Note 11 - Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 11. Related Party Transactions

Underwritten Equity Offering. In connection with the Company’s underwritten equity offering in July 2023, certain of the Company’s stockholders, John Paul DeJoria Family Trust and Jack Hightower, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and entities and individuals associated with them, purchased an aggregate of approximately 10 million shares of Common Stock in the offering at the public offering price per share. In connection therewith, the Underwriter received a reduced underwriting discount on such shares purchased by these persons or entities compared with other shares sold to the public in the offering.

Water Treatment. In May 2022, the Company entered into an agreement with Pilot Exploration, Inc. (“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 October 1, 2022, the Company 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. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company paid $1.5 million to Pilot for such services. In April 2023, the Company terminated the contract with Pilot in exchange for $6.5 million that was paid and charged to other expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.