NEWFIELD EXPLORATION CO /DE/
FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
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EXPLORATION COMPANY</font></div>
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OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS</font></div>
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Compensation &amp; Management Development Committee (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Committee</font>&#8221;)
of the Board of Directors of Newfield Exploration Company, a Delaware
corporation (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Company</font>&#8221;),
pursuant to the Newfield Exploration Company 2009 Omnibus Stock Plan (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Plan</font>&#8221;),
hereby awards to you, the above-named awardee, effective as of the Date of Award
set forth above (the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Date of
Award</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8221;</font>), that
number of restricted stock units set forth above (the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Restricted Stock
Units</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8221;</font>), on the
following terms and conditions:</font></div>
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Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the prohibitions and restrictions set
forth herein with respect to the sale or other disposition of such Restricted
Stock Units and the obligation to forfeit and surrender such Restricted Stock
Units to the Company (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Forfeiture
Restrictions</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse as to
the Restricted Stock Units that are awarded hereby in accordance with the
following schedule provided that your employment with the Company and its direct
and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries has not terminated prior to the
applicable lapse date:</font></div>
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      the third anniversary of the Vesting Effective Date, the Forfeiture
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">on
      each succeeding anniversary of the Vesting Effective Date, the Forfeiture
      Restrictions shall lapse as to an additional one-third of the Restricted
      Stock Units subject to this Agreement, so that on the fifth anniversary of
      the Vesting Effective Date the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse as to
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If a
Change of Control of the Company occurs, you die, become Disabled or your
employment terminates by reason of a Qualified Retirement, in each case, before
the fifth&#160;&#160;anniversary of the Vesting Effective Date, your rights to
the Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement will be determined as provided
in the attached Terms and Conditions (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Terms and
Conditions</font>&#8221;).</font></div>
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lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to the Restricted Stock Units,
the Company shall issue to you one share of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Common
Stock</font>&#8221;), in exchange for each such Restricted Stock Unit and thereafter
you shall have no further rights with respect to such Restricted Stock Unit and
such shares of the Common Stock shall be transferable by you (except to the
extent that any proposed transfer would, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory
to the Company, constitute a violation of applicable federal or state securities
law).</font></div>
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dividend in shares of the Common Stock with respect to the outstanding shares of
the Common Stock, then the Company will increase the Restricted Stock Units that
have not then been exchanged by the Company for shares of the Common Stock by an
amount equal to the product of (a)&#160;the Restricted Stock Units that have not
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limitations and conditions applicable to the Restricted Stock Unit for which
such Stock Dividend Restricted Stock Unit was awarded and will be exchanged for
shares of the Common Stock at the same time and on the same basis as such
Restricted Stock Unit.</font></div>
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any provisions of the Plan, shares of Common Stock shall be transferred at the
time(s) specified in this Agreement and the Terms and Conditions.</font></div>
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hypothecated or otherwise transferred, encumbered or disposed of (other than by
will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution).&#160;&#160;Any such
attempted sale, assignment, pledge, exchange, hypothecation, transfer,
encumbrance or disposition in violation of this Agreement shall be void and the
Company shall not be bound thereby.&#160;&#160;Any shares of Common Stock issued
to you in exchange for the Restricted Stock Units may not be sold or otherwise
disposed of in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable
federal or state securities laws.&#160;&#160;You also agree that (a)&#160;the
Company may refuse to cause the transfer of any such shares of the Common Stock
to be registered on the stock register of the Company if such proposed transfer
would in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company constitute a
violation of any applicable federal or state securities law and (b)&#160;the
Company may give related instructions to the transfer agent, if any, to stop
registration of the transfer of such shares of the Common Stock.</font></div>
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shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan are registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under a Registration Statement on Form
S-8.</font></div>
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terms that are not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms
in the Plan or the Terms and Conditions.</font></div>
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accepting the award of the Restricted Stock Units you accept and agree to be
bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, this Agreement and the Terms
and Conditions.</font></div>
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      EMPLOYMENT/CHANGE OF CONTROL.</font>&#160;&#160;The following provisions
      will apply in the event your employment with the Company and all of its
      direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Company
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      terminates, or a Change of Control of the Company occurs prior to the
      fifth&#160;&#160;anniversary of the Vesting Effective Date (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Fifth
      Anniversary Date</font>&#8221;) under the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
      awarded to you (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Agreement</font>&#8221;):</font></div>
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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.1</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Termination
Generally</font>.&#160;&#160;If your employment with the Company Group
terminates on or before the Fifth Anniversary Date for any reason other than one
of the reasons described in Sections&#160;1.2 through 1.5 below, the Forfeiture
Restrictions then applicable to the Restricted Stock Units shall not lapse and
the number of Restricted Stock Units then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions
shall be forfeited to the Company on the date your employment
terminates.</font></div>
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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.2</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Change of
Control</font>.&#160;&#160;The impact of a Change of Control of the Company on
the Restricted Stock Units shall be determined under the provisions of this
Section 1.2 rather than under any provisions of the Plan dealing with vesting or
the lapse of forfeiture restrictions. If a Change of Control of the Company
occurs on or before the Fifth Anniversary Date and you do not terminate
employment with the Company Group before the date the Change of Control of the
Company occurs, then all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse on the
date the Change of Control of the Company occurs if the Change of Control of the
Company qualifies as a change in the ownership or effective control of the
corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the
corporation, within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
and the final Department of Treasury Regulations issued thereunder (<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Section
409A</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8221;</font>).</font></div>
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any other provision of the Agreement or these Terms and Conditions to the
contrary, if before the Fifth Anniversary Date you incur a Separation From
Service due to your having incurred a Disability, then all remaining Forfeiture
Restrictions shall immediately lapse on the date you incur a Separation From
Service due to your Disability if you are not a Specified Employee or on the
date that is six months following your Separation From Service if you are a
Specified Employee; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided,
however,</font> that if you die before the expiration of such six-month delay
period (if applicable) then all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions shall
immediately lapse on the date of your death.&#160;&#160;For purposes of this
Section 1.3, you will be treated as having a &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Disability</font>&#8221;
if you (a)&#160;are unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than 12&#160;months, or (b)&#160;are, by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
12&#160;months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less
than three (3)&#160;months under an accident and health plan covering employees
of the Company Group.&#160;&#160;For purposes of these Terms and Conditions,
<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Separation From
Service</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8221;</font> has the
meaning ascribed to that term in Section 409A and <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Specified
Employee</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8221;</font> means
a person who is, as of the date of the person&#8217;s Separation From Service, a
&#8220;specified employee&#8221; within the meaning of Section 409A, taking into account any
elections made and procedures established in resolutions adopted by the
Compensation &amp; Management Development Committee of the Board.</font></div>
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any other provision of the Agreement or these Terms and Conditions to the
contrary, if you die before the Fifth Anniversary Date and before you have
otherwise terminated employment with the Company Group, all remaining Forfeiture
Restrictions shall immediately lapse on the date of the termination of your
employment due to death.</font></div>
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement or these Terms and
Conditions to the contrary, if you incur a Separation From Service as a result
of your Qualified Retirement before the Fifth Anniversary Date, then the number
of Restricted Stock Units issued to you under the Agreement shall automatically
be reduced (without further action by you and/or the Company) on the date you
incur a Separation From Service to that number of Restricted Stock Units
determined under the following formula (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Retirement
Adjusted Restricted Stock Units</font>&#8221;):</font></div>
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(1)&#160;is the number of the Restricted Stock Units with respect to which
Forfeiture Restrictions would have otherwise lapsed on the next anniversary of
the Vesting Effective Date following your Separation From Service due to
Qualified Retirement, (2)&#160;is the number of days, if any, that have elapsed
(excluding the date of your Separation From Service) since the most recent
anniversary of the Vesting Effective Date before the date you incur a Separation
From Service due to Qualified Retirement, and (3)&#160;is 365.</font></div>
