Note 11 - Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 11. Related Party Transactions

Water Treatment. In September 2021, the Company entered into a contract with Pilot Exploration, Inc., (“Pilot”), whose President and CEO is an outside director of the Company, to deploy Pilot’s proprietary water treatment technology in the Company’s Flat Top area to treat up to 25,000 barrels of produced water per day such that it can be reused in the Company’s completion operations or sold to third parties for their completion operations. This contract was set to expire on March 1, 2022, however it was extended to July 1, 2022 based on the early results of the project. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company paid $2.0 million to Pilot for such services.

In May 2022, the Company entered into an agreement with Pilot to utilize Pilot’s proprietary water treatment technology in the Company’s Flat Top area to treat produced water such that it can be reused in the Company’s completion operations or sold to third parties for their completion operations. During the one-year term of the agreement, beginning on approximately November 1, 2022, the Company has agreed to a minimum volume commitment of 29.2 million barrels of produced water while maintaining the ability to bank excess produced water processed each month toward the minimum volume commitment. The monetary commitment, if the Company never delivers any produced water to be treated under the agreement, is approximately $6.0 million.