ACQUISITIONS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS

Ajax and Energen Assets

Effective January 1, 2019, Diamondback contributed to the Predecessor certain midstream assets (the “Ajax Assets”) within the Permian Basin that it acquired from Ajax Resources LLC (“Ajax”) as part of an upstream acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2018. These assets included 17 water wells, four produced water disposal wells and one related gathering system, a field office, surface land, five hydraulic fracturing pits and one related sourced water transportation system. Prior to their contribution, these assets were fully integrated into the upstream business acquired from Ajax. The carrying value of assets included in this contribution was $21.5 million. The contributed assets were recognized by the Predecessor at Diamondback’s historical basis due to the entities being under common control.

Effective January 1, 2019, Diamondback contributed to the Predecessor certain midstream assets (the “Energen Assets”) within the Permian Basin that it acquired from Energen Corporation (“Energen”) as part of an upstream acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2018. These assets included 56 produced water disposal wells and related gathering systems, an office building located in Midland Texas, surface land and an oil gathering system and asset retirement obligations related to these assets. Prior to their contribution, these assets were fully integrated into the upstream business acquired from Energen. The carrying value of assets included in this contribution was $279.0 million, net of $3.0 million in associated asset retirement obligations. The contributed assets were recognized by the Predecessor at Diamondback’s historical basis due to the entities being under common control.

The contribution of the Ajax and Energen Assets was an asset contribution that did not result in a change in the reporting entity at the Predecessor. As a result, the Ajax and Energen Assets were initially recognized at the date of the transfer at their carrying amounts in the accounts of Diamondback, and presented prospectively from that date.