has an open short position (or other hedging or similar transactions) in the common stock of the Company and the Buyer agree that it shall not, and that it will cause its affiliates not to, engage in any short sales of or hedging transactions with respect to the common stock of the Company.

Consultant agrees that in consideration for the Company’s promise to provide Consultant with Confidential Information and trade secrets of the Company and its affiliates, in addition to other consideration provided herein, Consultant will not, beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending December 31, 2018, directly or indirectly, contact or solicit vendors, suppliers, customers or clients of the Company or its affiliates with whom Consultant had direct or indirect contact or about whom Consultant received proprietary, confidential or otherwise non-public information for the purposes of providing services relating to the provision of cementing and acidizing services (the “Business”), or interfere with or disrupt or attempt to disrupt the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company or any of its affiliates and any vendor, supplier, customer or client of the Company or any of its affiliates or in any way encourage them to terminate or otherwise alter their relationship with the Company or any affiliate. Consultant further agrees that beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on December 31, 2018, Consultant shall not, directly or indirectly, provide any products or services related to the Business or the Company’s or its affiliates’ customers and clients, or prospective customers and clients, nor utilize the contacts, goodwill and rapport Consultant established with any customers and clients to take away or divert business or income away from the Company or its affiliates to other persons or entities. For purposes of this Section 9, “customers and clients” shall mean and include those customers, clients and prospective customers and clients who contacted or were contacted by the Company or its affiliates to do business with the Company or its affiliates.