Confidential Information. Executive agrees that all aspects of the Company's business, products, prospects, plans and strategies that have not been publicly disclosed, including, but not limited to, the identities, needs and preferences of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information, manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annual or strategic business plans or analyses, and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintained in confidence and not disclosed to any third party, and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. Any Confidential Information may be used or disclosed by the Executive solely to discharge his obligations hereunder, and shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever following termination of Executive's employment. All Confidential Information in tangible form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the Executive to the Company within 30 days of any termination of employment, together with a statement certifying: # that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.

Confidential Information. Executive agrees thatFor purposes of this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall mean all aspects ofproprietary information or knowledge belonging to the Company's business, products, prospects, plans and strategies that have not been publicly disclosed,Company including, but not limited to,to business plans, strategies, pricing, sales methods, client lists, trade secrets, or technology, inventions, developments, know-how or confidences of the identities, needsCompany. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding sentence, Confidential Information shall not include information that is or becomes generally available to the public or other than as a result of a disclosure by the Executive or a representative of the Executive. The Executive acknowledges that all of the Confidential Information is and preferencesshall continue to be the exclusive proprietary property of its customers, internal business operationsthe Company, whether or not prepared in whole or in part by the Executive and pricing information, manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annualwhether or strategic business plans or analyses, and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintained in confidence and not disclosed to any third party, and shall remainor entrusted to the exclusive propertycustody of the Company. Any Confidential Information may be used or disclosed byExecutive. The Executive agrees that upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive solely to discharge his obligations hereunder, and shall not be usedwill promptly at the Company’s discretion, destroy or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever following termination of Executive's employment. All Confidential Information in tangible form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the Executivereturn to the Company all memoranda, notes, records, reports, manuals, pricing lists, prints and other documents (and all copies existing in hard copy or soft form) relating to the Company’s or an Affiliated Company’s business, which he may then possess or have within 30 daysthe Executive’s control, regardless of whether any termination of employment, together with a statement certifying: # that Executive has returned allsuch documents constitute Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.Information.

Confidential Information.Information; Unauthorized Disclosure. Executive shall not, whether during the period of his employment hereunder or thereafter, without the written consent of the Board or a person authorized thereby, disclose to any person, other than an executive of Company or a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by Executive of his duties as an executive of Company, any Confidential Information obtained by him while in the employ of Company with respect to Company’s business. Subject to the exclusions below, as used in this Agreement “Confidential Information” means data or information in any form, regardless of whether or not marked “confidential” or “proprietary” # which concerns, relates to, or comes from the business activities, business methods, products, services, relationships, research, or business development of Company or another member of the Company Group; # which Executive received, designed, compiled, produced, used, generated or otherwise became aware of as a result of his employment or engagement with Company or any other member of the Company Group; and # which is not generally known to the public. The parties agree that “Confidential Information” specifically includes, but is not limited to, trade secrets (as defined by Texas and federal law) of Company or another member of the Company Group and the following kinds of information and data (to the extent not generally known to the public): # information about the customers and prospective customers (such as customer and prospective customer identities, contact information, preferences, needs, requirements, specifications, proposals, contracts, financial information, and historic purchasing patterns, and information about Company’s or its Affiliates’ provision of products and services to each customer) of Company or another member of the Company Group; # non-public information about the products and service techniques of Company or any other member of the Company Group; # the computer systems and software developed by Company or another member of the Company Group or their respective agents for use by of Company or another member of the Company Group; # non-public information about the business methods (such as sales methods, business processes, training manuals and methods, research and development work, purchasing information and contracts, and new ideas made or conceived by employees or agents) of Company or another member of the Company Group; # financial information (such as pricing and bidding formulas, financial projections, budgets, analyses, accounting data, and financing information) of Company or another member of the Company Group; # information about the business plans and strategies (such as marketing plans, opportunities for new or developing business, products, services, or markets, and information about new business partnerships or distributorship arrangements) of Company or another member of the Company Group; # private personnel information (including employee social security numbers and medical records); # communications between Company or other members of the Company Group and their respective attorneys; # information provided to Company or another member of the Company Group with an expectation of confidentiality or which is subject to non-disclosure obligations (such as information shared in confidence by a customer or supplier); and # information marked “confidential” or “proprietary” by Company or another member of the Company Group. “Confidential Information” does not include general knowledge and skills used throughout the energy industry or any information which Executive may be required to disclose by any applicable law, order, or judicial or administrative proceeding. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts payable to Executive under this Agreement. Within fourteen (14) days after the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive shall return to Company all documents and other tangible items containing Company or other Company Group information which are in Executive’s possession, custody or control. Executive agrees that all aspectsConfidential Information exclusively belongs to Company, the other members of the Company'Company Group or their designated affiliate, and that any work of authorship relating to Company’s business, products, prospects, plansproducts or services, whether such work is created solely by Executive or jointly with others, and strategies that havewhether or not been publicly disclosed, including, but not limited to, the identities, needs and preferences of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information, manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annual or strategic business plans or analyses, and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret,such work is Confidential Information, shall be maintained in confidence and not discloseddeemed exclusively belonging to any third party, and shall remainCompany, the exclusive propertyother members of the Company. Any Confidential Information may be usedCompany Group or disclosed by the Executive solely to discharge his obligations hereunder, and shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever following termination of Executive's employment. All Confidential Information in tangible form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the Executive to the Company within 30 days of any termination of employment, together with a statement certifying: # that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.their designated affiliate.

