v3.26.1
Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
11.
Related Party Transactions

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

Financial Statements Location

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Revenues - Related Party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate facility access agreements

Surface use royalties

 

$

11,041

 

 

$

6,915

 

Lease development agreement

Easements and other surface-related revenues

 

 

2,580

 

 

 

-

 

Affiliate facility access agreements

Easements and other surface-related revenues

 

 

583

 

 

 

2,332

 

Affiliate facility access agreements

Resource royalties

 

 

1,274

 

 

 

2,847

 

Affiliate facility access agreements

Resource sales

 

 

205

 

 

 

185

 

 

 

$

15,683

 

 

$

12,279

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

Financial Statements Location

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Accounts Receivable - Related Party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate facility access agreements

Related party accounts receivable

 

$

5,162

 

 

$

4,945

 

Lease development agreement

Related party accounts receivable

 

 

2,580

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

$

7,742

 

 

$

4,945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts Payable - Related Party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shared services agreement

Related party accounts payable

 

$

972

 

 

$

781

 

Shared Services Agreement

The Company is party to a services agreement with WaterBridge Operating LLC (“WaterBridge Operating”), an affiliate of the Company, and other affiliates pursuant to which the Company receives common management and general, administrative, overhead and operating services in support of the Company’s operations and development activities. The Company reimburses all fees incurred by WaterBridge Operating or its affiliates for services provided to the Company under the agreement. For shared services, the basis of allocation is an approximation of time spent on activities supporting the Company. For shared expenses paid on behalf of the Company, the costs are directly allocated to the Company based on its pro rata share of the expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company paid approximately $3.2 million and $3.0 million for the shared services and direct cost reimbursements, respectively.

Affiliate Facility Access Agreements

 

DBR Land LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and subsidiary of the Company (“DBR”), is party to facility access, surface use agreements and easements and rights-of-way with subsidiaries of WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC (“WaterBridge”). Under these agreements, the Company has granted such subsidiaries of WaterBridge certain rights to construct, operate and maintain produced water, brackish water and waste reclamation facilities on our land, as applicable, in the ordinary course of business. Each of these agreements includes a standard fee schedule and provision for specified surface use activities. Each of these agreements also includes a provision for royalties related to certain specified activities.

Legacy Financial Sponsor Services Agreement

Five Point Infrastructure LLC (“Five Point”), our legacy financial sponsor, invoices the Company, and the Company reimburses Five Point in cash, for expenses associated with the Company’s use of Five Point’s geographic information system (“GIS”) and certain legal services provided by Five Point. The reimbursement includes allocated Five Point personnel costs and third-party software and hardware expenses and is determined based on the Company’s use of Five Point’s total services for such period. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 the Company paid reimbursements to Five Point of $0.1 million, respectively.

PowerBridge Lease Development Agreement

DBR is party to a lease development agreement with PowerBridge LLC, a portfolio company of Five Point (“PowerBridge”). The lease development agreement provides PowerBridge the option to lease up to approximately 3,400 acres of land in Reeves County, Texas, for the development of one or more data centers, including power generation facilities. The initial option period expires March 2027, which will automatically extend for up to two additional one year periods until terminated by PowerBridge. In connection with the lease development agreement, PowerBridge agreed to pay a non-refundable option fee of $2.6 million, which is included under the line item Easements and other surface-related revenues - related party on the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The Company recognized the non-refundable option fee upon execution of the agreement when the acreage was made available and the right of use was granted to PowerBridge; at which time the Company’s performance obligation was satisfied. The lease development agreement also provides for additional option fees payable by PowerBridge in connection with the extended option terms.