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excess of the Restricted Stock Units that were originally awarded to you under
the Agreement over the Retirement Adjusted Restricted Stock Units shall be
immediately forfeited on the date you incur a Separation From Service due to
Qualified Retirement.&#160;&#160;The Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to the
Retirement Adjusted Restricted Stock Units shall immediately lapse on the date
you incur a Separation From Service due to your Qualified Retirement if you are
not a Specified Employee or on the date that is six months following your
Separation From Service if you are a Specified Employee;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"> provided, however,</font> that if
you die before the expiration of such six-month delay period (if applicable)
then all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions shall immediately lapse on the date
of your death.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For
purposes of this Section 1.5 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Qualified
Retirement</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8221;</font>
means you (i) either are (A) at least age 60 and sign a non-compete agreement
(the form of which is attached hereto as <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Exhibit A</font>) that is
effective until your reaching age 62 or (B) are at least age 62, (ii) have at
least 10 years of Qualified Service and (iii) provide the Requisite
Notice.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Qualified
Service</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8221;</font> means
(i) your continuous employment with (A) the Company or (B) a subsidiary of the
Company during the time that such subsidiary is, directly or indirectly, a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company plus (b) any additional service credit
granted to you (or a group of employees of which you are a member) by the
Board.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Requisite
Notice</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8221;</font> means
(a) if you are an officer of the Company, at least six months prior written
notice to the Board or (b) otherwise, at least three months prior written notice
to the chief executive officer of the Company.</font></div>
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      ACTIVITY</font>.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding any other provision of these
      Terms and Conditions or the Agreement, if you engage in a &#8220;Prohibited
      Activity,&#8221; as described below, while employed by one or more members of
      the Company Group or within two years after the date your employment with
      the Company Group terminates, then your right to receive the shares of the
      Common Stock, to the extent still outstanding at that time, shall be
      completely forfeited.&#160;&#160;A "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Prohibited
      Activity</font>" shall be deemed to have occurred, as determined by the
      Committee in its sole and absolute discretion, if you divulge any
      non-public, confidential or proprietary information of the Company Group,
      but excluding information that (a)&#160;becomes generally available to the
      public other than as a result of your public use, disclosure, or fault, or
      (b)&#160;becomes available to you on a non-confidential basis after your
      employment termination date from a source other than a member of the
      Company Group prior to the public use or disclosure by you, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided</font> that such
      source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement or otherwise prohibited
      from transmitting the information by a contractual, legal or fiduciary
      obligation.</font></div>
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      WITHHOLDING</font>.&#160;&#160;To the extent that the receipt of the
      Restricted Stock Units or the lapse of any forfeiture restrictions results
      in income, wages or other compensation to you for any income, employment
      or other tax purposes with respect to which the Company has a withholding
      obligation, you shall deliver to the Company at the time of such receipt
      or lapse, as the case may be, such amount of money as the Company may
      require to meet its obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations,
      and, if you fail to do so, the Company is authorized to withhold from any
      shares of Common Stock issued under the Agreement or from any cash or
      stock remuneration or other payment then or thereafter payable to you any
      tax required to be withheld by reason of such taxable income, wages or
      compensation including (without limitation) shares of the Common Stock
      sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation. No shares of Common
      Stock shall be withheld from the shares issued under the Agreement in
      excess of the Company&#8217;s minimum statutory withholding obligations
      (determined using the minimum statutory withholding rates required by the
      relevant tax authorities, including your share of payroll taxes that are
      applicable&#160;&#160;to such supplemental taxable
  income.)</font></div>
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      Agreement is not transferable by you otherwise than by will or by the laws
      of descent and distribution.</font></div>
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    </div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS AND
      REORGANIZATIONS.</font>&#160;&#160;The existence of the Restricted Stock
      Units shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or any
      company the stock of which is awarded pursuant to the Agreement to make or
      authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change
      in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or
      consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or liquidate,
      or sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its
      assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or
      proceeding.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS DO NOT