Confidential Information.Confidentiality. Executive agrees that at all aspectstimes during Executive's employment and following the conclusion of Executive's employment, whether voluntary or involuntary, Executive will hold in strictest confidence and not disclose Confidential Information (as defined below) to anyone who is not also an Executive of the Company's business, products, prospects, plans and strategies thatCompany or to any Executive of the Company who does not also have not been publicly disclosed, including,access to such Confidential Information, without express written authorization of the President of the Company. "Confidential Information" shall mean any trade secrets or Company proprietary information, including but not limited to, the identities, needs and preferences of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information,to manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annual or strategictechniques, processes, formulas, customer lists, inventions, experimental developments, research projects, operating methods, cost, pricing, financial data, business plans or analyses, and anyproposals, data and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintainedinformation the Company receives in confidence and not disclosed tofrom any thirdother party, and shall remain the exclusive propertyor any other secret or confidential matters of the Company. AnyAdditionally, Executive will not use any Confidential Information may be used or disclosed by the Executive solely to discharge his obligations hereunder, and shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever following termination of Executive's employment. All Confidential Information in tangible form that is providedown benefit or to the Executive shall be returned by the Executive todetriment of the Company within 30 days ofduring Executive's employment or thereafter. Executive also certifies that employment with the Company does not and will not breach any termination of employment, together with a statement certifying: #agreement or duty that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained theto anyone concerning confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.information belonging to others.

Disclosure of Confidential Information. The Executive recognizes, acknowledges and agrees that all aspects ofhe has had and will continue to have access to secret and confidential information regarding the Company's business, products, prospects, plansCompany, its subsidiaries and strategies that have not been publicly disclosed, including,their respective businesses (“Confidential Information”), including but not limited to, the identities, needs and preferencesits products, methods, formulas, software code, patents, sources of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information, manufacturingsupply, customer dealings, data, know-how, technical attributes of products, annual or strategic business plans or analyses, and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintainedbusiness plans, provided such information is not in confidence andor does not disclosedhereafter become part of the public domain, or become known to any third party, and shall remainothers through no fault of the exclusiveExecutive. The Executive acknowledges that such information is of great value to the Company, is the sole property of the Company. Any Confidential Information mayCompany, and has been and will be usedacquired by him in confidence. In consideration of the obligations undertaken by the Company herein, the Executive will not, at any time, during or disclosedafter his employment hereunder, reveal, divulge or make known to any person, any information acquired by the Executive solely to dischargeduring the course of his obligations hereunder,employment, which is treated as confidential by the Company, and not otherwise in the public domain. The provisions of this Section 12 shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever followingsurvive the termination of Executive'the Executive’s employment. All Confidential Informationemployment hereunder. The Executive affirms that he does not possess and will not rely upon the protected trade secrets or confidential or proprietary information of any prior employer(s) in tangible form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the Executiveproviding services to the Company within 30 days of any termination of employment, together with a statement certifying: # that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.or its subsidiaries.

