BURLINGTON RESOURCES INC
COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Exhibit 10.6</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">AMENDMENT NO. 1<BR>
TO<BR>
BURLINGTON RESOURCES INC.<BR>
COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Burlington Resources Inc. Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors is hereby amended
as follows, effective for deferrals on or after January&nbsp;1, 2006:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Section&nbsp;4.2 is amended to read as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;4.2 <U>Memorandum Accounts</U>. Each Plan Year the Company shall establish a
ledger or notional account (the &#145;Memorandum Account&#146;) for each Non-Employee Director
who has elected to defer payment of all or part of his or her Compensation for that
Plan Year for the purpose of reflecting the Company&#146;s obligation to pay the deferred
Compensation for such Plan Year as specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.6; provided,
however, that all Memorandum Accounts established for a Participant that are to be
paid in the same manner, <U>e.g</U>., a lump sum, 5 annual installments or 10
annual installments, may be combined into a single Memorandum Account.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;The second sentence of Section&nbsp;4.3 is amended to read as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&#147;Such interest shall be credited to the Interest Account as of such valuation dates
as shall be established by the Management Committee.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Section&nbsp;4.3 is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;The Management Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the valuation
dates for valuing each Participant&#146;s Account(s).&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Section&nbsp;4.6 is amended to read as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;4.6 <U>Payment of Accounts</U>. Upon a Participant&#146;s Termination, the
Company shall pay to such Participant (or to his or her Beneficiary in case of the
Participant&#146;s death) an amount in cash equal to the balance then credited to his or
her affected Account(s) as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 10%">(a)&nbsp;a lump sum payment; or<BR>
(b)&nbsp;in 5 consecutive substantially equal annual installments; or<BR>
(c)&nbsp;in 10 consecutive substantially equal annual installments;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">whichever form of payment has been elected by the Participant. Payment of Accounts
shall commence or be made in the January following the year in which the
Participant&#146;s Termination occurs. In the case of distribution to a Participant in
installments, payment will be made on a pro rata basis from each of the
Participant&#146;s Accounts.&#148;
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