Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions  
Related Party Transactions

17.Related Party Transactions

Solaris Energy Management, LLC

We have an administrative services arrangement with SEM, a company owned by William A. Zartler, our Founder and Executive Chairman, for the provision of administrative services at cost. In addition, SEM provides office space and services for equipment and supplies to us under the administrative services agreement.

For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, we incurred $0.6 million, $0.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively, of expense for these services, which is included in general and administrative expenses.

We had $0.05 million and $0.05 million accrued payables to SEM at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had a prepaid balance to SEM of $0.2 million to cover future rent and other expenses.

Solaris Energy Capital, LLC

There are certain de minimis general and administrative expenses that are paid on our behalf by Solaris Energy Capital, LLC, a company owned by William A. Zartler, and are recorded in general and administrative

expenses. Accrued payables to Solaris Energy Capital, LLC as of December 31, 2022 were de minimis. We had no accrued payables as of December 31, 2021.

Blanco Aviation, LLC

We are a party to an aircraft “dry” lease arrangement with Blanco Air Services, LLC, a company owned by William A. Zartler, for the use of certain aircrafts billed at an hourly rate. We incurred expense of $76 thousand, $70 thousand, and $64 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively, which is recorded in general and administrative expenses. Accrued payables to Blanco Aviation, LLC as of December 31, 2022 were de minimis. We had no accrued payables to Blanco Aviation, LLC at December 31, 2021.

Vision Resources, Inc.

We purchase brackish water for use in our water solutions activities from Vision Resources, Inc (“Vision”). Vision is a Legacy Owner of Solaris LLC. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, we made purchases of $0.2 million, $1.5 million, and $1.7 million, respectively, for water and services. We had no accrued payables to Vision as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

We also rent office space from an affiliate of Vision in Carlsbad, New Mexico and have incurred rent expense of $0.2 million, $0.2 million, and $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively.

ConocoPhillips

We and ConocoPhillips, one of our principal owners, entered a 13-year water gathering and handling agreement, pursuant to which ConocoPhillips agreed to dedicate all the produced water generated from its current and future acreage in a defined area of mutual interest (“AMI”) in New Mexico and Texas. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had a receivable of $46.0 million and $20.2 million, respectively, from ConocoPhillips that was recorded in accounts receivable from affiliates. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had a payable of $3.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively, to ConocoPhillips that was recorded in payables to affiliates. The following table shows revenue and expenses from ConocoPhillips:

(in thousands)

Year Ended December 31, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Revenue from ConocoPhillips

$

108,263

$

105,644

$

66,507

Operating Expenses Reimbursed to ConocoPhillips

$

1,447

$

1,302

$

3,532

Operating expenses reimbursed to ConocoPhillips are related to ConocoPhillips’ costs for operating certain assets on our behalf between closing and the transfer of the acquired assets and other ongoing operating expenses.