Confidential Information.CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Company agrees that during the course of and in connection with the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Company will provide and the Executive agrees that all aspectsto accept access to and knowledge of Confidential Information (as hereafter defined). Confidential Information may include but is not limited to business decisions, plans, procedures, strategies and policies, legal matters affecting the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, personnel, customer records information, trade secrets, bid prices, evaluations of bids, contractual terms and arrangements (prospective purchases and sales), pricing strategies, financial and business forecasts and plans and other information affecting the value or sales of products, goods, services or securities of the Company'Company or its Subsidiaries, and personal information regarding employees (collectively, the “Confidential Information”). The Executive acknowledges and agrees the Confidential Information is and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company or such subsidiary. The Executive shall not disclose to any unauthorized person, or use for the Executive’s business, products, prospects, plansown purposes, any Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Board, which consent may be withheld by the Board at its sole discretion, unless and strategiesto the extent that havethe aforementioned matters become generally known to and available for use by the public other than as a result of the Executive’s acts or omissions. The Executive agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information after the termination of the Executive’s employment; provided, further, that if at any time the Executive or any person or entity to which the Executive has disclosed any Confidential Information becomes legally compelled (by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information, the Executive shall provide the Company with prompt, prior written notice of such requirement so the Company, in its sole discretion, may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the terms hereof. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not been publiclyobtained or the Company waives compliance with the provisions hereof, the Executive shall ensure that only the portion of the Confidential Information which the Executive or such person is advised by written opinion of the Company’s counsel that the Executive is legally required to disclose is disclosed, and the Executive further covenants and agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that the recipient of such Confidential Information shall not further disclose such Confidential Information to others, except as required by law, following such disclosure. In addition the Executive covenants and agrees to deliver to the Company upon termination of this Agreement, and at any other time as the Company may request, any and all property of the Company including, but not limited to, the identities, needskeys, computers, credit cards, company car, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts and preferences of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information, manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annual or strategic business plans or analyses, and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintained in confidence and not disclosed to any third party, and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. Any Confidential Information may be used or disclosed by the Executive solely to discharge his obligations hereunder, and shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever following termination of Executive's employment. Allsoftware, Confidential Information in tangibleany form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the Executivewhatsoever, and other documents and data (and copies thereof) and relating to the Company within 30 daysor any subsidiary which he may then possess or have under his control or to which the Executive had access to or possession of any terminationin the course of employment, together with a statement certifying: # that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.employment.

Confidential Information. Executive agrees that all aspectsacknowledges that, during the course of Executive's employment with Company, Executive has acquired or been exposed to the Company's business, products, prospects, plansconfidential information and strategies that have not been publicly disclosed,trade secrets, including, but not limited to, business plans, marketing plans, financial data, proprietary technology, and customer and client lists and asset information ("Confidential Information"). Executive agrees hereafter to maintain the identities, needs and preferences of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information, manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annual or strategic business plans or analyses, and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintained in confidence and not disclosed to any third party, and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. Any Confidential Information may be used or disclosed by the Executive solely to discharge his obligations hereunder, and shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever following termination of Executive's employment. All Confidential Information in tangible form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the Executive to the Company within 30 days of any termination of employment, together with a statement certifying: # that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained the confidential natureconfidentiality of the Confidential Information, to refrain from disclosing any Confidential Information to anyone, to refrain from using the Confidential Information on his own behalf or on behalf of anyone other than the Company, and # thatto comply with any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.has executed.