      AWARD ANY RIGHTS OF A STOCKHOLDER</font>.&#160;&#160;You shall not have
      the voting rights or any of the other rights, powers or privileges of a
      holder of the Common Stock with respect to the Restricted Stock Units that
      are awarded hereby.&#160;&#160;Only after a share of the Common Stock is
      issued in exchange for a Restricted Stock Unit will you have all of the
      rights of a stockholder with respect to such share of Common Stock issued
      in exchange for a Restricted Stock
Unit.</font></div>
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      RELATIONSHIP.</font>&#160;&#160;For purposes of the Agreement, you shall
      be considered to be in the employment of the Company Group as long as you
      have an employment relationship with the Company Group.&#160;&#160;The
      Committee shall determine any questions as to whether and when there has
      been a termination of such employment relationship, and the cause of such
      termination, under the Plan and the Committee&#8217;s determination shall be
      final and binding on all persons.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NOT AN EMPLOYMENT
      AGREEMENT</font>.&#160;&#160;The Agreement is not an employment agreement,
      and no provision of the Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to
      create an employment relationship between you and any member of the
      Company Group or guarantee the right to remain employed by any member of
      the Company Group for any specified
term.</font></div>
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    </div>
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      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
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      LEGEND.</font>&#160;&#160;If you are an officer or affiliate of the
      Company under the Securities Act of 1933, you consent to the placing on
      any certificate for the shares of the Common Stock issued under the
      Agreement an appropriate legend restricting resale or other transfer of
      such shares except in accordance with such Act and all applicable rules
      thereunder.</font></div>
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      LIABILITY</font>.&#160;&#160;Under no circumstances will any member of the
      Company Group be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential or
      special damages (including lost profits) of any form incurred by any
      person, whether or not foreseeable and regardless of the form of the act
      in which such a claim may be brought, with respect to the
      Plan.</font></div>
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      shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any assets of
      the Company or any investments which the Company may make to aid it in
      meeting its obligations under this Agreement.&#160;&#160;Your right to
      receive payments under this Agreement shall be no greater than the right
      to an unsecured general creditor of the
Company.</font></div>
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      of the Plan, including amendments to the Plan, if any.&#160;&#160;In the
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A</font></font></div>
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is dated as of [date of Qualified Retirement] and is by and between Newfield
Exploration Company, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Company</font>&#8221;)
and ________________, a retiring employee of the Company (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Retiring
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Agreements</font>&#8221;), Retiring Employee is entitled to certain benefits (the
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Benefits</font>&#8221;) if Retiring Employee&#8217;s termination of employment with the
Company is by reason of a &#8220;Qualified Retirement&#8221; (as defined in each of the
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Retiring Employee being entitled to the Retirement Benefits that Retiring
Employee enter into a Non-Compete Agreement substantially in the form of this
Agreement;</font></div>
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consideration of the premises, the Retirement Benefits to be provided to
Retiring Employee and the other covenants and agreements herein contained, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:</font></div>
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means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with, such specified Person and, if such specified Person
is a natural person, the immediate family members of such specified
Person.&#160;&#160;&#8220;Control&#8221; (including the terms &#8220;controlled by&#8221; and &#8220;under
common control with&#8221;), with respect to the relationship between or among two or
more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, as general
partner or manager, by contract or otherwise, including the ownership, directly
or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the board
of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such Person.</font></div>
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of, or exploration for, crude oil or natural gas or any rights in or with
respect crude oil or natural gas within the Covered Area; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided, however,</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#160;</font>that
&#8220;Competing Business&#8221; shall not include any business that provides services
solely to assist other Persons in the acquisition or development of, or
exploration for, crude oil or natural gas or any rights in or with respect to
crude oil or natural gas but does not itself acquire or develop, or explore for,
crude oil or natural gas or any rights in or with respect to crude oil or
natural gas within the Covered Area.</font></div>
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trust, incorporated or unincorporated organization or association or other legal
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Construction</font>.&#160;&#160;For purposes of this Agreement (i) unless the
context otherwise requires, (A) &#8220;or&#8221; is not exclusive; (B) words applicable to
