Removal of Operator. OPERATOR may be removed if (1) OPERATOR becomes insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commits any act of bankruptcy or seeks relief under laws providing for the relief of debtors; or (2) a receiver is appointed for OPERATOR or for substantially all of its property and/or affairs; or (3) OPERATOR or its designee no longer owns an interest in the property or divest itself of more than fifty percent (50%) or more of the interest owned by it in the Lease at the time it was designated OPERATOR; or (4) OPERATOR has committed a material breach of any substantive provision hereof or fails to perform its duties hereunder in a reasonable and prudent manner, or failed to rectify such default within sixty (60) days after notice from another PARTY to do so. The PARTY giving notice to the OPERATOR of a default shall also furnish a copy of such notice to the other PARTIES. In such event, the OPERATOR may be removed by an affirmative vote of two (2) or more PARTIES having a combined WORKING INTEREST of fifty percent (50%) in the LEASE.
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Samples: Joint Operating Agreement (Ridgewood Enengy K Fund LLC), Joint Operating Agreement (Ridgewood Energy K Fund LLC), Joint Operating Agreement (Ridgewood Energy L Fund LLC)
Removal of Operator. OPERATOR may be removed if (1) OPERATOR becomes insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commits any act of bankruptcy or seeks relief under laws providing for the relief of debtors; or (2) a receiver is appointed for OPERATOR or for substantially all of its property and/or affairs; or (3) OPERATOR or its designee no longer owns an interest in the property or divest divests itself of more than fifty percent (50%) or more of the interest owned by it in the Lease at the time it was designated OPERATOR; or (4) OPERATOR has committed a material breach of any substantive provision hereof or fails to perform its duties hereunder in a reasonable and prudent manner, or failed to rectify such default within sixty (60) days after notice from another PARTY to do so. The PARTY giving notice to the OPERATOR of a default shall also furnish a copy of such notice to the other PARTIES. In such event, the OPERATOR may be removed by an affirmative vote of two (2) or more PARTIES having a combined WORKING INTEREST of fifty percent (50%) in the LEASE.
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