Disclosure of Confidential Information. The Executive recognizes, acknowledges and agrees that all aspectshe have access to secret and confidential information regarding the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses, including but not limited to, its research programs, research results, technologies, products, methods, formulas, software code, patents, sources of supply, customer dealings, data, know-how, trade secrets and business plans. All of such information shall be deemed "Confidential Information", provided such information is not in or does not hereafter become part of the public domain, or become available to the public generally through no fault of the Executive. The Executive acknowledges that such information is of great value to the Company, is necessary for the conduct of the Company's business, products, prospects, plans and strategies that have nothas been publicly disclosed, including, but not limited to,and will be acquired by him in confidence. In consideration of the identities, needs and preferences of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information, manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annualobligations undertaken by the Company herein, the Executive will not, at any time, during or strategic business plansafter his employment hereunder, reveal, divulge or analyses, and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintained in confidence and not disclosedmake known to any third party, and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. Any Confidential Information may be used or disclosedperson, any information acquired by the Executive solely to dischargeduring the course of his obligations hereunder,employment, which is treated as confidential by the Company, and not otherwise in the public domain. The provisions of this Section 12 shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever followingsurvive the termination of Executive'the Executive’s employment. All Confidential Information in tangible form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the Executive to the Company within 30 days of any termination of employment, together with a statement certifying: # that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.employment hereunder.

Company Information. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)] of this Agreement, the Executive agrees at all times during the term of the Executive’s employment and thereafter, to hold any Confidential Information.Information of the Company or its Related Entities in strictest confidence, and not to use (except for the benefit of the Company to fulfill the Executive’s employment obligations) or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that all aspects of“Confidential Information” means any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in which the Company's business, products, prospects, plans and strategies thatCompany or Related Entities have not been publicly disclosed,an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, vendors to the identities, needs and preferences of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information, manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annualCompany or strategic business plansRelated Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or analyses, and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintained in confidence and not disclosed to any third party, and shall remainwith whom the exclusive propertyExecutive became acquainted during the term of the Company. Any Confidential Information may be usedExecutive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or disclosedmarketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive solely to discharge his obligations hereunder, and shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever following termination of Executive's employment. All Confidential Information in tangible form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the ExecutiveCompany or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Information does not include information that: # was available to the Company within 30 dayspublic prior to the time of any termination of employment, together with a statement certifying:disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintainedotherwise becomes available to the confidential naturepublic through no act or omission of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligationsor through the wrongful act of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.a third party.

Confidential Information.Confidentiality, Return of Property. Executive agrees that all aspectshas obtained and may obtain confidential information concerning the business, operations, financial affairs, organizational and personnel matters, policies, procedures and other non-public matters of the Company'Corporation, and those of third-parties related to their transaction of business with the Corporation, which information is not generally disclosed to persons not employed by the Corporation. Such information (referred to herein as the “Confidential Information”) may have been or may be provided in written form or orally. Executive shall not disclose to any other person the Confidential Information at any time during or after termination of employment, except that during employment Executive may use and disclose Confidential Information as reasonably required by Executive’s business, products, prospects, plansemployment. Upon termination of employment, Executive will deliver to the Corporation any and strategies that have not been publicly disclosed, including, but not limited to,all property owned or leased by the identities, needs and preferences of its customers, internal business operations and pricing information, manufacturing know-how, technical attributes of products, annual or strategic business plans or analyses,Corporation and any and all other trade secrets (collectively, "Confidential Information"), are confidential and secret, shall be maintained in confidence and not disclosed to any third party, and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. Any Confidential Information may be used or disclosed by the Executive solely to discharge his obligations hereunder,(in whatever form) including without limitation all customer lists and shall not be used or disclosed for anyinformation, financial information, business notes, business plans, documents, keys, credit cards, computers and other purpose, including, without limitation, for any purpose whatsoever followingCorporation-provided equipment. Executive’s commitments in this Section will continue in effect after termination of Executive's employment. All Confidential Information in tangible form that is provided to the Executive shall be returned by the Executive to the Company within 30 days of anyemployment and after termination of employment, together with a statement certifying: # that Executive has returned all Confidential Information in his possession, # that Executive has at all times maintained the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and # that Executive confirms his continuing obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement following such termination.Agreement.