one gender shall be construed to apply to each gender; (C) the terms &#8220;hereof,&#8221;
&#8220;herein,&#8221; &#8220;hereby,&#8221; &#8220;hereto&#8221; and derivative or similar words refer to this
entire Agreement and (D) the term &#8220;Section&#8221; refers to the specified Section of
this Agreement, (ii) the Section and other headings and titles contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement, (iii) a reference to any Person
includes such Person&#8217;s successors and assigns.</font></div>
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Retiring Employee covenants and agrees with the Company that Retiring Employee
shall not, directly or indirectly, individually, through an Affiliate or
otherwise (including as an officer, director, employee or consultant) own an
interest or engage in, participate with or provide any financial or other
support, assistance or advice to any Competing Business; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">however</font>, that Retiring
Employee may (i) when taken together with the ownership, directly or indirectly,
of all of his Affiliates, own, solely as an investment, up to 5% of any class of
securities of any Person if such securities are listed on any national
securities exchange or traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market so long as Retiring
Employee is not a director, officer, employee of, or analogously employed or
engaged by, such Person or any of such Person&#8217;s Affiliates or (ii) own
securities issued by the Company. In addition, Retiring Employee agrees that
during the Term he shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) interfere with the
relationship of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, or endeavor to
entice away from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, any individual or
entity who was or is a material customer or material supplier of, or who has
maintained a material business relationship with, the Company or its Affiliates,
(2) establish (or take preliminary steps to establish) a business with, or cause
or attempt to cause others to establish (or take preliminary steps to establish)
a business with, any employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates,
if such business competes with or will compete with the Company or any of its
Affiliates, or (3) employ, engage as a consultant or adviser, or solicit
employment, engagement as a consultant or adviser, of any employee or agent of
the Company or any of its Affiliates, or cause or attempt to cause any
individual or entity to do any of the foregoing.&#160;&#160;Retiring Employee
agrees that the restrictions contained in this Section 2 are necessary to
protect confidential information the Company has provided to Retiring
Employee.</font></div>
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Performance; Injunctive Relief</font>.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#160;</font>Retiring Employee
specifically acknowledges and agrees that the Company, in providing the
Retirement Benefits, has relied on the agreements and covenants of Retiring
Employee contained in this Agreement and that the terms of this Agreement are
reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Company.&#160;&#160;Retiring
Employee specifically acknowledges and agrees that any breach or threatened
breach by Retiring Employee of his or her agreements and covenants contained
herein would cause the Company irreparable harm not compensable solely in
damages.&#160;&#160;Retiring Employee further acknowledges and agrees that it is
essential to the effective enforcement of this Agreement that Company be
entitled to the remedies of specific performance, injunctive relief and similar
remedies and Retiring Employee agrees to the granting of any such remedies upon
a breach or threatened breach by Retiring Employee of any of the terms
hereof.&#160;&#160;The Company also shall be entitled to pursue any other
remedies (at law or in equity) available to it for any breach or threatened
breach of this Agreement, including the recovery of money damages.</font></div>
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any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and
provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and
effect.&#160;&#160;The parties agree to cooperate in any revision of this
Agreement that may be necessary to meet the requirements of law.</font></div>
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Modification; Waiver</font>.&#160;&#160;No amendment or modification of the
terms or provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless the same shall be
in writing and duly executed by the Company and Retiring Employee, except that
any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived in writing at any
time by the party that is entitled to the benefits of such waived terms or
provisions.&#160;&#160;No single waiver of any of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be deemed to or shall constitute, absent an express statement
otherwise, a continuous waiver of such provision or a waiver of any other
provision hereof (whether or not similar).</font></div>
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or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative</font>.&#160;&#160;No failure or
delay on the part of any party hereto in the exercise of any right hereunder
shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of, or acquiescence in,
any breach of any covenant or agreement herein, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any
other right.&#160;&#160;All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement
are cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise
available.</font></div>
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on Retiring Employee&#8217;s Obligations</font>.&#160;&#160;This Agreement shall in no
way affect any other duties or obligations Retiring Employee owes to the Company
by contract, law or otherwise.</font></div>
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Fees</font>.&#160;&#160;If either party hereto institutes any legal proceedings
against the other for breach of any provision hereof, the losing party shall be
liable for the costs and expenses of the prevailing party, including without
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