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Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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Transactions between the subsidiaries of the Company, including Panther Drilling Systems LLC (“Panther Drilling”), Cobra Aviation, ARS and Leopard and the following companies are included in Related Party Transactions: Wexford, El Toro Resources LLC (“El Toro”), Elk City Yard LLC (“Elk City Yard”), Double Barrel Downhole Technologies LLC (“DBDHT”), Caliber Investment Group LLC (“Caliber”) and Brim Equipment. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, revenue from related party transactions was $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, and costs incurred from related party transactions was $0.1 million and a nominal amount, respectively. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accounts receivable from related party transactions was $0.1 million and a nominal amount, respectively. At March 31, 2024 accounts payable for related party transactions was $0.1 million. There was no accounts payable for related party transactions at December 31, 2023.

On December 21, 2018, Cobra Aviation acquired all outstanding equity interest in ARS and purchased two commercial helicopters, spare parts, support equipment and aircraft documents from Brim Equipment. Following these transactions, and also on December 21, 2018, Cobra Aviation formed a joint venture with Wexford Investments named Brim Acquisitions to acquire all outstanding equity interests in Brim Equipment. Cobra Aviation owns a 49% economic interest and Wexford Investment owns a 51% economic interest in Brim Acquisitions, and each member contributed its pro rata portion of Brim Acquisitions’ initial capital of $2.0 million. Wexford Investments is an entity controlled by Wexford, which owns approximately 47% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Cobra Aviation and Leopard each lease one helicopter to Brim Equipment under the terms of aircraft lease and management agreements. ARS was subsequently sold to a third party in July 2023. See Note 4 for further discussion.

On October 16, 2023, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement with Wexford, an affiliate of Mammoth. Under this agreement, the Company had outstanding debt, including interest paid-in kind and net of debt discount and debt issuance costs, of $45.6 million and $42.8 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Additionally, the Company incurred interest expense under this agreement totaling $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. See Note 10 for additional detail on the agreement with Wexford.