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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT A
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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In re: ) Chapter 11
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15375 MEMORLAL CORPORATION, et al., ) Bankr. Case No. 06-10859 (KG)
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Debtors. ) (J ointly Administered)
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BEPCO, L.P., f/k/a )
Bass Enterprises Production Company )
) Civil Action No. 08-313 (SLR)
Appellant, )
) (Consolidation for procedural
v. ) purposes of Civil Actions 08-
) 313, 08-314, 08-318, 08-319, 08-
15375 MEMORIAL CORPORATION, et al, ) 321, 08-322, 08-325 & 08-326)
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Appellees and Cross-Appellants. ) Re: Docket Item 12
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NOTICE OF FILING OF D. DEL. L.R. 7.1.1 STATEMENT RELATING TO
MOTION OF APPELLANT BEPCO, L.P., F/K/A BASS ENTERPRISES
PRODUCTION COMPANY FOR LEAVE TO FILE A REPLY IN SUPPORT OF
ITS EMERGENCY REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION FOR DIRECT APPEAL
TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
Appellant BEPCO, L.P., f/k/a Bass Enterprises Production Company ("BEPCO"),
hereby files this statement relating to the Motion of Appellant BEPCO, L.P., f/k/a Bass
Enterprises Production Company for Leave to File A Reply In Support Of Its Emergency Request
For Certyication For Direct Appeal T 0 The United States Court Of Appeals For The Third
Circuit (D.I. 12) (the "Motion") in accordance with Rule 7.1.1. of the Local Rules of Civil
Practice and Procedure for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware:
1. The undersigned counsel for BEPCO hereby avers that it has made
reasonable efforts to reach agreement with counsel for appellee/cross-appellants Santa Fe
Minerals, Inc. ("Santa Fe" or "SFMI") and 15375 Memorial Corporation ("Memorial," and

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together with Santa Fe, the "Debtors") and GlobalSantaFe Corporation, GlobalSantaFe
Corporate Services, Inc. and Entities Holdings, Inc. (collectively, the "GSF Entities") with
respect to the Motion.
2. The Motion is procedural and relates to BEPCO’s request to expedite its
appeals and certify them for direct review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit (D.I. 6) (the "Ce1tification Reguest"). Given the expedited nature of the Certification
Request, BEPCO filed the Motion (together with its proposed reply in support of the
Certification Request) on Monday, June 16, 2008, the first business day after the Debtors and
GSF Entities had filed their respective objections to the Certification Request (D.I. 9 & 10).
3. On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, BEPCO requested that the Debtors and GSF
Entities consent to the Motion. Neither the Debtors nor the GSF Entities have responded to
BEPCO’s request to consent to the Motion.
Dated: Wilmington, Delaware MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
June 18, 2008
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Gregor erkheiser (No. 3553)
Kelly 1 awson (No. 4786)
1201 Market Street
P. O. Box 1347
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-1347
Telephone: (302) 351-9229
Fax: (302) 658-3989
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CARVER DARDEN KORETZKY TESSIER FINN
BLOSSMANN & AREAUX, L.L.C.
M. Hampton Carver (LA #4546)
Leami Opotowsky Moses (LA #19439)
1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2700
New Orleans, LA 70163
Telephone: (504) 585-3800
Fax: (504) 585-3801
Co-Counsel for BEPCO, L.P., formerly known
as Bass Enterprises Production Company
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Gregory W. Werkheiser, certify that I am not less than 18 years of age, and that service
of the Notice Of Filing Of D. Del. L.R. 7.1.1 Statement Relating To Motion Of Appellant
BEPCO, L.P., f/k/a Bass Enterprises Production Company For Leave To File A Reply In
Support Of Its Emergency Request For Certification For Direct Appeal To The United
States Court Of Appeals For The Third Circuit was caused to be made on June 18, 2008, in
the manner indicated upon the parties on the attached list.
Under penalty of perjury, I declare that the foregoing is true and correct.
Dated: June 18, 2008
Gre er e1ser (#3553)
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SERVICE LIST
VIA E-MAIL and HAND DELIVERY VIA E—MAIL and FIRST CLASS U.S. MAIL
John D. Demmy, Esquire Philip G. Eisenberg, Esquire
Stevens & Lee, PC Mark A. Chavez, Esquire
1105 N. Market Street Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP
7th Floor 600 Travis Street
Wilmington, DE 19801 3400 JP Morgan Chase Tower
[email protected] Houston, TX 77002
peisenberg@,1ockelidde1l.com
Francis A. Monaco, Jr., Esquire [email protected]
Kevin J. Mangan, Esquire
Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC John C. Kilgannon, Esquire
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1501 Stevens & Lee, PC
Wilmington, DE 19801 1818 Market Street
[email protected] Philadelphia, PA 19103
[email protected] [email protected]
Noel C. Burnham, Esquire Natalie D. Ramsey, Esquire
Montgomery McCracken Montgomery McCracken
1105 Market Street 123 South Broad Street
Wilmington, DE 19801 Philadelphia, PA 19109-1029
nburnha;[email protected] [email protected]
David Buchbinder, Esquire M. Hampton Carver, Esq.
Office of the U.S. Trustee Stephen Rose, Esq.
844 King Street Learm Opotowsky Moses, Esq.
Suite 2207 Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman &
Lockbox 35 Areaux, L.L.C.
Wilmington, DE 19801 1100 Poydras Street - Suite 3100
[email protected] New Orleans, LA 70163
ca;[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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