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Home My WebLink About20053791.tiff Delaware RitinoL- 04-0 The First State 1141141-n- I, HARRIET SMITH WINDSOR, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF MERGER, WHICH MERGES: "PATINA OIL & GAS CORPORATION", A DELAWARE CORPORATION, WITH AND INTO "NOBLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, INC. " UNDER THE NAME OF "NOBLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, INC. ", A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AS RECEIVED AND FILED IN THIS OFFICE THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF MAY, A.D. 2005, AT 4:09 O'CLOCK P.M. A FILED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS. teO'o '- cj & o LEO040 LE. 0090 Lo1 ! LE0)49-1 LEobl-3 llllllll Ill lull 1111 llll 111111 1111111311111010504:56P Weld County,CO Recorder 3289695 05126120 tO Not, �� 3 of 3 R 16.00 D 0.00 Steve Moreno Clerk Mexgo( • Harriet.JILIIUI .n�av ,acv...... , ......._ 3897024 8100M AUTHENTICATION: 3882647 050398177 DATE: 05-16-05 AO-379Y 05,16,200S 16:07 SKARDEL INC. -> 16955040913]=Y.i936 i'3 W..99 PO2 ` I f `l I`ll 41 y ``` I k I l State of Dr-laware 1 IIIIII 11111 11141 111111 II11I IIl 1111111 III IIII!1III II1I Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 04:09 FM 05/26/2005 3289695 05126/2005 04:56P Weld County,CO FILED 04:09 PM 05/16/2005 2 of 3 R 16.00 D 0.00 Steve Moreno Clerk&Recorder SRV 050398177 - 3897024 Fmg CERTIFICATE OF MERGER OF PATINA OIL ez GAS CORPORATION WITH AND INTO NOBLE ENERGY PRODUCTION,INC. UNDER SECTION 251 OF WE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE Pursuant to Section 251(c)of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware(the"DGCL"),Noble Energy Production,Doc.("NEPI"),a Delaware corporation,hereby certifies the following information relating to the merger(the "Merger")of Patina Oil&Gas Corporation,a Delaware corporation("Patina")with and into NEPI. 1. The name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations in the Merger(the"Constituent Corporations")is as follows: Name State of Incorporation Noble Energy Production,Inc. Delaware Patina Oil&Gas Corporation Delaware 2. The Agreement and Plan of Merger(the"Merger Agreement")dated as of December 15,2004,by and among Noble Energy,Inc.,a Delaware corporation ("Noble Energy"),N'EPI,a wholly owned subsidiary of Noble Energy,and Patina,setting forth the terms and conditions of the Merger,has been approved,adopted,certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the Constituent Corporations in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL. 3. The name of the corporation surviving the Merger is Noble Energy Production,Inc.(the"Surviving Corporation"). 4 The certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be its certificate of incorporation. 5. The executed Merger Agreement is on file at the principal place of business of the Surviving Corporation at the following address: 05/162005 16:t1? SKORDEL INC.IC. ) 16965840913©2?39'67_' N3.699 P03 111{l!i 111111111111{{ll11111{ll{lilt{11 III{111{11114{11 3289695 05/26/2005 04.66P Weld County, C 3 of 3 R 16.00 Q 0.00 Steve Moreno Clerk&Recorder Noble Energy Production,Inc. 100 Glenborough,Suite 100 Houston,Texas 77067-3610 Attention:General Counsel 6. A copy of the Merger Agreement will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation,on request and without cost,to any stockholder of either of the Constituent Corporations. • This Certificate of Merger has been executed on this 16th day of May, 2005. NOULE ENERGY PRODUCTION,INC. By; Is/Charles D.Davidson Name: Charles D.Davidson Title:President [Remainder of Page fnientionally Left Blank) Hello